pred_label
stringclasses 2
values | pred_label_prob
float64 0.5
1
| wiki_prob
float64 0.25
1
| text
stringlengths 23
1.02M
| source
stringlengths 37
43
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
__label__cc
| 0.57768
| 0.42232
|
Sorry, Feminism, Lana Del Rey is not Impressed
June 6, 2014 · by Charlie Crespo · in MISCELLANY, POP CULTURE. ·
Look at how bored feminism makes Lana Del Rey. (Screen shot from http://youtu.be/zRAFNSgk1Ns)
I can’t say I know much about Lana Del Rey. I know she sings that song about video games, which was pretty good, I guess. I’m also aware that many people seem to like her music. But that’s about it.
Normally if something about her appears on my Twitter feed, I scroll right past it. Recently though, something she said caught my eye.
In an interview with Fader, Del Rey is quoted as saying, “For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. I’m more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what’s going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities. Whenever people bring up feminism, I’m like, god. I’m just not really that interested.”
At first, Del Rey’s quote caught me off guard, but I guess it shouldn’t have. Del Rey is only adding her voice to a constantly growing list of famous/successful women who have recently distanced themselves from feminism. Are any of their reasons particularly good reasons? Not really.
At its most basic, feminism is defined as, “the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.”
So when anyone backs away from the term, it’s a bit confounding. Of course, it’s especially problematic when women (and men) of stature do it because of the influence their voices have. If they don’t think feminism is something to get behind, why should any young person that looks up to them think that feminism is worthwhile?
So while all those comments are troublesome, I think Del Rey’s especially stood out to me because of her diction. Because for Del Rey, feminism isn’t something that she’s still thinking about and simply needs more time to make an informed decision on. No, in her view, feminism isn’t really worthy of considering. It’s uninteresting.
And OK, maybe not everyone is all that interested in the history of feminism. Maybe learning about second-wave feminism or Mary Wollstonecraft is not the most exciting subject in the world. I can understand that. But to just dismiss all of feminism as boring? That seems like a hasty claim to make, doesn’t it?
As a tool, feminism helps us deconstruct some of the most dense and insidious aspects of our culture. It shines a glaring light on problems that would otherwise remain hidden: why women are still paid less than men for equal work, why college professors are less likely to respond to female students, and why mass media representations of an idealized female body are so damaging to women. It helps us understand how the pervasive misogyny that runs through our society produced Elliot Rodger and is producing more like him. It pushes us to keep working toward equality for everyone even when we feel that hope is lost. And that’s only in our country. It also helps us understand different cultures around the world too.
So if you’re not interested in feminism, then you’re probably not interested in much of what’s happening on our planet. What would you be interested in then? I guess all you’re left with, as Del Rey suggests, is space.
Feminism is many things, but to dismiss it as uninteresting is a cop-out. It’s complex and it’s challenging and it’s not always pleasant. There’s debate amongst everyone, particularly feminists, about just what the movement is.
I’m aware that this isn’t groundbreaking stuff for anyone well-versed in feminism. It’s basic stuff. But maybe the basic stuff needs to be put out there more to demystify a concept that so many seem unwilling to engage with at all.
So I hope that Del Rey sees that feminism is interesting at some point, and I hope that many of those women on that list (and many, many, many men!) become interested enough in feminism that they are willing to label themselves as feminists and join in on the discussion.
Feminism isn’t something we need to shy away from because we don’t understand it well enough. It’s a discussion that we all should become involved in not simply because it’s an interesting one, but also because it is so vital to our advancement as a culture.
♦ Can We All Agree to Stop Calling 911 About Fast Food?
♦ Viral Video of the Week: The Pizza Workout Plan
♦ Viral Video of the Week: Keyboard Cat Returns
♦ Great. Now Jonathan Safran Foer Has Made Me Hate Chipotle
♦ Viral Video of the Week: Golf Makes Richard H. Lee Regret Everything
Tags: culture, equality, feminism, Lana Del Rey
← Can We All Agree to Stop Calling 911 About Fast Food?
Viral Video of the Week: World Cup Trick Shots →
2 responses to “Sorry, Feminism, Lana Del Rey is not Impressed”
Lexi S. June 6, 2014 at 2:31 pm · · Reply →
I’m going to assume she said that before #YesAllWomen went viral; hopefully she wouldn’t be so ignorant to feel the same after reading some of the content. Regardless, like you said in your final sentences, everyone needs to care. Especially a woman who has lots of little girls, and older ones, looking up to her and listening to her.
We are, however, talking about a pop star who puts out videos laden with pro-patriarchy motifs and scenes of retro-female submission. I’m not sure I’d have believed her if she had said she was a feminist; all the evidence points to the contrary. So while I am disappointed that someone of her visibility would say something so lackluster
about their stance on feminism, I’m also glad she didn’t fake it. There’s nothing worse than celebrities talking about things they don’t understand with gusto and authority.
Charlie Crespo June 6, 2014 at 6:34 pm · · Reply →
Hmmm. Well, the interview is in the June/July issue of Fader, so I’m guessing that she made those comments to the writer back in March or April, possibly even February? I tried to see if she had said anything since the story had come out, but I couldn’t find anything.
She did say in the interview when pushed further that “My idea of a true feminist is a woman who feels free enough to do whatever she wants.” I haven’t seen any of her videos, so I can’t comment on the themes in them. But maybe in her mind she is a feminist because she “feels free enough to do whatever she wants” and put that stuff in her videos? I’m not sure.
To be honest, she was just an easy jumping off point for the main point I wanted to make, which was that while higher-level discussions of feminism are great/important, I also think it’s just as important (if not more) to in some ways simplify a loaded concept so that people who aren’t familiar with feminism don’t fear or feel intimidated by it because of things they’ve heard others say about it. By doing that, they have an entrance point into the discussion. Once some of the major misconceptions are stripped away, I think people will be more willing to learn about it and then they can become familiar with feminism’s particular language and join in on that higher-level discussion.
Thanks for helping to start a conversation, Lexi!
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line575
|
__label__cc
| 0.743467
| 0.256533
|
Angela Lansbury sings and the crowd loses their minds. I can’t believe she is that good.
Everyone loves Angela Lansbury of “Murder She Wrote” fame. Just the mention of her name brings to mind her beloved, inquisitive mystery-solving Jessica Fletcher. I don’t know about you, but Angela Lansbury is one of my favorite TV actors. I always felt like I could relate to her. Boy, I do miss that TV show.
But did you know she also starred in the hit Disney movie “Beauty and the Beast”? I didn’t either until I came across this clip and after watching it (and I admit, I watched it more than once), I had to do some googling to learn more. Let me with you what I’ve learned, dear friend.
In the movie, “Beauty and the Beast” Angela did the voice of the animated porcelain teapot: Mrs. Potts! Now I bet that rings a bell, doesn’ it? It did for me because when I learned that, all of the rest of the pieces fell into place. Talk about a memory jogger! How could I have forgotten?
In this beautiful clip, Angel Landsbury reprises her role in “Beauty and the Beast” at the 25th anniversary of the film’s release. Incidentally, the film won two Academy Awards—best music, original song (for “Beauty and the Beast”) and best music, original score.
Beauty and the Beast composer Alan Menken accompanied Angel on stage along with the original voice actors from the movie including Belle (Paige O’Hara), the Beast (Robby Benson) and Gaston (Richard White)!
As a Disney fan and amateur film historian, I could go on, but I think it’s best that you see Angela for yourself in this fantastic clip.
Leave your review in the comments box below and share this with a fellow Disney fan (hey, or anyone who is a fan of Angela Landsbury — which should be everybody!)
Scotty McCreery Sings ‘The Dance’ For Everyone Who’s Loved Someone
Toddler Drummer Delivers Solo That’ll Make You Doubt Your Eyes
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line584
|
__label__wiki
| 0.764834
| 0.764834
|
Adele: Yes girl!
by Jesús J. Gavilán
/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/London-and-Adele-Alex-Cabral-SIN-EL-ULTIMO-PARRAZO.mp3
London. Adele.
Possibly the best vocal performer coming from the UK in the last 10 years, with all my respect to Amy Winehouse. Born in Tottenham, London, and living in Notting Hill, she is the best example of the new type of fast success that came with the internet and the power of social media. She is talented but is also a hard worker and a strongly determined person. She recorded 3 songs back in 2006 and a friend of hers posted them to Myspace, when that was the thing to do. (Where is Myspace now? I loved it.) Soon after, XL Records made a phone call to her.
Her voice is impressive; there is no doubt about that. You may like her music more or less but nobody will ever be able to say that she is not a great, wonderful performer. Her voice comes from heaven. Some people say that the fact that she is a chain smoker adds some smokiness to her voice that really changes the soul of it and makes it special. Who knows, we simply love how deep it reaches into our hearts.
Adele also writes her own songs and named each of her albums after the age she was when she wrote the songs included (e.g.”19” and “21”). Rumor has it that one of her most popular songs was written after an older boyfriend who broke her heart. It is said that he made her think that they were going to marry, while she was about to marry someone else already. (Probably writing and singing the song served as a therapy for her, but who knows?).
If I had to describe her sound, I would say that she sounds like a mix of Etta James, Dusty Springfield, Ella Fitzgerald and Beyoncé; and yet she is totally unique. You can only think of Adele when you listen to Adele.
A strongly determined person = una persona muy decidida.
Chain smoker, heavy smoker = fumador empedernido
Lyrics = letra de la canción
Smokiness = voz rota
Rumor has it = según los rumores
Jesús J. Gavilanlisteninglondonmusicreadingvocabulary
JP MORGAN CHASE TOWER
Conoce " JP MORGAN CHASE TOWER " y practica tu inglés
5 canciones en Inglés por las que David Bowie será inmortal
MÚSICA E INGLÉS
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line585
|
__label__wiki
| 0.835555
| 0.835555
|
Shared Platform
Strategic Grantmaking
Shared Platform Projects
Grant Listings
Join our Shared Platform
Fund Login
News and articles on our work.
Seven N.W.T. youths embark on week-long expedition to explore Great Slave Lake
This article was originally published on CBC on September 20th, 2020.
Kira Young has lived on Great Slave Lake for most of her 14 years but doesn’t know much about it, scientifically.
That’s about to change as she and six other students from across the N.W.T. embarked on a week-long science expedition Saturday aboard a research vessel to uncover some of the lake’s secrets.
Kira Young, 14, is one of seven N.W.T. students who will be aboard a research vessel for a week to explore Great Slave Lake. Photo: Joanne Stassen/ CBC.
The expedition is being organized by Northern Youth Leadership (NYL), which conducts remote wilderness programming for youth aged 11 to 17 to develop leadership and life skills, in partnership with the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF), Nature United, and the territorial government.
The students will travel to the East Arm of Great Slave Lake on the R/V Nahidik, conduct some scientific research, and learn from Indigenous knowledge holders along the way.
The students will work with the technicians on board to retrieve a mooring, a long rope with a variety of measuring devices along its length, that was placed in the deepest part of the lake, in Christie Bay, a year ago. The students and technicians will retrieve all its data and then redeploy it into the lake.
It’s the first time so much data about Great Slave Lake will have been collected, according to Adrian Schimnowski, CEO and operations manager for ARF.
Students and media check out the facilities on the back deck of the ship. Photo: Joanne Stassen/CBC.
“The students are learning first hand and they’re literally part of the team,” he said.
“They’ll be a key component to help in discovering the secrets of the deepest hole in Great Slave Lake, which is the deepest lake in North America and the ninth deepest in the world.”
Schimnowski said the data will be used to update charts to increase safety for commercial and recreational boats and is the first step in building a long-term science plan that will look at the sustainability of the lake, and help build an economic future for the fisheries.
The students will also retrieve water samples, watch as crew members map the bottom of Great Slave Lake in real time, and shadow members of the crew to learn all about the different aspects of working on and maintaining a research vessel.
It’s not the first time NYL, which usually holds land-based programs, has run this program with ARF.
Lawrence Nayally (left) speaks with Ali McConnell on board the R/V Nahidik. Photo: Joanne Stassen/ CBC.
Last October, as a pilot project, five N.W.T. students went on a week-long expedition.
“It went better than we ever could have imagined,” said Ali McConnell, program director with NYL. “I’ve been working with three of them on and off for the last year and they talk about the expedition all the time. You can just tell that it’s had an impact and it’s inspired them and it’s opened up their eyes to new opportunities.”
She said NYL tailors the experience to the interest of each of the participants.
“I really hope that the youth are able to pursue their interests on board and really learn something that inspires them to continue on in the future and to follow their passions,” she said.
That’s Young’s hope too. The Grade 9 student said she’s really looking forward to the expedition.
“I’m really into science and biology, and I can definitely see myself pursuing a career related to it, and I think that this [expedition] will give me a pretty good idea of what that could entail.”
The R/V Nahidik is one of the Arctic Research Foundation’s research vessels. It is being used on a week-long science expedition to explore Great Slave Lake with seven N.W.T. students. Photo: Joanne Stassen/ CBC.
Northern Youth Leadership is a project on MakeWay’s shared platform, which provides operational support, governance and charitable expertise for changemakers. The shared platform enables more time and money to go towards achieving greater impact. MakeWay is a national charity that builds partnerships and solutions to help nature and communities thrive together.
Alison Henning
alison.henning@makeway.org
Sign up for updates and stories of community-led transformation and systems change from across the MakeWay community.
You can unsubscribe at any time via link in our emails.
Read our Website Privacy Policy to learn more about how we take care of your information.
400-163 W Hastings St.
832 College St., Suite 301
300-4902 49 St. PO Box 2392
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P8
Policies Contact Charitable Registrations
Nature and communities
thriving together.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line586
|
__label__wiki
| 0.584509
| 0.584509
|
US Bank’s Richard Davis To Retire After Decade As CEO
Filed Under:Richard Davis, U.S. Bank
Richard Davis (credit: CBS)
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Bank Chairman and CEO Richard Davis announced Tuesday that he will retire from his job as head of one of the nation’s largest regional banks.
The bank said Davis will step down from the CEO role as of April 18. He will be replaced by Andy Cecere, who is currently president and chief operating officer at U.S. Bank. He will remain with the bank in the new position of executive chairman, the bank said.
Davis became CEO of U.S. Bank in December 2006, on the eve of the financial crisis and Great Recession. He was applauded for steering it through the crisis mostly unscathed, and running the Minneapolis-based bank efficiently and with little drama.
He eschewed calls for U.S. Bank to lay off employees and close branches, instead focusing on spreading out into non-consumer banking businesses like payments technology to increase profitability. The bank was able to keep up profits despite increased regulations that came after the financial crisis and historically low interest rates.
Even the transition was handled smoothly, as Cecere, who has been with the bank since 1985, moved into his current positions in the last two years in order to prepare him to become CEO of U.S. Bank.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line596
|
__label__cc
| 0.61201
| 0.38799
|
Health Expert Says Going to the Movie Theater Is ‘Not a Good Idea’
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. movie theaters were among the first “non-essential” businesses to shut down as citizens were urged to stay at home. Months later, as we see the reopening of gyms and outdoor restaurants, the fate of cinemas is still up in the air. AMC has plans to reopen over 100 U.S. locations Thursday, August 20, with an incentive of $0.15 tickets. Despite this tempting proposal, some health officials urge that it’s not worth it. According to these experts, going to a movie theater simply isn’t safe right now.
In an interview with the A.V. Club, UCLA epidemiologist Dr. Anne W. Rimoin warns American citizens to avoid cinemas at (nearly) all costs. “Short of renting out an entire theater, which is obviously not an option for most of us, there is no scenario in which going to a movie theater is a good idea,” she states. As a matter of fact, renting a theater is an option in certain states. Cinemark and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema are both offering deals where you can rent out an auditorium for a private screening. Rimoin also encourages drive-ins and outdoor screenings, which she describes as “innovative and exciting.”
Technically, movie theaters are currently allowed to operate in 44 states. However, each state has its own set of regulations for how many theaters are allowed to be open, as well as the protocol that takes place once inside. Russell Crowe plans to bring his movie Unhinged to theaters across the country August 21. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is slated for a September 3 wide release, with select cities premiering the thriller on August 31. And Fox’s long, long awaited New Mutants, based on the X-Men spinoff, is coming August 26.
Considering the warnings from government and health officials alike, isn’t this just a tad too fast? To physician andepidemiologist Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the risks far outweigh the reward. Said El-Sayed: “It’s just about the last thing I'd do right now.”
Gallery — What We Miss Most About Going To Movie Theaters:
Source: Health Expert Says Going to the Movie Theater Is ‘Not a Good Idea’
Filed Under: coronavirus, Tenet, The New Mutants
Categories: Entertainment, Health, Movies
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line599
|
__label__wiki
| 0.963314
| 0.963314
|
Home News Waiting in the wings: Nepal’s first midwives set to graduate in 2020
Waiting in the wings: Nepal’s first midwives set to graduate in 2020
A student midwife, Shrijana Shrestha (left) with her classmate. © UNFPA Nepal/SC
Pramika Maharjan finally found her true calling when faced with the mortal risks that far too many pregnant women face in Nepal.
“I was so upset when a woman, suffering from heavy bleeding after giving birth, had to be rushed to hospital,” explains Maharjan, recalling the life-changing case she handled while working as a nurse in Nepal’s remote far-western district of Doti.
“She was somewhere between life and death, and had to travel for six hours on rough, bumpy roads, and it all could have been so easily solved if I had the skills to manage postpartum hemorrhage.”
Four years later, and Maharjan is one of 29 aspiring midwives studying for their dream jobs.
Jyoti (left) and other student midwives at Nepal’s Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu. Photo: © UNFPA Nepal/SC
The new Bachelor’s Degree in Midwifery, the first of its kind in Nepal, was launched by the Government in 2017. The three-year course is one part of a broader action plan, supported by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to build a professional cadre of midwives to help reduce Nepal’s high maternal mortality rate, which, despite progress in recent years, still stood at 258 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015.
“It’s sad that many women still suffer from prolonged obstructed labour, hemorrhage, infection, eclampsia and other conditions,” says Shrijana Shrestha, who studies midwifery with Maharjan at the National Academy of Medical Sciences. “Most maternal deaths in Nepal are entirely preventable.”
In rural areas in particular, reaching health facilities remains difficult and risky for many, and there are dangerously low numbers of medical professionals and skilled birth attendants in Nepal as a whole. Up to 41 per cent of babies are still delivered at home, and only 58 per cent of births are assisted by a skilled provider.
UNFPA estimates that professional midwives could help avert around two-thirds of all maternal and newborn deaths. They could also deliver up to 87 per cent of all essential sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services.
Maharjan, thinking back to her first case in Doti, aims to head out to Nepal’s far reaches, where the risks for pregnant women are often the highest.
“I want to work in remote areas, where pre-pregnancy, antenatal, labour, birth, postpartum and family planning services are so limited,” she says.
Maharjan and the others in Nepal’s first set of midwifery graduates will enter the national health system in early 2020, and other steps are being taken to prepare for a growing cadre of skilled birth attendants.
“It’s important for doctors and other healthcare professionals to accept midwives as peers and equals,” explained Kristine Blokhus, UNFPA Deputy Representative in Nepal.
Jeevan Kumari (right), Pramika (third from left) and other student midwives. Photo: © UNFPA Nepal/SC
“Elevating the profession of midwifery through this degree programme is a key step in that effort and this will help midwives to gain respect and credibility as public health professionals.”
The key role midwifery plays was reinforced in the aftermath of Nepal’s massive 2015 earthquake and its aftershocks, when midwives helped save the lives of numerous pregnant women, new mothers and their infants amid the devastation wrought in Kathmandu and well beyond.
According to Professor Kiran Bajracharya, President of Nepal’s Midwifery Society which helped establish and prepare the degree programme, next steps should include setting up a recruitment, deployment and retention policy for midwives nationwide.
Preventing maternal and newborn deaths is key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, adds Bajracharya. “In the countries that have midwifery education, well-trained midwives have saved lives of women and newborns, thus reducing maternal and infant mortality rates. Nepal can do the same.”
Govt, EU and UNFPA jointly launch project in Province 2 and Karnali to tackle gender-based violence
In coordination with Nepal Govt, Switzerland, Norway and UNFPA launch Phase II of landmark project to prevent gender-based violence
Joint Press Statement on PSEA and GBV during COVID-19 response
Demographic Profile of Province 2
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतान्त्रिक नेपालको सातवटा प्रदेशहरु मध्ये प्रदेश नं. २ सामाजिक,...
Nepal child marriage profile
Nepal has the third highest rate of child marriage in Asia. Despite laws against it,...
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line606
|
__label__wiki
| 0.837261
| 0.837261
|
Tag Archives: Carter Stanley
Album Review: Jim Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley – ‘I Feel Like Singing Today’
Leave a comment Posted by Paul W. Dennis on September 19, 2018
After success as a mainstream songwriter, Jim Lauderdale turned his sights on bluegrass with 2002’s I FEEL LIKE SINGING TODAY, the first of two collaborations with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the Dualtone label.
I noticed that Wikipedia has this album listed as being released on the Rebel label in 1999, so perhaps Dualtone bought the masters for this album for re-release in 2002. Whatever the case, I’m glad to own the album.
Since the 1979 album with Roland White would not be released for many years, this is Jim’s official first bluegrass album. Since Dr. Ralph is as venerated as any performer in the folk/acoustic/bluegrass field of music, I guess you’d have to say Jim started at the top with his collaborations. Jim and Ralph were familiar with each other prior to recording this project as the two had traded guest appearances on each other’s albums (Lauderdale’s WHISPER and Stanley’s CLINCH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY ).
Lauderdale wrote or co-wrote 9 of the 15 tunes on this album and the originals blend in nicely with the bluegrass canon.
“Who Thought That the Railroad Wouldn’t Last,” the title track and “Joy, Joy, Joy” (co-written with Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead are up-tempo tunes that allow the Clinch Mountain Boys to show their wares. Two other Lauderdale originals “Another Sinner’s Prayer” and “Like Him,” feature Ralph Stanley , who excels in gospel performances, whether with accompaniment or a cappella.
Since bluegrass audiences always want some of the genre’s traditional fare, there are six classics covered, including “You’ll Find Her Name Written There (Harol Hensley), Maple On The Hill” (Gussie Davis) “What About You” (Jack Anglin, Jim Anglin, Johnnie Wright), “This Home Is Not My Home” (traditional), “Harbor of Love” (Carter Stanley), and ”Who Will Sing For Me” (Carter Stanley).
If you like bluegrass, you’ll love this album. If bluegrass isn’t your thing, you’ll likely still like it, because of the well-crafted songs and the fine vocal pairing. While Lauderdale takes most of the lead vocals, Jim knew even then that there are certain songs that just scream for Ralph Stanley to sing, particularly, and like any dutiful apprentice, Jim lets the master sing the leads on those songs
It is difficult for me to pick out a favorite song but I do have great fondness for the two Carter Stanley compositions. Here’s a sample of the lyrics of “Who Will Sing For Me”
If I sing for my friends
When death’s cold hand I see
When I reach my journey’s end
Who will sing one song for me?
I wonder (I wonder) who
Will sing (will sing) for me
When I’m called to cross that silent sea
Who will sing for me?
Jim is a competent musician, but on this album he and Ralph sing, leaving the instrument chores to Ralph’s Clinch Mountain Boys: James Cooke – acoustic bass & baritone vocals; James Alan Shelton – lead guitar; Ralph Stanley II – guitar & baritone vocals; Steve Sparkman – banjo & James Price – fiddle, mandolin & vocals
This is a solid A. Better yet, another such collaboration would follow.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Carter Stanley, Clinch Mountain Boys, Gussie Davis, Harol Hensley, Jack Anglin, Jim Anglin, Jim Lauderdale, Johnnie Wright, Ralph Stanley, Robert Hunter, Roland White, The Grateful Dead
Album Review: Mac Wiseman and Friends – ‘I Sang The Song: Life Of The Voice With A Heart’
If you consider Bill Monroe and those who recorded with his early bands to be Generation 1A in Bluegrass, with those immediately followed in his wake to be Generation 1B (Reno & Smiley, Flatt & Scruggs (Lester & Earl personally were 1A), Carter & Ralph Stanley, Bobby & Sunny Osborne, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Jimmy Martin), then the last surviving member of generation 1A is Mac Wiseman.
Born in 1925, Mac Wiseman is the great survivor: he survived polio, the Great Depression, Molly O’Day, Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys, Flatt & Scruggs’ Foggy Mountain Boys, Dot Records (as an executive) Rock ‘n Roll, The Hootenanny Era, The WWVA Jamboree, the WSM Grand Ole Opry and The Nashville Sound. Along the way he forged a stellar career as a solo artist recording pop, country and bluegrass music. He was friends with Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard and Gordon Lightfoot, helped organize the CMA and has been inducted into both the Country and Bluegrass Music Halls of Fame.
This album arises from a series of interviews (or perhaps visits) Peter Cooper and Thomm Jutz had with Wiseman in which they discussed his life, listened to his stories and realized that many of the stories would make good songs. All songs are credited to Wiseman, Cooper & Jutz with the exception of the last track on the album.
Mac was past ninety years old when this album was recorded, no longer is very mobile and his voice isn’t quite what it was even a few years ago. Consequently Mac does very little singing on this album, his contributions mostly limited to the beginning or the end of some of the tracks.
Instead a phalanx of his admirers and colleagues do most of the singing with Shawn Camp, Buddy Melton, Junior Sisk, and Ronnie Bowman, among the featured vocalists. Needless to say these vocal performances are terrific. From outside the field of bluegrass, several other vocalists were enlisted.
The album opens up with “The Guitar” a song about Mac’s first guitar, a mail order guitar from Sears, and his experiences in leaning the guitar. Sierra Hull and Justin Moses do the singing on this song (Mac takes a refrain at the end). Sierra (mandolin) and Justin (banjo.fiddle, dobro) team with Mark Fain (bass) and Thom Jutz (guitar) to serve as the backing band for the entire project, with Jutz and Cooper providing harmony vocals on some of the tracks.
“Somewhere Bound” is next up, a song about Mac’s childhood dreams of seeing the world, Buddy Melton, Milan Miller and Andrea Zonn provide the vocals.
“The Wheat Crop” opens and closes with Mac singing a chorus of “Bringing In the Sheaves”, followed by this song about the responsibilities and problems of managing the wheat crop. Junior Sisk, Sonya Isaacs Yeary and Becky Isaacs Bowman provide the remaining vocals.
Jim Lauderdale has always been one of my favorite singers and I firmly believe that if he had come along in the 1950s or 1960s he would have been a huge country music star. “Barefoot ‘Til After the Frost” recounts Mac’s childhood as a school boy. I can’t personally identify with the song, but my father and anyone who grew up in rural America during the Great Depression certainly could – I can remember Dad speaking of this very thing.
“Manganese Mine” is the tale of a property owner taken advantage of and conned nto selling his mineral rights too cheaply. A sad story too often repeated, especially in Kentucky and West Virginia.
The trio of Melton, Miller and Zonn return for “Three Cows and Two Horses” are Mac’s homespun story of the fortunes of many rural families.
“Simple Math,” sung by Jim Lauderdale, is one of my two favorite songs on the album. The song follows Mac’s experiences breaking in as a professional musician including his big break playing with the great Molly O’Day. Lauderdale, who can sing anything and everything is the perfect vocalist to relate the pithy truths of Mac’s observations (“You Can’t Spend The Money You Don’t Have, That’s How It Works – It’s Simple Math”.
Junior Sisk and Ronnie Bowman join up to sing the sing the religiously-themed “Crimora Church of The Brethren”. The song is about going to church during the Great Depression.
“Going Back To Bristol” is my other favorite from the album, and the song currently getting the most airplay. Sung by Shawn Camp, the song is an excellent summary or snapshot of Mac’s career. Shawn Camp was originally pushed as a country artist by Reprise around 2000, but it didn’t take (too much bluegrass in his soul) so he returned to his first love and has had great success as a bluegrass artist, In addition to his solo endeavors (song writer, Grammy winning record producer, etc.), Shawn is the vocalist for the Earls of Leicester.
I’m not really a John Prine fan, but there is no questioning that he has a great appreciation for the music of Mac Wiseman and he and Mac are friends (in 2007 they cut a terrific album together of mostly classic country songs titled Standard Songs for Average People). John was a perfect choice to sing the title cut, the gentle ballad “I Sang The Song”. Prine has the weathered voice necessary to convey the optimistic but weary lyrics.
“I Sang The Song” was originally planned as the last cut on the album, but the decision was made to reprise Mac’s first hit from 1951 (and the only song on the album written entirely by Mac himself) “”Tis Sweet To Be Remembered”. Mac is joined by Alison Krauss on the choruses, a fitting end to the album.
Although these songs fit together to tell Mac’s life story, the fact is that each of the songs works as a stand-alone song, a remarkable achievement indeed, I picked out two of the songs above as my favorites, but the truth is that I love all of these songs and all of the performances. Modern day country music fans may not be too familiar with bluegrass artists but the pickers and singers on this album are an elite group paying proper homage to a truly legendary performer.
Grade: A++
Album Reviews Alison Krauss, Andrea Zonn, Becky Isaacs Bowman, Bill Monroe, Bob Dylan, Buddy Melton, Carter Stanley, Earl Scruggs, Earls of Leicester, Flatt & Scruggs, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim & Jesse, Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy Martin, John Prine, Junior Sisk, Justin Moses, Lester Flatt, Mac Wiseman, Mark Fain, Merle Haggard, Milan Miller, Molly O'Day, Osborne Brothers, Peter Cooper, Ralph Stanley, Reno & Smiley, Ronnie Bowman, Shawn Camp, Sierra Hull, Sonya Isaacs Yeary, Thomm Jutz
Album Review: Ralph Stanley & Friends – ‘Man Of Constant Sorrrow’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on February 25, 2015
Just after the release of the very similarly titled tribute I reviewed recently comes another project, this one featuring the man himself, produced by Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale. Mostly the guests sing lead with Dr Ralph harmonising, but some are true duets too.
There is some overlap in personnel (of those associated personally and professionally with Dr Ralph) but almost none with songs. The smooth-voiced Nathan Stanley duets with his grandfather on ‘Rank Stranger’ to great effect. Ricky Skaggs shows up again here with Carter Stanley’s ‘Sweethearts In Heaven’ and combines plaintive emotion with a solid driving rhythm.
The big country names all do a fine job. Josh Turner delivers a solid lead vocal on the joyful ‘We Shall Rise’. Dierks Bentley is excellent and sounds very authentic on the high lonesome ‘I Only Exist’. Lee Ann Womack is exquisite leading on ‘White Dove’.
The producers join Ralph on a three part harmony on ‘I Am The Man, Thomas’ with Stanley on lead vocal. Americana favourites Gillian Welch and David Rawlings join Dr Ralph on the traditional ‘Pig In A Pen’, which is very enjoyable.
I’m not much of a fan of Robert Plant, but his voice combines surprisingly well with Ralph’s on the ethereal ‘Two Coats’, and the effect is very haunting. Rock singer Elvis Costello has never had much of a voice, and while his duet with Ralph on ‘Red Wicked Wine’ isn’t at all bad, it is more or less saved by Stanley’s emotional heft, and the fact that Costello mostly doesn’t get to sing solo.
Fellow bluegrass veteran Del McCoury joins Ralph on the Jesse Winchester tune ‘Brand New Tennessee Waltz’. Modern jug band Old Crow Medicine Show join Ralph on ‘Short Life Of Trouble’.
‘Hills Of Home’ is a mostly-spoken eulogy to Ralph’s late brother, the troubled Carter Stanley, which is genuinely moving.
This release is currently a Cracker Barrel exclusive but hopefully it will get a wider relase at some point.
Album Reviews Buddy Miller, Carter Stanley, David Rawlings, Del McCoury, Dierks Bentley, Elvis Costello, Gillian Welch, Jesse Winchester, Jim Lauderdale, Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack, Nathan Stanley, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Robert Plant
Album Review: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III’
1 Comment Posted by Occasional Hope on October 27, 2014
17 years passed between the original Will The Circle Be Unbroken and Volume II. 13 years after that, in 2002, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band decided it was time for a third instalment, which they released on Capitol. It did not make as much of a stir as either of the previous instalments, but is still a pretty solid collection of bluegrass and oldtime music with some guests old and new.
The opening ‘Take Me In Your Lifeboat’ is beaty bluegrass gospel performed with Del McCoury and his sons. The McCourys are back on the secular ‘Love Please Come Home’, which is well done but not memorable.
I preferred the contributions from bluegrass great Jimmy Martin (1927-2005), who had taken part in both previous versions, and who belies his age with confident upbeat performances here. He sings his own ‘Hold Whatcha Got’ (which Ricky Skaggs had made into a hit in the late 80s), and also the lively ‘Save It, Save It’.
In contrast, June Carter Cash (1929-2003) takes the lead vocal on the Carter Family’s ‘Diamonds In The Rough’, with Earl Scruggs on banjo. She does not sound at all well, and indeed died the following year. Although Johnny Cash (1932-2003) was also in poor health, he sounds much better than his wife on a self-penned tribute to the late Maybelle and Sara Carter, ‘Tears In The Holston River.
Willie Nelson, not involved in previous versions, gets two cuts here. Willie sounds good on ‘Goodnight Irene’, but the tracks is irredeemably ruined by the presence of duet partner Tom Petty. Petty is out of tune and the harmony is embarrassingly dissonant. A cheery Nelson version of ‘Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms’ is better although it does feel a bit perfunctory.
Dwight Yoakam (another newcomer to the series) is great on his two tracks. He shows his Kentucky roots on the mournful and authentic ‘Some Dark Holler’. He is outstanding on the Flying Burrito Brothers’ ‘Wheels’, which he makes sound like. Vince Gill’s ‘All Prayed Up’ is an excellent piece of up-tempo bluegrass gospel.
Emmylou Harris sings her ex-husband Paul Kennerley’s ‘I’ll Be Faithful To You’, a sweet declaration of eternal love, exquisitely. She also duets with Matraca Berg (Mrs Jeff Hanna) on Berg’s folk-styleode to the river running through Nashville, ‘Oh Cumberland’. Alison Krauss exercises her angelic tones on ‘Catfish John’.
Iris Dement sings beautifully on her own nostalgic ‘Mama’s Opry’. Ricky Skaggs and Rodney Dillard team up for the pacy folk of ‘There Is A Time’. Band members’sons Jaime Hanna and Jonathan McEuen (who were the duo Hanna-McEuen at the time) are a bit limp for me on ‘The Lowlands’, a folky Gary Scruggs song.
Sam Bush takes it high mountain lonesome on Carter Stanley’s ‘Lonesome River’. ‘Milk Cow Blues’ is taken back to its blues roots and features Josh Graves and Doc Watson. Watson also sings the traditional ‘I Am A Pilgrim’. More contemporary is ‘I Find Jesus’, penned by Jimmy Ibbotson. ‘Roll The Stone Away’ (written by Jeff Hanna with Marcus Hummon) uses religious imagery but it is a bit dull. The Nashville Bluegrass Band take on A. P. Carter’s ‘I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome which is OK.
Gravel-voiced bluesman Taj Mahal and legendary fiddler Vassar Clements guest on the good-humored ‘Fishin’ Blues, which is mildly amusing. Taj Mahal and Alison Krauss guest on this album’s take on the title song which falls rather flat with Alison sounding a bit squeaky and therest of them dull and lifeless.
This album lacks the groundbreaking nature of Volume I, and the cosy atmosphere of either previous set, making more of a standard collection of older material. There are definitely some tracks well worth hearing, and I’d still be interested if there was a Volume 4.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist A.P. Carter, Alison Krauss, Carter Family, Carter Stanley, Del McCoury, Doc Watson, Dwight Yoakam, Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gary Scruggs, Hanna McEuen, Iris DeMent, Jaime Hanna, Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Ibbotson, Jimmy Martin, Johnny Cash, Jonathan McEuen, Josh Graves, June Carter Cash, Marcus Hummon, Matraca Berg, Maybelle Carter, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Paul Kennerley, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Dillard, Sam Bush, Sara Carter, Taj Mahal, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Tom Petty, Vassar Clements, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson
Album Review: Junior Sisk & Ramblers’ Choice – ‘Trouble Follows Me’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on September 24, 2014
Over the past few years Virginia’s Junior Sisk and Ramblers’ Choice have been making quite a name for themselves in bluegrass. Sisk was named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Male Vocalist of the Year last year. His latest album is an excellent example of his work, and has great appeal for bluegrass fans who like songs with substance alongside sparkling musicianship.
The vibrant opener ‘Honky Tonked To Death’ is a great mixture of uptempo bluegrass vocals and arrangement and a honky tonk country song, written by Bill Castle. The unrepentant protagonist blames the break up of his marriage on his drinking habits:
I guess our love began to die when I found swinging doors
And every night I stayed out late it died a little more
The rhythmic ‘Don’t Think About it Too Long’ celebrates making music. It is co-written by Ronnie Bowman, who also wrote the high lonesome ballad ‘A Cold Empty Bottle, a story song about a man whose broken heart (and love of sad country songs) only feed his alcoholism.
‘I’d Rather Be Lonesome’ is a plaintive up-tempo disclaimer of love for an unfaithful woman. ‘Gonna Make Her Mine’ is perkier, about a shy man’s determination to declare his unrequited love for a neighbour’s daughter.
The title track, written by Sisk, is a fast-paced story song about a hard-pressed farmer who turns to crime after losing his farm. He ends up in a new prison built on his former home.
The slower ‘Walk Slow’, written by Tom T Hall and his wife Dixie, takes a more contemplative, philosophical approach, advising living like a small child to appreciate life fully.
‘Frost On The Bluegrass’ is about the enduring pull of home. ‘Jesus Walked Upon The Water’ is a briskly delivered acappella gospel quartet.
An eclectic selection of covers wounds out the set. The perfectly-constructed country classic ‘All I Have To Offer You Is Me’ works well, while the band also takes on a Carter Stanley tune, the mournful yet up-tempo ‘Our Darling’s Gone’. Most unexpected is a version of Michael Martin Murphey’s ‘What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Round’, which also suits a bluegrass interpretation. The band’s Jason Tomlin takes lead vocals on this one.
Album Reviews Bill Castle, Carter Stanley, Dixie Hall, Jason Tomlin, Junior Sisk, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Michael Martin Murphey, Ronnie Bowman, Tom T Hall
Album Review: Tom T. Hall – ‘The Magnificent Music Machine’
2 Comments Posted by Paul W. Dennis on May 26, 2014
After a string of successful albums and singles between 1971 and 1976 in which seven of his nine albums reached the Billboard Country Top Ten, and twelve of his singles reached the Billboard Top Ten Country Singles chart (six reached number one on Billboard), Tom T Hall decided that it was time to give proper airing to his bluegrass roots. The end result, The Magnificent Music Machine would prove to be both an artistic success and a chart success, with the album reaching number eleven and the only single released, “Fox On The Run” reaching number nine.
For this project, Tom called on a number of his bluegrass friends plus some other leading lights of the genre: Kenny Baker, Johnny Gimble and Buddy Spicher on fiddle; Gene Bush on slide dobro; Bobby Thompson and J.D. Crowe on banjo; Donna Stoneman (of the legendary Stoneman Family) and Jodi Drumright on mandolin; and Trish Williams, J.T. Gray, Art Malin, and Jimmy Martin (!) on harmony vocals To try to give the album some commercial appear, Nashville session stalwarts Buddy Harmon (drums), Henry Strezelecki and Bob Moore (bass) were added to the mix.
Up to this point in his career, Hall’s albums had been almost exclusively his own compositions. While Tom T would write five of the eleven songs on this album, six of the songs came from outside sources.
The album opens up with “Fox On The Run”, a song which was added to the bluegrass repertoire by the Bill Emerson of the Country Gentlemen, but which started life as a rock song for British group Manfred Mann. The song was written by Tony Hazzard, an English songwriter who wrote hits for The Hollies, Herman’s Hermits, The Yardbirds, The Tremeloes and Lulu. The song reached #5 on the UK pop charts in late 1968 (at least one of the UK charts had it reaching #1). Tom T’s version was a hard driving affair and after the wide radio exposure and sales of the album, the song would be forevermore bluegrass
he walks through the corn leading down to the river
Her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
And left him to die like a fox on the run
John Prine’s “Paradise” (sometimes titled “Muhlenburg County”) follows, a nostalgic yet bitter mid-tempo song that decries the damage that the coal industry has done to the environment
Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg county
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking
Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away
“Mama’s Got The Catfish Blues” is a Tom T Hall composition, written, he says, in the spirit of something Carter Stanley would have written. I’m not sure I’m hearing Carter Stanley in this particular song, but it’s a good song, one that also might have made a good single
There’s a turtle on the stump and the toadfrog jump
And I guess, I could gig me a few
In settlin’ fog I caught a big water dog
Mama’s got the catfish blues
I don’t like to see her unhappy
She treats me like a water tree
I hate to see mama with the catfish blues
And the catfish are layin’ in the river asleep
“Bluegrass Break-up” is a Charlie Williams composition, about the sadness of a bluegrass band that is disbanding:
Well, we’re finally breakin’ up our bluegrass band
And the thought of it is more than I can stand
But if parting is our one chance to survive
You’ll take the dobro and I’ll take the five.
Once our music tore the world apart
When we used to pick and sing it from the heart
But then dissension came into our lives
So you’ll take the dobro and I’ll take the five.
Once our world was harmony and fun
Wildwood Flower and ten-one mighty run
We can’t patch it up, we made too many tries
“I Don’t Want My Golden Slippers” is a religious song with the sound and feel of a church choir and a mostly acoustic guitar accompaniment. Although Tom T wrote this song, it truly sounds as if it could have been written a century before.
“Molly and Tenbrooks” is derived from an old folk tale about a horserace and was made famous and fashioned into a viable song by the ‘Father of Bluegrass’ Mr. Bill Monroe. On this recording Bill Monroe guests playing the mandolin to Tom’s vocals. Interestingly, Tom T reports that Monroe had to refresh himself on the mandolin part in order to play the song – he normally played guitar or just sang when performing this song!
“The Fastest Rabbit Dog In Carter County Today” is another Tom T Hall composition, this one an up-tempo romp about a rabbit hunt.
“I’ll Never Do Better Than You” also comes from T’s pen. One of the slower songs on the album, it expresses a depth of feeling that sometimes gets overlooked among the pyrotechnics of the genre
Tom’s late brother Hillman Hall, was an accomplished songwriter, although not in Tom T’s class, of course. “The Magnificent Music Machine” is Hillman’s contribution to this album, a terrific song that I would have released as a single. For that matter, it would have made a great Jimmy Martin single.
He’s got nothing but talent and time on his hands
He loves his music, hangs out with his band
He’s got big-hit ambitions and number one dreams
He’s a high-rollin’, a magnificent music machine
He hit town with nothing but his old guitar
With visions of grandeur and being a star
He writes them and sings them like you’ve never seen
“Rank Stranger”, of course is a classic Stanley Brothers song, perhaps my favorite song from the entire Stanley canon, from which there are many classics. This song still gives me chills and Tom sings it well.
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
Where in youth’s early dawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank strangers to me
Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger
No mother or dad, not a friend could I see
They knew not my name and I knew not their faces
I found they were all rank strangers to me.
The album closes, fittingly enough, with another Tom T Hall composition “Bluegrass Festival In The Sky”.
In the sweet by and by at that Bluegrass Festival in the sky.
There’ll be Monroe Flatt Scruggs and the Stanleys
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and the whole McGranner’s Family
Molly and the Stonemans and Martin and Crow
Dillard and Thompson and Smiley and Reno.
(And we will sing)
There’ll be old Tige and Baker and Clements and Warren
Richmond and Harold Carl Story and Dorrin
Acker McMagaha Wiseman and Gray
The Osbornes Bill Clifton Sprung and Uncle Dave.
In the sweet by and by at that Bluegrass Festival in the sky…
It would be many years before Tom T Hall would return to his bluegrass roots when recording a solo album, but return he would. It just didn’t happen as soon as I would have liked.
Everything Else Art Malin, Bill Emerson, Bill Monroe, Bob Moore, Bobby Thompson, Buddy Harmon, Buddy Spicher, Carter Stanley, Charlie Williams, Country Gentlemen, Donna Stoneman, Flatt & Scruggs, Gene Bush, Henry Strezelecki, Hillman Hall, J D Crowe, J. T. Gray, Jimmy Martin, Jodi Drumright, John Prine, Johnny Gimble, Kenny Baker, Manfred Mann, Stanley Brothers, Tom T Hall, Tony Hazzard, Trish Williams
Album Review: Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II – ‘Side By Side’
It’s hard to know how much longer the legendary Ralph Stanley can keep on making music. He is supported here by son Ralph II on a project intended to recall the best of the music Ralph made with late brother Carter as the Stanley Brothers. Father and son take turns singing lead and harmony. Ralph’s ageing voice still has great presence and character, while his son’s has its own arresting quality.
A solo accappella performance by Ralph senior on ‘Don’t Weep For Me’ makes a virtue of his ageing voice and shows his sense of phrasing is unaffected. He sounds good on the traditional ‘I’ve Still Got 99’, and is effective on the intensely lonesome wail of ‘Carolina Mountain Home’, in which the protagonist longs for his sweetheart. Another traditional tune, ‘Wild Bill Jones’ represents the timeless sound of the music of the Appalachians.
The prettily melodic ‘Walking With You In My Dreams’ was written by Bill Monroe’s brother Charlie. Ralph sings this one simply, with no harmonies behind him.
Ralph II delivers a measured lead on the pensive ‘Dirty Black Coal’, a song written by his father about miners’ mixed emotions about the dangerous and unpleasant work which nonetheless provides a living for their families. John Rigsby’s fiddle underlines the mood set by II’s mournful vocal. A version of his father’s ‘A Little At A Time’ is good but less memorable than other tracks.
He is ideally suited to the plaintive ‘Don’t Step Over An Old Love’, familiar to country fans from Ricky Skaggs’ version. This is perhaps my favourite track, followed by the melancholy gospel ‘Nobody Answered Me’.
Ralph II sings solo on the rapid paced banjo-driven Carter Family classic ‘Darling Little Joe’, and is supported by his father’s high harmony on the traditional ‘Six Months Ain’t Long’ and the newly written but very traditional sounding ‘White And Pink Flowers’. II also takes the lead on a solid bluegrass version of Ernest Tubb’s ‘Are You Waiting Just for Me’.
One instrumental, ‘battle Ax’, is thrown in.
This is a rare link to the deep past of country and bluegrass, beautifully performed with the benefits of modern recording technology to keep the sound clear and pure.
Album Reviews Carter Family, Carter Stanley, Charlie Monroe, Ernest Tubb, John Rigsby, Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II, Ricky Skaggs, The Stanley Brothers
Album Review: Donna Ulisse – ‘Showin’ My Roots’
3 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on October 28, 2013
For the past few years former country singer Donna Ulisse has been making a name for herself as a bluegrass singer-songwriter. I’ve enjoyed her music in that vein, but a small part of me hankered after the neotraditional country singer she started out as. Now she has combined the two sides to her music in a nod to her musical roots, re-imagining the country classics she grew up listening to, in a bluegrass setting, with a few bluegrass songs thrown in. The result is a joy to listen to.
Donna produced the record with acoustic guitarist Bryan Sutton. The band consists of some of the finest bluegrass studio musicians: Sutton, Scott Vestal on banjo, Rob Ickes on dobro, Andy Leftwich on fiddle and mandolin, and either Viktor Krauss (on most tracks) or Byron House on upright bass.
A pair of new songs bookend the album, both written by Donna with her husband Rick Stanley. The charming title track sets the mood and dwells on the influence on her of Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens, Dolly Parton and Carter Stanley. Fayssoux Maclean sings harmony. ‘I’ve Always Had A Song I Could Lean On’ is a fond reminiscence of a music-filled childhood.
Donna plays tribute to Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette with confident, sassy versions of ‘Fist City’ and ‘Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad’, both of which I enjoyed very much. A thoughtful and convincing take on Dolly Parton’s ‘In The Good Old Days When Times Were Bad’ acts as Donna’s nod to both Dolly and to Haggard, whose cover influenced this version.
Donna’s husband is a cousin of Carter and Ralph Stanley, and Donna’s version of the Stanley Brothers’ ‘How Mountain Girls Can Love’ is bright and charming. The finest moments on this album are the ballads. A beautifully measured version of Ralph Stanley’s deeply mournful ‘If That’s The Way You Feel’ is my favorite track. Larry Cordle and Carl Jackson add harmonies to this exquisite reading.
Almost as good, ‘Somebody Somewhere (Don’t Know What He’s Missing Tonight)’, a Loretta Lynn hit written by Lola Jean Fawbush, is lonely and longing, with the gorgeous tone Donna displayed on her 1990s country records, and a very spare, stripped down arrangement. Absolutely wonderful.
Donna is sincere and compelling on ‘Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus’, a favorite of her father. I also enjoyed the traditional ‘Take This Hammer’ (the first song Donna ever sang in public, as a small child) with guest Sam Bush sharing the vocals. A sweet and tenderly romantic ‘Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On’ is delicately pretty.
‘I Hope You Have Learned’ was written in the 1950s by Donna’s great-uncle Gene Butler, who spent a short period in Nashville working as a songwriter. It is a high lonesome bluegrass ballad whose protagonist is in prison for murdering a romantic rival, and wants to know if the spouse will be waiting on release. Donna twists the genders around but otherwise this is faithful to the original, recorded by Father of Bluegrass Bill Monroe.
The only disappointment for me was Rodney Crowell’s ‘One Way Rider’, which boasts sparkling playing by the musicians, but although Donna tackles it with enthusiasm, it feels a little characterless despite John Cowan’s harmony providing some flavor.
This is one of a number of excellent bluegrass/country albums to emerge this year, but Donna’s beautiful, expressive vocals, which are at their best on this album, make this one not to be missed. Her interpretative ability means that she brings her own contribution even to the best-known songs, and this is thoroughly recommended.
Album Reviews Andy Leftwich, Bill Monroe, Bryan Sutton, Byron House, Carl Jackson, Carter Stanley, Dolly Parton, Donna Ulisse, Gene Butler, John Cowan, Larry Cordle, Lola Jean Fawbush, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley, Rick Stanley, Rob Ickes, Rodney Crowell, Sam Bush, Scott Vestal, Tammy Wynette, The Stanley Brothers, Viktor Krauss
Album Review: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder – ‘Bluegrass Rules!’
Leave a comment Posted by Occasional Hope on October 26, 2012
When his mainstream career wound down, Ricky Skaggs decided to pick up his mandolin and returned to his roots in bluegrass. He didn’t do it half heartedly – this is an uncompromisingly hard bluegrass set with high lonesome vocals, tight harmonies and nimble picking. Produced by Skaggs himself, the album featured and credited his road band Kentucky Thunder, and was released on Rounder Records.
Opens with a spoken statement by the late gospel bass-vocalist J. D. Sumner, “country rocks but bluegrass rules” then the band swings straight into an uncompromising Bill Monroe-composed instrumental, ‘Get Up John’. There are a couple of other instrumentals, another from Monroe bookending the project, and one composed by Ricky midway through the set. They break up the vocal tracks but do feel a bit samey.
Virtually all the songs deal with tragedy and lost love. In his teenage years, Ricky was a member of Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys (along with Keith Whitley), and that experience seems to be the overwhelming inspiration of this album. The Stanley Brothers are a major source of material, with two songs written by each of Carter and Ralph. Carter’s ‘Think Of What You’ve Done’ offers a measured reproach to the woman who has broken his heart by leaving him for another man. It is excellent, as is the rhythmic ‘Ridin’ That Midnight Train’ with another broken heart lyric about leaving town with the blues in similar circumstances. Ralph’s ‘Little Maggie’ with its high mountain lead vocals has a very pure heritage feel, while the perky ‘If I Lose’ is the record’s sole happy song, with love making gambling losses unimportant.
Although they did not write it (the credit goes to Southern hymn writer Albert Brumley), the somber spiritual classic ‘Rank Stranger’ is probably also best known as part of the Stanley Brothers’ repertoire. Ricky’s version is a real highlight of this record, with gospel trio vocals from the band.
The quieter but intensely mournful ‘Another Night’ is another fine song dealing with the pain of lost love, as is the Earl Scruggs number ‘Somehow Tonight’.
‘I Hope You’ve Learned’ is a reproach from a man in prison to his cheating wife, wondering if she will wait for him when he is finally released. A fine song in the high lonesome style, one is, however, left wondering what exactly he did, propelled by his jealousy (wifebeating?), and the fact that he is still blaming her for it is rather troubling. This is one case where I don’t think I’d be waiting.
In a stern warning to ‘The Drunken Driver’, Ricky relates the story of a terrible accident:
These two dear kids walked side by side
Out on the state highway
Their loving mother, she had died
And their father had run away
They were talking of their loving parents
How sad their hearts did feel
When around the curve came a speeding car
With a drunk man at the wheel
The driver saw these two dear kids
And hooted a drunkard sound
“Get out of the road, you little fools”
And the car had brought them down
The driver staggered from his car
To see what he had done
His heart sank within him
When he saw his dying son
Yes, the drunken driver has managed to run over his own abandoned children. The little boy then rubs it in for his penitent father, gasping out as he lies dying,
“Take us to our mother, Dad
She sleeps beneath the ground
It was you and her we were talking about
When the car had knocked us down
And please, dear Dad, don’t drink no more
While driving on your way
But meet us with our mother, Dad
In Heaven some sweet day”
The story is so melodramatic it might be hard for some contemporary listeners to take seriously, but Ricky’s dead straight reading gives it some impact, and it fits into a long standing tradition of songs of this kind which are a valuable part of bluegrass (and more general country music) heritage; it was recorded by country star Ferlin Husky in the ‘50s but has the feel of something 20 years older still.
This is a hard record to assign a grade to, as there is nothing to criticise, with excellent musicianship but it is not an easy listen for those with little exposure to bluegrass, and there is not much variety. I did enjoy it a lot, but it isn’t one of my favourite Skaggs albums, as I tend to prefer those where he mixes country and bluegrass. Those with less of a taste for bluegrass without any country elements may want to pass.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Albert Brumley, Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley, Earl Scruggs, Ferlin Husky, Keith Whitley, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Stanley Brothers
Album Review – Ricky Skaggs – ‘Country Boy’
1 Comment Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on October 12, 2012
Known primarily for its now classic title track, Ricky Skaggs’ Country Boy has held up beautifully since its release in 1984. A number one gold selling album, it wasn’t as prolific as the string of releases that preceded it, but it stands as a strong collection in Skaggs’ catalog.
The #2 peaking “Something In My Heart” was the first of two singles. A fine slice of neo-traditional country, the track is pleasant on the ears but not memorable enough to stand out among Skaggs’ iconic hits. The brilliant title track was the second single, a one-week chart topper in 1984. It’s possibly my all time favorite Skaggs recording, the song both infectious and effortlessly cool but more importantly, it stands the test of time sounding fresher today than back then.
The rest of the project matches the exuberance of the singles. Never one to shy away from covers, Skaggs peppers a few smart selections among Country Boy’s ten tracks. My favorite is Bill Monroe’s instrumental hoedown “Wheel Hoss,” a fiery fiddle and steel number that also makes ample use of a mandolin’s charms. Skaggs also does a great job covering “Window Up Above,” a 1960 hit for George Jones. While its hard to compare, Jones does have the slight edge with his near flawless ability at capturing heartache with his voice. In comparison, Skaggs sounds a bit too clean.
“I’m Ready to Go” is a cover of an old Carter Stanley co-write and a magnificent banjo centric bluegrass thumper. Like the title track that opens the record, “I’m Ready To Go” closes out the proceedings with a similar jaunty texture but instead of incorporating modern country elements, it sticks straight up bluegrass, a wonderful choice for a wonderful song.
Larry Cordle wrote “Two Highways” which would become the title track for Alison Krauss’ 1989 album. Surprisingly it’s Krauss’ version that’s more upbeat but Skaggs’ rendition is far superior thanks to a slower neo-traditional arrangement that appropriately lets the ache of the lyric shine through.
“Baby I’m In Love With You” is another steel accented uptempo number, and a rare love song on the album. The fluffy lyric, written by Alex Gibson, Andy Gibson, and Joe Weaver, brings the song down considerably, and coupled with the production, make the song a miss. I don’t have a problem with the drunk on love scenario but the execution is too sappy for my tastes.
“Brand New Me,” the other love song, works much better because Skaggs’ character comes from a place of healing. The overall track has a bit of a Dan Seals’ vibe down to the ribbons of steel guitar woven throughout and Skaggs’ straightforward approach to the vocal. Overall it’s a good song, but there’s nothing terribly special or unique to help it stand out amongst the strongest tracks on the project.
The fiddle ballad “Patiently Waiting” is one of those standout tracks. The neo-traditional arrangement is perfect and acts as an inviting gateway into the song. Another highlight is “Rendezvous,” a slightly theatrical love song about getting back to the stage when the couple first met.
As a whole Country Boy is a very solid above average album with some brilliant moments sprinkled throughout. His material was stronger on his previous two releases, which is reflected in the notion that Country Boy isn’t one of Skaggs’ best-remembered projects for much beyond the title track. But its definitely still worth listening to even though its just below essential.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Alex Gibson, Alison Krauss, Andy Gibson, Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley, Dan Seals, George Jones, Joe Weaver, Larry Cordle, Ricky Skaggs
Album Review – Ricky Skaggs – ‘Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown’
3 Comments Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on October 10, 2012
Following the monster success of Highways and Heartaches (platinum sales, 3 #1s and a #2), Ricky Skaggs issued Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown on Epic Records in 1983. It was his second consecutive number one album and featured 3 number one hits and sold a respectable 500,000 copies.
The mid-tempo title track, made famous by the Stanley Brothers, was written by Ray Pennington and Roy E Marcum and became Skaggs’ seventh number one overall. The twangy ballad is stellar warning from a man to the woman sleeping around behind his back:
How can I stand up to my friends and look ’em in the eye
Admit the question that I know would be nothing but lies
You spend all your past time, making me a clown
But if you’re gonna cheat on me, don’t cheat in our hometown
Much like Sawyer Brown’s “All These Years,” “Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown” offers a unique perspective on the classic cheating scenario, one in which the man is made into the fool. The role reversal is excellent and Skaggs brings that sense of victimization to his venerable vocal.
A spirited and comical cover of Mel Tillis’ “Honey (Won’t You Open That Door)” was released in the winter of 1984. Driven by a jaunty drum and organic guitar riffs, “Honey” is one of my favorites of Skaggs’ recordings thanks in part to the songs’ ability not to take itself too seriously while dealing with substantive subject matter.
It seems like another dimension now, but there was a time when a track like Bill Monroe’s marvelous “Uncle Pen” could not only gain the attention of country radio but top the charts as well. Another favorite of mine, “Uncle Pen” is brilliant in how it blends an obvious bluegrass sensibility with mainstream country. The fiddle heavy hoedown is spectacular and I love how it blends so easily with the acoustic guitars.
Dolly Parton joins Skaggs with a haunting harmony vocal on Carter and Ralph Stanley’s “Vision Of Mother.” The somewhat disturbing mandolin ballad finds a man seeing a vision of his dead mother preying for him. The song succeeds because of the vivid imagery, although the vocals are a bit too sharp for my tastes.
“I’m Head Over Heels In Love” is a fabulous steel led thumper, in the same vein as Exile’s hits like “Woke Up In Love.” I love the uniquely slick style of the track; it fits Skaggs like a glove. I also enjoy the traditional “A Wound Time Can’t Erase,” another example of modern mid-80s country that a carries a nice dose of twang. Skaggs’ vocal may be a bit too dragged out on some of the notes, leading his voice to sound a bit nasally, but it doesn’t take away from the overall tune.
The other more traditional numbers are also quite strong. “She’s More To Be Pitied” is a fabulous fiddle-led number by Ruby Rakes, while “Keep A Memory” is a wonderful traditional bluegrass tune penned by Carter Stanley. I also love Fred Stryker’s “Don’t Step Over An Old Love,” the best such song among the album tracks. The album closes with “Children Go Where I Send Thee,” an excellent traditional gospel number that’s made all the sweeter thanks to the myriad of harmony vocals.
Overall, Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown is another excellent collection of bluegrass and country tunes and was dedicated to the Stanley Brothers upon its release. While the song selection may not have been as strong as his previous release, it remains timeless thanks to expert musicianship, and remains an essential listen today.
(NOTE: Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown was reissued in 2009 and included a DVD respective. That version can be found easily online.)
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley, Dolly Parton, Exile, Fred Stryker, Mel Tillis, Ralph Stanley, Ray Pennington, Ricky Skaggs, Roy E Marcum, Ruby Rakes, Sawyer Brown
Album Review – Ricky Skaggs – ‘Sweet Temptation’
1 Comment Posted by Jonathan Pappalardo on October 5, 2012
Ricky Skaggs’ debut for Sugar Hill Records, Sweet Temptation was Skaggs’ second album overall when it was released in 1979. The album features backing vocals from Emmylou Harris, and is influenced sonically by her solo efforts.
The Carter Stanley composition “I’ll Take The Blame” was the album’s sole single reaching #86. A gorgeous stone cold traditional country ballad, it features Harris prominently on backing vocals and the overall track rests on the high twang of their vocals, a hit or miss depending on the style of country you find most appealing. I happen to love the bluegrass twang, but can see where others may not be able to warm up to it.
“Little Cabin Home On The Hill,” collaboration by Lester Flatt, John Hartford and Bill Monroe is another fiddle centric ballad, this time finding our protagonist mending a broken heart by crying out his pain in his cabin home. This bluegrass tune is stellar, as Skaggs and Harris’ vocals blend seamlessly and the mournful fiddle echoes the ache felt by the main character.
The fiddle also takes center stage on “Put It Off Until Tomorrow,” co-written by Dolly Parton and Bill Owens. Parton released the tune herself three years later as a duet with Kris Kristofferson from a double album entitled The Winning Hand, a project consisting of unreleased tracks on the Monument label. Skaggs’ version once again finds Harris on backing vocals, and the tune straddles the space between country and bluegrass, finding a nice home somewhere in the middle. I like the subdued atmosphere of Skaggs’ version the best although Parton provides a nice prospective by flipping the gender roles.
Skaggs keeps Sweet Temptation alive with a few banjo and dobro centric tunes in the middle of the album. “Baby I’m In Love With You” is a fabulously plucky love song that takes after old-time country, Stanley’s “Baby Girl” is a delightful traditional bluegrass thumper, while “I Know What It Means to be Lonesome” has a wonderfully fast acoustic arrangement that doesn’t quite fit with the sad themes of the song and Skaggs’ vocals are a rare misstep as he sings the track in too high a key. Skaggs rectifies this on “I’ll Stay Around,” another traditional bluegrass tune that ranks among my favorite tracks on the album.
The title track written by Cliffie Stone and Merle Travis is another masterful tune and an album highlight. I love everything about the song from the wonderful combination of dobro and steel that lead the arrangement, to Skaggs’ pitch perfect vocals. Travis also sang the song, (his version can be heard HERE), but I much prefer the vibrancy Skaggs brings to the song.
The quietest song on the album, Stanley’s “Could You Love Me On More Time” puts Skaggs’ vocal front and center, backing him solely with an acoustic guitar. In lesser hands this naked approach could’ve been disastrous, but Skaggs pulls it off with effortless ease.
The most blatantly country track on the project is “Forgive Me,” which Wayne Walker wrote with G. Paul Sullivan. Another stellar tune, it somewhat foreshadows the direction Skaggs would take in the 80s, when he became a genre superstar. It’s another standout track on the album.
What surprises me about Sweet Temptation is the level in which Skaggs knows himself as an artist. He was only in his early 20s in 1979 and yet he sang with a confidence of someone twice to three times his age. This keeps Sweet Temptation from sounding like a less then project, an early representation of an artist still learning where he fits in the country music landscape. Instead its essential listening from an artist who hadn’t yet hit his prime, although you wouldn’t know that from listening to this.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Bill Monroe, Bill Owens, Carter Stanley, Cliffie Stone, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, G. Paul Sullivan, John Hartford, Kris Kristofferson, Lester Flatt, Merle Travis, Ricky Skaggs, Wayne Walker
Album Review: Ricky Skaggs – ‘Music To My Ears’
Leave a comment Posted by Razor X on October 3, 2012
Most country music stars record less frequently once the major label phase of their careers end, but Ricky Skaggs is a notable exception to the rule: his independent albums far outnumber his major label efforts. From a fan’s standpoint, this is a good thing, though he has become so prolific it is sometimes difficult to keep up with his output. Music To My Ears, which was released last week, dropped just a little over a year after 2011’s Country Hits Bluegrass Style and a second volume of Skaggs family Christmas songs.
Like most of Skaggs’ post-1997 output, Music To My Ears leans heavily toward bluegrass; however, this is not strictly a collection of bluegrass tunes. He pushes the envelope just a bit by incorporating some Celtic instruments such as the bagpipes and tin whistle, along with the occasional electric guitar and keyboard. Some bluegrass purists may cry foul, but the vast majority of time the blending of styles works well. A prime example is “What You Are Waiting For”, an inspirational but not overtly religious number, which effectively combines some traditional bluegrass instruments — banjo and mandolin — with a piano intro, and some electric guitar tracks and background vocals that would not sound out of place on today’s country radio.
Overall, however, the album’s more traditional numbers are its best — from the high lonesome sound of the opening track “Blue Night” and Carter Stanley’s “Loving You Too Well”, to the wonderful picking on the instrumental “New Jerusalem”, which Ricky wrote. And then there’s the unusual “You Can’t Hurt Ham”, a Skaggs co-write with Gordon Kennedy, who co-produced the album with Ricky. It is, essentially, a tongue-in-cheek tune about spoiled food and the supposed long shelf life of ham. While I don’t agree with his claim of “no refrigerate, no expire date”, the song is a very entertaining number.
Like most of Ricky’s albums, Music To My Ears contains a handful of religious and inspirational numbers. There’s the aformentioned “New Jerusalem” and “What You Are Waiting For”, as well as the more openly religious title track, and the family-values themed “Nothing Beats A Family”. Interestingly, none of the members of the Skaggs-White clan makes any appearances on this album.
The one track that doesn’t quite work is the apparent centerpiece of the album, “Soldier’s Son”, a duet with Barry Gibb. The song itself, which Gibb wrote with his children Ashley and Stephen, is not bad but its attempt to alternate between bluegrass and mainstream pop elements seems a bit forced. Aside from that,I’ve never been able to tolerate Gibb’s singing and that alone is enough to spoil the song for me. It is however, the album’s sole misstep, with the possible exception of the background vocals at the end of “Nothing Beats A Family.” All in all, however, there is far more here to like than dislike, unless one is just not a bluegrass fan. Those who are will find this collection most enjoyable.
Album Reviews, Spotlight Artist Ashley Gibb, Barry Gibb, Carter Stanley, Gordon Kennedy, Ricky Skaggs, Stephen Gibb, The Whites
Country Heritage: Sonny & Bobby, The Osborne Brothers
1 Comment Posted by Paul W. Dennis on August 9, 2011
Bluegrass and Modern Country Music – kissin’ cousins or estranged relations ? Although they claim common ancestry (Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry and Bill Monroe were all hugely influenced by Jimmie Rodgers, and many others were influenced by the Original Carter Family), it has been many years since modern country and bluegrass music split off in different directions from their acoustic string band origins. Up until the end of the 1960s you could hear bluegrass played by some country radio stations (most frequently by smaller stations located in more rural areas), and artists such as Jimmie Skinner, the Willis Brothers, Lee Moore, Grandpa Jones and Frank “Hylo” Brown straddled the two genres. Mainstream artists such as Skeeter Davis, Carl Smith, Porter Wagoner and the duo of George Jones & Melba Montgomery would record albums of bluegrass songs. By the end of the 1960s, however, bluegrass was nearly extinct on country radio. True, there were a few songs, usually associated with movies (“Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” “Dueling Banjos”) or television shows (“The Ballad of Jed Clampett”), which achieved some airplay, but those were few and far between.
Today bluegrass is largely banished from country radio. Yes, various performers such as Keith Urban or Rascal Flatts will gratuitously drop a banjo or a mandolin into their songs, but their music isn’t bluegrass. Yes, artists such as Alison Krauss or Rhonda Vincent will occasionally grace a Nashville artist’s album as a duet partner for a song or two, but those songs really aren’t bluegrass either. And yes, the soundtrack to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, sold millions of copies – but how often did your local country station play any of the songs from the soundtrack?
The last bluegrass act regularly to receive country radio airplay was the duo of banjo player Roland “Sonny” Osborne (born 10/29/37) and his mandolin-playing brother, Bobby Osborne (born 12/9/1931). Sonny and Bobby were born in Hyden, Kentucky, but when Sonny was very young, the family moved near Dayton, Ohio where they had their first experiences as performers. As children, their father instilled a love for traditional music. Bobby picked up the electric guitar as a teenager and played in various local bands. A few years after his brother began playing the guitar, Sonny picked up the banjo. Both were greatly influenced by the likes of Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Alton & Rabon Delmore and Bill Monroe.
Being six years older, Bobby was first out of the gate. During the autumn of 1949, he and friend/banjoist Larry Richardson joined the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers. This effectively changed the band from Delmore Brothers sound-alikes into a pioneering bluegrass band. They recorded a number of sides together including the original version of “Pain In My Heart.”
In 1950, 13 year old Sonny joined his brother in the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers. Following his tenure with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Bobby joined forces with Jimmy Martin to form a band called the ‘Sunny Mountain Boys’. Following the breakup with Martin, Bobby briefly joined the Stanley Brothers, singing high baritone above Carter’s lead and Ralph’s tenor. Unfortunately, before this trio was able to record, Bobby was drafted into the military in November of 1951.
During Bobby’s military service Sonny continued his musical career. During the summers of 1952 and 1953, Sonny played banjo for Bill Monroe. Also, Sonny recorded a number of singles for small record labels such as Kentucky and Gateway. I do not know how many sides were released by Gateway, but I am aware of at least forty-two songs being recorded, featuring Sonny on banjo and vocals, Carlos Brock on guitar and vocals, Billy Thomas on fiddle, Smokey Ward on bass and Enos Johnson on mandolin and vocals.
In late 1953, Bobby & Sonny teamed up with Jimmy Martin and performed on a local Detroit radio station billed as “Jimmy Martin and The Osborne Brothers.” Bobby & Sonny lasted two years with the mercurial Martin, during which time they recorded a few singles for RCA. They left in 1956 to work with Charlie Bailey on the WWVA Big Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia, where they would stay for four years. A few months later they joined forces with lead singer Harley “Red” Allen and formed their own band–thereafter becoming known as the Osborne Brothers.
Shortly after joining forces with Red Allen, The Osborne Brothers signed a deal with MGM records. Their fifth single for MGM, “Once More,” reached #13 in 1958. While no more singles charted nationally for MGM (many of their records were regional hits), the Osborne Brothers continued to record, refining their sound. Red Allen left the group after the first album, but Sonny & Bobby soldiered onward, with other outstanding vocalists such as Benny Birchfield helping complete the harmony trios. They would record three more albums for MGM before leaving for Decca in late 1963. Many of these albums included songs that would later become hits when re-recorded for Decca.
The Decca years found Sonny and Bobby experimenting with the instrumentation of their music. They experimented slowly at first, using an electric bass, then added additional instruments such as steel guitar and piano, and Sonny’s own creation, the electric six-string banjo. The hybrid country bluegrass sound proved quite popular with fans and disc jockeys alike. They were soon booked on the major country package shows of the day. With their voices being featured on their own major label recordings and on others from Conway Twitty to Bill Monroe, their name became synonymous with harmony singing. From 1966 to 1976, the Osborne Brothers would chart 16 times. While none of these songs were huge national hits, the records sold well and were mostly huge hits in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas. Several of their songs such as “Ruby (Are You Mad),” “Roll Muddy River,” “Son of A Sawmill Man” and “Rocky Top” became bluegrass standards, with the latter even being designated as an official Tennessee State song.
The Osborne Brothers were inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. They were voted as the CMA’s “Vocal Group of the Year” in 1971, and received nominations in the category in 1970, 1974 and 1975. From 1971-1978 they were honored by Music City News as the nation’s top bluegrass group. Along the way, they became one of the first major bluegrass groups to appear extensively at bluegrass festivals.
The eighteenth (and last) charted single for Sonny & Bobby was “I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me” in early 1980, which peaked at #75. By 1980, the chasm between the sound of bluegrass and modern country music had grown too deep for bluegrass to get any airplay on country radio. Ricky Skaggs would have considerable success on country radio during the years just ahead, but the records that charted well for Skaggs were far less grassy than the hybrids that the Osborne Brothers had been charting in the 1960s and 1970s.
Following their departure from Decca/MCA in 1975, The Osborne Brothers signed with Country Music Heritage (CMH) records and gradually reverted to traditional bluegrass instrumentation and have stayed there ever since. The Osborne Brothers were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music’s Hall of Honor (the genre’s equivalent to the Country Music Hall of Fame) in 1994 and were elected to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2002.
He Osborne Brothers continued to perform until Sonny Osborne retired from performing in 2005 after a shoulder operation affected his ability to play the banjo. Bobby Osborne continues to perform to this day, with Rocky Top X-Press, the band he formed after Sonny’s retirement. At 79 years of age, Bobby still tours – his busy schedule can be checked out on his website www.bobbyosborne.com .
The Osborne Brothers were pioneers in being among the first bluegrass groups (possibly the first bluegrass group) to include modern country instruments such as drums, electric bass, electric guitar, electric banjo, guitjo (a banjo neck on a guitar body) and steel guitar into bluegrass music. Many other acts would follow suit, even traditionally oriented groups such as Jim & Jesse McReynolds. Perhaps of greater importance was the vocal trio style created by the Osborne Brothers in conjunction with Red Allen, sometimes dubbed as “inverted stacked harmony”. This sound, unique and electrifying, featured Bobby singing a high lead line, Sonny singing baritone, and finally Red Allen singing the tenor as the lowest part. Although Red left after the first MGM album, subsequent vocalist such as Benny Birchfield , Dale Sledd and others kept the excitement going, setting a pattern many other groups,both bluegrass and modern country tried to duplicate, although few with such panache.
The Osborne Brothers recorded four albums for MGM and 14 albums for Decca/MCA during the vinyl era. All of these records are worthwhile. If you found all 18 of the albums and played them chronologically you would hear a detailed history of the evolution of bluegrass music as the Osborne Brothers occasionally strayed into “newgrass” before the term was invented. The Decca/MCA albums are especially interesting as the Osborne Brothers covered many classic country songs as well as contemporary country material.
Unfortunately, little of the classic MGM and Decca/MCA material is available on CD, except for on two terrific (and quite expensive) boxed sets issued by Bear Family which contain all of the MGM and Decca/MCA material.
Leaving MCA/Decca after 1975, the Osborne Brothers joined the tradition-oriented Country Music Heritage (CMH) label, issuing at least ten albums for CMH, including a wonderful double album with Mac Wiseman. The CMH albums straddle the vinyl, cassette and CD eras, so you may find those albums in any or all of those formats.
Four albums were issued on Sugar Hill and five on Pinecastle. The Pinecastle albums all were issued on CD, however, only Once More, Volumes 1 & 2 were released on CD by Sugar Hill.
There was a live album issued on RCA in April 1982 titled Bluegrass Spectacular. This album, recorded in October 1981 at Opryland’s Theater By The Lake, features the Osborne Brothers with guests the Lewis Family and Mac Wiseman. Hairl Hensley and Roy Acuff do the opening introductions. For this performance, Paul Brewster sings the additional harmony Hal Rug plays steel guitar and former Texas Troubadour Leon Rhodes plays electric lead guitar. As far as I know this is the only RCA album, although RCA Camden issued something in 1968 called Bluegrass Banjo Pickers which has a few Sonny Osborne tracks (I’ve never seen the actual album)
The Ernest Tubb Record Shop currently has available both of the Bear Family Box Sets at $99.98 each. If you are a diehard fan, it’s definitely worth the money to buy these, but for the casual fan, they are overkill. It is possible (sometimes) to find these sets for less money on sites such as www.overstock.com and www.countysales.com . Also you may be able to find used sets on sites such as www.musicstack.com .
The only other CD available covering the Decca/MCA years is titled Country Bluegrass. It sells for $9.98 and has ten of their chart hits including “Rocky Top,” “Roll Muddy River” and “Ruby (Are You Mad).” It’s inadequate, but essential.
ET has eleven more titles available, all of which come from post-1975. They do have the terrific Essential Bluegrass Album (with Mac Wiseman) which was a double album with 24 songs.
ET also has available six solo albums that Bobby Osborne has issued plus an album with Jesse McReynolds titled Masters of The Mandolin. I have several of Bobby’s solo albums – they are good but something was definitely lost from the vocal blend when Sonny retired. Moreover, Bobby has lost some of his upper range over the years, especially on the more recent albums and when he performs some of the old Osborne Brothers classics, he has had to do them in lower keys. This point was brought home by Bobby’s performance on the Opry in July 2011, where Bobby has clearly changed the chord progression on the chorus of “Rocky Top” to make it easier to sing.
Currently www.bobbyosborne.com has six of Bobby’s solo albums available for sale as well as ten Osborne Brothers CDs and two DVDs of the Osborne Brothers in concert.
Country Heritage Alison Krauss, Alton Delmore, Benny Birchfield, Bill Monroe, Billy Thomas, Bobby Osborne, Carl Smith, Carlos Brock, Carter Stanley, Charlie Bailey, Conway Twitty, Dale Sledd, Delmore Brothers, Enos Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Frank "Hylo" Brown, Gene Autry, George Jones, Grandpa Jones, Hairl Hensley, Hal Rug, Harley "Red" Allen, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmie Skinner, Jimmy Martin, Keith Urban, Larry Richardson, Lee Moore, Leon Rhodes, Lewis Family, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Mac Wiseman, Melba Montgomery, Osborne Brothers, Paul Brewster, Porter Wagoner, Rabon Delmore, Ralph Stanley, Rascal Flatts, Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, Rocky Top X-Press, Roy Acuff, Skeeter Davis, Smokey Ward, Sonny Osborne, Stanley Brothers, Sunny Mountain Boys, The Carter Family, Willis Brothers
Album Review: Scott Holstein – ‘Cold Coal Town’
The last musical recommendation I got from the late lamented 9513 was Scott Holstein, who Brody Vercher pointed out a few weeks ago. His independent CD Cold Coal Town has been produced by Scott himself alongside dobro player extraordinaire Randy Kohrs. Impressively, the entire album was recorded in one night (in Kohrs’ studio in Nashville), and great credit goes to the very accomplished band. Bluegrass backings and a soulful fusion of bluegrass-country-blues in Scott’s passionately smoky voice set this record apart. The songs, all written by Scott, are mainly rooted in his West Virginia coalmining family background, and the quality is exceptionally high.
‘The Spell’ opens the set with the protagonist railing against the woman he loves despite her “wicked ways”. It seems quite appropriate for it to lead into ‘Walls Of Stone’, the blues-infused lament of a prisoner sentenced to 99 years in gaol after killing his unfaithful wife. The sprightly instrumental ‘Leavin Charleston’ showcases the band’s tight, sparkling musicianship. Their more lyrical playing comes to the fore in another instrumental cut, the stately ’The Holstein Waltz’, which is lovely. Scott does not play an instrument on the album, but composed the tunes.
‘Boone County Blues’ is one of those cheerful sounding expressions of deep sadness which are common in bluegrass, again with really great picking. It is, perhaps, the least exceptional song here, but is still very good. The charming ‘Clinch Mountain Hills’ is a tribute to the Stanley brothers, written by Carter Stanley’s graveside and channelling his voice. Don Rigsby provides the high tenor harmony counterpoint to Scott’s gravelly baritone.
I don’t remember ever seeing a country song with a Latin title before. ‘Montani Semper Liberi’ is the official motto of Scott’s home state of West Virginia (meaning “mountaineers [are] always free”), and the song tells a dramatic story, with a young man choosing not to take sides in the Civil War, just as the state was formed in June 1863, declaring:
Mama stitched my uniform
But no colors do I choose
They’ll never take this mountain
The gray nor the blue
Cause mountaineers are always free
And almost heaven’s good enough for me
Upon this land I’ll state my creed
Mountaineers are always free
The grim reality of life in the coal towns fuels much of Scott’s best work. The title track has the protagonist leaving his childhood home for a better future, and reminiscing about the hardworking miner father who “left one day and came back dead”, having advised his son not to follow him into the mines. In ‘Roll, Coal, Roll’, meanwhile, the protagonist is a weary trucker moving coal down from the mountain mines.
The acappella Black Water quietly and compellingly tells the true story of a fatal flood caused by a coal company’s unsafe practices in the 70s, when several communities were destroyed and over 100 people were killed at Buffalo Creek, West Virginia by coal slurry after a dam broke. Perhaps the highlight of a very fine record, this sounds like a traditional folk song, and has Don Rigsby and Randy Kohrs on harmony:
Coal company said “God is to blame”
They built the dam “but He brought the rain”
Truth was known throughout the land
Never do trust a company man
Black water, black water
So black and so deep
And under black water forever I’ll sleep
Death angels are calling out to me
Black water is rolling down Buffalo Creek
Death was the scene even high in the tree
Fathers and children and mothers to be
Nowhere to run as black water comes down
And so is the lie of a coal mining town
A similar flood seen from the first person, this time caused by a coal company’s reckless clearance of tree cover on the mountain, sees locals seeking refuge, but there ‘Ain’t No Higher Ground’ to run to.
This is a fantastic record, and definitely my favourite of the year so far. I’ll be very surprised if it doesn’t make my end of year top 10.
You can currently purchase the CD from Scott’s website, although I understand wider distribution is being sought.
Album Reviews Carter Stanley, Don Rigsby, Randy Kohrs, Scott Holstein, Stanley Brothers
Album Review: Patty Loveless – ‘Honky Tonk Angel’
9 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on October 9, 2009
Patty Loveless’ third album, released in 1988, marked her real commercial breakthrough. It was her first gold-seller (and eventually reached platinum status), and it also built on her growing success on country radio. No less than five of the ten tracks were released as singles – an unusually high number at the time. It is a testament to the strength in depth of the material that every single one was a top ten hit.
Whereas Patty’s first two albums had been co-produced by Tony Brown with Emory Gordy Jr, this time Brown took sole charge, and he delivered a commercial, radio-friendly record with enough traditional influences to fit perfectly with the tune of the times. The title alone was something of a statement of intent, as a phrase which does not appear on any of the lyrics of the songs, but one which called to mind Kitty Wells’ 50s classic ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’. A predominantly up-tempo set of material drew on Patty’s rock-singing past and her mountain background, intermixed with some soaring ballads which showed off her beautiful voice and emotive interpretative ability.
The opening track, and lead-off single, was the beaty country-rock ‘Blue Side Of Town’, written by Hank DeVito and Paul Kennerley. It was followed by the pleading ballad ‘Don’t Toss Us Away’, written by rock musician Bryan MacLean, and previously recorded by the country-rock group Lone Justice featuring MacLean’s sister, future pop star Maria McKee, on vocals. Brown’s production and Patty’s vocals transformed it into a pure country song, one which allowed Patty to stretch out vocally and show how she could emote, supported by Rodney Crowell on harmony vocals, as she begs:
Don’t toss us away so thoughtlessly
It just ain’t right
Oh can’t you see
I want you to stay
Darlin’ please, don’t toss us away
Patty’s first #1 single was the engaging up-tempo ‘Timber I’m Falling In Love’, one of several tracks here to benefit from Vince Gill’s prominent harmonies. It was also the first #1 for its writer, Kostas. The same combination of Kostas as writer, Patty on lead, and Vince Gill on harmony (together with bluegrass vocalist Claire Lynch) was responsible for the fourth single, the full-blooded ballad ‘The Lonely Side Of Love’. Only reaching #6, it was the least successful of the singles from the album, and is one of Patty’s less well remembered songs today, but it is still a fine recording.
Kostas wrote a third track on the album, the loungy ‘If You Think’, which is beautifully interpreted by Patty as a love song with an underlying hint of sadness as the protagonist defends her love against her lover’s doubts. The final single was my favorite, as Vince Gill’s harmonies again helped ‘Chains’ to the top of the chart. The downbeat lyrics about a woman emotionally tied to a hopeless love are married to an effervescent sound which is utterly irresistible.
Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Bryan MacLean, Carter Stanley, Claire Lynch, Emory Gordy Jr., Hank DeVito, Kitty Wells, Kostas, Lone Justice, Maria McKee, Patty Loveless, Paul Kennerley, Rodney Crowell, Roger Murrah, Stanley Brothers, Tony Brown, Vince Gill
Album Review: Brandon Rickman – ‘Young Man, Old Soul’
Brandon Rickman is a very talented bluegrass singer and guitarist, with a grittily soulful voice which is very distinctive. Although this is his debut solo album (on the always-admirable Rural Rhythm Records), he has spent some time as lead singer for the Lonesome River Band. Rickman co-produces with Jimmy Metts, and they have made a record with a surprisingly full acoustic bluegrass sound, despite the small number of musicians; many tracks just feature Brandon’s voice and guitar, although others feature members of the Lonesome River Band and other musician friends. Brandon also co-writes almost all the material.
The album immediately seizes attention with the arresting opening track, ‘Always Have, Always Will’, an excellent song which Brandon wrote with Chris Stapleton of the SteelDrivers. This portrays a man who cannot stop drinking and lives with the cost, as he declares his undying love for the woman who could not live with it:
“I’ve fought it time and time again
But the whiskey always wins
I got regrets I try to kill
I always have and I always will …
I know the Devil way too well
But I knew the price when I made the deal.”
The song is well complemented by the arrangement, with some fine playing, especially from Aaron McDaris on banjo and Jenee’ Fleenor on fiddle.
Two songs are written with Craig Market. ‘Here Comes That Feeling Again’ is a rather good country song about a love that should be over, but somehow keeps sneaking back into his heart “out of nowhere, out of thin air, it just comes rolling in like an old song”. Even better is ‘What I Know Now’, a thoughtful reflection on past mistakes and growing up, delivered very simply, just Brandon and his guitar:
“I don’t like to dwell on what I’ve done wrong in my life
Chalk it up to being young and full of youthful pride
You can’t go back – and I know that – but if I could, somehow,
I might’ve stayed a little longer, loved a little stronger, done right where I done wrong
If I knew then what I know now.”
Another introspective take on growing older comes with ‘So Long 20s’ as Brandon hails turning 30, again in very low-key style. He wrote this song with one-time Lyric Street country act Kevin Denney, and shares feeling which will be all-too-familiar to most of us:
“The older I get, the more I’m afraid
It’s not my age that scares me, it’s how fast I got here …
Seems like I laid down, took a nap around 18
Woke up this morning like it was all a dream.”
Buddy Owens helped Brandon write the less interesting ‘Wide Spot In The Road’, about a small hometown. I preferred the similarly themed ‘I Take The Backroads’, written with Jerry Salley (who also contributes harmonies), which has the protagonist returning home to a town which has changed out of recognition, thanks to a new freeway. Salley also co-wrote (with Brandon and Justin David) the regret-filled tribute to a prodigal’s loving mother, ‘Wearing Her Knees Out Over Me’, which is one of my favorite tracks.
Album Reviews Andy Ball, Brandon Rickman, Buddy Owens, Carter Stanley, Charley Stefl, Chris Stapleton, Jerry Salley, Jimmy Metts, Justin David, Kevin Denney, Larry Cordle, Lonesome River Band, Tammy Rogers, The SteelDrivers
Album Review: Tommy Webb – ‘Heartland’
Tommy Webb is a bluegrass singer who has just released his third album, and his first on the larger independent label Rural Rhythm, which should lead to a higher profile for him.
I think it shows a definite advance over both his 2007 debut album, Eastern Kentucky, and last year’s follow-up, Now That You Are Gone, both of which were released on the smaller Kindred Records. Like those predecessors, the new album features playing entirely by Tommy’s regular band, augmented by producer Ron Stewart on fiddle/mandolin/anything else required. The recording sessions took place at the delightfully named Sleepy Valley Barn studio in Tommy’s home state of Kentucky, and the whole project has a very authentic, organic feel. Tommy hails from Langley, Kentucky, and is clearly steeped in bluegrass traditions. I wouldn’t put him in the top rank of male bluegrass vocalists, but he is firmly in the high lonesome tradition and sings with real feeling for the lyrics. The material he has gathered for this album is very high quality, with a strong overlap with country music, although the treatment is firmly bluegrass.
Two of the tracks are re-recorded versions of songs which appeared on Tommy’s previous releases, which the label probably felt deserved wider attention. The more interesting of these songs is ‘If It Weren’t For Bluegrass Music (I’d Go Crazy)’, a re-write of Clinton Gregory’s minor country hit from 1991, ‘If It Weren’t For Country Music (I’d Go Crazy)’. Tommy gives himself a co-writing credit for altering the allusions from country artists to bluegrass ones, for instance declaring, ‘I’d vote for Ralph Stanley for president’ where the original picks Merle Haggard. The changes work pretty well, although the hook line sounds a little awkward – surely most people normally refer just to “bluegrass” rather than to “bluegrass music” as a rule?
Album Reviews Bobby Braddock, Carter Stanley, Clinton Gregory, Darryl Worley, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Pete Goble, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Tommy Webb, Wayland Patton
Spotlight Artist: Keith Whitley (July 1, 1955 – May 9, 1989)
13 Comments Posted by Razor X on May 1, 2009
Last month we spotlighted the Class of ’89, noting the many creative and commercial triumphs that occurred during that landmark year for country music. The same year brought one of country music’s great tragedies — the untimely death of Keith Whitley from alcohol poisoning. May 9th marks the 20th anniversary of that sad day. This month My Kind of Country will spotlight Keith Whitley and look back at the great musical legacy he left behind.
Jesse Keith Whitley was born in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, on July 1, 1955. Many sources cite 1954 as the year of his birth, but 1955 is what is engraved on his headstone. When young Keith was a teenager, he entered a talent contest with his brother Dwight. Also entered in the contest was another teenage prodigy by the name of Ricky Skaggs. The two became lifelong friends. Together, they became the opening act for the bluegrass band The Clinch Mountain Boys. Whitley went on to play and sing for the bluegrass band J.D. Crowe and the New South. The group released an album in 1982 called Somewhere Between, featuring Whitley on lead vocals. The album eventually led to a solo deal for Whitley with RCA Records.
Whitley’s RCA debut was the mini-LP A Hard Act To Follow, which was released in 1984. The mini-LP didn’t make much of an impact on the charts. The lead single “Turn Me To Love” peaked at #59 on the Billboard country singles chart. It’s worth noting that the harmony vocals on this recording were provided by an unknown and unsigned singer by the name of Patty Loveless. Despite his very traditional voice, heavily influenced by Carter Stanley and Lefty Frizzell, RCA was pushing Whitley in a more country-pop direction, which was evident on his next project.
A Hard Act to Follow was followed up in 1985 by the album L.A. to Miami. Featuring a more contemporary sound, the album provided Keith with his first top 20 single, “Miami, My Amy”, followed by three top 10 hits: “Ten Feet Away”, “Homecoming ’63”, and “Hard Livin’.” The pop influences were still dominant, although the album also contained two more traditional songs: “On the Other Hand” and “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her”, which went on to become huge hits for Randy Travis and George Strait, respectively.
During this time, Whitley met and married Grand Ole Opry star Lorrie Morgan. Their son, Jesse Keith Whitley, Jr. was born in June 1987. Whitley was also working on a new album for RCA. The project was near completion, but he was unsatisfied with the way it was turning out. He approached label head Joe Galante, and asked for and received permission to shelve the project and start over again. He was also granted the right to have a bigger say in the production of his records.
Whitley teamed up with a new producer, Garth Fundis, and began working on a new album. The result was Don’t Close Your Eyes, his most traditional album yet for RCA. The title track not only went to #1, it was Billboard’s #1 country record of the year in 1988. The album also produced two more #1 hits for Whitley, and was certified gold.
Spotlight Artist Alan Jackson, Carter Stanley, Clinch Mountain Boys, Garth Fundis, George Strait, J.D. Crowe and the New South, Joe Galante, Keith Whitley, Lefty Frizzell, Lorrie Morgan, Patty Loveless, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line609
|
__label__wiki
| 0.631088
| 0.631088
|
Home » Hollywood » This Article
Auto Executive Lee Iacocca Dies at 94
Posted by Contributing Editor on July 2, 2019 in Hollywood | Leave a response
Auto executive Lee A. Iacocca, who developed the Ford Mustang in the 1960s and revived the Chrysler Corp. in the 1980s died Tuesday at the age of 94, his family said.
Iacocca, who spent his last years living in Los Angeles, went from being an engineer at the Ford Motor Co. to becoming a vice-president and general manager of the Ford Division in 1960 when he was 36 years old.
“The 1960s were an incredible period for us at the company, marking the launch of the Ford Mustang and Lincoln Continental Mark III, among others,” Iacocca wrote in his autobiography posted on his website, leeiacocca.net.
Iacocca was promoted to Ford’s president on Dec. 10, 1970.
“Our success continued into the ’70s, but by the end of the decade Henry Ford II and I could no longer co-exist,” Iacocca wrote, referring to the company’s CEO from 1960-79 and eldest grandson of its founder, Henry Ford.
“In 1978, I was fired despite the fact that we’d netted a $2 billion profit for the year. Of course, though I may not have realized it at the time, some of my best years were still ahead of me.”
Iacocca was hired as the Chrysler Corp.’s president and CEO in 1978. He added the title of chairman in 1979.
Chrysler was on the verge of bankruptcy when Iacocca joined the company.
“To save the company, I had to lay off some workers, sell off our European division and close several plants,” Iacocca wrote.
Iacocca became the company’s spokesman on its television commercials and was long known for the line, “If you can find a better car, buy it.”
Iacocca persuaded Congress to approve a loan guarantee in 1979 which provided the company a needed infusion of cash. It would later be paid back seven years early with interest.
Aided by several fellow Ford alumni, Chrysler under Iacocca produced a series of new vehicles that were a hit with the public, including the minivan.
The son of Italian immigrants, Iacocca accepted then-President Ronald Reagan’s offer in 1982 to head The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation to raise funds for the restoration and preservation of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. He would be a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors for the rest of his life.
Iacocca retired from Chrysler in 1992 when he was 68 and described himself as “frankly, feeling a little bored.”
“At that point, I considered everything from public office to the commissionership of Major League Baseball,” Iacocca wrote. “None quite intrigued me enough to sign on, so I took the consulting route instead.”
With his son-in-law Ned Hentz, Iacocca in 2000 founded Olivio Premium Products, which makes products from olive oil.
A list of survivors was not immediately available.
Auto Executive Lee Iacocca Dies at 94 was last modified: July 2nd, 2019 by Contributing Editor
Posted in Hollywood | Tagged auto, dies, executive, Iacocca
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line611
|
__label__wiki
| 0.536757
| 0.536757
|
tags: CO2
Physicist David Coe has sent me a paper he has written on the IR absorptive characteristics of “greenhouse” gases, which I am delighted to publish.
CO2 The Miracle Molecule
Using well documented data on the infra-red absorption spectra of atmospheric gases it is a straight-forward process to infer the overall atmospheric IR absorption and from that the effective global average temperature. The simplest of atmospheric models has been used: the atmosphere is considered to be a uniform thin absorbing layer of gas. The results demonstrate clearly that the warming effect of the atmosphere is almost entirely due to the spectral absorption characteristics of CO2 and H2O. They are both exceptionally strong absorbers of infra-red radiation. It is however this strength which determines the characteristics of the earth’s temperature, and in particular its stability.
70% of the energy radiated from the earth is removed by a mixture of 0.1% H2O and 200ppm of CO2. This alone is sufficient to raise global temperatures from the chilly 255K of the estimated zero atmosphere condition to 284.3K, less than 4deg below current average temperatures. An estimation of the current atmospheric mixture of gases is calculated to deliver a global mean temperature of 286.8K close to the best estimate of 288K for that temperature. Further increases in both H2O and CO2 have relatively small impacts on temperatures. This is due simply to the fact that at current concentrations the spectra of both H2O and CO2 have effectively extracted most of the energy at wavebands corresponding to their molecular absorption spectra. There is little further energy to be extracted by adding more H2O and CO2. This results in climate sensitivity values of less than 0.5degC, in comparison to the 1.5 to 5 degC range quoted by the IPCC.
CO2 levels of 3000ppm will only raise temperatures by a further 1.5K. These temperature increases are in fact well within natural variations seen in the past, including the medieval warm period and the little ice age of some 300 years ago.
The possibility of positive feedback from water vapour is discounted by the simple fact that the H2O spectrum is incapable of absorbing significant further amounts of radiated energy and the modest increase in temperature due to increasing CO2 levels is unable to deliver any significant increase in H2O concentration due to the specific relationship of H2O saturation vapour pressure and temperature. It would take an increase in temperature of 10degC to double the mean H2O atmospheric concentration, and that doubling would only result in a temperature increase of 2degC.
The impact of other known “greenhouse’ gases, CH4 and N2O are also calculated from known IR spectra data. Their absorption spectra are swamped by H2O and CO2. The combined warming caused by current atmospheric concentrations will elevate temperature by only 0.2K and increasing concentrations by a factor of 10 will only result in a further temperature increase of 0.5K.
The “greenhouse effect” is dominated by the absorption spectrum of H2O with a little help from CO2. At current concentrations of both gases it is inconceivable that further increases in concentrations will lead to any significant warming. Increasing CO2 concentration to 3000ppm and doubling the mean H2O level to 2% would result in a global temperature increase of 3.4K.
In short, there is no climate emergency, at least due to “greenhouse gases”.
The full paper can be read here:
co2-the-miracle-molecule-22637
More about the author:
I am a physicist, having read physics at Oxford back in the sixties. My day job for the last 20+ years has been developing a range of sensors for the monitoring of gaseous emissions to atmosphere using infra-red absorption spectroscopy. I thus have not only some knowledge in this area but have access to a database of molecular absorption spectra for most common gases, particularly CO2 and H2O. I am the founding director of the company Codel International Ltd, based in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
David Coe
tags: s
h/t MrGrimNasty
There has been a nice discussion on Twitter, regarding the GWPF’s latest bulletin inconveniently pointing out that there has been no global warming in the last 5 years:
https://twitter.com/richardabetts/status/1350132359581069320
But why does Richard Betts show a graph beginning in 1958, which implies that ocean warming suddenly started to accelerate after 1990? True, there is little reliable ocean heat content data prior to 1958, but some would argue that the data prior to ARGO buoys, rolled out in 2004, is also worthless.
tags: Antarctic
Repost from Climate Realism
Cancel all the claims by climate activists that global warming is decimating Antarctica. A peer-reviewed study recently published in one of the most prominent science journals destroys one of the most frequently asserted claims by climate activists – that climate change is warming Antarctica and melting the Antarctic ice sheet. The recent study confirms Antarctica has not warmed in the past 70 years and Antarctic ice cover is expanding rather than shrinking.
Writing in the journal Nature, scientists at Columbia University and the University of Victoria, British Columbia report, “The Antarctic continent has not warmed in the last seven decades, despite a monotonic increase in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases.”
The Antarctic continent has not warmed in the last seven decades, despite a monotonic increase in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases. In this paper, we investigate whether the high orography of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) has helped delay warming over the continent. To that end, we contrast the Antarctic climate response to CO2-doubling with present-day orography to the response with a flattened AIS. To corroborate our findings, we perform this exercise with two different climate models. We find that, with a flattened AIS, CO2-doubling induces more latent heat transport toward the Antarctic continent, greater moisture convergence over the continent and, as a result, more surface-amplified condensational heating. Greater moisture convergence over the continent is made possible by flattening of moist isentropic surfaces, which decreases humidity gradients along the trajectories on which extratropical poleward moisture transport predominantly occurs, thereby enabling more moisture to reach the pole. Furthermore, the polar meridional cell disappears when the AIS is flattened, permitting greater CO2-forced warm temperature advection toward the Antarctic continent. Our results suggest that the high elevation of the present AIS plays a significant role in decreasing the susceptibility of the Antarctic continent to CO2-forced warming.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-020-00143-w
The only area of warming is around the Antarctic Peninsula, but even here temperatures stopped rising in the 1990s.
https://data.giss.nasa.gov/tmp/gistemp/STATIONS/tmp_AYM00089062_14_0_1/station.png
tags: Hurricanes
https://theconversation.com/the-2020-atlantic-hurricane-season-was-a-record-breaker-and-its-raising-more-concerns-about-climate-change-150495
There has been much alarum about last year being a “record Atlantic hurricane season”. As I pointed out at the time, the claim was based on the number of named tropical storms, which includes both hurricanes and weaker storms. The number of Atlantic hurricanes alone was not a record.
Because of a tendency to name all sorts of small storms nowadays, not to mention the ability of satellites to spot them, the claim was always a spurious one.
Now we fortunately have the Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) data available for the year, the claim is proven to be nonsensical and deceitful.
tags: White House
In another of the series of Climate Change information Briefs issued from the White House, Ross McKitrick questions the climate emergency:
is-there-a-climate-emergency-1Download
tags: india
India expects to invest 4 trillion rupees ($54.5 billion) in clean coal projects over the next decade as it seeks to tap domestic energy sources and curb imports, federal home minister Amit Shah said.
tags: bristol, robin hood
h/t Joe Public
Back in 2016, Bristol City Council set up Bristol Energy, the first municipal energy company in the South West and one of the first in the country, amidst grand hopes:
Bristol Energy, the first municipal energy company in the South West and one of the first in the country, is officially open for business. The energy supply company was created by Bristol City Council in 2015 to be a force for social good. It is leading the way as a new model of energy company that contributes to the wellbeing of local communities.
With a fundamental belief in social responsibility, Bristol Energy will reinvest profits back into its founding city, supporting council services to citizens and community projects. The company is looking to support local renewable energy generators and to link with initiatives with a shared ethos across the city and region.
tags: Arctic, heatwaves
You cannot fail to recall the neurotic freaking out over last summer’s Siberian heatwave, when a new record temperature for the Arctic of 38C was set at Verhojansk:
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/06/27/siberian-heatwave-climate-or-weather/
The event was one of last year’s main climate poster children, along with wildfires. Each year, the climate establishment pick on one or two unusual weather events, in an attempt to convince us all that the planet is quickly spinning out of control. To most people, such temperatures are unheard of in the Arctic, as they naturally assume the region is frozen all year round.
As I inconveniently pointed out at the time, the new record of 38.0C was only 0.7C higher than recorded in the same location in 1988.
But that was only one day. Now we have the full data for the year, we can compare temperatures for the whole of the summer at Verhojansk.
Further to today’s post on John Christy’s Climate Change Information Brief, it appears the Climate Mafia are already fighting back.
Roy Spencer, who wrote one of the papers, reports that David Legates has already been fired by White House OSTP Director and Trump Science Advisor, Kelvin Droegemeier, who Spencer accuses of wanting to maintain a bureaucratic career in the new Biden Administration, and has turned against the President for political purposes and professional gain.
As is his right, Droegmeier has asked Roy and the others to remove links to the brochures, as they have the White House Seal on them.
However, Climate Depot still has the following post, which not only provides links to the PDFs, but also contains the full brochures themselves.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/01/12/white-house-brochures-on-climate-there-is-no-climate-crisis-federal-climate-scientists-release-studies-challenging-climate-consensus/
I have also saved copies of the PDFs, which are linked here:
Can-Computer-Models-Predict-Climate
Climate-Climate-Change-and-the-General-Circulation
Hurricanes-and-Climate-Change-1
Is-There-a-Climate-Emergency
Radiation-Transfer
Record-Temperatures-in-the-United-States-1
Systematic-Problems-in-the-Four-National-Assessments-of-Climate-Change-Impacts-on-the-US
The-Faith-Based-Nature-of-Human-Caused-Global-Warming
The-Sun-Climate-Connection
tags: US, USA
There has been a storm brewing in the US about a collection of short brochures published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on climate change.
Naturally attempts have been made by the warmist media and climate establishment to have them taken down, as they embarrassingly undermine the official dogma about climate emergencies.
Below is one of the key papers by John Christy:
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line614
|
__label__wiki
| 0.695315
| 0.695315
|
Tag Archives: Michelle Malkin
Goodbye, Fox! CRTV launches digital network with ‘honest and informative conservative content’
By: Renee Nal | New Zeal
Here is their press release:
LAS VEGAS (October 24, 2016) – Media company CRTV® has announced the formation of a new digital network uniquely rich with honest and informative conservative content seen nowhere else in any medium anywhere. CRTV brings together top thought-provoking personalities Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin and Mark Steyn who will share their knowledge, insightful and powerful ideas, stories and entertainment that cannot be found anywhere on television.
“We have partnered with the best thinkers and storytellers out there and given each the resources to design their own show in their own voice on their own custom set reflective of each of their personalities” according to Chris Crane, Chief Content Officer. “When CRTV officially launches in December 2016, subscribers will be able to access new and original shows in development from Michelle Malkin and Mark Steyn, joining Mark Levin’s highly successful Levin TV®.”
“With the huge success of LevinTV launched earlier this year, we decided to accelerate plans. We know people have rejected liberal media bias and there is an enormous demand for straight, bold, conservative talk and they will get it here from a wide variety of talent. This is much bigger than any of us. It is about our beloved audience.” said Mark Levin. “This is a movement with millions of liberty lovers who know cable TV content doesn’t square with their world-view. Proudly conservative in content, CRTV will allow popular personalities, presenting scholarly thought, culture to comedy, the liberty to be themselves. And, viewers will have the freedom to consume straightforward, candid, unfiltered, commercial-free, content whenever and wherever they want.”
Best-selling author, syndicated columnist, and social media pioneer, Michelle Malkin, will bring CRTV subscribers a groundbreaking investigative program: Michelle Malkin Investigates. Michelle’s exclusive, on-the-ground investigative reporting of stories ignored by the “mainstream media” will only be on CRTV. “I’m excited to join CRTV—soon to be a leader in the digital media world. We plan to deliver news-breaking, substantive content to an underserved audience” said Michelle Malkin. “After years of digging deep for the truth and uncovering hidden scandals, I look forward to my over 2 million social media followers being able to watch my original show direct and unfiltered.”
Mark Steyn is an international bestselling author, a Top Five jazz recording artist, and a leading Canadian human rights activist. He is also a popular guest host of The Rush Limbaugh Show. Mark’s writing on politics, arts and culture has been published in almost every major newspaper around the English-speaking world and he has entertained sold-out crowds from the American Midwest to the Australian Outback. The Mark Steyn Show harks back to when television was worth watching with real content, real guests, and real intellectual debate. Steyn said, “In this day and age of news lacking substance and entertainment lacking style, I’m honored to join two of my favorite writers Mark Levin and Michelle Malkin at CRTV where the content always come first.”
CRTV launches in December and can be accessed on any digital or mobile device. Enjoy an entire year of CRTV for $99, available directly to you, commercial free, to watch when and what you want, where and when you want it. Save $10 by subscribing before December launch, with a yearly subscription of $89. Monthly subscriptions are $12. Current LevinTV subscribers will receive a free upgrade to a CRTV subscription until their next renewal date.
About CRTV
CRTV is your source for the most thought-provoking personalities and conservative ideas that are not available from traditional media outlets. CRTV has developed a new style in producing compelling content with stunning production quality and unique broadcast sets built to capture the individual personality and passion of each program. CRTV is developing the best programming – advocating freedom and liberty – that is delivered directly to viewers – when and where they want it. For more information, visit www.CRTV.com.
Posted in Politics | Tagged Conservatives, CRTV, Mark Levin, Mark Steyn, Media, Michelle Malkin, Politics, Renee Nal |
Drudge’s Double Standard
Posted in Politics, Religion | Tagged 2016 Election, Drudge, Michelle Malkin, Politics, Republicans, Ted Cruz | 1 Comment
CPAC 2016 – Michelle Malkin
Posted in Politics | Tagged 2016 Election, Conservatives, CPAC, Michelle Malkin, Politics, Republicans |
Selling Sanders, Socialism and Hypocrisy
Millionaire businessman Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream was on CNN last week talking about his presidential candidate, career politician and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a “social democrat,” not a socialist. For his part, Cohen said, “You know, I’m a capitalist, clearly, and I support the guy.”
Capitalism has certainly been very good to Ben & Jerry. Their Vermont-based ice cream business is an American success story. But in 2012, they sold out to the British-Dutch conglomerate Unilever for a purchase price of $326 million. The result was that Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield became members of the one-tenth of one percent that Sanders rallies against. Cohen and Greenfield each has a reported net worth of $150 million.
The Chicago Tribune reports that the top one-tenth of one percent consists of 160,000 families with net assets of at least $20 million.
Unilever is worth $129 billion, according to Forbes magazine. Sounds like one of the big corporations Bernie should rail against.
During the Democratic presidential debate, Sanders said, “We’re gonna win because first, we’re gonna explain what democratic socialism is. And what democratic socialism is about is saying that it is immoral and wrong that the top one-tenth of one percent in this country own almost 90 percent—almost—own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. That it is wrong, today, in a rigged economy, that 57 percent of all new income is going to the top one percent.”
He called for a tax on Wall Street but not ice cream to pay for the free college educations he’s proposing for students. But a Wall Street tax would affect the 55 percent of Americans who report having money invested in stocks.
A popular Bernie Sanders meme notes that while he claims to want to get money out of politics, he bribes people with the promise of government benefits in exchange for votes.
What is clear is that Sanders, a true socialist, believes Americans have too many choices, and that apparently the government must step in to regulate and determine what’s best for consumers. “You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers when children are hungry in this country,” he told CNBC. “I don’t think the media appreciates the kind of stress that ordinary Americans are working on.”
Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry’s, produces many different kinds of deodorants. Labeled “The World’s No. 1 Antiperspirant” featuring “body-responsive antiperspirant technology,” Degree is available in a range of formats for men and women. They include:
Degree Men Dry Protection
Degree Men Fresh Deodorant
Degree Men Adrenaline Series
Degree Men Clinical Protection
Sanders hasn’t said anything about too many choices of ice cream. According to published reports, there are about 40 varieties of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream available in pint form. There are reportedly 159 ice cream brands available nationwide.
One could easily argue that underarm deodorants and sneakers are more important than ice cream. But CNN’s Carol Costello didn’t make that point.
In fact, Cohen said his company has produced another flavor, a Bernie Sanders ice cream called Bernie’s Yearning. He told Costello that the giant chip on the top represents all the wealth that’s gone to the top one percent of the population over the past 10 years. “And the way you eat it is that you whack it with your spoon, then you mix it around,” he said. “That’s the Bernie Yearning.”
We are all supposed to have a good laugh about all of this. Except that in socialist Venezuela, which Sanders once praised for shipping fuel to New England, there is a shortage of toilet paper.
That doesn’t bother the Hollywood super-rich. Blogger Steve Bartin notes that dozens of “artists and cultural leaders” have signed up as supporters of Sanders’ socialist program, including comedian Sarah Silverman, once quoted as saying unborn children are “just goo.” Bartin cites a piece by Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds in The Wall Street Journal which says that Hollywood gets about $1.5 billion in tax credits and exemptions, grants, waived fees and other financial inducements. His source was a liberal group, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which noted that the funds could otherwise have been spent “on public services like education, health care, public safety, and infrastructure.”
In other words, services that could benefit what Sanders calls “ordinary Americans,” if only the Hollywood elite weren’t taking advantage of the taxpayers.
The Bernie Sanders campaign is proud of the Hollywood support. It says the number of “major artists from all genres of music, comedy, acting, writing, and producing” in support of Sanders has reached 125. They have their own special section on the “Sanders for president” website. Dr. Cornel West, honorary co-chair of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), is listed under the category of “academic/philosopher.”
Sanders supporter and Hollywood director Adam McKay, who with Will Ferrell, co-wrote and directed the films “Anchorman” and “Step Brothers,” said, “As artists and citizens we believe it is time for government to once again represent the people and not just big money. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate speaking against the widespread legalized corruption that has handed our government to billionaires, large corporations and banks.”
Columnist Doug Powers commented, “I assume liberal celebs are pulling for Sanders’ style of socialism because he’s going to eliminate the tax credit programs for billion-dollar entertainment corporations? That story line would be too unbelievable even for Hollywood.”
Taking the personal hypocrisy one step further, leftist filmmaker Michael Moore has been quoted as saying that Sanders won the Democratic presidential debate because he questions “the core system” of wealth and power in the U.S. Moore’s net worth has been estimated at $50 million and he just went through a messy divorce, revealing that he had a 10,000 square foot lakeside home in northern Michigan once valued at $2 million.
Meanwhile, sniffing a story here, The New York Times has run a piece, “Bernie Sanders Has Fund-Raiser at Fancy Hollywood Home,” noting that the socialist finished up the debate and then raised money at the home of wealthy real estate operator Syd Leibovitch. The paper reported that tickets for the event sold for a minimum of $250. Those who spent the maximum, $2,700, or who raised $10,000, were invited to a special “pre-event reception,” the paper said.
It sounds like a special benefit for the rich and powerful.
The names on the host list included Marianne Williamson, the famous New Age spiritual teacher who has called for repealing Columbus Day. One of Williamson’s other political objectives being promoted by her Peace Alliance group is a federal Department of Peacebuilding.
Perhaps Sanders will promote that idea in the next presidential debate, after he bashes the rich and announces which brands of sneakers, deodorant and ice cream will go out of business under his administration.
When will the rest of the media follow the lead of The New York Times and expose this “man of the people” and his Hollywood backers as the phonies they truly are?
Posted in Politics | Tagged 2016 Election, Adam McKay, AIM, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Ben Cohen, Bernie Sanders, Bloggers, Capitalism, Carol Costello, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Cliff Kincaid, CNBC, CNN, Democrat, Democratic Socialists of America, Doug Powers, Dr. Cornel West, DSA, Education, Forbes, Hollywood, Jerry Greenfield, Marianne Williamson, Michael Moore, Michelle Malkin, Peace Alliance, Politics, Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Sarah Silverman, socialist, Steve Bartin, Syd Leibovitch, Taxes, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Unilever, Venezuela, Vermont, Wall Street, Will Ferrell | 1 Comment
Michelle Malkin Blasts Old-School Media || Louder With Crowder
WATCH: A Candid Michelle Malkin Blasts Old School Media
Posted in Politics | Tagged Media, Michelle Malkin, Politics, Steven Crowder |
An In-Depth Interview With Michelle Malkin on The Virtues of Capitalism and “Who Built That”
By: Benjamin Weingarten
TheBlaze Books
Purchase at Amazon.com…
Posted in Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Benjamin Weingarten, Capitalism, Constitution, Michelle Malkin, Politics, TheBlaze |
Michelle Malkin: Ted Cruz Practices What He Preaches
“I think he most embodies the kind of founding father model of a conservative.”
That’s what Michelle Malkin said about Ted Cruz on Fox News Radio.
When asked who in the 2016 field she found most intriguing, Michelle said, “Most intriguing to me, of course, would be Ted Cruz. I think he practices what he preaches.”
In 2016, voters are looking for a candidate who will do two things. Number one, tell the truth. And number two, do what they said they would do. And that’s what Ted has set out to do.
Posted in Politics | Tagged 2016 Election, Michelle Malkin, Politics, Ted Cruz | 1 Comment
Judge Jeanine Pirro, Chris Plante, and Rep. Lamar Smith to Receive Accuracy in Media Awards in D.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Spencer Irvine
Washington, D.C. – Accuracy in Media will honor Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, WMAL talk show Chris Plante and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) with this year’s Reed Irvine journalism awards at a cocktail reception on Tuesday, April 21st at the Capitol Hill Club.
Jeanine Pirro will receive the Reed Irvine Award for Investigative Journalism for her Fox News program, “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” during which she regularly pierces the veil on issues that the mainstream media misreport or ignore, such as the vulnerability of our electrical grid to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, and the unfolding Benghazi scandal and government cover-up.
AIM will also honor Chris Plante, a Washington, D.C. talk radio host who will receive the Reed Irvine Award for Excellence in Journalism. As host of “The Chris Plante Show” on WMAL, he serves as a one-man media watchdog powerhouse from 9 am to noon, five days a week.
Rep. Lamar Smith, founder and chairman of the Media Fairness Caucus, will receive the Reed Irvine Award for Accountability in Journalism for his tireless efforts to challenge the media’s biased reporting and raise the standards of mainstream press coverage.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The event will begin promptly at 6:15 pm.
WHERE: Capitol Hill Club
300 First Street, SE
Room: Eisenhower Room (1st Floor)
The Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award was established in 2005 to honor journalists for their courageous and principled reporting in the tradition of AIM founder Reed Irvine. Previous award winners include Andrew Breitbart, Sharyl Attkisson, Michelle Malkin and the late M. Stanton Evans.
For further information, please RSVP using EventBrite or contact Spencer Irvine at [email protected] or 202-364-4401, ext.103.
Posted in Politics | Tagged AIM, Andrew Breitbart, Benghazi, Breitbart, Capitol Hill Club, Chris Plante, EMP, Fox News, Journalism, Judge Jeanine Pirro, M. Stanton Evans, Media, Media Fairness Caucus, Michelle Malkin, Reed Irvine, Reed Irvine Journalism Awards, Rep. Lamar Smith, Sharyl Attkisson, Texas, WMAL |
Glenn Beck: Michelle Malkin Discusses Common Core And Jeb Bush
Posted in Constitution, Politics, Survival | Tagged Common Core, Education, Glenn Geck, Jeb Bush, Michelle Malkin, Politics |
My fellow bloggers: You will heartily enjoy this best Brian Williams flashback ever
NoisyRoom.net Note: I also wrote on this today at Right Wing News: Famous Author Absolutely Loses It And Smacks Down Lying NBC Anchor Brian Williams Over False Iraq War Story
By: Michelle Malkin
As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, NBC News anchor Brian Williams — a real journalist — finally admitted he has been lying about coming under RPG fire in Iraq in 2003. Fed-up troops called him out, but even after being forced to ‘fess up, he still clung to lies and “misremembrance.”
I am reminded of what this arrogant fabulist once said about us lowly bloggers in 2007 during a lecture at NYU’s journalism school:
After years of experience in the news business, Williams said he has developed his own “strong BS meter” — he can watch the local news in any city in this country and tell you which anchors went out to dinner that night instead of staying and writing between the 6 o’clock and 11 o’clock news. Williams also said he can tell which anchors write their own copy and who’s just reading whatever pops up on the teleprompter. On The Nightly News, Williams reviews every word of the copy before it goes on the teleprompter. “Any time I’ve kicked a word, it’s because I’ve never seen it before,” Williams said.
The Nightly News attracts between 10 and 11 million viewers each night. But the playing field for prime-time nightly news is in constant motion, with NBC, CBS, and ABC jockeying for the top slot in the ratings game. The tremendous growth of online media — especially blogs — in recent years has altered the face of journalism.
“You’re going to be up against people who have an opinion, a modem, and a bathrobe,” said Williams. “All of my life, developing credentials to cover my field of work, and now I’m up against a guy named Vinny in an efficiency apartment in the Bronx who hasn’t left the efficiency apartment in two years.”
He added that it’s often difficult to judge the credibility of a blogger. “On the Internet, no one knows if you’ve been to Ramadi or you’ve just been to Brooklyn and have an opinion about Ramadi,” said Williams.
And if you work at NBC News, you can get away with bloviating a bullshit story about coming under fire for 12 years while America’s real heroes took bullets for you. And then, because you’re a Real Journalist, you can keep lying about it while using soldiers as your alibi.
Because Real Journalism.
Excuse me while I throw up all over my modem and bathrobe.
#JustABlogger.
Posted in History, Military, Politics, Survival, Terrorism | Tagged Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bloggers, Brian Williams, Media, Michelle Malkin, Military, NBC |
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line618
|
__label__wiki
| 0.656408
| 0.656408
|
Why Asian LNG Prices Are Going Through The Roof
LNG prices have smashed records…
Andy Tully
Andy Tully is a veteran news reporter who is now the news editor for Oilprice.com
Vietnamese Protests Against Chinese Oil Rig Turn Violent
By Andy Tully - May 15, 2014, 4:21 PM CDT
It’s being called the worst rioting in Vietnam in years: Thousands of protesters becoming violent; burning and looting factories outside Ho Chi Minh City – formerly Saigon – to oppose an oil rig that China has sent into waters claimed by Hanoi.
Two people are dead and at least 129 injured after a mob attacked and set fire to two Taiwanese-owned factories. Reports quote Vietnamese officials as saying the violence has spread to 22 of Vietnam’s 63 provinces, with additional deaths.
It began fairly quietly on May 13, when as many as 20,000 people held peaceful protests in the province of Binh Duong near Ho Chi Minh City. Some of the demonstrators broke away and attacked foreign-owned factories, including some from South Korea and Taiwan. But the actual target of the protesters’ anger was China.
On May 1, Beijing sent an oilrig into an area of the South China Sea that Hanoi claims as part of its exclusive economic zone, or EEZ. This zone, which extends up to 200 miles from the Vietnamese coast, was set up as part of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Vietnam’s EEZ overlaps with China’s own self-declared EEZ, which it calls the “nine-dash line.” In the middle of that overlap sits the recently arrived Chinese oilrig, the Haiyang Shiyou 981.
For more than 60 years, China has put its own interpretation on which country controls how much of the South China Sea, ignoring UN agreements on such issues.
The “nine-dash line” runs very close to the central Vietnamese coastline.
The overlapping EEZs began to present problems between the two countries about 35 years ago, when a UN survey of the region indicated the possibility of large oil and gas deposits in the area.
China and Vietnam have rarely been good neighbors, and in 1974, the then South Vietnamese government tried to drive Chinese fishing vessels from the overlapping zones. China responded by taking over the Paracel Islands, claimed by Vietnam, and has held them ever since.
Like the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands to the south also are in an area said to be rich in oil and gas. The Spratlys are now controlled by China, although the group of about 200 islands previously had been claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan, as well as by Vietnam.
Despite their historical differences, China and Vietnam signed a treaty in 2011 with an eye to resolving these territorial disputes, and Hanoi has allowed energy companies to search for energy in the region. But establishing an oilrig is, in Vietnam’s view, more than merely exploring.
Yet there is little Vietnam can do. China is a giant both geographically and militarily, especially compared to Vietnam, and Hanoi cannot merely count on a large ally to press China on its behalf. Further, Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party has many members who favor close ties with China.
And so with Vietnam unable to force China to remove the rig, it appears the protesters have decided to act on their own – with the rare support of their government, which normally forbids any public protests.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about the China-Vietnam dispute at his daily news briefing on May 14. He replied that such disputes “need to be resolved through dialogue, not through intimidation.”
The U.S. State Department defended the right of Vietnamese citizens to demonstrate their frustration, but urged restraint.
By Andy Tully of Oilprice.com
If Ukraine Crisis Drags On, Russian Economy May Falter
China Blames Vietnam, U.S. For Oil Rig Clashes
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line619
|
__label__wiki
| 0.959386
| 0.959386
|
Studio Wildcard says Vin Diesel played over a thousand hours of Ark: Survival Evolved
Aside from appearing in Ark II, he’s also an EP
Not only is Vin Diesel acting in Ark II – a wonderfully bewildering revelation from The Game Awards last week – he’s also an executive producer on the sequel, and he’s apparently a big fan of Ark in general.
According to Studio Wildcard CEO Doug Kennedy, Diesel is an “accomplished gamer who has played 1000s of hours of Ark: Survival Evolved.” I will never, under any circumstances, unlearn this fact.
“I’m having a lot of fun playing Ark and also really excited to join the Studio Wildcard team to develop the story both in-game and in the new animated series,” Diesel said in a press release. Kennedy added that “he understands the game intimately and is providing direct feedback to the development process.”
Shedding a bit more light on Diesel’s character, the actor is playing Santiago, “a full rendered hero protagonist” – though it’s worth noting that Ark II is still going to be an “online multiplayer sandbox.”
I’m curious to see how this all pans out. Ark II is far from Diesel’s first appearance in a major video game (and I’m sure he’s cleared the thousand-hour mark in other games too), but the role is a head-turner.
Ark II will be a PC and “Xbox Series X/S console launch exclusive” in 2022.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line621
|
__label__wiki
| 0.755562
| 0.755562
|
Michael J. Fox on learning to walk again after surgery: ‘I got grim’
Hannah Yasharoff
Published 10:30 AM EDT May 2, 2019
Michael J. Fox says he’s on the difficult road to recovery a year after spinal cord surgery.
On Tuesday, The “Back to the Future” actor spoke to his friend Denis Leary at the Tribeca Film Festival about his mission to stay positive while living with Parkinson’s Disease for nearly three decades.
In April 2018, Fox, 58, underwent a surgical procedure to correct a “recurring problem” with his spinal cord, which while unrelated to his Parkinson’s, caused him to fall constantly. About a year later, he told the New York Times Magazine that if left untreated, the spinal cord issue would have led to diminished feeling in his legs and difficulty moving.
After the surgery, he had to go through an “intense amount” of physical therapy.
More: Michael J. Fox opens up about battle with Parkinson’s disease, recent spinal surgery
It was a rough year and I fell a lot,” Fox told Leary. “After I had the spinal surgery, I had to learn to walk again. I was really cocky about it and walking with no aids or cane.
“And then I shattered my humerus (upper arm bone), which is no (expletive) joke. Think about it,” he joked.
At times, it was tough to find a silver lining.
“I got grim,” Fox revealed. “I was the guy who made lemonade out of lemons but I was out of the (expletive) lemonade business. I couldn’t do that.”
The “Family Ties” star was just 29 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in the early 1990s. Since then, he has become a leader in efforts to help Parkinson’s patients and to find a cure for the degenerative neurological disorder, which can result in body tremors and muscle rigidity. He has been a leader in efforts to help Parkinson’s patients and to find a cure through his Michael J. Fox Foundation, which turns 20 next year.
Fox admitted that staying upbeat can be a struggle – even for him, the guy other people with Parkinson’s or related diseases like multiple sclerosis look up to.
“I feel like sometimes I don’t want to be selling people the optimism thing because people have a tough time,” Fox said, crediting his family for making things much easier. “Depression is real and things happen that I can’t even comprehend. There are things that make my stuff seem like Band-Aids and skinned knees. People are out there dealing with real hard stuff, so I don’t want to just be saying ‘cheer up!’ Some stuff sucks.”
Now, Fox is taking things “one step at a time” – mentally and literally.
“Each step is a new adventure,” he said. “I might fall down, but I might not fall down. I might go this way, I might go backward. Who knows? That doesn’t suck. That’s all right.”
Selma Blair and multiple sclerosis: Actress reveals celebrity pals who supported her
Fans thank Blair for being open about MS: ‘People like you give me hope and courage’
Contributing: Bill Keveney
PrevThe Best Wet/Dry Vacs and Shop Vacuums of 2019
NextMichigan State’s Tom Izzo ‘flat out’ refused to pay recruit: Witness
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line622
|
__label__wiki
| 0.827814
| 0.827814
|
Sri Lanka Easter bombings show President Donald Trump is wrong on ISIS
Published 6:51 PM EDT Apr 29, 2019
So vast and disorienting was the Easter Sunday carnage strewn by coordinated suicide bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that investigators at first overestimated the death toll.
It was recalibrated at 253 dead Christian worshipers and tourists, mercifully lower than the 359 first reported, but still a barbarous record for any attack linked to the Islamic State terrorist group. Sri Lanka suffered nearly twice the number killed in Paris in a similarly coordinated fashion by ISIS attackers in 2015.
In fact, in the four months since President Donald Trump stood on the White House lawn and declared “we have won against ISIS” by recapturing its territorial caliphate, the terror group has claimed responsibility for deadly assaults in Afghanistan, Congo, Iraq, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Eight Islamic State branches and a dozen networks operate around the world, along with an unknown number of sleeper cells. Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared in a video for the first time since 2014, praising the Sri Lanka attacks.
Al-Qaeda, the group behind the 9/11 attacks, also remains a threat. Despite being driven from Afghanistan in 2001 and suffering the death of leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, al-Qaeda continues operating in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and controls a northern Syrian province. Its current leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, remains at large.
OPPOSING VIEW: Sri Lanka bombings do not mean there’s an ISIS worth fighting
Terrorist attacks have increased fivefold since 2001, according to a study of extremism by the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). Hateful ideologies are pumped into the bloodstream of fragile states via a social media network using videos and newsletters and directing collaborators through encrypted messaging apps.
The island nation of Sri Lanka, with its history of civil war that lasted from 1983 to 2009, was in many ways a perfect host for this viral extremism. Minority Muslims feel persecuted, and investigators now suspect that a radical cleric, Zahran Hashim — who ran an organization with a record of little more than vandalism — could have received ISIS assistance in pulling off the complicated Easter attacks.
In the face of global extremism, the United States must remain vigilant and forward-leaning. Now is no time for complacency. American counterterrorism operations are vital, and it was a mistake for Trump to sharply reduce U.S. troop levels in the former caliphate region of northeast Syria. That area is at risk of ISIS resurgence.
Even so, counterterrorism is only part of the solution. As USIP President Nancy Lindborg said last week, “We can’t kill our way out of this.”
While nation building is not America’s job, the Trump administration can partner with the more than 70 nations that make up the U.S.-led coalition fashioned to fight ISIS. The United States can offer modest bilateral assistance to fragile countries most susceptible to extremist violence.
This is a war that doesn’t end with the capture of a nation’s capital or a signed armistice. It’s a battle of ideas that remains to be won.
If you can’t see this reader poll, please refresh your page.
PrevDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein resigns after Russia probe ends
NextRodney King’s daughter starts initiative to help black fathers
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line623
|
__label__wiki
| 0.678088
| 0.678088
|
Home > Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock
Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock
Illinois researchers have developed sugarcane that produces oil, called lipidcane, that can be converted into biodiesel or jet fuel in place of sugar
A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from researchers at the University of Illinois estimate that this aircraft could fly for 10 hours on bio-jet fuel produced on 54 acres of specially engineered sugarcane.
Plants Engineered to Replace Oil in Sugarcane and Sweet Sorghum (PETROSS), funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), has developed sugarcane that produces oil, called lipidcane, that can be converted into biodiesel or jet fuel in place of sugar that is currently used for ethanol production. With 20% oil – the theoretical limit – all of the sugar in the plant would be replaced by oil.
“Oil-to-Jet is one of the direct and efficient routes to convert bio-based feedstocks to jet fuel,” said Vijay Singh, Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory. “Reducing the feedstock cost is critical to improving process economics of producing bio-jet fuel. Lipidcane allows us to reduce feedstock cost.”
This research analyzed the economic viability of crops with different levels of oil. Lipidcane with 5% oil produces four times more jet fuel (1,577 liters, or 416 gallons) per hectare than soybeans. Sugarcane with 20% oil produces more than 15 times more jet fuel (6,307 liters, or 1,666 gallons) per hectare than soybeans.
“PETROSS sugarcane is also being engineered to be more cold tolerant, potentially enabling it to be grown on an estimated 23 million acres of marginal land in the Southeastern U.S.,” said PETROSS Director Stephen Long, Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois. “If all of this acreage was used to produce renewable jet fuel from lipid-cane, it could replace about 65% of national jet fuel consumption.”
“We estimate that this biofuel would cost the airline industry $5.31/gallon, which is less than most of the reported prices of renewable jet fuel produced from other oil crops or algae,” said Deepak Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Illinois, who led the analysis.
This crop also produces profitable co-products: A hydrocarbon fuel is produced along with bio-jet fuel or biodiesel that can be used to produce various bioproducts. The remaining sugar (for plants with less than 20% oil) could be sold or used to produce ethanol. In addition, biorefineries could use lipidcane bagasse to produce steam and electricity to become self-sustainable for their energy needs and provide surplus electricity, providing environmental benefits by displacing electricity produced with fossil fuels.
PETROSS (Plants Engineered to Replace Oil in Sugarcane and Sorghum) is a research project transforming sugarcane and sweet sorghum to naturally produce large amounts of oil, a sustainable source of biofuel. PETROSS is supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), which funds initial research for high-impact energy technologies to show proof of concept before private-sector investment.
The paper “Biorefinery for combined production of jet fuel and ethanol from lipid-producing sugarcane: a techno-economic evaluation” is published by Global Change Biology Bioenergy (10.1111/gcbb.12478).
Source: PETROSS, press release, 2017-09-11.
Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
A sweeter way to make green products
Södra commences biofuel production
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line624
|
__label__wiki
| 0.941815
| 0.941815
|
Charting the leatherbacks
Taking the title
Courtesy of Earthwatch Institute
Talented amateurs join Earthwatch scientists to discover turtle’s habits
In February 2008, Jennifer Bremer spent 10 days on the beach in Playa Grande, Costa Rica. Daytime temperatures hovered in the high 80s.
But for Bremer, a veteran middle school math teacher, it was not your average beach vacation. She traveled to remote northwestern Costa Rica as a fellow with the Earthwatch Institute, an international nonprofit that specializes in matching citizen scientists with professionals leading field expeditions around the world.
The institute, among the largest of its kind, just moved its headquarters into a Harvard-owned building in Allston, Mass., bringing with it more access for area schoolchildren and teachers to its fellowships and other resources.
On her work trip, Bremer slept in a bunk bed and ate two meals a day while collecting data for biologists interested in the nesting habits of leatherback turtles, an endangered species whose young emerge from eggs laid on Costa Rican beaches.
At night, Bremer and other volunteers slipped quietly onto the beach to lie behind the 450-pound reptiles. They counted the turtles’ ball-like eggs as they dropped into deep sandy nests. The volunteers also recorded the size of the creatures and tagged the newcomers. They also tracked the fate of hand-size hatchlings, which had to run a gauntlet of predators — crabs and birds — to reach the sea.
Leatherback turtles, whose winglike flippers can span 9 feet, are “pretty much dinosaurs,” said Bremer. “Big, solid, and stubborn.” They lumbered onto the beach to dig their nests, leaving behind tracks as wide as a farm tractor’s.
The Earthwatch expedition brought adventure, knowledge, and ecological thrills, said Bremer, who teaches in Framingham, Mass. While at the research site, she blogged about her experience, and readers chimed in from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. She also taught daytime lessons via Skype for her students. They practiced math skills by charting temperatures, and by doing metric conversions on distances from sea to nest.
When she returned to school, “I was the coolest thing, for a month or two,” said Bremer of the students’ reactions. “All of a sudden, I was everybody’s hero.”
The experience inspired Bremer to deliver talks at other schools, to develop new lesson plans, and to take a summer seminar for teachers at Boston College’s Urban Ecology Institute. “They really got that ball rolling,” she said of Earthwatch. “There’s so much we can do with kids. They get excited when we are excited.”
– Corydon Ireland
J.P. O'Connor '10 captured the 157-national championship with a 6-4 victory over Cal Poly’s Chase Pami.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line625
|
__label__wiki
| 0.973425
| 0.973425
|
No quit in Crimson
Allston’s retail profile rising
“We’re very fortunate,” said Harvard coach Tommy Amaker. “Only 100 teams play in the NCAA and NIT tournaments. We’re thrilled to be among them.” The team had hoped for an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament, but was passed over by the selection committee. Amaker says that the news of the Crimson’s first-ever NIT bid gave a welcome lift to players’ spirits.
Harvard men to face Oklahoma State in NIT
By Paul Massari Harvard Staff Writer
The season will continue for the Harvard men’s basketball team, despite a heartbreaking loss to Princeton on Saturday (March 12) that cost the squad a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Crimson have accepted a place in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), and will play the Oklahoma State Cowboys on March 15 at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
“We’re very fortunate,” said Harvard coach Tommy Amaker. “Only 100 teams play in the NCAA and NIT tournaments. We’re thrilled to be among them.”
Amaker acknowledged that he and his players were still feeling the sting of their last-second loss to Princeton. Both players and coaches are aware of the things they could have done better against the Tigers, he said.
“We didn’t do a great job defending in the paint, around the goal against Princeton,” he said. “We missed some free throws and we didn’t defend that last shot. There were lots of things.”
The team had hoped for an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament, but was passed over by the selection committee. Amaker says that the news of the Crimson’s first-ever NIT bid gave a welcome lift to players’ spirits.
“We had the kids in for a lift and stretch [Sunday],” he said. “They were sore physically and also a little down, but they felt better when we got the brackets set for the NIT. We’re on to the next thing now and I expect them to bounce back, the way they have all season.”
Harvard has its work cut out against Oklahoma State (19-13). Despite having the best won-lost record in its bracket, the Crimson were passed over for a top four seed, and so must travel to Stillwater, Okla., to play the Cowboys on their home court. Amaker says that news of the game came late on Sunday night, and left him and his players scrambling to make arrangements and prepare.
“We’re just finding out about Oklahoma State, compiling information and statistics,” he explained. “They’re similar in some ways to George Mason or to a healthy George Washington University team. They’re athletic and quick. They play a hard, up-tempo game. They’re a physical team up front. We don’t have a lot of time to prepare, but we’ll do our best.”
Amaker hopes that there’s plenty of basketball ahead for Harvard, but said that the season has already been a big success. The team clinched a share of the Ivy League championship for the first time in program history and, for the second year in a row, set a record for wins. Tuesday night against the Cowboys — only the third post-season game in the history of the program — Amaker’s squad will set its sights on another milestone.
“Harvard has never won a post-season game,” he notes. “Hopefully, our year is not done. We’ll continue to grow, push, and move along.”
The mother of all fans
Sabeina Tabron (from left, mother of Keith Wright '12), Celine Rivard (mother of Laurent Rivard '14), and Sharon Casey (mother of Kyle Casey '12) proudly display their allegiance to the Crimson.
Wright stuff
Crimson forward and co-captain Keith Wright '12 goes up to defend a shot. Wright led the Crimson with 16 points and added 6 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Mid-air
Crimson guard and co-captain Oliver McNally '12 drives to the basket.
Crimson fans, including one sporting a photo of basketball forward Keith Wright '12, the Ivy League Player of the Year, root on their team. Three busloads of students made the trip to Yale, the neutral site of the game.
Crimson forward Kyle Casey '12 drives hard to the basket.
Crimson guard Dee Giger '13 and the rest of the bench take issue with the ref's call.
Crimson guard Brandyn Curry '13 fires a pass over a Princeton defender. Curry had 12 points and 6 assists. With 11 seconds to go in the game, Curry made a shot that put Harvard up by one.
Clockwatch
Crimson guard and co-captain Oliver McNally '12 looks up at the clock showing just minutes left in the game, with the lead going back and forth between the two teams. McNally scored 13 points as Princeton won, 63-62.
The scoreboard tells the story: final score — Princeton, 63, Harvard, 62. As the final second ticked off, Princeton's Doug Davis threw a shot that went in as time expired. Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
Crimson guard Christian Webster '13 (from left) can't bear to look as he and teammates Andrew Van Nest '12, Brandyn Curry '13, and Matt Brown '13 walk dejectedly off the court.
And the bad guys rejoiced...
A Princeton player is embraces by a Tiger fan on the court after Princeton's last-second win.
There's always next season
Crimson guard Brandyn Curry '13 (right) consoles Oliver McNally '12 as they disappear into the locker rooms and prepare for the long trip back to Harvard.
The family-style restaurant Stone Hearth Pizza will open in Barry’s Corner. Renovations will include landscaping and outdoor seating. “It should really transform that corner,” said Stone Hearth owner Jonathan Schwarz.
Courtesy of Stone Hearth Pizza
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line626
|
__label__wiki
| 0.926861
| 0.926861
|
The long journey to asylum
UC Berkeley joins edX
For two years, Jean-Paul (not his real name) worked with lawyers and law students at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. Finally, in May, Jean-Paul was granted asylum by the Boston Immigration Court.
Harvard law clinic defends rights of those who might have none in homelands
By Corydon Ireland Harvard Staff Writer
Date August 3, 2012 June 26, 2019
One afternoon in late July, a 39-year-old African man we will call Jean-Paul took the elevator to the third floor of Harvard Law School’s (HLS) Wasserstein Hall. He walked into the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic and was greeted like a hero.
By one definition, Jean-Paul qualifies as such. He’s an African Odysseus whose long journey and personal trials include a family massacre, days of torture, months of fearful hiding, and a thriller-like escape from his native Burundi.
In the classics, a hero also returns home, but for Jean-Paul — now employed at a Boston parking garage — there is no going back. The United States is now his home. When he arrived in Washington, D.C., as an exile in 2006, he had a visa, two changes of clothes, and $5.
Jean-Paul’s next test of strength started a month later, with his legal appeal for asylum. This legal status guarantees aliens some “protection from return” to a native land where imprisonment and even death might await them.
On May 30 of this year, Jean-Paul finally was granted asylum in Boston Immigration Court. Helping him during the last two years were lawyers and law students at the Harvard clinic. They worked for months with Jean-Paul, listening to his story, helping him to overcome his trauma, honing his testimony, gathering a yard-high stack of legal paperwork, and arguing the final case in court. When the judge declared that Jean-Paul was granted asylum, he was stunned yet ecstatic. He turned to his main lawyer and said, “This is my day.”
That lawyer was Emily B. Leung, trained at Boston University and the clinic’s Albert M. Sacks Clinical Teaching and Advocacy Fellow. Working with her this spring on Jean-Paul’s case were Summer Moore-Estes, HLS ’13, and Marie-Claire O’Kane, LLM ’12, an Irish graduate of the University of Oxford who is now studying law in London.
In July, Leung greeted Jean-Paul at the elevator. It was his first visit to the clinic since getting asylum. The next time he would bring a gift. “We don’t need any gifts,” she said. “That’s our reward: that we won and you get to stay.”
Asylum’s practicalities
For asylum seekers, the process of getting to stay can take from two to six years, said Deborah Anker, clinical professor of law and director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. She is also author of the legal text “Law of Asylum in the United States” (2011), which has gone through multiple editions in the last two decades.
As many as 50 Harvard law students work in the clinic every year. Each works on two to five cases a semester. Some cases are like Jean-Paul’s; others involve violence against women, or juveniles in need of special immigration status. Interest is so high that last year students started a related legal-aid group, the Harvard Immigration Project.
Students not only perform the good work of asylum law, said Anker, but they acquire valuable practical lawyering skills, including polishing affidavit writing and interview techniques, developing court arguments, and gathering expert testimony. (For Jean-Paul’s case, the clinic called in volunteer experts in post-traumatic stress and Burundi’s troubled civil affairs.)
The clinic experience — personal, practical, and immediate — counters the more typical world of legal studies, which is “very 2-D,” said O’Kane, where everything is “just in the book, just in theory.”
Moore-Estes agreed. “Clinical work combines the legal pedagogy of the classroom with real-life clients,” she wrote from her summer internship in New Orleans. It creates “an atmosphere that allows you to learn the law and actually apply it.”
Besides, she said, the clinic work often meant “immediate humanitarian relief for an individual who has suffered gross human rights violations.” Moore-Estes said of Jean-Paul: “The perseverance he brought to the process was a powerful reminder of the resilience of the human spirit.”
Anker has marveled for decades at the strength of her clients, and their ability to move beyond horror and embrace hope. “This is the most important part of the work,” she said, “working with these incredible clients and watching them bloom.”
They bloom despite language barriers. Jean-Paul’s English is getting stronger, but his Burundi languages are French, Swahili and his native Kirundi. Since 1984, when the clinic opened, clients have streamed in from all over the world, speaking a United Nations of languages. But hope is one language they all share. In a conference room hangs a fanciful map of the world painted last summer by clinic workers and their clients. It includes the words, “A place to call home.”
The conference room itself, snug and book-lined, was a home of sorts for Jean-Paul this spring as clinic lawyers spent months with him there sharpening testimony and crafting a written statement. “This room, I like so much this room,” he said during his visit. “I spent most of my life in this room. Many people helped me a lot here.”
Legally there are five grounds for U.S. asylum, involving persecution for race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and membership in a particular social group (including sexual orientation and gender). Such persecution can come from a government or from a non-state party from which the government does not provide protection. The best example of that, said Anker, involves women fleeing domestic violence in countries where gender abuse is common or where laws are not enforced.
U.S. asylum law and its five foundations are complex, contested, and mutable, said Anker.
Client testimony often provides the most critical evidence in establishing what Anker called the key to any asylum case: “well-founded fear.”
For Jean-Paul, such fear is finally fading. “I had many bad memory on me,” he said, remembering his first moments in the United States. “I was thinking many things. I didn’t be happy. It took me many years, and it changed slow by slow.”
Asylum’s start in suffering
Burundi is an impoverished, landlocked African nation wracked by famine, poor education, and civil unrest. Only half of the adult men are literate, and a quarter of the women. There are three doctors for every 100,000 people. Two percent of families have bank accounts. And looming over everything is ethnic strife that has killed hundreds of thousands in Jean-Paul’s lifetime. Since the 1970s, political power has swung back and forth between the two major ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi.
In the summer of 2006, Jean-Paul, an ethnic Tutsi, was 34 and operating a trucking business in Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital. One morning, he stepped outside his rental house to meet two men who had stopped by to do business. Would he go with them for a cup of tea? It was the Burundi way.
Jean-Paul got into their car. But instead of tea, he got three days and two nights in the office of the security forces. He was kicked, beaten with plastic batons, and threatened with a knife held to his neck, he said. Too often, critics say, the security forces practice deceit, detention, torture, and accusation — usually based on ethnic divisions and politics. The security forces, all Hutu, asked Jean-Paul the same question over and over: What was his role in the coming coup d’état? Hutu presidential authorities were certain that Tutsi opposition leaders were plotting one. “They beat me, they beat me, they beat me,” said Jean-Paul.
Jean-Paul said he had no role in a plot to overthrow the government. And events would soon show there was no such plot. But he understood the vagaries of ethnic violence. Seven years before, in a remote provincial town, Hutu rebels had raided his childhood home and massacred his entire family. “I was living good, with my parents and my brothers,” Jean-Paul said of his life before Dec. 2, 1999. “We were loving each other.”
On the morning of the third day of his detention in 2006, the police let Jean-Paul go, but on one condition: Come back every two days with information on the plot. He limped across the street to a public phone and called his best friend. The next day that friend went to Jean-Paul’s house. Hand grenades had been tossed through the bedroom widow and exploded, so there was little to save. Jean-Paul hid from the police for two months, and eventually managed to secure a visa. At the airport, a $100 bribe proffered by the same friend got him past security.
A day later, Jean-Paul arrived in the United States.
“It is hard to make a life,” he said. “You don’t speak the language. You don’t know if you’re going to get a job. Even the food is different.” And the Northeast climate adds another challenge, said Jean-Paul, whose tropical homeland includes the source of the Nile River. Snow is pretty, he said simply, but “it’s cold.”
Still, there is the rule of law in the United States, along with safety, medicine, and food, coupled with a chance to make a living in peace. In the end, only waiting for a legal resolution proved truly hard. “If they don’t agree to asylum, it’s like death,” said Jean-Paul. “Where will you go?”
Finding a refuge
Once a person gains asylum in the United States, he or she is eligible to apply for a Green Card after a year. But asylum is just for a lucky few, said Anker. It was not even memorialized in U.S. Law until the Refugee Act of 1980, though it has been an ideal since the 18th century and a treaty obligation since 1968.
“Asylum is what America is about,” Anker said. “This is a land that gives refuge to the oppressed. It’s so much a part of our identity as a nation.”
At the same time, the more common path to citizenship — immigration — is harder than ever to follow, especially for those who transgress U.S. law even slightly. “The laws have generally gotten hideously narrow,” said Anker, “and the grounds for deportation have expanded astronomically.” (Since the start of the Obama administration, said Leung, there have been about 400,000 deportations a year.)
But countering these trends is a “long tradition of an activist bar” in the United States, said Anker, who began her career as a civil rights lawyer in Boston.
The clinic is at the tip of a legal spear, a salvation for a lucky few like Jean-Paul. “There’s a lot of interest in human rights work, but this is very concrete,” said Anker of asylum law. “It’s human rights in action.”
Through edX, the “X Universities” will provide interactive education wherever there is access to the Internet and will enhance teaching and learning through research about how students learn, and how technologies can facilitate effective teaching both on-campus and online.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line627
|
__label__wiki
| 0.956919
| 0.956919
|
Home » Ambassador Karl Eikenberry Discusses Experiences in Afghanistan
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry Discusses Experiences in Afghanistan
Becky Richards
The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said it's time for the United States to reduce its presence in the country but added there are important reasons why a small military force will be needed for some time to come.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry said there are two remaining “critical missions” in Afghanistan, a country that continues to develop its “judicial framework.”
“One is counterterrorism…We need a military presence… and even more importantly we need the military infrastructure to enable the central intelligence agency to keep after its intelligence operations across the border. That’s what enabled us to locate bin Laden,” Eikenberry said.
“Secondly, we need U.S. military forces and NATO allies to help Afghanistan continue to build its army and police forces. They still need a lot of advisory and mentoring, he said.”
Eikenberry delivered the Ambassador Dave and Kay Phillips Family International Lecture at the Sanford School Thursday evening, discussing in public conversation with Duke Professor Peter Feaver his experiences while serving two tours of military duty in Afghanistan as well as his position as ambassador from 2009 to 2011.
Duke President Richard Brodhead introduced Eikenberry, who served 35 years in the U.S. Army before being named U.S. ambassador and chief of mission in Kabul.
Eikenberry was working on the third floor of the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when American Airlines flight 77 commandeered by Al Qaeda terrorists flew into the second floor of the building.
“That was my intro to 9-11, my intro to Afghanistan,” he said.
Between Eikenberry’s first military tour in 2002 and his service as commander of the American-led coalition forces in 2006, conditions had weakened.
“We really underestimated how dire the situation was in that country," he said. "A lot of mistrust among the people had built up through the era of the Soviet occupation and civil war with the Taliban. It was difficult, but we thought that time was on our side. We were extraordinarily successful with the initial intervention in terms of fracturing Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. In 2002, slowly out of our sight and increasingly into our sight, the Taliban reconstituted itself and they started then to cause additional problems for our efforts to try to stabilize the country.”
America’s engagement in the war in Iraq limited available resources and added to the obstacles facing troops in Afghanistan, he said.
In 2009, President Obama asked Eikenberry leave his position as deputy chairman of the NATO Military Committee to serve as ambassador. Taking over a civilian team was one of his greatest leadership challenges, he said, as he attempted to convince these civilians that he was no longer a general commanding a team of troops.
During his tenure as ambassador, he assisted the "surge" of American troops in Afghanistan in an effort to help reverse Taliban gains and stabilize the country. One of the most controversial facets of this authorization was President Obama’s decision to reveal an estimated time for the recovery of troops. Some criticized this as providing the enemy with an incentive to wait out the surge. However, Eikenberry views the decision to be correct.
“I think it was important both with regard to our military understanding that there was a time limit -- that they only had a certain amount of time to accomplish their tasks. I also think it was absolutely essential for the Afghan people and the Afghan leaders to know that there wasn’t the unending commitment.”
Despite continuing objections by Afghan president Hamid Karzai to a new bilateral security agreement, Eikenberry said he is hopeful that it will be approved. The bilateral security agreement provides for the legal status for the presence of U.S. troops and U.S. NATO allies.
The event was sponsored by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy and the Sanford School of Public Policy with support from the Triangle Institute for Security Studies and the Alexander Hamilton Society.
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry
Peter Feaver
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line628
|
__label__cc
| 0.715259
| 0.284741
|
Engineering and Computer Science Students Paint #Cuserocks for Opening Weekend
Friday, August 25, 2017, By Alex Dunbar
College of Engineering and Computer ScienceStudents
Students painted ‘Cuse Rocks and distributed them around campus to brighten other students’ day.
Engineering and Computer Science students channeled their inner artists recently and painted #CuseRocks to be placed all around the SU campus. The painted rocks are a way to encourage and brighten the day of fellow students. Environmental engineering junior Simone Burns and biomedical engineering senior Kristen Casella were part of a team painting rocks for opening weekend 2017.
Alex Dunbar
More In Campus & Community
Dear Faculty, Instructors and Graduate Teaching Assistants: We are writing to provide you new information from the Onondaga County Health Department related to the COVID-19 vaccination distribution process. Eligibility Reminder At this time, per the New York State Department of…
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: The start of the spring semester is quickly approaching, and many in our community are working diligently to prepare for the return of our students and to safely resume in-person teaching and learning. We…
Dear Students and Families: We are writing as a follow-up to yesterday’s return to campus message, to provide detailed guidance concerning the pre-arrival testing requirements and procedures. Important: The New York State Department of Health policy regarding travel, testing and…
Dear Students and Families: We are writing as a follow-up to yesterday’s return to campus message, to provide detailed guidance concerning the pre-arrival testing requirements and quarantine procedures. Important: The New York State Department of Health policy regarding travel, testing…
Syracuse University will hold a series of virtual information sessions for students and families to answer questions regarding the return to campus for the Spring 2021 semester. The sessions will feature University leaders and subject matter experts speaking on issues…
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line629
|
__label__wiki
| 0.950812
| 0.950812
|
Andrew Yang officially entered the race for mayor of New York City on…
Karen Matthews
New York – Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang officially entered the race for mayor of New York City on Thursday, joining a crowded Democratic primary field that includes longtime elected officials and veterans of the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is barred by the city charter from seeking a third term.
“It is here in New York City that my passion for uplifting people, for wanting to move our country forward, got started,” Yang said at a campaign launch that was streamed on YouTube because of the coronavirus pandemic. “And now that we are facing this historic crisis I am aiming to unleash and channel that energy for a human-centered economy right here in New York, my home!”
Yang’s proposal for a universal basic income won him a national following during the 2020 Democratic primary campaign before he dropped out of the race in February. He brings high name recognition to the mayoral race but has no record of involvement in local politics.
More than two dozen people have filed with the city’s Campaign Finance Board to run in the June 22 Democratic mayoral primary, which for the first time in city history will be determined by ranked choice voting, a system that lets voters rank candidates in order of preference.
The contenders include City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, banker Ray McGuire, former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia and former U.S. housing secretary Shaun Donovan.
Yang has lived in New York City since attending law school at Columbia University in the 1990s but has spent much of the coronavirus pandemic at his family’s weekend home about 85 miles (136 kilometers) north of the city in New Paltz, New York.
Critics pounced when Yang explained his absence from the city by asking a New York Times reporter, “Can you imagine trying to have two kids on virtual school in a two-bedroom apartment, and then trying to do work yourself?” Fellow mayoral candidate Dianne Morales, a former nonprofit executive, tweeted: “I spent all of 2020 in NYC, living with THREE generations under one roof, AND running a campaign from home.”
Wherever the candidates are physically located, the mayoral campaign has so far been conducted largely via Zoom and other online platforms because of the pandemic.
The winner of the Democratic primary will be the strong favorite in the November general election because Democrats outnumber Republicans in the city by a wide margin. Republicans who have said they are considering running include Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
Previous NY attorney general sues NYPD over Floyd protest response
Next Trump backers seek online refuges after big tech backlash
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line631
|
__label__cc
| 0.548506
| 0.451494
|
Nevada Nurses Foundation
Developing Quality Health Care for Nevada Citizens by Promoting The Development of Professional Nursing
Nurses Scholarships
Become a Foundation Sponsor
Sponsor a Legacy Scholarship
Honor a Nurse
Nevada Nurses Events Calendar
Nevada RNFormation
Nurses Resources
Foundation Scholarship Application
Nevada Nurses Association (NNA)
Nevada APN Association (NAPNA)
RNtoBSN Web Site
Nurse.org Web Site
Other Health-Related Resources
Nevada Nurses Foundation & Legacy Scholarships
Emma Marrujo Redmon
Emma Marrujo Redmon Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Sandy Olguin, DNP, MSN, RN
Dr. Ian Choe
Praus & Choe Scholarships
3 scholarships totaling $2,000 donated by Teresa Praus, APRN, & Dr. Ian Choe
Carson Tahoe Health
Jessie J. Valentine Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Carson Tahoe Health Medical Center
Susan Michael
Christine Watson Scholarship
$500 donated by Dr. Susan and Paul Michael
Nevada Alliance for Nursing Excellence (NANE)
2016 NANE Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Nevada Alliance for Nursing Excellence
Martha Drohobyczer
Maude Arnold & Ethel Ann Lewis Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Martha Drohobyczer, CNM, MSN, APRN
Denise Ogletree McGuinn
Mary Lucell Johnson Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Denise Ogletree McGuinn, APRN, RN, D. Minn.
Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association (NAPNA)
NAPNA Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association
Katherine "Kat" Cylke
Katherine "Kat" Cylke Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Katherine Cylke
John & Debra Scott
John & Debra Scott Endowed Nursing Scholarship
Endowment donated by John & Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE
Rosemary Witt
Rosemary Witt Scholarships
Two $500 scholarships donated by NNA District 3
Rural & Frontier Nurse Scholarship
$1,000 donated by the Rural & Frontier Nurses Committee, the NNF, and other donors
Hurst Review Services
Hurst Review Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Hurst Review Services
NNA Scholarship
$1,046 scholarship donated by NNA
Elizabeth E. Fildes
Elizabeth Fildes Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Elizabeth E. Fildes, EdD, RN, CNE, CARN-AP, APHN-BC
Betty Razor
Wound Ostomy Care Nurse (WOCN) Scholarship
$1,200 & $1,500 donated by Betty Razor, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Nevada Nurses Foundation Scholarships
Multiple amounts donated by supporters of the NNF
Jami-Sue Coleman
Jami-Sue Coleman Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Jami-Sue Coleman, PhD, RN, MS HSA, MBA, CCM, CNE, CPN, CNL
Arthur L. Davis
Arthur L. Davis Scholarship
Three $1,000 scholarships donated by Mark Miller
Debra Scott
Debra Scott Scholarship
Two $1,000 scholarships donated by Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE
Southwest Medical Associates
Southwest Medical On-Demand Scholarships
$1,000 donated by Dr. Eugene Somphone
Vroman & Wildes Scholarships
Two $1,000 scholarships donated by Gregg Vroman & Patty Wildes
Life Guard International, Inc. — Flying ICU
Tiffany Urresti Memorial Flight Nurse Scholarship
$1,000 donated by Life Guard International Flying ICU
We are pleased to provide assistance to very deserving Nevada nursing students and nurses as they pursue becoming a Registered Nurse or advancing their degrees in nursing. The Foundation understands that education takes time, money, and commitment. The scholarship recipients are making a genuine difference in the delivery of quality healthcare for Nevada citizens. Please take a moment to read about these recipients below, and consider making a donation of your time, resources, or expertise.
Thanks to the generous charitable donations from the people and organizations who support the Nevada Nurses Foundation. Since 2015 the Foundation has awarded more than $116,341 in Foundation and Legacy Scholarships to 95 recipients to further their nursing education. If not for the generosity of many donors and supporters, the Foundation would not be able to reach and impact as many nurses and student nurses in Nevada.
With your assistance through donations and patronizing our special events, our goal is to provide financial assistance for many more nurses and nurses-to-be. Please click on the What You Can Do link to learn how you can help.
Applications for scholarships are accepted twice per year during the months of February and August. Letters of recommendation in support of submited applications are due by the last day of each application period.
Endowment donations provide a wonderful way to provide ongoing, stable scholarship funding. Donors have the opportunity to define the name of the scholarship as well as any special criteria for applicants and recipients to meet. If you would like more information, please contact scholarships@NVNursesFoundation.org.
2020 Endowed Scholarships
Erick Christopherson Endowed Legacy Scholarship, varying amounts; donated by the Christopherson Family and friends
Margaret and Ian Curley Endowed Nursing Scholarship, varying amounts; donated by friends of Ian and Margaret Curley
John & Debra Scott Endowed Nursing Scholarship, donated by John & Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE
LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS
Donors may request their donation be applied to a legacy scholarship. These donors have the opportunity to define the name of the scholarship as well as any special criteria for applicants and recipients to meet. Such scholarships are frequently named after the donor, referencing a field of study, or in memory of someone the donor wishes to honor.
Some of the legacy scholarships first established in a given year were renewed in subsequent years by generous donations from their sponsors. These scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis, and a number of them have special requirements established by their respective donors.
2020 Legacy Scholarships
Jessie J. Valentine Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Carson Tahoe Health
Lauren Nicole Delameter Nursing Scholarship, varying amounts; donated by friends of Lauren Delameter
Optum Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Optum
Duke University Leadership Certificate, $1,000; donated by Dignity Health Global Education
Philippine Nurses Association Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Philippine Nurses Association of Nevada (PNANV)
Carson Tahoe Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Carson Tahoe Health
Sandy Klepzig Scholarship, $500; donated by Sandy Klepzig
Rural & Frontier Scholarship, $1,000; donated by NNF & multiple other donors
Nevada Nurses Association Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Nevada Nurses Association (NNA)
Arthur L. Davis Publishing Scholarship, $1,000; donated by A.L. Davis Publishing
Kurt Patterson Scholarship Grant, $1,000; donated by Dr. Andal Foundation
Patricia Herlihy Alfonso Nursing Scholarship, varying amounts; donated by friends of Pat Alfonso
Praus & Choe Scholarships, $1,000; donated by Teresa Praus, APRN, & Dr. Ian Choe
Optum Health Scholarship, $2,000; donated by Optum Health
WRAPNN Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Western Regional Advanced Practice Nurses Network
PNANV Scholarships, two $500; donated by Philippine Nurses Association of Nevada
Arthur L. Davis Publishing Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Mark Miller
NAPNA Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association
Orvis School of Nursing FNP Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Dean Debera Thomas
Walt and Inez Russell Scholarship, $500; donated by Robert Russell
NNA District 1 Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Nevada Nurses Association
Jami-Sue Coleman Scholarship, $1,000
Praus & Choe APRN Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Teresa Praus, APRN, & Dr. Ian Choe
Betty Razor Wound Ostomy Care Scholarship, $1,500; donated by Betty Razor, BSN, RN, CWOCN, and others
Debra Scott Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE
Katherine "Kat" Cylke Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Katherine Cylke
Christine Watson Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Susan Michael
Maude Arnold & Ethel Ann Lewis Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Martha Drohobyczer, MSN, APRN, CNM
Elizabeth and John Fildes Scholarship Fund, $1,000
Nevada Rural and Frontier Nurse Scholarship, $1,000 and growing; multiple donors
Betty Razor Wound Ostomy Care Scholarship, $1,200 and growing; donated by Betty Razor, BSN, RN, CWOCN, and others
Dr. Jami-Sue Coleman Scholarship, $1,000
Elizabeth Fildes Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Elizabeth Fildes, EdD, RN, CNE, CARN-AP, APHN-BC
Tiffany Urresti Memorial Flight Nurse Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Life Guard International Flying ICU
Nevada Alliance for Nursing Excellence (NANE), $1,000
Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association (NAPNA), $1,000
Mary Lucell Johnson Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Denise Ogletree McGuinn, APRN, RN, D. Minn.
Emma Marrujo Redmon Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Sandy Olguin, DNP, MSN, RN
Debra Scott Scholarship, two donations of $1,000; by Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE
Hurst Review Scholarship, $1,000; donated by Hurst Review Services, Inc.
Two Southwest Medical On-Demand Scholarships, $500 each; donated by Eugene Somphone
Two Praus & Choe Scholarships, $500 each; donated by Teresa Praus, APRN, & Dr. Ian Choe
Christine Watson Scholarship, $500; donated by Paul & Susan Michael
Nevada Rural and Frontier Nurse Scholarship, $500 and growing; multiple donors
Two Rosemary Witt Scholarships, $500 each; donated by Nevada Nurses Association (NNA) District 3
If you are interested in sponsoring a legacy scholarship, please refer to the Legacy Scholarship page for more information.
SCHOLARSHIP JUDGES
The following people have generously volunteered over the years to serve as judges for the NNF scholarship program:
Anna Anders, MSN, RN
Karen Bearer, MA Ed, BSN, RN
Doreen Begley, BSN, RN
Mary Bemker, PhD, MSN, CADC, LPCC, RN
Mary Bondmass, PhD, RN, CNE, MSN, BSN
Andrew Brown, MSN, APRN, FNP, RN
Darlene Bujold, BSN, RN
Judi Carrion, EdD, MSN/Ed, MSHS, RN-BC, CNOR
Margaret Covelli, DPN, RN
Maria D'Errico, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Glenn Hagerstrom, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
Cathy Hamel
Wallace Henkelman, Ed.D, MSN, RN
Linda Jacks, MSN, RN
Caren Jaggers
Heidi Johnston, DNP, RN, CNE
Cassidy Jost, RN
Sherri Lindsey
Tracy Long
Jean Lyon, APRN, RN
Vicky Lang Catlin
Margie Masters
Jennifer McCarthy, BSN, RN
Tracey McCollum, MSN, BSN, RN, PHN, CENP, NEA-BC
Annie Millar
Donna Miller, EMSRN, CMTE
Arvin Operario
Denise Ogletree McGuinn, APRN, RN, D.Minn
Sandra Olguin, DNP, MSN, RN
Amy Pang, BSN, RN
Betty Razor, RN
Kathy Ryan
Christina Sapien
Mary Sellars, RN
Theresa Tarrant
Dawn Taylor
Debra Toney, RN
Rowena Trim, RN, BSN, MPH
Dave Tyrell, BSN, RN
Joanna Valdes, RN
Julie Wagner, PhD, MSN, RN
Vicki Walker, DNP, BS, RN
2020 Fall Scholarship Recipients
Carrie Hintz, DNP, RN, CEN, CNML
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient, Doctorate Program
Dr. Carrie Hintz is currently an Assistant Professor, as well as the Post Masters DNP Program at the Orvis School of Nursing. She graduated from Great Basin College with an associate degree in nursing, and completed her BSN at Washington State University. Carrie graduated with her MSN in Nursing and Healthcare Leadership at Duke University, and completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is currently enrolled in a DNP to PhD program at Duquesne University in Pittsburg, where she hopes to focus her research on the prevalence of law enforcement suicide in the U.S. Dr. Hintz is very passionate about interdisciplinary education and collaboration, and she has presented on the cultural considerations of mental health awareness and crisis intervention to various public service agencies. Dedicated to academic and professional service, Carrie serves as a President of the Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society – Nu Iota Chapter. She also serves on the University of Nevada, Reno Academic Integrity and Student Conduct Board and Faculty Senate Executive Board, as well as on the Nevada Nurses Association Legislative Committee.
Angel Jackson, MSN, RN
2020 Pat Alfonso Scholarship Recipient
Angel has been living in Reno Nevada for 8 years, working in medical and geriatric nursing the first 4 years and now as Director of Nursing in behavioral health. In 2019, she graduated from University of Phoenix with a dual master's degree in nursing and health administration. She is currently pursuing a FNP degree at UOP, with an anticipated graduation date in the summer of 2022. As she furthers her profession in the medical field, Angel's plan is to work with other nurses and professional practitioners to help increase patients' access to quality healthcare, especially in the areas of health and wellness, cultural and age disparity, and to provide increased direct care to our community needs. As a FNP, she hopes to be a legislative advocate and voice for all those who do not have their voices heard. Her passion and goal is to touch all lives no matter the income, race, color, or culture, and to truly make a difference by building trust, enhancing collaboration, bringing hope to families, and saving lives within our community.
Sheri Park, RN
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient, RN to BSN Program
Sheri started her healthcare career over 20 years ago at South Lyon Medical Center as a Certified Nursing Assistant. She has worked in various hospitals all over Nevada, holding different positions ranging from a unit clerk to her current position as a house supervisor at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. She completed her associates degree in nursing at Carrington College in 2012. She is currently enrolled at Capella University for an accelerated RN to MSN program. Sheri hopes to earn her bachelors in December, 2020, and finish masters degree in September, 2021. She has been a nursing leader for over 6 years and loves the difference she can make with patients and peers. She was a board member for Safe Kids of Washoe County, participated on many different community coalitions, and helped shape many different programs at Saint Mary's. Sheri recently helped develop and institute a program called Care 24 which offers psychological first aid for healthcare workers. She hopes that by finishing her degree she can make a bigger impact on healthcare and the nursing profession.
Taylor Tracy, CNA
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient, CNA to RN Program
Taylor Tracy currently lives in Pahrump, Nevada, where he is employed at Desert View Hospital as a CNA. He is currently attending Great Basin College in the ADN program and is on track to graduate in May of 2022. He plans to continue his nursing education to Bachelor's and Master's degrees following graduation. He loves serving others and looks forward to the opportunity to do so as a Registered Nurse.
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient, BSN Program
Nikki was born and raised in Reno and is attending the University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing. She currently works at Bath and Body Works as a full-time supervisor. She will be graduating in May of 2021 and would love to go into the pediatric field. After a couple years as a pediatric nurse, she will be going back to school to obtain her DNP to become a family nurse practitioner.
Jaimie Robinson, CNA
Jaimie is originally from the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Las Vegas. She is attending College of Southern Nevada as a Nursing AAS major, with an anticipated graduation in the spring of 2022. She currently works as a CNA for Harmon Hospital and EverCare health services. She hopes to obtain a BSN and continuing her education in a nursing specialty after gaining experience working as a nurse. Jaimie hopes to be part of someone's miracle every day as a nurse.
Sonya Cress-Thornton
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient, LPN to RN Program
Sonya was raised in California on her grandmother's farm. She has lived in Southern California and Las Vegas since the age of 11 when part of her family moved to Las Vegas. She decided to make Las Vegas her permanent residence in 2010 and to work in home healthcare, returning to school at the College of Southern Nevada to become a CNA. A few short years later she continued her education at CSN to become an LPN. After taking some time off to spend with her husband and children and workiing for CCSD as a FASA in the health office, Sonya decided to continue her education at NSC where she participates in the NSC Student Nursing Association. In the spring of 2020, she earned her Associate's Degree in Science at CSN, and she will graduate in December, 2020, with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. She plans to work at an area hospital with an interest in IMC, ICU, and Cardiac Cath Lab. Her future plans include pursuing a master’s degree to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). She states, "Perseverance pays off, no matter how long it takes."
Darlene Salvo, MSHI, RN, BSN
2020 Leadership Certificate Scholarship Recipient
Darlene is an Orvis graduate with her BSN in Nursing and has been a practicing RN since 2002. During that time, she has had opportunities to test the waters of clinical practice in Med/Surg, Ortho, Home Health, Urgent Care and Behavioral health. She continued her education by obtaining a Masters of Health Informatics from Walden university in 2012. Darlene's time spent as clinical faculty for the Orvis School of nursing impressed upon her the joy of paying it forward and providing mentorship to students. She has been active in the Nevada Nurses Association, currently holding the positions of NNA Assistant Director of Operations and District 1 President. She has been on the NNF Advisory Board since 2015 and has provided entertainment direction for several fundraising events. She also volunteers with the Carson City Health Department's COVID Response Team. Darlene currently resides in the beautiful Carson Valley with her husband and (feisty) 96 year old mother.
Iris Martinez
2020 Arthur L. Davis Scholarship Recipient
Iris resides in North Las Vegas and attends UNLV School of Nursing, scheduled to graduate in May of 2021 with her BSN. She is the current President of the Nevada Nursing Student Association and a volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps of Southern Nevada. She hopes to work with the geriatric population, and lately she has become enamored with the Cardiovascular Care unit. Her inspiration for nursing stems from watching her grandpa struggle with his illnesses and his nurses being incredibly kind and helpful to him and her family. She wants to provide the same care and kindness to patients and families as those nurses did for her grandpa. She plans to volunteer as a nurse in community organizations that focus on ending homelessness and serving the minority population. Iris also hopes to travel to third world countries providing medical aid and education. She loves being able to help people, whether volunteering, changing socks, or educating on diet and exercise. She believes that it's the idea that someone is caring for a patient with the utmost kindness and respect that makes the patient feel well again.
Lia Harris, RN
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient, MSN Program
Lia is a Las Vegas native and is still a resident of Las Vegas. She is a registered nurse with 5 years of experience and has worked in various departments with mostly medical-surgical patients. She currently attends Touro University Nevada as a graduate student studying for her MSN degree with concentration in family nurse practitioner (FNP). She hopes to continue her education so that she can help in her community in the role as a family nurse practitioner and as a leader to advocate for healthcare improvement.
Jaimee Garcia
2020 Philippine Nurses Association Scholarship Recipient
Jaimee is currently a full-time student at the College of Southern Nevada in the ADN program. She is a founding member and current President of AAPINA-CSN, SNA (Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association – College of Southern Nevada, Student Nurses Association) and Interim Treasurer for AAPINA of Nevada. She helped organize the “#CSNAAPINARELIEF” fund to give back to the medical frontliners in the Las Vegas community. She is set to graduate in May of 2021 and is planning to continue her education to obtain her BSN and eventually DNP. Her love and passion in serving others are catalysts to her nursing career. She states, "The main mission and purpose of my life is creating footprints of inspiration and to be a beacon of light to help others fulfill their mission and purpose in life."
Charloth V. Aquino, RN
2020 Debra and John Scott Scholarship Recipient
Charloth is originally from Peru and moved to the US when she was 17 years old, living in Elko ever since. She attended GBC where she received her ADN and BSN in Nursing in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She has worked at Highland Village of Elko as an Infection Control nurse since January, 2020, right when the COVID pandemic started. She is currently pursing her DNP in PMHNP at UNR. She is enjoying the program as she is fascinated with learning about mental health illness and how we can treat patients by addressing their physical health without separating out mental health issues. Nursing is Charloth's true passion and calling, and she enjoys patient care as much as learning every day.
Stephannie McGilvrey, RN
2020 Rural and Frontier Scholarship Recipient
Stephanie was born and raised in Nevada and has lived the majority of her life in Humboldt County. After serving eight years in the United States Air Force, she returned home to Winnemucca in 2013 and worked at Humboldt General as a medical assistant. She obtained her national EMT certification in 2014. Stephanie worked with Humboldt General EMS for 5 years and obtained her certification as an Advanced EMT. During this time, she realized she loved working in emergency medicine and decided to pursue a career in nursing. She graduated with her ADN in 2019, and she is attending Great Basin College with the hopes of achieving her BSN by August 2021. She currently works in the emergency department for Humboldt General as a full-time registered nurse. Education has always been an important part of her life, and she hopes one day to return the favor and teach from her experiences.
Hannah Kohler, CEN, RN, BSN, ADN
2020 NNA Scholarship Recipient
Hannah has resided in rural northern Nevada (Winnemucca) for the majority of her life. Currently she is employed as a charge nurse in the Emergency Department at Humboldt General Hospital, as well as working per diem for the hospital's integrated flight service, Med X Air One. She is currently attending graduate school at the University of Nevada Reno to obtain her doctoral degree in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP. She anticipates graduating in the spring of 2022. By pursuing this degree, Hannah hopes to be able to provide quality care and resources to Nevada communities.
Nicole Fernandez, RN, BSN
2020 Optum Scholarship Recipient
Nicole was raised in Southern California and currently resides in Henderson, Nevada. She is currently employed as a Nurse Administrator for Southwest Medical Part of OptumCare overseeing an adult medicine team and the residency program. She has worked with Southwest Medical for 14 years. Nicole has almost 20 years of nursing experience and has worked in various hospitals, clinics, rehab facilities, and surgery centers throughout California and Nevada. She completed her BSN at the UNLV School of Nursing, and she is currently attending Western Governors University for her Masters in Health Leadership. Her anticipated graduation date is October 2022. Nicole plans to continue working at Southwest Medical, improve her leadership skills, and help provide new and innovative ways to care for her community.
Michael John Fulgencio, RN
2020 Sandy Klepzig Scholarship Recipient
Michael's home base is Las Vegas. He worked at Spring Valley ICU for three and a half years. He is now working as a travel nurse, including a stint in March, 2020, in New York helping with the COVID outbreak there, and most recently working in Seattle. After seeing how Nurse Practioners made a difference in New York, he decided to become an NP. He is currently working towards his BSN at Nevada State College.
Natalie Edran
Natalie is in the UNLV BSN program, where her anticipated graduation date is May, 2021. She hopes to work at an IMC unit to gain experience for the first few years, and then hopefully work in an ER. In her nursing career, Natalie would also like to try working in labor and delivery. Eventually she would like to continue her education by getting a DNP. She is looking forward to getting into the real world and helping as many people as she can.
2020 Spring Scholarship Recipients
Wendy Merchant, MSN-Ed,CNS,RN
2020 NNF Scholarship Recipient
Wendy has been a nurse for 20 years, begining her nursing career in Nevada after obtaining her undergraduate degree from Orvis School of Nursing, Reno. In 2005, she earned a dual master's degree at Pacific Lutheran University in Nursing Education and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the older adult. She has held a variety of nursing positions from leadership to staff. Wendy is currently the Executive Director of Academic Operations for Arizona College, Las Vegas. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in an area that will further her passion for nursing education. She has been a nurse in Nevada for the greater majority of her career, and she looks forward to doing her part to help nursing in Nevada grow and develop to meet the needs of the communities.
Nicole Cabrera-Heiring, BSN, RN, CLC
Nicole received two undergraduate degrees, a bachelor's in Spanish and a bachelor’s in nursing, from Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU), where she graduated with honors. She currently lives in Las Vegas. She has worked in the neonatal intensive care unit for 15 years at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center as a level 3 registered nurse. Nicole is currently pursuing a master's degree in nursing in the family nurse practitioner track at Chamberlain University, with an anticipated graduation date of December, 2020. She is a Certified Lactation Counselor who supports new moms with breastfeeding, and she is a member of the Southern Nevada Breastfeeding Coalition. She is also a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association. Nicole volunteers at Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada and for the Remote Area Medical. As a bilingual nurse and a certified medical interpreter, she is able to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate care to the Hispanic community. She hopes to continue to provide patient-focused care, exercise leadership skills, and act as an example for future nurses to pursue their educational aspirations.
Anna Maria Holder, CCMA, BS
Nursing is a second career for Anna. She has a B.S. in Business Management and a M.A. in Communication, and she worked in the hospitality industry for 14 years. She is re-careering for a bright future in nursing. Anna is currently in the nursing program at Carrington College in Reno and will be graduating in October 2020 with her RN. She plans to enroll in an RN to MSN program after graduation. Anna has worked as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant at Saint Mary's and Carson Tahoe. She was a volunteer at Renown's Cancer Resource Center, where she met many patients and their families whom she credits with inspiring her to pursue nursing in pediatric oncology. Anna says that working with patients and actively engaging with them to improve their health feeds her soul and fuels her passion for nursing. She is planning to serve as a volunteer on a mission with a nursing group to either Guatemala or South Africa later in 2020, depending on how long the COVID-19 precautions/quarantine last.
Masha Zelenin, RN
2020 Jessie J. Valentine Scholarship Recipient
Masha started working in Renown Regional six years ago as a phlebotomist. One year later she moved to the Emergency Department as an ED Tech and at the same time started nursing school. After graduation she worked as a Neurosurgery RN at Renown, and then as an ICU RN in Carson Tahoe Medical Center. Masha is currently in her last semester of the BSN program at WGU, and she plans to enter the MSN program in September.
Yolanda Gardner, RN, ASN
Yolanda graduated from Great Basin College in 2019 with an Associate degree in Nursing. She is currently employed at Humboldt General Hospital as an emergency room nurse. She is working to obtain her Bachelor's degree and will graduate in the summer of 2020. She plans to continue working at Humboldt General Hospital after graduation to give back to the organizations and individuals that have supported her through her studies. Yolanda's ultimate goal is to become a FNP, which will allow her to provide specialized care and help her community. Being a nurse has given her the opportunity to be a positive role model in her community and to her children. Yolanda is a firm believer that you should do the one thing that causes you joy and allows you to give back to someone else in a positive way; nursing is her joy and her way of giving back.
Casey Pruyt, CNA, AA
Casey is a lifelong Nevada resident. She resides in Carson City and will pursue her RN at Western Nevada College in the fall of 2020. With previous experience working in plastic surgery practices, she is interested in surgical nursing. Currently, Casey is actively involved with Washoe Tribe Head Start as a volunteer teacher and Parent Committee fundraising specialist. She holds an AA from the College of Southern Nevada.
Jessica Roncal
Jessica lives in Las Vegas and is a student in the CNA program at the College of Southern Nevada. On the side, She is finishing her prerequisites for the nursing program. She is a volunteer at Sunrise Hospital where she helps with transport to MIU. As a short-term goal, Jessica would like to be a CNA for a skilled nursing facility. After graduation in spring, 2022, she plans to become an RN. She aspires to work in the MIU focusing on mothers and their babies. Jessica eventually plans to get her bachelors in nursing.
Aleisha Wellman, CNA
Aleisha is a nursing student at Nevada State College BSN program, to graduate in May, 2022. She was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV, and has been a CNA for 11 years. She currently works at Valley Hospital Medical Center. Aleisha participates on the Nevada State Nursing Student Association board and the Nevada State College Student Nursing Association board. She plans to continue volunteering through Nevada Nurses Foundation. As a future nurse she is interested in wound care, burn unit, OR, and ICU fields, and eventually in educating new nurses. Although she is not sure which interesting field her path will lead her to, she is looking forward to the journey.
Julio Islas, RN
Julio is a Nevada resident currently employed at Carson Tahoe Regional Center. He worked as an EMT in Tahoe-Truckee Area while obtaining his Associate's Degree in nursing. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from University of Nevada, Reno. Julio intends to graduate in June of 2020, and he is planning continue his education with a Masters in Nursing.
Heather Shawcross
2019 Kurt Patterson Scholarship Grant Recipient
Heather is currently attending the University of Nevada Las Vegas nursing program, and she will be graduating with her BSN in the summer of 2020. She worked as an EMT for a 911 ambulance company where she grew a love for the medical field. Her goal is become a trauma nurse with a long-term goal of becoming a flight nurse. Heather also plans to put her paralegal certificate to use in healthcare policies. She is currently serving as the president for the Nevada Nursing Student Association.
Andrea Tarver, LPN
Andrea was born and raised in San Francisco, and she has been in the healthcare field for 14 years. She became licensed as a practical nurse in 2015 and soon after started her journey to attain her license as a registered nurse. Andrea is currently enrolled in the ADN Bridge program at CSN in Las Vegas and plans to graduate in the fall of 2020. Her long-term goal is to earn her master's degree.
Maria Lauren C. Doyle,
BSBA, BSN, RN-BC
2019 AL Davis Publishing Scholarship Recipient
Maria lives in the northwest area of Clark County, currently employed by the Veterans Health Administration of Southern Nevada Health Care System as a Registered Nurse in the Outpatient Mental Health department for homeless Veterans and their families. She will be graduating in fall 2021 with a Master's Degree in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner. Maria hopes to continue providing high-quality and patient-centered care for the underserved population.
Sherry L. Stofko, MSN-Ed,
RN, CEN, CPEN, CMSRN
Sherry graduated from Penn State University with distinction in 1996. After gaining experience as a telemetry and critical care float pool nurse, she worked as a traveling nurse for nearly ten years in step-down units and emergency departments, eventually settling in the Reno-Tahoe area. Sherry began her journey in clinical education as a preceptor and quickly realized her strong inclination and passion for nursing. She currently works as a clinical educator in Reno, where she manages nursing orientation, a med-surg fellowship, and a clinical ladder program. Sherry graduated in March, 2019, with a Master's of Science in Nursing, Education from Western Governors University. She continues working in professional development, including becoming a leader in clinical education and increasing employee engagement through interactive, innovative educational offerings. Sherry also runs a monthly peer support, networking, and education group for Northern Nevada nurses.
LaShannon Young
LaShannon is currently a nursing student in the College of Southern Nevada's ADN program. She works as a Mental Health Technician and Staffing Coordinator for Rawson-Neal's Psychiatric Hospital. When not reading, studying, or attending the many Student Nursing Association meetings and events, she enjoys the greatness of being a mother, donating and volunteering her time within their classrooms and chaperoning on their fieldtrips. LaShannon plans to graduate in the fall of 2021 and enter the wonderful field of Mental Health. Her ultimate goal is to further her studies with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and to become a Forensic Nurse Specialist.
Patricia Strobehn,
MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, ENP-C
2019 Jamie Sue Coleman Scholarship Recipient
Patricia (Trish) is a third-generation nurse raised in Las Vegas. She received her ADN from the College of Southern Nevada, her BSN from Nevada State College, and her MSN from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a board-certified family and emergency nurse practitioner (NP) who currently practices as an NP and teaches full time as Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor for Touro University Nevada's MSN-FNP Program located in Henderson, Nevada. Trish serves on the Nevada State Board of Nursing's Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Advisory Committee and is married with five children. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Nursing from Mercer University in Atlanta, GA. Her research focuses on strengthening and supporting a sustainable NP workforce by improving the quality of NP education, facilitating preceptor development, and increasing NP job satisfaction. Her dissertation investigates predictors of NP job satisfaction to inform workforce and healthcare policy initiatives to ultimately improve patient outcomes and decrease NP turnover at the national and regional levels.
Keiona Malone, RN, BSN
2019 Debra Scott Scholarship Recipient
Keiona (Keiana) relocated to Las Vegas from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, two years ago. She received her diploma as a Practical Nurse in 2006, an Associate Degree in Nursing from Milwaukee Area Technical College in 2007, and a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in 2017. She currently attends the University of Nevada, Reno pursuing a Masters of Science in Nursing, specializing in psychiatric mental health. Her anticipated graduation date is December, 2022. Keiona currently works as an RN Clinical Supervisor on a medical surgical/behavioral health unit at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. Her goal is to use her education to become an integral part of serving a population which is in great need of competent, caring nurses who genuinely are concerned with the needs of others.
Kathryn Gilman, RN
Kathryn Gilman currently lives in Pahrump, Nevada, and is employed at Desert View Hospital as a medical-surgical registered nurse. She is enrolled in Great Basin College's BSN program, where she is on track to graduate in August of 2020. Her area of interest is pediatrics, with an emphasis in endocrinology. Kathryn hopes to start graduate school in the spring of 2021 to obtain her pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) license. Once a PNP, she plans to work in pediatric primary care or pediatric endocrinology. She states, "The journey will be long, however with my drive and dedication, I see success in my future."
Kaylie Humphreys, RN
Kaylie was born, raised, and currently resides in Reno. She works for Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center as a Cardiac Telemetry nurse, and she absolutely loves her job. She is attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in pursuit of a Doctorate of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner degree. Kaylie will be graduating in May of 2020 and cannot wait to serve northern Nevada working in Primary Care medicine. She states that there is a large shortage of Primary Care Providers in our community, and she aims to become part of the solution by meeting those needs in whatever way is best. She is a member of NAPNA, and she is very interested in the progression of advanced practice nurses and enjoys learning new content with other nurses in the area.
Shelley Anaenugwu, RN, BSN, ASN
Shelley currently works as a transplant program coordinator in Las Vegas. She graduated with her ASN 11 years ago and received her BSN in May of 2018. She is currently pursuing her MSN at Touro University. She has always had a desire to advance her nursing education but was unsure of what area she wanted to focus on. While working with Family Nurse Practitioners she decided that is where she is meant to be. Shelley would like to begin work as a practitioner in a clinic or urgent care to get in touch with patients and learn how to connect with them. She feels that one of the greatest honors she could be given is the trust that she will make good decisions about patients' health and the health of their loved ones. Her dream is to one day oversee an NGO that provides education and dialysis treatment options for those in countries that do not provide these services. Shelley credits the support of her family, friends, organizations, and educational institutions with helping to realize this dream for herself and so many others.
Bret Hess, MSN-Ed, RN, COI
2019 Nevada Nursing Association Scholarship Recipient
Bret has been a nurse for 30 years caring for pediatrics patients specializing in critical care, oncology, emergency, and flight nursing. He started his education at the College of Southern Nevada. He graduated with honors from Nevada State College RN-BSN program. Three weeks later, he entered into a master's program specializing in education at Grand Canyon University. Bret is now working toward a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree specializing in leadership at the University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing, with an anticipated graduation date of spring, 2021. Bret is currently an educator at Nevada State College School of Nursing (NSC SON), passionately teaching pediatrics and health assessment. Along with his teaching duties, he is the Faculty Advisor for NSC Student Nurses Association and Consultant for the Nevada Nursing Student Association. He is a proud member of the Nevada Nurses Association, National League for Nursing, and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society. He has also served as Chair of NSC SON Faculty Affairs Committee, Faculty Senate, and Counselor of Sigma Theta Tau Intenational Zeta Kappa At-Large chapter. Upon completion of school, Bret wants to exercise his new nursing "superpowers" in his teaching and be an advocate as well as a change agent for nursing students and nurses across Nevada.
Joan Marie Operario, RN
2019 Phillipine Nurses Association Scholarship Recipient
Joan has been in the nursing profession for 14 years. Her nursing background includes medical-surgical nursing, mental health nursing, and utilization management/ managed care. For the last 6 years she has worked full-time in managed care for a leading health insurance company, specifically in the nurse manager role for the past 3 years. Joan discovered she enjoys providing care to patients at a ambulatory/outpatient care setting while working as a mental health nurse in a Nevada state, and she decided to pursue an advanced degree. She is currently in the FNP-MSN program at the University of Southern California (USC) as a part-time student, due to complete the program in spring, 2020. Her curriculum integrates social work concepts/foundations such as social determinants of health and biomedical aspects which are integral to caring for patients and developing health policies. Her goals include mentoring aspiring NP students to nurture collegiality in the nursing profession and sharing her expertise.
Arvin Operario, RN
Arvin has been a registered nurse for the past 25 years. He has worked in a variety of roles, including a mental health nurse in an in-patient and out-patient setting and teaching part-time in colleges and universities in the Las Vegas area. He is currently an RN Clinical Manager for 3 specialty clinics for Southwest Medical, part of Optum Care, serving in this role for the last 8 years. Arvin is very active in the nursing community in Southern Nevada and has served as an elected member or board member in different nursing organizations, including the Nevada Nurses Association, Nevada Nursing Foundation, and Men of Nursing in Southern Nevada. His passion is to educate and spread awareness about mental illness, and he volunteers regularly and teaches police officers in Las Vegas how to assist with the seriously mentally ill population in the community.
Mariah Miles
Mariah started her career in the medical field as a medic in the Nevada Air Force National Guard, and continues to serve. She also works in the Renown Emergency Room as an ER trauma tech where she became familiar with the gaps in healthcare in the community . She hopes to leverage nursing to advocate for accessible health care and community education. She will be graduating from Orvis School of Nursing in December, 2019.
Jessica Slabaugh, CNA
2019 Praus & Choe
Scholarship Recipient
Jessica is a nursing student in the College of Southern Nevada's ADN program in Las Vegas. She currently works for Southwest Medical Hospice as a CNA. When she is not enveloped in nursing textbooks and assignments, she enjoys pursuing activities, such as sports (especially soccer), hiking, and various forms of art, especially acrylic painting. Jessica plans to graduate in the spring of 2020 and cannot wait to begin her career as a registered nurse. Her long-term plans include additional education to eventually be licensed as a nurse practitioner.
Marcy Matys, LPN
Marcy lives in Elko and works at Highland Manor as a LPN. She attends Great Basin College, where she is currently working on her pre-reqs for the RN program, from which she plans to graduate in 2022. Marcy currently works with geriatrics and would like to either continue in this field or work in the ER.
Mailo Brantner, APRN
Mailo currently lives in Henderson, Nevada, where she is a family nurse practitioner and works in primary care with P3 Medical Group. She is attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for her doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) program, with an anticipated graduation date of May, 2020. Mailo's DNP project will be involve implementing the Shared Medical Appointment (SMA) in one of the primary care clinics where she currently works to help manage type 2 diabetes in older adults. SMAs are group visits lasting 90-120 minutes led by a health care professional and are designed to address numerous healthcare challenges, including an aging population with chronic conditions, a congested healthcare system, insufficient time allowed for primary care providers to provide in-depth discussion and education for their patients' conditions, and shortages of PCPs, endrocrinologists, and diabetes educators. SMAs provide the opportunity to discuss such topics as lifestyle changes in a setting where all individuals present have the same chronic condition, as well as avoiding the need for providers to repeat the same information over and over during the day.
Linda Rittenburg, RN, BSN
2019 Optum Scholarship
Linda received her diploma in nursing from St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1992 and her BSN from Grand Canyon University in 2015. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Nursing Education at Grand Canyon University, with an anticipated graduation in the summer of 2020. She is the RN Director of Specialty Care at Southwest Medical/Optum in Las Vegas, including oversight of all specialty areas including Cardiology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Podiatry, Neurology, and Interventional Pain Management. Linda is a member of the Board of Directors for the Las Vegas American Heart and Stroke Association and a member of the United Healthcare Center for Clinician Advancement Advisory Council. She also serves on the Nomination Committee for the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year and is the Local Event Director for the "Get Your Rear In Gear 5K Walk/Run" to promote awareness for colon cancer screening. She is excited to have the future opportunity to educate, lead, and influence the future Nurses of Nevada.
Shaheen Ahmad, RN, BSN, ADN
Shaheen was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, and has been a nurse for over 20 years. After immigrating to United States in 1992, she earned an Associate of Nursing Degree from the College of Southern Nevada in 1997 and a BSN from Grand Canyon University in 2011. She is currently in the PMHNP program at UNR pursuing her MSN. After graduating in spring, 2020, she plans to work with adolescents with addiction and psychiatric disorders. In addition, in a previous job Shaheen had the opportunity to work with nurses with substance use disorder (SUD), and she would like to work with the Nevada State Board of Nursing and nurses across Nevada to promote awareness and interventions to help nurses with SUD. In her free time she sews, reads, and travels to a wide range of foreign countries with her kids.
Cammi Whitaker, CNA
Cammi is a student at Western Nevada College in the rural outreach program in Fallon, NV, where she currently resides. She is going into her second year for an Associate of Applied Science Registered Nurse program and will be graduating in the spring of 2020. Cammi started her medical career at a rural hospital in the med/surg department, then transferred to the Emergency Department at Banner Churchill Community Hospital where she works as an ED tech. Her long-term goal is to further her education and eventually earn her Bachelors of Science in Nursing.
Angie Davenport, RN, BS
Angie lives in Henderson, Nevada, and has been employed at Southwest Medical (part of Optumcare) for 9 years. She currently works as RN Manager of Neurology, Endocrinology, and Rheumatology outpatient clinics. She is attending Grand Canyon University in the MSN with an Emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Systems program. Her anticipated graduation date is spring, 2020. Angie looks forward to applying her knowledge toward better health outcomes for patients.
Christina (Truxal) Scilacci, CNA
2019 Rural Scholarship Recipient
Christina is currently a CNA for Highland Manor in Elko, NV, in the rehab unit. She is currently enrolled at Great Basin College and finishing her prerequisites for the nursing program. Her estimated graduation in the RN program is 2022. Her future educational plans include obtaining at least a BSN. She is interested in the fields of mental health and OB. These very different departments both hold a place in her heart for different reasons.
Kathy Goldsworthy, RN
2019 Orvis School of Nursing FNP Scholarship Recipient
Kathy is enrolled in the BSN to DNP-Family nurse practitioner program at UNR. She works for Comagine Health (formerly Health Insight) on a CMS demonstration project to reduce potentially avoidable hospitaliza-tions in the long-term care population. She will graduate in May, 2020, and plans to remain in northern Nevada as a primary care provider with a focus on wellness and integrative medicine.
Felicia Nazareno, CNA, BA
Felicia graduated from college with her B.A. in Kinesiology at University of Hawaii-Hilo. She moved to Las Vegas in 2013 to pursue her studies in physical therapy. What shifted her gear towards nursing was volunteering at UMC. Her love for direct patient care and passion for helping others led her into becoming a nurse. She is now a part-time student at Nevada State College and a Certified Nursing Assistant. Her expected graduation is in May, 2020. Her plans after graduation include working as a pediatric nurse and obtaining her DNP so that she can one day teach others to become successful nurses.
Monique Chouquer, RN
2018 Praus & Choe Scholarship Recipient
Monique was born and raised in Pennsylvania and moved to Nevada in 2001. She graduated from CSN's ADN program in 2011 and is currently working in Las Vegas as a Circulating Nurse in the Operating Room. She is enrolled in the RN-BSN program at Nevada State College with an anticipated graduation date of May, 2019. After graduation, Monique plans to continue her education to pursue a MSN in Nursing Education. She is dedicated to her profession and the importance of building a solid foundation based on Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.
Sarah Thompson
Sarah graduated from UNR with a BS in secondary education. While working as a high school teacher in the area, she recognized how substance abuse, illness, lack of insurance, and lower socioeconomic status all factored into why many of her students missed school. Because she felt powerless as an educator, she decided to pursue a career in healthcare. During this transition, Sarah served as a volunteer at the NNHOPES Change Point clinic in Reno, which provided good experience and an intimate look into the mind and life of those battling addiction. She continues to volunteer at Change Point, and she plans to pursue a career as a community health nurse after gaining much more experience in the acute care setting. She will graduate from the Orvis School of Nursing at UNR in December, 2018.
Kristin Karmann, RN
2018 Maude Arnold & Ethel Ann Lewis Scholarship Recipient
Kristin lives in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and works as the Infection Control Officer for South Lyon Medical Center. She is attending the University of Nevada, Reno - Orvis School of Nursing in the BSN-to-DNP Family Nurse Practitioner program.
Jennifer Brown, RN
Jennifer has been a resident of Carson City for the last 20 years. She is currently employed with Carson Tahoe Health and has had the pleasure of working for this wonderful company for the past 14 years. She is the charge nurse for the Carson City Urgent Care, and she is attending Nevada State College for her Bachelor's degree in nursing. Jennifer will be graduating in May of 2019. Her goal is to complete her Master's of Nurse Practitioner in family medicine in order to help our community with its need for primary care.
Marcy graduated from College of Southern Nevada as an LPN in 2010. She currently works at Highland Manor in Elko in the Rehab, LTC, and Memory Care units. She attends Great Basin College, finishing her pre-reqs for the RN program. Marcy hopes to graduate from the RN program in 2021. After graduation, she would like to eventually work in the ER.
Sherry Stofko, RN
Sherry graduated from Penn State University with distinction in 1996. After gaining experience as a telemetry and critical care float pool nurse, she worked as a traveling nurse for nearly ten years in step-down units and emergency departments, eventually settling in the Reno-Tahoe area. She began her journey in clinical education as a preceptor and quickly realized her strong inclination and passion for nursing education. Becoming an interim emergency department educator in 2008, she currently works as a clinical educator in Reno, where she manages nursing orientation, a med-surg fellowship, and a clinical ladder program. Sherry plans to graduate with a Master's of Science in Nursing, Education from Western Governors University in February. She plans to continue working in professional development, including becoming a leader in clinical education and increasing employee engagement through interactive, innovative educational offerings. Sherry would like to help underserved populations by means of nursing education.
Maria Poggio D'Errico MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Maria lives in Las Vegas, where she is a family nurse practitioner at the UNLV Student Health Center and nursing faculty at the College of Southern Nevada. She has also volunteered as both a nurse practitioner and registered nurse in caring for medically underserved patients in Nevada. She is obtaining her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Nevada, Reno, with an expected graduation date of December 2019. Her study of interest is increasing HPV catch-up immunization in the college health setting. After graduation, Maria would like to expand upon her passions of educating nursing students and providing care to Nevadans in need.
Brian Dankowski, BSN, RN
2018 Walt and Inez Russell Scholarship Recipient
Brian is a charge nurse for Golden Health Family Medical Center in rural Elko, NV. He has experience in pediatrics, acute care, geriatrics, mental health, and occupational health. He is enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno in the Master of Science in Nursing, Nursing Educator track (MSN), with an expected graduation date of May, 2020. Brian is passionate about education and culturally competent care. His thesis topic deals with providing culturally competent and congruent care to LGBTQ populations in rural areas. After completing his MSN, he plans to pursue a PhD in nursing education with an emphasis in nursing research. His desire is to inspire and motivate future nurses and to advance the nursing profession with evidence-based practice. Brian is a member of the training faculty for the American Heart Association, teaching providers to become instructors and individuals in the community to intervene in the event of an emergency.
JoAnne McCready, RN, ADN
JoAnne has been a resident of the Las Vegas community for over 40 years. She received her ADN at the College of Southern Nevada, and she is currently working towards her BSN at Nevada State College. She expects to graduate in May of 2019 and plans to continue her education, although her path for her master's degree is currently undecided. JoAnne currently works at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas. Her first official day as a nurse on her own without preceptors by her side was October 1, 2017. The tragedy that struck that night and the aftermath made her realize that her hospital was not prepared for disasters of that magnitude. JoAnne wants to help educate her hospital and sister hospitals in the area how to be better prepared for any disaster on any level, and she recently attended FEMA training in Alabama with her co-workers. In addition, JoAnne is part of the newly developed Unit Base Council at Desert Springs Hospital to prepare for any future tragedies that may hit her VEGAS STRONG community.
Jocelyn Allen, RN
Jocelyn Allen currently lives in Reno and works as an RN at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. She is enrolled in the BSN to DNP program at UNLV and is studying to be a family nurse practitioner. Upon graduation in the spring of 2020, she hopes to continue serving the northern Nevada community. Jocelyn is excited to help fill the need for quality primary care providers, improve accessibility to healthcare services, and promote health and wellness in the area.
Darlene Bujold, RN, BSN, MSHI
2018 Elizabeth & John Fildes Scholarship Recipient
A "non-traditional student" and lifelong learner, Darlene came to the professional arena after having seen 6 children safely to adolescence. She graduated with honors from UNR's Orvis School of Nursing, and later had the privilege of educating and mentoring nursing students for the same university. Seeing the direction that healthcare was moving, Darlene received a MS in Health Informatics from Walden University. She is currently employed at Carson Tahoe Health as a behavioral health nurse. Darlene has volunteered her experience as a professional entertainer to direct and perform in several fundraiser events for the NNF, including the popular "Big Hat High Tea" held at the Nevada Governor's Mansion. She has served as Vice President and is the current President of District 1 NNA. As chairwoman of the Nurses Day at the Legislature (NDAL) planning committee, Darlene received the Elizabeth and John Fildes Scholarship to attend the American Nursing Associations Advocacy Institute in Washington, D.C. This new educational journey will include a year-long mentorship program in legislative advocacy.
Melissa Washabaugh, BSN, RN
2018 NNA District 1 Scholarship Recipient
Melissa is currently working as a charge nurse at Pershing General Hospital in the acute/ED department. She is also in her first year of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Master's program at Orvis School of Nursing. Melissa serves as NNA District 1 Director at Large and has recently been promoted to chair of NNA's Rural and Frontier Committee. Melissa has been involved in several projects to improve mental health care in rural areas. Through the rural committee she has been dedicated to training nurses as safeTALK instructors, increasing the availability of this evidence-based suicide awareness training in rural communities. Her graduate work is focused on studying the impact of tele-health psychiatric evaluation for crisis patients in rural emergency rooms.
Joel Fairfield, RN
Joel completed his Associated Degree in Nursing from Great Basin College in the Spring of 2017 after a successful 27 year career as a police officer and a member of the Nevada National Guard. Since graduation, he has been working as an emergency room nurse at Banner Churchill Community Hospital in Fallon, Nevada. He is continuing his Bachelor of Science degree in nursing at Great Basin College with a planned graduation date in Spring 2019. Joel and his wife, Terri, are the parents of six children, all of whom have been proudly raised in Nevada. Joel plans to continue his nursing career serving the rural populations of Nevada.
Jaime Young, BSN, RN, OCN
Jaime has lived in Sparks, Nevada, since 2006. She currently works as a Radiation Therapy RN at Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center in Truckee, CA. She graduated from Truckee Meadows Community College with her ADN in 2010 and obtained her BSN through Western Governors University in 2015. She is currently enrolled at Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno in the BSN to DNP program, Family Nurse Practitioner track. Her expected graduation date in May 2020. After graduation, Jaime plans to work as a primary care provider in Northern Nevada, focusing on healthcare provider shortage areas. She is interested in rural health and is currently working on her Doctoral project focusing on colorectal cancer screening in rural Nevada.
Lorin-Pierre Andre
Lorin-Pierre has been a resident in Henderson, Nevada, since 2010 when he relocated to perform for Cirque Du Soleil. After spending innumerable hours in various hospitals around the country searching for a diagnosis for his son, he decided to pursue a BSN. Nevada State College's program allows him the flexibility to pursue his goal. After his graduation in August of 2019, he hopes to work in intensive care where he feels he will be best suited to help patients and their families in their times of need.
Jennifer Lewis, CNA
Jen has resided in Winnemucca, Nevada, for the last 11 years, and currently attends Great Basin College. She also holds an associates degree in Business Management, which she plans to use with her nursing degree in the future. She has 17 years of experience in the medical field as a CNA, Phlebotomist, Cardiac Monitor Technician, and Unit Secretary, including two years at her current position as CNA at Humboldt General Hospital-Harmony Manor. Jen plans to focus her career on critical care nursing after graduation, and eventually to earn her APRN and work as a Family Care Nurse Practitioner. Jen's own experiences with health problems and the amazing nurses who took care of her who were kind and caring inspired her to become like them, and the nurses who weren't as caring inspired her to do better for her own patients. Jen has 4 children (Kylie, Cody, Dakota, and Nyah) with her husband Doug. Kylie is also pursuing a degree in nursing.
Vimal Patel
Vimal lives in Henderson, Nevada, and attends Nevada State College's School of Nursing pursuing his BSN degree. He is employed as a Mental Health Technician at Desert Parkway Healthcare Hospital. His anticipated graduation date is August, 2019. After graduating, Vimal intends to pursue his interest in critical care and work in an Intensive Care Unit. Ultimately he would like to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and become certified as a flight nurse. His long-term vision includes traveling throughout the United States and overseas providing care to those in need, especially in third world countries.
Katylynn Hymas, RN
Katy is a student at UNR obtaining her MSN as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with anticipated graduation in spring, 2020. She lives in Elko County and works full time for the Elko County School District. Katy has a passion for helping others and advocating for youth, especially those with psychiatric disorders, medical organic brain disorders, and substance abuse problems. Katy is the mother to five children, three of whom are special needs due to in-utero substance abuse and adopted through foster care. She has a love for rural Nevada, where she has practiced as a registered nurse for the past several years. She was recently nominated to serve on the Governor's Behavioral Health Planning & Advisory Council. Katy volunteers as a crisis counselor with the Crisis Text Line.
MSN Ed, RN, CNN, COI
Dawn Taylor is a resident of Las Vegas currently employed as a lecturer at Nevada State College. She is enrolled at University of Colorado, Denver as a PhD student, with a focus in Caring Science. Her dissertation focus will be exploring what meaning of sacred space looks like to sexual minority females with experience of intimate partner violence. Her anticipated date of graduation is May 2020. She is an active participant in Sigma Theta Tau International (Zeta Kappa-at-large), Vice President 2015 - 2017; American Nephrology Nurses Association, 2001 - present; and a member of NNA and ANA. Her community volunteerism extends to local domestic violence shelters teaching yoga and meditation, and at The Center with QVolution program. After graduation she plans to continue in academia and pursue a tenure track position with research options. She continues to work on highlighting inclusion of gender diverse communities in the undergraduate nursing and RN-BSN programs at Nevada State College.
Annette Clark, RN
2017 Rural & Frontier Nurse Scholarship Recipient
Annette (Malotte) Clark was born and raised in Elko, Nevada. She currently works as a school nurse for the Elko County School District in Owyhee, Nevada, which is on the Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute Reservation. The school serves approximately 300 students K-12. She became an RN in 1986, graduating from Northern Nevada Community College (now known as Great Basin College) in Elko. Annette has worked in a number of different fields during her nursing career: respiratory therapy, ICU, surgical services, correctional nursing, behavioral health, and dialysis. She was enrolled in the pilot BSN program at GBC many years ago but didn't complete the degree. She resumed her academics this year and plans to graduate in June, 2018, from GBC. She plans to continue working as school nurse in Owyhee, hopefully into retirement. Her hope is that the students she serves will view her as a positive role model and know that they too can accomplish anything.
Vimal Patel lives in Henderson, Nevada, and attends Nevada State College's School of Nursing pursuing his BSN degree. He is employed as a Mental Health Technician at Desert Parkway Healthcare Hospital. His anticipated graduation date is August, 2019. After graduating, Vimal intends to pursue his interest in critical care and work in an Intensive Care Unit. Ultimately he would like to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and become certified as a flight nurse. His long-term vision includes traveling throughout the United States and overseas providing care to those in need, especially in third world countries.
Amber Federizo, RN-BC, MSNEd, APRN, FNP-BC
2017 NAPNA Scholarship Recipient
Amber Federizo lives in Las Vegas, although she says she travels to care for patients so frequently in northern Nevada that she prefers to just say she lives in Nevada. She currently works in Hemophilia as a family nurse practitioner. She is attending the University of Nevada, Reno for the fourth time, this time pursuing a DNP degree. Amber anticipates graduating in May, 2019, and hopes to someday teach with the knowledge obtained from her DNP.
Kristi Enos, RN, ASN
Kristi currently resides in Silver Springs, Nevada, and works as a Registered Nurse in the Pediatric unit at Carson Tahoe Hospital. She graduated with her ASN in 2016 after serving two years as her school's National Student Nurses Association secretary. Kristi is currently attending Grand Canyon University, where she is a straight A student and will be graduating with her BSN in December, 2017. Her reasons for pursuing this degree include becoming a more educated and well-rounded nurse, as well as bragging rights as the only one in her family to ever attended college. She is looking forward to future opportunities that might come her way.
Mary Jessica Jauregui, MS, BS
2017 Chris Watson Scholarship Recipient
Mary Jessica, who prefers to go by Jessica, is from Las Vegas, NV, and is currently pursuing a BSN degree at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) with an expected graduation date of December 2018. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Master of Science in Medical Health Sciences. She works part-time as an ER scribe at Mountain View Hospital and enjoys the vast ER exposure she's experiencing right now. After graduation, Jessica plans to work in the ER or ICU, then pursue a BSN-DNP in the future to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. She was a volunteer for Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada (VMSN), a clinic for the uninsured, where she saw the need for medical attention for the underserved population, increasing her desire to give back to her community as a medical provider.
Evelin Hernandez Zepeda, RN
Evelin was born and raised in Mexico and moved to Reno, Nevada, in 2010. She recently graduated from TMCC's nursing program and is working as a Registered Nurse at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. She is currently enrolled in the RN-BSN program at the University of Nevada, Reno, and plans to graduate in May, 2018. After graduation, Evelin plans to continue her education and her work as an RN. Her goal is to become a leader who develops resources and pipeline programs for ESL and low-income aspiring nurses.
Kristina Spitale-Efstratis, BSN, RN
Kristina is a native Nevadan living in Reno. She currently works as a critical care nurse in the Roseview Intensive care at Renown Regional Medical Center and as a pre-op/PACU nurse at the Reno Orthopaedic Surgery Center. She is working towards her Masters in Nursing from Chamberlain University in the Family Nurse Practitioner track, with expected graduation in February, 2018. Kristina is passionate about ensuring access to care for all Nevadans, and she has a particular interest in serving rural communities.
Cassius Rowland, CNA
Jo Ann DelaLlana, LPN
Jo Ann has been practicing as an LPN/LVN since she graduated in 1997 in North Hollywood, California. Her experiences include Rehab CNA in Los Angeles from 1994-1996, Home Health LVN in Los Angeles from 1997-2000, and School Nurse in Las Vegas from 2012-2015. However, the position she is most proud of is working as an LPN at Sunrise Children's Hospital Las Vegas on the General Pediatric Unit from 2000-2016. She has had the honor and privilege to work alongside and learn from amazing nurses, managers, and physicians who have inspired her to pursue the LPN to RN Bridge Program. She expects to graduate with her Associates Degree in December, 2018, and she plans to quickly continue by pursuing her BSN online. Jo Ann would like to thank everyone who has supported her throughout her long journey and the Nevada Nurse's Foundation for its generous scholarship. Her reasons for pursuing higher education include inspiring her children to be life-long-educated learners and to serve mankind with sincerity and generosity.
Christy Apple-Johnson, RN
Lowen Patigayon
2017 Arthur L. Davis Publishing Scholarship Recipient
Originally from the islands of Hawaii, Lowen lives in Las Vegas where he is pursuing a BSN, a BA in Psychology, and a minor in Deaf Studies at Nevada State College. Prior to becoming a student nurse, Lowen interned at Mojave Mental Health Adult Daycare Clinic. As a Deaf Studies minor learning about deaf culture through deaf socials as well as learning how to sign in ASL, Lowen has come to experience a community grateful for connection and communication because these aren't common experiences for these individuals in the hearing world. His experiences fuel his nursing practice and bedside manners, always working hard to connect, communicate, and understand his patients. He is also the President of the Student Nurses Association at Nevada State College. During his term, SNA has launched its first mentorship program, participated in countless community service events, and is holding an annual mixer with healthcare professionals, new grads, and current nursing students. His hope is that SNA positively impacts the Las Vegas community for years to come.
Taylor Hagar
Taylor Hagar is a Nevada resident currently employed at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. He has been working as a CNA for the past 3 years while attending the Orvis school of Nursing - University of Nevada Reno, with an anticipated graduation date of December, 2017. He intends to apply to the ICU upon graduation, spend 2-3 years developing his skills as a RN, and then apply to graduate school. In the long term, he plans to pursue his dream of becoming a Nurse Practitioner. Although Taylor is unsure what specialty he will pursue, he states, "I feel that over the next few years I have enough time to dedicate myself both to a field of interest and compassion for people. I look forward to the challenges ahead."
Destane Smith, LPN
Destane is a Nevada resident currently employed at the Lake Mead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Henderson, Nevada, as a wound care nurse. She is attending Arizona College in Las Vegas, with an anticipated graduation date of December, 2018, with a BSN degree. She is also pursuing her RN license. She is an active volunteer first aid responder at youth track and field events, caring for both young competitors and occasionally their parents. Her long-term plans include becoming a community health nurse.
2017 Kat Cylke Scholarship Recipient
Jennifer McCarthy is a resident of Las Vegas where she works as a psychiatric nurse at Montevista Behavioral Health Hospital. She is enrolled in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) DNP program at the University of Nevada, Reno, with an anticipated graduation date of May, 2019. Jennifer is a member of the APNA, ANA, and NNF, and she volunteers as a Crisis Counselor with Crisis Text Line. As a graduate student and future DNP, she hopes to expand appreciation of psychiatric nursing and increase the number of new nurse graduates who choose to pursue careers in the mental health field.
Shonda Williams, RN
Shonda is a 27-year resident of Nevada. She has worked for Summit Surgery Center at Saint Mary’s Galena for the past 5 years and is currently the PreOp/PACU Supervisor. She graduated with her Associates Degree in Nursing from TMCC 20 years ago and is now pursuing her BSN degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. She plans to graduate in December of 2017. With her BSN Shonda plans to remain a nursing supervisor and continue to gain experience in this arena, eventually moving onto other administrative opportunities and possibly pursuing a Masters in Nursing Administration.
Valerie Jakubos, RN
2017 Tiffany Urresti Memorial Flight Nurse Scholarship Recipient
Valerie currently works in the adult intensive care unit at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, NV. She is attending University of Nevada, Reno, and will graduate with her BSN in December, 2017. She has worked as a flight nurse with a fixed wing company per diem and is working towards her CCRN. Valerie is a mentor for new graduate nurses, and she serves on two committees (donor committee and the quality committee), to help bring change and awareness to all employees to improve patient experience and overall care. She is a member of the ANA and AACN. She also volunteers for career days at local schools to educate students about nursing and what educational requirements are involved.
Brandee Shipman, RN, BS, ASN
Brandee Shipman lives in Reno and works at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. She received a $500 scholarship toward the RN to BSN program at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she intends to graduate in December, 2017. She plans to continue to advance her nursing degree by becoming a Nurse Practitioner (NP) in Psychiatric/Mental Health, Family NP, and/or Acute NP. Brandee enjoys and hopes to contribute to the scholarship of neuroscience. As she pursues her education, her goal is to become an expert clinican and advocate for persons affected by mental health concerns, emphasizing the importance of mental health in caring for the whole person.
Amy Woods, RN, BSN
with donor Betty Razor, left
2017 Betty Razor Wound Ostomy Care Scholarship Recipient
Amy is a native Nevadan and graduated from TMCC in 2012 and from UNR in 2013. She will be graduating from the Wound Care Education Institute in June, 2017, with a WOCN certification. She aspires to improve wound care treatment outcomes within the home environment by educating patients and families, collaborating with physicians, and understanding best treatment options for each patient. Amy is a member of the NNA and the Northern Nevada/Tahoe WOCN Support Group.
Amie Ruckman, MSN, RN, CLNC, Paralegal
2017 Elizabeth and John Fildes Scholarship Fund Recipient
Amie was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. Her mother's and father's families have resided in Reno for four generations. Amie is married to Jason Ruckman and is the proud mother of their son Royce. She has 22 years of nursing experience, including medical-surgical, orthopedic, antepartum, labor and delivery, obstetric operating room, postpartum, and newborn nursing, and she is the unit supervisor of the float pool. She is currently the Policy Coordinator, chairperson of the Policy Committee, and a co-chairperson of the Staffing Committee and subcommittee on Acuities at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. She serves as the secretary of the Nevada Nurses Association Legislative Committee, and she is an active member of the Nevada Safe Staffing Task Force. Amie enjoys traveling, cooking, scuba diving, reading, and scrapbooking.
Rochelle Walsh, MSN, RN, PCCN
Rochelle is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at UNR in 1984. She worked at the former Washoe Medical Center and Renown Regional Medical Center as a staff nurse, supervisor, and nurse educator over 31 years. Professor Walsh obtained her Master's in Nursing Education from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2009. She has just finished her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Touro University of Nevada, with a graduate date of November 5th, 2017. She is known for engaging students and using interactive methods to stimulate students in learning. Before becoming an educator for pre-licensure nurses, Professor Walsh taught nurses in the hospital. A clinical nursing educator, instructing nurses is her passion. When not doing nursing-related activities, she can be found working in her craft room, stamping, sewing and doing counted-cross-stitch or out raking leaves.
Jezamay Arevalo, CNA
Adaugo Guinness
2017 Mary Lucell Johnson Scholarship Recipient
Cassidy Jost, RN, ASN
Cassidy Jost is a native Nevadan who lives in Carson City and has an Associate’s Degree in Nursing from Western Nevada College. Cassidy is currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Nevada State College, and is expected to graduate in the Spring of 2018. She will ultimately pursue her Masters Degree in Nursing, with the hopes of becoming a Nursing Administrator, as well as a Nursing Professor. She enjoys mentoring and teaching new graduate nurses on her units. Cassidy currently works as a Nursing Supervisor at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center for the Surgical/Orthopedic unit.
Kristina Spitale Estratis, BSN, RN
Kristina lives in Washoe County and has a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Nursing. She received the NNF MSN $1,000 scholarship to help pay for her education as she pursues a MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner through Chamberlain College of Nursing. She is slated to graduate in February, 2018. Kristina holds many memberships in professional organizations, including NAPNA, NNA, and ANA. She works at Renown Regional Medical Center in the ICU department.
Rhone D'Errico, MSN, APRN, BSN
Rosemary Witt Scholarship by NNA District 3 Recipient
Rhone is a family nurse practitioner and holds a position as Advanced Practice Clincian (APC) Associate manager at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. He obtained his BSN and MSN from UNLV. He is currently completing a post-master's certificate as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) through the University of Arizona, and he has just begun his Doctor of Nursing Practice program at UNR, which he expects to complete in Spring of 2018. He is the recipient of the $1,000 Debra Scott Scholarship and one of the $500 Rosemary Witt Scholarships.
Arthur L. Davis Publishing Scholarship Recipient
Jennifer McCarthy is enrolled in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) DNP program at the University of Nevada, Reno with an anticipated graduation date of May 2019. She received three scholarships totaling $2,500. She plans to provide mental health services to populations in disadvantaged and underserved/remote areas. She is presently employed as a psychiatric nurse at MonteVista Behavioral Health Hospital in Las Vegas.
Allyson Waldron, RN
Allyson is attending the BSN program at Great Basin College and looks forward to graduating in May 2017. She was awarded $1,000 from the Rural & Frontier Nurse Scholarship, which was funded by a number of donors. She works in Elko for Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital, Lincare, and the Elko County School District. Allyson is a member of the NNA and the ANA and enjoys serving various nonprofit organizations within her community.
Michele Wood, LPN
2016 Southwest Medical On-Demand Scholarship Recipient
Michele Wood is the recipient of the $500 Southwest On-Demand Scholarship sponsored by Dr. Somphone. She has been a LPN at Southwest Medical Associates for eleven years and is enrolled in the RN program at the College of Southern Nevada. She is a single mother of three boys, works and attends school full-time, and anticipates graduating in 2018. She believes as an RN she will be able to expand her skills and responsibility as a nurse and help those challenged with access to healthcare.
Kerriann Lahey, LPN
Kerriann Lahey resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she is a full-time LPN in the Urgent Care with SouthWest Medical Associates. She received a $1,000 scholarship toward the LPN to RN nursing program at the College of Southern Nevada, with an expected December, 2017, graduation. She plans to pursue her BSN while working in a Urgent Care/free-standing ER setting. She entered the medical field in 2003 as a phlebotomist, and as her passion for patient care grew. She asserts after acheiving her LPN, "My desire to be a patient advocate increased and my calling for nursing became evident."
Rachel Moore, CNA
Rachel is a CNA working for Perspective Home Health, Inc. She is enrolled at Great Basin College in Pahrump, Nevada, and will be graduating in May, 2017. She is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship toward her full-time schooling there. Upon graduation, she is planning to work as a RN in home health and pursue her BSN. She enjoys working and living in a small community.
Rachel Sherman, recipient of the NNF Pre-licensure Nursing Scholarship in the amount of $1,000, is a native Nevadan and graduated from Galena High School in 2010. She will be graduating from UNR Orvis School of Nursing in December, 2016, with a BSN. She aspires to be a nurse on a pediatric oncology unit and pursue an advanced degree to teach at the university level.
Erik Nunez
2016 Elizabeth Fildes Scholarship Recipient
Erik Nunez, a Las Vegas resident, attends the Nevada State College with expected graduation in spring of 2017 with a BSN. Erik is the recipient of the Elizabeth Fildes Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. He works at Sunrise Children’s Hospital as a Nurse Apprentice in Pediatrics, Pediatric Oncology, and PICU. He hopes to become a nurse leader, continue actively participating in professional nursing organizations, and invest back in the community.
Tanya Liscio, MSN, BSN, RN, ADN
Tanya Liscio lives in Minden, Nevada, and works as a RN at the Washoe Tribal Health Center in Garderville, Nevada. She is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship donated by Martha Drohobyczer. She attends the University of Nevada, Reno in the Family Nurse Practitioner program and is seeking a dual degree of Doctorate of Nursing Practice. Upon completion of her FNP in May, 2017, she plans to stay in rural Nevada and work toward providing access to care for rural communities and promoting the nursing profession through leadership, advocacy and education.
Tamara Mette, MSN, BSN, RN
2016 NANE Scholarship Recipient
Tamara Mette is the recipient of the $1,000 Nevada Alliance for Nursing Excellence (NANE) Scholarship. She resides in Elko, Nevada, where she is a Great Basin College Nursing Professor. Tamara is scheduled to graduate from Touro University Nevada as a Doctor of Nursing Practice scholar in the spring of 2017. She is motivated to educate others, nurses as well as other health care professionals, as to the value and role of the Doctorate of Nursing Practice graduate. She writes, "I have experienced confusion and uncertainty as to the place and abilities of a DNP nurse, and I hope to bring recognition to the abilities of DNP nurses in all scopes of practice."
Areli Galvan
2016 Emma Marrujo Redmon Scholarship Recipient
Areli Galvan, a resident of Winnemucca, Nevada, is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by Dr. Sandy Olguin. Areli works at at Humboldt General as a Nurse Apprentice and attends the Great Basin College with a May, 2017, graduation date. She plans to continue her education and eventually become a Nurse Practitioner. As she continues her nursing journey, she hopes to inspire others to pursue a rewarding career in nursing.
Sarah Shaw, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, BSN
Sarah is the recipient of the $1,000 Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association (NAPNA) scholarship. As a Las Vegas, Nevada, resident, she works for the Nevada Critical Care Consultants and pursuing a Post-Master's DNP at the University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing with an anticipated graduation in the spring of 2018. Sarah's areas of interest are preventive care, increased access to care, and patient education. She hopes to accomplish increased access to healthcare and improved health outcomes for Nevada communities.
Jennifer Stevens, RN, BA
2016 Jami-Sue Coleman Scholarship Recipient
Jen Stevens works at Renown Regional Medical Center as the Clinical Nurse Educator for the Institute for Cancer. She received a $1,000 scholarship as she pursues her MSN in the Nursing Educator track at the University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing. She believes research and education are the most effective means for her to give back to the nursing profession. Jen enjoys investing in others and helping them grow to achieve their goals and aspirations. After graduating, she intends to obtain a Ph.D. in Nursing and continue to teach.
Melissa Washabaugh, RN
Melissa is the recipient of $1,000 towards her BSN. She is a student at the Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada. She works as a nurse in the Emergency Department and is developing a grant program aimed at improving behavioral health services in rural Nevada.
Erika Ceballos, LPN
Erika Ceballos is the recipient of the NNF Southwest Medical On-Demand Scholarship for $500.00 sponsored by Dr. Eugene Somphone. When she is not working as a LPN at Southwest Medical, she attends classes at the College of Southern Nevada to graduate and become a RN in 2019. One of her goals as a RN is to become a pillar in her community and help the underserved population.
David Alvarez
2016 Katherine "Kat" Cylke Scholarship Recipient
David Alvarez received $1,000 towards his schooling expenses. He has served families through The Department of Family Services for over 8 years and will be graduating from the College of Southern Nevada with an ADN in May of 2017. His dream is to become a Nurse Practitioner and continue to make a positive impact on his community. He states, "But until then, I will continue to keep my head in the books and my heart set on the future."
Tania Anderson, RN, LPN, AA
Tania Anderson lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, and works at Southwest Medical Urgent Care, United Health Care/Optum. Tania received one of two $500 Praus & Choe Scholarships. She attends the College of Southern Nevada to complete her prerequisites, and then she will begin the BSN program at the Nevada State College in spring of 2017. Her BSN will provide her the opportunity to pursue specialization, management, and potential for increased compensation.
2016 Christine Watson Scholarship Recipient
Cynthia "Cindy" Bonca, BS, AS, AA
2016 Hurst Review Scholarship Recipient
Cindy received a $1,000 scholarship toward her BSN degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. She works at the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Health System Specialist/Lead Medical Staff Coordinator. She is interested in critical care and emergency nursing, and she plans to continue her employment and passion for providing world class care to our veterans. Cindy's long-term plans include returning to school to pursue an APN or doctorate degree.
Sheryl Giordano, APRN-C
2016 Praus & Choe APRN Scholarship Recipient
Sheryl works at Johns Hopkins Medicine as a Program Coordinator/Nurse Practitioner. She attends the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Nursing and received $1,000 as a Doctor of Nursing Practice student. Upon completion of her degree, she hopes her education and knowledge will help others in their successes and to further her role in the community by serving her patient population and advocating for her colleagues in the political arena. Sheryl believes "nurse practitioners are a vital resource to the health of our nation" and a resource that is "under-utilized".
Katie Bruels, MSN, RN
Katie received $1,000 as she pursues her DNP at Graceland University. She is Chief Nursing Officer at Mountain View Hospital. She is actively involved in professional nursing organizations, including NANE, NNA, ANA, and NONL. Her graduate studies involve evaluating preceptor frame- works to enhance graduate nurses experiences in their first year of nursing.
Hannah Kapczynski, SN
Hannah is a Nevada Air National Guard commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of Aerospace Medicine and a flight medic. She attends Orvis School of Nursing at University of Nevada, Reno. She received $1,000 as she pursues a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing.
Patricia LoGuidiu, BSN, RN
Patricia received $1,000 towards her Master's Degree in Nursing. She lives in Las Vegas and attends Western Governors University. She is a Nurse Clinical Educator at United Healthcare. As a leader in healthcare, she has directed the drive-through clinic in her community and utilized a team model approach in clinics to help with patient access and improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Antoinette "Annie" Carlos, SN
2015 NNF Vroman & Wildes Scholarship Recipient
Antoinette received $1,000 toward her BSN. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in December, 2015.
Delene Volkert, MSN, RN
Delene received the Nevada Nurses Association legacy scholarship in the amount of $1,046. She teaches nurses at Great Basin College as she pursues her PHD at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Amalia "Amy" Edelman
Amy is the winner of the Arthur L. Davis $1,000 scholarship. Her exemplary article "Que Mas" is highlighted in the Spring 2016 edition of the RNFormation newsletter. She attends Roseman College in Henderson, Nevada, as she pursues her BSN.
Doreen Begley, RN
Doreen was awarded $1,000 from the Foundation to offset the cost of attending St. Francis University, where she is pursuing her BSN.
Linda Cirillo, SN
Linda received a $1,000 scholarship to help offset the cost of pursuing her BSN at the Nevada State College.
Michael York, SN
Michael received $500 in July, 2015, while attending Carrington College in Reno, Nevada. Michael graduated from Carrington and is now pursing his RN to BSN.
Richard Young, SN
Richard received $500 in July, 2015, and attends the University of Nevada, Las Vegas pursuing his BSN.
Heidi Johnston, MSN, RN
In July, 2015, Heidi received a $2,500 Nevada Nurses Foundation scholarship to offset the costs of her education. She is enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Boise State University. Heidi is a Nevada Nurses Association Director-At-Large and the chair of the Rural Nurse Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Environmental Health Committee and serves as an Advisor at Great Basin College (GBC).
Maria Poggio, RN
Maria, currently enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is pursuing a Master’s of Science in Nursing. She was awarded a NNF Scholarship in the amount of $2,500. Ms. Poggio serves her community by being a volunteer RN with Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada. She is the UNLV School of Nursing Alumni Chapter Vice President where she raises funds and promotes the University.
Robin Hollen, RN
Robin is enrolled in a RN to BSN program at the Aspen University in Denver, Colorado. She received $1,000 towards her expenses there.
© 2015-2021 Nevada Nurses Foundation (NNF). All rights reserved.
Box P.O. Box 34047, Reno, Nevada 89533 775-560-1118
Donate Privacy & Security Policies
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line632
|
__label__wiki
| 0.655986
| 0.655986
|
Cuomo Warns Dems to Have ‘Extreme Caution’ in DACA Deal With Trump
By Madina Toure • 09/18/17 8:15am
Gov. Andrew Cuomo addresses reporters following a press conference in Queens. Madina Toure/Observer
Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged Democrats to “exercise extreme caution” in hammering out the terms of an agreement to protect immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The governor warned that President Trump could put in place a “cyber wall.”
Trump is currently working out a deal with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to make DACA permanent in exchange for tougher border security. DACA provides legal protectections for undocumented youths brought to the United States in their early childhood, a program established by former President Barack Obama in 2012.
Last week, Schumer and Pelosi said that they hope to seal a deal with Trump “as soon as possible” and stressed that both sides agreed during a recent dinner at the White House that a border wall would not be included.
Cuomo said that he doesn’t like the “starting point of this negotiation.”
“I think the Democrats have to exercise extreme caution,” Cuomo said on GOP billionaire John Catsimatidis’ CATS Roundtable Radio Show on Sunday morning. “Because basically what the transaction is is the president saying to the Democrats: I’ll give you what you already have, which is DACA, and in exchange I want more money for border security with Mexico, which … is going to turn into a wall by the time he’s finished.”
Cuomo said that there are signs that Congress was going to pass legislation because “there would be anarchy and it would be the ultimate injustice if they didn’t” — noting that he doesn’t care “what their bluster says.” He also said that cities and states would resist “and you’d have another civil war.”
He anticipates that Trump would say that he received more money for border security and that he is putting in cameras, censors and an electric grid “that if anybody was near the grid, it sounded an alarm.”
“Then the president would say, ‘I have a cyber wall,'” Cuomo said. “‘Better than the wall we were talking about. Better than a fence. This is a new, electronic, highly-sophisticated fence. This is a fence for 2020.’ That’s where it’s going to come out.”
Cuomo recently signed an executive order barring state agencies from asking about or disclosing individuals’ immigration status unless mandated by law or if it is necessary to figure out eligibility for a benefit or service. It also prohibits law enforcement officers from inquiring about immigration status unless they are investigating criminal activity.
The governor said that the ban includes — but is not limited to — when an individual approaches a law enforcement officer looking for assistance, is the victim of a crime or witnesses a crime.
Cuomo and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that they would sue Trump if he decided to end DACA. After Sessions formally announced the move, Schneiderman and 15 attorneys general throughout the country filed a lawsuit against Trump over what they alleged to be the “discriminatory animus” of the decision.
Filed Under: Politics, New York Politics, Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, Congress, Charles Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, undocumented immigrants, immigrants
SEE ALSO: Hawk Haley Would Be ‘Happy’ to Hand Mattis North Korea Issue
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line633
|
__label__wiki
| 0.652628
| 0.652628
|
Our Lady of Light
Follow Our Lady of Light
Explore Our Lady of Light
Ministries and Groups Faith Formation Request a Prayer See a Priest
Events Schedule a Baptism Schedule a Wedding Schedule a Funeral
Mass Times Live Mass Stream Sacraments Request a Mass Card
Contact Bulletins Pastor’s Corner About Parish Parish Calendar Our Beliefs
Welcome to Our Lady of Light
I'm New Contact Us
Adoration Hours
First Friday:
7:00 a.m. - St. Catherine of Siena
8:00 a.m. - St. Pascal Baylon
118-22 Riverton St.
St. Albans, NY 11412
Weekdays: 8:00 a.m.
Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
St. Pascal Baylon
112-43 198th St.
St. Albans 11412
Saturday: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - St. Pascal Baylon
Also by appointment.
Mass: What to Expect
The central Catholic act of worship is attending the Mass, or Divine Liturgy. The Mass is divided into two parts: the Liturgy of the Word, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
During the first part, the priest leads us in prayer and songs, praising God, thanking Him, and asking Him for forgiveness. We hear Scripture readings, the priest gives a talk, and then we all pronounce the core principles of our faith.
In the second part, the priest says the blessing, transforming bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ. We all say the "Our Father" prayer, and then receive communion. Finally, there is a closing prayer and final blessing.
Why go to mass? Sacraments
Learn about Catholicism
Discover Jesus Christ and meet the Church that He started on earth.
Maybe you’ve attended Mass with us for a while, or maybe you’ve just met a Catholic and you were...
A Sacrament is a summoning that was instituted by Christ, that brings us into a deeper...
Teens Children
Those who serve at the altar assist the priest and the sacred administration of his responsibilities during the sacrifice of...
We've heard your voice during Mass. Yes, you. Keep doing that beautiful singing that you do--just do it from the choir loft!...
Adults Teens
It is a sacred thing to administer the Body and Blood of Christ to His Church. The high point of each Mass is the...
Lectors are those who proclaim the Word of God at the celebration of the Eucharist and at other liturgical celebrations. We...
Monday- Friday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sign up to follow ministries, event updates, and more.
Ministries and Groups
See a Priest
Live Mass Stream
Request a Mass Card
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Made with Glass Canvas on Tilma
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line639
|
__label__wiki
| 0.845214
| 0.845214
|
Flight Over People
SafeAir Mavic
SafeAir Phantom
SafeAir M-200 Pro
SafeAir M-600
Professional Kit (ASTM F3322 Compliant)
ASX Reports
BUY SafeAir
Experts that Lead the Drone Revolution
ParaZero Drone Safety Solutions was founded in 2014 in Be’er Sheva, Israel. The company was founded by a passionate group of aviation professionals, together with veteran drone operators, to solve the industry’s primary challenge – safety.
The emerging world of UAS’s is changing many commercial fields, and the potential of drones is being applied in ways never thought possible. Since UAS’s are increasingly present in various civilian applications, safety has become a serious consideration for users and regulators.
ParaZero’s vision is to use the SafeAir drone safety technology to unlock the full potential of the commercial drone industry.
ParaZero is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol PRZ.
Eden Attias
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of ParaZero, leading the company in becoming the world’s leader for unmanned aerial systems safety solutions.
Mr. Attias was nominated as Israel’s first Ministry of Defense attaché to Ottawa, Canada.
Mr. Attias has a distinguished military resume, having served in Israel’s Air Force as a pilot and as a leader in numerous positions for over 30 years, achieving the rank of Brigadier General. Mr. Attias Holds a BA in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University and MA in Public Administration from the University of Haifa.
Boaz Shetzer
Boaz is an engineer and entrepreneur, until recently served as head of product at ParaZero Drone Safety Systems. He held senior roles at Soluto which was acquired by Asurion Inc. Has years of experience in the startup arena.
Boaz holds a BSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
Moshe Hukaylo
Moshe is the founder and owner of Hukaylo Financial Management, a boutique company aimed at growing businesses financially. He has qualified as a C.P.A. in Israel, has an M.B.A. in financing and has more than 30 years of experience in finance and audit
Aaron Gabriel
Aaron Gabriel is Director of Business Development & Regulation at ParaZero, where he leads activities in business development, strategic partnerships, and helping companies achieve safe, advanced use cases in urban environments and Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS).
Director, Business Development & Regulation
Maj. Gen. (ret) James O. Poss
Maj. Gen. James O. Poss (ret) is the CEO of ISR Ideas, an intelligence, and unmanned aerial systems consulting firm. He is the founder and former Executive Director of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Center of Excellence Team. ASSURE is 22 of the top US, Canadian and British UAS research universities with 100+ corporate members teaming to solve the FAA’s UAS research issues. He is a 30 year US Air Force veteran with combat experience in four wars and was the Air Force’s senior career intelligence officer at his transition from active service in November 2012. He is a leading expert on UAS, having helped designed the US Air Force’s remote split operations system for UAS control and the Distributed Common Ground Station for UAS intelligence analysis. Gen Poss also has extensive experience in cyber operations from his assignments
with the National Security Agency and as the Air Force lead for stand up of US Cyber Command. General Poss received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Southern Mississippi. He flew RC-135 sensitive reconnaissance missions during the Cold War, served in DESERT STORM with the U.S. VII Corps RC-12 Guardrail Battalion in Saudi Arabia, commanded an RC-135 squadron during the Kosovo Air War and was Director of Intelligence for Coalition Air Forces in Southwest Asia at the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom. The general commanded the 488th Intelligence Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall. He also commanded the 609th Air Intelligence Group at Shaw AFB, SC and 70th Intelligence Wing at Fort George G.Meade, MD. The general has previously served as the Director of Intelligence at both Headquarter U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Combat Command. His final assignment was Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Headquarters US Air Force. His ASSURE UAS team won the competition for the FAA’s unmanned research center against teams that included MIT, Stanford and Michigan. He is the 2012 winner of Aviation Weeks’ Curtis Sword Award for his leadership in Anglo-American aerospace relations.
Dr. Alon Dumanis
Managed multi-billion dollar R&D programs, engineering, security, information technology, logistics and Acquisition, Air-Force infrastructure programs and other projects. He was a member of various notable steering committees for the Minister of Defense and the Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff, for national level strategy, technological road mapping and information technology.
Dr. Dumanis has received prizes, honors and awards including the Purdue University “Outstanding Aerospace Engineer of 2001 Award” He is a chairperson and member of several national steering committees and is the author of many papers published locally and internationally in a number of domains including Technology and Management.
Dr. Dumanis holds a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University in USA.
Michael P. Huerta
Michael Huerta served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States of America from 2013 to 2018. He joined the agency in 2010 as Deputy Administrator. Mr. Huerta currently provides strategic advice to organizations in the aviation, aerospace, technology and infrastructure industries.
During his FAA tenure, Mr. Huerta redefined the FAA’s regulatory relationship with the aviation industry to achieve greater levels of safety through increased collaboration and widespread sharing of data. He led the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system through the NextGen program while preparing the way for the safe integration of commercial space operations and small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). He is also well known for eliminating the decades old ban on the use portable electronic devices aboard airplanes during takeoff and landing, making it possible to use many devices from gate to gate.
Prior to joining the FAA, Mr. Huerta served in executive positions at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Port of San Francisco and the New York City Department of Ports, International Trade and Commerce.
Mr. Huerta holds a BA from the University of California, Riverside and an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Amir Tsaliah
Co-Founded ParaZero after founding two additional companies.
Mr. Tsaliah has over 8 years of experience in designing innovating technologies, Co-founder of Wisec, a security related company. And Bladeworx, Israel’s largest civil UAV service provider and the first to gain an official approval by the CAAI.
As a student participated in a research issued by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Holds a patent in the field of drone safety.
Holds a B.Sc. Material Engineering from Ben Gurion University.
Fill in the form and we will get back to you faster than a drone can fly
30 Dov Hoz
Kiryat Ono
footer area 5
Get the latest news on drone regulation and standardization.
Copyright 2018 ParaZero Drone Safety Systems Ltd.
Siteby
Site by purplebrand.com
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line643
|
__label__wiki
| 0.763268
| 0.763268
|
Park Record Media Center
Photos: Investigation continues in Boston Marathon bombings
Investigators comb through Boylston Street just beyond the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two days after two bombs exploded, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Authorities investigating the deadly bombings have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, an official said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
A morning commuter tears at a make-shift memorial two days after multiple bomb explosions killed three and wounded 176 in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. Boston Marathon bombing investigators on Wednesday entered the third day of their hunt with an emerging picture of the target: a suspect or suspects carrying heavy bags or backpacks made of dark nylon. While still unable to conclude whether a group or individuals were responsible for the attacks that killed three people and wounded 176, and whether they were foreign or American, investigators gathered enough evidence at the crime scene on Tuesday to slightly narrow their search. REUTERS/Adrees Latif ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
Investigators search for evidence on the rooftop of a building located above the site of a bomb blast on Boylston Street two-days after multiple explosions at the Boston Marathon killed three and injured 176 in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. Investigators believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston marathon bombing from security video, a U.S. law enforcement source said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
Recovery workers, including members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), search for clues near the scene of twin bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The explosions, which occurred near the finish line of the 116-year-old Boston race on April 15, resulted in the deaths of three people with more than 170 others injured. Security has been heightened across the nation as the search continues for the person or people behind the bombings. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 166813358 )
Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) search for clues near the scene of twin bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The explosions, which occurred near the finish line of the 116-year-old Boston race on April 15, resulted in the deaths of three people with more than 170 others injured. Security has been heightened across the nation as the search continues for the person or people behind the bombings. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 166813609 )
Boston police officer Pat Duggan writes in chalk outside a makeshift memorial along Newbury street in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. The investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing is focusing on a suspect or suspects believed to have carried heavy bags or backpacks, but entered a third day on Wednesday without any arrests or word on who was responsible. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
A member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searches for clues near the scene of twin bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The explosions, which occurred near the finish line of the 116-year-old Boston race on April 15, resulted in the deaths of three people with more than 170 others injured. Security has been heightened across the nation as the search continues for the person or people behind the bombings. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 166813616 )
Boston Marathon bomb scene pictures taken by investigators show the remains of an explosive device. The photos were produced by the Joint Terrorism Task Force of Boston, provided to Reuters April 16, 2013 by a U.S. government official who declined to be identified. REUTERS ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
FBI crime scene investigators stand near an evidence marker on Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street near the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166813629 )
An investigator carries an evidence bag off a roof top near the site of two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. Investigators of the Boston Marathon bombings believe they have identified a suspect from security video taken before Monday's blasts killed three people and injured 176 others, a U.S. law enforcement source said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Brian Snyder ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
An FBI crime scene investigator places an evidence marker on Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street near the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166813632 )
A woman in a Boston Marathon runners jacket reaches out to touch a barrier at a makeshift memorial blocks from the finish line on April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Three people were reported killed after two explosions that struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518985165 )
FBI crime scene investigators sweep up Boylston Street after placing an evidence marker down just past Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166813679 )
FBI crime scene investigators stand near an evidence marker on Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street as they sweep up towards the bomb scene of the Boston Marathon April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166813683 )
Jillian Blenis, 30, of Boston, reacts while stopping at a makeshift memorial, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The city continues to cope following Monday's explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
FBI crime scene investigators sweep up Boylston Street after placing an evidence marker just past Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816102 )
FBI crime scene investigators search a truck left on Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816115 )
FBI crime scene investigators look for evidence just off Boylston Street near Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816120 )
FBI crime scene investigators photograph evidence after placing a marker on Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816128 )
FBI crime scene investigators sweep up Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street towards the scene of the bombing looking for evidence April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816130 )
An evidence marker placed by FBI crime scene investigators sits on Boylston Street just past Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816145 )
FBI crime scene investigators look for evidence on Boylston Street after placing an evidence marker just past Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Investigators continue to work the scene of two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over one hundred more. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( 166816154 )
An official investigates a rooftop after two explosions hit the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. The investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing is focusing on a suspect or suspects believed to have carried heavy bags or backpacks, but entered a third day on Wednesday without any arrests or word on who was responsible. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
Investigators lean over the rooftop of a building located above the site of a bomb blast on Boylston Street two-days after multiple explosions at the Boston Marathon killed three and injured 176 in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. Investigators believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston marathon bombing from security video, a U.S. law enforcement source said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
A memorial to Boston Marathon bombing victim, 8-year old Martin Richard is seen near his house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
Investigators look through the top of a building on Boylston Street, two days after two bombs exploded just before the Boston Marathon finish line, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Authorities investigating the deadly bombings have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, an official said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
A sign lies on the street as investigators comb through one of the blast sites of the Boston Marathon explosions Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Authorities investigating the deadly bombings have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
A makeshift memorial to victims, a short distance from the finish line, April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, in the aftermath of two explosions that struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon April 15. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518985209 )
An FBI investigator, center, walks down a fire truck ladder with a bag from a building at the corner of Boylston Street and Fairfield Street , Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Investigators in white jumpsuits fanned out across the streets, rooftops and awnings around the blast site in search of clues on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
Investigators comb through the post finish line area of the Boston Marathon at Boylston Street, two days after two bombs exploded just before the finish line, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( APTOPIX Boston Marathon Explosions )
Police and investigators scour Boylston Street, near the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, in Boston, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Authorities investigating the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
An FBI investigator, top, hands a bag to another investigator after walking down a fire truck ladder with it from a building top at the corner of Boylston Street and Fairfield Street , Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Investigators in white jumpsuits fanned out across the streets, rooftops and awnings around the blast site in search of clues on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
FBI investigators walk down a fire truck ladder with bags from a building at the corner of Boylston Street and Fairfield Street , Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Investigators in white jumpsuits fanned out across the streets, rooftops and awnings around the blast site in search of clues on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
Shannon Walsh, 15, places flowers on a memorial to Boston Marathon bombing victim, Martin Richard, 8, near the Richard family house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
An FBI investigator walks down a fire truck ladder with a bag from the top of a building at the corner of Boylston Street and Fairfield Street Wednesday April 17, 2013, in Boston. Investigators in white jumpsuits fanned out across the streets, rooftops and awnings around the blast site in search of clues on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Boston Marathon Explosions )
Boston Marathon bomb scene pictures taken by investigators show the remains of an explosive device. The photos were produced by the Joint Terrorism Task Force of Boston, provided to Reuters April 16, 2013 by a U.S. government official who declined to be identified. REUTERS (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW DISASTER SPORT ATHLETICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS ( USA-EXPLOSIONS/BOSTON )
Categories: News, Syndicated, U.S. National
Tags: photo
Live PC Give PC 2020
Silver King Coffee
Park City Mountain Prepares for Nov. 20th Opening Day
Dressed Design
PCHS Merit Scholars
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line645
|
__label__cc
| 0.716686
| 0.283314
|
Beautiful Chinese Women Await You
Home > Dating > Beautiful Chinese Women Await You
Posted on August 31, 2020 December 1, 2020 by
Dating attitudes and expectations among young Chinese adults: an examination of gender differences
Opinion: Passionate Love Makes Chinese Millennials Uncomfortable
Most Popular Posts & Pages
Chinese Dating: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Part 1
What It’s Like to Be a Leftover Woman
Chinese attitudes towards marriage: past and present
Things i don’t understand about CHINESE marriage culture!
While researchers have long examined the dating and mate selection patterns among young adults, the vast majority have utilized Western samples. In order to further our understanding of the changing nature of dating behaviors and attitudes, this study examines a sample of young Chinese adults and focuses upon the gender differences therein. Using a foundation of social exchange theory, the analyses illustrate the differences between the dating attitudes and expectations of Chinese women and men. Per traditional expectations, both sexes place a low priority on sexual behaviors, yet more progressive attitudes and behaviors are also evident. Women, in particular, appear to be more focused on pragmatic qualities in prospective partners. The influence of individualist values and the changing cultural norms pertaining to dating and familial roles are discussed.
Dating anywhere in the world that is not your home country, you are bound to find some cultural differences and experience culture shock. Depending on where you come from, Chinese culture is probably very different to what you are used to. Or, indeed, other expats living in China from different countries other than your own. This is a down to Earth account about experiences dating in China — the good, the bad, and the ugly, and how to deal with the cultural differences that almost certainly will arise.
In Asian culture, however, including dating in China, they often seem to miss out the middle step.
Home /China, Sexuality/What does premarital sex mean in a dating culture compared The primary goal of a courtship negotiation is marriage.
He has never been in a relationship. He has never kissed a woman. Now, Mr. So Mr. Zhang turned to a dating coach. Zhang, who enrolled in a three-day course during a weeklong holiday in October. While dating is hard everywhere, it is arguably worse for Chinese men looking for a woman. In , there were about
Photo: Courtesy of Jo Bai. Being with a Chinese man is fundamentally different, yet rewarding, and brings great joy to Kathy De Leye, an entrepreneur in the health business who comes from Belgium. However, one challenge that Western spouses point out about their Chinese husbands is communication. If something is wrong, such as a problem at work, he won’t talk about it. She said compared to men from the West, her husband is very quiet and works much more.
The tea ceremony is one of the most significant events at a Chinese wedding. In the past, people normally used lotus seed and red date tea or longan and red.
Written by William Jankowiak. The relationship between sex, romance and companionship love is seldom smooth or long-lasting. These relationships need to be continuously renegotiated within and between the specific partners involved. In this way, love and sex are as much about ethical considerations as they are about an emotional experience. It was once forbidden to express it in public, but now it is the currency by which individuals seek to demonstrate their continuing commitment and mutual involvement.
Before we can understand this, it is necessary to summarise what makes a courtship culture different from a dating culture. Courtship cultures, with or without a chaperone, are organised around a process of negotiation that involves various family members who are concerned with finding an appropriate person who meets most, if not all, of the socially prescribed criteria.
The primary goal of a courtship negotiation is marriage. The existence of cultural consensus did not mean that everyone always followed the rules. Many did not, and there was always some fudging at the margins. The presence of a courtship culture did mean, however, that when a deviation became public knowledge, everyone, including the deviator, attempted at first to deny the relationship.
In , China reported its lowest rate of marriage ever, indicating increasing numbers of young Chinese people are choosing to delay marriage, or not get married at all. That change is more broadly indicative of the important changes in contemporary Chinese society: growing financial insecurity, acceptance of non-marital sex and increased independence of young people, especially young women, from their parents. The average age of marriage has increased as more young people prioritise their careers.
I have an elder sister who is not married and is in her thirties. In the end, she can only choose those who are going to have their second marriage, or a less attractive partner.
Weekend marriage markets can be found all over China, but Mr Wang believes China lacks a “flirting culture”, making dating apps like his.
It means that a couple should come from families with comparable social and economic status for them to get married. They had never met each other before the actual wedding day, which was the norm back then. I met him at an event organized by a Chinese group at Columbia University. He is a college professor. A few days later, he asked me out for coffee.
He even said that he saw many guys talking with me at the party where we met. This conversation felt almost like an interrogation to me.
Many Chinese couples do not share the Western expectation that two people dating will maintain their own separate social lives and friend circles. Share Flipboard Email. Charlie Custer chinese a writer, editor, and video producer chinese on China.
Marriage and Dating. Couples will often meet each other through mutual friends or social gatherings. However, online dating and matchmaking are becoming.
The family unit is considered to be one of the most central institutions. For many, their family provides them with a sense of identity and a strong network of support. In China, the family is largely understood through Confucian thought. In Confucian thinking, the family contains the most important relationships for individuals and forms the foundations of all social organisation. For instance, the roles of husband and wife, parent and child, elder brother and younger brother are clearly defined.
Confucian roles are not strictly adhered to anymore. Nevertheless, children are still expected to obey their parents and honour their elders. This is in accordance with filial piety, the Confucian tenet that stresses the importance of age. For example, in most regions of China, the entire family is expected to consult family elders on big decisions. Moreover, children are expected to care for their parents as they age.
I went to language school to learn English and French. I enjoyed my life very much. But when I went home to visit my parents, they would bother me about marriage.
In China, marriage and family life continues to be a central element within Chinese culture, with adolescents and young adults typically assuming.
China is one of the leading countries in terms of technological advancements. Despite this, it has preserved its ancient culture like any other Asian country. In this conservative country that values customs and traditions above all else, casually dating can go against their dating norms. Adapting to the new Chinese dating culture can be difficult but not impossible.
Dating Practices in China has evolved over the years. The dating practices in China has gone from being dependent on matchmakers to relying on their freedom of choice. The innovation of dating in general and the different western influences played a huge role in changing the Chinese courtship etiquette. Both old and new Chinese dating cultures dramatically depended on region and province.
Chinese online dating services have grown increasingly popular as they draw on traditional Chinese dating values such as material security and marriage-focused relationships. When year-old auto sales manager Zhou Yixin joined online dating at the behest of her cousin living in Beijing, she did not expect to meet her steady boyfriend of two years. Unlike in first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai, where new trends emerge and quickly permeate society, Zhou was considered an early adopter in the second-tier city Yantai in Shandong Province when she began online dating in the early s.
When Zhou reached her late twenties, she felt an increasing amount of pressure from her family to get married. The site is typically used by young singles between 24 and 35 and is commonly viewed as a tool for seeking long-term relationships and possibly marriage.
Traditional Culture · Age. Parents may want daughters to marry older men. · Ethnic background. Some native Chinese object to racial differences. · Family.
Compared with western cultures, China has traditionally had a vastly different value system toward marriages and family. But over the past 30 years, these customs have been upended. By looking at the development of Chinese television dating shows, we can see how love and marriage changed from a ritualized system mired in the past to the liberated, western-style version we see today. Marriage matchmaking has always been an important cultural practice in China. Marriage was viewed as a contract between two households, and it was for the purpose of procreation, not love.
Thought to contribute to peace and stability, it was the dominant custom into the latter half of the 20th century. However, even in the wake of political change and globalization, many families still held the traditional Chinese belief that women, unlike men, belonged in the home, and that their parents had the final say over whom they could marry.
Certain traditions still ruled. The style of the show followed a linear pattern.
Differences Between Dating A Chinese Woman vs. A Japanese Woman
Interracial Dating In Today’s Society
Parents Don’t Approve BF/GF Relationship – What to Do
Who You Should Date, Based on Your Horoscope
EspañolSuomiSvenskaالعربيةEnglishPortuguêsDeutschEesti keelFrançaisDansk中文(简体)ČeštinaTürkçePolskiNederlandsItalianoΕλληνικά日本語NorskMagyarLëtzebuergesch
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line647
|
__label__wiki
| 0.619577
| 0.619577
|
Dorothea Rockburne (American, born Canada, 1932), Egyptian Painting: Sahura, 1980. Conté crayon, pencil, oil, and gesso on folded linen with wall drawing, 93 x 64 1/4 inches. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N.Y., Gift of the Prop Foundation, 2013.11
Collective Conversation
Works of art can take many forms, and artists throughout history have pushed at the boundaries of the traditional materials of painting, drawing, and sculpture to create powerful visual expressions and experiences. The four works of art on view in this gallery demonstrate very different approaches to the creative process. While the outcomes vary widely, the artists’ share an interest in exploring architecture, geometry, solid form, and fleeting gestures, and seen together their works here provide an opportunity for an artistic conversation—a way to think about connections and contexts anew.
Dan Flavin’s work is composed almost entirely of light. the nominal three (To William of Ockham), 1963, takes the form of an installation, using the existing boundaries of the room as the structural foundation, and the decidedly un-artistic commercial fluorescent light as his medium. With these minimal gestures, the artist takes complete control of the space. Flavin’s reference to the fourteenth-century philosopher William of Ockham holds special resonance for the artist, in particular Ockham’s saying: “It is useless to do with more what can be done with less.”
Keith Sonnier also uses light and geometric form. As a pioneer in the radical reinvention of art in the late 1960s, Sonnier was, like Flavin, attracted to non-art materials. He has used translucent fabrics, glass, bamboo, sticks, and other elements, but is widely regarded for his early and adept use of neon light in the service of his object-making. In Cycladic Extrusion I, 1988, Sonnier deftly combines the solid and seemingly indestructible aluminum forms with the fragile neon that functions almost like drawing lines in space.
Early in her career, Dorothea Rockburne set out to “try to re-invent painting” for herself. The folded and segmented canvas of Egyptian Painting: Sahura, 1980, brings a quite different but conceptually related approach to the investigation of geometry, architecture, mathematics, and artmaking. Her sculptural use of the white canvas combined with the black drawing on the wall anchors her work while giving it an expansive nature. The purity of form and the absence of color provide the artist with a perfect counterpoint to the works of Sonnier and Flavin.
Mel Kendrick is best known for sculpture that reflects his artistic involvement with space and geometry. Recently he has experimented with pulp paper in collaboration with Dieu Donné, a center for papermaking in New York City. Kendrick is drawn to the dense texture and tactile fluidity of wet pulp, in contrast to the sense of strength and surface roughness the material has when dry. Works like Untitled, 2012, give the artist a chance to work quickly, and experiment with color and form with a sense of immediacy and play.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line648
|
__label__cc
| 0.510694
| 0.489306
|
The Kinks : Days (Thank You For …)
A must read! A must listen.
Here is is.
Another Day.
One Day.
One among the unknown number alloted to you.
Bless the light.
Another sacred day.
Yours to do with what you will.
This Day won’t, can’t come again – though you may remember it for every Day you have left to live.
Today is all we have and whatever happens today you have the absolute existential freedom to choose how you act, how your react, to whatever this Day brings.
And, when you come to the end of this Day you will have much to give thanks for – not least that the lightning bolt of death has stayed sheathed in the heavens.
Give thanks for the day that is done and pray that tomorrow will dawn for you and gift you one more sacred day.
And, as you walk through the world of your…
Drop in and check this out.
Here’s what became of some of them, from this drawing by Anthony ‘Doove’ Woolaston, who’s subsequent life and career remains something of a mystery. He was certainly talented and managed to capture most of us with uncanny accuracy. I am my usual smiling self in the front row. Also in the show are some of out fellow fine artists, like Bob Nancolis, Bob Frith, and Graham Wells, who don’t feature in this drawing as they avoided graphic design.
There are one or two names that I cannot recollect from the drawing, and staff and tchnicians are marked by just a red dot at present but amongst them are typographer/designer Cal Swann, children’s book illustrator Tony Ross, Nigel Baron, “Tub” Williams, Mr Schofield, Mr Lofthouse who was the head of the whole graphic design school.
Impressionists?
Interesting to know quite what you expect of something like that word. A Monet or someone pretending to be someone else. I’m recently back from Manchester where, as readers of this tome know, I’ve been wading through nostalgia. Manchester School of Art, as it is called now, were kind enough to allow myself and several other ex students who graduated in 1969, that they were happy to put on an exhibition for us to celebrate our 50 years away from them! They’ve done a great job, and after meeting up with them and my colleagues last week we are still wading through the past. Some of my college friends I had not seen for many years. Sadly two of our number: Jim Coley, a dear friend of mine, and Robert Heesom have died. Their work is there and looks as good as it always did.
On the night of the opening we were welcomed by the Dean, and then by a local graphic designer: Malcolm Garrett before our own Bryan Brown spoke to thank everyone concerned.
What a lot of changes have taken place in Manchester. In 1969 the city was still full of smoky old buildings. There are one or two left but for the most part it is modern and seems to be building all the time. Just before 1969 the council got rid of trolley buses and trams, they’ve brought the trams back now, modern leviathons that have destinations like Media City that did not exist 50 years ago. Bryan mentioned that all of us, bar one or two, headed south for work on graduation. Graphic Design hardly existed in those days and the general public scarcely knew what it meant. Design Consultants were not that numerous in London and hardly existed in the North. Ad Agencies likewise were a very small community in Manchester. So the need to go South was thought wise by some of us. Things have changed. Graphic Design is even in schools now. Manchester is a centre for creativity and rightly so. It was great to be back and to be given such a brilliant welcome from the college.
The School of Art was just that when we started in the mid sixties, and then transmogrified into a Polytechnic whilst we were there. It morphed into a University some years later becoming Manchester Metropolitan University, which it is now but has re-branded itself as the Manchester School of Art. It’s like the Circle Line!
The Exhibition is on four floors of the Benzie building, its open weekdays only from 10.00 till 4.30 and finishes on the 14 February.
I found it interesting to look at what they say about our 50 year careers since ( what have we been doing? ). There’s a kudos in being linked to big client names and I’m no exception in mentioning the big people I’ve worked for over the years, but I hope it does not give the wrong impression. I’m mentioned as being involved in the TV commercials for the National Lottery and Carling Black Label. I did indeed do some work on them in the form of storyboards, but I merely translated the brilliant ideas that the art directors and writers sold to the clients. A good deal of my work has been collaborative, I’ve worked with some very fine creative people and one or two who were complete ‘numpties’!
Neither do I want, in this show, to give the other impression that it has been a journey of perfect success: a gold plated yellow brick road to happiness. The best way is to say: “It’s had it’s moments!” Good and not so, but that aside it’s always been interesting.
Lets start with the “Not so” first. Being a self employed cartoonist/ illustrator ( see how the word illustrator makes it sound respectable, almost an artist but not quite ) it’s good to grow a thick skin. Get used to rejection and expect to stay up late at night. You are only as good as your worst drawing, because believe me the worst ones will be remembered, and will come back at times to haunt you. I had my period of years when I was succesful, no doubt about that, but I worried when I had no work and when I had too much! I also had periods when the work was thin on the ground, and that’s tough. I’ve worked for some brilliant people and also for some rogues who never paid me, two South African lesbians who lived in Yorkshire being two such! I’ve worked for people who ruin what I’ve done and others who have respected it.
Now lets end on the good stuff. I really thought I’d made it when I did a film poster for a film which starred a youthful Tom Hanks. They flew a print of the film over specially for me from the States and I spent an afternoon chuckling, before it dawned on my that I had to come up with some sort of idea! ( In this particular case the art director and writer just did n’t want to know about it and said: “Oh you just think of something for them, am sure it will be fine!” In the end this too was not my finest moment but the end result seemed to keep them happy, and I was really rather grateful that they covered most of the drawing with text. It was not my best work, but I was proud of it and it did make my parents feel like I’d got a proper job. Odd jobs include a calendar for The Roman Catholic Boy Scouts of Belgium, I was oddly proud of that too and they sold loads, which gave me a good feeling. I discovered later that I was in good company as they jad in the past comissioned their own Herge to do this job one year. A business press ad campaign for Oxo was a good one for me, complete with oil platfrom spewing gravy, no idea why now! I enjoyed a few book jackets and I was proud of the regular work I did for the English Tourist Board, Safety campaigns for a building company, and regular cartoons for Home and Country: the WI Magazine. The latter not very highly paid but great clients.
So, that gives a more rounded image, but perhaps not the full story behind my 50 years after Manchester, and it does not include getting a really proper job when I was 58 years old working for a print company in Gloucester selling print! I’m back at the drawing board now, but must say that I think that I was lucky to spend the golden years of the 70s and 80s involved with the drawing end of the art and design business.
I hope this gives a slightly more accurate impression. By the way I do an excellent impression of Deryck Guyler, those of a certain age will remember him. My impression consists of two words: “Oh Yes!”
Truck stopped
In addition to posts about the exhibition:Where it all started:, I’m determined to get to the end of my L A pictures. I’m keen on this one, as I like trucks and it looks great in the winter sun.
This place is where all the people in the poster below started their degree courses back in the 60s. I used to sit in one of these windows looking out more than down more than I should I suspect. Now a hotel and not very five star, this building housed the graphic designers of the future. Not difficult as there were few graphic designers of the past.
And occasionally at the end of a days drawing or designing we’d repair to the Alsatia Cafe, which was part of the greasy spoon franchise that you could find anywhere in Manchester in those days, now replaced by Pret a Manger or Greggs and some such like.
Those were the days of high risk in dining out, so not much had changed.
The show goes on and on, like I will be doing, until the 14th February, and is in what we called at the time, the main building, but now called the Benzie Building in The School of Art in All Saints, Manchester.
The site of the old Alsatia Cafe yesterday, it looks like it has not survived after we left!
I think this is a bit ‘Hockney’
This makes a change…
Freesias and Lemons by Rosalind Forster
One of Rosalind’s watercolours that will be on show at the exhibition below from tomorrow, it’s a print on show but well worth seeing as well as the talents of all the others in the group, who have multiple skills.
…dum diddy dooh!
A chance for more musing on Manchester in the 60s. We paid for stuff in pounds shilling and pence, and in 1969 the farthing was discontinued! We were lucky enough not to generate a debt from our studying being given a Government Grant to attend and keep us in beer and cigarettes. Some of us were better at looking after this sum than others, I supplemented mine by working in the holidays at Haydock Park Racecourse where I helped the groundsmen to cut saplings to make the fences for the steeplechase from Lord Derby’s Estate at Knowsley. We then took them back to the Racecourse.
The plantation on the estate was around 10 miles away, so we trundled off in the head man’s landrover. Apart from the birch saplings the woods had the biggest population of horse flies that I’ve ever come across, who would menace the gang throughout the day. All apart from George Willie Harrison ( no relation ) who was the oldest of the workers and probably in his 70s then. Nothing came near George and if it did it died almost instantly. We asked him for the secret of his success. ” Flit” he replied, ” Spray it all over myself every morning”. Flit was a fearsome brand of insecticide probably now banned and here was a 70 year old spraying himself with the stuff. It had no ill effects on the man but the insects approaching gave up the ghost within a yard of him.
After a day at the estate we loaded the trailer behind a tractor and trundled back along the busy East Lancs Road to the Racecourse. They put me on top of the load with a red flag to warn traffic behind that we were a slow moving load. It was not my finest hour. Health and safety was not a major consideration, after all I was an art student so perfectly expendable.
Bugger! Typo…corrected!
In my first year on the degree course at Manchester we assembled in the former lost property offices of the Manchester Corporation( we still got little old ladies popping in complaining of lost umbrellas, even though it had been closed for years) We were a motley group of individuals from all over the country. Myself from not far away, but we had others from as far away as Walthamstow, which to us was really the dark side of the moon. A bloke addressed us with a cigarette in hand and told us his name was Williams, he had more spots than the rest of us poor chap. I don’t fully recall what he said but he did try his best to make us feel welcome.
In the days that followed we got to know the rest of the staff, slowly. My own tutor was the children’s book illustrator Tony Ross, who’s sense of relief when I was given a free transfer to another team, was palpable. In retrospect I don’t blame him, I suspect that I talked too much and worked too little. The guy who took us for life drawing was a man addicted to his pipe and looked like a retired major from the lancers. The advertising bloke had the demeanor of a frantic market trader that went well with his name: Driver.The typography/design bloke was a little more intense.
We had visiting ‘celebs’ too, probably as a result of the wily ways of our head of department, who seemed to know these people. Brian Redhead came to see us, he was pretty major at the time, and presented the news on the BBC. The equivalent of John Humphries today. Unlike his perceived friendly persona on the radio I found him to be a quite an unpleasant character, or perhaps he was having a bad day. Ronnie Kirkwood, an advertising guru of the time who turned up in a very grey and dark Manchester in a gold suit. We could not believe it!
All the memories of the time will be coming back on Thursday when our little exhibition in Manchester kicks off. Open to the public from the Friday, come along and see the sort of things that a few of us have been doing for the past 50 years after this Manchester start.
Honky Tonk?
With the coming exhibition in Manchester coming up next week, I make no excuses for putting myself about as they say. I’ll be exhibiting with a number of friends who I spent my time with at Mancheste in the 60s. Sadly two of them have died in the meantime, but their work will be there, and many happy memories of them.
I had a brilliant time in Manchester after first completing the Foundation year, which was in Openshaw and surrounded by heavy manufacturing factories and there were times there in our lunch breaks when we would play football on a piece of waste ground against the lads from the factory. They thought we were easy meat of course, how could they possibly lose to a bunch of poncy long haired art students, especially as they were armed with steel toe capped boots and we were unsuitable clad in desert boots.
They were right. We always lost.
I think that year, after being cooped up in boarding school, was possibly one of the most exciting years of my life. We had a go at everything but the basis for everything was drawing. I thought I was pretty good and was possibly a little arrogant about my skills. I’d always been top in art at school. Looking around at the rest of the class which also included a fair collection of girls of my age, a novelty of massive proportions for me, I was soon dispelled of my beliefs. They had also been top in art! And they were much more top than I was. In addition a tutor described my work as ‘bloody awful’ and then set to, making me aware of my failings and how I could get better.
One or two of the students in that foundation year will be exhibiting with me from next Friday, the others were on the Degree Course that followed. We’ve kept in touch over all these years, I can’t wait to catch up with them again at the scene where it all started.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line649
|
__label__wiki
| 0.829421
| 0.829421
|
About Planned Giving
Popular Ways to Give
IRA's and Other Retirement Plans
Commercial Annuities
Bank or Brokerage Accounts
Legato Circle
"In Their Own Words"
Personal Estate Planning Kit
Planned Giving Advisory Council
Resources for Professional Advisors
James and Lynne LaCalle
Dr. James and Lynne LaCalle
"We believe strongly that it's important to support the culture in our city for the next generation and beyond."
Dr. James LaCalle, retired president of Harford Community College, has been attending Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concerts since the mid 1970s when he was living and working in Harford County. Music has been part of his life from his childhood in Queens, NY, when his father would pick up a fiddle and play along with other family members on the "saw" and the piano. Later, in college, Dr. LaCalle enjoyed listening to classical recordings, especially Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.
Growing up in Reading, PA, Mrs. LaCalle studied piano seriously as a child through high school, entering several piano competitions. Retired as Associate Vice President of Enrollment Service at Harford Community College, Mrs. LaCalle enjoys the BSO's classical series with her husband, and both are impressed with Marin Alsop's creative programming of live music to films, including the Charlie Chaplin series and Singin' in the Rain. They also enjoy Jack Everly and the Pops, noting that "Jack brings out the human side of the music" through his personal, informal approach. They both have very high regard for the OrchKids program in Baltimore City and its commitment to using music for social change.
"We believe strongly that it's important to support the culture in our city for the next generation and beyond" notes Dr. LaCalle, who has included the BSO as a beneficiary of his IRA. He added, "This is a simple, flexible way of helping to sustain our world-renowned orchestra right here in Baltimore."
Thank you to our generous government funders.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is funded in part by The Citizens of Baltimore County.
Meyerhoff Box Office 410.783.8000 Strathmore Box Office 1.877.BSO.1444
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL, 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852
BSO Music
© Copyright Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line654
|
__label__wiki
| 0.725124
| 0.725124
|
Stories from being out on the field
How easy is it to be LGBT+ in sport?
How easy is it to be LGBT+ in sports media?
How cautious should someone be about negative comments or environments?
What should someone do if they are struggling with their sexuality or identity?
What advice would you have for people to come out?
About Pride of the Terraces
Nick Heath: “On the whole, people are ready to say it’s whether you’re getting them a beer that they’re worried about, not their sexuality, and I’m happy with that.”
On May 30, 2020 May 31, 2020 By Andrew HendersonIn Media, Rugby, Sport
With sport having come to a standstill all around the world over the last couple of months, it has left a lot of people at a loose end.
Fans have been starved of entertainment, athletes have been forced to sit and wait, and many members of the media covering sport have been completely sidelined. After shutting down in the UK in the middle of March, it is only now that plans are being formalised to return to action in the coming weeks.
For some, the goal in recent weeks has been to fill some time. For others, it has been more about finding a way to maintain a form of income. For rugby union commentator and journalist Nick Heath, it has been a mixture of both.
Heath’s Life Commentaries have gone viral since lockdown came into effect, picking up over 10 millions views across social media, and along with his multiple pub quizzes every week they have brought him to a whole new audience.
It has been a valuable project in a period of uncertainty, even if its success did take Heath somewhat by surprise, and it has given him the different experience of being on the other side of the microphone as interest in his work grew.
“If anything, it has been a test to see if I can be the person as the interviewee that I want all of my interviewees to be,” he explained.
“You sometimes think ‘come on, you can do better than this’, and now it has been like ‘well you do it then’. It’s good practice, there was a time when I was doing about three or four a day over the course of a week or two, and that was getting pretty exhausting. Basically everyone was getting exactly the same interview, because you’re just in the habit. I must have said ‘I went more viral than the virus’ about 20 times.
“The commentaries weren’t a pre-conceived idea really, it was more about recalling a silly voice I used to do and seeing an opportunity to film a couple of guys in the park. It was for my own entertainment, and maybe for the entertainment of a few of my followers, and it went from there. I did about three or four to begin with, they all went up, and then I saw the 60,000 viewers or whatever it was over a few hours, and thought people seem to like this kind of stuff, maybe I’ll do a little bit more.
“It has been pretty mental, I didn’t expect anything to really happen, that’s for sure. It’s catching people’s imagination I think, and I’ve been grateful for it. It’s giving me a distraction and keeping me creative, keeping my hand in on the microphone as well.
“It’s to keep my busy, but also to bring in an income. People have been very kind. While in challenging times, you do often see the best of people, and I think there have been those that have struggled but ultimately are also going ‘well, I’m willing to donate to charity’ or ‘I’m willing to contribute to this guy who’s entertaining me’. On the PayPal link that I put up, people have dropped in a few quid from wherever they are in the world, and that has been really touching.
“I’ve felt the warmth of people. One of my friends called it the busker rule – if you stop long enough to be entertained then you’ve got to drop a bit of money in the hat. I’m putting it out there just to say if you can, great, but if you can’t, no worries, and that has prompted an awful lot of people to do so.
“I can get to the end of the month and look at the accrued funds in the PayPal and say that is actually going to go a decent way to helping me pay the mortgage this month. I’m pleased I had the foresight to put it out there, but doubly pleased that people have actually contributed. From the commentary stuff and the twice-weekly pub quizzes, it has kept me in a job. I haven’t had to claim anything on the government furlough scheme because I’m effectively earning through the work that I’m putting out.”
Life Commentaries and pub quizzes have allowed Heath to sustain an income in lockdown.
As a commentator, Heath has voiced World Cup, Six Nations and Premiership matches among many others in the men’s and women’s games.
But one thing that has had no bearing on his commentary is his sexuality. That is not to say it has had no impact throughout his career at all, as there always comes a point when the decision of when, whether and how to come out to colleagues off the air has to be addressed.
Rugby is one of the most inclusive sports, as seen by popular referee Nigel Owens and Welsh legend Gareth Thomas both being openly gay, which is particularly rare in men’s team sports. Sexuality, gender, race – none of it matters, and Heath suspects that is because of the bonds created by combative nature of the game.
“One of the things that straight people don’t ever really have to think about is being in a new setting, or a new environment, at any stage – socially or professionally – where assumptions are being made that you need to challenge or change,” Heath reasoned.
“The majority of the world is a heterosexual one, I do think it’s changing but there have been and will continue to be assumptions that you have or are looking for a girlfriend or wife. It’s just social chit-chat, there’s nothing wrong with it, but at some point you’re going to have to say actually, I’m gay, or I’m bi, or I’m pansexual, whatever might be relevant to the time and the conversation.
“It is a moment that heterosexual people out there don’t really realise is something that we constantly have to check in on. Is it something that I’m going to bring up with my new work teams that I’m moving to in another part of the country? If I bring it up too soon, are they going to say ‘alright mate, no need to ram it down our throats’? But at the same time if I don’t tell someone that I develop a close working relationship with, do they think negatively of you for not sharing something like that? There’s a lot of grey areas, and a lot of right and wrong ways people can be about this kind of thing.
“My experience was existing within the rugby journalistic fraternity for a while and it not really being out there. To begin with, I didn’t quite know how to deal with it. I had told one particular journalist that was absolutely fine with it.
“I think we were in New Zealand at the World Cup in 2011, and I had gone for a couple of drinks with some guys that I managed to message locally online. I got spotted by the main group of the UK press pack who were on a bit of a bar crawl on their night off, and one of them spotted me and said ‘looks like Nick Heath’s one of the first guys to pull on tour’. There was sort of gentle confusion, and then word got around. When I then walked up to the bar in the same place, a few of them gathered around me and said they didn’t know, well done, congratulations. I hadn’t won a competition! As much as I can take the mickey out of that, I’m incredibly grateful really for the fact that it happened.
“It’s not the fault of these middle class, middle-aged white men that they don’t know how to react and didn’t know quite what to say. The fact that what they wanted to say was warm and friendly is all that matters ultimately. That was a funny moment, but actually it then meant I was fair game, it was out in the open and we could have our jokes at each other’s expense.
“There’s something about the combative nature of the game on the field, and how fair game it is compared to then having a beer in the sheds afterwards that I think translates through a lot of areas of acceptance.
Heath thinks the physicality required for rugby forges bonds that cut through cultural divisions.
“You might be the big, fat, hairy bloke who’s going to push as hard as he can on the field, you might be the big strong back-rower who’s going to smash someone to the floor, the nippy winger who’s going to step round everybody and make them look stupid before scoring the try, but afterwards you’re all just blokes and girls in the sheds and you’re just going to have a beer and talk about battles won and lost.
“I think there’s an element of that that says whatever you do in one area of your life doesn’t necessarily mean I’m going to treat you any differently in another. On the whole, people are ready to say it’s whether you’re getting them a beer that they’re worried about, not their sexuality, and I’m happy with that.”
As much as Heath loves being on the microphone, he is just as fascinated by the process behind a commentator’s work.
That led to the creation of his podcast, Cue Commentator. The series sees Heath sit down with some of the most famous names in sports broadcasting to pick their brains about the discipline of commentary. Even for someone as reputable and experienced as Heath, he finds that there are always lessons to be learned from the greats of the microphone.
“I have always sat and thought about the art of commentary, and how much I love it,” Heath said.
“Although a lot of people have celebrated the big lines and the big moments that come through some of the biggest commentators and the things that we know, I have always wanted to ask how much that was thought about before, what they were doing, what they were doing in the two hours before, how much they had thought about this, how much they knew about that.
“It was a case of having the most amount of personal passion for something. I always thought that I might not be into the details of how a death metal band writes their music or their lyrics, but if I was sat next to someone who did that and that was their most passionate and exciting thing, I daresay I could get into it and understand it and go on their journey with them a little bit. I thought actually, maybe this is my thing and what I want to explore. To be able to do it with people who we have all admired or idolised to a degree, I thought that was definitely worth doing.
“There are probably lessons in there that I’m less conscious that I have learned. The discussions on silence and when to shut up as a commentator have been valuable, maybe hearing as much of that from different people allows you to trust that feeling a little more. Silence can feel like a very long time in broadcasting terms, even if it’s only a second or two long.
“It has been really interesting hearing the various tales of different people, and actually the moments of insecurity people have had and decisions that they made, the reasons behind certain things. That’s just reassuring in a general sense, you will have a moment where you’re concerned whether you’ve done this right, whether the decisions you’ve taken are right, but it’s a life thing as well isn’t? You’ve got to go and trust yourself, and get on with it. I think being reminded to do a bit more of that has stood me in good stead.
“At the minute it’s very much an unfinished project, I’ve allowed it to drift far too far, but I’ve got a few other names that I need to get through before I can allow it to rest at least as a semi-completed, or a complete, bit of work.”
Click here for part two of my interview with Nick, which looks at his route into rugby commentary, the people and moments he holds in high regard, and the lessons he has learned in his time as a sports broadcaster.
BroadcastingCommentaryMediaNick HeathRugby Union
Zach Sullivan: “I just needed someone to tell me there was nothing wrong with it.”
Nick Heath: “The early years were like a dream come true frankly, every single time I picked up the microphone.”
One thought on “Nick Heath: “On the whole, people are ready to say it’s whether you’re getting them a beer that they’re worried about, not their sexuality, and I’m happy with that.””
Pingback: Nick Heath: “The early years were like a dream come true frankly, every single time I picked up the microphone.”
Categories Select Category American football Athletics Aussie Rules Basketball Bodybuilding Boxing Cricket Football Ice Hockey Media Other sports Rugby Sport Tennis Uncategorized Winter sports
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line659
|
__label__cc
| 0.696891
| 0.303109
|
» ’A Yes without a No’: Philosophical Reason and the Ethics of Conversio...
Geographies of Comparison: Ireland and South Africa – response
Attridge, D., 6 May 2020, (Accepted/In press)
Article in Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies
Genre: Elizabeth Costello, Diary of a Bad Year, Summertime
Attridge, D., 2020, The Cambridge Companion to J.M. Coetzee. Zimbler, J. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 84-99
Tom McCarthy’s Debt to Modernism: Close Encounters of a Pleasurable Kind
Attridge, D., 2020, Modernism and the Question of Close Reading. James, D. (ed.). Oxford University Press, p. 191-207
Attridge, D., 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Oxford University Press
Modernism, Formal Innovation, and Affect in the Contemporary Irish Novel
Attridge, D., 2020, Affect and Literature. Houen, A. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 249-66
’A Yes without a No’: Philosophical Reason and the Ethics of Conversion in Coetzee’s Fiction
Derek Attridge
Department/unit(s)
Beyond the Ancient Quarrel: Literature, Philosophy, and J.M. Coetze
Hayes Patrick, Jan Wilm
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line661
|
__label__wiki
| 0.942572
| 0.942572
|
DD6 postcode district
This district of Scotland has 2 different constituencies:
North East Fife, Dundee West,
Dundee, Invergowrie, Leuchars, Broughty Ferry,
Tay Bridgehead, West End,
DD6 8AA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8AZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8BZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8DZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8ED, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8EZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HR, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8HS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8HZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8JU, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8JX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8LZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8ND, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NF, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8NG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8NU, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8NW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8PZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8QX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8QY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8QZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RS, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RT, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8RZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SE, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SG, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8SR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8TA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8TD, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8WA, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8WR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 8XZ, Dundee West, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YB, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YD, Dundee West, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YE, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YF, Dundee West, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YG, Dundee West, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YH, Dundee West, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YJ, Dundee West, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8YQ, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9BF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9BY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9DH, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9EH, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9EJ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9EL, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9EN, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9EP, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9EQ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9ER, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9ES, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9ET, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9EW, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9HR, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9JY, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9JZ, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9NF, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9NU, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9NX, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9PA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9PJ, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9QA, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9WX, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9XA, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9YA, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9YB, North East Fife, Scotland
DD6 9YF, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9YH, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9YJ, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 9YT, North East Fife, Scotland /No longer in use/
DD6 8BT, North East Fife, Scotland
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line664
|
__label__cc
| 0.550931
| 0.449069
|
Men Of War: Vietnam (2011) download torrent RePack by R.G. Mechanics
Genre: 3D, Strategy, Real-time
Developer: Publishing EU
Publishing: Publishing EU
Type of publication: RiP
Interface language: RUS|ENG
Speech Language: RUS|ENG
Crack: NNM
OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
CPU: Pentium 4 - 2,6 GHz or Athlon 3000+ / Core Duo - 2,6 GHz or Athlon X2 5000
Video card: 128 MB
Hard disk space: 4,4 GB
The Vietnam War is one of the most controversial and protracted conflicts in the history of the 20th century. Beginning as a civil war in South Vietnam, it developed into a large-scale confrontation throughout the country with the participation of the armed forces of the United States, the USSR and a number of other states. A new strategy with tactical elements illuminates the terrible events of that war from the point of view of Soviet and American soldiers. The first came to Vietnam by accidental coincidence, the latter - the real professionals who, in the service of their duty, tried to perform their work qualitatively. They did not have anything against each other, they just wanted to stay alive. The game features two story campaigns, consisting of five missions. The first player will have to manage a group of four characters: two Russian instructors-saboteurs-the second World Sapper demolisher and a young sniper sent to the territory of South Vietnam to train Vietnamese soldiers, and two well-trained fighters of the North Vietnamese army, the driver and the interpreter. As a result of the attack by the Americans and rangers of the army of the Republic of Vietnam, a small detachment was in enemy territory, and now it needs to get through to its own people no matter what. In the second campaign under the control of the player will be a sabotage-reconnaissance group of five professional American military: commander, machine gunner, sniper, grenade launcher and demolitions. The detachment will need to perform a number of diverse special missions: from sabotage and participation in relatively large battles to the rescue of small forces of American prisoners of war from the camp near Hanoi.
"A large selection of firearms and bladed weapons, which was used during the Vietnam War.
"Available for control of military equipment, the ability to capture and use any combat vehicles, including enemy vehicles.
"Destroyable environment, as well as the ability to use any objects as a hideout.
»Men Of War: Vietnam
- Game version - 1.00.2
- Nothing is recoded
- Cutting out multiplayer
- Ability to choose a combination of text and voice
Darkest of Days
Fallout 3: Wasteland Edition
Adrian написал:
Makara написал:
Написано: 15 July 2020 17:19 | Ответить | | | |
Makara,
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line668
|
__label__wiki
| 0.852946
| 0.852946
|
Implantable Neural Prostheses 1
Implantable Neural Prostheses 1 pp 293-351 | Cite as
Magnetic Stimulation of Neural Tissue: Techniques and System Design
Eric Basham
Zhi Yang
Natalia Tchemodanov
Wentai Liu
First Online: 29 May 2009
Part of the Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering book series (BIOMEDICAL)
Magnetic stimulation of neural tissue is an attractive technology because neural excitation may be affected without the implantation of electrodes. This chapter provides a brief overview of the technology and relevant literature. While extensive magnetic stimulation modeling and clinical experimentation work has been presented, considerably less quantitative in vitro work has been performed. In vitro experiments are critical for characterizing the site of action, the structures stimulated, and the long-term tissue histological effects. In vitro systems may also facilitate the development of novel magnetic stimulation approaches. To demystify magnetic stimulation systems, this chapter presents an in vitro experimental system using a systematic design methodology. The modeling methods are designed to aid experimentation. Circuit schematics, test rigs, and supplier information are given to support practical implementation of this design methodology. Example neural preparations and their modeling and use are also covered. Finally, as an alternative to pulsed discharge circuits for magnetic stimulation, this chapter shows how to use a circuit to deliver asymmetric current pulses to generate the magnetic field.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Magnetic Stimulation Feedback Path Solenoid Coil Cable Equation
Weintraub, M.I. and S.P. Cole, Pulsed magnetic field therapy in refractory neuropathic pain secondary to peripheral neuropathy: electrodiagnostic parameters – pilot study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2004, 18(1): 42.Google Scholar
Pujol, J., et al., The effect of repetitive magnetic stimulation on localized musculoskeletal pain. Neuroreport, 1998, 9(8): 1745–1748.Google Scholar
Basser, P.J. and B.J. Roth, New currents in electrical stimulation of excitable tissues. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 2000, 2(1): 377–397.Google Scholar
Barker, A.T., The history and basic principles of magnetic nerve stimulation. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol Suppl, 1999, 51: 3–21.MathSciNetGoogle Scholar
Geddes, L.A., History of magnetic stimulation of the nervous system. J Clin Neurophysiol, 1991, 8(1): 3–9.Google Scholar
Hallett, M., Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the human brain. Nature, 2000, 406(6792): 147–150.Google Scholar
George, M.S., et al., Transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 2003, 14(2): 283–301.Google Scholar
Hallett, M., Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a primer. Neuron, 2007, 55(2): 187–199.MathSciNetGoogle Scholar
Kato, M., Electromagnetics in biology. 2006, Tokyo: Springer. xv, 324p.Google Scholar
Ji, R.-R., et al., Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation activates specific regions in rat brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1998, 95(26): 15635–15640.Google Scholar
Li, G.N. and D. Hoffman-Kim, Tissue-engineered platforms of axon guidance. Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, 2008, 14(1): 33–51.Google Scholar
Eaton, H.A.C. The electric field induced in a spherical volume conductor by a Magnetic Coil. in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1990, Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 1990.Google Scholar
Bencsik, M., R. Bowtell, and R.M. Bowley, Electric fields induced in a spherical volume conductor by temporally varying magnetic field gradients. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2002(4): 557–576.Google Scholar
Ravazzani, P., et al., Magnetic stimulation of the nervous system: Induced electric field in unbounded, semi-infinite, spherical, and cylindrical media. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 1996, 24(5): 606–616.Google Scholar
Roth, B.J. and P.J. Basser, A model of the stimulation of a nerve fiber by electromagnetic induction. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1990, 37(6): 588–597.Google Scholar
Miranda, P.C., et al., Tissue heterogeneity as a mechanism for localized neural stimulation by applied electric fields. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2007, 52(18): 5603–5617.Google Scholar
Ye, H., M. Cotic, and P.L. Carlen, Transmembrane potential induced in a spherical cell model under low-frequency magnetic stimulation. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2007, 4(3): 283–293.Google Scholar
Rotem, A. and E. Moses, Magnetic stimulation of curved nerves. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2006, 53(3): 414–420.Google Scholar
Rotem, A. and E. Moses, Magnetic stimulation of one-dimensional neuronal cultures. Biophysical Journal, 2008.Google Scholar
References, S., et al., Magnetic coil stimulation of straight and bent amphibian and mammalian peripheral nerve in vitro: locus of excitation. Journal of Physiology, 1993, 460: 201–219.Google Scholar
Hsu, K.H., S.S. Nagarajan, and D.M. Durand, Analysis of efficiency of magnetic stimulation. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2003, 50(11): 1276–1285.Google Scholar
Engstrom, S. and R. Fitzsimmons, Five hypotheses to examine the nature of magnetic field transduction in biological systems. Bioelectromagnetics, 1999, 20(7): 423–430.Google Scholar
Struijk, J.J. and V. Schnabel, Difference between electrical and magnetic nerve stimulation: a case for the transverse field? Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2001, 1.Google Scholar
Wasserman, E., C.M. Epstein, and U. Ziemann, The Oxford handbook of transcranial stimulation. 2008, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. xiv, 747p.Google Scholar
Ridding, M.C. and J.C. Rothwell, Is there a future for therapeutic use of transcranial magnetic stimulation? Nature Reviews and Neuroscience, 2007, 8(7): 559–567.Google Scholar
Hodgkin, A.L. and W.A.H. Rushton, The electrical constants of a crustacean nerve fibre. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (1934–1990), 1946, 133(873): 444–479.Google Scholar
Ranck, J.B., Which elements are excited in electrical stimulation of mammalian central nervous system: a review. Brain Research, 1975, 98(3): 417–440.Google Scholar
Patterson, M.M. and R.P. Kesner, Electrical stimulation research techniques. Methods in physiological psychology, 1981. New York: Academic Press. xv, 370p.Google Scholar
Rattay, F., Ways to approximate current-distance relations for electrically stimulated fibers. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1987, 125(3): 339–349.Google Scholar
Rattay, F., Analysis of models for extracellular fiber stimulation. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1989, 36(7): 676–682.Google Scholar
Roth, B.J., Mechanisms for electrical stimulation of excitable tissue. Crit Rev Biomed Eng, 1994, 22(3–4): 253–305.Google Scholar
Plonsey, R. and R.C. Barr, Bioelectricity: a quantitative approach. 3rd ed. 2007, New York: Springer. xiv, 528p.zbMATHGoogle Scholar
Schnabel, V. and J.J. Struijk, Evaluation of the cable model for electrical stimulation of unmyelinated nerve fibers. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on 2001, 48(9): 1027–1033.Google Scholar
Zierhofer, C.M. and C.M. Zierhofer, Analysis of a linear model for electrical stimulation of axons-critical remarks on the “activating function concept”. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2001, 48(2): 173–184.Google Scholar
Hui, Y., et al. A New Model and improved cable function for representing the activating peripheral nerves by a transverse electric field during magnetic stimulation. In Neural Engineering, 2005. Conference Proceedings. 2nd International IEEE EMBS Conference on. 2005.Google Scholar
Nagarajan, S.S., S.S. Nagarajan, and D.M. Durand, A generalized cable equation for magnetic stimulation of axons. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1996, 43(3): 304–312.Google Scholar
Struijk, J.J. and D.M. Durand. Magnetic peripheral nerve stimulation: axial versus transverse fields. in [Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conf. and the 1999 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Soc.] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint. 1999.Google Scholar
Hsu, K.H. and D.M. Durand, Prediction of neural excitation during magnetic stimulation usingpassive cable models. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2000, 47(4): 463–471.Google Scholar
Kai-Hsiung, H. and D.M. Durand. Determination of excitation thresholds of nerve fibers during magnetic stimulation. in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 1996.Google Scholar
Suarez-Antola, R.E. The time constants for the electric stimulation of nerve an muscle fibers by point electrodes. in Neural Engineering, 2005. Conference Proceedings. 2nd International IEEE EMBS Conference on. 2005.Google Scholar
Malmivuo, J. and R. Plonsey, Bioelectromagnetism: principles and applications of bioelectric and biomagnetic fields. 1995, New York: Oxford University Press. xxii, 482.Google Scholar
Irnich, W., Electrostimulation by time-varying magnetic fields. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 1994, 2(1): 43–49.Google Scholar
Ruohonen, J., et al., Transverse-field activation mechanism in magnetic stimulation of peripheral nerves. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Electromyography and Motor Control, 1996, 101(2): 167–174.Google Scholar
Roth, B.J., B.J. Roth, and P.J. Basser, A model of the stimulation of a nerve fiber by electromagnetic induction. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1990, 37(6): 588–597.Google Scholar
Carnevale, N.T. and M.L. Hines, The Neuron book. 2006, Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. xix, 457p.Google Scholar
Bower, J.M. and D. Beeman, The book of Genesis: exploring realistic neural models with the GEneral NEural SImulation System. 1998. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. New York.Google Scholar
Zeng, L. and M.D. Dominique, Extracellular voltage profile for reversing the recruitment order of peripheral nerve stimulation: a simulation study. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2004, 4: 202.Google Scholar
Brauer, J.R., Magnetic actuators and sensors. 2006, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. xii, 308p.Google Scholar
Claycomb, J.R., Applied electromagnetics using QuickField & MATLAB. 2008, Hingham, Mass: Infinity Science Press.Google Scholar
Lonngren, K.E., S.V. Savov, and R.J. Jost, Fundamentals of electromagnetics with MATLAB. 2007, Raleigh, NC: SciTech Pub. xx, 528p.Google Scholar
Davey, K., L. Luo, and D.A. Ross, Toward functional magnetic stimulation (FMS) theory and experiment. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1994, 41(11): 1024–1030.Google Scholar
Nagarajan, S.S., D.M. Durand, and E.N. Warman, Effects of induced electric fields on finite neuronal structures: a simulation study. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1993, 40(11): 1175–1188.Google Scholar
Durand, D., A.S. Ferguson, and T. Dalbasti, Effect of surface boundary on neuronal magnetic stimulation. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1992, 39(1): 58–64.Google Scholar
Davey, K. and M. Riehl, Designing transcranial magnetic stimulation systems. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 2005, 41(3): 1142–1148.Google Scholar
Ren, L. and S. Ueno, Calculating the activating function of nerve excitation in inhomogeneous volume conductor during magnetic stimulation using the finite element method. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 2000, 36(4): 1796–1799.Google Scholar
Mathis, J., et al., The boundary effect in magnetic stimulation. Analysis at the peripheral nerve. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Electromyography and Motor Control, 1995, 97(5): 238–245.Google Scholar
Esselle, K.P. and M.A. Stuchly, Neural stimulation with magnetic fields: analysis of induced electric fields. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1992, 39(7): 693–700.Google Scholar
Olree, K.S. and K.W. Horch, Differential activation and block of peripheral nerve fibers by magnetic fields. Muscle and Nerve, 2006, 34(2): 189–196.Google Scholar
Alkhateeb, A. and R.P. Gaumond. Excitation of frog sciatic nerve using pulsed magnetic fields effect of waveform variations. in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995, IEEE 17th Annual Conference. 1995.Google Scholar
Sommers, J.D. and R.P. Gaumond. Spacing analysis of a focal magnetic stimulating coil. 1997.Google Scholar
Wheeler, H.A., Inductance formulas for circular and square coils. Proceedings of the Ieee, 1982, 70(12): 1449–1450.Google Scholar
Mohan, S.S., et al., Simple accurate expressions for planar spiral inductances. Ieee Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 1999, 34(10): 1419–1424.Google Scholar
Lontis, E.R., M. Voigt, and J.J. Struijk, Focality assessment in transcranial magnetic stimulation with double and cone coils. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2006, 23(5): 463.Google Scholar
Peterchev, A.V., R. Jalinous, and S.H. Lisanby, A transcranial magnetic stimulator inducing near-rectangular pulses with controllable pulse width (cTMS). Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2008, 55(1): 257–266.Google Scholar
Bronzino, J.D., A. Zangen, Y. Roth, B. Voller, and M. Hallett, “Transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions: evidence for efficacy of the H-coil” in The biomedical engineering handbook. 3rd ed. The electrical engineering handbook series. 2006, Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor and Francis.Google Scholar
Ren, C., P.P. Tarjan, and D.B. Popovic, A novel electric design for electromagnetic stimulation-the Slinkycoil. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 1995, 42(9): 918–925.Google Scholar
Han, B., et al., Some technical aspects of magnetic stimulation coil design with the ferromagnetic effect. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2003, 41(5): 516–518.Google Scholar
Davey, K. and C.M. Epstein, Magnetic stimulation coil and circuit design. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2000, 47(11): 1493–1499.Google Scholar
Han, B.H., et al., Some technical aspects of magnetic stimulation coil design with the ferromagnetic effect. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2003, 41(5): 516–518.Google Scholar
Epstein, C.M. and K.R. Davey, Iron-core coils for transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2002, 19(4): 376.Google Scholar
Salvador, R., et al., High-permeability core coils for transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2007.Google Scholar
Åke Öberg, P., Magnetic stimulation of nerve tissue. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 1973, 11(1): 55–64.Google Scholar
Maass, J. and M. Asa, Contactless nerve stimulation and signal detection by inductive transducer. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 1970, 6(2): 322–326.Google Scholar
Ueno, S., P. Lövsund, and P. Öberg, Effect of time-varying magnetic fields on the action potential in lobster giant axon. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 1986, 24(5): 521–526.Google Scholar
Ueno, S., et al., Capacitive stimulatory effect in magnetic stimulation of nerve tissue. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 1978, 14(5): 958–960.MathSciNetGoogle Scholar
van den Bossche, A., Inductors and transformers for power electronics. 2005. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.Google Scholar
McLyman, C.W.T., W.T. McLyman, and M. McLyman, Transformer and inductor design handbook. 2004. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.Google Scholar
Van den Bossche, A., V. Valchev, and T. Filchev. Improved approximation for fringing permeances in gapped inductors. in Industry Applications Conference, 2002, 37th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the. 2002.Google Scholar
Zhi, Y., L. Wentai, and E. Basham, Inductor modeling in wireless links for implantable electronics. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 2007, 43(10): 3851–3860.Google Scholar
Brauer, J.R. and I.D. Mayergoyz, Finite-element computation of nonlinear magnetic diffusion and its effects when coupled to electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic systems. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 2004, 40(2): 537–540.Google Scholar
Venkatachalam, K., et al., Accurate prediction of ferrite core loss with nonsinusoidal waveforms using only Steinmetz parameters. Computers in Power Electronics, 2002, Proceedings. 2002 IEEE Workshop on, 2002: 36–41.Google Scholar
Jieli, L., et al. Improved calculation of core loss with nonsinusoidal waveforms. In Industry Applications Conference, 2001, Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE. 2001.Google Scholar
Hurley, W.G., E. Gath, and J.G. Breslin, Optimizing the AC resistance of multilayer transformer windings with arbitrary current waveforms. Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, 2000, 15(2): 369–376.Google Scholar
Travis, B., IGBTs and MOSFETs vie for applications. EDN, 1999, 44(9): 77–88.Google Scholar
Burke, A., Ultracapacitors: why, how, and where is the technology. Journal of Power Sources, 2000, 91(1): 37–50.Google Scholar
Slenes, K.M., et al., Pulse power capability of high energy density capacitors based on anew dielectric material. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 2001, 37(1 Part 1): 324–327.Google Scholar
Prutchi, D. and M. Norris, Design and development of medical electronic instrumentation: a practical perspective of the design, construction, and test of medical devices. 2005, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience, xv, 461p.Google Scholar
Pascual-Leone, A., Handbook of transcranial magnetic stimulation. 2002, New York: Arnold; Oxford University Press [distributor], x, 406p.Google Scholar
Webster, J.G. and J.W. Clark, Medical instrumentation : application and design. 3rd ed. 1998, New York: Wiley, xix, 691 p.Google Scholar
Geddes, L.A., Accuracy limitations of chronaxie values. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2004, 51(1): 176–181.Google Scholar
Beecroft, S.I., A. Alkhateeb, and R. Gaumond. Nerve fiber stimulation threshold for multiphase stimuli. In Bioengineering Conference, 1994. Proceedings of the 1994 20th Annual Northeast. 1994.Google Scholar
Pressman, A.I., Switching power supply design. 2nd ed. 1998, New York: McGraw-Hill, xviii, 682p.Google Scholar
Han, B.H., et al. Development of four-channel magnetic nerve stimulator. in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2001.Google Scholar
Polson, M.J., A.T. Barker, and I.L. Freeston, Stimulation of nerve trunks with time-varying magnetic fields. Med Biol Eng Comput, 1982, 20(2): 243–244.Google Scholar
Guide, C.D.A., Application guide, snubber capacitors. http://www.cde.com/catalogs/igbtAPPguide.pdf.
Severns, R., Design of snubbers for power circuits. Cornell Dublier Technical Papers, online at http://www.cde.com/tech/design.pdf.
Whites, K., RL Circuits, inductive kick, diode snubbers, lecture 4 EE322. http://whites.sdsmt.edu/classes/ee322/class_notes/322Lecture4.pdf, 2006.
Motto, E., Hybrid circuits simplify IGBT modul gate drive, in PCIM. 1999. Europe.Google Scholar
Kratz, R. and P. Wyder, Principles of pulsed magnet design. Engineering materials. 2002, Berlin; New York: Springer, ix, 181p.Google Scholar
Smith, P.W., Transient electronics: pulsed circuit technology. 2002, New York: John Wiley, xi, 272 p.Google Scholar
Perreault, D. and S. Mogren, Magnetic Stimulator Power and Control Circuit, R.B. CArr (ed.) USPTO, 2003, Engineering, Onc: USA.Google Scholar
Basser, P.J., P.J. Basser, and B.J. Roth. Scaling laws for electromagnetic stimulation of an axon. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1990. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 1990.Google Scholar
Fink, D.G. and H.W. Beaty, Standard handbook for electrical engineers. 1999, New York: McGraw-Hill., p. v.Google Scholar
Mesut, S. and T. Yanmei, Non-rectangular waveforms for neural stimulation with practical electrodes. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2007, 3: 227.Google Scholar
Wada, S., et al., Effects of stimulus waveform on magnetic nerve stimulation. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Part 1-Regular Papers Short Notes and Review Papers, 1996, 35(3): 1983–1988.MathSciNetGoogle Scholar
Grill, W.M., W.M. Grill, and J.T. Mortimer, Stimulus waveforms for selective neural stimulation. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE, 1995, 14(4): 375–385.Google Scholar
Accornero, N., et al., Selective activation of peripheral-nerve fiber groups of different diameter by triangular shaped stimulus pulses. Journal of Physiology-London, 1977, 273(3): 539–560.Google Scholar
Havel, W.J., et al., Comparison of rectangular and damped sinusoidal dB/dt waveforms in magnetic stimulation. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 1997, 33(5): 4269–4271.Google Scholar
Franco, S., Design with operational amplifiers and analog integrated circuits. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill series in electrical and computer engineering. 2002, New York: McGraw-Hill, xiv, 658p.Google Scholar
Steele, J. and T. Green, Tame those versatile current source circuits. Elec. Des, 1992: 61–72.Google Scholar
Smith, S., A.S. Sedra, and K.C. Smith, Microelectronic circuits, 4th ed. 1998, New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Microtechnology, A., Application note 19, 2004 online at: http://apex.cirrus.com/en/products/apex/documents.html.
Microtechnology, A., Loop stability with reactive loads, in Application Note 38, 2007 online at: http://apex.cirrus.com/en/products/apex/documents.html.
Tian, M., et al., Striving for small-signal stability. Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE, 2001, 17(1): 31–41.Google Scholar
Engelhardt, M., Simulationsprogramm LT_SPICE (SwitcherCAD III).Google Scholar
Gray, P.R., Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits. 4th ed. 2001, New York: Wiley, xviii, 875p.Google Scholar
Williams, J., High speed amplifier techniques, Linear Technology Corporation. Application Note 47, 1991.Google Scholar
Williams, J., Power gain stages for monolithic amplifiers, Linear Technology Corporation. Application Note 18, March 1986.Google Scholar
Steele, J., Protect those expensive power Op amps. Electronic Design, 1991.Google Scholar
Stenzel, R.L., A new probe for measuring small electric fields in plasmas. Review of Scientific Instruments, 1991, 62: 130.Google Scholar
Glover, P.M. and R. Bowtell, Measurement of electric fields due to time-varying magnetic field gradients using dipole probes. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2007, 52(17): 5119–5130.Google Scholar
Soonchil, L.E.E., L.E.E. Yongkwan, and Y.U. Insuk, Electric field in solenoids. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2005, 44(7A): 5244–5248.Google Scholar
Kandel, E.R., J.H. Schwartz, and T.M. Jessell, Principles of neural science. 4th ed. 2000, New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, xli, 1414p.Google Scholar
Willms, A.R., Neurofit: software for fitting Hodgkin-Huxley models to voltage-clamp data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2002. 121: 139–150.Google Scholar
Horch, K.W. and G.S. Dhillon, Neuroprosthetics theory and practice. Series on bioengineering and biomedical engineering. 2004, River Edge, NJ: World Scientific, xxv, 1261p.Google Scholar
Lertmanorat, Z. and D.M. Durand, A novel electrode array for diameter-dependent control of axonal excitability: a Simulation study. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on 2004, 51(7): 1242–50.Google Scholar
Glantz, R.M. and T. Viancour, Integrative properties of crayfish medial giant neuron: steady-state model. J Neurophysiol, 1983, 50(5): 1122–1142.Google Scholar
Watanabe, A. and H. Grundfest, Impulse propagation at the septal and commissural junctions of crayfish lateral giant axons. The Journal of General Physiology, 1961, 45(2): 267–308.Google Scholar
Mellon, D. and C. Kaars, Role of regional cellular geometry in conduction of excitation along a sensory neuron. Journal of Neurophysiology, 1974, 37(6): 1228–1238.Google Scholar
Haynes, L.W. and G.A. Kerkut, Response time constants in snail neurones. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS), 1977, 33(11): 1482–1483.Google Scholar
Ratte, S. and R. Chase, Synapse distribution of olfactory interneurons in the procerebrum of the snail Helix aspersa. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2000, 417(3): 366–384.Google Scholar
Gillary, H.L., Electrical responses from the eye ofHelix to photic stimulation and simultaneous electrical stimulation of the optic nerve. Vision Research, 1970, 10(10): 977–991.Google Scholar
Antkowiak, T. and R. Chase, Sensory innervation of the ovotestis in the snail Helix aspersa. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2003, 206(22): 3913–3921.Google Scholar
Clarac, F. and E. Pearlstein, Invertebrate preparations and their contribution to neurobiology in the second half of the 20th century. Brain Research Reviews, 2007, 54(1): 113–161.Google Scholar
William, R.K., Opportunities afforded by the study of unmyelinated nerves in skin and other organs. Muscle and Nerve, 2004, 29(6): 756–767.Google Scholar
Kerkut, G.A., et al., Mapping of nerve cells in the suboesophageal ganglia of Helix aspersa. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 1975, 50(1A): 1–25.Google Scholar
Prescott, S. and R. Chase, Two types of plasticity in the tentacle withdrawal reflex of Helix aspersa are dissociated by tissue location and response measure. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 1996, 179(3): 407–414.Google Scholar
Wyttenbach, R.A., et al., Crawdad a CD-ROM lab manual for neurophysiology. 1999, Sinauer Associates.Google Scholar
Olivo, R.F., An online lab manual for neurophysiology. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 2003, 2: A16–A22.Google Scholar
Cattaert, D. and D. Le Ray, Adaptive motor control in crayfish. Progress in Neurobiology, 2001, 63(2): 199–240.Google Scholar
Jacklet, J.W., Neuronal and cellular oscillators. Cellular clocks. 1989, New York: Marcel Dekker, xiii, 553p.Google Scholar
Kettenmann, H. and R. Grantyn, Practical electrophysiological methods: a guide for in vitro studies in vertebrate neurobiology. 1992. New York: Wiley-Liss, xviii, 449p.Google Scholar
Stamford, J.A., Monitoring neuronal activity: a practical approach. Practical approach series. 1992. Oxford; New York: IRL Press at Oxford University Press, xxii, 294p.Google Scholar
Purves, R.D., Microelectrode methods for intracellular recording and ionophoresis. Biological techniques series. 1981. London; New York: Academic Press, x, 146p.Google Scholar
Dempster, J. and J. Dempster, The laboratory computer : a practical guide for physiologists and neuroscientists. Biological techniques series. 2001. San Diego: Academic Press, xii, 354.Google Scholar
Land, B.R., R.A. Wyttenbach, and B.R. Johnson, Tools for physiology labs: an inexpensive high-performance amplifier and electrode for extracellular recording. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2001, 106(1): 47–55.Google Scholar
Guclu, B., Low-cost computer-controlled current stimulator for the student laboratory. Advances in Physiology Education, 2007, 31(2): 223–231.MathSciNetGoogle Scholar
Wagenaar, D.A. and S.M. Potter, A versatile all-channel stimulator for electrode arrays, with real-time control. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2004, 1(1): 39–45.Google Scholar
Land, B.R., et al., Tools for physiology labs: inexpensive equipment for physiological stimulation. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 2004, 3: A30–A35.Google Scholar
Eagar, D., Application Note 87. Linear Technology.Google Scholar
Lott, G., Hybridizing cellular and behavioral neurobiology with modern engineering tools: microelectronics, microfabricated devices, and software solutions for physiology. 2007, New York: Cornell University.Google Scholar
Lidierth, M., SigTool: a matlab-based environment for sharing laboratory-developed software to analyze biological signals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2009, 178: 188–196.Google Scholar
Quiroga, R.Q., Z. Nadasdy, and Y. Ben-Shaul, Unsupervised spike detection and sorting with wavelets and superparamagnetic clustering. 2004. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 1661–1687.Google Scholar
Fitzgerald, J., Recording with microchannel electrodes in a noisy environment. 2008.Google Scholar
Basham, E., W. Liu, and Y. Zhi, A System for quantitative analysis of magnetic neural stimulation. 2008, in review.Google Scholar
Hsu, K.H. and D.M. Durand, A 3-D differential coil design for localized magnetic stimulation. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 2001, 48(10).Google Scholar
Maccabee, P.J., et al., Magnetic coil stimulation of straight and bent amphibian and mammalian peripheral nerve in vitro: locus of excitation. Journal of Physiology (London), 1993, 460: 201–219.Google Scholar
Mulloney, B., N. Tschuluun, and W. M. Hall, Architectonics of crayfish ganglia. Microscopy Research and Technique, 2003, 60: 253–265.Google Scholar
Prescott, S. A., N. Gill, and R. Chase, Neural Circuit Mediating Tentacle Withdrawal in Helix aspersa, With Specific Reference to the Competence of the Motor Neuron C3. Journal of Neurophysiol, 1997, 78: 2951–2965, December 1, 1997.Google Scholar
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009
1.Department of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzUSA
Basham E., Yang Z., Tchemodanov N., Liu W. (2009) Magnetic Stimulation of Neural Tissue: Techniques and System Design. In: Greenbaum E., Zhou D. (eds) Implantable Neural Prostheses 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77261-5_10
First Online 29 May 2009
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77261-5_10
Publisher Name Springer, New York, NY
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line673
|
__label__cc
| 0.523367
| 0.476633
|
Transportation Systems pp 27-40 | Cite as
Systems Integration for Railways Advancement
Mohammad Rajabalinejad
Lex Frunt
Jeroen Klinkers
Leo A. M. van Dongen
Systems integration is a widely recognised challenge. Different industries need to upgrade their systems and integrate new technologies. For example, the European rail sector faces a huge challenge to upgrade its fragmented rail network and make it interoperable. The railways in the Netherlands, managed by different stakeholders, have also experienced integration challenges. The Dutch High-Speed Line (HSL), FYRA, ERTMS, and the introduction of new commuter trains are examples of these challenges. The article describes this principal challenge for the rail sector to properly upgrade its interoperable services and smoothly integrate new technologies into currently operating infrastructures by including the technical and non-technical factors.
System integration Safe integration SIRA Railways
Directive 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways.Google Scholar
EN 50126 (2015). EN 50126 Railway applications—The specification and demonstration of reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS)—Part 1: Generic RAMS Process. Google Scholar
IEC 62267:2009 Railway applications—Automated Urban Guided Transport (AUGT)—Safety requirements.Google Scholar
Rajabalinejad, M., & van Dongen, L. (2018). Framing success: The Netherlands Railways experience. International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, 8(4), 313–329.Google Scholar
Rajabalinejad, M. (2018a). Systems integration: Challenges and opportunities for the rail transport. System of Systems Engineering Conference, Paris, France.Google Scholar
Rajabalinejad, M. (2018b). Incorporation of safety init design by safety cube, industrial and manufacturing engineering. 12(3).Google Scholar
Rebentisch, E. (2017). Integrating program management and systems engineering: Methods, tools, and organizational systems for improving performance. Wiley, London.Google Scholar
Walden, D. D., Roedler, G. J., Forsberg, K., Hamelin, R. D., & Shortell, T. M. (2015). Systems engineering handbook a guide for system life cycle processes and activities. In International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).Google Scholar
1.Maintenance Engineering GroupUniversity of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands
2.Netherlands RailwaysUtrechtThe Netherlands
3.ProRail NetherlandsUtrechtThe Netherlands
Rajabalinejad M., Frunt L., Klinkers J., van Dongen L.A.M. (2019) Systems Integration for Railways Advancement. In: Singh S., Martinetti A., Majumdar A., Dongen L. (eds) Transportation Systems. Asset Analytics (Performance and Safety Management). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9323-6_3
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line674
|
__label__wiki
| 0.553573
| 0.553573
|
The movie tells the story of the Archangel Gabriel and his search for an evil soul on Earth which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
Actors: Christopher Walken,
Christopher Walken 31 March 1943, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Elias Koteas,
Elias Koteas 11 March 1961, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Virginia Madsen,
Virginia Madsen 11 September 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Eric Stoltz,
Eric Stoltz 30 September 1961, Whittier, California, USA
Viggo Mortensen,
Viggo Mortensen 20 October 1958, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Amanda Plummer,
Amanda Plummer 23 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA
Moriah Shining Dove Snyder
Moriah Shining Dove Snyder 22 March 1983, Boise, Idaho, USA
Genre: Action, Horror, Fantasy
Director: Gregory Widen
Gregory Widen
The Prophecy 2
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
The Prophecy 5 : Forsaken
The Prophecy 4: Uprising
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line676
|
__label__cc
| 0.529223
| 0.470777
|
NDMC finalises tender docs for auction of Taj Mahal hotel
Taj Mahal Hotel, located on Mansingh Road and owned by NDMC, was leased to Tata Group’s Indian Hotels Company Ltd for 33 years in 1978.
NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) finalised the tender document and licence deed for the auction of the Taj Mahal Hotel at a meeting chaired by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
“The tender document and licence deed have been finalised in the meeting today,” said an official familiar with the developments. Details could not immediately be ascertained.
The Taj Mahal Hotel, located on Mansingh Road and owned by NDMC, was leased to Tata Group’s Indian Hotels Company Ltd for 33 years in 1978. IHCL has run the 292-room hotel on a series of temporary extensions since the lease expired in 2011.
The apex court in April gave civic body the go-ahead to auction the hotel as per Section 141 of the NDMC Act. IHCL was supposed to get six months to vacate the property since the date of the eauction.
The company had said it will participate in the e-auction. IHCL had previously filed an appeal with a divisional bench of the high court against a September 5, 2016, order of a single-judge bench of the court that allowed a public auction of the hotel by NDMC.
taj mahal hotel
IHCL
Most Read in Hospitality
Oyo raises Rs 54 crore from Hindustan Media Ventures
Oberoi Realty buys out Sahana Group's stake in Worli hotel for Rs 1,040 crore
Rajasthan's tourism department seeks comments on draft guest house scheme
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line677
|
__label__wiki
| 0.578764
| 0.578764
|
Totes Hilar
Uhhh What?!
Loves It
Movies Like E.T. That Will Make You Want to Phone Home
E.T. phone home!
Matt Biggin November 11, 2017, 9:59 am 1.1k Views
ShareTweetPinStumble
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is one of the defining movies of the ‘80s, and widely regarded as some of Spielberg’s best work – quite right too we say! The tale of a young boy called Elliott, and his friendship with the diminutive, titular alien, is a heart-warming family tale. The reason E.T. has remained so popular over the years is because of the message at its core. A dull childhood, blighted by divorce and dislocation, transformed by the unlikeliest of friendships. If this ranks as one of the movies that defined your childhood (and it does for me), then you need to look for other movies like E.T. This is a list of some of the choices I found, that will give you at least part of that E.T. fix.
Best Movies Like E.T.
If you’re looking for movies like E.T., the principal thing to focus on here is going to be the emotion. This is a deeply personal and emotionally-charged film and one that illustrates the true meaning of friendship, familial bonds, and the battle against a malevolent government. Here is a list of some of the movies out there about close-encounters of the friendship kind!
Mac and Me (1988)
Made in the late-’80s, and designed to cash in on audiences still pining for the magic and nostalgia of E.T., Mac and Me follows an alien MAC, who escapes NASA testing, and befriends a young, wheelchair-bound kid called Eric. The movie is essentially E.T. mark 2 and makes no attempt to be anything else. However, it lacks the charm and wonder of the original and was derided by critics on release. In spite of this, it’s very kiddie-friendly, and, if you’re looking for a movie similar to E.T., this undiscovered sci-fi flick could become an unlikely favorite of yours.
Earth to Echo (2014)
I’ve got to admit, this charming film passed me by on its original release, but I’m glad I discovered it, because it’s heaps of fun, and really makes you feel like a kid again. The plot focuses on a group of kids who follow strange signals out to the desert and find an adorable little alien called Echo, who needs their help to get home. The movie is definitely influenced hugely by E.T, as well as other sci-fi fares too. I like the way they use found footage to add a more unique spin to things, and it’s certainly a breath of fresh air in the found footage genre. Overall, if you want to indulge in a movie similar to E.T., welcome to the best option you’ve never heard of.
Super 8 (2011)
This stellar offering from Star Wars director J.J. Abrams is the post-E.T. sci-fi/alien fare we were all waiting for. Think of it as a mixture between The Goonies, Stand By Me, and E.T. In the movie, a bunch of friends decide to make a film on an old Super 8 camera, only to discover extra-terrestrial life in the process. The only difference here is that the alien is anything but the cute and cuddly kind. Still, the scope and scale of the movie owes a lot to E.T., and children discovering new dimensions and new life in their world is also a hugely poignant theme too. This is definitely a movie you can put on and get nostalgic over, I still love watching it now, and would highly recommend it.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Before Spielberg made E.T., he made Close Encounters, which must rank as one of his most underrated works. This is kind of like the adult version of E.T., with Richard Dreyfuss struggling to get to the bottom of a series of alien abductions and make contact with the otherworldly beings. With some stunning visuals, and one of the most majestic and memorable endings in movie history, make this a flick to check out as soon as you can. I have no doubt that if you loved E.T., you will definitely dig Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The Iron Giant (1999)
This late-’90 Brad Bird-helmed movie is a classic of animated film and tells the story of a young boy who befriends a giant robot alien and helps him try to escape government agents. All the hallmarks are there, and all the E.T. boxes are ticked. What made E.T. pack such a punch was the real emotional resonance the movie had, and The Iron Giant gets pretty close to that as well. This is one of the best movies like E.T. that has ever been made, and fans of Spielberg’s classic will certainly love this offering.
E.T. captured the hearts of millions of people upon its release and was a critical and commercial success. The emotion and beauty of the film are timeless, not to mention some wonderfully quotable lines. If you still miss our little pal from outer space as much as I do, these are for you. These movies all have similar themes and ideals, I hopefully these movies like E.T. will make you want to phone home!
Previous article The John Lewis Christmas Advert Is Here And It’s Monstrously Good
Next article Things You’ll Remember If You Grew Up In The ‘70s
Movies Like Monty Python and the Holy Grail To Prepare You For Your Next Quest
Movies Like Aladdin For When You Want To See A Whole New World
Movies Like Shaun Of The Dead For When You’re Waiting For Things To Blow Over
Movies Like Wall-E For When You Need To Clean Up
Movies Like Gone Girl Because Whatever They Found, It’s Safe To Assume That It’s Bad
Movies Like Warrior For When You’re Out For The Count
Give us a thumbs up!
The Most Valuable Childhood Toys That Could Make You a Fortune – Check Your Attic Now!
What the Stars of Grease Look Like Now
23+ Awkward Child Stars Who Did Some Serious Growing Up
’80s Pop Stars – Then and Now
Famous Women From The ’80s – Then And Now
Things You Probably Never Knew About the Sound of Music Movie
© 2017-2019 by RetroEnt
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line684
|
__label__cc
| 0.631702
| 0.368298
|
Rosary Meditations: Paperback/black and white (ISBN 9780998382210)
6×9 paperback. Includes 21 black-and-white illustrations. 324 pages.
For quantities of 100 or more, please call (432) 599-3712 or email info@rosarymeditations.com
Rosary Meditations: A Lawyer Examines the Evidence is one man’s quest to understand the events from which the Mysteries of the Rosary arise. Former civil trial attorney and U.S. Intelligence officer Robert M. Randolph has studied scriptures, local traditions, and patristics as well as archeology, astronomy, art, history, and modern science to help answer such questions as:
Where did the Annunciation take place?
Which star led the Magi to Bethlehem and the Baby Jesus?
How do the miracles at Lanciano and Bolsena support transubstantiation?
What do the Shroud of Turin and Sudarium of Oviedo tell us of the Crucifixion?
What truly happened on the morning of the Resurrection?
Where did Mary go after Jesus’ death?
Rosary Meditations is more than just an investigation into the evidence regarding the Rosary Mysteries; it is a unique resource that will help to strengthen the faith and soul of the reader, whether Catholic or Protestant.
Rosary Meditations: Premium hardcover color edition (ISBN 9780998382227)
Rosary Meditations: Premium hardcover with dustjacket color edition (ISBN 9780998382203)
Rosary Meditations: Hardcover/black and white (ISBN 9780998382234)
Rosary Meditations: Hardcover/black and white (ISBN 9780998382234) $24.95
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line686
|
__label__wiki
| 0.934616
| 0.934616
|
The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton
出版社：Racehorse Pub
作者：Allan Mclane Hamilton; Willard Sterne Randall (FRW)
杜威分類：Geography & history > Biography, genealogy, insignia
優惠價： 9折567元
The life of Alexander Hamilton is certainly one of great complexity and controversy and, as a result, has been of great interest to the general public for centuries. In the past two hundred years, there have been many accounts of Hamilton’s life?mostly commenting on his political personality rather than his character, but none have touched upon the private life of the man quite like The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton.
Drawn chiefly from collected original family letters and documents, some never published before this book’s initial publication in 1910, Hamilton’s grandson Allan McLane Hamilton presents a portrait of one of America’s chief founding fathers unlike any other, recounting the life of his grandfather with an unmatchable insider’s eye. The author intimately discusses his grandfather’s private affairs in great detail, dispelling many rumors about Hamilton’s personal life. The book presents an astounding portrait of the man and his character, revealing a softness and charisma unknown to the public at the time of its publication. From primary sources so close to Hamilton they could very well be called heirlooms, Hamilton’s private life and personality are described with a closeness only a member of his family could possibly provide.
Return to this forgotten classic, and see what one of America’s most controversial historical figures was like behind closed doors in The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton.
Allan McLane Hamilton was the grandson of Alexander Hamilton. A noted psychiatrist, he is best known for authoring several works in that field including Recollections of an Alienist. He served as an expert, witness or advisor to many insanity trials. He lived in New York and passed away in 1919.
After a successful seventeen-year career as a feature writer for the Philadelphia Bulletin, magazine writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, investigative journalist for Philadelphia Magazine and stringer for Time-Life News Service, Willard Sterne Randall pursued advanced studies in history at Princeton University. Biographer of Benjamin and William Franklin, of Benedict Arnold, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Ethan Allen, he has co-authored collections of biographies and e-books with his wife, the biographer and award-winning poet, Nancy Nahra. As a journalist, Randall won the National Magazine Award for Public Service from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, the Standard Gravure Award, the Hillman Prize, the Loeb Award and the John Hancock Prize. His Benedict Arnold biography received four national awards and was a New York Times Notable Book. Publishers Weekly chose his biography of Jefferson as one of the ten best biographies of 1993. He received the Award of Merit of the American Revolution Round Table. He taught American history at John Cabot University in Rome and at the University of Vermont and Champlain College, where he was a Distinguished Scholar in History and is a Professor Emeritus. He is a contributing editor to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. He lives, writes, teaches, lectures and likes to swim in Burlington, Vermont.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line690
|
__label__wiki
| 0.953881
| 0.953881
|
CLOSED – The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame galleries are closed indefinitely in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the province. We apologize for the inconvenience. ×
Research & Photo Requests
Nominate an Inductee
Lee Donison
Lee Donison is the eldest of the wrestling Donison brothers and was raised near Avonlea, Saskatchewan.
Although better known as a boxer, he was also an outstanding wrestler. He won the Provincial Heavyweight wrestling championship four consecutive years between 1953 and 1956, placing second in 1957. He won the Most Outstanding Wrestler award at the Provincial championships in 1954.
As a boxer he won seven provincial titles between 1952 and 1963; as a Light-Heavyweight in 1952 and a Heavyweight in 1953 to 1957. He retired from active competition from 1958 to 1962, then won the Provincial and Canadian Light-Heavyweight Championship in 1963.
Donison twice placed second at the National Level in 1953 as a Heavyweight and 1954 as a Light-Heavyweight, and was chosen as an alternate for the Canadian team at the 1954 British Empire Games in Vancouver.
Lee Donison is the only athlete in Canada to have won Provincial titles in both boxing and wrestling four times. This was accomplished in successive years between 1953 and 1956.
He also served his sports as provincial Chairman of Boxing and Wrestling in 1953 and 1954, and as chairman of boxing from 1955 to 1958 and 1962, 63.
Installed in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame on June 5, 1982.
Share This Inductee
Inductee Details
Sport: Boxing, Wrestling
Year Inducted: 1982
Birthplace: Avonlea
Type: Athlete
Related Artifacts
No Related Artifacts Found
Related Inductees
Check out these other great Hall of Fame Inductees!
Vernon Pettigrew
Terrence “Terry” Paice
Sebastian “Butch” Donison
Scott Reeves
Tim Leier appointed to Board of Directors January 11, 2021
Enjoy virtual tour of new exhibit Prairie Pride January 5, 2021
SSHF memberships make a unique gift December 12, 2020
SSHF exhibit galleries will be closed indefinitely November 24, 2020
Saskatchewan Sports Stories: The Regina Rugby Club makes their debut October 1, 2020
Saskatchewan Sport Stories: Glenn Hall May 11, 2020
Women In Sport discussion series: Catriona Le May Doan & Daniella Ponticelli October 30, 2020
Plan your visit with the Sask. Sports Hall of Fame August 24, 2020
Browse Social Feed
Search the Hall of Fame
Regina Web Design
© 2021 Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. All Rights Reserved.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line691
|
__label__wiki
| 0.95308
| 0.95308
|
Difference between revisions of "Barrett Hall"
From Special Collections Research Center Wiki
Sgam80 (talk | contribs)
Acschi (talk | contribs)
'''Barrett Hall''' is located at the eastern intersection of Jamestown Road and Landrum Drive (formerly Old Campus Drive). It was named for [[Kate Waller Barrett]], a member of the [[Board of Visitors]] and Phi Beta Kappa. It was used as a women's dormitory until the start of the 2005-2006 school year, when it was converted to a co-ed dormitory.
'''Barrett Hall Construction'''
==Construction==
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|<p>Construction on Barrett Hall began in 1926 and ended in 1927 with an estimated cost of $212,000. The College had a contract with J.T. Nuckols of Richmond, Virginia, and Charles M. Robinson, the College Architect, made the designs for the dormitory.</P>
Barrett Hall is located at the eastern intersection of Jamestown Road and Landrum Drive (formerly Old Campus Drive). It was named for Kate Waller Barrett, a member of the Board of Visitors and Phi Beta Kappa. It was used as a women's dormitory until the start of the 2005-2006 school year, when it was converted to a co-ed dormitory.
Construction on Barrett Hall began in 1926 and ended in 1927 with an estimated cost of $212,000. The College had a contract with J.T. Nuckols of Richmond, Virginia, and Charles M. Robinson, the College Architect, made the designs for the dormitory.
1926--under Noel Act, certificates on indebtedness issued for $400,000 to build two dormitories. Girl's dorm to be called Kate Waller Barrett Hall (BofV, March, p. 126).
Contract to J.T. Nuckols, Richmond (BofV, August, p. 144).
Charles M. Robinson, College architect.
Construction started (FH, 9/24/1926, 5.)
1927--12 bedrooms on first floor, 72 bedrooms on second and third floors, Parlor No. 1, first floor, east wing--17' x 30'; parlor No. 2, first floor, west wind, 17' x 30'; Literary Society Hall No. 1, first floor, east wing, 17' x 48'; YWCA and Student Government Room, first floor, west wing, 17' x 48'; student council office, first floor, west wing 17' x 17', reception room for guests, first floor, east side, 14' x 17'; 3 visitors' guest rooms, first floor 17' x 11'. Estimated cost, $212,000 (J.A.C. Chandler to W.A.R Goodwin, Jan. 5, 1927, Chandler Papers 1982.45, Budget--Barrett).
Barrett Hall under construction, 1927
Constructed: 1926-1927
Named for: Kate Waller Barrett
Map it for me
1928--J. Lesslie Hall Literary Society to have meeting room, 1927/28 (FH, 1/14/1927, 7).
1932--YWCA opens modern library in Y room, books rented for 3 cents per day (FH, 2/27/1931, 3).
1945--Chinese Room opened in west living room, presented by Mrs. Alice Aberdeen, displaying Chinese Art Objects (FH, 2/21/1945, 7).
March 1956--Chinese Room (Flat Hat)
September 1956--Chinese Room (Flat Hat)
1966--Brick wall surrounding entrance on corner Campus Drive and Jamestown Road torn down during Christmas recess (FH, 1/13/1967, 6).
1969--Chinese Room partitioned to ease housing overflow (FH, 9/12/1969, 3).
Various photographs in the University Archives Photograph Collection
1928--Colonial Echo, p. 20
1955--Colonial Echo, p. 233 (Chinese Room)
1972--Renovation, summer (BofV, Sept. 22--23, p. 400).
Barrett Hall, University Archives Buildings File, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
The Flat Hat
"Buildings and Grounds--Barrett Hall," University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
Board of Visitors, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
Retrieved from "https://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Barrett_Hall&oldid=2677"
College of William and Mary Buildings
About Special Collections Research Center Wiki
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line694
|
__label__wiki
| 0.821974
| 0.821974
|
The Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Gets a Rare PG-13 Rating For Disney
Disney’s live-action Mulan will be PG-13, the first in their recent string of remakes to receive the rating. This suggests that Mulan might push the envelope more than we’re used to seeing in a Disney movie, and that’s a good thing. In a slew of mediocre shot-for-shot, note-for-note adaptations of Disney’s most beloved films, it’s exciting to see something different.
The PG-13 rating is for “sequences of violence,” which makes sense since Mulan at its heart is a war drama. 1998’s Mulan also had violence, but somehow it was less scary with Eddie Murphy’s Mushu in the middle of it. Perhaps the biggest surprise with the new Mulan is that it won’t include her spunky dragon sidekick at all, nor will it include any of the original music numbers. Without Mushu or “I’ll Make A Man Out Of You,” director Niki Caro’s remake is bound to be more serious in tone. (The original Mulan was rated G.)
The official synopsis of Mulan is as follows:
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.
Mulan definitely isn’t the first Disney-made film to receive a PG-13 rating — the Pirates of the Carribean films are rated PG-13, as are Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and John Carter. But as the first Disney remake to receive the rating, Mulan certainly has our attention. If all goes well, is an R-rated Disney film in our future?
Mulan hits theaters March 27.
Gallery — Every Disney Remake Ranked From Worst to Best:
Filed Under: Disney, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Mulan, Niki Caro, Yifei Liu
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line697
|
__label__wiki
| 0.815923
| 0.815923
|
Men's Sports Sports
Tracy McGrady weighs in on everything from ‘one and done’ college players to loyalty in the NBA
By SC Student Media September 16, 2017 December 2, 2018
1 Comment on Tracy McGrady weighs in on everything from ‘one and done’ college players to loyalty in the NBA
Gage Nutter
@GageNutter
Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady played in an era where getting drafted into the NBA out of high school wasn’t too surprising. Between 1995 and 2005, 42 players were selected in the NBA draft straight out of high school and McGrady was one of them.
Which is why it’s interesting that during press availability after the Basketball Hall of Fame jacket ceremony, McGrady commented that he advocates for a rule that requires players to wait two years before they enter for the NBA draft.
“I’m one of the guys that thinks they should stay two years in college,” McGrady said. “That league is so young. They need to let these guys play later until they develop into what these teams want them to be. Its different nowadays for these kids. There’s no more T-Macs or Kobes or KGs (Kevin Garnett) or Lebrons.”
Looking back on his thirteen points in thirty-five seconds against the Spurs
On Dec. 9, 2004, the Rockets needed 13 points to defeat the Spurs, 81-80. All 13 of those points were scored in the last 33 seconds of the game by McGrady. The points were compiled by four three pointers and a made free throw.
Those 35 seconds contained one of the most iconic performances in NBA history.
Surprisingly, McGrady hasn’t rewatched the footage of those 35 seconds in a long time.
“Truthfully speaking, it’s been years ago [since I watched the footage],” McGrady said. “I haven’t even watched it that much.”
When asked if people still talk to him about that night McGrady said, “Man all the time. I can’t get away from it.”
Although McGrady claims he hasn’t watched the footage in some time, he did admit that he made his kids watch it.
“Here I am with the orange jacket about to get inducted into the hall of fame. I put them in the gym and try to tell them something and they act like I don’t know shit,” McGrady said. “That’s why I have got to show them, like ‘This is your dad. This is what I used to do.’. Do you know who I played against? Jordan, Kobe, Lebron. These are the guys you like watching on TV. I played against them. It doesn’t resonate.”
Toughest player to guard
McGrady played against elite offensive talent in his time in the NBA. Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan to name a couple. However he named one player that could light him up offensively, that no one was prepared for.
“You know the obvious ones like Kobe. Paul Pierce was tough because his pace and footwork was great. Mostly his pace threw me off. But Jamal Mashburn was tough. He was probably the only guy that I guarded for a whole game and he gave me 40. When I was in Orlando I had no choice but to guard him. But when I got to Houston and we had guys that were known to be good defenders it kind of gave me a break a little bit.”
Loyalty in the NBA
Basketball is all fun and games when you’re playing in the backyard with your friends, but when you get paid millions of dollars to play the game, the expectations change, and NBA players live out that truth every day.
When it comes to loyalty to an organization in the NBA, McGrady doesn’t think it exists. As it pertains to the Kevin Durant situation between the Thunder and the Warriors, McGrady does have one exception.
“I was a little upset when Kevin Durant left. I’m not going to lie,” McGrady said. “Not that he left, but because he joined Golden State. He’s so great and I just felt like him and Westbrook could have been those guys that won a championship together. I think him winning a championship with Westbrook and OKC will be much more joyous than going to team up with a 73-win team.”
“I’m happy he won a championship, because that’s what we all want to do. I just think it would have been more fulfilling to him to have won it all with OKC under those circumstances. But these owners are making all this kind of money man. Go out there and make the best career that you possibly can make as a player.”
Dream 5-on-5 street team
When asked who McGrady would want on his team if he pulled up to a street game he said, “Me, Kobe, Kyrie [Irving] and James Harden would mop everyone.”
When it was pointed out that he only named four players McGrady responded, “You know what’s crazy? I’m so used to playing four-on-four at my house. So i’ll give you one more, I would take Paul George.”
McGrady went on to compare the talent of Kyrie Irving and Stephen Curry and how each of them are so talented that if they swapped teams, nothing would change for either side.
“It’s hard to say who’s better, because if you take Kyrie and put him on Golden State, do they win a championship? Absolutely. Is Steph able to do what Kyrie does with Lebron? Absolutely. It’s a wash. Neither one of them are great defenders. They both can score the hell out of the ball. One is more efficient than the other. I think Steph is a better passer, but as far as having the ball I don’t think anyone in the league is better than Kyrie.”
Tags: #notebook #halloffame #tmac #basketball #springfield #durant #warriors #thunder
Pingback: About Gage – Gage Nutter Media
Previous Entry Springfield College men’s soccer defeats Coast Guard, 3-0
Next Entry Springfield College women’s soccer wins its first NEWMAC game of the season by defeating Coast Guard, 5-0
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line698
|
__label__cc
| 0.711896
| 0.288104
|
Davis Announces Federal Firefighter Grants to Springfield and Witt
WAND (8/27/2020)
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis - U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour October 23, 2020
Dove, Inc - 50th Anniversary October 19, 2020
Congratulating Dove, Inc. on their 50th Anniversary in 2020.
Honoring the Life of Leroy Jordan October 19, 2020
Honoring the Life of Leroy Jordan.
Davis Announces Federal Firefighter Grants to Springfield and Witt August 28, 2020
Davis, LaHood, and Others Urge Army Corps of Engineers to Expedite LaGrange Lock & Dam Maintenance July 29, 2020
U.S. Representatives Rodney Davis (IL-13), Darin LaHood (IL-18), Adam Kinzinger (IL-16), Mike Bost (IL-12), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17) sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers on the need to expedite maintenance of the LaGrange Lock & Dam ahead of the fall harvest. LaGrange is part of the Illinois Waterway, which is a critical artery for the Illinois agricultural economy and the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture globally. It allows for a navigable connection between Lake Michigan and the Mis...
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ Congressman Trent Kelly (R-MS) May 25, 2020
Join me live on Memorial Day with Congressman Trent Kelly. I serve with Trent in the U.S. Congress, but Trent also currently serves as a Brigadier General in the Mississippi Army National Guard. He has spent 34 years as a Combat Engineer. We'll discuss the importance of recognizing Memorial Day and honoring those who've lost their lives in service to this country.
Davis Works to Allow Groups to Place Flags on Veterans' Gravesites May 23, 2020
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) urges the VA National Cemetery Administration to relax rules that prevent groups from placing flags on veterans' gravesites at cemeteries across the country. WAND-TV's Doug Wolfe reports.
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ Randy Moore, CEO, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) May 22, 2020
Join me live as I discuss my bill, the Nurse Workforce Protection Act, with Randy Moore, CEO of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ Marilyn A. Sanders, Regional Director, U.S. Census Bureau May 20, 2020
Join me live with the U.S. Census Bureau's Regional Director to discuss the importance of the 2020 U.S. Census.
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ Lindy McDonald, Owner of Myler Automotive Champaign, IL May 13, 2020
I will talk to Lindy McDonald who owns Myler Automotive, a small business that has been part of the Champaign-Urbana community for more than 40 years, about how the Paycheck Protection Program has helped her business survive COVID-19 and help her continue to pay her employees who are like family to her. I'll also get her perspective of how this has impacted other businesses in the area.
Davis Urges Governor Pritzker to Reopen Downstate May 9, 2020
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) joined HOI News at 10pm to discuss the need for Governor Pritzker to reopen Illinois' economy where we can.
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ Dr. Ken Sagins, CMO of Springfield Clinic May 7, 2020
Join me for a discussion with the Chief Medical Officer of the Springfield Clinic, Dr. Sagins, to discuss how new CDC testing guidelines are helping people access non-emergent care that is critical to people's health.
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ GOP Whip Steve Scalise April 29, 2020
Rodney will talk to Whip Scalise about his state's success with the new unemployment expansion, the Paycheck Protection Program, and more.
Coronavirus Live Q&A w/ Dr. John Vozenilek, OSF Health Care April 27, 2020
I'll discuss new tele-health services available for those experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or who are most vulnerable to the disease with Dr. John Vozenilek from OSF Health Care. Be sure to tune in!
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line702
|
__label__wiki
| 0.515351
| 0.515351
|
World Health Organization Urges Halt to Lockdowns
October 13, 2020 October 12, 2020 by Ronald Yates
Well, what do you know? The World Health Organization has urged world leaders, including those in the United States, to stop using lockdowns as the primary control method against the spread of the China Virus, aka, the novel coronavirus or Covid-19.
This is a dramatic turnaround by the W.H.O. and I wonder how the mainstream media will cover it. I suspect it will not get much coverage because the organization’s new position on lockdowns does not comport with the media narrative.
But wait a minute. Don’t media mavens all say we must follow the science? Do what the medical experts tell us to do?
What’s going on is that after watching one nation after another force citizens and businesses into lockdown mode, scientists are seeing that that strategy is having deleterious effects on the mental and physical well-being of people.
“We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus,” David Nabarro, the WTO’s special envoy on COVID-19, said in an interview aired October 8. “The only time we believe a lockdown is justified is to buy you time to reorganize, regroup, rebalance your resources, protect your health workers who are exhausted, but by and large, we’d rather not do it.”
David Nabarro, Special Envoy on COVID-19
Nabarro pointed to the collateral damage that lockdowns are having worldwide, especially among poorer populations.
“Just look at what’s happened to the tourism industry, for example in the Caribbean or in the Pacific, because people aren’t taking their holidays. Look what’s happened to smallholder farmers all over the world because their markets have got dented. Look what’s happening to poverty levels. It seems that we may well have a doubling of world poverty by next year. Seems that we may well have at least a doubling of child malnutrition because children are not getting meals at school and their parents, in poor families, are not able to afford it,” Nabarro said.
Yet, in the United States where COVID-19 has been politicized and turned into a campaign issue by Democrats during the 2020 presidential election, the new W.T.O. directive is being ignored by most of the legacy media.
With few exceptions, world leaders followed the lead of the Chinese communist regime when responding to the outbreak of the virus, imposing unprecedented lockdowns.
In the United States, President Trump delegated the decisions on lockdown measures to the governors of individual states. In the end, all but a handful of states enacted some sort of restrictive measures.
Sweden, which didn’t impose a lockdown, experienced a lower percentage of deaths than some locales and nations that set restrictions. In Sweden, from Jan 3 to October, 12 2020, there have been 98,451 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 5,894 deaths. There have been just 3 new deaths in the past seven days.
Interestingly, the W.H.O.’s new policy on lockdowns mirrors what more than 14,000 international public health scientists and medical practitioners said in the Great Barrington Declaration, (See my post on October 10) which states that “current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health.”
The declaration states, “The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk.”
Clearly, this is the approach that the W.H.O. has decided also to take.
It’s about time. Herd immunity has worked in every other case where a communicable virus has infected people.
Just what is “herd immunity?”
Herd immunity, or community immunity, is when a large part of the population of an area is immune to a specific disease. If enough people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such as a virus or bacteria, it has nowhere to go.
While not every single individual may be immune, the group as a whole has protection. This is because there are fewer high-risk people overall. The infection rates drop, and the disease peters out. Herd immunity protects at-risk populations. These include babies and those whose immune systems are weak and can’t get resistance on their own.
As the W.H.O. says, there are two ways for nations and societies to achieve herd immunity and resistance.
You can develop resistance naturally. When your body is exposed to a virus or bacteria, it makes antibodies to fight off the infection. When you recover, your body keeps these antibodies. Your body will defend against another infection. This is what stopped the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. Two years after the outbreak began, 63% of the population had had exposure to the virus. Researchers think the community reached the right level for herd immunity.
Vaccines can also build resistance. They make your body think a virus or bacteria has infected it. You don’t get sick, but your immune system still makes protective antibodies. The next time your body meets that bacteria or virus, it’s ready to fight it off. This is what stopped polio in the United States.
Will the United States stop the lockdown madness and begin reopening?
I doubt it. Because once the lockdowns end and the country reopens there will be a spike in cases and that will cause politicians and others to panic and push for another lockdown instead of allowing the virus to die out by itself.
Experts say for that to happen in the United States, 50 to 67 percent of the population would need to be resistant before herd immunity kicks in and the infection rates drop.
To its credit, that’s what the W.H.O. now believes and that’s the strategy that sane nations like Sweden have adopted.
I’m not holding my breath that American politicians and health professionals will do the same.
The Great Barrington Declaration: An Alternative to the National Lockdown
Letter from a Canadian: “Why I Support Trump”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line703
|
__label__cc
| 0.559714
| 0.440286
|
Celebrating Mothers in Portugal
If asked to give a shout to the most cherished person in the Portuguese community, say "Mãe" (mother) so you get it right. A mother, in the Portuguese culture, is the most beloved person, she holds the soul of the family, she a protector, a nurturer and has a heart big enough to “mother” her own children as well as any other child that comes into her world.
Portuguese Mother, Godmother and Grandmother; They’re All Important.
Even if she isn't the person who birthed a child, having any version of the role of mother makes a woman special. A madrinha, meaning Godmother, is a woman of great importance in the Portuguese culture. She’s the person appointed to step in as a mother should she be needed. It goes without saying that an Avó (grandmother) is worshipped on an even more beloved level. Whether it’s a mother, grandmother, or madrinha, any form of a mother is one of great importance. But of all the mothers, there’s one that remains the most beloved and revered above all in the Portuguese culture, and that’s the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Fátima.
Our Lady of Fatima; Why She’s Number One .
On May 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three young shepherd children and described as a lady dressed in white, shining brighter than the sun, giving out rays of clear and intense light. During the apparition, she promised to come to the children on the 13th of each month. The apparitions happened as promised between the months of May through October of that year and took place at Cova da Iria, Fátima, Portugal. To a country of devout Catholics, there could be nothing more monumental than these apparitions by the most important of mothers, the Virgin Mary.
In the years leading up to the Marion apparitions in Fátima, Portugal had been existing in more and more of oppressed conditions. In 1911, the separation of Church and State became official. The years from 1910 to 1913 were years of terror: priests and bishops were imprisoned or exiled; religious orders were suppressed. The message brought by the Virgin Mary in Fatima were ones the country needed to hear. Although initially met with resistance by many people upon hearing of the apparitions, the events were eventually accepted with the delivery of a message the entire world needed to hear. How amazing for Portugal to be chosen for these apparitions.
The Miracle of the Sun.
During her apparitions, not only did the Virgin Mary deliver secrets to the children that were of grave importance to the world, her apparitions culminated in a miraculous event that was visible to an ever-growing crowd at Fátima. The event made an impression on believers and non-believers alike. What is called The Miracle of the Sun took place on October 13, 1917, at the exact place where the shepherd children were standing amongst a crowd of thousands of witnesses. According to an eyewitnesses account, “The sky, which had been overcast all day, suddenly cleared; the rain stopped and it looked as if the sun were about to fill with light the countryside that the wintery morning had made so gloomy. I was looking at the spot of the apparitions in a serene, if cold, expectation of something happening and with diminishing curiosity because a long time had passed without anything to excite my attention. The sun, a few moments before, had broken through the thick layer of clouds which hid it and now shone clearly and intensely."
“Suddenly I heard the uproar of thousands of voices, and I saw the whole multitude spread out in that vast space at my feet…turn their backs to that spot where, until then, all their expectations had been focused, and look at the sun on the other side. I turned around, too, toward the point commanding their gaze and I could see the sun, like a very clear disc, with its sharp edge, which gleamed without hurting the sight. It could not be confused with the sun seen through a fog (there was no fog at that moment), for it was neither veiled nor dim. At Fátima, it kept its light and heat, and stood out clearly in the sky, with a sharp edge, like a large gaming table. The most astonishing thing was to be able to stare at the solar disc for a long time, brilliant with light and heat, without hurting the eyes or damaging the retina. [During this time], the sun’s disc did not remain immobile, it had a giddy motion, [but] not like the twinkling of a star in all its brilliance for it spun round upon itself in a mad whirl."
"During the solar phenomenon, which I have just described, there were also changes of color in the atmosphere. Looking at the sun, I noticed that everything was becoming darkened. I looked first at the nearest objects and then extended my glance further afield as far as the horizon. I saw everything had assumed an amethyst color. Objects around me, the sky and the atmosphere, were of the same color. Everything both near and far had changed, taking on the color of old yellow damask. People looked as if they were suffering from jaundice and I recall a sensation of amusement at seeing them look so ugly and unattractive. My own hand was the same color."
"Then, suddenly, one heard a clamor, a cry of anguish breaking from all the people. The sun, whirling wildly, seemed all at once to loosen itself from the firmament and, blood red, advance threateningly upon the earth as if to crush us with its huge and fiery weight. The sensation during those moments was truly terrible” (Garret, A. Novos Documentos de Fátima, Loyala editions, San Paulo, 1984).
This event concluded the apparitions in Fátima but the impression the events, as a whole, created are ones that have remained in the hearts of the Portuguese for over a hundred years.
May is Mother’s Month in Portugal.
While traditionally, the official day Mother’s Day in Portugal is in December, it’s been celebrated in the month of May in recent history. May also is the anniversary of the beginning of the Virgin Mary’s apparitions in Fátima making the month of May a very special one to celebrate all earthly and heavenly mothers.
From your friends at Rooster Camisa-Happy Mother’s Day and Felizes Dia Das Mães.
Written by Margaret Resendes Peek
Shop our gifts for Mãe & Avó here - https://roostercamisa.com/collections/familia
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line704
|
__label__cc
| 0.709789
| 0.290211
|
Home SharperIron Forums Church & Ministry Matters Church & Ministry in General What kind of building does your church meet in? And comment: do you like it?
What kind of building does your church meet in? And comment: do you like it?
By Ed Vasicek
Church buildings are obviously extra-Scriptural. Still, with changing times, growth and decline, etc., it is interesting to try to determine the structural needs of the future. The place to begin is where we are and to learn practical points from one another.
Our church has had to invest ridiculous amounts of money to maintain our buildings. These are not frills.
So comments about your own church family's facility or meeting place can help the many of us who are uncertain, especially given our changing times.
Also, comment on the economy of steel buildings, strategies, or other experiences from which we can learn. Try to keep it brief, and I think it appropriate to say most of us will not bother to click on links you share. Sorry! :(
We meet in a rented/loaned facility and do not own our main meeting place.
We are located in an older facility, but costs to maintain are reasonable.
We are located in an older building that is a black hole for money.
We are located in a newer building, but not so pleased.
We are located in a newer building and fairly or very pleased.
We are in transition, limbo, or between choices.
We made some big mistakes in this area (please share).
There are 20 Comments
Additional Thought
Ed Vasicek - Mon, 07/20/2015 - 11:15am
Terms like older or newer are ambiguous.
Let try this: If your building was built before 1980, it is older.
If it was built after 1980, it is newer.
This is pretty generous, really. The reason is that many of you may meet in buildings over 100 years old!
"The Midrash Detective"
I voted "newer building and fairly or very pleased" but.....
Larry Nelson - Mon, 07/20/2015 - 12:28pm
.....it's more complicated than that. As the church has grown, so has the building:
The church was founded in 1962. The first sanctuary, with restrooms, a small kitchen, and little more, was built in 1966. A few classrooms were added in 1969. 1976 saw a larger sanctuary added. 1982: more classrooms, nursery, & office space. 1987: a gym (we have a preschool), more classrooms, and storage. 1994: an expanded nursery & youth room. 2001: Expanded sanctuary, more classrooms, more offices, larger library/cafe, commercial-grade kitchen, new junior & senior high rooms, larger vaulted-commons area, and more.
The church building now consists of 7 separate construction projects/additions, built between 1966 - 2001. It totals 95,000 square feet. We've just re-roofed the whole thing (peaked & flat sections) in the past year, and we're in the midst right now of renovating about 40% of the building (the older portions). A new boiler, HVAC upgrades, LED lighting, and other mechanical work is being done, in addition to paint, carpet, and the like. (We have no mortgage, and we are not incurring any debt, in case anyone is wondering.)
Once we're finished (scheduled in October), our hope is that we won't need to make any significant investment in the building for many years.
I was at the Continental
JD Miller - Mon, 07/20/2015 - 10:05pm
I was at the Continental Baptist Missions conference last week. Part of their ministry is church building. I talked to one of the missionary builders and he said a wood frame building was less expensive to build than a steel building. He also said that they were seeing about a 5-6 yr payback on using spray foam insulation vs fiberglass. Understand that this is payback on the cost of materials since the labor is supplied, but long term, the added insulation value is paying off. In my last pastorate, we were in a 100+ yr old building with very little insulation (just a few inches on the center of the ceiling with none on some parts and none in the 2x6 walls. We added about 16" of blow in cellulose insulation to the ceiling and about 6" to the walls. Our heating bill went from over 400 a month to about 160 after this project was completed. We had cost sharing from the energy company, and furnished our own labor, so it was paid for in 3 months. This was in northern Iowa, so it was cold, but this just shows how important insulation can be.
Various Experiences
Ron Bean - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 7:10am
Building #1: 140 year old historical meeting house that had no running water (heresy for a Baptist church?), uncomfortable pews, and hard to find. Tradition made moving difficult and improvements were impossible.
Building #2: New building with 50% of funding from sale of parsonage and a lot of free labor from members. Simple design that was functional and attractive in a good location.
Building #3: Primarily built as a Christian school building with a small meeting room. (Think "If you build it they will come.") by a group that split from a larger church. Poor construction, never completed, massive debt with impending balloon payment. Doomed from the start.
Building #4: 7 year old church plant now independent and fully supporting a lead pastor meets in a rented school facility that meets its needs. Community groups seem to a beneficial replacement for Sunday night services and prayer meetings. Set up and take down each Sunday can be stressful but it provides an opportunity for everyone to get involved.
Curmudgeon Question: Why spend hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of dollars for a building (house) that you use (live in) for 5-10 hours a week?
"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan
Solution: Use It!
Larry Nelson - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 8:06am
Ron Bean wrote:
The simple answer is that if you have a building that's worth that much, then you utilize it seven days per week.
For us, underutilization is not a problem! From morning to evening, seven days/week, there is usually something (and oftentimes multiple events) going on in the building.
1. Four services each weekend: 1 on Saturday night, 3 on Sunday mornings. Additionally, we have irregular Sunday evening services for different reasons.
2. Funerals & weddings
3. Preschool & daycare weekdays, open from 7 am to 6pm
4. Big-attendance women's Bible study on Monday nights
5. Men's Bible study & prayer, Friday mornings @ 6:30 am
6. Numerous other Bible studies, support groups, etc. meeting at various times (morning/afternoon/evening) throughout the week
7. Pastors & staff working in their offices throughout the week
8. Two different homeschool co-ops (one is elementary, the other secondary) meet in our building during the school year. On days when both are present, along with our own preschool/daycare, we will have 500 kids in classrooms throughout the building.
9. Wednesday night clubs (Awana, etc.): Hundreds of kids then too.
10. Choir practice, orchestra, band, organist, piano, singers, etc: there is often some sort of practice going on.
11. Various outreach & service events
12. Men's basketball in the gym one or two nights a week.....
You get the picture. Our building is open and being used at least 12 hours a day, 7 days per week.
Our building is older, but
pvawter - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 9:54am
Our building is older, but relatively easy to maintain. We have been in the process of making some upgrades since I came four years ago.
The only real negative is that we have classrooms and our fellowship hall in the basement with limited access for those who cannot easily navigate stairs.
Steel!
RickyHorton - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 11:31am
JD Miller wrote:
I talked to one of the missionary builders and he said a wood frame building was less expensive to build than a steel building.
That is true to a certain extent. However, when you get into larger buildings, it makes no sense to use a wood frame. If I'm not mistaken, the churches they build are typically on the smaller size so it would definitely make sense there. Let me qualify my statement though by saying I am a bit biased since I work for a steel company that produces structural steel!
Doom and Gloom Questions....
Ed Vasicek - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 12:02pm
Larry Nelson, Ron Bean, and others (join in), consider and please respond
With the recent Supreme Court rulings and predicted trends -- and given our convictions (that really are convictions, not preferences), consider and respond to the following, if you will.
1. Is your church building in a place that invites picketers and protestors because you will not embrace gay marriage? Do you have a public walkway near your building?
2. In our area, the county accessor has been looking for opportunities to tax churches. For example, if you loan buildings for home school use, and one of the teachers charges a nominal fee for art lessons, for example, the property now becomes taxable.
3. Many of us believe that we will lose our tax exempt status over the gay marriage issue. How might that affect your building situation? Could you maintain your current facility given those additional charges?
4. Now to the Curmudgeon question: Schools will have a great tool to eliminate rental of facilities to churches who are viewed as bigoted because of our stand on homosexuality. What happens if we become the "undesirables" of society and no one wants to rent to us? Perhaps pro-gay marriage school board members begin objecting. This, to me, seems VERY LIKELY to occur in many areas.
So what is the best approach for the future? I am trying to figure these sorts of things out, and many of us will have to come up with a plan eventually. So, please, share your thoughts.
I was in a church with a building nightmare
Craig Toliver - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 5:07pm
Building nightmare:
The building was in two parts: A very large, very high ceiling, auditorium with an attached 2 story box structure that served as the foyer and offices (main level) and a nursery and and office on the 2nd level
The windows were (I could say "are" because it is still there) single pane in a cold region
The box structure pulled away from the auditorium. Rain from the auditorium roof would run down between the crack between the two sections.
The auditorium (a big polygon box) had terrible acoustics
The street view of the auditorium looked like a medieval fortress
The fixtures in the bathroom were basically low grade residential
And while the auditorium had seating for 300 or 400 or more, they basically had restrooms for about 80 people
Some idiot architect must have had fun drawing up his plans. A generation has suffered from his mistakes!
I voted: "We made some big mistakes in this area (please share).". The mistakes were made prior to my attending.
Mark_Smith - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 5:37pm
Relax. While I am sure the inside problems are as bad as you suggest., I don't think the outside looks unattractive at all.
Bing bird's eye view
http://binged.it/1efbnih
I was the Pastor there from '87 to '96
Jim - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 7:21pm
Craig Toliver wrote:
We had that leak fixed and had trees planted around the outside to improve the look. But the construction quality was poor. In the inside behind the pulpit there was a long vertical crack in the stonework. The deacons hired a guy to put some colored putty in there: didn't systemically fix it ... just cosmetically covered it over.
Ricky is correct about wood
JD Miller - Tue, 07/21/2015 - 8:06pm
Ricky is correct about wood vs steel
I had forgotten that the builder said that if you get over 80 feet wide, then steel is the way to go. I'm guessing some of that will change from year to year depending on steel and wood prices.
@ Ed
Larry Nelson - Wed, 07/22/2015 - 6:48am
Ed Vasicek wrote:
1. We're on 18 acres, and the main entrance to the building is a good 300 to 400 feet from the public sidewalk. That isn't to say that any protesters would respect the boundary of public vs. private... Even so, there are larger, better known, higher profile churches in the Twin Cities that would likely be targets of protests before us.
2. The fact that we run an actual business (licensed preschool/daycare) in our building might be more applicable in our case than our hosting of homeschool co-ops.
3. If conceivably we lost our exemption from property taxes, we'd likely see a six-figure bill. On a previous thread, I did some looking online to estimate the amount. Our property (building & land) is worth something like $18M (+/-). Locally, it looks like that would mean annual property taxes of $100,000 - $150,000. Could we absorb that? Yes: last year our "income" (tithes/offerings) was about $5M, so this would be 2-3% of that. Would we need to make any cuts to any areas of the budget to pay it? Maybe; maybe not.
4. We are in the process of starting a second site. (We've planted six other churches since 1971, but this one would be a second site, rather than a church plant.) Location is yet to be determined, but a school auditorium is always an option. Would our stand be a factor in a school's decision whether or not to rent to us? If we'd choose to go the school auditorium route, I guess we'll find out.
Is your church building in a
Larry - Wed, 07/22/2015 - 7:50am
Is your church building in a place that invites picketers and protestors because you will not embrace gay marriage? Do you have a public walkway near your building?
We are on a public sidewalk about 40 feet from our front door. I doubt we would get picketed because (1) marriage isn't a big deal in our church and (2) most people don't seem to care that much.
I would imagine that wouldn't stand up. Even schools are non-profit so allowing a home school group to use it doesn't change the non-profit status of the church, unless the church rents the building to the homeschool group. If this actually happened, I would push the issue.
3. Many of us believe that we will lose our tax exempt (IRS) status over the gay marriage issue. If givers gave 25% less to compensate for not being able to take gifts to their church off their taxes, how might that affect your building situation? Could you maintain your current facility given those additional charges?
I don't think the main problem is the tax deductibility of gifts but rather the hit to the church budget from paying property taxes. It would be hard for us to sustain.
4. Now to the Curmudgeon question: Schools will have a great pretext to eliminate rental of facilities to churches (who are viewed as bigoted) because of our stand on homosexuality. What happens if we become the "undesirables" of society and no one wants to rent to us? Perhaps pro-gay marriage school board members begin objecting. This, to me, seems VERY LIKELY to occur in many areas.
This is more likely, but it would face a court challenge. It would be a toss up because it is clearly not viewpoint neutral, which I believe has been a key test in previous cases where religious groups have won the right to use public buildings that are used by outside groups with other views. I think the position has been that if you let anyone use it, you must let everyone use it. You cannot discriminate because of a viewpoint. But in these times, who knows ... It would be a toss up, IMO.
Our fairly new inner-city
Joel Shaffer - Wed, 07/22/2015 - 9:06am
Our fairly new inner-city church plant (4 years ago) began in a neighborhood public school. After 3 in a half years (by that time we had just become self-supporting), we realized that there were several people on the Grand Rapids school board that were trying to get rid of all of the 13 churches that lease space on Sundays for their worship services. Because several board members have made this an issue, we began to look for an alternative to the school for our church. Then, a liberal United Methodist Church right down the road closed a few years ago and they desired to sell the property for $350,000 to a church that would reach out to the community (which we do in many different ways). We are closing on the building tomorrow. The sanctuary area is over 100 years old, but the educational wing is about 50 years old. We are able to rent out space to non-profits, including a neighborhood food pantry, a small Pentecostal church, and a Native American organization that provides a soup kitchen. From the rent from these organizations, we will bring in about $2500 per month.
Joel Shaffer wrote:
Ed Vasicek - Thu, 07/23/2015 - 2:32pm
This is the kind of thing I am talking about. That is why I wonder if rented schools are indeed a good long term approach.
Ron Bean - Thu, 07/23/2015 - 3:00pm
We are currently meeting in a school facility and anticipating possible future scenarios. We have a team of talented members who are looking for alternatives to our current situation. Building is financially impossible so we are considering long term rental of space that we could customize for our purposes; that being the most likely choice. We would consider taking over an existing church building if its location and condition met our needs.
When it comes to renting out your existing facility, do you encounter any problems allowing groups such as Penetcostalists or 7th Day Adventists making use of your facility?
Would any of you use the facilities of a functioning Roman Catholic or liberal Protestant church?
BTW, we drive by a Korean Church that rents its facility to an English-speaking congregation on Sunday afternoons.
Joel Shaffer - Thu, 07/23/2015 - 5:13pm
So far, the churches haven't been kicked out of the Grand Rapids Public Schools, thanks to the Black and Latino board members, who don't have such a rigid view of Separation of Church and State the way that their fellow white secular board members do.
Aaron Blumer - Thu, 07/30/2015 - 6:24am
We're in a building that is, I think, less than 5 yrs old now. Code requirements made the sprinkler system ridiculously expensive. Codes didn't seem to be written to account for the situation where you have a large crowd once in a great while, and a medium sized one only once a week. Some reform needed there.
One wing not yet completed. This was part of the plan.
On the whole a huge improvement over the previous facility (before my time) and everybody is very grateful to be out of there!
There is currently 1 registered user online.
josh p
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line711
|
__label__cc
| 0.738004
| 0.261996
|
The Diary of a Young Girl
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has become a world classic-a powerful reminder of the horrors of war...
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared--and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America's...
The 45th anniversary of a landmark work of teen fiction Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs,...
1994 Newbery Medal Winner The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives...
Don't miss one of America's top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS's The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is...
Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South--and the heroism of one man in the face...
Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestseller is a modern classic that will remind readers that adventure is right around the corner--or just...
Celebrate 45 years of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing! The #1 New York Times bestselling author's first book in her classic Fudge series.Two is a crowd when Peter and his little...
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line712
|
__label__cc
| 0.589259
| 0.410741
|
Hunky Dory (1CD)
David Bowie Hunky Dory (1CD)
Featuring the 2015 remastered audio, ‘Hunky Dory’ is widely regarded as one of Bowie’s best works.
Bowie’s first album for RCA, and originally released in 1971, ‘Hunky Dory’ is widely regarded as one of his best works.
Recorded at Trident Studios London, the album was produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, featuring Rick Wakeman on piano alongside future Spiders From Mars musicians Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey.
The album features some of David’s most recognised compositions; ‘Changes’ ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ and ‘Life On Mars’ with the NME describing it as Bowie ‘at his brilliant best.’
Featuring the 2015 remastered audio, ‘Hunky Dory’ is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, plus Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Oh! You Pretty Things
Eight Line Poem
Life On Mars?
Fill Your Heart
Song For Bob Dylan
The Bewlay Brothers
Hunky Dory (1LP)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1CD)
Aladdin Sane (1CD)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line714
|
__label__cc
| 0.565011
| 0.434989
|
Who You Calling a Statist?
Conor Friedersdorf argues that although Matt Yglesias is a liberal, he’s not entirely a liberal:
Mr. Yglesias favors deregulating various professional cartels, ending the legally proscribed monopoly on buses that some urban public transit agencies enjoy, reforming America’s absurd system of agricultural subsidies, and making it easier for developers to build in accordance with the local demand for real estate, rather than government imposed zoning restrictions….Why does he favor some policies that conservatives like? And can we identify more of them for the sake of strategic alliances? We’ll never know if, upon learning that he is a liberal, we automatically presume that he is a “statist,” or even more absurdly, that he prefers tyranny to liberty.
In response to a similar argument yesterday, Mark Levin came out with all guns blazing:
This is so pathetic. So a liberal blogger favors regulation [I assume Levin actually means deregulation here –ed] in some respect, and this proves to Friedersdork that my characterizing the general left-wing enterprise as statist is unhelpful — to Friedersdork. So, the fact that the liberal blogger isn’t advancing big-government arguments ALL THE TIME demonstrates the inaccuracy of referring to his agenda as statist.
Levin is a loon. Equating the liberal project with tyranny is deranged, his tone is consistently obnoxious (note the childish reference to “Friedersdork,” one of his favorite bits of juvenilia), and he barely even pretends to offer arguments. He just screams into the microphone for a few hours a day.
And yet…..I actually think he has the better of things here. Let’s face it: people like Matt and me aren’t even as centrist as your average DLC Democrat of the mid-90s, let alone sympathetic in any serious way to most conservative arguments. I’m in favor of full-blown European style national healthcare, for example. Matt favors astronomical tax rates on the rich. It’s true that neither of us has any intrinsic love for a big state per se, but it’s still the case that a big state is pretty integral to attaining most of our preferred policy outcomes. And that’s true even if there are a few modest areas where we might usefully team up with conservatives — though even there it’s worth noting that of the three things Conor mentions, at least two of them (ag subsidies and zoning) are so wildly unlikely to change that favoring reform is sort of a freebie. It’s the kind of thing where you can take a contrarian philosophical stand without any serious risk that you’re ever going to be called to account for it.
Now, it’s true that I’m generally in favor of reducing or eliminating government programs that don’t work. Who isn’t? But self-interest plays a big role here, even if we don’t always like to admit it. Like Matt, I think we should eliminate ag subsidies. But that’s a pretty easy stand to take since I’m not a farmer. Earlier today I suggested we do away with Fannie Mae because we subsidize housing too much. I can afford that too, since I already own a home and don’t need any help buying one. High tax rates on the rich? That wouldn’t affect me much, so I’m OK with it. National healthcare? That would be pretty handy in case I ever want to quit my job, so that’s also in my self-interest. Fighting global warming? Well — fine. That wouldn’t really do me any good since I don’t have children and I’ll be dead before climate change causes me any personal grief. So there’s no self-interest at work there. On the other hand, I make enough money that a carbon tax wouldn’t really inconvenience me much, so I’m not exactly taking a heroic stand by advocating one.
It’s useful to know where you can find political allies. If you can find liberals who favor charter schools, less regulation of small businesses, and an end to Fannie Mae, that’s well and good. But that’s 10% or less of my worldview. I also favor high marginal tax rates on the rich, national healthcare, full funding for Social Security, more spending on early childhood education, stiff regulations on the financial industry, robust environmental rules, a strong labor movement, a cap-and-trade regime to reduce carbon emissions, a major assault on income inequality, more and better public transit, and plenty of other lefty ambitions that I won’t bother to list. If we could do all that without a bigger state, that would be fine. But we can’t. When it’s all said and done, if we lived in Drum World I figure combined government expenditures would be 40-45% of GDP and the funding source for all that would be strongly progressive. “Statist” is an obviously provocative (and usually puerile) way to frame this, but really, it’s not all that far off the mark. It wouldn’t be tyranny, any more than Sweden is a tyranny, but it would certainly be a world in which the American state was quite a bit bigger than it is now.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line717
|
__label__cc
| 0.743491
| 0.256509
|
Romney Punts on Yet Another Bill
Via Steve Benen, here is Mitt Romney’s view on the current impasse over extension of the Violence Against Women Act:
Andrea Saul, a spokeswoman for Mr. Romney, said in an e-mail, “Gov. Romney supports the Violence Against Women Act and hopes it can be reauthorized without turning it into a political football.” But she declined to specify which version he supported.
Neither presidents nor presidential candidates have to weigh in on the minutiae of every single legislative tiff. But Romney is taking this to cartoonish extremes these days. He’s desperate not to anger the tea partiers who still don’t fully trust him, but he doesn’t want to do himself any further damage with independents either. So he’s punting on everything.
How long can he keep this up? This summer the Obama campaign is going to try to portray Romney as a guy who doesn’t really believe in anything, and he sure seems to be going out of his way to make it easy on them.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line718
|
__label__cc
| 0.616356
| 0.383644
|
House Republicans Talk Big But Can’t Deliver Actual Spending Cuts
Brian Beutler has a entertaining little story today about the failure of House Republicans to pass an appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. Yes, I said entertaining. You have to be a lefty political junkie to see the entertainment value, but that’s what most of you are, right?
So then: as we all know, Paul Ryan produces a budget every year. It’s a conservative’s wet dream because it slashes domestic spending across the board but never says exactly where those spending cuts are going to come from. So the tea partiers can all fantasize about huge budget reductions without having to figure out which programs they actually want to cut:
But many close Congress watchers — and indeed many Congressional Democrats — have long suspected that their votes for Ryan’s budgets were a form of cheap talk. That Republicans would chicken out if it ever came time to fill in the blanks. Particularly the calls for deep but unspecified domestic discretionary spending cuts.
Today’s Transportation/HUD failure confirms that suspicion. Republicans don’t control government. But ahead of the deadline for funding it, their plan was to proceed as if the Ryan budget was binding, and pass spending bills to actualize it — to stake out a bargaining position with the Senate at the right-most end of the possible.
But they can’t do it. It turns out that when you draft bills enumerating all the specific cuts required to comply with the budget’s parameters, they don’t come anywhere close to having enough political support to pass. Even in the GOP House. Slash community development block grants by 50 percent, and you don’t just lose the Democrats, you lose a lot of Republicans who care about their districts. Combine that with nihilist defectors who won’t vote for any appropriations unless they force the President to sign an Obamacare repeal bill at a bonfire ceremony on the House floor, and suddenly you’re nowhere near 218.
The lunatic wing of the Republican Party has long held views that are impossible to reconcile. This is one of them: they think they can slash spending without affecting anything useful. But it turns out that even their fellow Republicans don’t agree. They simply can’t cut spending as much as they want to. In March they passed the Ryan budget, with all of its gaudy promises. In July, the first time they tried to pass a Ryan-approved appropriations bill with actual numbers attached, they failed. And they failed even though this was really nothing more than a symbolic vote in the first place. It was just a starting point for further negotiations.
So now what? The tea partiers are true believers who refuse to compromise, and even the GOP’s adults refuse to engage in a normal give-and-take with the Senate over FY14 spending. They’re stuck, with Democrats smirking in the background and suggesting that if they want to be a governing party, maybe they should try some actual governing. It’s hard to say what’s next.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line719
|
__label__wiki
| 0.814833
| 0.814833
|
Bush Designates Massive New Marine Monuments
Jonathan Stein
Coral reefs worldwide are in peril. Marine species, protected by ineffective regulations, are being fished to extinction. Ocean pollution has our seas nearing cataclysm. Fortunately, there’s one group that’s doing something about it.
The Bush Administration.
It’s true. On Tuesday, President Bush, whose environmental policies have not exactly been the hallmark of his administration, designated three new marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean, an act that will protect some of the world’s most pristine places and give ocean ecosystems a chance at recovery. Together, the Mariana Trench monument, the Central Pacific Islands monument, and the Rose Atoll monument in America Samoa (PDF map and images here), will encompass over 190,000 square miles, roughly the size of the states of Oregon and Washington combined. The protected areas include the habitats for several threatened species, rare underwater geological formations, and some of the oldest known life forms on the DNA tree.
“The amount of time federal officials put into managing any one section of water is basically nil,” says Jay Nelson, Director of the Global Ocean Legacy, a project of the Pew Environment Group. “But it’s like a national park. If you draw a line around it, all of a sudden it’s somebody’s responsibility to take care of it.”
The Mariana Trench is particularly important to protect, says Nelson. “The Mariana area is a world phenomenon. If it had been on land, it would have been a national park a 100 years ago. The deepest trench in the world is in US waters, and no one in the United States government thought to make it a park until now. It’s as if the government of Nepal hadn’t done anything to protect Mount Everest.”
This isn’t President Bush’s first foray into marine protections. In 2006, he created the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which, at 140,000 square miles, is the single largest protected marine area in the world. (I cited the creation of this monument in my list of the four things Bush got right in his presidency.) Today, that monument receives about $12 million dollars a year to fund research, education efforts, and clean-up and maintenance.
But that previous experience illustrates what can go wrong with the monuments created on Tuesday. Nelson admits that the funding for the 2006 monument is not adequate. Though it is cleaner than it was in 2002 or 2003, it is not clear it will be cleaner in 2009 than it was in 2008. Ocean currents bring thousands of pounds of garbage to the shores of the islands within the protected area every year, mostly dropped over the side of ships or brought to sea by polluted rivers. Serious questions exist about the clean-up efforts’ ability to keep pace.
Requests for research permits in the monument shot up the year after it was approved, which defied the central purpose of designating it a protected area: decreasing human traffic. “It was because scientists heard about it. They read the newspapers like you and me,” says Nelson. Likewise, the newly designated monuments, which currently see little human contact, may become sought after research destinations.
Another factor hampering the protection of marine habitat has been a lack of inter-agency coordination. “There were numerous indications and reports, all off the record, that the three principle agencies responsible for the northwest Hawaiian islands monument—NOAA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the state of Hawaii— had a great deal of trouble working together,” says Dennis Heinemann of the Ocean Conservancy. In fact, the final management plan for the 2006 monument, delineating the division of responsibilities between the three agencies, was just released over the 2008 holidays.
Funding for the new sites will be key. “The funding that is provided for monuments of this size and that are this remote, which impacts issues like surveillance and enforcement of regulations, is very important,” says Heinemann. He says the White House has suggested it wants to eliminate “destructive and extractive activities,” but “the devil could be in the details.”
As of yet, the particulars of what the Bush administration has in mind for the new monuments are unknown. But environmentalists remain enthusiastic. “Only four percent of the ocean can be called pristine, or untouched by human activities,” says Heinemann. “If ocean ecosystems are going to be able to withstand and survive climate change, they need to be as healthy as possible. They can’t do it if they are degraded by human influences like overfishing and pollution.” Restoring the health and resiliency of damaged ocean ecosystems, and preserving the health and resiliency of pristine ones, means simply leaving them alone. “President Bush, for all of his other failings, has responded to the threat to the oceans,” says Heinemann. “He hasn’t done the whole job, but he’s established momentum.”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line722
|
__label__cc
| 0.58294
| 0.41706
|
Lindsey Graham: Coal and Nuclear are “Clean” Energy
You’ve heard of greenwashing, but maybe you should also be on the lookout for “cleanwashing.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of the lead proponents of a climate bill, wants the Senate to include coal and nuclear power in a so-called “clean energy” mandate.
Graham is circulating draft legislation that would replace a provision in the current Senate climate bill requiring utilities to produce a certain amount of electricity from renewable sources—known as a renewable electricity standard, or RES. Graham’s proposed mandate instead involves ramping up the amount of electricity from “clean” sources over time—13 percent by 2012, 25 percent by 2025 and 50 percent by 2050. But the big question is what “clean” means. According to Graham’s draft language, new nuclear power and coal with carbon-capture technology would qualify, in addition to renewable sources like wind, solar, biomass and hydropower. This would be a boon to the nuclear industry, which has pushed hard to be included as part of any clean energy mandate.
Environmentalists have already slammed the RES in both the House and proposed Senate text as too weak. Including technologies that aren’t actually renewable would only undermine the RES further.
Graham has made it clear that he wants major incentives for nuclear power and offshore drilling in a climate and energy bill as part of the deal to cut carbon dioxide pollution. Graham’s clean energy mandate also calls for more government-backed loans for nuclear power, with place-holder language calling for funds “sufficient to build 60 additional nuclear reactors.” This would require an even greater expansion of a program that the Obama administration has already advocated tripling.
It’s not known whether Graham’s proposal will be included in the final legislation that Sens. John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Graham are working on in the hopes of gaining bipartisan support for a climate bill. But they’ve made it clear that there will be a lot of compromises on energy in order to bring reluctant senators on board.
Nuclear’s Slice of the Climate Pie
Obama, Graham Warn Dems Not to Settle For “Half-Assed” Climate Bill
Lindsey Graham: Not a Nuclear Wussypants
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line723
|
__label__wiki
| 0.584841
| 0.584841
|
BP in the Gulf—The Persian Gulf
How the oil company helped destroy democracy in Iran.
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mrpwr.jpg">Wikimedia</a>
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It’s great not to be the only member any more!
Does boycotting BP really make sense? Perhaps not. After all, many BP filling stations are actually owned by local people, not the corporation itself. Besides, when you’re filling up at a Shell or ExxonMobil station, it’s hard to feel much sense of moral triumph. Nonetheless, I reserve my right to drive by BP stations. I started doing it long before this year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
My decision not to give this company my business came after I learned about its role in another kind of “spill” entirely—the destruction of Iran’s democracy more than half a century ago.
The history of the company we now call BP has, over the last 100 years, traced the arc of transnational capitalism. Its roots lie in the early years of the twentieth century when a wealthy bon vivant named William Knox D’Arcy decided, with encouragement from the British government, to begin looking for oil in Iran. He struck a concession agreement with the dissolute Iranian monarchy, using the proven expedient of bribing the three Iranians negotiating with him.
Under this contract, which he designed, D’Arcy was to own whatever oil he found in Iran and pay the government just 16% of any profits he made—never allowing any Iranian to review his accounting. After his first strike in 1908, he became sole owner of the entire ocean of oil that lies beneath Iran’s soil. No one else was allowed to drill for, refine, extract, or sell “Iranian” oil.
“Fortune brought us a prize from fairyland beyond our wildest dreams,” Winston Churchill, who became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911, wrote later. “Mastery itself was the prize of the venture.”
Soon afterward, the British government bought the D’Arcy concession, which it named the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. It then built the world’s biggest refinery at the port of Abadan on the Persian Gulf. From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain’s standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British power all over the world, powered its ships with Iranian oil.
After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world. In Iran, nationalism meant one thing: we’ve got to take back our oil. Driven by this passion, Parliament voted on April 28, 1951, to choose its most passionate champion of oil nationalization, Mohammad Mossadegh, as prime minister. Days later, it unanimously approved his bill nationalizing the oil company. Mossadegh promised that, henceforth, oil profits would be used to develop Iran, not enrich Britain.
This oil company was the most lucrative British enterprise anywhere on the planet. To the British, nationalization seemed, at first, like some kind of immense joke, a step so absurdly contrary to the unwritten rules of the world that it could hardly be real. Early in this confrontation, the directors of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and their partners in Britain’s government settled on their strategy: no mediation, no compromise, no acceptance of nationalization in any form.
The British took a series of steps meant to push Mossadegh off his nationalist path.
They withdrew their technicians from Abadan, blockaded the port, cut off exports of vital goods to Iran, froze the country’s hard-currency accounts in British banks, and tried to win anti-Iran resolutions from the U.N. and the World Court. This campaign only intensified Iranian determination. Finally, the British turned to Washington and asked for a favor: please overthrow this madman for us so we can have our oil company back.
American President Dwight D. Eisenhower, encouraged by his Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, a lifelong defender of transnational corporate power, agreed to send the Central Intelligence Agency in to depose Mossadegh. The operation took less than a month in the summer of 1953. It was the first time the CIA had ever overthrown a government.
At first, this seemed like a remarkably successful covert operation. The West had deposed a leader it didn’t like, and replaced him with someone who would perform as bidden—Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
From the perspective of history, though, it is clear that Operation Ajax, as the operation was code-named, had devastating effects. It not only brought down Mossadegh’s government, but ended democracy in Iran. It returned the Shah to his Peacock Throne. His increasing repression set off the explosion of the late 1970s, which brought to power Ayatollah Khomeini and the bitterly anti-Western regime that has been in control ever since.
The oil company re-branded itself as British Petroleum, BP Amoco, and then, in 2000, BP. During its decades in Iran, it had operated as it pleased, with little regard for the interests of local people. This corporate tradition has evidently remained strong.
Many Americans are outraged by the relentless images of oil gushing into Gulf waters from the Deepwater Horizon well, and by the corporate recklessness that allowed this spill to happen. Those who know Iranian history have been less surprised.
Stephen Kinzer is a veteran foreign correspondent and the author of Bitter Fruit and Overthrow, among other works. His newest book is Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America’s Future.
Ad Targets Bachmann’s Defense of BP
Josh Harkinson
BP’s 10 Biggest Screw-Ups
“These are BP’s Rules”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line724
|
__label__wiki
| 0.751631
| 0.751631
|
Obamacare Lives. What’s Next?
The Supreme Court has upheld President Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment. Here’s what it all means.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/6103266641/">Pete Souza</a>/White House photo
It survived.
The largest expansion of the American welfare state since the Great Society stands, upheld by the most conservative Supreme Court in decades. Yet the decision is not simply a landmark ruling, it is a monumental setback for a conservative movement strategy meant to sabotage, by all available means, the presidency of Barack Obama.
“The Supreme Court just saved Obama’s ass,” says Adam Winkler, a professor at the UCLA School of Law.
See our full coverage of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision.
Conservatives Despair Over Health Care Decision
Full Text of the Supreme Court’s Decision
10 Things You Get Now That Obamacare Survived
The Obama Administration’s Disastrous Oral Arguments
Ginsburg: “Congress Followed Massachusetts’ Lead”
Your Supreme Court Obamacare Playlist
Was the Obamacare Dissent Originally the Majority Opinion?
How Big a Deal Is the Court’s Medicaid Decision?
The Obamacare Ruling Kevin Drum Would’ve Liked To See
In a largely unexpected decision, Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the four Democratic appointees on the court to keep the law alive, upholding the individual mandate as a tax, not a legitimate government regulation made possible by the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. One man, a conservative justice appointed by Obama’s Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, thwarted the right-wing assault on the Affordable Care Act. (You can read the decision below.)
The right’s rearguard action against Obama began in December of 2008, before the 44th president of the United States was even seated, with the GOP decision to resist seating Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.). It continued with the raucous tea party protests and town halls in the summer and fall of 2009, the GOP’s historic abuse of the filibuster, and the avalanche of lawsuits that followed the passage of the Affordable Care Act. When Republicans failed to destroy the Affordable Care Act through procedural obstruction, electoral victory, or popular outrage, they turned to judicial fiat.
But it didn’t work. The Roberts Court declined to irrevocably alter the lives of Americans under 26 who were allowed to remain on their parents’ health insurance, citizens with crushing health care costs who found deliverance in the law’s lifting of the cap on lifetime benefits and its ban on discrimination on the basis of preexisting conditions, and senior citizens who would have been thrust back into the Medicare “doughnut hole” without Obamacare’s increased financial assistance in paying for prescription drugs. Instead, Roberts, whose nomination Obama opposed as a senator, joined with the court’s Democratic appointees to rescue Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s regular swing vote, would have struck the law down in its entirety.
Yet this doesn’t mean the battle is over. Conservatives have vowed to challenge other provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Having failed to annihilate the law in its entirety, they will now attempt to rip it apart piece by piece. Should Obama be defeated by Mitt Romney in the fall, the new administration will have unprecedented power to undermine the law’s implementation, even without control of Congress. Yet the court’s legal reasoning may still hamper implementation of the Medicaid expansion, meant to cover 16 million Americans. The impact of Roberts’ reasoning on future social welfare legislation has also yet to be fully assessed.
Liberals and Democrats had called the high court partisan, and had practically resigned themselves to defeat. Conservatives dismissed those accusations, but until recently many assumed the court would rule in their favor. A few liberal legal elites insisted that the Supreme Court’s nonpartisan nature would lead to the defeat of the conservative legal challenges, despite a 2011 Congressional Research Service report finding that “whether Congress may use the [Commerce] clause to require an individual to purchase a good or a service” was a “novel issue.”
At first, the law’s supporters refused to acknowledge the simple, eloquent power of the argument the law’s opponents had developed: That if the government could compel individuals to buy health insurance, it could make them do anything, like force them to eat broccoli. Instead, the law’s supporters retreated to the crumbling fortress of legal precedent. The Obama administration’s legal champion, Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., thus arrived at the Supreme Court without a concise answer to the one question everyone knew he would be asked.
Botching that issue wasn’t fatal. During oral arguments, after a halting and unimpressive performance, Verrilli offered an argument that at the time sounded almost desperate. “If there is any doubt about that under the Commerce Clause,” Verrilli said, “then I urge this Court to uphold the minimum coverage provision as an exercise of the taxing power.” This was the lifeline that the high court ultimately used to pull the Affordable Care Act back from the abyss.
But liberals did have good reason to be confident initially. The Affordable Care Act, and the mandate itself, was once the Republican alternative to more government-oriented solutions for ensuring every American has health care. Yet even as Democrats—and liberals, holding their noses—settled on a plan that would bring about something close to universal coverage but preserve the private insurance market, Republicans swiftly turned on the mandate as the vilest possible form of tyranny. Among them: Mitt Romney, the GOP’s 2012 standard-bearer, whose reforms as governor of Massachusetts made him the Affordable Care Act’s reluctant godfather; the conservative Heritage Foundation, which included a mandate in its 1989 health care plan; and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who discovered his opposition to Obamacare’s legal precedents just in time to vote to overrule the law.
It wasn’t enough. The Affordable Care Act survives, preserved by a most unlikely savior. When then-Sen. Barack Obama announced he would be voting against the nomination of Roberts to the Supreme Court, he said that “In those 5 percent of hard cases, the constitutional text will not be directly on point.” In those cases, Obama said, “the critical ingredient is supplied by what is in the judge’s heart.” Finding Roberts’ heart harder than he would have liked, Obama cast his vote against the man who would become chief justice.
“I will be voting against John Roberts’ nomination,” Obama said. “I do so with considerable reticence. I hope that I am wrong.”
It looks like he was.
You can read the full Supreme Court decision, and the dissents, right here:
Supreme Court Obamacare Decision (PDF)
Supreme Court Obamacare Decision (Text)
Did the Supreme Court Get Snookered During Obamacare Oral Arguments?
If Obamacare Is Struck Down, These Americans Are in Trouble
Obamacare and the Fate of the Supreme Court
How Saving Obamacare Could Rein In the Welfare State
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line725
|
__label__wiki
| 0.917374
| 0.917374
|
Florida Dems Snub Their Own Challenger To Rick Scott
Senior ReporterBio | Follow
State Sen. Nan Rich (D), candidate for governor of FloridaNan Rich for Governor
Florida Governor Rick Scott is highly unpopular with voters, and polls show him losing his reelection race next year to any generic Democrat. But now that at least one Democratic challenger has emerged, it appears that the Democrats may already be shooting themselves in the foot. Case in point: The Florida Democratic Party denied Nan Rich, the only Democrat who’s jumped into the race, a speaking slot at its annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner later this month.
“I think it’s inappropriate, given the amount of attention the governor’s race will draw,” Rich told the Miami Herald. “I’ve been a candidate for a year. I’ve traveled the state and built a significant infrastructure and grassroots support. And I’m just asking for five minutes.”
Party organizers claimed they didn’t want big donors to get “bored by too many speeches” at the event, but the snub is largely viewed as an attempt to sideline Rich, a state senator, in favor of the party’s preferred candidate, former Republican governor Charlie Crist. (Signs that Crist is seriously considering jumping into the Democratic primary: Most recently an independent, he officially switched party affiliation again in December after losing a Senate race to Sen. Marco Rubio. Then, in early May, he suddenly became a supporter of same-sex marriage, which he’d previously opposed.)
Florida Dems clearly see Crist as the stronger candidate, even if he is, well, a Republican. A recent poll showed Crist prevailing in a Democratic primary, with Rich receiving just 1 percent of the vote, and faring much better than Rich in a matchup with Scott. Still, polls suggest that Crist isn’t exactly a shoe-in, with at least one showing him in a dead heat with Scott. And rank-and-file Democrats are understandably leery about jumping on the bandwagon with a candidate who has previously described himself as a “Jeb Bush Republican.”
But Rich, a stalwart liberal Democrat known for her work on child welfare issues and sharp criticism of Scott, has had trouble raising money and her profile. She could have used the platform at the dinner to help boost her visibility. Instead, the state Democratic party decided it’s more important to hear from the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Meanwhile, the head of the state GOP, Lenny Curry, has seized the opportunity to taunt Florida Democrats for dissing one of their own. He started the hashtag #FreeNanRich and tweeted, “Are big donors really more important than 5 min for @SenatorNanRich?” He also sent out a press release targeted at the state’s Democrats to let Rich on the podium, writing:
While Senator Rich and I might not see eye to eye politically, she has a long history of leadership in public service and deserves five minutes of speaking time as the only announced gubernatorial candidate in your party.
Because Senator Rich is an experienced spokesperson for Democratic ideology in Florida, it must be disappointing to see your Chairwoman, Allison Tant, put the interests of big-dollar donors ahead of a mere five minutes for Florida’s leading champion of liberal causes.
The Rich snub promises the beginning of a bitter primary battle for the right to challenge Scott, who will certainly benefit from the distraction from his own record. Whether the Democratic primary fight will be enough to keep one of the nation’s most loathed governors in office, though, is still very much an open question.
Florida Tea Party’s Unemployment Tests Get Flunked by the Feds
Why Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott Flip-Flopped on Obamacare
Rick Scott, Tax-and-Spend Tea Partier?
What’s It Like to Wake Up From a Tea Party Binge? Just Ask Florida!
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line726
|
__label__wiki
| 0.925487
| 0.925487
|
Dancing With the Tsars: A Gossip Column Dedicated to Celebrities Who Perform for Dictators
Gossip and glitz from the glamorous world of entertaining the world’s autocrats!
Dave Gilson
Deputy Editor (Magazine)Bio | Follow
Asawin Suebsaeng
Totalitarian Request Live
In January, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman went back to North Korea to chill with his “awesome” basketball-loving, uncle-purging pal Kim Jong Un. He even sang “Happy Birthday” to his brotalitarian buddy…Under Siege star Steven Seagal has been hanging out with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and supports his buddy’s annexation of Crimea. This bromance runs deep; in 2011, the Hollywood martial-artist asked Putin to support Russian immortality and artificial body research…Jennifer Lopez reportedly snagged $1.5 million to sing at a bash attended by Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (mind if we call you G-Berdy?), the dictator of Turkmenistan, last June…In October, Julio Iglesias sang at a gig put together by the son of the mysteriously wealthy president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang. With the cheapest seats going for nearly $1,000, fans had to beg, borrow, or steal from the state treasury to get in…Imma let you finish, but Kanye West had the best concert for a dictator’s progeny last year. In August, he rocked the wedding reception of the grandson of Kazakh dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev. $3 million is gonna buy a lot of damn croissants…
“The concert was organized by the president’s daughter and I believe sponsored by UNICEF.”
—Sting, stung by reports that he’d taken more than $1 million to sing at a 2010 concert for the daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, whose police are known for watching every move you make. (Shrugging off the free PR, unicef said it had nothing to do with the event.)
“By going there, I played MUSIC for the Chechenyan [sic] people. I’m a MUSICIAN and would appreciate if you leave me out of your politics.”
—Seal, tweeting after he performed at Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov’s birthday bash in 2011. Also in line for party favors at the bash: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hilary Swank.
Autocratic for the People
While Moammar Qaddafi was busy with one-party rule, his family’s parties ruled! Among the crooners who sang for the Qaddafi kids over the years: Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly Furtado, and Usher. And don’t forget Beyoncé, who reportedly got $2 million for a Caribbean gig thrown by the Libyan strongman’s son Hannibal in 2010. Daddy Qaddafi himself partied all night long with Lionel Richie in 2006.
From the Memory Hole
The King of Pop wasn’t above entertaining lesser royalty. In 1996, the Sultan of Brunei paid Michael Jackson $17 million to moonwalk at his 50th birthday gala. More than a decade later, the gloved one sought a vacay from paparazzi and lawyers in Bahrain, only to be sued for $7 million by his host, Prince Abdullah al-Khalifa, for allegedly bailing on a deal to record an album for the royal record label…And who could forget when James Brown headlined the concert thrown as part of the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle,” the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman bout put on by Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko? As Etta James later dished about her host, the hardest working dictator in sub-Saharan Africa, “This mother was off the wall.”
The Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un Pistachio Commercial You Never Thought You’d See
Kanye West Performs for a Dictator’s Family, and Human Rights Activists Are Livid
After Serenading a Dictator, Jennifer Lopez Won’t Say If She’ll Keep the Fee
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line727
|
__label__wiki
| 0.931879
| 0.931879
|
After Voters Passed Progressive Ballot Initiatives, GOP Legislatures Are Trying to Kill Future Ones
Efforts in several states would make it far more difficult to put new initiatives on the ballot.
Ari Berman
Senior ReporterBio
Demonstrators at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing protest the lame-duck legislative session.Dale G.Young/Detroit News/AP
Last month, voters in Michigan overwhelmingly approved ballot initiatives to enact automatic and Election Day registration, create an independent redistricting commission to prevent gerrymandering, and legalize recreational marijuana. It was a huge victory for progressive policies in a key swing state that narrowly voted for Donald Trump in 2016.
One month later, the Republican-led state House of Representatives responded by passing a bill that would make it far more difficult for state residents to get initiatives onto the ballot in the future.
Michigan isn’t alone in this. Voters in 19 states—including red and purple ones—passed progressive ballot initiatives this year. Florida restored voting rights to as many as 1.4 million ex-felons; Maryland and Nevada joined Michigan in making it easier to register to vote; and Colorado, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah also voted to curb gerrymandering. Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah voted to expand Medicaid; Arkansas and Missouri raised the minimum wage; and Missouri and Utah legalized medical marijuana. The success of progressive ballot initiatives across the country, especially in red states, was one of the most consequential under-the-radar stories of the 2018 elections.
Despite rampant voter suppression, 2018 could be huge year for expanding voting rights. Ballot initiatives in 7 states would make it easier for millions to vote & crack down on gerrymandering. My new video for @motherjones pic.twitter.com/fwtdrhz9Wk
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 12, 2018
But this success has sparked a backlash from state legislatures controlled by Republicans, who have introduced bills in lame-duck sessions that would strike back at these initiatives by making them less likely in future elections.
The measure passed by Michigan’s House, which is now under consideration in the state Senate, would require that no more than 15 percent of the signatures for a ballot initiative come from any one congressional district. Currently, there is no stipulation about where signatures can be gathered in the state, but the new law would force initiative campaigns to collect a far lower share of signatures in high-population (and progressive-leaning) areas like Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Lansing. Instead, they would have to invest many more resources in sprawling, sparsely populated, rural congressional districts. The new legislation “would make it exceedingly more difficult to do constitutional ballot initiatives,” says Sharon Dolente, a voting rights attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, who calls it “a big middle finger to the citizens.”
Even some Republicans are speaking out against the proposal. “It saddens me that my own political party is advocating for it,” state Rep. Martin Howrylak, a Republican from suburban Detroit, told the Detroit News. “When we say reforms, we really mean obstacles to the general public.” Michigan Republicans are trying to pass the bill in a lame-duck session before Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer takes office in January. Bill Rustem, who served as strategy director for Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder, from 2010 to 2014, has called on Snyder to veto the bill, saying it “would make it much more difficult for the citizens of Michigan to have a direct say in their own governance.” The Senate Elections Committee passed the bill on a party-line vote Wednesday, sending it to the full Senate.
Ohio Republicans brought up similar legislation during the lame-duck session. In May, Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that will make it more difficult for legislators to gerrymander congressional districts during the next redistricting cycle. Ohio, like Michigan, is one of the most heavily gerrymandered Republican states in the country.
Sharon Dolente of the ACLU of Michigan calls the state’s anti-ballot-initiative measure a “a big middle finger to the citizens.”
In response, the Republican-controlled Legislature introduced a bill that would require 60 percent support from voters to change the state’s constitution, rather than a simple majority. It also states that signatures gathered for a citizen-led initiative are valid for only 180 days—previously, they didn’t expire—and must be submitted by the beginning of April before a November election, instead of July. That would force signature drives to take place during the frigid winter months in Ohio, when it’s toughest for groups to organize. The proposed changes “would make it nearly impossible for grassroots activists to amend the constitution at the ballot,” tweeted Mike Brickner, Ohio state director for All Voting Is Local, a voting rights group. The legislation failed to pass in the lame-duck session but is expected to be taken up by the Legislature again next year.
The bills in Michigan and Ohio follow a broader trend of state legislatures trying to nullify the will of the people. In 2017 and 2018, more than 100 bills were introduced in 24 states to reverse ballot initiatives, and 10 states adopted legislation to make it more difficult to put citizen-led measures on the ballot, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which advocates progressive ballot measures. “We have been very successful in passing progressive ballot initiatives, and now there’s a trend of politicians trying to take power out of peoples’ hands,” says Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, the group’s director.
In addition to trying to prevent future ballot initiatives, Republican state legislatures are also working to undermine ones that have already passed or are likely to pass soon.
In Michigan, voters gathered enough signatures for ballot measures in 2018 to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick leave. But instead of placing the measures on the ballot, the Michigan Legislature passed them into law before the election so they could later be amended with a simple majority in the Legislature instead of the three-fourths majority needed to amend a ballot initiative. Then, after the election, the Legislature gutted the laws in the lame-duck session, and Snyder signed the bills a month before leaving office. (This is a bipartisan problem: Under pressure from the restaurant industry, the liberal city council in Washington, DC, voted in October to repeal an initiative raising the minimum wage for tipped workers.)
A similar power play is underway in Florida, where 64 percent of voters approved a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to ex-felons. It goes into effect in early January, but the state’s incoming Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, says ex-felons should not be able to register to vote until the Legislature passes a bill implementing the law. Voting rights groups say it’s unnecessary and unconstitutional for the Legislature to intervene. The Florida Legislature has a long history of thwarting ballot initiatives it disagrees with.
In 2016, 46 citizen-led ballot initiatives were approved by voters, but state legislatures later overturned or altered nearly a quarter of those laws. Twenty-six states allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, but 11 of those states also give their legislatures the authority to overturn them.
“There is no doubt that these attacks are part of a coordinated effort,” the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center wrote in a post-election memo. The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, which is funded by large corporations and writes model legislation for state legislatures, has circulated a bill to overturn “living wage” initiatives. And the Republican State Leadership Committee, which works to elect GOP state legislators, has raised huge sums from tobacco companies, the Chamber of Commerce, and the National Rifle Association to defeat progressive ballot initiatives. “Ballot initiatives will not be the left’s mechanism for gaining power and advancing their agenda,” the group wrote in a fundraising memo in 2015.
Ballot initiatives are often described as the purest form of democracy, but some Republicans have been unable to hide their disgust with the process. In 2016, 59 percent of Mainers voted to expand Medicaid, but Republican Gov. Paul LePage said he’d rather go to jail than implement the law. “Referendums is pure democracy, and it has not worked for 15,000 years,” he said in his final State of the State speech.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line729
|
__label__cc
| 0.698592
| 0.301408
|
Williams » Office of the President » Writings and Remarks » Letters from the President » Summary of the October 2018 Board of Trustees meeting
Summary of the October 2018 Board of Trustees meeting
Dear faculty, staff and students,
The Williams Board of Trustees held their regular fall meeting last Friday and Saturday. I’d like to briefly summarize the topics they covered and a few notable discussions and votes.
Every year, the Trustees devote time to learning about important college issues and making decisions in their fiduciary role. You can find reports from past meetings on the Board News section of the college website.
A first piece of important news is that the Trustees selected Liz Robinson ’90 as the next Board chair, beginning her term on July 1, 2019. As a Williams student Liz was a JA, sang in the choir and worked as a teaching assistant in the Economics Department. After graduation she went on to a successful career at Goldman Sachs, ultimately becoming a partner and the firm’s global treasurer. Now retired, Liz serves on the board of Every Mother Counts, among other organizations. Her service to Williams includes chairing the Board’s Audit Committee and membership on the presidential search committee, as well as being an associate class agent and member of her class’s 25th Reunion Fund committee.
July 1 will also end the term of our outgoing Board chair, Michael Eisenson ’77, P ’07. Under Michael’s leadership the board announced its landmark sustainability commitments—goals toward which we’re continuing to make progress. He also guided the creation of our Investment Office, which has done such an extraordinary job of generating support for financial aid, among other programs. And he led the search process that brought me to Williams as president, for which I’m especially grateful!
Here’s an overview of many of the other issues the Trustees covered during their meeting:
The Board received an update on the consideration of options for enhancing our curricular offerings in Asian American Studies. That work is being coordinated by the Curricular Planning Committee, which will make a recommendation to the faculty later in the academic year. The Board is following that process with great interest, as Trustee Kate Queeney ’92 explained to students at Saturday’s open forum.
Dean Marlene Sandstrom introduced the Trustees to the college’s approach to parental notification practices in situations when students are facing severe academic or personal difficulties.
As part of an ongoing series of Board discussions about access and affordability, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Liz Creighton ’01 presented on current admission and financial aid policies, as well as areas of unmet need and tradeoffs for future discussion.
Provost and Professor of Economics Dukes Love updated the Trustees about the college’s work toward the Board’s aforementioned sustainability and climate change initiatives. This includes our progress on carbon reduction, implementation of sustainable building practices and standards, the filling of two new faculty lines in the field that are now occupied by Assistant Professors Alice Bradley in Geosciences and Laura Martin in Environmental Studies and History, and our investment in renewable energy projects. A highlight is the college’s partnership in a major new solar facility, which, when it opens in 2019, will provide 18,000 megawatts per year of clean energy and reduce Williams’ annual emissions by about 5,200 tons annually.
The Board also approved the renovation of Fort Hoosac, our residence for first-year students in the Graduate Program in Art History. The renovated building will be known as Fort Bradshaw in honor of donor support that allowed the renovation to be completed.
Relatedly, the Board heard a progress report from Vice President for College Relations Megan Morey on the Teach It Forward campaign, which has raised $639.8M to date and achieved our 85% alumni engagement goal with eight months to go until the campaign’s conclusion in June 2019.
College treasurer Fred Puddester provided his quarterly financial report, which indicates that the college is in sound financial health.
Chief Investment Officer Collette Chilton reported strong endowment performance for fiscal year 2018. The results will be published later this fall in the Investment Office’s annual report, to be available on the Office’s website.
The Board also voted to contribute funds toward the acquisition of Prospect Mountain, a Nordic ski facility north of the Vermont border. The facility will be managed by a nonprofit that includes Williams alumni, and our investment will secure the right for Williams athletes to use the facility for training and competition.
In the Board’s closing session on Saturday I reviewed plans to conduct a strategic planning process. I shared with Trustees the same slides that I’m using in faculty meetings and will show at our upcoming staff and student forums. The Board is strongly supportive of this process.
Finally, as I mentioned earlier, Trustee Kate Queeney ’92 and fellow members of the Committee on Student Experience hosted an open student forum on Saturday. Approximately 20 students attended, and Kate reports that it was a very good discussion on topics ranging from Asian American Studies to concerns about how the college would navigate the economic impact of catastrophic events. I appreciate everyone who took time to attend and learn about the Trustees and their work.
Every board meeting also includes the work of numerous committees, informing the decisions of the Board as a whole. I encourage you to visit the Committees page of the Board website to learn about each committee’s charge and leadership.
As you can see, it was a typically busy and productive meeting! Future meeting agendas will be equally packed, and I look forward to reporting about them to you in letters like this one.
Beginning our first semester together
Strategic planning update
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line730
|
__label__wiki
| 0.666115
| 0.666115
|
University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan
Hideaki Shimura
Regional Environment Systems
Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley
Shimura, H. (2009). University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan. Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley.
University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan. / Shimura, Hideaki.
In: Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley, 01.11.2009.
Shimura, H 2009, 'University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan', Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley.
Shimura H. University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan. Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley. 2009 Nov 1.
Shimura, Hideaki. / University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan. In: Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley. 2009.
@article{8c9e4cb0517f468b85f008bc1873360d,
title = "University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan",
author = "Hideaki Shimura",
journal = "Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley",
T1 - University-Community Partnerships: New Challenges for Creativity and Livability in Tokyo, Japan
AU - Shimura, Hideaki
JO - Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley
JF - Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line731
|
__label__cc
| 0.607473
| 0.392527
|
Become a Son or Daughter of Liberty
SOL Radio
Constitution and Law
Bradlee’s Blog
Better to Obey God Than Man: While The American Professors Bowed to The State, We Went In Obedience to The Lord and Preached!
Written by: Bradlee Dean
Published on: July 23, 2020
“Were not going to ask the devil for permission to obey The Lord.”
I know all of you carnally-minded men look at those who obey the Lord in these trying times as being rebellious when, in fact, the carnally-minded are being rebellious to God in obedience to tyranny. Yet, if you remember correctly, it was Elijah, the lone prophet of the Lord, who was hunted down because of his defiance to the corrupt King Ahab and his witch Jezebel.
“And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.” -1 Kings 17:18
I could go on with Moses confronting the Pharoah to the disciples confronting the King and the Pharisees.
Trending: If The High Number Of Frontline Health Workers Rejecting The Vaccine Does Not Tell You The Truth Of The Matter, Nothing Will!
“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.” -Acts 5:29
How little do the modern professors understand when it comes to the history of the Church (Hosea 4:6).
With our conversation being predicated upon just that, how is it that anyone could dare deny what it takes to remain a free people under God (2 Corinthians 3:17)?
Over the last 60 years in this country, we have seen where the professors in the American Church have failed to take the stand that the Lord has commanded them to take (Deuteronomy 4; Proverbs 7:2; 1 John 2:6. They claim to be the Lord’s but act more like the devil’s (Matthew 7:16).
One thing that we have done here at the ministry is to be a part of the answers that the Lord has promised rather than being a part of the problems. After all, that is the church’s responsibility (Isaiah 58:12).
Over the last 4 months, we also took notice of the fact that the same professors that have been in the Church rolling over in the face of tyranny are also the ones now bowing to the dictates of the state (Psalm 78:9), when the state has no authority in this area.
We have been looking for opportunities to have Church in the face of tyranny across the land and all to no avail. We even went so far as to look for an office to have services in until this comes to an end.
We were told that the churches were afraid to open up, even after having our friends from Liberty Counsel got on the radio and broadcasted a show where they were told they were free to do so.
The church’s friends voluntarily shut their doors while taking the money (Luke 22:48) and simultaneously, the abortion clinics and liquor stores remained open and mass amounts of criminals were being released back onto the streets of America (Isaiah 5:20).
In the meantime, we were looking for opportunities, even going so far as putting out national fleeces to get someone to respond.
In conclusion, we just got back home from Pennsylvania preaching and Minnesota and Michigan will be next month and Texas the following month.
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! -John 4:35
In Matthew 28:16-20, Jesus said: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Remember, friends, they are commandments, not suggestions.
Sign up to get breaking alerts from Sons of Liberty Media.
Don't forget to like SonsOfLibertyMedia.com on Facebook, Google+, & Twitter.
The opinions expressed in each article are the opinions of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect those of SonsOfLibertyMedia.com.
Study Confirms Your Body Can Produce Its Own Sunscreen Next Post:
At United Nations, Saudi Arabia Calls For “Final Solutions” To Stamp Out “Islamophobia,” Including Prison & Fines
About the Author: Bradlee Dean
Bradlee Dean is an ordained Christian preacher, Radio show host for the #1 show on Genesis Communication Network from 2-3 p.m. central standard (The Sons of Liberty). He is a National Tea Party favorite, as does he speak on High School and college campuses nationwide. Bradlee is also an author, a husband to one and daddy to four boys. You have probably seen Bradlee through such outlets as The New York Times, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, The Weekly Standard etc.. Check out Bradlee's website and follow him on Facebook.
Trending on The Sons of Liberty Media
Moderna Vaccine Recipient With Adverse Effects Speaks Out & The CDC Lies About COVID Deaths
How The UN Is Infiltrating Your City, County & State Through Sustainability
DELTA Airlines BOOTS Two Women for Private Conversation About President Trump (Video)
Who Do They Think That They Are Talking To?
FBI Arrests Left-Wing Anarchist Leader John Sullivan For Inciting Riot In Capitol Siege
America Is Facing The Suspension Of All Human Rights By Tyrants
This COVID Vaccine Secret Is A Stunner!
Sons Of Liberty Radio LIVE 2-3pm CST
Sons Of Liberty Radio AM Edition LIVE 6-7am EST
Striving For Accuracy
At SonsOfLibertyMedia.com, we strive for accuracy in our articles. If, at any time, you see something that needs updating or correction, please click the contact link at the top of the page and advise of correction with a link to the article you are referencing. Thank you.
Donate To SonsOfLibertyMedia.com
Support Us Monthly
Bradlee Dean
The Sons of Liberty is a politically neutral organization. We believe that the Judeo-Christian ethic has provided the principles upon which this nation was founded. It is our belief that these principles provide
not only the foundation and framework for American government and society, but are also essential to the maintenance of a fair and just society. All content is based on a Christian, Biblical world-view.
© 2021 Sons of Liberty Media. Read our Privacy Policy.
What is 3 + five?
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line736
|
__label__cc
| 0.72249
| 0.27751
|
Home Community Local Fundraiser for John Chiang, Candidate for Governor
Local Fundraiser for John Chiang, Candidate for Governor
South Pasadena Contributor
State Senator Anthony Portantino welcomes John Chiang, who spoke this past weekend in South Pasadena.
A fundraiser for gubernatorial candidate John Chiang was held in South Pasadena last Sunday, April 15 at the home of Ellen Daigle. Chiang was introduced by Mayor Rick Schneider and Senator Anthony Portantino. The event was well-attended and included no fewer than twenty-one hosts and co-hosts.
John Chiang is the only person who has ever served in all three of California’s financial offices, including on the Board of Equalization, as State Controller, and currently as the California State Treasurer. As the state’s banker, he oversees trillions of adollars in annual transactions, manages a $75 billion investment portfolio, and is the nation’s largest issuer of municipal bonds.
Supporters of gubernatorial candidate John Chiang. Photos by Harry Yadav
According to the official California State Treasurer’s website Chiang’s accomplishments include: saving the state of California and its agencies $5.5 billion over the life of the bonds through refinancing of older debt, cutting red tape and accessing billions in untapped federal resources for the state’s largest affordable housing program, and cutting off Wells Fargo from its most profitable lines of business with the State of California after it was found to have fleeced thousands of its customers.
“I want to go up to serve in Sacramento and transform what governance in the 21st century looks like. I bring new people to the fold. A lot of this campaign is the old, same institutional powers who want to control Sacramento and lead with the same policies. We need a California that is much more ambitious than that. We’re going to open up the doors,” Chiang stated.
Ellen and Joe Daigle, right, joined by Mayor Richard Schneider, left, hosted the event at their South Pasadena home.
On June 5, Chiang will face off against Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, businessman John Cox, Assemblymember Travis Allen and former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin in the primary election. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will advance to the November election.
The author of this piece, Sean Abajian, is the vice president of the South Pasadena Democratic Club.
govenor
gubernatorial candidate fundraiser
john chiang
Previous article“Operation Cookie” Coming Next Month
Next articleLibrary Hosts Centennial Celebration for William Holden
http://southpasadenareview.com
South Pasadena News and Local Events. Dedicated local coverage of what's happening right here at home from your trusted Hometown Newspaper since 1888, the South Pasadena Review.
Bradbury’s Legacy Illuminated at Library
SPUSD Takes Steps Toward Partial School Reopenings
Local Man’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Experience Still Resonates
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line737
|
__label__cc
| 0.677682
| 0.322318
|
The five best ZTE smartphones you can buy today
ZTE is one of the brands that are better positioning themselves in the smartphone market. The Asian company has managed to sell more than 100 million terminals during 2015, and this year it hopes to consolidate itself as one of the most powerful alternatives to Samsung or Apple. During the next MWC it is expected to present several leading models, but for now we leave you with five of the best ZTE smartphones that you can buy today in stores: ZTE Axon Mini, ZTE Axon Elite, ZTE Blade S6, ZTE Blade V6 or ZTE Blade V220 . Here you are.
ZTE AXON MINI PREMIUM EDITION
We started the review by the ZTE Axon Mini. This terminal receives the nickname "Mini", but it has nothing small. The ZTE Axon Mini bets on a 5.2-inch Full HD screen and sports a very elegant design with the use of metal and the inclusion of an under-camera fingerprint reader. All this with an aspect that is very different from the rest of the proposals that we have seen in the market. One of the main attractions of the Mini is the use of Force Touch technology , which recognizes the level of pressure applied to the screen . It is a technology that is beginning to be deployed now, and that, for example, are carried by the modelsiPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6s .
Complete analysis of the ZTE Axon Mini Premium Edition
Price: 340 euros approx
The second terminal in our selection is the ZTE Axon Elite . It is the “older brother” of the ZTE Axon Mini, with a similar design in which the use of metal prevails and in which two leather stripes have been included to give it a differential touch. This high-end smartphone bets on a 5.5-inch screen with Full HD resolution . In addition, it highlights the inclusion of a double camera on the back to create depth effects. Without a doubt, an excellent proposal for users looking for a computer with a large screen.
ZTE Axon Elite Complete Review
Price: 400 euros approx.
The ZTE Blade S6 is a mid-range mobile that has achieved a good reception among the public. A terminal that does not stand out especially in any of its technical sections, but that does not remain lame in any aspect. Among the most prominent features of the equipment we have a thickness of just 7.7 millimeters which enhances its appeal, a dual SIM card slot , or a good camera with Sony bill and resolution of 13 megapixels.
Complete analysis of the ZTE Blade S6
The ZTE Blade V6 is a step above the previous model. It is a mobile with a metal casing in a one-piece body . But, above all, we liked its design that the company has achieved a very slim body of just 6.8 millimeters and a weight of 122 grams. In addition, the V6 bets on a 5-inch screen with HD resolution, a 13-megapixel rear camera and connectivity with 4G networks.
Complete analysis of the ZTE Blade V6
We finish the review with the ZTE Blade V220 . It is the cheapest mobile on the list, but it still has two very interesting attractions. On the one hand, it uses a design with a metallic body that will give us the feeling of being in front of a higher category smartphone. But also includes a good rear 13 megapixel camera that promises good photos. All this with a commitment to the standard five-inch format .
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line738
|
__label__wiki
| 0.894723
| 0.894723
|
Submit To People On The Move
Print and Online Subscription
Free 4 Week Trial Print Subscription
If Democrats cared about police reform, Tim Scott’s bill would have passed
By Marc A. Thiessen
We saw how seriously congressional Democrats were taking police reform when Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, the second-ranking Democratic leader, dismissed legislation introduced by Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, as a “token, half-hearted approach.”
For Durbin to question the seriousness and sincerity of Scott — a black man who has personally experienced police discrimination — was disgraceful. Scott said of Durbin’s comment, “to call this a token process hurts my soul.” (Durbin later apologized to Scott.)
Not to be outdone, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, described Scott’s bill as “trying to get away with murder, actually. The murder of George Floyd.”
When asked if she would apologize, Pelosi said, “Absolutely, positively not” — though she claimed she had been referring not to Scott but to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentuckey.
Sure, she was.
What Democrats should be apologizing for was their shameful vote on the Senate floor to kill Scott’s legislation — and with it any chance of passing police reform this year. Democrats knew exactly what they were doing. As Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, one of three members of the Democratic caucus who voted to advance the Scott bill, explained, “voting against it will end the discussion of this subject in the Senate for the foreseeable future, and leave us with nothing to show for all the energy and passion that has brought this issue to the forefront of public consciousness.”
He’s right.
If Democrats cared about getting something done, they would have allowed the Senate to move forward and sought to amend Scott’s bill on the floor. There was plenty of basis for compromise. Scott’s legislation had already incorporated a number of Democratic proposals, including: making lynching a federal hate crime, creating a national policing commission to conduct a review of the U.S. criminal justice system, collecting data on use of force by police, barring the use of chokeholds by federal officers and withholding federal funds to state and local law enforcement agencies that do not similarly bar them and withholding federal money to police departments that fail to report to the Justice Department when no-knock warrants are used.
Indeed, Republicans offered to allow votes on as many amendments as Democrats wanted — something Pelosi has refused to allow House Republicans to do to the House police reform bill. Scott promised Democrats he would filibuster his own bill if they did not get votes they sought. As Scott explained in an impassioned floor speech, he even told Democrats he would vote to support some of their amendments, such as expanding the definition of chokeholds and collecting data not just on serious bodily injury and death but on all uses of force by police. “We’ll stay on this floor for as long as it takes and as many amendments as it takes,” he said. With Scott’s backing, some of those amendments would have gotten enough Republican support to pass — giving Democrats the real prospect of making significant changes to the bill.
Even if Democrats didn’t fully embrace the compromise bill the Senate eventually passed, they would have another chance to improve it in negotiations with the House. As anyone who grew up watching "Schoolhouse Rock" knows, the way a bill becomes a law is for the House and Senate to both pass their own versions of a bill and then negotiate a compromise they can put on the president’s desk. If, after all that effort, they still did not like the results of the House-Senate conference, then Democrats (who control the House) could still have refused to bring a final bill to the floor. But at least they could have claimed they made a real effort to reach bipartisan consensus.
But Democrats’ failure to even try this shows they were not interested in compromise. Scott says his Democratic colleagues told him “we’re not here to talk about that” and “walked out.” They voted not to even allow debate on his bill, which they knew meant police reform would not happen this year. That, Scott said, was a tragedy. “We lost — I lost — a vote on a piece of legislation that would have led to systemic change in the relationship between the communities of color and the law enforcement community.”
At a time when much of our country seems to be descending into chaos — with violence in the streets, autonomous zones being declared and mobs pulling down statues — Americans want their elected leaders to behave like adults, work together and get something done. Republicans put forward a good-faith effort to do just that. But Democrats apparently care more about using the issue to energize their base on Election Day than working with Republicans to enact police reform.
Marc A. Thiessen writes a twice-weekly column for The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter, @marcthiessen.
© Washington Post Writers Group
Contact Us | 801-533-0556 ext 203 | News | Events | Newsletters
Design and development by davewebbmedia.com
© 2021 The Enterprise
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line740
|
__label__cc
| 0.604368
| 0.395632
|
Economic crash shows who the real wealth creators are
Posted by: Socialist Party Apr 22, 2020
By Mike Murphy
Plans by governments and central banks to deal with the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic feature in the news virtually every day. While the initial news focus was very strongly on the healthcare system response to the crisis, more recently the focus on the more usual interests of the ruling class has become more pronounced.
The ham-fistedness and callousness of right-wing approaches to the pandemic such as those of Trump in the US and Johnson in Britain should come as no surprise. But their concerns for the wellbeing of the capitalist economy have real merit. The Economist – house journal of the ruling class – reports that falls in sales of over 50% will be common in this recession, and that survival for many companies depends on being able to tap into the $8 trillion of government loans, guarantees and aid currently being made available worldwide.
Who creates the wealth?
As workers globally stop going to work as a result of this pandemic, the world economy in turn has come to a stuttering halt. This is no surprise and it does underline a fundamental point – businesses can’t make money without workers producing value. Day-in day-out, year-in year-out, we are fed a diet of propaganda about billionaires and capitalist “entrepreneurs” being ‘wealth creators’. This can be seen in TV programmes such as RTE’s “Dragons’ Den” and Donald Trump’s (before he became “Commander of Chief of US capitalism) “The Apprentice”. Well, if they are such remarkable wealth creators, why can’t they just squat down and squeeze out some wealth to tide them over right now?
The fact is that new value in a capitalist economy is produced through human labour of the working class. This is an understanding which is fundamental to Marxism, but not solely to Marxism – Adam Smith, a leading early theoretician of capitalism, acknowledged this before Karl Marx was ever heard of. Nature supplies raw materials and resources, but it is human labour which takes these materials and converts them into something which can be traded.
All of the materials needed to produce a laptop, a train or a couch are part of the planet – only human labour can convert these materials into the objects we use today. Cheerleaders of capitalism insist that Smith was wrong, that Marx was even more wrong, and that profits come from risk-taking, business efficiencies, and foregoing consumption. The current crisis fatally undermines such arguments.
The origins of profit
So it is clear that value is produced through work. But how does profit arise from work? After all, a worker produces value but gets paid, right? This is where Marx’s Labour Theory of Value comes in.
Beginning with the fact that the labour of workers produces new value, Marx proposed that the exchange value of an object is derived from the average amount of “socially necessary labour time” required to manufacture it. Socially necessary relates to the average unit time per worker it takes to produce a commodity, be it a hamburger or a motorbike. Changes in supply and demand might see fluctuations in market prices, but a train will always cost more than a laptop precisely because of the different amounts of work required to produce each.
Following on from this, Marx reasoned that profit must be derived from work as well. His explanation was simple – workers are not paid the full value of their labour. In any given working day, a worker might work for eight hours, producing eight-hours-worth of value; but that worker is not paid eight-hours-worth of value. The employer strives to pay them as little as possible, thus appropriating the surplus. So in effect, you might spend eight hours a day working, but your boss only pays you for (say) five hours, and pockets the remaining three-hours-worth of value as profit.
Organised exploitation
In short, the profits of business come from the unpaid work hours of their staff. The capitalists are a class that consistently seek to maximise the amount of surplus value or profit they receive at the expense of the working class. This means that they will try and make us work for longer hours, to cut our wages or do both! They will also seek to undermine our “social wage” i.e. public spending on health and education in order to fund a low to zero corporation or wealth tax regime, as what exists here in Ireland.
Why is it important to make these points now? In the normal run of events, the pro-capitalist PR machine churns out overwhelming waves of propaganda which insist that the rich have become rich through their hard work, clear-sightedness, entrepreneurial spirit, risk-taking. We are told that we are fortunate to have such overlords to guide us, fortunate to have the opportunity to work in their wealth-producing ventures, fortunate to be granted the chance to earn a wage. At times like this crisis, when a gale blows the mists clear, we can see the truth. Workers produce value, not bosses. Capitalism is a system whose purpose is to divert workers’ labour into the pockets of the ruling class. Put simply, it is a system based on organised theft.
Economic crises
Furthermore, there is another very good reason to discuss the Labour Theory of Value. We are facing the worst economic crash since 1929, and the narrative is that everything was going fine up until this novel virus arrived. However as recently as October 2019, the IMF warned of slowing growth and serious dangers for the global economy[6]. Without having fully recovered from the Great Recession, a new one was very much on the horizon. This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise – the history of capitalism is made up of booms and slumps. We know that – but why is that the case? Again, the Labour Theory of Value gives us an important as to why this is the case.
Bosses don’t pay workers the full value of their labour. They make their profits from selling products for their full value, and pocketing the surplus. But here we find a crucial contradiction in the system – all bosses are trying to do the same thing, and the vast bulk of people buying these goods are the very workers who made them to begin with. However these workers, collectively, haven’t been paid enough to buy back all of the things they’ve produced. This does not automatically lead to a recession of course, as some workers will produce goods that they will never consume in any case i.e workers who produce steel or armaments, it is other capitalist companies and states that buy these.
Credit will also be used to fund consumption. This credit-fuelled demand leads to increased production, increased investment in new equipment in order to increase productivity and undercut competitors – but eventually the credit bubble has to burst, and money borrowed has to be repaid. When demand drops, overproduction becomes an issue, workers are fired, workplaces close, unemployment shoots up, and there is a recession with all of the human suffering and misery that entails, and which we remember so well from our very recent experiences. This is what happened in 2008-2009, when you had a “credit crunch” in capitalist economies like the US, prior to this cheap credit based on a housing bubble was used to fund a consumer boom in order to buy the goods produced by low-paid workers in China.
A rotten system
The Covid-19 crisis is a catastrophe which is seeing deaths and illnesses, psychological suffering, impoverishment and misery escalate globally. It has been particularly sharply felt because of the conscious decisions of capitalist governments to under-resource healthcare internationally, and because of the poverty to which so many countries are condemned by the global capitalist system. Like the wars to which it has been compared, this crisis is also a time when the cosy narrative of capitalism being the best, fairest, most rational way of organising our species is challenged by the shock we are experiencing.
The economic crisis which is underway is real and potentially devastating. It is real-world evidence for the correctness of the Labour Theory of Value. This economic downturn will, however, be just one of an ongoing series dating back to the very beginning of capitalism. As long as we allow capitalism to reign, we are guaranteed recessions and the associated suffering of so many.
The case for socialism
Capitalism, at the time when Marx studied it, was still capable of playing a role in developing society in terms of its productive capacity – even though it faced recurring cycles of booms and slumps. Today, however, the system doesn’t do this at all – quite the opposite. For example, instead of investing in expanding production or new technology, the big companies are more often choosing to use the profits we create to buy back their own stock – creating fictitious wealth on the stock markets.
For example, in a three year period from 2017 onwards, US companies spent $2 trillion buying shares in their own companies. This would lead to a higher value for their shares and in turn higher dividends for its major shareholders. In the short term this means that the wealthiest capitalists can increase their wealth even without increasing their profits.
James Connolly called socialism, “the great anti-theft movement”, i.e. a movement of working-class people to end capitalist exploitation and take back the wealth stolen over generations. It means taking into public ownership the major industries, services, banks and insurances, as well as the vast resources and properties amassed by the capitalist class at our expense. This would end the exploitative, parasitic and anarchic rule of a system where the 26 richest people on the planet have personal wealth equal to that of the poorest 50% of humanity.
Instead, workers – the majority, with the skills and expertise – would be placed at the heart of management of a democratically planned socialist economy. This would allow for the real development of production and technology, in an environmentally sustainable way, and with human need, not private profit as the driving force. This is the kind of society which the Socialist Party and International Socialist Alternative are fighting for. Join us today.
Karl Marx 2020-04-22
Engels, Marx & the “Irish Question”
Keynes, the crisis of neoliberalism and why capitalism can’t be reformed
1930s Great Depression & global crisis today
By Socialist Party
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line743
|
__label__wiki
| 0.780143
| 0.780143
|
Home » G. K. Chesterton
Category Archives: G. K. Chesterton
Chesterton’s Jews: An Update
July 18, 2016 8:38 am / Leave a comment
There have been some interesting developments in the months and years since Chesterton’s Jews was first published (in August 2013). For example, in chapter five of Chesterton’s Jews, I introduced the myth that the Wiener Library defends G. K. Chesterton from the charge of “antisemitism,” noting that the resilience of the myth, which received its genesis in the late 1980s, is demonstrated by the fact that there are still numerous internet pages that refer to it. However, since the book was published, the myth has been at least partially uprooted (link for more information). Michael Coren had originally stated that it was the “Wiener Institute, the best monitors of anti-semitism in Britain,” that defended Chesterton from the charge of antisemitism (Michael Coren, “Just bad friends,” New Statesman, 8 August 1986, 30). Three years later, it was “the Wiener Library, the archives of anti-Semitism and Holocaust history in London,” that regarded Chesterton as “a friend, not an enemy” (Michael Coren, Gilbert: The Man Who Was G. K. Chesterton, 1989, 209-210). The implication was that the institution itself defended and regarded Chesterton as a friend. However, in September 2013, Coren clarified that it was not the institution, but rather just one of the many librarians (whose name he does not remember) that have worked there over the years. According to Oliver Kamm in the Jewish Chronicle (online edition, 10 October 2013; print edition, 11 October 2013), when he asked Coren about this, he quickly replied, “regretting that he could not recall the name of the librarian with whom he spoke and that his records from this pre-digital age had not all travelled with him to his current home in Canada.”
A more significant development relates to the movement for the canonisation of Chesterton. When Chesterton’s Jews was published, it was possible to discuss (in chapter six) how Chesterton had been represented as a saint by a number of his admirers, and how a movement that called for the canonisation of Chesterton was growing. If I had waited one more month before publication, I would have also been able to report that Peter Doyle, the bishop of the diocese of Northampton, had appointed a priest, Canon John Udris, to start an investigation into whether Chesterton’s Cause should be formally opened. If I had waited a few months, I would have been able to discuss how this had played out in various newspapers, such as the Catholic Herald (in which Francis Phillips suggested that Chesterton was a “genius,” a “prophet,” who should be canonised and made the patron saint of journalists), the Tablet (in which Richard Ingrams suggested that Chesterton’s writing evinced an “undeniable anti-Semitism,” and that he “shut his eyes to too many nasty things and a saint cannot do that”), and the Jewish Chronicle (in which Oliver Kamm suggested that Chesterton was a writer unfit to be a saint, and Geoffrey Alderman expressed amazement at the lengths that people will go to excuse the “antisemitism” of public figures such as Chesterton), to mention but a few. Since then, Canon Udris has given talks and interviews on Chesterton, suggesting that Chesterton was innocent of “anti-Semitism,” and should be beatified. For example, in an interview in the Catholic Herald (3 March 2014), it was reported that Canon Udris had stated that Chesterton said some “daft things,” such as that the Jews should wear distinctive dress to indicate they were outsiders. According to Udris, “you can understand why people make the assumption that he is anti-Semitic. But I would want to make the opposite case.” And in a talk delivered at Beaconsfield in 2014 (YouTube link), he stated that “the holiness of Chesterton is something that’s infectious.” It will certainly be interesting to see if the investigation initiated by the bishop of Northampton concludes with the Cause of Chesterton being formerly opened.
An Odd Construction of G. K. Chesterton’s “Philosemitism”
May 23, 2014 2:27 pm / 2 Comments on An Odd Construction of G. K. Chesterton’s “Philosemitism”
In his book on G. K. Chesterton’s so-called “holiness” (an edited collection of essays by various contributors), William Oddie argues that Chesterton was not only a saint but also a “philosemite.” Whilst I have looked at some of Oddie’s arguments elsewhere, I thought it would be a good idea to bring them together and examine them afresh.
One of William Oddie’s arguments is that Chesterton could not have been an antisemite because on a number of occasions he defended Jews from antisemitism. According to Oddie, Chesterton felt protective feelings for Jews from his childhood onwards. He presented a diary entry, dated 5 January 1891, which stated that Chesterton felt so strongly about some vicious acts of cruelty to a Jewish girl in Russia that he was inclined to “knock some-body down”. He also quotes from letters by Chesterton’s alter-ego, Guy Crawford (under which name Chesterton published a series of letters). These were printed in the Debater, the magazine of the “Junior Debating Club,” in 1892. In these letters, Crawford discusses his plans to go to Russia to help “the Hebrews” suffering in pogroms. As William Oddie observed, the series of letters ends with “Guy Crawford” siding with a revolutionary mob in St. Petersburg, and leaping to the defence of a Jewish student. The student, who was killed in this fantastical account, was described by Crawford as “a champion of justice, like thousands who have fallen for it in the dark records of this dark land”. The Guy Crawford letters can be found in G. K. Chesterton [Guy Crawford, pseud.], “The Letters of Three Friends,” Debater III: no.13 (March 1892), 9-11; no.14 (May 1892), 27-29; no.17 (November 1892), 70-71. These examples probably provide a fair reflection of Chesterton’s late teenage attitudes (he was 16 when he wrote the diary entry, and 17-18 when he wrote the “Guy Crawford” letters). However, his childhood and young adult worldview, as with most people, changed as he developed. An example of his developing worldview can be seen in The Napoleon of Notting Hill, published in 1904, when Chesterton was about 30 years of age. William Oddie has himself noted this protean development of views in Chesterton’s life, noting that in this novel, Chesterton expressed “distaste for modernity and progress.” Oddie quite rightly points out that this distaste was “a recent volte-face.” See William Oddie, “The Philosemitism of G.K. Chesterton,” in William Oddie, ed., The Holiness of G.K. Chesterton (Leominster: Gracewing,2010), 124-137 and William Oddie, Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 7-8, 80-81.
This was not however the only volte-face in Chesterton’s worldview and discourse. He also changed his views about the Jews, and his early protective feelings developed into something which at its best was ambiguous and ambivalent, and at its worst hostile, stereotyping and caricaturing. A relatively early, partial, and by his later standards mild manifestation of this volte-face can be found in his novel, Manalive (1912), which reflected his worldview no less than the letters of Guy Crawford. According to the narrator of the story, “wherever there is conflict, crises come in which any soul, personal or racial, unconsciously turns on the world the most hateful of its hundred faces.” In the case of Moses Gould, the Jew in the novel, it was “that smile of the Cynic Triumphant, which has been the tocsin for many a cruel riot in Russian villages or mediaeval towns”. The transition from innocent victim in Russia to cynic-triumphant was only a partial volte-face. The more complete volte-face would come later in the early 1920s, when Chesterton started to claim that the Jews were persecuting Russians. His narratives about the Jewish tyrant were intertwined with stereotypes about the Jewish Bolshevik. For example, in February 1921, Chesterton observed that there was once “a time when English poets and other publicists could always be inspired with instantaneous indignation about the persecuted Jews in Russia. We have heard less about them since we heard more about the persecuting Jews in Russia”. According to Chesterton, it was not necessary for all Jews to support Bolshevism for it to be a Jewish movement. He stated that “it is not necessary to have every man a Jew to make a thing a Jewish movement; it is at least clear that there are quite enough Jews to prevent it from being a Russian movement”. He made a similar point in August 1920: “There has arisen on the ruins of Russia a Jewish servile State, the strongest Jewish power hitherto known in history. We do not say, we should certainly deny, that every Jew is its friend; but we do say that no Jew is in the national sense its enemy”. The “servile State” was an allusion to Hilaire Belloc’s book, The Servile State (1912). According to Belloc, the servile state is a society in which the majority of individuals and families are forced and constrained by “positive law” to labour on behalf of a tight-knit minority of rich capitalist plutocrats or tyrannical Bolsheviks (i.e. the enslavement of “the proletariat”). Chesterton was implying that Russia had been transformed into such a servile State, run for the benefit of the Jews. See G.K. Chesterton, Manalive (London: Thomas Nelson, 1912), 289; G.K. Chesterton, “The Statue and the Irishman,” New Witness, 18 February 1921, 102; G.K. Chesterton, “The Beard of the Bolshevist,” New Witness, 14 January 1921, 22; G.K. Chesterton, “The Feud of the Foreigner,” New Witness, 20 August 1920, 309; Hilaire Belloc, The Servile State (1912).
Oddie also points to Chesterton’s defence of Captain Alfred Dreyfus as further proof of Chesterton’s philosemitism. In 1899, when he was about 25 years of age, Chesterton did (as Oddie rightly notes) write a poem entitled “To a Certain Nation” as a reproach to France for the injustice done to Captain Dreyfus. However, what Oddie neglects to mention is that Chesterton soon reversed his opinion. This volte-face occurred around 1906, when Chesterton was about 32 years of age. In 1906, Chesterton added a note to the second edition of The Wild Knight which reveals that by 1906 he had started to change his position about where the greater injustice lay. The note stated that whilst “there may have been a fog of injustice in the French courts; I know that there was a fog of injustice in the English newspapers.” According to the note, he was unable to reach a “proper verdict on the individual,” which he largely attributed to the “acrid and irrational unanimity of the English Press.” Chesterton maintained this antipathy about Dreyfus and his defenders throughout his life. In letters to The Nation in 1911, Chesterton referred to the Jew “who is a traitor in France and a tyrant in England,” and stated that in “the case of Dreyfus,” he was quite certain that “the British public was systematically and despotically duped by some power – and I naturally wonder what power.” He argued in 1928 that Dreyfus may or may not have been innocent, but that the greater crime was not how he had been treated at trial but how the English newspapers buried the evidence against him. According to Chesterton, “the English newspapers incessantly repeated that there was no evidence against Captain Dreyfus. They then cut out of the reports the evidence that he had been seen in German uniform at the German manoeuvres; or that he had obtained a passport for Italy and then gone to Germany.” Chesterton stated that when he discovered this, “something broke inside my British serenity; and a page of print has never been the same to me again.” In another article (in 1927) Chesterton did defend a Jew, Oscar Slater, from the charge of murder, thereby seemingly showing that Chesterton was not ceaselessly antisemitic. However, seemingly unwilling to defend one Jew without sniping at another, he again repeated as part of this defence of Oscar Slater the accusation that the English newspapers left out “evidence that Dreyfus had appeared in German uniform at the German manoeuvres.” In another article, this time published in 1933, he criticised Hitler and Nazi antisemitism (something he did on a number of occasions as his defenders, including William Oddie, have pointed out), whilst yet again arguing that the English “were never told, for instance, that Dreyfus had got leave to go to Italy and used it to go to Germany; or that he was seen in German uniform at the German manoeuvres.” As Julia Stapleton rightly noted in her book, Christianity, Patriotism, and Nationhood: The England of G. K. Chesterton (2009, 46), it seems that it never occurred to Chesterton to question whether there was any truth in the highly dubious allegations that Dreyfus was seen “in German uniform at the German manoeuvres,” or whether the claims “were suspect and thus beyond the realms of responsible journalism.” See G.K. Chesterton, The Wild Knight, 1st ed. (London: Grant Richards, 1900), 94-96; G.K. Chesterton, The Wild Knight, 2nd ed. (London: Brimley Johnson and Ince, 1906), viii; G.K. Chesterton to the Editor, The Nation: 18 March 1911 and 8 April 1911; G.K. Chesterton, “Dreyfus and Dead Illusions,” G.K.’s Weekly, 25 February 1928, 993; G.K. Chesterton, “In Defence of a Jew,”, G.K.’s Weekly, 27 August 1927, 575; G.K. Chesterton, “The Horse and the Hedge,” G.K.’s Weekly, 30 March 1933, 55.
As previously mentioned, William Oddie also points out (quite rightly) that Chesterton bitterly criticised the Nazis during the 1930s. He was in fact a staunch critic of Hitler and Nazi antisemitism. However, Chesterton considered his critiques of “Hitlerism” and Nazi antisemitism to be entirely consistent with his earlier stereotypes of the Jew and his proposed so-called solutions to the so-called “Jewish Problem”. Chesterton believed that Hitler was right to worry about the so-called Jewish Problem, but wrong in his approach to it. As far as Chesterton was concerned, the rise of Hitlerism clarified the urgency of solving the so-called Jewish Problem. Significantly, he not only continued to maintain his antisemitic stereotypes of the Jew from 1933 onwards, he incorporated them into the very articles in which he condemned and criticised Hitlerism. According to Chesterton in July 1933, “it is perfectly true that the Jews have been very powerful in Germany. It is only just to Hitler to say that they have been too powerful in Germany.” Chesterton argued that it will be very difficult for Hitler to persuade Germans to amputate the Jewish contributions to German culture, such as Heinrich Heine and Felix Mendelssohn. “But again,” he continued, “it is but just to Hitlerism to say that the Jews did infect Germany with a good many things less harmless than the lyrics of Heine or the melodies of Mendelssohn.” Chesterton even seemed to believe in the idea of a Jewish conspiracy, for he went on to state that “it is true that many Jews toiled at that obscure conspiracy against Christendom, which some of them can never abandon; and sometimes it was marked not be obscurity but obscenity. It is true that they were financiers, or in other words usurers; it is true that they fattened on the worst forms of Capitalism; and it is inevitable that, on losing these advantages of Capitalism, they naturally took refuge in its other form, which is Communism”. Chesterton repeated the stereotype of rich greedy Jews in other articles that were critical of Hitler. He condemned “Herr Hitler and his group” for “beat[ing] and bully[ing] poor Jews in concentration camps,” but then he stated that “what is even worse, they do not beat or bully rich Jews who are at the head of big banking houses”. Chesterton repeated the stereotype of the pro-German Jew in his critique of Hitler. He asked, “was Hitler really so ignorant, that he did not know that the Jews were the prop of the Pro-German cause throughout the world?” Chesterton criticised Hitler, and then repeated his claim that there is a Jewish Problem. He explained that “there is a Jewish problem; there is certainly a Jewish culture; and I am inclined to think that it really was too prevalent in Germany. For here we have the Hitlerites themselves, in plain words, saying they are a Chosen Race. Where could they have got that notion? Where could they even have got that phrase, except from the Jews?” See G.K. Chesterton, “The Judaism of Hitler,” G.K.’s Weekly, 20 July 1933, 311; G.K. Chesterton, “On War Books,” G.K.’s Weekly, 10 October 1935, 28; G.K. Chesterton, “A Very Present Help,” G.K.’s Weekly, 4 May 1933, 135; G.K. Chesterton, “A Queer Choice,” G.K.’s Weekly, 29 November 1934, 207.
William Oddie also referred to Michael Coren’s biography of Chesterton which claimed, without any source citation to substantiate the claim, that Chesterton had been defended by the Wiener Library. According to Oddie, “Coren quotes the view of the Wiener Library, the archive of anti-semitism in London, that he was not ‘seriously anti-semitic’, though he ‘played along’ and therefore ‘has the public reputation of anti-semitism.’” However, that defence has subsequently been demolished, with the director of the Wiener Library rejecting the claim in the Wiener Library News. Ben Barkow, the director of the Wiener Library, reported in 2010 that “numerous websites cite a made-up quotation by the Library stating that Chesterton was not antisemitic. Our efforts to have these false attributions removed have largely failed.” The same issue of the Wiener Library News contained a short report (by the present author) on the widely cited “Wiener Library Defence.” Michael Coren has acknowledged that he does not know the name of the librarian that he spoke to. This would suggest that the reported views were the personal sentiments of one of the librarians or volunteers who have worked at the institute, rather than, as Oddie phrases it, “the view of the Wiener Library”. It is of course impossible to verify even this much without a name – and indeed, it may be reasonably asked why the librarian’s name was not collected and cited at the time by Coren if it was supposedly the official view of the Wiener Library. See William Oddie, “The Philosemitism of G.K. Chesterton,” 130; Michael Coren, Gilbert: The Man Who was G. K. Chesterton (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989), 209-210; Ben Barkow, “Director’s Letter,” Wiener Library News, Winter 2010, 2; Simon Mayers, “G. K. Chesterton and the Wiener Library Defence,” Wiener Library News, Winter 2010, 10; Oliver Kamm, “Chesterton defence that doesn’t stand up,” Jewish Chronicle, 10 October 2013 (link). For more on this, see my blog post: “The Resilient Myth that the Wiener Library defends G. K. Chesterton from the charge of antisemitism.”
For those interested, my recent book, Chesterton’s Jews, contains a thorough examination of the antisemitic stereotypes and caricatures in the literature and journalism of G. K. Chesterton.
Ian Ker on G. K. Chesterton’s so-called “Semitism”
April 2, 2014 7:41 pm / 2 Comments on Ian Ker on G. K. Chesterton’s so-called “Semitism”
Ian Ker’s biography of G. K. Chesterton, published in 2011, seems to be widely regarded as the most comprehensive study of Chesterton to date. It is therefore instructive to see how Ian Ker deals with the accusation that Chesterton was antisemitic. Employing Chesterton’s own words, Ker notes that Chesterton and his friends (i.e. Hilaire Belloc and the staff at the New Witness) were often rebuked for “so-called ‘Anti-Semitism’; but it was ‘always much more true to call it Zionism.’” And this would seem to be the main basis for Ker’s defence of Chesterton, the argument that he was not antisemitic because he sympathised with Zionism. Chesterton’s sympathy for Zionism soon waned, and by 1925 his editorials in G.K.’s Weekly were ambivalent if not deprecating towards Zionism (link for more on this). Putting aside the fact that Chesterton’s so-called Zionism largely evaporated in the mid-1920s, the very reasons given for his support of Zionism serve to further demonstrate Chesterton’s distorted views about Jews. Again defending Chesterton and his friends in Chesterton’s own words, Ian Ker argues that the substance of “their ‘heresy’” was “in saying that Jews are Jews; and as a logical consequence that they are not Russian or Roumanians or Italians or Frenchmen or Englishmen.” Ker notes that Chesterton pointed out that his Zionism was based on “the theory that any abnormal qualities in the Jew”, such as being “traders rather than producers” and “cosmopolitans rather than patriots”, are “due to the abnormal position of the Jews.” The claims that “the Jew” has “abnormal qualities” (even if “the Jew” is patronisingly excused rather than blamed for having these abnormal qualities), and that he or she cannot really be English, French, German or Italian, and neither contributes nor feels patriotism for the countries within which he or she lives – views that I am confident Ian Ker does not share with Chesterton – are not just deprecating (so much for the Jews who fought and died for their countries during the First and Second World Wars), but also rooted in pervasive anti-Jewish myths and stereotypes. And yet Ker seems to agree with Chesterton that his “Zionism” was “Semitism” rather than “Anti-Semitism: “if that was ‘Anti-Semitism’, then Chesterton was an ‘Anti-Semite’ – but it would seem more rational to call it Semitism.” I cannot help wondering, if someone was to make similarly unacceptable and bigoted claims about Catholics – and indeed the prejudiced claim was often made in England during the 19th century that Catholics were different, dangerous and disloyal (English Jews and Catholics both having to fight for their emancipation during the 19th century) – and argue that English Catholics should be encouraged to depart England for a Catholic country, and that those who choose to remain should be required to wear distinctive clothing, would Ian Ker regard such prejudiced statements as “Anti-Catholic” or “Catholic”. And if he concluded that they were Anti-Catholic, why is he happy to regard Chesterton’s views as “Semitism” rather than “Anti-Semitism”? In my mind, prejudices, whether anti-Catholic or anti-Jewish (or anti- any other cultural group), are simply unacceptable. See Ian Ker, G. K. Chesterton: A Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 419-420.
In fairness, Ian Ker does acknowledge that the history of persecutions and pogroms in Europe “should have made Chesterton more cautious in what he said about the Jews.” However, Ker then argues that there were “mitigating” circumstances that should be taken into account. He suggests that Chesterton made these statements after his “beloved brother had died in a patriotic war soon after being found guilty in a libel case brought by a Jewish businessman who had effectively corrupted politicians in the Marconi scandal” and also after “international finance, in which Jews were very prominent, had played a not inconsiderable part in leaving Germany only partially weakened by the Treaty of Versailles.” According to Ker: “When, then, Chesterton demands that any Jew who wishes to occupy a political or social position … ‘must be dressed like an Arab’ to make it clear that he is a foreigner living in a foreign country, we need to bear those factors in mind.” Putting aside the dubious stereotype of the corrupt Jewish plutocrat, there are other flaws in these so-called “mitigating” circumstances. Firstly, Chesterton stated that it was not just particular Jews – or Jews seeking to “occupy a political or social position” as Ker suggests – that should be made to “wear Arab costume”, but rather “every Jew must be dressed like an Arab”. Chesterton explained that: “If my image is quaint my intention is quite serious; and the point of it is not personal to any particular Jew. The point applies to any Jew, and to our own recovery of healthier relations with him. The point is that we should know where we are; and he would know where he is, which is in a foreign land.” Secondly, Chesterton did not, as Ker suggests, wait until his brother’s death (in December 1918) or the Treaty of Versailles (signed in June 1919) to make these dubious claims. For example, exhibiting his prejudice and stereotypes about both Arabs and Jews, he had already argued that “our Jews” should be required to wear “Arab costume” in the pages of the New Witness in 1913. See Ian Ker, G. K. Chesterton: A Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 422-423. G. K. Chesterton, “What shall we do with our Jews?”, New Witness, 24 July 1913, 370; and G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, 1920), 227.
Referring to Zionism, Chesterton stated that: “For if the advantage of the ideal to the Jews is to gain the promised land, the advantage to the Gentiles is to get rid of the Jewish problem, and I do not see why we should obtain all their advantage and none of our own. Therefore I would leave as few Jews as possible in other established nations”. Jews leaving Europe was, Chesterton suggested, simply the best way to get rid of the so-called “Jewish Problem”. Chesterton’s defenders would seem to believe that this demonstrates Chesterton’s warm friendly sentiments to Jews, but as Owen Dudley Edwards quite rightly concluded in the Chesterton Review: “to say that a man wishes you and all your people to live somewhere else, is not to say that he likes you. It does mean that he doesn’t want to murder you, but if you call someone an anti-Semite you are not necessarily calling him a Hitler, real or potential.” See G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, 1920), 248; and Owen Dudley Edwards, “Chesterton and Tribalism,” Chesterton Review VI, no.1 (1979-1980), 37.
Chesterton’s Jews
March 30, 2014 11:38 pm / 2 Comments on Chesterton’s Jews
G. K. Chesterton was a journalist and prolific author of poems, novels, short stories, travel books and social criticism. Prior to the twentieth century, Chesterton expressed sympathy for Jews and hostility towards antisemitism. He was agitated by Russian pogroms and felt sympathy for Captain Dreyfus. However, early into the twentieth century, he developed an irrational fear about the presence of Jews in Christian society. He started to argue that it was the Jews who oppressed the Russians rather than the Russians who oppressed the Jews, and he suggested that Alfred Dreyfus was not as innocent as the English newspapers claimed (click link for more on Chesterton and the Dreyfus Affair). His caricatures of Jews were often that of grotesque creatures dressed up as English people. His fictional and his non-fictional works repeated antisemitic stereotypes of Jewish greed and usury, bolshevism, cowardice, disloyalty and secrecy.
Available at: Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Amazon.de Amazon.fr
Many of Chesterton’s admirers fervently deny the presence of anti-Jewish hostility in his writings. Some of his defenders believe that Chesterton was an important figure within the Church, perhaps even a prophet or a saint. In fact, a growing number of people would like to see Chesterton canonised as a saint, and no doubt some are concerned that the accusation of antisemitism might prove an obstacle to such efforts. Since the publication of Chesterton’s Jews, the Bishop of Northampton, Peter Doyle, has appointed Canon John Udris to conduct an initial fact-finding investigation into the possibility of starting a cause for the canonisation of Chesterton. According to a report in the Catholic Herald on 3 March 2014, one of the reasons that the bishop selected Canon Udris for this investigation was that he has a “personal devotion to Chesterton,” and could thus be expected to put some “energy” into it. According to the report, referring to Chesterton’s argument that the Jews should be made to wear distinctive clothing so that everyone will know that they are “outsiders” (i.e. foreigners), Canon Udris observed that “you can understand why people make the assumption that he is anti-Semitic. But I would want to make the opposite case.” (Link for more on this canonisation investigation).
G. K. Chesterton’s “Daft” Suggestion: “Every Jew must be dressed like an Arab”
March 24, 2014 11:26 pm / Leave a comment
According to a report in the Catholic Herald on 3 March 2014, Canon John Udris, who has been appointed to conduct an initial fact-finding investigation into the possibility of starting a Cause for the canonization of G. K. Chesterton, observed that the accusation of antisemitism was the main obstacle to the Cause. According to the report, Canon Udris observed that “Chesterton said some ‘daft things’, including a suggestion that Jewish people should wear distinctive dress to indicate they were outsiders.” He concluded that: “You can understand why people make the assumption that he is anti-Semitic. But I would want to make the opposite case.” Mark Greaves, “G K Chesterton ‘breaks mould of conventional holiness’, says Cause investigator,” Catholic Herald (online), 3 March 2014.
The most notable instance of this “daft” suggestion – “quaint” but “quite serious” according to Chesterton – can be found in The New Jerusalem (1920). Chesterton argued that the Jews in England should be allowed to occupy any occupation but with one important stipulation: “But let there be one single-clause bill; one simple and sweeping law about Jews, and no other. Be it enacted, by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in Parliament assembled, that every Jew must be dressed like an Arab. Let him sit on the Woolsack, but let him sit there dressed as an Arab. Let him preach in St. Paul’s Cathedral, but let him preach there dressed as an Arab. It is not my point at present to dwell on the pleasing if flippant fancy of how much this would transform the political scene; of the dapper figure of Sir Herbert Samuel swathed as a Bedouin, or Sir Alfred Mond gaining a yet greater grandeur from the gorgeous and trailing robes of the East. If my image is quaint my intention is quite serious; and the point of it is not personal to any particular Jew. The point applies to any Jew, and to our own recovery of healthier relations with him. The point is that we should know where we are; and he would know where he is, which is in a foreign land.” G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, [1920]), 227.
This was not the first time that Chesterton had suggested that Jews should be required to wear distinctive Arab clothing. In fact, Chesterton’s suggestion that all Jews should be legally required to wear distinctive “Arab costume” when in public was a part of his peculiarly Chestertonian construction of the Jew (exhibiting his caricatures and stereotypes about both Arabs and Jews). For example, in 1913, seven years prior to The New Jerusalem, he had already harked back to the Middle Ages for his solution to the so-called Jewish Problem. He observed that in the Middle Ages it was felt that the Jews, “whether they were nice or nasty, whether they were impotent or omnipotent… were different.” He noted that this recognition was expressed by “a physical artistic act, giving them a definite dwelling place and a definite dress.” This was a clear allusion to the ghetto and the Jew hat. Chesterton however had different ideas about appropriate though equally distinctive clothing. The Jews, he argued, should be required by law to “wear Arab costume.” “By all means let [a Jew] be Lord Chief Justice; but let him not sit in wig and gown, but in turban and flowing robes.” He observed that the “modern mood” is such that “I must advance it as a joke,” but he regarded it as a very real issue. He concluded that “if the Jew were dressed differently we should know what he meant; and when we were all quite separate we should begin to understand each other.” Similarly, in 1914, he stated in his regular column in the Illustrated London News, that the Jews may one day come to realize that they risk trading the faith of Moses and Isaiah for that of the Golden Image and the Market Place, and they may “wish they were sitting like an Arab in a clean tent in a decent desert.” G. K. Chesterton, “What shall we do with our Jews?”, New Witness, 24 July 1913, 370; G. K. Chesterton, Our Notebook, Illustrated London News, 28 February 1914, 322.
Zionism and “Privilege” according to G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc
March 5, 2014 6:26 pm / Leave a comment
G. K. Chesterton, like his friend Hilaire Belloc, believed that the so-called “Jewish problem” was an intrinsic fact. In What I Saw in America (1922), he observed that if Henry Ford, the American automobile industrialist and antisemitic author of The International Jew, had “discovered that there is a Jewish problem, it is because there is a Jewish problem.” Americans, he observed, have inherited “a prejudice against Anti-Semitism; a prejudice of Anti-Anti-Semitism,” and yet even they “found the Jewish problem exactly as they might have struck oil; because it is there, and not even because they were looking for it.” G. K. Chesterton, What I Saw in America (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922), 140-142.
Chesterton’s belief in the “Jewish problem” was manifest in a number of antisemitic stereotypes in his literature and journalism before and long after the Marconi Affair. The earliest example was the cowardly and secretive Jewish shopkeeper in “The Ball and the Cross,” which was first published as a feuilleton in the Commonwealth in 1905 and 1906, and later re-published as a book in 1910. G. K. Chesterton, “The Ball and the Cross,” Commonwealth: vol. 10, no. 3-12 (1905), and vol. 11, no. 1, 2, 4, 6, 11 (1906); G. K. Chesterton, The Ball and the Cross (London: Wells Gardner, Darton, 1910). The latest examples were a series of articles published in G.K.’s Weekly in the 1920s and 1930s. According to Chesterton, the greedy Jew, the Jewish Bolshevik, the Jewish coward, the unpatriotic Jew and the secretive Jew, were an intolerable irritant in Christian society. Chesterton also believed that Captain Dreyfus had probably been a German spy, arguing that the English press covered up all the evidence against him. He suggested that the heart of the matter was that the Jews living in England only masqueraded as Englishmen, rather than, as he conceived it, living openly as Jews. Chesterton fervently believed that to “recognize the reality of the Jewish problem is very vital for everybody and especially vital for Jews. To pretend that there is no problem is to precipitate the expression of a rational impatience, which unfortunately can only express itself in the rather irrational form of Anti-Semitism.” G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, 1920), 230-231.
Chesterton maintained his belief in the “Jewish problem” until the end of his life. In his Autobiography (1936), he stated that “I am not at all ashamed of having asked Aryans to have more patience with Jews or for having asked Anglo-Saxons to have more patience with Jew-baiters. The whole problem of the two entangled cultures and traditions is much too deep and difficult, on both sides, to be decided impatiently. But I have very little patience with those who will not solve the problem, on the ground that there is no problem to solve.” G. K. Chesterton, Autobiography (London: Hutchinson, 1936), 76.
It is often argued by his supporters that Chesterton could not have been antisemitic because he was a fervent supporter of Zionism. It is certainly true that motivated by his desire to solve the “Jewish Problem” by removing as many Jews from Europe as possible, Chesterton initially supported Zionism. Chesterton stated in The New Jerusalem (1920) that: “For if the advantage of the ideal to the Jews is to gain the promised land, the advantage to the Gentiles is to get rid of the Jewish problem, and I do not see why we should obtain all their advantage and none of our own. Therefore I would leave as few Jews as possible in other established nations.” G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, 1920), 248.
Jews leaving Europe was, Chesterton believed, simply the best way to remove the so-called “Jewish Problem”. Of course, as Owen Dudley Edwards rightly concluded in his essay in the Chesterton Review, “to say that a man wishes you and all your people to live somewhere else, is not to say that he likes you.” Owen Dudley Edwards, “Chesterton and Tribalism,” Chesterton Review VI, no.1 (1979-1980), 37.
In any case, Chesterton’s sympathy for Zionism did not last long. By 1925, the tone of his editorials in G.K.’s Weekly was ambivalent to Zionism. Zionism, one of his editorials argued, was falling into “the mud of mere commercialism.” The editorial suggested that there was “some good in the idea of Zionism; but Zionism does not include that good.” The purpose of Zionism, it observed, was to “relieve the pressure of the Jewish problem on all the other nations; to drain the Jewish element that lies everywhere in lakes or puddles, or wanders everywhere in streams or sewers, into that central sea of a real spiritual unity; the kingdom of Israel.” The problem, it contended, was that Zionism added a Jewish Problem in Palestine without diminishing it anywhere else. “We have,” it observed, “given him yet another country in which he can be an interloper and a nuisance.” The editorial concluded that the Jew is in Jerusalem as he is in any other part of the world, “but he is not at home there, for he cannot rest.” Another editorial in the paper stated that “the blow that destroyed our own Zionism was the Rutenberg Concession.” Chesterton observed that whilst he still believed in the concept of Zionism, he was now against the implementation of Zionism. He stated that he still believed in the idea of Zionism as a solution to the Jewish Problem, and that he would like to see it tried again. However, he now believed that Zionism should be attempted in some other place or places, such as Africa. Notes of the Week, G.K.’s Weekly, 4 April 1925, 27; G.K.’s Weekly, 2 May 1925, 126; Editor’s reply, The Cockpit, G.K.’s Weekly, 18 July 1925, 399-400.
For Belloc, the encounter between Jews and Christians was both a theological and socio-political conflict between fundamentally opposing factors. This can be seen in The Jews (1922). “The continued presence of the Jewish nation intermixed with other nations alien to it presents a permanent problem of the gravest character,” Belloc stated, and furthermore, he continued, “the wholly different culture, tradition, race and religion of Europe makes Europe a permanent antagonist to Israel.” Belloc drew his “solution” (i.e. a return to segregation) from the history of the Church. He explained that “wherever the Catholic Church is powerful, and in proportion as it is powerful, the traditional principles of the civilization of which it is the soul and guardian will always be upheld. One of these principles is the sharp distinction between the Jew and ourselves.” He stated that the “Catholic Church is the conservator of an age-long European tradition, and that tradition will never compromise with the fiction that a Jew can be other than a Jew. Wherever the Catholic Church has power, and in proportion to its power, the Jewish problem will be recognized to the full.” Belloc suggested that “recognition” was the solution successfully adopted by the Church for hundreds of years. He stated that segregation can be imposed by force or achieved by a mutual and amicable agreement in a way that satisfies both the “alien irritant” and the “organism segregating it.” Belloc hoped that the latter option could be adopted, with the Jews openly recognizing their “wholly separate nationality,” and the non-Jews, recognizing “that separate nationality, treating it without reserve as an alien thing, and respecting it as a province of society outside our own.” He argued that the term “segregation,” which he acknowledged “has a bad connotation,” may then be “replaced by the word recognition.” This he suggested was the most practical and moral solution. Hilaire Belloc, The Jews (London: Constable, 1922), 3-5, 209-210.
Belloc’s initial description of “recognition” implied that segregation would be “voluntary”. It was however a very odd sense of voluntariness. It was voluntary only if the Jews would embrace it; if they did not embrace it, it would be imposed anyway. At the end of his book he argued that if the proposal of recognition is “made on our side, the Jew may refuse any such bargain.” Belloc concluded that if he decides to “dig his heels in,” and continues to insist on full recognition as a Jew and as a member of “our” community, then “the community will be compelled to legislate in spite of him.” Recognition of separate national status would not be an abstract principle. He argued that Jewish institutions already in existence should be extended, such as Jewish schools, Jewish tribunals and the Jewish press, so that Jewish interaction with non-Jews can be minimised. He stated that once an atmosphere is created “wherein the Jews are spoken of openly, and they in their turn admit, define, and accept the consequences of a separate nationality in our midst,” then, finally, “laws and regulations consonant to it will naturally follow.” Belloc’s “solution” was to gradually return the Jews to a Jewish enclave or ghetto. Jews would be legally confined to operating within their own social and legal institutions and excluded from Christian civilisation. Hilaire Belloc, The Jews (London: Constable, 1922), 14, 271-274, 304.
Whilst Belloc employed the term “recognition” for his solution in The Jews in 1922, he had already outlined the core aspects of this solution in the Eye Witness in 1911, and referred to it as “privilege.” This was the exact same euphemism that Chesterton employed in the New Jerusalem in 1920. Whilst Chesterton initially supported Zionism and Belloc opposed it, there were significant similarities between their views. Chesterton stated that ideally “as few Jews as possible” would be left in other nations once they had the option of going to “the promised land,” and those who remain should, he suggested, be given “a special position best described as privilege; some sort of self-governing enclave with special laws.” “Of course,” he observed, “the privileged exile would also lose the rights of a native.” He stated that the Jews who remain in England should be allowed to occupy any occupation but with one important stipulation: they should be required to go about “dressed like an Arab.” He stated that “if my image is quaint my intention is quite serious; and the point of it is not personal to any particular Jew. The point applies to any Jew, and to our own recovery of healthier relations with him. The point is that we should know where we are; and he would know where he is, which is in a foreign land.” This so-called “privileged position,” he believed, should not only be assigned to those Jews who choose to remain in England when they can go to the New Jerusalem; if Zionism fails, he stated, “I would give the same privileged position to all Jews everywhere, as an alternative policy to Zionism.” Hilaire Belloc, “The Jewish Question: VIII. The End – Privilege,” Eye Witness, 26 October 1911, 588-589; G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, 1920), 227, 248.
The antisemitic proposition that Jews should be required to wear distinctive clothing was not a new idea to Chesterton. As early as July 1913, seven years prior to The New Jerusalem, he had already reported that in the Middle Ages, it was “felt about the Jews, whether they were nice or nasty, whether they were impotent or omnipotent, was that they were different.” Chesterton stated that this recognition was expressed by “a physical artistic act, giving them a definite dwelling place and a definite dress.” This was a clear allusion to the ghetto and Judenhut. Chesterton however had different ideas about appropriate though equally distinctive clothing. The Jews should not, he argued, be “excluded from any civic rights when they obey the civic order,” but conversely they should, Chesterton concluded, be required to “wear Arab costume.” He stated that: “By all means let [a Jew] be Lord Chief Justice; but let him not sit in wig and gown, but in turban and flowing robes.” Chesterton concluded that “if the Jew were dressed differently we should know what he meant; and when we were all quite separate we should begin to understand each other.” G. K. Chesterton, “What shall we do with our Jews?”, New Witness, 24 July 1913, 370.
Whilst Chesterton’s suggestion that all Jews should be legally required to wear distinctive “Arab costume” when in public was a part of his peculiarly Chestertonian construction of the Jew (exhibiting his prejudice against both Arabs and Jews), he closely followed Belloc in suggesting so-called “privilege” (i.e. segregation) as the alternative solution for those Jews who remained in England. Whilst they disagreed about Zionism, their solutions and terminology for the so-called “Jewish Problem”, at least for those Jews who remained in England, were very similar. This was summed up in the New Witness (the magazine that G. K. Chesterton owned and edited), according to which the “ideal solution” for getting rid of the Jews was Zionism, whereas the “alternative solution” was so-called “privilege (their euphemism for segregation). “The Case for Oscar Levy,” New Witness, 7 October 1921, 194.
For more on G. K. Chesterton’s antisemitic stereotypes of “the Jew” and his constructions of the so-called “Jewish problem” and its so-called “solution”, please see Chesterton’s Jews: Stereotypes and Caricatures in the Literature and Journalism of G. K. Chesterton (2013).
G. K. Chesterton and the Stereotype of the Jewish Coward
The stereotype of the cowardly Jew, though less prominent than the greedy Jew and the Jewish Bolshevik stereotypes in his discourse, was another feature in Chesterton’s antisemitic construction of “the Jew.” He argued that bravery and patriotism were foreign to the Jewish makeup. This antisemitic stereotype appeared in particular in 1917 and 1918. For Chesterton, the virtues of bravery, chivalry and patriotism were intertwined. That the Jews did not share these “Christian” qualities was, Chesterton believed, a point that should be understood, even excused, but certainly recognised. In an article on 11 October 1917, he stated that he felt “disposed to gibbet the journalist at least as much as the Jew; for the same journalism that has concealed the Jewish name has copied the Jewish hysteria.” According to Chesterton, “at least the wretched ‘alien’ can claim that if he is scared he is also puzzled; that if he is physically frightened he is really morally mystified. Moving in a crowd of his own kindred from country to country, and even from continent to continent, all equally remote and unreal to his own mind, he may well feel the events of European war as meaningless energies of evil. He must find it as unintelligible as we find Chinese tortures.” Chesterton claimed that he was inclined to “the side of mercy in judging the Jews,” at least in comparison to certain newspaper “millionaires.” He argued that a Jew with a gold watch-chain “grovelling on the floor of the tube” was not as ugly a spectacle as the newspaper millionaires who multiply their “individual timidity in the souls of men as if in millions of mirrors.” Chesterton was willing to accept that there were rare and exceptional Jews who won medals for bravery, but he was not willing to concede this to more than a small number of Jews. Such Jews, he argued, were rare, and so they should be honoured not merely as “exceptionally heroic among the Jews,” but also as “exceptionally heroic even among the heroes.” Chesterton concluded that it “must have been by sheer individual imagination and virtue that they pierced through the pacifist materialism of their tradition, and perceived both the mystery and the meaning of chivalry.” G. K. Chesterton, “The Jew and the Journalist,” At the Sign of the World’s End, New Witness, 11 October 1917, pp. 562-563.
When later quizzed by Leopold Greenberg, the proprietor-editor of the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish World, on 14 June 1918, as to whether he himself had witnessed Jews cowering in tube stations, Chesterton admitted that he had not personally witnessed this, but he argued that it was a matter of common knowledge. In an article on 21 June 1918, he stated that “the problem of aliens in air-raids is a thing that everybody knows.” He suggested that he could hardly be expected to go looking “for Jews in the Tubes, instead of going about my business above ground.” Chesterton concluded that if his affairs had led him into the Tubes during an air raid, he would probably have seen what others have reported, and the editor of the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish World would no doubt have “refused my testimony as he refused theirs.” Somewhat patronizingly, Chesterton “excused” the Jew of his so-called cowardice during air raids, attributing it to the “psychological effect of a Gotha on a Ghetto”. He explained that he himself had “defended the Jew so situated; comparing him for instance to a Red Indian who might possibly be afraid of fireworks, to which he was not accustomed, and yet not afraid of slow fires, to which he was accustomed.” G. K. Chesterton, At the Sign of the World’s End, New Witness, 21 June 1918, pp. 148-149. See also “A Reckless Charge,” Jewish Chronicle, 14 June 1918, 4.
Whilst Chesterton claimed that he was inclined towards mercy in judging cowardice, he was utterly unprepared to tolerate “pacifism”. Articles in 1917 and 1918 suggested that pacifism elevated cowardice to an ideal and denigrated bravery as a vice. It is one thing, he argued, to “feel panic and call it panic,” quite another to “cultivate panic and call it patriotism.” Chesterton regarded “absolute pacifism and the denial of national service simply as morally bad, precisely as wife-beating or slave-owning are morally bad.” He directed some “words of advice” to the Jews. He stated that “in so far as you say that you yourself ought not to be made to serve in European armies, I for one have always thought you had a case; and it may yet be possible to do something for you, … If you say that you ought not to fight, at least we shall understand. If you say that nobody ought to fight, you will make everybody in the world want to fight for the pleasure of fighting you.” Referring to Jews, he stated that “if they talk any more of their tomfool pacifism to raise a storm against the soldiers and their wives and widows, they will find out what is meant by Anti-Semitism for the first time.” G. K. Chesterton, “The Jew and the Journalist,” At the Sign of the World’s End, New Witness, 11 October 1917, pp. 562-563 and G. K. Chesterton, “The Grand Turk of Tooting,” Sign of the World’s End, New Witness, 25 October 1917, pp.610-611.
The reality is that during the First and Second World Wars, Anglo-Jews signed up for the armed forces with great enthusiasm. Despite this, Chesterton was not alone in embracing this antisemitic stereotype. As Tony Kushner (1989), Professor of the History of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton (and director of the Parkes Institute), has rightly stated: “On pure statistical grounds there was again no basis for the Jewish war shirker image to come about. To explain its pervasive appeal one has, as usual, to examine the past Jewish stereotype. The most significant aspect in this respect was the combined image of the cowardly and non-physical Jew.” Kushner explains that “the combined image of Jews as weak, cowardly, alien and powerful were all strongly ingrained in the public mind. Indeed the strength of such imagery is highlighted by the experience of Jews in the British Forces during the Second World War. As was the case in the 1914-18 conflict, a disproportionate number of Jews joined the Forces – 15% of Anglo-Jewry or 60,000 men and women compared to 10% of the population as a whole.” Tony Kushner, The Persistence of Prejudice: Antisemitism in British society during the Second World War (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989), 122-123.
For more on this and other stereotypes and caricatures in Chesterton’s discourse, please see my recent book, Chesterton’s Jews: Stereotypes and Caricatures in the Literature and Journalism of G. K. Chesterton.
G. K. Chesterton and the Stereotype of “the Jewish Bolshevik”
In a previous report I looked at the stereotype of the so-called greedy Jew in G. K. Chesterton’s fictional and journalistic discourse. In this report I will look at the stereotype of the “Jewish Bolshevik” in his discourse.
In his essay on G. K. Chesterton’s so-called “philosemitism,” William Oddie argues that Chesterton could not have been an antisemite because on a number of occasions he defended Jews from antisemitism [1]. William Oddie presented a diary entry, dated 5 January 1891, which stated that Chesterton felt so strongly about some vicious acts of cruelty to a Jewish girl in Russia that he was inclined to “knock some-body down”. He also quotes from letters by Chesterton’s alter-ego, Guy Crawford (under which name Chesterton published a series of letters). These were printed in the Debater, the magazine of the “Junior Debating Club,” in 1892. In these letters, Crawford discusses his plans to go to Russia to help “the Hebrews” suffering in pogroms. As William Oddie observed, the series of letters ends with “Guy Crawford” siding with a revolutionary mob in St. Petersburg, and leaping to the defence of a Jewish student. The student, who was killed in this fantastical account, was described by Crawford as “a champion of justice, like thousands who have fallen for it in the dark records of this dark land” [2]. These examples probably provide a fair reflection of Chesterton’s late teenage attitudes. However, his worldview, as with most people, changed over time. An example of his developing worldview can be seen in The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904). According to William Oddie, in this novel, Chesterton expressed “distaste for modernity and progress.” He quite rightly points out that this distaste was “a recent volte-face” [3]. This was not however the only volte-face in Chesterton’s worldview and discourse. He also changed his views about the Jews.
A relatively early and partial manifestation of this volte-face can be found in his novel, Manalive (1912), which reflected his worldview no less than the letters of Guy Crawford. According to the narrator of the story, “wherever there is conflict, crises come in which any soul, personal or racial, unconsciously turns on the world the most hateful of its hundred faces.” In the case of Moses Gould, the Jew in the novel, it was “that smile of the Cynic Triumphant, which has been the tocsin for many a cruel riot in Russian villages or mediaeval towns” [4]. As Cheyette has observed, the construction of the Jew as “innocent victim” seems to have been replaced in Manalive by the Russian Jew’s so-called “racial failure to go beyond his ‘cynical’ rationality” [5].
The transition from innocent victim in Russia to arch-cynic in Russia was only a partial volte-face. The complete volte-face would come later in the early 1920s, when Chesterton started to claim that the Jews were persecuting Russians. His narratives about the Jewish tyrant were intertwined with stereotypes about the Jewish Bolshevik. For example, in February 1921, Chesterton observed that there was once “a time when English poets and other publicists could always be inspired with instantaneous indignation about the persecuted Jews in Russia. We have heard less about them since we heard more about the persecuting Jews in Russia” [6]. He repeated this narrative about how it was once observed that it was the Jews who were persecuted in Russia, and now it is the Jews who persecute Russians, in What I Saw in America (1922). He stated that “we used to lecture the Russians for oppressing the Jews, before we heard the word Bolshevist and began to lecture them for being oppressed by the Jews” [7].
There were of course many Jews who were sympathetic towards Socialism and Bolshevism, just as there were many non-Jews who were sympathetic towards Socialism and Bolshevism. There were also many Jews who were antagonistic towards Bolshevism, and it was in no sense a Jewish movement. Chesterton did at least recognise that not all Jews were Bolsheviks, but he claimed that those who were not Bolsheviks were instead rich capitalists. Capitalism, he believed, was merely the other side of Communism. Despite acknowledging that not all Jews were Bolsheviks, he nevertheless painted a picture of Bolshevism as a specifically Jewish movement. For example, Chesterton stated in January 1921 that a study by H. G. Wells contained a “touch of an unreal relativity” when it came to “the Jewish element in Bolshevism.” Wells had observed that whilst many of the Russian exiles were Jewish, there were some who were not Jews. As he had on many other occasions, Chesterton conversely rejected the idea that Jews could be Russians. He clarified that the exiles were Jewish as there were “next to no real Russian exiles.” More significantly, he stated that “it is not necessary to have every man a Jew to make a thing a Jewish movement; it is at least clear that there are quite enough Jews to prevent it from being a Russian movement” [8]. He made a similar claim in August 1920: “There has arisen on the ruins of Russia a Jewish servile State, the strongest Jewish power hitherto known in history. We do not say, we should certainly deny, that every Jew is its friend; but we do say that no Jew is in the national sense its enemy” [9].
In June 1922, Chesterton expressed his hope that “some day there may be a little realism in the newspapers dealing with public life, as well as in the novels dealing with private life.” He stated that on that day, “we may hear something of the type that really is Bolshevist and generally is Jewish.” In addition to the type that becomes “an atheist from a vague idea that it is part of being a revolutionist,” there was “another type, less common but more clear-headed, who has really become a revolutionist only as part of being an atheist.” According to Chesterton, it was pointless to question this “special sort of young Jew” who exhorted the poor to attack the priest even though the priest was even poorer than they were, because “it was only in order to attack the priest that he ever troubled about the poor.” Chesterton concluded that this type of Jew “knows his own religion is dead; and he hates ours for being alive” [10].
Referring to Dr Oscar Levy, a prominent Jewish scholar of Nietzsche, Chesterton stated that: “He is a very real example of a persecuted Jew; and he was persecuted, not merely by Gentiles, but rather specially by Jews. He was hounded out of this country in the most heartless and brutal fashion, because he had let the cat out of the bag; a very wild cat out of the very respectable bag of the commercial Jewish bagman. He told the truth about the Jewish basis of Bolshevism, though only to deplore and repudiate it.” However, in response, Oscar Levy promptly wrote to Chesterton, pointing out that he was not driven out of England by Jews at all, and that the Jewish Chronicle and Jewish World had supported him against the decision by the Home Office. Furthermore, Levy argued that Bolshevism was more closely related to Christianity than to Judaism. The idea that the Anglo-Jewish community pulled the strings of the Home Office to arrange for Levy to be removed from Britain was simply a Bellocian and Chestertonian antisemitic invention [11].
Chesterton never abandoned the myth that Bolshevism was a Jewish movement. For example, whilst criticising “Hitlerism” in 1933, he asserted that the Jews “fattened on the worst forms of Capitalism; and it is inevitable that, on losing these advantages of Capitalism, they naturally took refuge in its other form, which is Communism. For both Capitalism and Communism rest on the same idea: a centralisation of wealth which destroys private property.” And referring to Jews in his autobiography, he stated that “Capitalism and Communism are so very nearly the same thing, in ethical essence, that it would not be strange if they did take leaders from the same ethnological elements” [12].
Notes for G. K. Chesterton and the Stereotype of “the Jewish Bolshevik”
1. William Oddie, “The Philosemitism of G. K. Chesterton,” in William Oddie, ed., The Holiness of G. K. Chesterton (Leominster: Gracewing, 2010), 124-137.
2. William Oddie, “The Philosemitism of G. K. Chesterton,” 127-128; William Oddie, Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 80-81. The diary entry for 5 January 1891 can be found on page 24 of notebook (1890-1891), ADD MS 73317A, G. K. Chesterton Papers. The letters can be found in G. K. Chesterton [Guy Crawford, pseud.], “The Letters of Three Friends,” Debater III: no.13 (March 1892), 9-11; no.14 (May 1892), 27-29; no.17 (November 1892), 70-71. The letters were published in 1892, not 1891 as William Oddie suggests.
3. William Oddie, Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908, 8.
4. G. K. Chesterton, Manalive (London: Thomas Nelson, 1912), 289.
5. See Bryan Cheyette, Constructions of “the Jew” in English Literature and Society: Racial Representations, 1875-1945 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 192.
6. G. K. Chesterton, “The Statue and the Irishman,” New Witness, 18 February 1921, 102.
7. G. K. Chesterton, What I Saw in America (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922), 142.
8. G. K. Chesterton, “The Beard of the Bolshevist,” New Witness, 14 January 1921, 22.
9. G. K. Chesterton, “The Feud of the Foreigner,” New Witness, 20 August 1920, 309. Chesterton shared this idea that Bolshevism was a Jewish movement with his close friend Hilaire Belloc. See Hilaire Belloc, The Jews (London: Constable, 1922), 167-185. See also Simon Mayers: The Catholic Federation, Hilaire Belloc, Antisemitism and Anti-Masonry
10. G. K. Chesterton, “The Materialist in the Mask,” New Witness, 30 June 1922, 406-407.
11. See G. K. Chesterton, “The Napoleon of Nonsense City,” G.K.’s Weekly, 14 August 1926, 388-389; Letter from Oscar Levy to the editor of G.K.’s Weekly, “Dr. Oscar Levy and Christianity,” G.K.’s Weekly, 13 November 1926, 126; Letter from Oscar Levy to the editor of G.K.’s Weekly, “Mr. Nietzsche Wags a Leg,” G.K.’s Weekly, 2 October 1926, 44-45. For more on Chesterton and Oscar Levy, see the following blog post, “A look at G. K. Chesterton and Oscar Levy on the ‘169th birthday’ of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche”
12. G. K. Chesterton, “The Judaism of Hitler,” G.K.’s Weekly, 20 July 1933, 311 and G. K. Chesterton, Autobiography (London: Hutchinson, 1936), 76.
G. K. Chesterton and the Stereotype of “the Greedy Jew”
December 9, 2013 4:24 pm / Leave a comment
Prior to the twentieth century, G. K. Chesterton expressed sympathy for Jews and hostility towards antisemitism. He was agitated by Russian pogroms and felt sympathy for Captain Dreyfus. However, early into the twentieth century, he started to fear the presence of Jews in Christian society. He started to argue that it was the Jews who oppressed the Russians rather than the Russians who oppressed the Jews, and he suggested that Dreyfus was not as innocent as the English newspapers claimed (click link for more on Chesterton and Dreyfus). His caricatures of Jews were often that of grotesque creatures dressed up as English people. His fictional and his non-fictional works repeated antisemitic stereotypes of Jewish greed, usury, capitalism, bolshevism, cowardice, disloyalty and secrecy (each of these stereotypes are examined in detail in my recent book, Chesterton’s Jews). In this report, I will briefly examine Chesterton’s stereotype of the greedy usurious Jew.
It has been argued by a number of Chesterton’s defenders that if Chesterton did harbour ill will towards Jews, then it was only to particular Jews (such as Rufus and Godfrey Isaacs), that it was only subsequent to the notorious Marconi affair, and that it faded after a few years. Chesterton’s stereotyping of the greedy usurious Jew did not in fact revolve around the Marconi Affair and was not confined to particular individuals. His antisemitic stereotype of the greedy Jew can be partly traced to his idealisation of the Middle Ages and his critique of modernity. Chesterton traced many of the problems of modernity back to the Reformation, which he suggested tore Europe apart faster than the Catholic Church could hold it together [1]. He was romantically attracted to the Middle Ages, which he imagined to be a relatively well-ordered period in history, with happy peasants, Christianity as a healthy part of every-day life, and the trades managed equitably and protected by the Church and the guild system. The medieval guilds, he suggested, prevented usury from disrupting the balance of society and destroying the livelihood of the peasantry.
The usurers and plutocrats that Chesterton had in mind were Jewish. In his A Short History of England, published in 1917, Chesterton implied that the Jews were not as badly treated in the Middle Ages as often portrayed, though they were sometimes handed over to “the fury of the poor,” whom they had supposedly ruined with their usury [2]. In order to obtain the vast sums demanded by King John in the early thirteenth century, Jews were arrested, property seized, some Jews were hanged, and one Jew had several teeth removed to persuade him to pay the sums demanded. Even poor Jews had to pay a tax or leave the kingdom [3]. However, according to Chesterton, the idea that Jews were compelled to hand over money to King John or have their teeth pulled was a fabrication: “a story against King John” rather than about him. He suggested that the story was “probably doubtful” and the measure, if it was enacted, was “exceptional.” The Christian and the Jew, he claimed, had “at least equal reason” to view each other as the ruthless oppressor. “The Jews in the Middle Ages,” he asserted, were “powerful,” “unpopular,” “the capitalists of the age” and “the men with wealth banked ready for use” [4].
Chesterton repeated a similar narrative about King John (and Richard Lion-Heart) in his newspaper, the G.K.’s Weekly: “John Lackland, as much as Richard Lion-Heart, would have felt that to be in an inferior and dependent position towards Isaac of York for ever was utterly intolerable. A Christian king can borrow of the Jews; but not settle down to an everlasting compromise, by which the Jews are content to live on his interest and he is content to live on their clemency” [5].
According to Chesterton, “medieval heresy-hunts spared Jews more and not less than Christians” [6]. A reoccurring hero in many of Chesterton’s short stories was Father Brown. Dale Ahlquist (2003), one of Chesterton’s staunch defenders, observes that Father Brown and Chesterton share the same “moral reasoning” [7]. This would seem to be confirmed in “The Curse of the Golden Cross” (1926). In this story, Father Brown, like Chesterton, argued that it was a myth that Jews were persecuted in the Middle Ages: “‘It would be nearer the truth,’ said Father Brown, ‘to say they were the only people who weren’t persecuted in the Middle Ages. If you want to satirize medievalism, you could make a good case by saying that some poor Christian might be burned alive for making a mistake about the Homoousion, while a rich Jew might walk down the street openly sneering at Christ and the Mother of God’” [8].
In The New Jerusalem (1920), Chesterton again argued that Jews were inclined to usurious practices. It was not just the Jews that he caricatured. He also repeated stereotypes about gypsy pilfering and kidnapping (click link for more on Chesterton and the stereotype of the child-kidnapping gypsy). He suggested that a comparison may be made between “Gipsey pilfering” [9] and “Jewish usury.” Both “races,” he observed, “are in different ways landless, and therefore in different ways lawless.” Chesterton referred to the pilfering of chickens by gypsies, and the kidnapping of children, which he correlated to Jewish usury and fencing. He outlined his case as follows: “It is unreasonable for a Jew to complain that Shakespeare makes Shylock and not Antonio the ruthless money-lender; or that Dickens makes Fagin and not Sikes the receiver of stolen goods. It is as if a Gipsey were to complain when a novelist describes a child as stolen by the Gipseys, and not by the curate or the mothers’ meeting. It is to complain of facts and probabilities.” He concluded that “there may be good Gipseys” and “good qualities which specially belong to them as Gipseys.” “Students of the strange race,” he observed, have even “praised a certain dignity and self respect among the women of the Romany. But no student ever praised them for an exaggerated respect for private property, and the whole argument about Gipsey theft can be roughly repeated about Hebrew usury” [10].
The problem of the wandering Jewish financier, Chesterton suggested, was not confined to Europe. He argued in G.K.’s Weekly that America was the new pied a terre of the international Jewish financier, and that it was for the sake of such Jews that Britain has “clung to the American skirts” [11]. The stereotype of the greedy plutocratic Jew can also be found in Chesterton’s short stories and novels. For example, at the conclusion of “The Bottomless Well,” Horne Fisher, the detective protagonist of the story, engages in a diatribe against the Jews. “It’s bad enough,” he observed, “that a gang of infernal Jews should plant us here, where there’s no earthly English interest to serve, and all hell beating up against us, simply because Nosey Zimmern has lent money to half the Cabinet.” He went on to state: “But if you think I am going to let the Union Jack go down and down eternally like the Bottomless Well, down into the blackness of the Bottomless Pit, down in defeat and derision amid the jeers of the very Jews who have sucked us dry – no, I won’t, and that’s flat; not if the Chancellor were blackmailed by twenty millionaires with their gutter rags, not if the Prime Minister married twenty Yankee Jewesses” [12]. Another story, “The Five of Swords,” revolves around cowardly Jewish moneylenders who ruin and murder their victims [13].
One question that may be asked is what led Chesterton to embrace this and other antisemitic stereotypes. One possible answer is that his closest friend, Hilaire Belloc, convinced him of their veracity. Chesterton and Belloc met in 1900. By 1904, Chesterton was working with Belloc on his novel Emmanuel Burden (providing Belloc with a number of sketches for the characters in his novel, including the main antagonist, I. Z. Barnett, who is portrayed as a greedy, manipulative and fraudulent German Jew). In this novel, Barnett formulated a project, the “African M’Korio” scheme, which involved the manipulation of the stock market, the exploitation of Africa, and the destruction of Emmanuel Burden, a naïve but honest British merchant. It was not just in his fiction that Belloc constructed his image of exploitive Jews in Africa. In a letter to Chesterton in 1906, Belloc stated that he was “now out against all Vermin: notably South African Jews”. Significantly, it was around this time that Chesterton started to stereotype Jews in his own fiction – the earliest example being the cowardly and secretive Jewish shopkeeper in The Ball and the Cross, which was first published as a feuilleton in the Commonwealth in 1905/6. [14].
Another stereotype of “the Jew” that was prominent in Chesterton’s discourse (and shared by Belloc) was the Jewish Bolshevik. Chesterton often closely linked this stereotype to that of Jewish bankers, usurers and capitalists. He maintained that the rich Jewish capitalists and poor Jewish Bolsheviks were merely the other side of, if not closely associated and allied with, each other. He argued that “Big Business and Bolshevism are only rivals in the sense of making rival efforts to do the same thing; and they are more and more even doing it in the same way. I am not surprised that the cleverest men doing it in both cases are Jews.” According to Chesterton, the “whole point” of the New Witness was to maintain that “Capitalism and Collectivism are not contrary things. It is clearer every day that they are two forms of the same thing” [15]. The stereotype of the Jewish Bolshevik, which was almost as pervasive in Chesterton’s discourse as that of the greedy usurious Jew, will be examined in my next report on Chesterton (click here for link to G. K. Chesterton and the Stereotype of “the Jewish Bolshevik”).
Notes for G. K. Chesterton and the Stereotype of “the Greedy Jew”
1. G. K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1910), 42.
2. G. K. Chesterton, A Short History of England (London: Chatto & Windus, 1917), 108-109.
3. Anthony Julius, Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 118-119, 643 fn.82-84.
5. G. K. Chesterton, “The Neglect of Nobility,” Straws in the Wind, G.K.’s Weekly, 4 August 1928, 327.
6. G. K. Chesterton, Autobiography (London: Hutchinson, 1936), 76.
7. Dale Ahlquist, G. K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003), 166.
8. G. K. Chesterton, “The Curse of the Golden Cross,” in G. K. Chesterton, The Complete Father Brown Stories (London: Wordsworth Classics, 2006), 432. This short story was originally published in 1926.
9. The strange spelling of Gipsey is Chesterton’s. The spelling has been changed in some later editions of The New Jerusalem.
10. G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson, [1920]), 232. An editorial in G.K.’s Weekly repeated the same stereotypes linking the so-called child-kidnapping gypsy with the usurious Jew. See G.K.’s Weekly, 2 May 1925, 126.
11. G. K. Chesterton, “Exodus from Europe,” Straws in the Wind, G.K.’s Weekly, 28 December 1929, 247.
12. G. K. Chesterton, “The Bottomless Well,” in G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories (London: Cassell, 1922), 73.
13. G. K. Chesterton, “The Five of Swords,” in G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories (London: Cassell, 1922), 255-282.
14. See Hilaire Belloc, Emmanuel Burden (London: Methuen, 1904); Letter from Hilaire Belloc to G. K. Chesterton, February 1906, ADD MS 73190, fol. 14, G. K. Chesterton Papers, British Library Manuscripts, London; G. K. Chesterton, “The Ball and the Cross,” Commonwealth: vol. 10, no. 3-12 (1905), and vol. 11, no. 1, 2, 4, 6, 11 (1906).
15. G. K. Chesterton, “Rothschild and the Roundabouts,” At the Sign of the World’s End, New Witness, 17 November 1922, 309-310.
G. K. Chesterton and the Myth of the Child-Kidnapping Gypsy
October 24, 2013 5:08 pm / Leave a comment
It was reported in various newspapers yesterday (23/10/2013) that Irish police had seized a blonde-haired girl from a Roma Gypsy family in Dublin. According to the report in the Times, “the blonde girl with blue eyes, believed to be aged seven, was taken from her Dublin home after a tip-off to police that she did not look like her parents or siblings, who have dark hair and complexions.” The report in the Times noted similarities with other recent cases. For example, it noted that police arrested a Roma woman in Greece in 2008 and accused her of kidnapping a blonde girl. DNA tests later proved that the Roma woman in Greece was the parent. According to Siobhan Curran, the co-ordinator of a Roma support project, “old stereotypes” are being resurrected that could lead to a “witch-hunt” [1].
According to a BBC news report today (24/10/2013), DNA tests have now proven that the blond girl in Dublin is the daughter of the Roma parents. A statement by An Garda Síochána (the Irish Police service) observed that “protecting vulnerable children is of paramount importance”. On the surface the statement seems reasonable enough. However, if tip-offs based on little more than children being blonde-haired are sufficient to lead to them being removed from their Roma parents by police, then Siobhan Curran’s concerns about old stereotypes and a witch-hunt are not without foundation [2].
Significantly, G. K. Chesterton, currently being investigated as a possible candidate for sainthood, also repeated this myth of the child-kidnapping gypsy. He combined this anti-Roma myth with that of the anti-Jewish stereotype of the “Hebrew usurer”. According to Chesterton in The New Jerusalem: “It is absurd to say that people are only prejudiced against the money methods of the Jews because the medieval church has left behind a hatred of their religion. We might as well say that people only protect the chickens from the Gipseys because the medieval church undoubtedly condemned fortune-telling. It is unreasonable for a Jew to complain that Shakespeare makes Shylock and not Antonio the ruthless money-lender; or that Dickens makes Fagin and not Sikes the receiver of stolen goods. It is as if a Gipsey were to complain when a novelist describes a child as stolen by the Gipseys, and not by the curate or the mothers’ meeting. It is to complain of facts and probabilities. There may be good Gipseys; there may be good qualities which specially belong to them as Gipseys; many students of the strange race have, for instance, praised a certain dignity and self-respect among the women of the Romany. But no student ever praised them for an exaggerated respect for private property, and the whole argument about Gipsey theft can be roughly repeated about Hebrew usury.” [3]
The myth of the child-kidnapping gypsy who steals chickens and children (linked to a caricature of “the Jews” and “Zionism”) can also be found in Chesterton’s newspaper. According to G.K.’s Weekly: “The idea of Zionism may be impossible, but it was certainly ideal. It consisted of the perfectly true conception that in the quarrel of Jews and Gentiles there had been faults on both sides. It is rather as if the authorities had gone to the race that we call Gypsies and said something like this, without the least malice or prejudice and with a desire for a settlement: ‘We think it is absurd of you to say that none of you ever steal chickens; and we suspect that there is some truth in the story that some of you stole children. On the other hand, we think it abominable that you should be knocked about from pillar to post, and hunted by landlords and magistrates, and we make a proposal. We will give you a great piece of common land where you often camp and build you houses there and hope we shall all be friends.’ That was the implication of Zionism; the world as a whole had some persecution to apologize for; the Jews as a whole had some usury and similar things to apologise for.” [4]
As Peter McGuire (lecturer in Irish Folklore at University College Dublin) reports, the child-kidnapping gypsy, like the ritual murdering Jew (another antisemitic myth that Chesterton seemed to embrace [5]), is a character from folktale. For centuries, Jews and Roma have both been branded as thieves, parasites, sorcerers, child-kidnapers and murderers. McGuire concludes, quite rightly, that it is sad but true that “societies are notoriously resistant to accept or even consider evidence which challenges the ancient prejudices expressed in folklore” [6]. The fact that Roma and Sinti continue to be vilified, and child-kidnapping folktales continue to circulate, testifies to the resilience and durability of such cultural myths and stereotypes.
Notes for G. K. Chesterton and the Myth of the Child-Kidnapping Gypsy
1. “Police seize blonde girl from Roma in Dublin,” The Times, 23 October 2013, p.5. Similar reports can be found in other English daily newspapers for 23 October 2013.
2. “DNA tests prove Dublin Roma girl is part of family,” BBC News Europe (link here).
3. G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1920), p.232. Page numbers in other editions may vary but the page can be found in chapter XIII. The strange spelling of “Gipsey” is found in the Thomas Nelson and Sons 1920 edition of The New Jerusalem. Some later editions of The New Jerusalem have changed “Gipseys” to “gipsies.”
4. [G. K. Chesterton], G.K.’s Weekly, 2 May 1925, p.126.
5. G. K. Chesterton and his brother Cecil Chesterton both believed that whilst the accusation could not be levelled at all Jews, some diabolic secret societies of Jews engaged in ritual murder. In 1914, in the New Witness, in response to the Beilis blood libel, Cecil Chesterton characterised Russian pogroms as something horrible, but also something to be understood as part of an ongoing “bitter historic quarrel” between the Jews and the Russians. The evidence, Cecil Chesterton argued, points to a “savage religious and racial quarrel.” He suggested that it was sometimes the “naturally kindly” Russians who were “led to perpetrate the atrocities,” and sometimes it was the “equally embittered” Jews, who, “when they got a chance of retaliating, would be equally savage.” Referring to the Beilis affair, he stated that: “An impartial observer, unconnected with either nation, may reasonably inquire why, if we are asked to believe Russians do abominable things to Jewish children, we should at the same time be asked to regard it as incredible … that Jews do abominable things to Russian children – at Kieff, for instance”. In response, Israel Zangwill, a prominent Anglo-Jewish author and playwright, wrote a letter to Cecil, rightly arguing that following Cecil’s flawed logic we should have to accept that if hooligans throttle Quakers then Quakers must also be throttling hooligans. In reply, Cecil Chesterton stated that no sane man would suggest that ritual murder was a religious rite of Judaism, but “there may be ferocious secret societies among the Russian Jews,” and “such societies may sanctify very horrible revenges with a religious ritual.” Cecil Chesterton also revived the anti-Jewish host desecration myth. He argued that in the case of Kieff, “the Jews may or may not have insulted the Host, as was alleged. I do not know. But I do know that they wanted to; because I know what a religion means, and therefore what a religious quarrel means” (Cecil Chesterton, “Israel and ‘The Melting Pot,’” New Witness, 5 March 1914, 566-567; Cecil Chesterton, “A Letter from Mr. Zangwill,” New Witness, 12 March 1914, 593-594). In 1925, G. K. Chesterton stated that “the Hebrew prophets were perpetually protesting against the Hebrew race relapsing into idolatry that involved such a war upon children; and it is probable enough that this abominable apostasy from the God of Israel has occasionally appeared in Israel since, in the form of what is called ritual murder; not of course of any representative of the religion of Judaism, but by individual and irresponsible diabolists who did happen to be Jews” (G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1925], 136). For more on this, see Simon Mayers, “From the Christ-Killer to the Luciferian: The Mythologized Jew and Freemason in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century English Catholic Discourse,” Melilah 8 (2011), pp.48-49. Melilah is the open access peer-reviewed journal of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester (link here).
6. Peter McGuire, “Do Roma ‘Gypsies’ Really Abduct Children?”, The Huffington Post, 24 October 2013 (link here).
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line746
|
__label__wiki
| 0.657709
| 0.657709
|
Home » Posts tagged 'Antichrist'
Tag Archives: Antichrist
“The Demons are Interchangeable”: Damian Thompson on Anti-Catholic Conspiracy Theories
January 26, 2015 3:20 pm / Leave a comment
History is replete with a number of bizarre yet dangerous anti-Jewish and anti-Masonic conspiracy theories, such as the Diana Vaughan hoax, various narratives about the so-called Jewish and/or Masonic “Anti-Christ”, and the infamous ritual murder blood libels. Jews and Freemasons have also been accused of being secretive, manipulative and greedy, and blamed for supposedly controlling the press, stock markets and international finance. Anti-Catholic conspiracy narratives are no less fantastic, dangerous, and venomous. An excellent recent article in the Catholic Herald by Dr Damian Thompson – an expert on apocalyptic beliefs and Antichrist narratives – justifiably noted that we may “laugh at ludicrous anti-Catholic conspiracies. But we underestimate how many minds they poison.” He observes that conspiracy propagandists are “having a field day constructing alternative realities that frighten us and poison our minds.” And whilst those hostile to Jews and Freemasons have the notorious forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, to fuel their imagination, anti-Catholics have the Monita Secreta (a forged document purported to be the secret protocols of the Jesuits). Damian Thompson, “No, the Jesuits didn’t start World War I,” Catholic Herald, 22 January 2015.
According to Thompson’s lucid consideration in the Catholic Herald, Catholics are accused, even today – or perhaps especially today in this age of the internet and mass media – of all kinds of bizarre things, such as being responsible for the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Thompson explains that according to the conspiracy theory, the Jesuits (and presumably also their so-called accomplices, the “Rothschild/Morgan/Rockefeller cartel”) came up with a diabolic scheme to build a “death ship” – which they would falsely claim to be unsinkable – in order to lure a number of opponents of their so-called US Federal Reserve cartel to a “watery grave”.
The Sinking of the Titanic, Willy Stöwer, 1912
Other anti-Catholic conspiracy theories blame Catholics for starting the First World War, and instigating the 9/11 terrorist attack. As Thompson rightly notes, in the construction of these ludicrous and yet poisonous conspiracy theories: “The demons are interchangeable: Catholics, Freemasons, the Illuminati and, most persistently, Jews. The structure of the story remains broadly the same. ‘They’ are rich, powerful, secretive and plotting world domination. The righteous must act now to thwart their plans.” It is thus unsurprising that Jews and Freemasons have also been blamed for the First World War, and accused of master-minding the attack on the World Trade Center; and if someone was to tell me that a deranged theory exists, accusing “the Illuminati” or “the Knights Templar” of participating in the 9/11 attack, it would not surprise me – such is the surreal nature of the conspiracy theory.
One of the things that impressed me about Thompson’s article, is that it does not shy away from the fact that Catholics too have been “progenitors” of such theories: “Catholics need to face up to the reality that, over 2,000 years, elements in the Church have been progenitors as well as victims of conspiracy theories. Mostly this should be a source of shame – but we need to bear in mind that paranoid thinking is to some extent part of the DNA of Christianity in general; Protestants and Eastern Orthodox are also vulnerable to it.” As Thompson reports: “Alas, certain Right-wing Catholics have not been able to resist the lure of the Protocols: they were favourite reading material of Bishop Richard Williamson, disgraced bishop of the Society of St Pius X (which expelled him in 2012).” Thompson goes on to explain that: “Williamson, though an Englishman, was immersed in a French Catholic conspiratorial subculture that predates the Protocols. Ultra-clericalist Frenchmen in the Third Republic blamed all their misfortunes on Jews and Freemasons.”
Interestingly, as I discovered during my PhD, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, such narratives were not confined to ultra-clerical French Catholics. At the time of the Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s, articles and columns in popular English Catholic newspapers, in particular the Tablet (which was not then the liberal Catholic magazine it is today), also went along with such narratives, accusing Jews of conspiring with Freemasons against the Church. For example, a report in the Tablet in March 1897 noted that: “In criticizing the Anti-Semitic policy of the clerical party on the Continent, it must be remembered that the Ghetto is there the focus and centre of the Liberal warfare against Catholicism, and that Jews and Freemasons form everywhere the vanguard of the forces of infidelity. By their address in capturing and manipulating the political machinery and the power of the press, they have contrived in Catholic countries to organize a systematic persecution of the Catholic Church, and to trample on the faith and practices of Catholicism as though they represented but the belief of a contemptible and impotent minority. The alliance of the Synagogue with the Lodges is in all continental countries the symbol of the triumph of infidelity over Christianity, and the creed of modern, no less than of ancient Judaism, is hostility to the Christian name.” See “Anti-Semitism in the Austrian Elections,” The Tablet, 27 March 1897, 481-482. During the Dreyfus Affair, the Tablet reported in February 1898, that it is suspicious that “in the sudden clamour for the revision of the Dreyfus trial … it is a subsidized movement, financed by the moneyed interest, which has made the cause of the Jewish Captain its own.” The Tablet stated that: “We shall not, we trust, be accused of palliating or condoning the excesses of anti-Semitism, by pointing out that the Jews, in France, Italy, and Austria, the three principal Catholic nations of the continent, exercise a political influence entirely disproportioned to their numbers, and that this influence is always exercised against the religion of the country. In close alliance with the Freemasons, … they form the backbone of the party of aggressive liberalism, with war to the knife against the Church as the sum and aim of its policy.” See “Captain Dreyfus and His Champions”, The Tablet, 12 February 1898, 238. Furthermore, during the late nineteenth century, the Tablet and the Catholic Herald were somewhat credulous (though not quite as credulous as La Croix) when it came to reports of Luciferian Freemasonry (for example, during the Diana Vaughan hoax).
Thompson provides other (more theological) examples of conspiracy-like narratives. He explains that the Book of Revelation in the New Testament is “a conspiracy theory whose authors introduced early Christians to the notion of the Antichrist, littering the text with mathematical codes and lurid allegory.” Thompson correctly notes that in some Protestant anti-Catholic narratives, the Pope has been vilified as this shadowy Antichrist figure. Significantly, he also acknowledges and laments that the Antichrist has not been confined to anti-Catholic narratives, but has also been used by some prominent Catholics to vilify non-Catholics: “Today it seems repugnant to Catholics that Luther should have identified the Pope as Antichrist. We forget that both pontiffs and Catholic monarchs had previously taken great pleasure in identifying their own enemies as this Satanic figure, whom the Bible explicitly tells us will emerge from disguise shortly before Jesus returns.” Significantly, as I discovered during my own PhD research (link for brief summary of PhD), such narratives were not confined to pontiffs, Catholic monarchs, or ultra-clericalist French Catholics in the Third Republic. Prominent English Catholics during the nineteenth- and the early twentieth-centuries, such as Father Henry Manning (who went on to become the second Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster) and Canon Dr William Barry (of the Archdiocese of Birmingham), as well as less prominent figures, repeated narratives about how the so-called “Jewish Antichrist” would arrive (or had already arrived) to lead anti-Christian forces against the Church (link for English Catholic Narratives about the “Jewish Antichrist”).
Thompson humbly concludes that he is “not qualified to say what the Church’s theological response should be to this aspect of its heritage.” Not being a Catholic myself, I am even less qualified to comment on the Church’s theological response to this aspects of its heritage, though like Dr Thompson, I believe the Church has a duty to respond in some way, if “it is to heal the wounds it has created.” Thompson suggests that whilst the Church did not invent the conspiracy theory narrative (for example, shadowy inventions similar to the diabolic Antichrist existed in pre-Christian Jewish and pagan myths), “in practical terms it should be alert to its persistence on the fringes of Catholicism.” Unfortunately, he suggests that Pope Francis may have his work cut out if he wishes to address the persistence of such narratives. According to Thompson: “Pope Francis is perceived – and presents himself – as a new broom in the Vatican. Ironically, this may make it more difficult to sweep away the conspiratorial mindset, since he himself hints that corrupt curial officials have seized control of dicasteries.”
Thompson suggests as a first step that the Vatican needs to learn how to better employ the internet. One can only hope that it not already too late in this age of mass media, when blog posts and tweets can circulate the globe and reach a huge audience very quickly, to dismantle the myriad of prejudiced myths and conspiracy theories (whether the role of diabolical villain is assigned to Jews, Freemasons, Catholics, Ahmadi, Roma, or some other group or combination of groups). Unfortunately, one suspects that such pernicious narratives are now resiliently embedded in the digital discourse (though this should not stop us attempting to dismantle them).
English Catholic Narratives about the “Jewish Antichrist” (1860 – 1923)
June 9, 2014 5:42 pm / Leave a comment
Paul’s second epistle to the community at Thessalonica warned that the second coming of Christ will be preceded by the appearance of “the man of sin,” who will work false miracles and exalt himself over God, setting himself up in God’s Temple, all in accordance with the plans of Satan (2 Thess 2:1-17). The “man of sin” was subsequently linked to the Antichrist mentioned in John’s first and second epistle (1 John 2:18-22, 4:3, 2 John 1:7). Various diabolic figures from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation have also been interpreted as relating to the Antichrist. These allusions to a diabolic character were fleshed out over time. It was perhaps inevitable that the Jews, already key villains in Christian myths, and the Antichrist, would coalesce into a new mythological character, “the Jewish Antichrist,” whose arrival would mark the beginning of an apocalyptic conflict. The anti-Jewish accusation that the Antichrist, a servant of Satan, will be born to Jews, gained popularity during the Middle Ages. According to Norman Cohn, over time it “came to seem that the world was in the grip of demons and that their human allies were everywhere, even in the heart of Christendom itself.” The Antichrist was regarded as an authentic manifestation of evil, who would lead Satan’s forces in a war against the followers of Christ. The Antichrist was intertwined with millenarian expectations of the establishment of the Kingdom of God on Earth. As Joshua Trachtenberg observed in his study of antisemitic myths, in the modern era the Antichrist legend may be “too easily dismissed as pure fantasy, merely another of the fabulous motifs that entertained the Middle Ages, without exerting any momentous influence upon the thought and action of the common people.” Trachtenberg concluded however that the Antichrist myth was considered by many “a terrifying reality.” The arrival of the Antichrist, as Cohn observed, was considered no mere “phantasy about some remote and indefinite future but a prophecy which was infallible and which at almost any given moment was felt to be on the point of fulfilment.” See Norman Cohn, Europe’s Inner Demons: The Demonisation of Christians in Medieval Christendom (1975; repr., London, Pimlico, 2005), 23; Joshua Trachtenberg, The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and its Relation to Modern Antisemitism (1943; repr. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1983), 32-43; Norman Cohn, The Pursuit of the Millennium (1957; repr., London: Pimlico, 1993), 35, passim.
Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, by Luca Signorelli, Circa 1500
A prominent construction of “the Jewish Antichrist” narrative was articulated by Father Henry Manning in the early 1860s (a few years prior to his appointment as the Archbishop of Westminster – i.e. the head of the recently re-constituted English Catholic hierarchy). Manning discussed the arrival of the Jewish Antichrist in a series of lectures delivered in 1860 at the church of St. Mary of the Angels, Bayswater. These lectures discussed the then impending threat to the temporal power of the Church. The lectures were published as a booklet in 1861 [2], and republished in a larger volume along with a number of other lectures in 1862 [3]. This was a time when the Papal States was being seized and dismantled by the Risorgimento. At this time Father Manning, who had converted to Catholicism in 1851 and was advancing rapidly within the Church, was it seems quite willing to accept the Jew as a scapegoat for the catastrophe. Whilst he later adopted more positive stereotypes of the Jews, he nevertheless republished these lectures verbatim with a new preface in 1880, by which time he had been the Archbishop of Westminster for fifteen years and a Cardinal for five years. See Henry Edward Manning, The Present Crisis of the Holy See Tested by Prophecy (London: Burns & Lambert, 1861), 1-92, and Henry Edward Manning, The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, (second edition, London, 1862; third edition, London, 1880), Part II, 81-173.
Cardinal Manning (1808-1892)
Manning explained in these lectures that whilst it may “run counter to the popular spirit of these times,” and expose him to “the contempt or compassion of those who believe the world to be governed by the action of the human will alone,” his intention was to examine the present situation of the Church by the “light of a prophecy.” According to Manning, “the theory, that politics and religion have different spheres, is an illusion and a snare.” He referred to a conflict between “two ultimate powers,” two forces arrayed and marshalled against each other, that of “Christ and Antichrist.” Manning argued that “the interpretation universally received by anti-catholic controversialists, whereby, first, Antichrist is held to be a spirit or system, and not a person, and next, to be the Catholic or Roman Church, or the Vicar of the Incarnate Word, is the master-stroke of deceit.” Such a deception, he suggested, was an attempt to allay fears, inspire unwarranted confidence, and misdirect attention from the true Antichrist. The “prophecies of Revelation,” he explained, are explicit about the coming of Antichrist, describing the Antichrist with “the attributes of a person.” According to Manning, “to deny the personality of Antichrist, is therefore to deny the plain testimony of Holy Scripture.” Manning informed his audience that the “[Church] Fathers believed that Antichrist will be of the Jewish race.” He stated that such was the opinion of St. Irenaeus, St. Jerome, the authors of texts ascribed to St. Hippolytus, and St. Ambrose, St. Gregory the Great, the Italian Jesuit theologian Robert Bellarmine (canonised in 1930), and many others. He concluded that they were probably correct, considering that “the Antichrist will come to deceive the Jews, according to the prophecy of our Lord.” Manning explained that whilst the Antichrist will at first pretend to believe in the “law of Moses,” he will only do so “in dissimulation, to deceive them, and to obtain supreme power.” Afterwards he will “reject the law of Moses, and will deny the true God who gave it.” According to Manning, the Antichrist will be received by the Jews because they are still awaiting the coming of their “false Messias,” and “they have prepared themselves for delusion by crucifying the true Messias.” It is not “difficult to understand how those who have lost the true and divine idea of the Messias may accept a false,” Manning stated, and that “being dazzled by the greatness of political and military successes, and inflated with the pantheistic and Socinian notions of the dignity of man, may pay to the person of Antichrist the honour which Christians pay to the true Messias.” The Antichrist, Manning argued, will be “a temporal deliverer, the restorer of their temporal power; or, in other words, a political and military prince.” Manning explained that the only thing that will hinder the arrival of the Antichrist is the Church and Christian civilisation, as “the lawless one … has no antagonist on earth more direct than the Vicar of Jesus Christ.” Manning argued that there are two types of society. The first type is the “natural society” in which “the political order … comes from the will of man.” Conversely, the second type, the “supernatural society,” is that which “still being penetrated by the spirit of faith and of the Catholic unity, is true and faithful to the principles upon which Christendom was first constituted.” He argued that many countries in “Christian Europe” have changed from the supernatural type of society to the natural type of society, banishing religion from politics and the State, and declaring that “all sects are equally participators in the political life and political power of the nation.” Manning clarified that he was not arguing that the Jews (“that race who deny the coming of God in the flesh, that is, who deny the Incarnation”) should naturally be denied “admission to political privileges”. “On the contrary,” he stated, “if there be no other order than the order of nature, it would be a political injustice to exclude any one of the race of Israel from a participation of equal privileges.” However, he then stated that: “I maintain equally, that in the day in which you admit those who deny the Incarnation to an equality of privileges, you remove the social life and order in which you live from the Incarnation to the basis of mere nature.” This, he concluded, “is precisely what was foretold of the antichristian period.” He considered this reduction of the supernatural society, imbued with the spirit of faith, to a mere natural society based on the will of man, in which Jews are granted equal political rights, to be a confirmation of the prophecy of the Antichrist. After the lectures, Manning wrote to his friend (and later four-time British Prime Minister), William Gladstone, about the “Italian Question,” explaining that he would “die with the belief that it is what I have endeavoured to sketch in those lectures on the Antichrist.” See Henry Edward Manning, The Present Crisis of the Holy See Tested by Prophecy (London: Burns & Lambert, 1861), 1, 20-21, 22-34, 44-47; Letter from Manning to Gladstone, 26 October 1861, in Peter Erb, ed., The Correspondence of Henry Manning and William Ewart Gladstone, volume III, 1861-1875 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 13-15.
Significantly, Cardinal Manning later expressed admiration for the communal solidarity and organisation of the Jews, and raised his voice in defence of Jews on a number of occasions. In an address delivered at a meeting organised by the Lord Mayor of London in 1882, Manning condemned the persecution of Jews in Russia, and asked, “for uprightness, for refinement, for generosity, for charity, for all the graces and virtues that adorn humanity where will be found examples brighter or more true of human excellence than in this Hebrew race?” Manning defended Jews from the ritual murder accusations, and was presented with an illuminated address of thanks by Herman Adler, the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, and a number of other prominent Anglo-Jews. In response, Manning stated that: “I can therefore bear witness to the charity and generosity of my Jewish fellow-countrymen. I have found them forward in all good works. In the care of your children, of your sick, and of your poor, you give us a noble example of generosity and efficiency. You are inflexible, as we are also, in maintaining that Education is essentially a religious work. Your Schools, as ours, are firmly and fearlessly religious.—I have been witness of your care of the sick in the festivals of the Metropolitan Free Hospital.—Of the watchful care of your poor I have had full evidence. When, driven out by tyranny in Russia, they came over in multitudes to our shores, I was witness of your wise and efficient administration.” Manning also stated, in a letter written to Sir John Simon in December 1890, that the Jews are: “a race with a sacred history of nearly four thousand years, a present without a parallel, dispersed in all lands, with an imperishable personal identity, isolated and changeless, greatly afflicted, without home or fatherland; visibly reserved for a future of signal mercy. … any man who does not believe [in] their future must be a careless reader, not only of the old Jewish Scriptures, but even of our own.” It would seem that Manning still maintained an essentializing construction of “the Jews” as a distinct and unchanging people singled out for some future purpose, but whereas previously he constructed that image from mythological narratives of the Jewish Antichrist, he now engaged with more positive stereotypes. These positive stereotypes were nevertheless still essentializing constructions drawn from his reading of sacred history and scripture. Whilst any essentializing of a group as “the other” can be dangerous and petrifying, even when couched in such positive terms, it does at least seem clear that Manning’s view about the Jews had changed significantly and for the better. See Transcript of speech by Cardinal Manning, in “Persecution of the Jews in Russia,” Times, 2 February 1882, 4; “The Cardinal Archbishop and the English Jews: Presentation to His Eminence,” Tablet, 1 November 1890, 701; Letter from Cardinal Manning to Sir John Simon, 8 December 1890, printed in “The Cardinal and the Jews,” Tablet, 13 December 1890, 935.
Regrettably, Manning’s earlier theological construction of the Jewish Antichrist, untempered by his later stereotype of the refined, charitable, community-minded Jew, served to influence later English Catholic authors. For example, in 1901 and 1904, Colonel James Ratton, a retired army doctor and anti-Jewish/anti-Masonic author, linked Jews and Freemasons in an alleged anti-Church conspiracy, jointly led by the so-called Jewish Antichrist and the so-called “Sovereign Pontiff of Freemasonry” (discussed in my examination of the Diana Vaughan hoax). In a four-part article published in the Catholic Times in 1920, Canon Dr William Barry, a senior priest in the archdiocese of Birmingham, a respected theologian and a prolific author, explicitly cited and intertwined Manning’s narrative about the Jewish Antichrist, which he treated as an almost prophetic forecast, with his own antisemitic myths and stereotypes. According to Barry, “the long-drawn anti-Christian movement, centuries old, quickened by victory after victory … is advancing, it may well appear, to universal dominion.” Barry asked, “was no warning given?” He concluded that it was, in “Dr. Manning’s forecast of 1860.” Repeatedly quoting from Manning’s lectures, Barry asserted that the Antichrist would be of Jewish blood, an arch-medium, a revolutionist, a protector of the Jews who would be hailed by them as their saviour. Barry stated that it is clear from “St. Paul’s doctrine of their destiny, and with what St. John and the Fathers have left us concerning the Antichrist,” that the question of the Jew’s role in the fate of Europe will be the “most vital and most decisive of all.” Again citing Manning’s lectures, Barry argued that “the Catholic spirit and the Hebrew genius” are “deadly and changeless antagonists,” locked in conflict as a result of “Israel’s rejection of the Gospel.” “Israel,” he informed his readers, “did surely fulfil the prophets when it gave birth to Christ.” It is doing so yet again, Barry concluded, but this time “in whatever degree it has paved the way for Antichrist.” Barry returned to this subject in the Catholic Times in April 1923. He stated that the prophecy that Israel would “rise to power in Christendom,” in alliance with “the ‘Man of Sin,’ who will … be himself a Jew, though most likely a renegade from his faith and tribe,” was an amazing “stroke of divination.” According to Barry, Cardinal Manning regarded “the Revolution,” “the evil elements in emancipated Judaism,” and “the assailants of Papal Rome,” to be “associated in a common Unholy Alliance.” In June 1923, an editorial in the Month, the periodical of the British Jesuits, referred to Barry’s “notable article” on the Antichrist, and concluded that “in Soviet Russia Manning’s prophecy has actually been realised.” The editorial stated that “Antichrist, in the person of those apostate Jews, is already in power,” and “Marx, another apostate Jew, is his evangelist, and Christianity, especially the Catholicism of Rome, is the object of his bitterest hatred.” See William Barry, “Sign of the Times,” Catholic Times: 30 October 1920, 7; 6 November 1920, 7; 13 November 1920, 7; 20 November 1920, 7; William Barry, “Against God and his Christ,” Catholic Times, 28 April 1923, 9; “Antichrist in Russia,” Topics of the Month, Month CXLI (June 1923), 552-553.
For more on representations of “the Antichrist” in English Catholic discourses, please see pages 50-56 of my article in volume 8 of Melilah: “From the Christ-Killer to the Luciferian: The Mythologized Jew and Freemason in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century English Catholic Discourse” (link to Melilah, volume 8).
The Mythologized Jew and Freemason in Late Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century English Catholic Discourses
December 20, 2013 12:30 am / Leave a comment
Conventional wisdom in studies of English antisemitism has tended to suggest that by the nineteenth century religious prejudice had largely been secularised or replaced by modern socio-political and racial forms of hostility. This may have been the case in the general English discourse, but in English Catholic discourses at the turn of the twentieth century, traditional pre-modern myths, with their cast of Jewish and Masonic diabolists, were still a pervasive feature. My recent PhD investigation, funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant, examined a range of sources, including the published works of prominent and obscure authors; the pastoral letters and sermons of cardinals, bishops and priests; articles and editorials in newspapers and periodicals; letters; and a small number of oral testimonies, in order to bring to light English Catholic discourses which have largely gone unexamined. Prominent mythological/imaginary villains in these discourses during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century included “the Pharisee,” “the Christ-Killer,” “the Ritual Murderer,” “the Sorcerer,” “the Antichrist” and “the Luciferian.” Jews and Freemasons were often assigned one or more of these mythological roles. In some cases the language used to describe the Jew and the Freemason drew upon a vocabulary which suggested an apocalyptic war between the forces of good and evil.
For more on this, please see the following article which was published in volume 8 of Melilah (the open access peer-reviewed journal of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester): From the Christ-Killer to the Luciferian: The Mythologized Jew and Freemason in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century English Catholic Discourse
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line747
|
__label__wiki
| 0.659422
| 0.659422
|
ancient vessel with three banks of oars
A Trireme is an ancient oar-driven warship powered by about 170 oars men. It was long and slender, had three tiers of oars and one sail. On the bow was a battering ram that was used to destroy enemy ships. The tip of the ram was made of bronze and could easily slice through the side of a wooden ship.
A Greek trireme.
The Trireme was used by people of the Mediterranean Sea from the 7th to the 4th century BC and gets its name from its three rows of oars on each side, manned with one man per oar. The rowing men were not slaves, but were free men who were paid to row. In Ancient Greece, soldiers (called Hoplites)) had to buy their own armour and weapons so men too poor to afford them became trireme rowers in wartime. They had to have a lot of practice at rowing as, during a battle, the ship had to be able to stop, start and turn very quickly.
As well as the rowing men, there were 30 others on a trireme. Some of these were sailors who worked the sail, others were soldiers who shot arrows and tried to get onto enemy ships, to attack their crews with swords and spears. The man who steered the trireme was called a kubernete by the Greeks. From this we get the English word Governor, for a person who leads a state.
Because there were many men crowded onto a small ship, triremes could not stay at sea very long. Often, they came to land each evening. The crew would pull the trireme out of the water and then sleep next to it on the beach.
Before a battle, the mast and sail were taken off and left on the shore. In battle, triremes would attempt to ram or board each other. Some triremes had catapults and ballistas on them, but they were hard to use in battle. Many ancient sea battles involved hundreds of triremes. In the Battle of Salamis, there were around 360 ships on the Greek side and 600 to 800 ships on the Persian side.
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trireme&oldid=5957395"
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line749
|
__label__wiki
| 0.718118
| 0.718118
|
The University Hall of Uppsala University
Latin: Universitas Regia Ubsaliensis
Gratiae veritas naturae (Latin)
Truth through the grace of God and through nature
SEK 5.9 billion[1]
Rectrix magnifica and Vice Chancellor
Professor Eva Åkesson[2]
Maroon, white
Coimbra Group
Matariki Network of Universities
www.uu.se
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477.[4] The university rose to importance during the rise of Sweden as a great power at the end of the 16th century and was then given relative financial stability by the large gift from King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment.
Uppsala belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities. The university has nine faculties in three 'disciplinary domains'. It has about 20,000 full-time students, and about 2,000 doctoral students. It has a teaching staff of 4,000 (part-time and full-time) out of a total of 6,000 employees.
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Årsredovisning 2013, Uppsala universitet" [Annual Report 2013] (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala universitet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
↑ University Management, Uppsala University, retrieved 16 January 2012
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-19. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Ridder-Symoens, Hilde de. A History of the University in Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2003; p. 84.
BNF: cb11868035h (data)
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uppsala_University&oldid=7241924"
Colleges and universities in Sweden
1470s establishments in Europe
Schools in Sweden
CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
Pages using infobox university with the image name parameter
Wikipedia articles with NLG identifiers
Wikipedia articles with ULAN identifiers
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line750
|
__label__wiki
| 0.947581
| 0.947581
|
Hate Speech 60-year-old Turkish villager detained after questioning gov’t coup narrative
60-year-old Turkish villager detained after questioning gov’t coup narrative
Murat Gülen, a 60-year-old villager and a relative of US-based Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen was detained after he was revealed questioning the government’s narrative over the controversial July 15, 2016 coup attempt during a video interview by the pro-government İhlas news agency (İHA).
On Thursday, İHA distributed the video recording, filmed in Korucuk village of Erzurum province, Fethullah Gülen’s hometown, and media reported the same day that Murat Gülen was taken into police custody for questioning.
Turkey survived a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt “a gift from God” — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkey has suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants since July 15. Turkey’s Justice Ministry announced on July 13 that 50,510 people have been arrested and 169,013 have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup. (SCF with turkeypurge.com)
https://youtu.be/Mw9ML0BqRrY?t=14
United Nations: The new social media bill will further undermine the right of people in Turkey to freedom of expression
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line757
|
__label__wiki
| 0.676567
| 0.676567
|
Abroad Bipartisan Policy Center: Corruption becomes policy instrument in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Bipartisan Policy Center: Corruption becomes policy instrument in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Corruption has become an instrument of policy and rule in the hands of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, according to a report released by US-based Bipartisan Policy Center, a centrist think-tank founded by former Republican senator Howard Baker.
According to the report written by Blaise Misztal, Nick Danforth, Jessica Michek and Ryan Gingeras, the corruption as an instrument of policy in Turkey has been undermining decades of US-Turkish cooperation in the realms of international law enforcement and counter-terrorism.
“The case of Reza Zarrab and his co-conspirators, who all stand accused of violating US sanctions law, has profound implications for the future of Turkish-American relations. Any conviction or plea agreement reached will represent official confirmation that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan willfully engaged in systemic corruption for political and economic gain as part of a policy that also undermined NATO alliance goals,” said the report.
According to the report, even if the US federal prosecutors were to abandon the case, there are multiple signs that suggest that Washington’s ability to cooperate with Turkey on certain security matters has been fundamentally compromised. Increasingly, Ankara seems intent on fostering conditions that, either inadvertently or by design, harm the broader regional security architecture that the United States and Turkey once worked together to build.
The report said that one may look at the Zarrab case as symptomatic of a much larger crisis, one greater than any attempt to impose sanctions on Iran. “There are several trends in modern Turkey that suggest that corruption, particularly in matters of economy and commerce, has become an instrument of policy and rule in the hands of Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP),” underlined the report.
“This increasingly corrupt system of government comes after decades of joint US-Turkish efforts to form a strong, working relationship on issues related to cooperative international law enforcement. The consequences of this breakdown are diverse and potentially severe,” stated the report and continued “Turkey’s increasingly subversive posturing on international law and security poses a direct threat to US efforts to combat transnational crime and terrorism on multiple fronts.”
The report has also cited a 2015 Turkish law change that allowed visitors to Turkey to bring in unlimited amounts of cash without declaring it at the border and the increasing politicisation of Turkey’s police force and judiciary as warning signs that indicated that the environment was becoming even more conducive to corrupt practices – and also, inadvertently, to terrorism and organised crime.
In that sense, the Zarrab case might be the start of a trend. “Regardless of the outcome of the Zarrab case, it is possible that there are similar sanction-busting schemes looming,” said the report. “Recent news reports documenting several spikes in gold trading between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have drawn suspicions that a comparable gold-for-oil scheme may be in the offing,” it said.
Finally, the report has argued that an increase in corruption leaves Erdoğan’s government more fragile both internally and externally. “Should the AKP government collapse due to the deterioration of its institutions and credibility, the impact on the Middle East and regional peace will be devastating,” said the report.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line758
|
__label__wiki
| 0.504592
| 0.504592
|
Tag Archives: OIG
USA TODAY and “The Skeptics” selling false hope to cancer patients
Posted on December 4, 2013 by didymusjudasthomas
Irrespective Insolence
Hill ?
Sharon Hill ??
Does anyone know SHARON HILL ???
no ?
NoNo ??
NO NEVER MATTER
NOT HARDLY !
If it’s “Doubtful News”, that’s a “Hint and a Half” that it’s “Doubtful” it’s “News” [1]
In fact, I first received confirmation that what flows down-Hill was definitely, NO doubtfully, NOT news, when she displayed her “propensity” for “density” on #Forbes [2]
“Orac”, “The Skeptics™” Dope-on-a-Rope Pope. claimed:
4/19/2013 – “also obsessively read anything posted about Eric Merola or Stanislaw Burzynski on any social media.”
5/7/2013 – “If “Orac” was anywhere close to being 75% sure, I would have already reviewed “Doubtful News,” which received “free pub” on Forbes
“The Skeptics™” must have got into Liz Szabo’s ear, since she subsequently short-sheeted herself by being unable to answer her own question
Maybe Szabo shoulda asked the F.D.A. !!
All that Jerry Mosemak (@jmosemak), Connie Mosemak, and Mosemak Creative (@mosemakcreative) wanted to know was what Twitter thought of their Twerk
Bob Blaskiewicz, fresh off the AstroTurf campaign with “Orac’s” orifice, seemed ready to really be headed, right in to rectify on Liz’s
Liz, do you really want this anywhere around your backside ?
Bob-B obviously confused Liz Szabo with being a “journalist“, when she is a “reporter“
Ms. Szabo, is obviously NOT a “journalist”
Liz Szabo (USA TODAY) – health reporter, medical reporter covering cancer, heart disease, pediatrics, public health, women’s health, kids/parenting, …
The question is, how did a “reporter” like Liz Szabo, manage to get her name as the reporter “headlining” “The Skeptics™” “report,” instead of Robert Hanashiro ?
Hanashiro had under his belt:
8/3/2011 – Urine test may help predict prostate cancer risk [4]
The best Szabo could cite as support was:
3/19/2008 – “Prostate cancer treatments’ sexual, urinary side effects compared” [5]
Exactly how did Liz Szabo “win” that “pissing contest” ?
Even a monkey can report the news:
10/18/2013 – Monkeys ‘talk in turns’ [6]
If @LizSzabo wanted to do a REAL article on “selling false hope to cancer patients”, then USA TODAY should have done an “investigation” on something like THIS:
8/25/2010, Wednesday [7]
Canadian Man Sentenced to 33 Months (2 years 9 months) in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs Using the Internet
Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada sentenced in Phoenix, Arizona by U.S. District Court Judge James A. Teilborg
Ordered to pay $128,724 ($75,000 fine $53,724 in restitution)
Serve 3 years of supervised release following prison term for selling counterfeit cancer drugs using Internet
6/30/2009 – indicted by federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona: 5 counts of wire fraud for selling counterfeit cancer drugs through website DCAdvice.com
7/25/2009 – arrested Frankfurt, Germany
12/18/2009 – extradited to United States
5/2010 – plea hearing: admitted selling what he falsely claimed was experimental cancer drug sodium dichloroacetate, also known as DCA, to at least 65 victims (.10/2007 – 11/2007) in:
According to plea agreement, charged:
$23.68 for 10 grams of purported DCA
$45.52 for 20 grams
$110.27 for 100 grams
Admitted sent victims white powdery substance later determined through laboratory tests to contain:
1. dextrin
2. dextrose
3. lactose
4. starch
Contained no DCA
According to court documents, along with counterfeit DCA, packages also contained fraudulent certificate of analysis from fictitious laboratory and instructions on how dilute and ingest bogus DCA
DCA is experimental cancer drug not yet approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in United States
According to plea agreement knew that website DCAdvice.com contained false claims it was only legal supplier of DCA and falsely claimed it was associated with University of Alberta
According to information contained in plea agreement, DCA is odorless, colorless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic experimental cancer drug highly sought by cancer patients
Doctor at University of Alberta in Canada published report in early 2007 summarizing results of study, which showed DCA caused regression in several cancers, including:
1. breast cancer
2. cancerous brain tumors
3. lung cancer
According to information contained in plea agreement, DCA cannot be prescribed by medical doctor in:
1. it is not approved for use in patients with cancer
2. nor is DCA available in pharmacies
As part of plea agreement, agreed to:
1. forfeit
2. cancel
2. domain name
3. Internet services account
related to fraud scheme
“Hazim Gaber went from selling false hope to cancer patients to now spending 33 months in a U.S. prison,”
said Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of Criminal Division
“Criminals often seek to exploit the most vulnerable of victims – but offering fake, unapproved medication to cancer patients reaches a new low”
“Today’s sentence shows that cyber criminals who prey on the seriously ill cannot elude justice simply by committing crimes outside of our borders.”
“Gaber used the Internet to victimize people already suffering from the effects of cancer,”
said Dennis K. Burke, U.S. Attorney for District of Arizona
“Now he will go to prison for this bogus business and heartless fraud.”
“The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are committed to pursuing individuals who prey on those who are living with the affects of cancer,”
said Nathan Gray, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Phoenix Division
“Today’s sentencing illustrates international law enforcement partners working together to send a message not to use the Internet to perpetuate fraud, especially against those afflicted with a serious medical condition.”
Sentencing part of larger department-wide effort led by Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property (IP Task Force)
Attorney General Eric Holder created IP Task Force to combat growing number of:
1. domestic
2. international
3. intellectual property crimes
protect:
of American consumers
safeguard nation’s economic security against those who seek to profit illegally from American creativity, innovation and hard work
IP Task Force seeks to strengthen intellectual property rights protection through heightened:
1. civil enforcement
2. criminal enforcement
greater coordination among:
1. federal
3. local
law enforcement partners
increased focus on international enforcement efforts, including reinforcing relationships with key:
1. foreign partners
2. U.S. industry leaders
To learn more about IP Task Force, go to http://www.justice.gov/dag/iptaskforce/
Announced:
1. Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of Criminal Division
2. U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke for District of Arizona
3. FBI Special Agent in Charge of Phoenix Field Office Nathan T. Gray
Case prosecuted by:
1. Trial Attorney Thomas S. Dougherty of Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
2. Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Sexton of U.S. Attorney’s Office for District of Arizona
Significant assistance provided by:
1. Alberta Justice Office of Special Prosecutions-Edmonton
2. Alberta Partnership Against Cross Border Fraud
3. Competition Bureau of Canada
4. Edmonton Police Service
5. Federal Trade Commission
6. U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs provided assistance in case
Case investigated by Phoenix FBI Cyber Squad
10-958 Criminal Division
7/30/2013 – United States to Settle Cancer Research Grant Fraud [8]
Northwestern University to Pay Nearly $3 Million to United States to Settle Cancer Research Grant Fraud Claims
$2.93 million – Northwestern University will pay United States to settle claims of cancer research grant fraud by former researcher and physician at university’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago
Agreed to settlement in federal False Claims Act lawsuit after government investigated claims made by former employee and whistleblower who will receive portion of settlement
Alledgedly allowed researcher, Dr. Charles L. Bennett, to submit false claims under research grants from National Institutes of Health
Settlement covers improper claims Dr. Bennett submitted for reimbursement from federal grants (1/1/2003 – 8/31/2010) for:
1. food
2. hotels
4. other expenses
5. professional and consulting services
6. subcontracts
that benefited:
1. Dr. Bennett
Allegations made in civil lawsuit filed under seal 2009 by Melissa Theis, (2007 and 2008) worked as purchasing coordinator in hematology and oncology at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, will receive $498,100 in settlement proceeds
Suit named defendants:
2. Dr. Steven T. Rosen
3. Lurie Cancer Center
4. Northwestern
Alleged defendants submitted false claims to United States when:
2. Dr. Rosen
directed and authorized spending of grant funds on goods and services that did not meet applicable NIH and government grant guidelines
Government contends has certain civil claims against Northwestern arising out of Northwestern’s improper submission of claims to NIH for grant expenditures for items that were for personal benefit of:
incurred in connection with grants as to which he was principal investigator
Northwestern, fully cooperated during investigation, did not admit liability as part of settlement
Agreement releases university and all its affiliates and employees, other than Dr. Bennett, from claims made in whistleblower lawsuit
Northwestern agreed to pay settlement within 14 business days
Agreement covers allegations university submitted false claims to NIH for costs Dr. Bennett incurred on grant-funded research projects involving:
1. adverse drug-events
2. blood disorder known as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
3. multiple myeloma drugs
4. quality of care for cancer patients
Dr. Bennett allegedly billed federal grants for:
1. family trips
2. meals
1. himself
and “consulting fees” for unqualified:
2. family members
1. brother
2. cousin
At Dr. Bennett’s request, Northwestern allegedly improperly subcontracted with various universities for services that were paid for by NIH grants
Allegations investigated by:
1. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2. National Institutes of Health
3. U.S. Attorney’s Office
4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
“Allowing researchers to use federal grant money to pay for personal travel, hotels, and meals, and to hire unqualified friends and relatives as ‘consultants’ violates the public’s trust,”
said Gary S. Shapiro, United States Attorney for Northern District of Illinois
“This settlement, combined with the willingness of insiders to report fraud, should help deter such misconduct, but when it doesn’t, federal grant recipients who allow the system to be manipulated should know that we will aggressively pursue all available legal remedies,”
“The mismanagement or improper expenditure of grant funds is unacceptable and will not be tolerated,”
said Lamont Pugh III, Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General – Chicago Region
“The OIG will continue to diligently investigate allegations of this nature to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being properly utilized.”
Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent-in-Charge of Chicago Office of Federal Bureau of Investigation said:
“The FBI takes allegations of fraud seriously, especially those allegations from insiders who are often in the best position to detect wrongdoing long before it would otherwise come to the attention of law enforcement.”
United States represented by:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kurt N. Lindland
Under federal False Claims Act, defendants may be liable for triple amount of actual damages and civil penalties between $5,500 and $11,000 for each violation
Individual whistleblowers may be eligible to receive between 15 and 30 percent of amount of any recovery
Show EmorME the Money ! [9]
8/28/2013, Wednesday
$1.5 Million – Emory University False Claims Act Investigation
University Overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for Patients Enrolled in Clinical Trial Research at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute
Settlement with Emory University
$1.5 million – agreed to pay to settle claims it violated False Claims Act by billing:
1. Medicaid
2. Medicare
for clinical trial services not permitted by:
1. Medicaid rules
2. Medicare rules
Providers generally not permitted to bill Medicare for medical care and services for which clinical trial sponsor agreed to pay
2. State of Georgia
alleged Emory University billed:
for services clinical trial sponsor agreed to pay
(and, in some cases, actually did pay, thereby resulting in Emory’s being paid twice for the same service)
Investigation of Emory University revealed institution’s clinical trial false billing and led to settlement
Civil settlement resolves lawsuit filed by Elizabeth Elliot under qui tam, whistleblower, provisions of False Claims Act
Ms. Elliot will receive share of settlement payment that resolves qui tam suit
United States Attorney’s Office for Northern District of Georgia
Attorney General Sam Olens announced reached settlement
“This settlement demonstrates our office’s continued commitment to protect crucial Medicare and Medicaid dollars,”
said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates
“Treatment of cancer is expensive, and Medicare and Medicaid dollars should be reserved for patients who need services that properly may be billed to these programs.”
“Our investigation of Emory University revealed the institution’s clinical trial false billing and led to today’s settlement,”
said Derrick L. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General for Atlanta region
“Protecting Medicare — and taxpayer dollars — remains a top priority.”
Mark F. Giuliano, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, stated:
“Federal funds, to include those of Medicare and Medicaid, are limited and are to be used as intended”
“The FBI will continue to play a role in enforcing federal law that governs the use of these much needed funds.”
Attorney General Sam Olens stated,
“Cancer research is paramount to saving and extending lives”
“However, strict rules govern the use of Georgia Medicaid dollars”
“My office takes seriously its obligation to ensure that these resources are used properly.”
Case investigated by:
2. Georgia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
3. United States Attorney’s Office for Northern District of Georgia
4. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General
Civil settlement reached by Assistant United States Attorney Darcy F. Coty
For further information please contact U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov
Internet address for HomePage for U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern District of Georgia
http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan.
Emory Settlement Agreement
5/24/1993 – Court Testimony Of Nicholas Patronas, MD:
Pg. 122
“We have done– we have an experimental protocol at the NIH where we inject a chemotherapeutic agent through the carotid artery, the artery that goes to the brain, and we have three survivals with this technique, by providing massive amounts of chemotherapeutic drugs to the brain that harbors the tumor“
“And we destroy the tumor, but we destroy a large part of the brain as well, and the patients became severely handicapped, and a life that’s not worth living“
“And so I have three cases with this particular experimental protocol which resulted in killing the tumor, but a large part of the healthy brain as well“
“So overall the protocol was abandoned and is not any more in effect because of the serious side effects that we witnessed”
Nicholas J. Patronas
http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/staff/nicholas_patronas.html
Sharon Hill, you’re just a footnote to this article, because all you did was “cut-and-paste”, and try to pass off David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS and Bob Blaskiewicz as “reliable sources”
You’ve gotta be kidding me !!!
P.S. A fifth-grader can “cut-and-paste”
Are you smarter than a 5th-grader ?
[1] – 11/15/2013 – Burzynski exposed in USA Today:
http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/11/burzynski-exposed-in-usa-today/
[2] – 5/6/2013 – Critiquing “The Skeptic” Burzynski Critics: A Film Producer, A Cancer Doctor, And Their Critics (page 10):
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/critiquing-the-skeptic-burzynski-critics-a-film-producer-a-cancer-doctor-and-their-critics-page-10/
[3] – 5/7/2013 – Critiquing: Is Eric Merola issuing bogus DMCA takedown notices against critics of Stanislaw Burzynski?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/critiquing-is-eric-merola-issuing-bogus-dmca-takedown-notices-against-critics-of-stanislaw-burzynski/
[4] – 8/3/2011 – Urine test may help predict prostate cancer risk:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/08/Urine-test-may-help-predict-prostate-cancer-risk/49790014/1?fullsite=true
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/08/Urine-test-may-help-predict-prostate-cancer-risk/49790014/1
[5] – 3/19/2008 – “Prostate cancer treatments’ sexual, urinary side effects compared”:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-19-prostate-cancer_N.htm
[6] – 10/18/2013 – Monkeys ‘talk in turns’:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/10/131018_witn_monkeys.shtml
[7] – 8/2010
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/August/10-crm-958.html
[8] – 7/30/2013
http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2013/pr0730_01.html
[9] – 8/28/2013 – Emory University
http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2013/08-28-13b.html
[10] – 5/24/1993
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/5241993-court-testimony-of-nicholas-petronas-md/
Posted in bias, biased, Bob Blaskiewicz (Robert J. Blaskiewicz @rjblaskiewicz), critique, critiques, critiqued, critiquing, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Forbes #Forbes, Gorski ScienceBlogs.com/Insolence ScienceBasedMedicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Nicholas Patronas, M.D., Stanislaw Rajmund Burzynski, The Skeptics, USA TODAY | Tagged ", "10-958 Criminal Division", "75%", "@mosemakcreative", "@NDILnews", "A look at a doctor's cancer claims", "adverse drug-events", "agreed to pay", "Alberta Justice Office of Special Prosecutions-Edmonton", "Alberta Partnership Against Cross Border Fraud", "Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center", "Alleged defendants submitted false claims", "American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer", "American consumers", "Ann Karmanos Cancer Center", "Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute", "Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of Criminal Division", "Assistant U.S. Attorney Kurt N. Lindland", "Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Sexton of U.S. Attorney’s Office for District of Arizona", "Assistant United States Attorney Darcy F. Coty", "Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, "AstroTurf campaign", "Attorney General Eric Holder", "Attorney General Sam Olens", "Attorney's", "Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center / Institute", "Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute", "bbc.co.uk/", "blogger at skepticalhumanities.com", "Bob Blaskiewicz Faux Skeptic Exposed!", "brain that harbors the tumor“ destroy, "breast cancer", "Burzynski exposed in USA Today", "Cancer Drugs", "Cancer Liaison Physician for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer", "cancer research grant fraud", "cancer research", "cancerous brain tumors", "carotid artery", "Center for Inquiry", "chemotherapeutic agent", "chemotherapeutic drugs", "Chicago Office", "civil actions", "CIVIL CLAIMS", "civil enforcement", "civil lawsuit", "civil settlement", "Clinical Trial Research", "clinical trial services", "clinical trial sponsor", "Committee for Skeptical Inquiry", "Competition Bureau of Canada", "Connie Mosemak", "Cory B. Nelson, "Court Testimony Of Nicholas Patronas, "Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs", "Critiquing The Skeptic Burzynski Critics: A Film Producer, "Critiquing: Is Eric Merola issuing bogus DMCA takedown notices against critics of Stanislaw Burzynski?", "cyber criminals", "D.C.A.", "D.H. Gorski", "DCA is experimental cancer drug not yet approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in United States", "DCA is odorless, "DCAdvice.com", "Dennis K. Burke, "Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property", "department-wide effort", "Derrick L. Jackson", "destroy a large part of the brain", "DH Gorski", "Didymus Judas Thomas’ Hipocritical Oath Blog", "Doctor accused of selling false hope to families" http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy/2994561/, "Doctor at University of Alberta in Canada published report in early 2007 summarizing results of study, "domain name", "Dope-on-a-Rope Pope", "Doubtful News”, "doubtfulnews.com/" "http://doubtfulnews.com/", "doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/post/", "doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/post/67054971107/", "doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/post/67054971107/burzynski-exposed-in-usa-today-front-page-exposure", "Dr. Bennett", "Dr. Bennett’s", "Dr. David H. “Orac” Gorski", "Dr. Rosen", "Dr. Steven T. Rosen", "Eau Claire", "Edmonton, "Edmonton Police Service", "Elizabeth Elliot", "Emory University", "Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute", "Emory’s", "experimental protocol", "Experts dismiss doctor’s cancer claims", "F.B.I.", "F.C.A.", "False Claims Act Investigation", "False Claims Act", "false claims", "Families run out of hope, "family members", "family trips", "FBI Special Agent in Charge of Phoenix Field Office Nathan T. Gray", "Federal Bureau of Investigation", "federal False Claims Act lawsuit", "federal funds", "federal grant money", "Federal grant", "Federal Grants", "Federal Trade Commission", "Field Office", "foreign partners", "former researcher", "fraud scheme", "free pub”, "Gary S. Shapiro, "Georgia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit", "government grant guidelines", "grant-funded", "hard work", "Hazim Gaber", "healthy brain", "heartless fraud", "http://bbc.co.uk/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/10/", "http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/10/131018_witn_monkeys.shtml", "http://cc.nih.gov/" "http://www.cc.nih.gov/" "http://cc.nih.gov/drd/", "http://cc.nih.gov/drd/staff/", "http://cc.nih.gov/drd/staff/nicholas_patronas.html", "http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/", "http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/11/", "http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/11/burzynski-exposed-in-usa-today/", "http://doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/" "doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/", "http://doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/post/", "http://doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/post/67054971107/", "http://doubtfulnews.tumblr.com/post/67054971107/burzynski-exposed-in-usa-today-front-page-exposure", "http://justice.gov/dag/", "http://justice.gov/dag/iptaskforce/", "http://justice.gov/opa/" "http://www.justice.gov/opa/", "http://justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/August/", "http://justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/August/10-crm-958.html", "http://justice.gov/usao/gan/", "http://justice.gov/usao/gan/press/", "http://justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2013/", "http://justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2013/08-28-13b.html", "http://justice.gov/usao/iln/", "http://justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/", "http://justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2013/", "http://justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2013/pr0730_01.html", "https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/critiquing-the-skeptic-burzynski-critics-a-film-producer-a-cancer-doctor-and-their-critics-page-10/", "https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/critiquing-is-eric-merola-issuing-bogus-dmca-takedown-notices-against-critics-of-stanislaw-burzynski/", "https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/5241993-court-testimony-of-nicholas-petronas-md/", "https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/usa-today-and-the-skeptics-selling-false-hope-to-cancer-patients/", "http://usatoday.com/news/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/08/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/08/Urine-test-may-help-predict-prostate-cancer-risk/", "http://usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/08/Urine-test-may-help-predict-prostate-cancer-risk/49790014/1", "http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/", "http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/", "http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/", "http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-19-prostate-cancer_N.htm", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/10/", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/10/131018_witn_monkeys.shtml", "http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/", "http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/staff/", "http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/staff/nicholas_patronas.html", "http://www.justice.gov/dag/", "http://www.justice.gov/dag/iptaskforce/", "http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/" "http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/August/", "http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/August/10-crm-958.html", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2013/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2013/08-28-13b.html", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2013/", "http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2013/pr0730_01.html", "http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/cancer/story/2011/08/Urine-test-may-help-predict-prostate-cancer-risk/49790014/1", "https://mobile.twitter.com/cmosemak", "https://mobile.twitter.com/jmosemak", "https://mobile.twitter.com/LizSzabo", "IMMEDIATE RELEASE", "Institute for Science in Medicine", "intellectual property rights", "international law enforcement partners", "Internet services account", "IP Task Force", "IP TaskForce", "Jerry Mosemak", "JREF Swift Blog contributor", "Lamont Pugh III, "large part", "law enforcement", "life that’s not worth living“, "Liz Szabo (USA TODAY) – health reporter, "Liz Szabo's", "lung cancer", "Lurie Cancer Center", "Mark F. Giuliano", "Medicaid rules", "medical care", "Medical Director of the Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center", "medical doctor", "Medicare rules", "Melissa Theis", "member of the faculty of the Graduate Program in Cancer Biology", "Michael Stravato", "Monkeys talk in turns", "Mosemak Creative", "Ms. Elliot", "Ms. Szabo", "multiple myeloma drugs", "N.I.H.", "Nathan Gray, "National Geographic", "nation’s economic security", "Nicholas J. Patronas", "NIH grants", "Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism", "Northwestern University", "Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine", "Northwestern’s", "not approved for use in patients with cancer", "offering fake, "pass off", "perpetuate fraud", "personal travel", "Phoenix FBI Cyber Squad", "plea agreement", "principal investigator", "prison term", "professional and consulting services", "prostate cancer", "public’s", "quality of care for cancer patients", "qui tam suit", "qui tam", "report the news", "research grants", "Robert Hanashiro", "Science or snake oil?", "ScienceBasedMedicine . org", "selling counterfeit cancer drugs", "serious medical condition", "Serious side effects", "seriously ill", "settlement payment", "short-sheeted", "side effects compared”, "Skeptical Inquirer", "Skeptical Inquiry", "Skepticality podcast", "Special Agent", "St. Louis, "State of Georgia", "submit false claims", "taxpayer dollars", "The Skeptic", "The Virtual Skeptics", "thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura", "today’s settlement", "Todd Plitt", "Treasurer for the Institute for Science in Medicine", "Trial Attorney Thomas S. Dougherty of Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section", "U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke for District of Arizona", "U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern District of Georgia", "U.S. Attorney’s Office", "U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office", "U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, "U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General", "U.S. District Court Judge James A. Teilborg", "U.S. industry leaders", "U.S. Postal Inspection Service", "U.S. prison", "U.S.", "United State", "United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates", "United States Attorney’s Office for Northern District of Georgia", "University of Alberta", "University of Michigan" Gorski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gorski, "University of Wisconsin", "university’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago", "Urine test may help predict prostate cancer risk", "US DOJ", "USA TODAY and The Skeptics™: selling false hope to cancer patients https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/usa-today-and-the-skeptics-selling-false-hope-to-cancer-patients/", "USA TODAY NEWS, "USA TODAY", "USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov", "usatoday.com/", "usatoday30.usatoday.com/", "Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire", "Wayne State University School of Medicine", "Wayne State University", "web columnist", "whistleblower lawsuit", "www.bbc.co.uk/", "www.cc.nih.gov/", "www.justice.gov/dag/", #sciencebasedmedicine, @gorskon, @oracknows, @ScienceBasedMed, A Cancer Doctor, abandoned, about, abuse, Academically, Act, actual, actually, address, admit, Affairs, affects, affiliates, afflicted, against, agent, aggressively, agreed, agreement, Alberta, Alledgedly, allegation, allegations, alleged, allegedly, allow, allowed, Allowing, already, also, ALTERNATIVE, American, among, amount, amounts, And Their Critics (page 10)", announced, answer, any, anyone, anything, anywhere, applicable, are, arising, Arizona", around, artery, article, asked, assistance, associated, Atlanta, attention, authorized, available, “Bob B.", “cancer patients", “Conspiracy Guy”, “consulting fees”, “cut-and-paste”, “Hint and a Half”, “However, “Our only goal is to promote high standards of science in medicine”, “pissing contest”, “Prostate cancer treatments’ sexual, “reliable sources”, “selling false hope to cancer patients”, “The Skeptics™”: "selling false hope to cancer patients", backside, been, behalf, being, belt, benefited, best, between, bias, Biased, bill, billed, billing, Blatherskitewicz, blood disorder", Bob Blaskiewicz, bogus, borders, brain, Briefing, bring, brother, business, can, Canada, Canadian, cancel, Cancer, cancers, cannot, case, cases, certain, Charge, CHICAGO, Chief of the Section of Breast Surgery", cite, citizens, civil, claimed, claims, Clinical, Clinical Trial, Clinical Trials, close, cmosemak, colorless, combat, combined, come, commitment, committed, committing, confirmation, confused, connection, consultants, CONSUMER, contact, contained, contends, continue, continued, cooperated, coordination, coordinator, costs, could, Counterfeit, cousin, covers, created, creativity, crimes, criminal, criminals, critique, critiqued, critiques, Critiquing, crucial, D.", D.H.", damages, David Gorski, David H. Gorski, Defendants, definitely, demonstrates, density, department, detect, deter, determination, Detroit, DH", diligently, directed, displayed, Doctor, does, dollars, domestic, Doubtful, doubtfully, Dr. Charles L. Bennett", Dr. David H. Gorski, during, each, ear, effect, Effects, efforts, eligible, elude, EmorME, Emory, employee, employees, enforcement, enforcing, Enrolled, ensure, Eric Merola, especially, even, exactly, Expenditure, expenditures, expenses, expensive, experimental, exploit, extending, F.D.A., Facebook, FACS", fact, false, falsely, FBI, Federal, federal law, filed, fine, flows "down-Hill", focus, following, food, footnote, Forbes, forfeit, former, fraud, fresh, friend, friends, fully, funds, further, Gannett, generally, Georgia, goes, goods, Gorski, got, gotta, govern, government, governs, grant, grants, greater, growing, had, handicapped, hardly, Has, have, headed, headlining, health, heart disease, heightened, help, hematology, her, highly, himself, hire, HomePage, hotels, http//www.sciencebasedmedicine.org, http://anp4all.com, http://blog.rbutr.com/, http://cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/, http://cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/faculty/, http://cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/faculty/gorski.php, http://centerforinquiry.net/speakers/blaskiewicz_bob, http://justice.gov/, http://justice.gov/opa/pr/, http://justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/, http://justice.gov/usao/, http://karmanos.org/Physicians/Details.aspx?sid=1&physician=70, http://lanyrd.com/2013/tam/sckkdy/, http://med.wayne.edu/, http://med.wayne.edu/surgery/, http://med.wayne.edu/surgery/faculty/DGorski.html, http://ncas.org/2013/02/mar-9-david-h-gorski-quackademic.html?m=1, http://necss.org/speakers/bob-blaskiewicz/, http://prognosis.med.wayne.edu/article/dr-gorski-named-codirector-of-michigan-breast-oncology-quality-initiative, http://rbutr.com/, http://sciencebasedmedicine.org, http://sciencebasedmedicine.org/editorial-staff/, http://sciencebasedmedicine.org/editorial-staff/david-h-gorski-md-phd-managing-editor/, http://scienceblogs.com/, http://scienceblogs.com/Insolence, http://skepticalhumanities.com/, http://thehoustoncancerquack.com/, http://usatoday.com/, http://usatoday.com/story/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/burzynski-cancer-science/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/burzynski-cancer-science/2994731/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/jeanine-graf-cancer-children/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy/, http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy/2994561/, http://uwec.edu/Staff/blaskir/, http://virtualskeptics.com/, http://whybiotech.com/?p=3808, http://wsusurgery.com/facultyc3/david-gorski/, http://wsusurgery.com/research-team-dr-gorski/, http://www.cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/, http://www.cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/faculty/, http://www.cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/faculty/gorski.php, http://www.centerforinquiry.net/speakers/blaskiewicz_bob, http://www.csicop.org/author/rblaskiewicz, http://www.justice.gov/, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/, http://www.justice.gov/usao/, http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan. "Emory Settlement Agreement", http://www.karmanos.org/Physicians/Details.aspx?sid=1&physician=70, http://www.med.wayne.edu/, http://www.med.wayne.edu/surgery/faculty/, http://www.med.wayne.edu/surgery/faculty/DGorski.html, http://www.ncas.org/2013/02/mar-9-david-h-gorski-quackademic.html?m=1, http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/editorial-staff/, http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/editorial-staff/david-h-gorski-md-phd-managing-editor/, http://www.scienceblogs.com/, http://www.scienceblogs.com/Insolence, http://www.skepticalhumanities.com, http://www.usatoday.com/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/burzynski-cancer-science/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/burzynski-cancer-science/2994731/, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/jeanine-graf-cancer-children/2994675/ http://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/jeanine-graf-cancer-children/2994675/ http://www.usatoday.co, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy/, http://www.uwec.edu/Staff/blaskir/, http://www.whybiotech.com/?p=3808, http://www.wsusurgery.com/facultyc3/david-gorski/, http://www.wsusurgery.com/research-team-dr-gorski/, https://mobile.twitter.com/, https://mobile.twitter.com/gorskon, https://mobile.twitter.com/oracknows, https://mobile.twitter.com/rjblaskiewicz, https://mobile.twitter.com/ScienceBasedMed, https://twitter.com/, https://twitter.com/gorskon, https://twitter.com/oracknows, https://twitter.com/ScienceBasedMed, https://www.twitter.com/gorskon, https://www.twitter.com/oracknows, https://www.twitter.com/ScienceBasedMed, illegally, illustrates, IMMEDIATE, improper, improperly, include, including, increased, incurred, individual, individuals, inexpensive, information, Inject, innovation, insiders, Insolence, instead, institutions, intellectual property crimes", intended, international, Internet, into, investigated, investigates, investigation, involving, Irrespective, items, jmosemak, journalist, Justice, key, kidding, kids/parenting", killing, know, larger, law, lawsuit, learn, led, legal, liability, liable, Lies, limited, lives, living, Liz Szabo, LizSzabo, local, long, M.D.", made, man", manage, manipulated, massive, matter, may, Maybe, MD", meals, media, Medicaid, medical reporter covering cancer, Medicare, medicine, meet, message, Michigan, million, misconduct, mismanagement, Missouri", money, money after cancer treatments", monkey, months, more, most, much, must, name, named, NatGeo, NATION, National Institutes of Health, nature, need, needed, never, news, NIH, no, NoNo, nor, Northwestern, Not, now, number, obligation, obsessively, obtained, obvious, obviously, off, office, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, offices, often, OIG, oncology, only, Orac, Oracolyte, Oracolytes, Ordered, orifice, otherwise, Our, outside, overall, Overbilled, own, paid, paramount, part, particular, partners, patients, pay, payment, pediatrics, penalties, people, percent, permitted, personal benefit", Ph.D, pharmacies, PhD, Phoenix, physician, play, please, portion, position, posted, predict, prescribed, press, prey, preys, priority, prison, private, proceeds, PRODUCTS, profit, programs, projects, propensity, properly, prosecuted, prostate, protect, protecting, protection, protocol, protocols, provided, Providers, providing, provisions, pseudoscience, public, public health, purchasing, pursue, pursuing, question, questionable, r-but-r, rbutr, reached, ready, real, really, receive, received, recipients, recovery, rectify, region, reimbursement, reinforcing, related, relationships, relatively non-toxic experimental cancer drug", relatives, release, releases, remains, remedies, report, reported, reporter, reports, represented, request, research, researcher, researchers, reserved, resolves, resources, Respectful Insolence, restitution, resulted, resulting, Revealed!, reviewed, right ?", risk, rjblatherskiewicz, role, Room, rules, safeguard, safety, said, same, saving, scienceblogs, seal, seek, seeks, seemed, Selling, send, sentence, sentenced, Sentencing, seriously, serve, service, services, settle, settled, settlement, severely, sexual, share, Sharon Hill, she, should, show, shows, significant, simply, since, Skeptical Humanities, skepticalhumanities, social, some, something, sought, special, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Phoenix Division", Special Agent-in-Charge", spending, sponsor, Stanislaw Burzynski, State, stated, strengthen, strict, subcontracted, subcontracts, submission, submitted, submitted false claims", subsequently, such, suffering, Suit, supervised, supplier, support, sure, survivals, system, takes, taxpayer, technique, test, that, The Skeptics, their, there, thereby, these, those, thought, through, today, together, tolerated, travel, treatment, treatments, trial, triple, trust, try, tumor, Twerk, twice, Twitter, U.S. Attorney for District of Arizona", U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, unable, unacceptable, unapproved medication to cancer patients reaches a new low”, Under”, United States, United States Attorney for Northern District of Illinois", universities, University, unqualified, urinary, urinary side effects compared”, urine, US, USA, USDOJ, use, used, using, utilized, various, victimize, victims, violated, violates, violation, virtualskeptics, vulnerable, wanted, was, WASHINGTON, website, WHAT, when reporter, which, which showed DCA caused regression in several cancers", whistleblower, whistleblowers, will, willingness, win, Wisconsin" http://uwec.edu/Staff/blaskir/, with, within, witnessed, women’s health, worked, working, would, wrongdoing, www.justice.gov/, Years, your | Leave a reply
Burzynski: Department of Health and Human Services: OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL-THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION’S OVERSIGHT OF CLINICAL TRIALS
Posted on April 26, 2013 by didymusjudasthomas
Daniel R. Levinson Inspector General
September 2007 OEI-01-06-00160
75% of inspections target previously completed trials and often focus on verifying quality of clinical trial data
75% of BiMo inspections during FY 2000–2005 period were surveillance inspections, which generally target previously completed trials and often focus on verifying quality of clinical trial data
Click to access oei-01-06-00160.pdf
Posted in research | Tagged Burzynski, Department of Health and Human Services, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, HHS, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, OIG, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION’S OVERSIGHT OF CLINICAL TRIALS | Leave a reply
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line765
|
__label__wiki
| 0.816715
| 0.816715
|
Start Page|
Webmail|
LocalNet
Webmail!
Powell's Books says Andy Ngo's book will not be in store
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ??" Powell's Books has announced that the iconic Portland bookstore will not place the book "Unmasked" by conservative writer Andy Ngo on its shelves following a backlash.
KOIN reported that despite Powell's decision to keep the anti-antifa book off its shelves, a small crowd of protesters gathered outside the store's flagship location downtown on Monday, plastering the windows with signs and prompting the store to close early as a safety precaution.
A statement on Powell's Twitter page said that while a lot of the store's inventory is hand-picked, "Unmasked" was not and came to the store through an automatic data feed.
"This book will not be placed on our shelves. We will not promote it. That said, it will remain in our online catalog," the statement said. "We carry a lot of books we find abhorrent, as well as those that we treasure."
The book "Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy" is scheduled for release in February.
Author Andy Ngo is known for aggressively covering and video-recording demonstrators. Ngo describes himself as the editor at large at The Post Millennial, a Canada-based conservative web publication.
Ngo has drawn attention to antifa for years. Antifa ??" short for "anti-fascists"??" is an umbrella term for leftist militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations.
In 2019, Ngo said he was targeted and suffered brain injuries when he was assaulted while covering protests in Portland.
Video of the attack was widely viewed online and led to national calls for investigations as well as a subsequent rally led by the Proud Boys, a right-wing organization that has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
News content provided by the Associated Press. Weather content provided by Weather Underground
© 1994-2021 LocalNet Corp. All Rights Reserved
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line766
|
__label__wiki
| 0.999075
| 0.999075
|
Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Team records
England in Australia Test Series, 1876/77 England in Australia Test Match, 1878/79 Australia in England Test Match, 1880 England in Australia Test Series, 1881/82 Australia in England Test Match, 1882 The Ashes, 1882/83 England in Australia Test Match, 1882/83 The Ashes, 1884 The Ashes, 1884/85 The Ashes, 1886 The Ashes, 1886/87 The Ashes, 1887/88 The Ashes, 1888 England in South Africa Test Series, 1888/89 The Ashes, 1890 The Ashes, 1891/92 England in South Africa Test Match, 1891/92 The Ashes, 1893 The Ashes, 1894/95 England in South Africa Test Series, 1895/96 The Ashes, 1896 The Ashes, 1897/98 England in South Africa Test Series, 1898/99 The Ashes, 1899 The Ashes, 1901/02 The Ashes, 1902 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1902/03 The Ashes, 1903/04 The Ashes, 1905 England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06 South Africa in England Test Series, 1907 The Ashes, 1907/08 The Ashes, 1909 England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1910/11 The Ashes, 1911/12 Triangular Tournament, 1912 Australia v South Africa Test Series, 1912 South Africa in England Test Series, 1912 The Ashes, 1912 England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14 The Ashes, 1920/21 The Ashes, 1921 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1921/22 England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23 South Africa in England Test Series, 1924 The Ashes, 1924/25 The Ashes, 1926 England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28 West Indies in England Test Series, 1928 The Ashes, 1928/29 South Africa in England Test Series, 1929 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1929/30 England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30 The Ashes, 1930 West Indies in Australia Test Series, 1930/31 England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1931 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1931/32 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1931/32 India in England Test Match, 1932 The Ashes, 1932/33 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1932/33 West Indies in England Test Series, 1933 England in India Test Series, 1933/34 The Ashes, 1934 England in West Indies Test Series, 1934/35 South Africa in England Test Series, 1935 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1935/36 India in England Test Series, 1936 The Ashes, 1936/37 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1937 The Ashes, 1938 England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39 West Indies in England Test Series, 1939 Australia in New Zealand Test Match, 1945/46 India in England Test Series, 1946 The Ashes, 1946/47 England in New Zealand Test Match, 1946/47 South Africa in England Test Series, 1947 India in Australia Test Series, 1947/48 England in West Indies Test Series, 1947/48 The Ashes, 1948 West Indies in India Test Series, 1948/49 England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1949 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1949/50 West Indies in England Test Series, 1950 The Ashes, 1950/51 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1950/51 South Africa in England Test Series, 1951 England in India Test Series, 1951/52 West Indies in Australia Test Series, 1951/52 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1951/52 India in England Test Series, 1952 Pakistan in India Test Series, 1952/53 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1952/53 India in West Indies Test Series, 1952/53 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1952/53 The Ashes, 1953 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1953/54 England in West Indies Test Series, 1953/54 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1954 The Ashes, 1954/55 India in Pakistan Test Series, 1954/55 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1954/55 Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955 South Africa in England Test Series, 1955 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1955/56 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1955/56 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1955/56 The Ashes, 1956 Australia in Pakistan Test Match, 1956/57 Australia in India Test Series, 1956/57 England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57 West Indies in England Test Series, 1957 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1957/58 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1958 West Indies in India Test Series, 1958/59 The Ashes, 1958/59 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1958/59 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1958/59 India in England Test Series, 1959 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1959/60 Australia in India Test Series, 1959/60 England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60 South Africa in England Test Series, 1960 Pakistan in India Test Series, 1960/61 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1960/61 The Ashes, 1961 England in Pakistan Test Series, 1961/62 England in India Test Series, 1961/62 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1961/62 India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1962 The Ashes, 1962/63 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1962/63 The Wisden Trophy, 1963 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1963/64 England in India Test Series, 1963/64 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1963/64 The Ashes, 1964 Australia in India Test Series, 1964/65 Australia in Pakistan Test Match, 1964/65 Pakistan in Australia Test Match, 1964/65 England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1964/65 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1964/65 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1964/65 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1964/65 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1965 South Africa in England Test Series, 1965 The Ashes, 1965/66 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1965/66 The Wisden Trophy, 1966 West Indies in India Test Series, 1966/67 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67 India in England Test Series, 1967 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1967 India in Australia Test Series, 1967/68 The Wisden Trophy, 1967/68 India in New Zealand Test Series, 1967/68 The Ashes, 1968 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1968/69 England in Pakistan Test Series, 1968/69 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1968/69 The Wisden Trophy, 1969 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1969 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1969/70 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1969/70 Australia in India Test Series, 1969/70 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70 The Ashes, 1970/71 India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1970/71 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1971 India in England Test Series, 1971 New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1971/72 The Ashes, 1972 England in India Test Series, 1972/73 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1972/73 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1972/73 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1972/73 England in Pakistan Test Series, 1972/73 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1973 The Wisden Trophy, 1973 New Zealand in Australia Test Series, 1973/74 The Wisden Trophy, 1973/74 Australia in New Zealand Test Series, 1973/74 India in England Test Series, 1974 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1974 West Indies in India Test Series, 1974/75 The Ashes, 1974/75 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1974/75 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1974/75 The Ashes, 1975 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1975/76 India in New Zealand Test Series, 1975/76 India in West Indies Test Series, 1975/76 The Wisden Trophy, 1976 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1976/77 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1976/77 England in India Test Series, 1976/77 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1976/77 Australia in New Zealand Test Series, 1976/77 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1976/77 Centenary Test, 1976/77 The Ashes, 1977 India in Australia Test Series, 1977/78 England in Pakistan Test Series, 1977/78 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1977/78 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1977/78 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1978 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1978 India in Pakistan Test Series, 1978/79 The Ashes, 1978/79 West Indies in India Test Series, 1978/79 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1978/79 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1978/79 India in England Test Series, 1979 Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80 Pakistan in India Test Series, 1979/80 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1979/80 England in Australia Test Series, 1979/80 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1979/80 Golden Jubilee Test, 1979/80 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1979/80 The Wisden Trophy, 1980 Centenary Test, 1980 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1980/81 New Zealand in Australia Test Series, 1980/81 India in Australia Test Series, 1980/81 The Wisden Trophy, 1980/81 India in New Zealand Test Series, 1980/81 The Ashes, 1981 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1981/82 England in India Test Series, 1981/82 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1981/82 England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1981/82 Australia in New Zealand Test Series, 1981/82 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1981/82 India in England Test Series, 1982 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1982 Sri Lanka in India Test Match, 1982/83 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83 The Ashes, 1982/83 India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83 India in West Indies Test Series, 1982/83 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1982/83 Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1982/83 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1983 Pakistan in India Test Series, 1983/84 West Indies in India Test Series, 1983/84 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1983/84 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1983/84 England in Pakistan Test Series, 1983/84 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1983/84 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1983/84 The Wisden Trophy, 1984 Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1984 India in Pakistan Test Series, 1984/85 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1984/85 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1984/85 England in India Test Series, 1984/85 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1984/85 New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1984/85 The Ashes, 1985 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1985/86 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1985/86 India in Australia Test Series, 1985/86 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1985/86 The Wisden Trophy, 1985/86 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 India in England Test Series, 1986 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1986 Australia in India Test Series, 1986/87 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1986/87 The Ashes, 1986/87 Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1986/87 Pakistan in India Test Series, 1986/87 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1986/87 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1987 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1987 West Indies in India Test Series, 1987/88 England in Pakistan Test Series, 1987/88 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1987/88 Bicentenary Test, 1987/88 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1987/88 Sri Lanka in Australia Test Match, 1987/88 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1987/88 The Wisden Trophy, 1988 Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1988 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1988/89 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1988/89 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1988/89 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1988/89 India in West Indies Test Series, 1988/89 The Ashes, 1989 India in Pakistan Test Series, 1989/90 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1989/90 Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1989/90 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1989/90 India in New Zealand Test Series, 1989/90 The Wisden Trophy, 1989/90 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1989/90 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1990 India in England Test Series, 1990 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1990/91 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1990/91 The Ashes, 1990/91 Sri Lanka in India Test Match, 1990/91 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1990/91 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1990/91 The Wisden Trophy, 1991 Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1991 India in Australia Test Series, 1991/92 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1991/92 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1991/92 South Africa in West Indies Test Match, 1991/92 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1992 Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992 India in Zimbabwe Test Match, 1992/93 New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1992/93 India in South Africa Test Series, 1992/93 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1992/93 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992/93 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Match, 1992/93 England in India Test Series, 1992/93 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1992/93 Zimbabwe in India Test Match, 1992/93 England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1992/93 The Ashes, 1993 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1993/94 Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series, 1993/94 West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1993/94 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1993/94 Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1993/94 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1993/94 The Wisden Trophy, 1993/94 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1993/94 India in New Zealand Test Match, 1993/94 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1994 South Africa in England Test Series, 1994 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1994/95 Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1994/95 West Indies in India Test Series, 1994/95 The Ashes, 1994/95 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1994/95 Pakistan in South Africa Test Match, 1994/95 Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1994/95 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95 Centenary Test, 1994/95 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1994/95 The Wisden Trophy, 1995 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96 South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Match, 1995/96 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1995/96 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1995/96 England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Match, 1995/96 Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1995/96 Zimbabwe in New Zealand Test Series, 1995/96 New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1995/96 India in England Test Series, 1996 Pakistan in England Test Series, 1996 Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1996/97 Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series, 1996/97 South Africa in India Test Series, 1996/97 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1996/97 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1996/97 England in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1996/97 India in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97 England in New Zealand Test Series, 1996/97 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97 India in West Indies Test Series, 1996/97 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1996/97 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97 The Ashes, 1997 Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 1997 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997 New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1997/98 South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1997/98 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98 Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1997/98 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1997/98 Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98 The Wisden Trophy, 1997/98 Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98 Zimbabwe in New Zealand Test Series, 1997/98 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1997/98 Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1997/98 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 South Africa in England Test Series, 1998 Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1998 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1998/99 India in Zimbabwe Test Match, 1998/99 The Ashes, 1998/99 West Indies in South Africa Test Series, 1998/99 Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series, 1998/99 India in New Zealand Test Series, 1998/99 Pakistan in India Test Series, 1998/99 Asian Test Championship, 1998/99 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1998/99 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1998/99 New Zealand in England Test Series, 1999 Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999 New Zealand in India Test Series, 1999/00 Southern Cross Trophy, 1999/00 South Africa v Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1999/00 Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1999/00 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1999/00 South Africa in India Test Series, 1999/00 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1999/00 Zimbabwe in West Indies Test Series, 1999/00 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2000 Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2000 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 The Wisden Trophy, 2000 South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2000/01 India in Bangladesh Test Match, 2000/01 England in Pakistan Test Series, 2000/01 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 Zimbabwe in India Test Series, 2000/01 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2000/01 Zimbabwe in New Zealand Test Match, 2000/01 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2000/01 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2000/01 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2000/01 Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2000/01 Pakistan in England Test Series, 2001 India in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2001 The Ashes, 2001 Clive Lloyd Trophy, 2001 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001 Asian Test Championship, 2001/02 South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2001/02 India in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2001/02 Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2001/02 West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 England in India Test Series, 2001/02 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series, 2001/02 Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series, 2001/02 Pakistan v West Indies Test Series, 2001/02 Zimbabwe in India Test Series, 2001/02 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 England in New Zealand Test Series, 2001/02 India in West Indies Test Series, 2002 New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 2002 Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002 New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 2002 Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2002 India in England Test Series, 2002 Australia v Pakistan Test Series, 2002/03 West Indies in India Test Series, 2002/03 Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03 The Ashes, 2002/03 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03 Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2002/03 West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2002/03 India in New Zealand Test Series, 2002/03 Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2003 South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003 Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003 Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2003 Bangladesh in Australia Test Series, 2003 South Africa in England Test Series, 2003 Bangladesh in Pakistan Test Series, 2003 New Zealand in India Test Series, 2003/04 Southern Cross Trophy, 2003/04 South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2003/04 England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003/04 Clive Lloyd Trophy, 2003/04 England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003/04 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2003/04 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2003/04 Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2003/04 Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2003/04 The Wisden Trophy, 2003/04 India in Pakistan Test Series, 2003/04 Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004 New Zealand in England Test Series, 2004 Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series, 2004 Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004 The Wisden Trophy, 2004 South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2004/05 New Zealand in Bangladesh Test Series, 2004/05 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2004/05 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2004/05 South Africa in India Test Series, 2004/05 India in Bangladesh Test Series, 2004/05 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2004/05 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2004/05 Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2004/05 Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Series, 2004/05 Pakistan in India Test Series, 2004/05 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2004/05 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2005 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2004/05 Bangladesh in England Test Series, 2005 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2005 West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 The Ashes, 2005 New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2005 Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 India in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2005 ICC Super Series Test Match, 2005/06 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2005/06 England in Pakistan Test Series, 2005/06 Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2005/06 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2005/06 India in Pakistan Test Series, 2005/06 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06 England in India Test Series, 2005/06 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 2005/06 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005/06 Australia in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06 Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2006 India in West Indies Test Series, 2006 Pakistan in England Test Series, 2006 South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006 West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 2006/07 The Ashes, 2006/07 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07 India in South Africa Test Series, 2006/07 Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2006/07 The Wisden Trophy, 2007 India in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007 Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 Pataudi Trophy, 2007 South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2007/08 Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2007/08 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2007/08 Pakistan in India Test Series, 2007/08 England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2007/08 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2007/08 Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series, 2007/08 South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007/08 England in New Zealand Test Series, 2007/08 Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2007/08 South Africa in India Test Series, 2007/08 New Zealand in England Test Series, 2008 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2008 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2008 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2008/09 New Zealand in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09 Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2008/09 England in India Test Series, 2008/09 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 2008/09 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2008/09 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09 The Wisden Trophy, 2008/09 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2008/09 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09 India in New Zealand Test Series, 2008/09 The Wisden Trophy, 2009 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 The Ashes, 2009 Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series, 2009 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2009/10 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2009/10 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2009/10 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2009/10 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2009/10 India in Bangladesh Test Series, 2009/10 South Africa in India Test Series, 2009/10 Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Match, 2009/10 England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2009/10 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2009/10 Bangladesh in England Test Series, 2010 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2010 MCC Spirit of Cricket Test Series, 2010 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 Pakistan in England Test Series, 2010 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2010/11 New Zealand in India Test Series, 2010/11 Pakistan v South Africa Test Series, 2010/11 West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010/11 The Ashes, 2010/11 India in South Africa Test Series, 2010/11 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2010/11 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2011 Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2011 India in West Indies Test Series, 2011 Pataudi Trophy, 2011 Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2011 Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2011 Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2011 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2011/12 New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2011/12 West Indies in India Test Series, 2011/12 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12 Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2011/12 Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series, 2011/12 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2011/12 Pakistan v England Test Series, 2011/12 Zimbabwe in New Zealand Test Match, 2011/12 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2011/12 England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2011/12 The Wisden Trophy, 2012 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2012 New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 2012 New Zealand in India Test Series, 2012 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2012/13 West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2012/13 England in India Test Series, 2012/13 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2012/13 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13 Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2012/13 England in New Zealand Test Series, 2012/13 Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 Clive Lloyd Trophy, 2012/13 Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2013 New Zealand in England Test Series, 2013 The Ashes, 2013 Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2013 New Zealand in Bangladesh Test Series, 2013/14 Pakistan v South Africa Test Series, 2013/14 West Indies in India Test Series, 2013/14 The Ashes, 2013/14 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 2013/14 India in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series, 2013/14 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2013/14 India in New Zealand Test Series, 2013/14 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14 New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 2014 Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014 Pataudi Trophy, 2014 South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2014 Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series, 2014 Pakistan v Australia Test Series, 2014/15 Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2014/15 Pakistan v New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 The Wisden Trophy, 2015 Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series, 2015 New Zealand in England Test Series, 2015 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2015 India in Bangladesh Test Match, 2015 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 The Ashes, 2015 South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2015 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 Pakistan v England Test Series, 2015/16 Sobers/Tissera Trophy, 2015/16 Trans-Tasman Trophy [New Zealand in Australia], 2015/16 Freedom Trophy, 2015/16 The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2015/16 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2015/16 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2015/16 Trans-Tasman Trophy [Australia in New Zealand], 2015/16 Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2016 Pakistan in England Test Series, 2016 India in West Indies Test Series, 2016 Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2016 New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2016 New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2016 New Zealand in India Test Series, 2016/17 Pakistan v West Indies Test Series, 2016/17 England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2016/17 Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2016/17 South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2016/17 England in India Test Series, 2016/17 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2016/17 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2016/17 Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17 Bangladesh in India Test Match, 2016/17 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2016/17 Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17 South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17 Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017 Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2017 India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017 The Wisden Trophy, 2017 Australia in Bangladesh Test Series, 2017 Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2017/18 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017/18 West Indies in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2017/18 Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2017/18 The Ashes, 2017/18 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 2017/18 Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Match, 2017/18 Freedom Trophy, 2017/18 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2017/18 Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2017/18 England in New Zealand Test Series, 2017/18 Pakistan in Ireland Test Match, 2018 Pakistan in England Test Series, 2018 Sobers/Tissera Trophy, 2018 Afghanistan in India Test Match, 2018 Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series, 2018 South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018 Pataudi Trophy, 2018 West Indies in India Test Series, 2018/19 Pakistan v Australia Test Series, 2018/19 Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2018/19 England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19 Pakistan v New Zealand Test Series, 2018/19 West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2018/19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2018/19 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2018/19 Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19 The Wisden Trophy, 2018/19 Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2018/19 ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19 Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series, 2018/19 Afghanistan v Ireland Test Match, 2018/19 Ireland in England Test Match, 2019 The Ashes, 2019 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2019 India in West Indies Test Series, 2019 Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test Match, 2019 Freedom Trophy, 2019/20 Bangladesh in India Test Series, 2019/20 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2019/20 England in New Zealand Test Series, 2019/20 Afghanistan v West Indies Test Match, 2019/20 Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2019/20 Trans-Tasman Trophy [New Zealand in Australia], 2019/20 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2019/20 Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2019/20 Bangladesh in Pakistan Test Series, 2019/20 India in New Zealand Test Series, 2019/20 Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Match, 2019/20 The Wisden Trophy, 2020 Pakistan in England Test Series, 2020 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2020/21 West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 2020/21 Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2020/21 Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2020/21 England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2020/21
tournament finals preliminary matches
all types all out declared target reached forfeited
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line769
|
__label__wiki
| 0.837824
| 0.837824
|
You are using an outdated browser that will cause usability and security issues.
We strongly recommend upgrading your browser...
TERRIER TRAINING SOCCER ACADEMY
Fall Clinic
BU Women's Soccer
Twitter @TerrierWSOC
Instagram @terrierwsoc
Nancy Feldman – Head Coach
Entering her 25th season at the helm of the Boston University women's soccer team, head coach Nancy Feldman has transformed the program from club-level to a team that is consistently competing against the nation's top squads. After dominating the America East, the Terriers have made their mark as the top-team in the Patriot League, winning four titles in the last six seasons, most recently, the 2018 Regular Season and Conference Tournament Championship.
Following the 2014 season, USA Today named Boston University the third-best Division I women's soccer program in the U.S. based on team success, overall school quality and the academic record of the student athletes.
Overall, Feldman has led the Terriers to 14 appearances in the NCAA tournament, nine America East Championships and four Patriot League crowns. Feldman and her assistants were named America East Coaching Staff of the Year on nine occasions (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) and Patriot League Coaches of the Year on two occasions (2013 and 2018).
Kelly Lawrence – Associate Head Coach
Kelly Lawrence, who owns seven years of DI coaching experience as well as seven years of National Team experience, joined the Boston University women's soccer staff as an associate head coach in March, 2019.
Lawrence comes to Boston after spending four years at Syracuse, including serving as the interim head coach for four months. Prior to her tenure at Syracuse, Lawrence spend two seasons at Monmouth, where she assisted the Hawks to two straight MAAC regular season and conference championships. During the 2014 season, Lawrence assisted the back line which led the NCAA in shutout percentage (.762), rank fourth in goals-against average (0.42) and fifth in winning percentage (.857).
Lawrence broke into the collegiate coaching ranks by serving as a fifth-year student assistant at Indiana University in 2010 after starring for four seasons on the back line with the Hoosiers. A four-year starter, Lawrence became the only player in program history to earn All-Big Ten honors all four years, and is also the only three-time All-Region honoree in program history. In addition, she was a three-time all-region honoree and was on the Mac Herman Watch List in 2008. Lawrence won two WPSL national championships, one with Boston Breakers Reserves in 2010 and one with Orange County Waves in 2011.
She also served as the Girls Varsity Assistant Coach at The Pingry High School in Martinsville, New Jersey from 2012-13, leading the team to the state championship.
The Chigwell, Essex, England native enjoyed a stellar playing career as she spent seven years with the English Youth National Teams (U15-U23's) and Great Britain. She helped England to a runner-up finish in the 2007 Women's Under-19 UEFA Cup. She played her youth career primarily for Arsenal Ladies Football club (2001-05) before her last stint in England with Fulham Ladies First Team (2005-06). Lawrence was also a member of the England National Development Program where she spent two years in residency from 2004-06.
She passed her UEFA B Coaching Assessment through the Welsh Football Association in July, 2018 and received her UEFA B License in November, 2018. She holds the United Soccer Coaches Premier, Advanced and National coaching licenses, in addition to Goalkeeper level I and II Diplomas.
Additionally, she was selected for the 2018-19 WeCOACH Mentor Program, graduated from the 2018 NCAA Women Coaches Academy class #45, and was a recipient of the 2017-2018 NSCAA "30 Under 30" scholarship program.
Lawrence graduated with a degree in General Studies with a minor in Kinesiology & Coaching from Indiana in 2010. She went to receive her Master's in Coaching & Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine in February, 2019.
Tori Christ – Assistant Coach
Following spending six years at Cornell as both a student-athlete and assistant coach, Tori Christ joined the Boston University women's soccer staff as an assistant coach in March, 2019.
Christ arrives in Boston after spending the past two seasons as a goalkeeper coach at her alma mater. Under Christ's tutelage, Meghan Kennedy earned All-Ivy League honorable mention status for the second straight season after leading the league with 94 saves, also marking the second straight season she has topped the conference leader board in saves.
Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Christ played professionally for three seasons, first by playing with the Boston Breakers reserve team in 2014. Christ went overseas the next two years, aiding Västerås BK30 in Sweden to win the Widerlöv Cup in 2015 before playing one final season with Rovaniemen Palloseura in Finland.
While competing for the Big Red, Christ served as a two-year captain and was the program's first three-time winner of the Randy May Coaches' Award, which is given to the player who best demonstrates the spirit and dedication to Cornell soccer shown by Randy May, the first head coach of the program. In 2012, she led the Ivy League with 88 saves, which ranks 11th in Cornell's single-season record book.
Christ graduated from Cornell in 2014 with a degree in psychology.
Other current and former terrier training coaching staff members:
Brittany Heist, Head Coach St. Mary’s H.S. and WNY Flash Club Coach.
Christina Wakefield, Assistant Coach Gettysburg College.
Su DelGuercio, Assistant Coach Amherst College.
Emma Clark, Assistant coach Seton Hall University.
Molly Poletto, Assistant coach at the University of Missouri.
Jessica Clinton, Head Coach Fordham University.
Jen Leaverton, Assistant Coach St. John’s University.
Steph Schafer-Riley, Head Coach WPI.
Kristin Shaw, Head Coach, Colby College.
Jamie Gluck, Head Coach Haverford College .
Corey Holton, Head Coach Vassar College.
Jocelyn Keller, Head Coach Carleton College.
Deborah Raber, Head Coach Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Ciara Crinion, Head Coach Seton Hall.
Kelly Wakeman, Head Coach.
Taylor Booth, Assistant Coach NYU.
Casey Brown, Head Coach College of Holy Cross.
Lisa Cole, Professional Coach.
Heidi Woodcock, Head Coach SUNY Cortland.
Previous Academy Special Guests
Kiley Strom, Current professional women’s soccer player Athletico Madrid.
Katie Schoepfer, Former professional women’s soccer player Boston Breakers.
for the Boston Breakers.
Nikki Cross,Former Professional women’s soccer player US/Germany/Australia
Lauren Gregg, Assistant U.S. Women's National Team Coach (Gold Medalist).
• Angela Hucles, U.S. Women's National Team (Gold Medalist) and former WPS player.
Call 617-353-8456 or e-mail terriertrainingsoccer@gmail.com for more info.
Site design, hosting, and online registration services provided by SDI Camps
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line777
|
__label__cc
| 0.624541
| 0.375459
|
OCTOPUS INK WATERCOLORS
Natalie Treadwell
Natalie Treadwell – Arctic Artist, Explorer, Cartographer
Artist spotlight: Steve Prince
Posted on March 5, 2017 March 5, 2017 by SusitnaVisions
Steve Prince, a talented illustrator and printmaker, visited Notre Dame this week and shared insights about the powerful message of his work. He is an animated and spirited individual who creates images that speak about the human condition and draw inspiration from equally meaningful images. Prince focuses primarily on what it means to live as a black male in America and creates images that collage the history of oppression, slavery, discrimination, and the incredible strength and perseverance of the persecuted.
Prince was commissioned by Segura Art Studio at The Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture to create a linocut print over the course of 10 days in South Bend. His piece “Rosa Sparks” depicts a representation of the bus scene that occurred in Montgomery, Alabama when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, setting off a chain reaction of civil rights battles and victories across the country. He included religious imagery throughout his piece and small homages to Notre Dame can be found throughout the piece, such as the halo that surrounds Rosa Parks which matches the halo on Touchdown Jesus. In the far left corner a young black woman represents the Madonna with baby Jesus sitting on the back of the bus carrying a look of uncertainty and fear on her face. Next to her is a representation of Treyvon Martin who stands defiantly with MLK and Malcolm X in his shadows. The representation of the average black male with a double edge sword for a tie and standing in the “hands up, don’t shoot” position starkly contrasts the apathetic stance of the white bus driver. Outside the bus are protesters whose signs and movement penetrate the bus and create a cohesion of events, showing the fluidity of the civil rights movement.
Above: Close up of the lower left corner of “Rosa Sparks” depicting the Madonna, Treyon Martin, and the shadows of slavery, MLK, and Malcolm X. Below: Close of up Rosa Parks depicted as what Prince calls an “AOG” or “Agent of God”
Princes work is deeply rooted in his sketchbook practice and the process of illustration. He cannot remember a time when we wasn’t drawing and creating images. His work stems from several artists and grows from his upbringing in New Orleans. He spoke to my metal foundry class on Fat Tuesday and gave a beautiful and lively description about the processes of honoring life and how artists play an integral role in defining the imagery of a person, especially in how they’re martyred and mourned for. He records the processional burial traditions that stem from New Orleans and incorporate a build up of Jazz music that leads to a cathartic release of human emotion through dance and praise. He even got our class to sing, which is a difficult undertaking when speaking to college students!
Above is a snapshot of Prince’s sketchbook where he first begins fleshing out his ideas. He is working on a graphite print called “the salt of the earth” which depicts three black men absorbing hatred and discrimination from a white male in a diner. The men all cary an expression of strength and cary the patch of “AOG” which shows they will persevere to create incredible change. Prince’s work contains incredible depth and meaning that is hidden amongst his unique drawing style. Each element has a story and is integral to the meaning of the piece as a whole. Each person carries their own history hidden in the lines that build their structure. His work answers a question about the human condition and makes a statement about how we as a society should learn from our history to grow in the future to be more inclusive and respectful.
Steve is an inspirational artist and has pushed me to find more meaning in my work. I was fortunate enough to spend time speaking with him at Segura Studio and see his artistic practice in action. He feeds off the energy of those around him and works tirelessly to create beautiful art. The work that he creates takes on a life of its own and tells an important and meaningful story. He is a true artist.
More work by Steve can be found here: http://www.eyekons.com/steve_prince/steve_prince_home
I encourage you to check it out!
South Bend Sculptures: River Lights
Holy Cross Seminary Lost-wax copper sculpture
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line779
|
__label__wiki
| 0.966297
| 0.966297
|
English footballer Marcus Rashford honoured for school meals campaign
Reuters | Oct 10, 2020, 09.06 AM IST
LONDON: Footballer Marcus Rashford is among those to receive awards in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours, an annual list dominated this year by frontline workers against the COVID-19 pandemic and community champions.
The 22-year-old Manchester United and England forward who successfully campaigned to extend free school meals this summer, receives an MBE for services to vulnerable children during the pandemic.
Body Coach Joe Wicks and Mr Motivator (Derrick Evans) also receive MBEs for their live workouts to encourage people to stay physically fit during lockdown.
Among other awards, "Poirot" actor David Suchet is knighted and there are damehoods for food writer and broadcaster Mary Berry and actress Maureen Lipman.
Explore Briefs
MBE 🇬🇧 https://t.co/BYkeKY2chP
— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) 1602278983000
CBEs go to physicist Professor Brian Cox, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, actor Adrian Lester and singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading.
In sport, Welsh former rugby player Gareth Thomas receives a CBE and cricketer Darren Gough is awarded an MBE.
"Of those who have been awarded, 72% go to those who have worked tirelessly for their local community," the Cabinet Office said in a statement.
"This reflects the huge voluntary effort across the country in response to COVID-19, with recipients cumulatively supplying millions of free meals to those shielding, delivering care packages to (health service) frontline workers and clocking up countless voluntary hours to support those at risk."
In the British honours system, MBE stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire. It is outranked by the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) and by the top award, the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line781
|
__label__wiki
| 0.542277
| 0.542277
|
Next:MURPHY'S LAW: Elderly MiGs Rejected By Everyone
Attrition: Pain And Frustration
January 4, 2021: American soldiers and marines are encountering serious medical problems with the weight of combat equipment they have to carry in combat. More so than in Iraq, U.S. troops in Afghanistan are fighting on foot. And not on the plains of Iraq, but the hills of Afghanistan. The air is, literally, thinner (less oxygen) in much of Afghanistan, which is at the same altitude as Denver, Colorado where the thin air is a known problem for visitors.
Most of the casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan have been non-combat. Accidents, disease and stress (physical and mental) problems had, during the eight years of most intensive combat, accounted for 81 percent of those troops flown out so they could get more advanced care. There are about ten of these evacuations for every soldier killed (combat or non-combat). Only 19 percent of those "medical evacuations" were for combat injuries. Military hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as back in the United States) find that the vast majority of combat zone casualties are not there because of combat injuries.
While not caused by combat, a lot of the "non-combat" injuries were the result of combat operations. For example, ten percent of those evacuated had musculoskeletal injuries. That’s because infantry carry more weight, sometimes nearly 50 kg (a hundred pounds or more), frequently. This is the heaviest load any troops in a combat zone have to carry. Back and muscle problems are common.
The army and marine brass tried to reduce the weight of gear, usually to no more than 41 kg (90 pounds) their troops carried into battle. Of late, lighter armor, boots and other equipment reduced the load by about nine kg (20 pounds). Local commanders were allowed to delete more weight, depending on circumstances. But that still meant combat troops running up those hills while wearing 20 kg (44 pounds) of stuff. It hasn’t been enough.
These troops are in great physical shape, which means they have the energy, muscle and determination to push themselves beyond their limits. For that reason, medics are finding themselves treating a lot of musculoskeletal problems. Knee and back problems abound, often causing much pain, especially the back spasms. It's worse for guys who are on their second or third trip to Afghanistan.
Because of all this, a lot more infantry are retiring on partial disability, and spend the rest of their lives limping around, or in constant pain. This doesn't show up in the casualty reports. But go to a veterans gathering on November 11 or Memorial Day in ten or twenty years, and you'll be able to pick out the infantry vets from Afghanistan.
The army found that even when there was not a lot of combat, which is more physically stressful than any peacetime training, there were still a lot of musculoskeletal problems. These are now called MSKIs (Noncombat musculoskeletal injuries) because they also develop in peacetime and troops who suffered such problems while in combat find that they have MSKI after being treated, released and returned to duty. Currently MSKI accounts for 60 percent of limited duty days soldiers receive to aid in recovery. At any given time, four percent of active-duty soldiers are unable to deploy overseas for medical reasons. MSKI is a key factor for 65 percent of troops who are deemed temporarily unfit for overseas duty. MSKI is a major factor with 90 percent of new recruits being discharged after less than a year of service for not being able to continue in service. Some 30 percent of medical evacuations from the combat zone are for MSKI.
Finding a solution for this problem now involves constant experiments with new types of exercises that can reduce vulnerability to MSKI. Some exercises have been found useful but no collection of physical training techniques has been found to make a major difference. That will only come when a way is found to reduce the weight the troops carry in combat.
MURPHY'S LAW: Elderly MiGs Rejected By Everyone
Attrition: Current 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line783
|
__label__wiki
| 0.595317
| 0.595317
|
Gwynne’s “Empire” details the struggles of the Comanche people
John Mendiola|August 16, 2012
This year’s book-first-years-won’t-read book is “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S.C. Gwynne. It deals with the ever-volatile clashing of the Comanche’s and Anglo-American’s way of life in the 1800s.
If you’re reading this because you’re about to do the #2 in your pants at the thought of the countless papers, oral recitations and dioramas you’ll have to make: worry not! It’s a crying shame but I’ll probably be the last person to talk about the book. The stories of the early pioneers and the last free natives uniquely embody humanity. There is no black or white, just this dank, murky, bloody gray. Here’s a recap of the history and major events in the book.
The middle of the continent proved to be the last obstacle to Manifest Destiny. The East and the West were conquered with the conclusion of the Transcontinental Railroad. In the Great Plains, the Comanche ruled with an iron fist and raided and harassed the frontiersman, then vanished in their vast territory.
The Comanche were a people seemingly made for horses. Before the introduction of horses to the New World, the Comanche were a small, weak tribe, but horses changed everything. They were better at breeding, riding and fighting on horses than anyone else. Horses made them more effective at their way of life; wealth was measured in how many horses owned, and children at an early age were expected to learn how to ride and fight on horses. The Comanches’ entire culture revolved around war, and, with the addition of horses, they proved to be a deadly force.
They weren’t invincible though. Texans were too tough to be deterred by the frequent raids of the Comanche. Texas politicians openly called for, ostensibly, genocide. Buffalo was the Comanches’ most important resource ““ it was their way of life. An invention that could turn buffalo hide into high-grade leather caused the number of buffalo hunters to grow thus destroying hundreds of herds ““ it wasn’t just economics, it turned political in an effort to destroy the Comanche. But what turned out to be the worst enemy of the Comanche was something they couldn’t fight: diseases. Those ultimately killed more Indians than any battles.
Ranald Mackenzie, a Civil War hero, proved to be the most effective Indian fighter ever when he was assigned to end the Indian Wars once and for all. He made a lot of mistakes fighting the Comanche using normal war tactics, but he learned and adapted quickly.
Cynthia Ann Parker, part of the huge and unlucky Parker Family, was captured in a bloody raid on her family’s fort when she was little. She was adopted into the tribe, like most children captured, and refused to be taken back into civilization. During an ambush by the U.S. Army, a small group of natives was attacked and most were killed, including her husband, the chief, and she was taken back to town against her will. Her young son, Quanah, managed to escape. He became one of the most vicious and ardent haters of the “White Man.”
When Mackenzie and his troops eventually subdued the rest of the bands of Comanche, Quanah realized that their old way of life was over and optimistically embraced “the white man’s road.” He led his people as best as he could: protecting their interests from Washington D.C. and always caring for them even at the cost of his personal wealth.
He became a well-respected figure with the Comanche and the U.S. Government, even being named the principal chief of the Comanche. He would be the first and only person to ever hold that title.
Harry Styles’ Vogue cover is just the start of dismantling gender norms
This past week, Harry Styles made history by being the first man to be featured on the cover of Vogue. However, what has most people talking is what S...
Trinity Music Department plans for virtual holiday performances
Although Trinity University’s music ensembles traditionally hold Christmas concerts, this semester has posed many roadblocks in being able to conduc...
For the Record: Mom Rock’s “I Wish Every Day Was Today”
The problem with Sesame Street’s approach to anti-racism
It’s time to stop using the word “Satanic” to describe music
Kobe Patterson releases “We Were Never Meant to Get Here”
The beauty of sampling
Art history professor Yinshi Lerman-Tan talks about the changing art industry
TUPS presents “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line786
|
__label__wiki
| 0.964797
| 0.964797
|
Tennis excels at ITA Regionals
Editorial Staff|October 5, 2012
Men’s and women’s tennis participated in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournaments in San Antonio and Tyler, Texas the past two weekends.
“The whole team worked hard and left their hearts on the court, and I am so proud of my teammates’ success,” said first-year Gabrielle Roe.
The women’s team did well, sending sophomore Mackenzie Knoop and senior Thavi Ekanayake to nationals in the doubles tournament.
“Thavi and I have been working together for a full year. We’ve been practicing a lot and doing our best,” Knoop said.
Knoop’s results led her to the finals for singles and placed second overall.
Trinity’s women’s team also sent an eight out of the 16 to the next round.
“The team spirit kept us going. You could really feel the energy as the Tigers pulled each other through,” Roe said.
The men’s team competed last weekend in Tyler, Texas.The tournament suffered delay because of the rain. Three out of the four singles semifinalists and two out of the four doubles semifinalists played until the very last day.
“I knew going into the tournament that the feel would be stronger. I still believe we were the best team there,” said head men’s tennis coach Russell McMindes.
However, their success did not come without challenges.
“We had to overcome the unknown. The years past we have done a good job on representing on the final days. This year took more of an effort,” McMindes said.
Sophomore Aaron Skinner and first-year Jordan Mayer won singles and doubles overall, sending them to ITA’s Small College National Championship.
“I couldn’t have asked for anything else,” Skinner said. “[The matches] couldn’t have turned out much better and I am so excited for nationals.
In the singles semifinals Skinner played against his doubles partner, Jordan Mayer.
“I’ve never played another kid from Trinity but Jordan definitely played incredibly, as always,” Skinner said.
The match ended with Skinner winning, yet the doubles team continued on to win the doubles title at the tournament.
“In doubles, Jordan and Aaron have played well all semester,” McMindes said. “They are a very dynamic team, and they rose to the occasion every time to play their best, coming out for a big win.”
Oct. 11-14, Skinner, Mayer, Knoop, Ekanayake will be traveling to Mobile, Ala. to compete in the ITA’s Small College National Championship.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line787
|
__label__wiki
| 0.666057
| 0.666057
|
Learning lessons from Spanish immigration
Soleil Gaffner|October 12, 2017
photo by Miguel Webber
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. I’m excited to hear about the events that Trinity’s own Trinity University Latino Association and Mexico, the Americas, and Spain program have organized (among other great clubs and organizations), but I am sad that I won’t be able to participate in any of them. To contribute to Hispanic Heritage Month, I decided to research the Latinx population in Spain.
Studies done by the European Statistical Office show that Spain nationalized the most non-Europeans of any European Union country in 2014. Many of these immigrants can be traced to Latin America. Among the millions of Latinxs who immigrate, Spain has the second-highest population of immigrants, after the United States, according to Spanish news website El Paàs. How did Spain become the next best place for migrants to migrate?
Due to the harsh dictatorship from 1939 to 1975, and the ensuing economic downfall, immigration has only risen exponentially in the last two decades. As a whole, it has not been long enough for hateful rhetoric to really develop to affect immigration rates.
Second, during Francisco Franco’s regime, many Spaniards left their homeland in search of democracy and freedom. Recent Spanish history opens the minds of Spaniards today, and has created a greater tolerance and empathy for immigrants.
illustration by Yessenia Lopez
Finally, the tainted idea of patriotism that is used in the United States’ hateful rhetoric against immigration is not seen in Spain because of Franco’s nationalist regime. Spaniards don’t walk up to people speaking another language and say, “Està¡s en Espaà±a ahora, habla castellano!”
Spain’s economy is far from booming, though. As of April 2017, the national unemployment rate in Spain is 17.6 percent, which is incredibly high for a developed country. Among Ecuadorians in Spain, the unemployment rate is a whopping 31 percent. When it’s already hard to get a job in your country while being a natural-born citizen, it’s doubly hard when you’re a naturalized citizen.
In Fermin Vivanco and Rebecca Rouse’s article, “Latin American Emigrants in Spain: a Future in the Air,” the authors describe the situation that Latinx immigrants face as unpredictable. Many of them have to rely on unskilled and low-wage jobs, such as domestic work, restaurant service and elderly care. The authors also note that while 86 percent of Latin American immigrants in Spain have bank accounts, only 32 percent are used as savings accounts. Also, while 78 percent of Spain’s general population owns houses, only 12 percent of Latinx migrants do. These numbers are disheartening, and show the struggle they face every day.
However, Spain still provides as much as it can for its immigrant population. Jerome Socolovsky in his NPR article, “Many Latin American Immigrants Opting for Spain,” explains the many different organizations and enterprises being targeted towards Latinx migrant workers.
“Experts say one of the main reasons [Latin American emigrants choose Europe over the United States] is the emergence of an entire industry of financial services catering to immigrants,” Socolovsky writes.
Many Latin Americans in Spain come specifically to work and send money back to their families. To help facilitate this practice, several creative enterprises have begun to pop up in major cities. Many shops have a system where customers pay for appliances and later have them delivered to an address in their home country. One company is testing ATMs that make it possible to pay for groceries, medical treatments or cell phones in a Latin American country. Mundocredit, a branch of one of Spain’s largest banks, caters directly to immigrants and offers no-commission money transfers to Latin America. They also provide the option of getting a mortgage in Spain for a home in Latin America.
Latin American immigrants have made their home in Spain. Spain welcomes them with open arms, but can only do so much for this growing population in the face of its own economic crisis. In the meantime, everyone works together to bring Spain to where it wants to be.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line788
|
__label__wiki
| 0.626051
| 0.626051
|
You Season 3: Book (You Love Me) vs TV Show (Netflix) Differences
By Jennifer Marie Lin on Oct 11th, 2020 (Last Updated Oct 19th, 2020 )
Season 3 of Netflix’s You will be based on You Love Me, Book #3 in Caroline Kepnes’s You thriller series. While Season 3 of You has yet to air, this is what we know so far about differences between the book versus the Netflix TV show.
Right now, this list of differences is mostly based on what we know from the ending of You Season 2 and anything else that’s been said about You Season 3. I’ll be updating this list once the season actually airs!
(For more about You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes, see the review and summary from the Bibliofile.)
Warning: this post contains spoilers, so proceed with caution!
1. Love and Joe have a son in the book, but a daughter (possibly) in the TV series.
In the book You Love Me, Love and Joe have a son (named Forty, after Love’s deceased brother). In the show, at the end of Season 2, Joe narrates that “I’m ready to meet my daughter”. Of course, it’s possible he ends up being wrong about the gender for whatever reason, so we’ll have to wait until it airs to know for sure.
2. Love never moves out to the suburbs in the book.
In the final clips of Season 2, we see that Love and Joe have moved to the suburbs together. Based on this, it seems the show plans on deviating from the book in some ways.
In the book, Joe actually sits in jail for awhile as he goes on trial for a number of his crimes. He’s acquitted thanks to the fancy lawyers paid for by the Quinn family, but the Quinns also force Joe and Love to spit up. Joe finds his house in the suburbs online, and buys it while he’s sitting in prison. Love never gets a chance to see it. When Joe is released from prison, the Quinns fetch him and offer him a generous payoff to get lost (along with a death threat if he refuses).
Joe moves out to his house in the suburbs (to Bainbridge Island, Washington) by himself.
3. In the book, Joe is perfectly happy in the suburbs. In the show, he feels trapped.
At the end of Season 2, Joe describes his life in the suburbs pretty bleakly. As he holds the book Crime and Punishment in his hands (a novel where the main character, spoiler alert, ends up admitting to murder and being exiled to a labor camp in Siberia), he says:
“Not every Siberia is cold. Some are 73 degrees and sunny with eco-conscious landscaping. . .It’s funny. I had no idea the cage I was building all this time was a trap for me. And when I found myself locked in here, I thought this was the end.”
This is different from the book. The show seems to be setting up the premise that Joe is unhappy being settled down, which is why he gets interested in the neighbor.
In You Love Me (the book), it takes a different stance. Joe is parted from Love (by the Quinns), and he simply moves on to the suburbs by himself. He’s building a life there, but very quickly takes an interest in Mary Kay Dimarco. She’s a librarian at the public library where he volunteers/works. Joe likes being out of the city.
Of course, it may be that Joe is happy in the suburbs in the book because Love isn’t there (whereas in the show she is, at least initially). In both the show and the book, it seems that Joe has fallen out of love with Love, despite wanting to be a father. So, in that respect, they are consistent.
4. The female neighbor from the show is Joe’s co-worker in the book.
At the end of Season 2, we get a glimpse of Joe’s Season 3 love interest, his next-door neighbor (with a wedding ring!) who is reading, next to a stack of library books.
In the book, Joe’s love interest lives in the same small town, but she is not his next-door neighbor. Instead, they meet because she is the librarian at the public library where he volunteers/works.
I’ll be updating this list when the Season 3 actually airs. The show is set to film in November 2020 though April 2021, to be aired sometime after that. The book You Love Me will be published on April 6, 2021.
Happy reading/watching!
(For more details – plus spoilers – about You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes, see the review and summary from the Bibliofile.)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line791
|
__label__wiki
| 0.965658
| 0.965658
|
New Video Of Fatal Shooting By NYPD In 2016 Raises Questions About Officer’s Account to Investigators
A civil suit claims that an officer who shot a 46-year-old stagehand in Midtown Manhattan should have de-escalated the encounter.
Jon Campbell Feb 07, 2020
At about 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 2016, Garry Conrad was shot to death by NYPD officers outside a Food Emporium on Eighth Avenue and West 49th Street in Manhattan. Officers said they fired nine rounds at Conrad, a 46-year-old stagehand, after he lunged at them with what they described as an eight-inch folding knife.
James O’Neill, then the NYPD’s chief of department, issued an initial account of the incident that characterized Conrad as belligerent when approached by police. Subsequent media accounts hewed to a similar narrative.
“A 46 year old male entered the Food Emporium store at West 49th and 8th Ave, right behind us, and became aggressive and belligerent” O’Neill said shortly after Conrad’s death. “He was swearing at the people in the store, towards the workers in the store. A uniformed police officer on a foot post was alerted, and he confronted the male. The subject began to struggle with the officer, and they fell to the ground outside the store.”
But attorneys for Conrad’s brother Eric Conrad, who in July 2017 filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Civil Supreme Court against the city and three officers on behalf of his brother’s estate, say the actions of NYPD officer Kevin Gleason violated department protocol on engaging with “emotionally disturbed persons.” They also say that Gleason’s actions precipitated the confrontation that ended with the fatal shooting of Conrad. “Despite knowing that Mr. Conrad was an emotionally disturbed person,” attorneys wrote in a November filing, Gleason “had, without any provocation or basis, viciously attacked on [sic] him and thrown [sic] him to the ground only minutes” before he was killed.
Videos of the incident obtained by The Appeal seem to bolster some of the plaintiff’s claims. The videos show that Gleason pursued and tackled Conrad well after the altercation in the Food Emporium ended. Depositions filed in the case, including an eyewitness account of a bystander wounded in the shooting, suggest that Gleason provoked and even taunted Conrad. The depositions also point to discrepancies between Gleason’s accounts to investigators and his testimony in the lawsuit.
The city’s reply to the allegations has been limited at this stage of the lawsuit, but in a filing last year, they denied the plaintiff’s central claims and asserted that “any force used was justified under the circumstances.” Officer Adolfo Peralta and Sgt. Mark Amundson, the two officers who fired their weapons, were cleared in an internal use-of-force investigation. Because Gleason did not fire his weapon, his actions were not investigated by the department’s Force Investigation Division. The New York City Law Department, which defends officers in civil suits, did not respond to requests for comment from The Appeal.
According to an internal use-of-force investigation, at approximately 8:25 a.m. on May 18, a Food Emporium employee flagged down Gleason, who was posted nearby, and asked for help after Conrad was involved in an argument with staff. Employees told police that Conrad became verbally abusive after a cashier refused to sell him beer. Conrad shouted threats and racial slurs, and employees told him to leave the store. Video shows that Gleason arrived just as Conrad exited the premises.
Gleason followed Conrad to the street and, moments later, attempted to take him into custody, according to the internal use-of-force investigation. A scuffle ensued, and Conrad produced a folding knife. Officer Adolfo Peralta and Sgt. Mark Amundson then fired nine rounds after Conrad lunged at them with the knife.
In Gleason’s initial account to officials in the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division, he alleged that as Conrad exited the grocery store, he turned and “squared off” in a “fighting stance” while verbally threatening him. Gleason told investigators it was only then that he grabbed the strap on Conrad’s backpack and “pulled” him down to the ground. Conrad pulled a knife during the ensuing struggle, Gleason said.
Although the video has no audio and therefore doesn’t capture any alleged threats from Conrad, a previously unreleased surveillance video seems to contradict Gleason’s account. Footage from a camera in the Food Emporium lobby appears to show Gleason shove Conrad as the two walk through the market’s revolving doors. Footage from another angle appears to show that once outside, Conrad walks calmly away from Gleason just before the officer grabs his backpack and throws him to the ground. Conrad was only verbally abusive up to that point, and Gleason had never told him he was under arrest, according to Gleason’s statements in civil depositions in Eric Conrad’s lawsuit. The footage does not appear to show the fighting stance or other confrontational behavior, such as “balled fists,” that Gleason described to investigators.
Though an NYPD official cited the existence of surveillance video shortly after the incident, the footage was never released. Police later provided video to Conrad’s attorneys as part of Eric’s ongoing lawsuit, but a confidentiality agreement prevented their release. The videos were filed as exhibits in the case, though they were inaccessible through the court clerk, even though they were not filed under seal. The Appeal obtained the videos through the Office of Court Administration’s Technical Support team. The fatal shooting of Conrad was presented for possible criminal charges to a Manhattan grand jury, which in early 2017 declined to indict any of the officers involved.
A central argument in the case is whether Gleason considered Conrad to be an “emotionally disturbed person” or “EDP” when he made contact with him, which should have prompted the officer to call for backup, de-escalate the encounter, and create a “zone of safety” before attempting to take him into custody, according to NYPD patrol guide procedure.
Grace Telesco, a criminal justice professor and former NYPD police academy trainer, wrote a report in October as an expert witness for the plaintiffs. Telesco noted that Conrad’s ranting, threats, and “bizarre,” racially abusive language—according to Gleason, who is white, Conrad repeatedly called him the N-word—should have established his disturbed state of mind. The report also notes that in an NYPD internal use-of-force report Gleason described Conrad as “an EDP” shortly after the shooting.
“Officer Gleason stated the male’s balling of his fists, how he squared off, and his threatening to kill him, all while smiling, were indicators that he was an EDP,” the report notes.
But Gleason denied in civil depositions that he made that judgment, despite his initial statements to investigators.
After Conrad was tackled, video shows him scuffling briefly with Gleason. Witnesses and Gleason say Conrad then wielded a folding knife, a tool commonly used by stagehands, and stood, preparing to lunge at officers. When Conrad advanced on the officers, two opened fire. Police fired a total of nine shots, one of which struck a bystander, Lauran Code, in the wrist.
According to a deposition Code gave in connection to a separate lawsuit against the city filed in federal court in 2017, Code stood “three or four feet” from Conrad and Gleason when the confrontation began, and heard the officer taunt Conrad before he tackled him.
“I heard the man [Conrad] say, Can I go now?” Code said in her deposition. “The officer said, You really want to take me on? He [Conrad] said, No. He turned around and started to walk away.”
“Mr. Conrad was not doing anything,” Code added. “He was not threatening anyone. He did not have a weapon out. He was not—he was not doing anything.”
In Code’s complaint, her attorneys wrote that the officers “randomly and indiscriminately discharged their weapons in an attempt to shoot Gary [sic] Conrad, an emotionally disturbed person (‘EDP’) who, prior to being violently tackled by the NYPD, posed no threat of danger to anyone and was attempting to leave the scene.”
Her lawsuit was settled in late 2018 for $1.95 million.
Eric testified in a deposition that he saw a “change” in his brother after a mugging years earlier in which he was beaten with a baseball bat and suffered serious head injuries. Conrad’s parents and co-workers, interviewed after the incident by police investigators, all cited the assault and its effect on Conrad’s mental state.
Co-workers who spoke with police investigators described Conrad as friendly, but a loner. They said he sometimes had a temper, which had worsened since the mugging. A supervisor in the stagehand’s union, Jimmy Maloney, told police that Conrad had been “drinking heavily” in the years after the mugging and “would often argue with patrons at the bars late at night.”
Although initial media reports said Conrad was drunk when police killed him—a co-worker told an ABC affiliate that Conrad showed up at work drunk and walked to the Food Emporium to obtain more alcohol—autopsy results showed no drugs or alcohol in his system.
Code said in her civil deposition that she still experiences acute physical pain in her wrist, which still requires treatment, as well as lingering emotional effects.
“You know, you like to think that when you see something wrong, you’ll help people,” she said. “And you know, it’s—it’s hard on me that I didn’t help him because maybe I could have saved his life.”
Justice Civil Rights Lawsuit Civil Rights Violations Excessive Force Garry Conrad New York New York City New York City Police Department NYPD Police Accountability Police Shootings
More in Justice
What Public Safety Without Police Looks Like
Jerry Iannelli, Joshua Vaughn Jan 08, 2021
Hidden Foster Care: All Of The Responsibility, None Of The Resources
Roxanna Asgarian Dec 21, 2020
Terry McAuliffe’s Record on the Death Penalty Is Out of Step With National Trends
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Dec 11, 2020
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line792
|
__label__wiki
| 0.751199
| 0.751199
|
13th December 2020 Articles Artpapers Conversations by The Art Momentum
A Creative Vision Committed to Change: Jahman O. Anikulapo
Aside from practising as an artist since 1980, Jahman O. Anikulapo has been an arts and culture journalist since 1984, writing mostly on the performing arts, visual arts, literature, film, and cultural affairs for a number of local and international publications. Jahman is also an arts and culture activist, helping to shape national and international policies through seminars, conferences, art festivals, and projects. The Art Momentum caught up with him in the lead up to ART X Lagos 2020 to discuss the shifting perceptions of art on the continent, the importance of archive, and the political responsibilities of the artist. He also shared his views on the relevance and impact of private initiatives like ART X, and the evolution of artistic practice and arts writing in Nigeria.
For the past 40 years, you have been committed to the arts and culture landscape in Nigeria and across the continent. What are your most revealing observations about the evolution of culture and artistic practices in Africa?
The production and expression of culture have changed drastically in character and volume. Significantly, the demographic changed in the sense that a lot of young people who were not part of the ecosystem joined up, especially on production and, of course, in consumption. Historically, parents in the 90s and mid-2000s were known to discourage their children or wards from studying the arts, or exploring and developing their talents in disciplines in the arts. Mostly they wanted their children to study so-called elite disciplines – law, medicine, or engineering. The situation began to change in the late-2000s as new social and economic realities in the national schemes opened up inherent resources in the arts. The emergence of a new middle class spurred and, perhaps determined by consumption patterns and tastes, helped trigger this rediscovery of the potentials of the disciplines in the creative arts. With more young people involved in the production of creative products – music, movies, plastic arts, fashion in particular, and literature to an extent, this ostensibly also affected the demography of expression and consumption of artistic products. Another factor is the shift in global economy, which, in a way, led to the return of a huge population of diasporic Nigerians to their homeland. This class of Nigerians came with mental and material resources that were hitherto locked out, and these injections helped to change the dynamics of consumptions, ostensibly also affecting productions, including packaging and allied services to the creative sector. This situation, I believe, also resonates with the rest of the continent.
Jahman O. Anikulapo
Beyond your vision of journalism, would you say that documenting, testimony, and archiving are essential to building the history of a city, of a nation? Does a private initiative like ART X Lagos also contribute in some way?
Very affirmative. Documentation and archiving, in particular, had been largely absent in the production and expression of culture for a long while. Such significant services had been left to the mainstream media and academia, which had limited or underdeveloped capacities and lean resources. These two vital services were not seen as viable ventures that could help resource the creative production base. However, the advent of what could best be described as the ‘accidental visual culture’, signposted by the film industry (Nollywood, in particular) helped to set in motion a sort of reordering of the system.
For one, there was now a plethora of recording equipment, facilities, and investments, which were ready and willing to be deployed to service documentation and archiving. Essentially, Lagos, and by extension the whole of Nigeria, became constant features in visual representations. The former imaginary character of Lagos as a chaotic, dysfunctional, uninhabitable site changed dramatically as the movies, in particular, began to paint a different picture of a sassy, sexy centre of human creative outputs.
Installation of Ben Enwonwu MBE’s Masterpiece ‘Tutu’ during Art X Lagos 2018. Courtesy of ART X Lagos
The coming of ART X Lagos has helped to burnish this new profile, in that it brought in a new set of creative producers, who probably would never have paid any significant attention to what had been going on here. For instance, Nigeria’s contemporary visual arts production, which had been on for nearly a century, gained traction globally in the 60s with the emergence of the first set of modernists represented by the products of the famous Zaria Art School. ART X Lagos, remains, however, the single biggest interventionist project to bring the global visual arts family to feast on Nigeria’s artistic resources.
The record of accomplishments has been incredibly impressive in such a short time. Its success, I believe, has helped to spur such other initiatives, such as the Lagos Biennale and the annual Art Summit, even as it has enervated the existing gallery and studio structures and practices.
How would you describe the evolution of arts writing in Nigeria? What important changes have you noticed in the past years?
I recall I was a speaker at one of the past discursive sessions at ART X on arts writing and documentation in the arts, and the conclusion we drew from that experience was that even the practice of cultural journalism (where I have been active in the past three decades) was changing exponentially.
Various art schools were beginning to take courses such as Art History more seriously, attracting a lot more students and producing more doctoral students and professionals in the discipline. For a long while, writing on the arts at home was concentrated in the print medium, with a few journals and occasional publications by the few art historians practising. But the increased activities in production and means of expression have encouraged a lot more people to venture into the vocation, with broadcasting media especially taking keener interests. Nearly all the major TV houses now have programmes dedicated to the visual arts, for instance.
Remarkably, there are more journals – both print and digital – emerging and helping to create an environment of enlightenment, education, and empowerment around the creative industry.
Yinka Shonibare, ART X Talks, 2018. Courtesy of ART X Lagos.
Over the past five years, the artists participating in ART X Lagos have been engaged with numerous subjects, such as post-colonialism, African diasporas, identity, police brutality, and injustice in all its forms. Would you say that it is the duty of the artist and more broadly of the art industry to raise a voice to allow for political and social change?
Fundamentally, an artist should have certain ideals to which his creative vision is committed. There ought to be a deliberate intent to his/her production. I do not think any artist creates out of vacuum or a void of intention. But then this is my personal conviction. In particular, for an artist of African orientation, or one compelled by circumstances of birth, location, or practice, I doubt such can be impactful without being affected by the social and political factors in their environment.
As one had stated elsewhere, an artist in our kind of circumstances (existential and developmental challenges) on the continent do not have the luxury of art for art’s sake. Even if the artist is oiled by resources or grants from charitable, external sources, this can only last so long. To remain relevant to their audiences and impactful in their immediate environment, the artist would have to be deliberately socially conscious in his vision and creations. So, affirmatively, I would say it is the cross the artist must bear to respond to the extenuating factors that exist in his production base or location of practice. I guess this also applies universally; I doubt if there is any creative production base in the world that is shorn of its own peculiar social, political, or even cultural elements that feed into the artist’s vision and practice.
ART X Lagos has grown to become a catalyst for talent from the African continent and to make contemporary art accessible to the widest and most diverse audience possible. As a fervent defender of culture for all, what is your opinion of the relevance of the mission of ART X Lagos in Nigeria today?
I think essentially, the ART X has manifested as a game changer in the way visual arts is produced and presented to the public. Appropriately defined, the ART X is an intervention agency for the repositioning of art and, by extension, the creative industry in the national economy.
Associated with this is the fact that it remains the prior agent for the globalisation of home products and practice. It creates the necessary nexus between the home market and the global scene. It is also a pillar for networking, cooperation, and collaboration between and among artists across the various divides of age, race, gender, and orientation. For Nigeria in particular, ART X has helped to showcase the new possibilities of its otherwise monochromatic economy. How the
managers of the national economy key into this emerging vision is another matter entirely. ART X seems ahead of the politico-economy system in which it has found itself.
Access Bank ART X Prize Finalists, 2019. From left to right: Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu, Christopher Nelson Obuh, Etinosa Yvonn, Ayomitunde Adeleke, Peter Ebahi Okotor. Courtesy of ARTX Lagos.
Public art can express the concerns of a community and contribute to change on a larger scale. We have seen this in recent events where public statues or works of art are either seen as symbols of change or as representative of systemic oppression. What about the vibrant city of Lagos?
Art in public spaces, though a long, tested practice in Nigeria, has not gained the necessary traction or earned the profile it deserves. This is perhaps because art patronage until the turn of the century had been largely governmental. While private collection had been around for a long time, it had not been so pronounced until the arrival of private galleries and private collectors in the era of liberalised economy of the mid 90s to early 2000s.
However, the combination of free political space, liberalised economy, and its attendant change in the economic dynamics, which led to reemergence of the otherwise suppressed middle class, has led to a drastic change in the perception of art, changing the consumption pattern that then favoured creative products. As a result, public art has gained a good measure of prominence, which, in Lagos specifically, was consolidated by the massive investment by the former Akinwunmi Ambode-political administration.
From your perspective and experience, what is your view of the impact that an art fair or commercial initiative like ART X Lagos can have on the local art scenes in both the short and the long term?
Art fairs and ‘commercial practice’ help to direct sharper focus to the potentialities of the creative economy. About a decade before ART X was born, there had been the Art Expo, promoted by the Arts Galleries Association of Nigeria, AGAN – to which I was an active participant. It was purely commercial in intent, but it helped a lot to bring greater awareness to the value of the arts in the economy. The only other initiative within easy recall was the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA)-promoted October Rain, which, although artistic in orientation by the nature of its organisers, also had underlying commercial interests that were not all that hidden, as invitations were directly extended to select members of the business club.
ART X has been so clear and direct in its objective of dragging Corporate Nigeria into its arts patronage. The strategies are there, even in its operational profile and programming content. The longer-term effect is the fact that the art will become a staple means of investment by Corporate Nigeria. A recent study revealed that, next to real estate, visual arts has become the second most favoured investment for the rich and the middle class. This can only be consolidated with the increasing engagement of the resources (marketing, promotional, capacity building, etc.) which ART X and other art fairs would ultimately bring in.
Words by The Art Momentum – November 2020
ART X LAGOS – 2-9 December, 2020.
Articles are published in their original language.
Les articles sont publiés dans leur langue d’origine.
Tags: #JahmanAnikulapo ArtContemporain ArtxLagos Featured Lagos Nigeria TheArtMomentum
Articles, Artpapers, ConversationsNú Barreto, The Fascination of Red
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line793
|
__label__cc
| 0.641385
| 0.358615
|
The Boardwalk Games
It's not just Monopoly anymore.
Star Crashing
The Appeal of Two Player Board Games
Posted on January 20, 2016 by godirectlytogaming
I’ve written before that board games are a very social experience for me, as they are for most people. Because of this, I usually associate board games with large groups of people, and the board game industry looks to be agreeing with me. Games of 3-5 or 4-6 players are becoming the norm in most cases, with plenty of games even exceeding those numbers. So when I was given my blast from the past board game set from my Grandpa it reminded me that a number of older games were actually meant only for two players. Games like Battleship, Guess Who, Stratego and even Chess and Checkers all focus on the one-on-one matchup. There are a few newer games, such as 7 Wonders: Duel, which still use a two-player format, but it feels like this type of game isn’t as common anymore. If anything there are more games now that can be played by two players, but can also include 3+ players, such as Castles of Mad King Ludwig.
After recently playing board games of all types over the holidays, I was reminded of some of the benefits of two player board games. While they might not be the best fit for all situations, they can be a lot of fun and have certain benefits that board games for larger groups just don’t have. Here are my top five reasons why you should play two player board games:
1) Easier to get the number of players you need– This advantage seems pretty obvious, but it’s more a testament to how difficult finding groups to play board games with can be at times. I’m lucky enough to have groups of friends who like playing tabletop games, and even I have difficulty finding enough people on a random Tuesday night a
t times. Finding one other person to play a game with you? That tends to be easier. Whether it’s a roommate, a sibling/parent, or a significant other, there are usually people around willing to try a game out with you or open up an old classic.
2) More direct competition– This does not mean to say that games with more than two players don’t have competition. I couldn’t imagine playing a game of Monopoly or Settlers of Catan without forming a grudge match against someone, and even if I don’t there’s enough competition to beat ou t all players and take the #1 spot. Board games are all about trying to win, so there’s going to be a high level of competition in any type of board game you play. Still, there’s something different about the competitive feel of a two person board game. You are essentially using your skills, wits, and strategy to defeat a single opponent; assuming the player is around the same skill level as you the intensity of that matchup can almost feel palpable.
3) More streamlined game mechanics– This is not always the case, but it seems like rules and procedures for two player games are generally simpler and more streamlined than ones with 3+ players. Adding in more players creates a layer of complexity to a game, because a game designer has to take more factors into account. Sometimes additional rules are created specifically for a larger number of players, to ensure that the game stays fair to all parties playing. In addition, most games with larger groups of players are meant to allow for different scenarios for each party interacting with each other, so the complexity only increases. A two player game is streamlined because a designer can create the game without worrying about the 3+ player effect and can focus solely on the game mechanics of two people going head to head against each other.
4) Great way to catch up with someone– Whenever I visit my Grandpa in PA we always make a point to play a game of Djinn before the trip is over. This has become a tradition between the two of us, and we use it as a time to have some fun and catch up with each other. I tell him about my work, my girlfriend, my plans for the future, and more as he mercilessly beats me in our favorite card game. The same benefit can be found in a two player board game. Sitting down and interacting with another person and learning more about his/her life is great, and a board game can be a great way to facilitate that.
5) Faster playing time– In today’s fast-paced society, an important criteria for a board game is how long it takes to play. Faster does not always mean better of course, but if you’re looking for a game to play that won’t take up your entire evening then odds are high that a two player game will meet that criteria. This is not always true, as there are some two player games that last a long time and there are plenty of larger scale board games that are meant to be finished quickly. Still, with less people in a game to eliminate and/or less people working to achieve a goal, the average playing time for a two player tabletop game is usually less than a larger scale game.
BONUS: Good for date night– This only really works if you have a significant other who likes board games, but a good date night for any couple can be found at the board game table. Board games create interaction and discussion that you don’t get in a movie theater. They are also a cheap alternative to most standard date nights, and are a fun way to make use of your time if you’re staying home rather than going out. It’s not exactly first date material, but it’s a great idea for a nice, relaxing evening with someone you care about. I am lucky enough to have a girlfriend that also likes board games (she’s a fellow blogger, check out http://moviesandmanicures.com/ when you get a chance!) and we played three rounds of Castles of Mad King Ludwig over Christmas. We had a lot of fun and it was a great way to spend time together, so I recommend it for any lovebirds out there as well.
This entry was posted in Board Game Trends, Board Games, Uncategorized and tagged Board Games for Two, Strategy Games for Two, Two Player Board Games by godirectlytogaming. Bookmark the permalink.
3 thoughts on “The Appeal of Two Player Board Games”
Jon Spencer on January 20, 2016 at 10:31 pm said:
I love 2 player games, but I often find that they are harder for me to break out compared to games that support a higher player count. For example, I love Netrunnr, but that’s a bit difficult to get others into. On the other hand, their are games that support 2 players but just aren’t good as 2 player games. However, a great game of Lost Cities, or something along those lines, is good when I can get it. Great article though, I agree with a lot of your points, just wanted to add my experience.
godirectlytogaming on January 28, 2016 at 11:04 am said:
I definitely agree, looking back on it my board game experiences are more often 4+ players than they are only two. Still, it’s always great to have other options on the table (no pun intended)!
geoffreygreer on January 21, 2016 at 10:53 am said:
Good thoughts. I, too, enjoy 2-player games, especially due to reason #1. Between families and jobs, it’s tough to assemble much of a crew at all. In fact, this is driving me ever more frequently towards solitaire games and multi-player games with solo variants. Otherwise I’d almost never be able to scratch that itch!
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line796
|
__label__cc
| 0.663971
| 0.336029
|
You are at:Home » Uncategorized » Bendix Breaks Internal Record For Patents
Bendix Breaks Internal Record For Patents
By David Kiley May 8, 2019 No Comments
DETROIT, Mich.–In 2018, inventors from across Bendix (Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC) made their own lasting impact by earning 52 U.S. patents, the most ever for the company in one year. Spurred by their passion for safety technologies, 59 inventors contributed – individually or in groups – to the record patent total.
In all, Bendix received 60 U.S. patents, including eight filed on its behalf by parent company Knorr-Bremse. Among the recipients, 22 inventors received their first patents and several Bendix employees gained personal milestones: six inventors were granted their fifth patents, two reached their 10th, and three attained the 15-patent mark. This year’s honorees also include two prolific innovators, individuals who each hold 42 patents.
Bendix, the North American leader in the development and manufacture of active safety, air management, and braking system technologies for commercial vehicles, honored the inventors at its annual patent dinner.
At the end of 2018, Bendix reached a total of 317 active U.S. patents and 171 active foreign patents.
“We are proud to celebrate the inspiring work of our inventors as they strive to advance Bendix safety products and technologies through ingenuity,” said Richard Beyer, vice president of engineering and R&D. “The patents are a testament to their passion for finding solutions to even the most complex problems. Together, these innovators are helping Bendix shape tomorrow’s transportation, and contributing to a safer future on our highways.”
The Future of Engineering
According to Beyer, the engineers and other inventors celebrated at the patent dinner also help define the Bendix culture of stressing training and education – and reflect the company’s emphasis on providing an environment that fosters creativity and knowledge expansion.
Bendix employs more than 325 North American-based engineers performing R&D, design, quality, manufacturing, testing, and technical sales roles. To aid new and experienced professionals as they work on the forefront of technology, the company provides a variety of career development and hands-on activities. In addition, Bendix has in place a long-standing engineering co-op program across many of its North American facilities, along with a selective Engineering Development Program for new graduates.
The Bendix Co-Op program offers engineering students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs the opportunity to obtain meaningful, hands-on work experience that complements their classroom learning. Working closely alongside seasoned professionals in North America, as well as with Knorr-Bremse colleagues around the globe, the program offers participants a wide range of disciplines and enables Bendix to help develop a pipeline from which to recruit new talent.
The Engineering Development Program (EDP), established in 2011, is a three-year rotational program that allows newly degreed engineers to develop in rotations of one year each in system development, product development, customer application, and/or advanced manufacturing engineering. The range of dynamic engineering challenges, at a variety of Knorr-Bremse global locations and Bendix North American facilities, increases the exposure to key areas within the organization and rounds out the capabilities of participants, providing significant experience, as well as the skill sets required to help deliver the next generation of commercial vehicle safety technology.
Beyer noted, “The commercial vehicle industry is evolving like never before. It’s an exciting time to be an engineer with the many emerging requirements of electric vehicles, highly automated driving (HAD), advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and advanced safety systems. But with these new technologies comes the need for new skill mixes and skill sets. That’s why continuous learning and growth are essential.”
A part of that growth opportunity is the company’s Technical Skills Enhancement (TSE) program. TSE is a robust engineering curriculum that offers diverse technical skills training and features the mechatronics educational curriculum at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), in Rochester, New York. The 18-month certification program, hosted primarily online, is open to practicing engineers at Bendix.
Bendix and New York Air Brake LLC (NYAB) – a North American sister company within the Knorr-Bremse Group – enjoy a long-standing relationship with RIT, and helped develop the Knorr-Bremse North America Mechatronics Laboratory at RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. Mechatronics – the intersection of electrical and mechanical engineering – is a critical component in advancing many commercial vehicle and rail safety technologies. The laboratory serves both RIT students and engineers from NYAB and Bendix.
While helping its engineers develop, Bendix also strives to prepare future technology leaders and generate interest in the commercial vehicle industry overall. Following on its strong commitment to education and to help advance Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs, the company supports a growing list of initiatives within the communities in which it operates – including robotics programs and maker spaces – as well as an annual Discover Engineering program, open to children and grandchildren of Bendix employees.
The Discover Engineering program enables middle and high school students to visit company headquarters for a firsthand engineering experience. Bendix professionals provide an overview of engineering fields, plus lead demonstrations, site tours, hands-on activities, and more to show how a career in engineering can make a long-lasting impact on people’s lives.
To further inspire the next generation, Bendix also regularly opens its doors to local schools to learn about engineering, including design, prototype, test, hardware-in-the-loop, and materials engineering. These tours give students an up-close look at the daily lives of engineers to help develop an interest in STEM.
“Bendix engineers strive to reshape the world for the better – through everything from designing safer trucks to pioneering remanufacturing solutions,” Beyer said. “Their passion for engineering and innovation is visible not only through their work, but also in their commitment to inspire up-and-coming engineers. With their continued effort inside and beyond our walls, the future is bright for engineering – and brighter for all of us.”
David Kiley
David Kiley is Chief of Content for The BRAKE Report. Kiley is an award-winning business journalist and author, having covered the auto industry for USA Today, Businessweek, AOL/Huffington Post, as well as written articles for Automobile and Popular Mechanics.
Senior Design Engineer // 0009
Product Development Engineer // 0008
Project Engineer // 0006
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line797
|
__label__wiki
| 0.878549
| 0.878549
|
The History of Thailand’s Kayan People
In the northern Thai provinces (such as Mae Hong Son) live Thailand’s Kayan people, communities of displaced ethnic minorities of Tibeto-Burman origins, who originally fled strife and persecution in neighbouring Myanmar.
The Kayan form one of a number of sub-groups of Myanmar’s Red Karen people, also known as the Karenni. The Kayan group are also referred to colloquially in English as the ‘long-neck people’ for the trademark brass neck rings traditionally worn by its women, which appear to lengthen the neck. Alongside the Kayan in northern Thailand are the so-called Kayaw, or ‘long-ear people’, also originating from Myanmar.
A Kayan woman in northern Thailand wears brass coils that make her neck look longer than it is. © Benoit Mahe / Flickr
The specific group of Kayan people identified by their traditional neck coils are, in some contexts, instead referred to using the word Padaung, a term in the native language of Myanmar’s Shan state. However, many of the group that has now resettled in northern Thailand are believed to consider this term pejorative, and instead prefer to call themselves Kayan.
How the Kayan arrived in Thailand
The existence of the Kayan in northern Thailand began in the late 1980s, when conflict between the Myanmar army and rebel forces forced Kayan tribes to flee to Thai border areas, from where they sought refuge in Thailand and were housed in a number of refugee camps. Among these was a self-sufficient camp open to tourists who wished to see the Kayan women’s striking neck coils and learn about their way of life. Today three villages remain accessible to tourists, while the main Karenni refugee camp is not, and estimates put the number of Kayan people in Thailand – out of a worldwide population of approximately 130,000 – at around 600.
The history of the ‘long-neck’ coil
The Kayan people are perhaps most well-known and recognised, including by travellers interested in visiting their villages and learning about their way of life, for the distinctive brass coils worn around the necks of the females in the community. These coils, worn by Kayan women from as early as the age of five, appear to stretch the neck to inconceivable lengths. Hence, the Kayan have attracted the colloquial name of the ‘long-neck people’. However, there is no growth or lengthening of the neck itself that takes place as a result of wearing these coils – rather, the coils appear to cause the collarbone to become deformed, which in turn contributes to the appearance for which we know the Kayan women.
A Kayan woman sews in northern Thailand © momo / Flickr
While some Kayan women in the last decade or so have opted to stop wearing the brass rings, many continue to do so. Indeed, some Kayan women are keen to stress that they wear the rings of their own choice, and that they see this as an expression of the traditional Kayan culture and as a way to keep it alive. The origins of the custom are less clear – various explanations exist, ranging from attempts to make Kayan women less attractive as a means of deterring their enslavement by rival tribes, to entirely different efforts to enhance the women’s sexual attractiveness, all the way through to a desire to imitate the long neck of dragons, from which the group’s traditional religious beliefs hold that Kayan people are descended.
Challenges facing the Kayan in Thailand
While the Kayan people have escaped the strife they previously faced in Myanmar, they continue to encounter ongoing challenges while living in Thailand. Owing to the limited rights afforded to them as refugees, there are often restrictions placed on their ability to travel outside of their own villages, and Kayan children are not only ineligible for Thai citizenship but also often have limited educational opportunities.
One solution to overcoming the Kayan’s problems over the years has been for them to embrace tourism as a means of supporting themselves. However, the popularity among tourists of visits to the Kayan people’s remote villages in northern Thailand isn’t without its controversy. While some see downsides to tourists visiting Kayan villages – it’s true that, in some cases, little of the money spent by tourists makes it through to villagers themselves – it nevertheless provides a much-needed opportunity for the Kayan people to make money by selling handicrafts, as well as to ensure the ongoing preservation of their community’s traditional way of life by sharing it with the world.
The Content Team
Advertise & Partner
Branded Content Policy
© 2021 The Culture Trip Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line798
|
__label__cc
| 0.601838
| 0.398162
|
Archive | West End RSS for this section
in English Bay, Fall, False Creek, Vancouver, West End
Through My Lens: Golden Hour on Beach Avenue
Golden hour. Magic hour.
No matter what you call it, end-of-day light is enchanting.
in Fall, Stanley Park, Vancouver, West End, Winter
Through My Lens: Four Trees
Something shifted for me last week. It started on Thursday when the provincial health orders announced on November 7 for Metro Vancouver were extended to the entire province and until December 7. (And I have no illusions they won’t be extended again.)
And then, on Friday morning, our prime minister reverted to work-at-home and did his media appearance from the stoop of his home in Ottawa.
It feels like we’re right back where we were last March.
The second wave (or, as I like to call it, the Long Winter) that we’ve been talking about since last summer is starting to feel very, very real.
What does this mean for me personally? Pretty much the same as the last eight months: I will hunker down and do everything I can to stay healthy, both physically and mentally.
I’ll start by posting a series of photos from my recent daily walks. Because they make me happy. Maybe they’ll cheer you up too.
Here, then, are four trees I took notice of one Saturday afternoon about a month ago. I think they’re Douglas fir, but I could be wrong.
in Beaches, English Bay, Stanley Park, Summer, Vancouver, West End
My favourite Vancouver beach is Third Beach. Like Second Beach, it’s part of Stanley Park, but it is enough of a walk from my home that it feels like a destination beach. And with its small parking lot, it’s never as crowded as some of the more popular beaches on the other side of English Bay.
Much of the forest behind Third Beach was cleared by the military during World War II to make room for an army barracks. The soldiers were there to command a gun battery at Ferguson Point and a lookout point opposite Siwash Rock, both of which overlook Third Beach. The gun installation is no longer there, but the lookout still is.
It’s odd, some 80 years later, to think of Stanley Park as a strategic military site, but because of its location at the entrance to Burrard Inlet and the Port of Vancouver, it most definitely was.
Second Beach is the smallest of Vancouver’s beaches. It’s located alongside the Stanley Park Seawall, next to Second Beach Pool and Ceperley Meadow.
The beach is a popular picnic site, especially for large, multi-generational families, because of all the amenities available. The meadow provides lots of room for kicking around a ball, and in addition to the beach and the pool, there are two playgrounds and a concession stand.
in Beaches, English Bay, Summer, Vancouver, West End
English Bay Beach
English Bay Beach is the most urban-looking of Vancouver’s beaches, thanks to its close proximity to the residential towers of the West End.
Also known as First Beach (although no one calls it that), English Bay Beach has been popular with the residents of Vancouver since the 1890s, which is when they first began building summer cottages along the bay. Two of those cottages were still standing when I moved to the neighbourhood some 20 years ago, but they’ve since been down torn down and replaced with a boutique condo.
Typically at the end of July, more than half a million people descend on English Bay Beach for three nights of fireworks competition during the annual Celebration of Light. Not this year, of course — and who would have thought I would miss all that chaos?
Instead, this year, English Bay Beach became infamous for its beach log jail when our iconic beach logs were locked up behind metal cages for the first ten weeks of the pandemic. The reason? To avoid large groups congregating on the logs.
English Bay Beach is popular with swimmers and although the lifeguards are back during this summer of Covid, the floating slide is not.
Maybe next year.
Here we go again. Sigh.
Who knew beaches would turn out to be such a lightning rod during this pandemic?
Beach-shaming has become the thing to do whenever Vancouverites take advantage of a sunny weekend and flock to the beaches. People who are not at the beach get upset at those who are, and, well, words are said.
The thing is, the people doing the shaming all seem to live in large suburban homes with large suburban backyards, while the people who are spending time on the beach live in tiny condos with little or no outdoor access.
The other issue is that those who are doing the shaming base their indignation on photos that, intentionally or not, are quite misleading. Camera angles and lens sizes can distort reality, I’ve learned. And when you walk past one of Vancouver’s beaches on a sunny weekend, it is clear that people are, for the most part, staying apart.
Vancouver has not been alone in its beach-shaming. There have been similar incidents of crowded parks and over-the-top reactions in Montreal and Toronto as well. The latest uproar — which is what prompted me to write this post — concerns the crowds seen at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, last weekend. I spent many childhood summers swimming in Alberta lakes — I know how lovely they can be on a hot summer’s day. I’ll reserve judgement on what the Albertans were up to last weekend, but I will say this: Central Alberta isn’t exactly known for its high-density neighbourhoods.
Some of the smartest talk I’ve heard about the pandemic relates to these kinds of incidents. We can’t see the virus, but a large group of people gathered together outdoors is visible in all kinds of ways. We know that yelling at a virus is pretty futile, but somehow yelling at a group of people who aren’t behaving as we think they should makes us feel better. Or morally superior? I dunno.
There’s also the novel idea that we — all of us — should focus not on what behaviours we are entitled to, but on what impact our actions have on others. Pandemic ethics in a nutshell, I call it. Meaning, those of us who do have access to a backyard, or perhaps a smallish, but perfectly adequate park in our immediate neighbourhood, should stay close to home instead of heading out to a popular park or beach where there might be a crowd. Leave room at the park or beach for those who don’t have a backyard — you know, the family who’s been cooped up indoors all day, or the group of people who live alone and have limited options for socializing in a physically distant way.
And that is why when reporters asked a few months ago why Vancouver wasn’t closing its parks and beaches, our provincial health officer responded by first reminding everyone that we need to stay apart, but then urging everyone to get outdoors for the sake of their mental health.
I’ve been meaning for some years to do a summer series on Vancouver’s beaches, but time got away from me, as time tends to do. Now I’m thinking my procrastination has been rather fortuitous in that there has never been a better time to talk about Vancouver’s beaches than during this summer of staycations. I have several within walking distance of my home — you can’t get much more staycation than that.
To start us off, here’s a photo of my closest beach. Located along the appropriately named Beach Avenue, Sunset Beach is not wildly popular for swimming, likely due to its proximity to False Creek and rather a lot of boat traffic. But it is a great spot for picnics, and for watching the sun set. I took this photo from Burrard Bridge a couple of summers ago.
in Flowers, Stanley Park, Summer, West End
Through My Lens: Summer Rose
Here’s something pretty for you all to look at. The roses in Stanley Park are in full bloom right now, as they are every summer from June until September.
This year feels a little more special since the Stanley Park Rose Garden is celebrating its 100th birthday. It is the largest public rose garden in Western Canada and has a total of 3500 rose bushes spread over 60 beds. The Rose Garden is situated between Stanley Park’s rainforest and a small grove of Akebono cherry trees that bloom every April.
If there ever was an opportune time to stop and smell the roses, it is right now.
in Birds, Fall, Stanley Park, West End
Steller’s Jay
I was beyond thrilled to see my first ever Steller’s Jay a couple of weeks ago while on a long walk through Stanley Park.
About six of them darted back and forth from the trees to the seeds put out by a fellow birder and back to the trees again.
With migration season upon us, you never know who you might bump into while out for a walk in the woods.
in Stanley Park, Vancouver, West End, Winter
Through My Lens: Snowy Woods
As you can tell by this photo, it finally happened. Winter is here.
After a couple of false alarms last week, snow has come to Vancouver. The polar vortex everyone is talking about? It’s here too. (Although, truth be told, what we call “cold” is considered positively balmy in the rest of Canada.)
The thing is, we’ve been crowing for weeks already about our super early spring. The daffodils were in full bloom more than four weeks ago — that’s two months earlier than usual — and our smugness was enough to make the rest of the country want to push us off the continent and set us adrift.
Those poor daffodils? With last night’s dump of snow, they’re goners.
I took the above photo late this afternoon on my walk through some snowy woods.
in English Bay, Flowers, Spring, West End
Through My Lens: Daffodils
Is this not the wettest, coldest spring ever?
I know, I know. I have no right to complain considering how many parts of the country are experiencing their longest winter in decades. Southern Ontario is in the grips of an ice storm as we speak, Edmonton has broken a 44-year record with 167 consecutive overnight lows below 0 °C, and Calgary’s forecast is for 10 to 20 centimetres of snow.
I have absolutely no right to complain.
And yet, I am. See the dark clouds in this photo? That’s what the skies in Vancouver have looked like for the better part of this winter and our oh-so-cold spring.
I’m posting this photo because these daffodils have been the one bright spot for me this spring. They appeared about a month ago along the seawall in English Bay, a new addition courtesy the Vancouver Parks Board. I love that they were planted in the middle of the grass, rather than set off in some flower bed somewhere.
Nothing says April like a crowd of daffodils.
Except in Canada, I suppose, where nothing says April like one last blast of winter.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line800
|
__label__cc
| 0.625253
| 0.374747
|
Home OPINION COMMENTARY PEOPLE AND POLITICS | The pandemic and the provincial auditor
David Siegel
Ontario’s auditor general is currently in a dispute with the provincial government over a report on the government’s response to the pandemic. The auditor general has produced a report that is critical of the provincial government’s handling of the pandemic, and the premier has responded with a strong attack on the auditor general. This conflict is not an unusual situation, but it does provide an opportunity to consider the appropriate role of the provincial auditor.
David Siegel.
Auditing sounds like one of those green-eyeshade functions that somebody should do, but it doesn’t stir much interest. The truth is that auditing has changed over the years, and the events around the pandemic illustrate the important role it plays in modern government.
The role of the auditor general has deep roots, going back to the 19th century when it was strictly a financial function. The auditor attested that the financial statements presented by the government accurately depicted the government’s financial position. There was no value judgment about whether the money was spent wisely; simply an attestation that the figures on the page were accurate.
When James Macdonnell became Auditor General of Canada 1973, he set about transforming the character of the office by introducing the concept of comprehensive— or value-for-money —auditing. The idea was to go beyond simply attesting to the accuracy of the statements to determine whether the funds that were spent provided value for money. Provincial and city auditors general followed Macdonnell’s lead and now all of them provide some type of value-for-money audit.
This shift in emphasis has invited some controversy because a value-for-money audit requires value judgments. Do funds spent on regional economic development actually assist those regions? Or do they simply perpetuate the disparities that they are supposed to alleviate?
Over the years, the provincial auditor general has done reports on addiction treatment programs, the Pan American / Parapan American Games, farm support programs, child welfare services, and many other government activities. The purpose of the reviews is not to second-guess the professional experts who run these programs. The purpose is to offer a judgment on whether the results produced by these taxpayer-funded programs were worth the cost.
Do funds spent on regional economic development actually assist those regions?
The reports generally have two objectives. One is to provide information to the public that can be used to hold the government accountable. Do the programs do what was promised when the money was spent? The second objective is to assist the government in improving the quality of management of these programs. How can the delivery of these programs be improved so that better value for money can be realized?
In the case of the pandemic, the auditor general has produced a three-chapter report and has promised three more chapters, for a total of six.
The first chapter looks at the province’s Emergency Management Office. The auditor first looked at this office in 2017 and reported that “certain of the activities and tools needed to prepare ministries and municipalities for an emergency were not in place.” A follow-up examination in 2019 indicated that very little had been done to remedy the problems found earlier. Then, when the office faced a stress test in 2020, it is not surprising that it did not fare well.
In other words, the auditors tried to provide an early warning system three years ago, but no action was taken, leading to the unsurprising crisis that occurred in 2020.
The second chapter covers “outbreak planning and decision-making.” This chapter is critical of the operation of the health command table which is the key operational planning unit for dealing with the pandemic. It argues that this was slower to grasp the issue and not as well organized as similar bodies in other provinces, which means that it lost key early opportunities to control the pandemic.
The audit office has been criticized for second-guessing the health experts. In fact, in this chapter, the audit office argues that the government did not give the public health experts the central position in responding to the crisis that they should have had.
The third chapter focusses on laboratory testing, case management and contact tracing. The auditor concluded that generally the targets established for speed of testing, case management, and tracing were not met, which resulted in a greater spread of the virus. This provides useful information about where improvements in the system need to be made.
We can look forward to more reports from the provincial auditor that will shine additional light on the actions taken during this crisis. In particular, chapter six promises to look at long-term care. We know that the system has failed some of our most vulnerable residents in this time of crisis. The auditor general should be able to provide some advice about how to avoid a repeat of this scenario in the future.
These are difficult times. They are especially difficult for people who are charged with managing the healthcare system in the face of an unprecedented challenge. It is understandable that a report such as this one from the auditor general would trigger a defensive reaction. However, this report also provides valuable information. We should look forward to the next chapters.
David Siegel is a Brock University Political Science Professor Emeritus.
Previous articleLetters & Op-Ed, December 2 2020
Next articlePELHAM | “Low risk” case of COVID-19 at community centre
Letters & Op-Ed, November 18 2020
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line802
|
__label__wiki
| 0.808242
| 0.808242
|
Why Are So Many 'Urban Maoists' Surfacing All of a Sudden?
The aim is to silence those who have raised their voice against the abuse of state power and to warn others against opening their mouths.
Credit: Reuters
Nandini Sundar
During a recent visit to an exhibition in Berlin on the “People’s Court” that the Nazi regime ran from 1934 to 1945 to try ‘enemies of the state’, I was struck by the eerie familiarity of some of the material on display. Not because our existing judicial system has been replaced (at least as of yet), but because of the nature of the charges that were levelled against the individuals brought before the court. A mineworker who distributed communist leaflets to policemen in his area, a banker who made jokes about prominent Nazis, a sound technician who distributed satirical poems about Hitler and a real estate agent who sent postcards calling Hitler names – all of these ‘criminals’ were sentenced to death, accused of “high treason”, of “destroying the loyalty of a national authority essential for the war effort” (in this case the post office where the undelivered postcards were found), and “aiding the enemy”.
In one case involving a 22-year-old Swiss missionary who was initially arrested only for ticketless travel and then under vigorous interrogation apparently confessed to his plan to kill Hitler because he was ‘the enemy of Christianity and of humankind”, the grounds for the death sentence were: “The defendant had resolved to deprive the German nation of its saviour, the man for whom the hearts of 80 million Germans beat with infinite love, reverence and gratitude, and who need his strength and firm leadership now more than ever.”
An earlier exhibition at the Topography of Terror Foundation had dealt with the role of the press in Nazi times: while the oppositional press was destroyed, the vast majority “came to terms with the regime through anticipatory obedience”. After the war, some journalists who had been active Nazi supporters tried to rehabilitate themselves by changing their identity, but were eventually found out.
The current spectre being created of a vast and ever-expanding ‘urban Maoist’ network, through an active collaboration between the police and some television channels, feels like a ‘fast forward’ to fascism. “Explosive” letters speaking of a “plot” to kill the prime minister appeared mysteriously first in the hands of Times Now; while purported letters from advocate Sudha Bharadwaj to some Comrade Prakash were breathlessly exposed on Republic TV. The illiteracy and improbability of such letters – which clearly take names, talk about money flows, connect Kashmiri separatists, stone pelters, human rights lawyers, JNU and TISS students, protests against the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, the Congress party and everything else the BJP and the police dislike – really doesn’t matter. The purpose is to defame, to intimidate, to polarise and to create hatred against democrats, as well as to assail the very concept of human rights.
So far, it was activists, journalists, researchers and others who were being framed in this process while lawyers came to their rescue. Then the midnight knock began sounding for the lawyers too: Surendra Gadling, known for his defence of adivasis, Dalits and political prisoners; S. Vanchinathan, who was helping the Sterlite victims in Tuticorin; Chikkudu Prabhakar, a Hyderabad human rights advocate who spent six months in Sukma jail in Chhattisgarh on absurd charges.
Now, the latest in the round of arrests is Sudha Bharadwaj who was picked up from her home in Faridabad on August 28 and is being taken to Maharashtra. Going by the charges against her – IPC 153A, 505(1)(b), 117, 120B, 34, UAPA 13,16,17,18,18B, 20, 38,39, 40 – one would think that she is a dangerous terrorist and not the hugely respected trade unionist, labour lawyer, and visiting professor at the National Law University Delhi that she in fact is.
Five rights activists arrested on August 28: Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha and Vernon Gonsalves.
The rules on professional standards laid down by the Bar Council note that lawyers “shall defend a person accused of a crime regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused. An advocate should always remember that his loyalty is to the law, which requires that no man should be punished without adequate evidence.”
By targeting lawyers who take this guideline seriously, the police are effectively saying that they do not recognise those who fight cases against them as professionals but as fair game. The aim is to intimidate other lawyers so that they will be reluctant to take up sensitive or controversial cases. The law, we are being told, will be available only to those who defend sympathisers of the ruling party, whether they are accused of rape, lynching or communal violence. Those like the Patiala House lawyers who attacked student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on court premises will face no consequences. Lawyers need to wake up and take a collective stand defending their profession before it is too late.
The June 6 arrests of the ‘Maharashtra five’– advocate Surendra Gadling, English professor Shoma Sen, writer Sudhir Dhawale, forest rights activist Mahesh Raut and prisoners rights activist Rona Wilson, and the August 28 arrests of Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Varavara Rao; as well as co-ordinated raids on the residences of Father Stan Swamy, Susan Abraham, and Anand Teltumbde are clearly designed to send out a message.
The fact that the police quickly moved from accusing the Maharashtra five of instigating the Bhima Koregaon violence on behalf of the Maoists, to implicating them in an absurd plot to carry out a ‘Rajiv Gandhi style” assassination of Modi, suggests that they know – and they want us all to know – that “minor” things like evidence, probability and the rule of law do not matter. Indeed, the case against them was not about violence at all, or else the real culprits of Bhima Koregaon, including Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide, would not go unpunished.
The 80-year-old Jesuit activist Stan Swamy – who was recently also charged with sedition for supporting the Pathalgadi movement, which is nothing but a paean to the constitution inscribed on stone – has long been a stalwart of people’s causes in Jharkhand. These range from the right to food to anti-displacement movements to protests against false imprisonments to land alienation. Gautam Navlakha has been involved in numerous civil liberties causes for decades. Ferreira was acquitted in 2014 after nearly five years in jail in as many as 10 UAPA cases. Varavara Rao, who is also 80 years old, is a leading Marxist poet and intellectual.
Try as the government might, they will be unable to suppress their voices or use these arrests to chill others. The Emergency lasted two years, Modi’s undeclared Emergency might last longer; but terror finally fails. Democracy and the rule of law will eventually prevail.
Nandini Sundar teaches sociology at Delhi University.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line803
|
__label__wiki
| 0.80455
| 0.80455
|
Scott Ryan voted moderately against increasing marine conservation
How Scott Ryan voted compared to someone who believes that the federal government should introduce legislation and regulations that protect and conserve Australia's marine ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef
22nd Jun 2017, 12:24 PM – Senate Motions - Aquaculture Industry - Okehampton Bay salmon farm
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (Tas), which means it failed.
(i) the damage caused to the Macquarie Harbour World Heritage Area, including the threat to the endangered Maugean Skate, as a result of the overstocking of salmon farms in the harbour,
(ii) the proceedings brought by Huon Aquaculture in the Federal Court and the Tasmanian Supreme Court against the Tasmanian Government for failing to properly regulate salmon farming by Tassal in Macquarie Harbour,
(iii) that the Commonwealth is investigating whether conditions imposed as part of the 2012 expansion of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour have been breached,
(iv) the decision of the Hodgman Government to grant permission to Tassal to establish an 800 000 fish salmon farm in Okehampton Bay on Tasmania's pristine east coast, and
(v) concerns from a wide cross-section of the community over the proposed Okehampton Bay salmon farm, including the concerns expressed by around 1 000 people who attended FloatMo in Hobart on 18 June 2017; and
(b) calls on the Hodgman Government to withdraw permission for a salmon farm in Okehampton Bay given the record of atrocious mismanagement and poor regulation of Tasmania's aquaculture industry.
12th Oct 2016, 4:06 PM – Senate Motions - Oil Exploration - Great Australian Bight
The majority voted against a motion introduced by SA Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, which means it was unsuccessful.
(a) welcomes the decision by BP to withdraw its application to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight; and
(b) calls on the Turnbull Government to permanently ban all oil exploration and drilling in the Great Australian Bight.
2nd Mar 2016, 4:32 PM – Senate Motions - Protection of Shark Species - Full protection to five species
The majority voted against a motion, which means that it was unsuccessful.
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert had proposed the motion to give full protection to five shark species that don't have that at the moment.
Wording of the motion
(a) recognises that:
(i) sharks play an important role as apex predators in marine ecosystems, and
(ii) world shark populations are falling by between 63 to 273 million per year due to fisheries overexploitation;
(b) notes that the Australian Government has entered reservations against five shark species (big-eyed, pelagic and common thresher sharks, and scalloped and great hammerheads) under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, removing those shark species from the full protection otherwise provided by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act); and
(c) calls on the Australian Government to remove reservations for those five shark species, and to provide them full protection under the Act, by continuing to list Appendices I and II species on the Convention on Migratory Species as 'migratory species' under the Act.
15th Oct 2015, 12:42 PM – Senate Motions - Oil Exploration - Release Environmental Plan
The majority voted against a motion introduced by South Australian Senator Robert Simms (Greens), which means it failed.
(i) the intention of British Petroleum (BP) to perform high-risk exploratory drilling in the Great Australian Bight,
(ii) that the current environmental and safety evaluation being performed by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) for exploration lease approval requires BP to release sufficient information so stakeholders can make informed assessment of the project and its possible consequences,
(iii) that BP has not released critical information such as its:
(a) Environmental Plan,
(b) oil spill modelling, or
(c) oil spill emergency plan,
(iv) that given:
(a) the natural beauty of the Great Australian Bight,
(b) the ecological uniqueness of the Great Australian Bight and its critical importance for marine life, including blue, southern right, sperm, killer and humpback whales,
(c) that an oil spill of this nature could devastate the $442 million South Australian fishing industry, as well as the state’s $1 billion coastal tourism industries,
(d) that 90 per cent of oil spills take place during exploratory drilling,
(e) that the Great Australian Bight contains some of the roughest and most remote open waters on the planet, and
(f) that in the event of an oil spill, it may take up to 157 days to cap an oil well,
that this lack of environmental transparency does not meet the sufficient information criteria for NOPSEMA’s 28 day approval process; and
(b) calls on BP to release their Environmental Plan, and, failing that, NOPSEMA to reject BP’s exploration lease application.
7th Sep 2015, 3:45 PM – Senate Refer 'supertrawlers' to the Environment and Communications References Committee
The majority of Senators agreed to the following motion:
That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 April 2016:
The environmental, social and economic impacts of large capacity fishing vessels commonly known as 'supertrawlers' operating in Australia's marine jurisdiction, with particular reference to:
(a) the effect of large fishing vessels on the marine ecosystem, including:
(i) impacts on fish stocks and the marine food chain, and
(ii) bycatch and interactions with protected marine species;
(b) current research and scientific knowledge;
(c) social and economic impacts, including effects on other commercial fishing activities and recreational fishing;
(d) the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework and compliance arrangements; and
(e) any other related matters.
12th Feb 2015, 1:38 PM – Senate Bills – Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 – in Committee – Amendment: extend protections to all threatened species
The Senate voted not to accept an amendment to the Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, moved by Senator Larissa Waters.
According to the summary on the “bill’s homepage” on the Parliament’s website, this bill:
amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 to provide additional protection for dugong and turtle populations from the threats of poaching, illegal trade and illegal transportation.
Senator Waters explained the aim of their amendment:
This government has sought to introduce increased protection just for turtles and dugongs ... if the argument is that the penalties for turtles and dugongs are inadequate then surely that argument would logically extend to all of the penalties for the take of threatened species being indeed inadequate. And so we will move this amendment, the purpose of which is to say, 'Well, clearly, protection for threatened species is inadequate and does need to be increased.' This amendment would increase the penalties for the unlawful take of threatened species across the board, so that we are not just cherry picking and saying that turtles and dugongs deserve additional protection but no other threatened species do.
Senator Senator Simon Birmingham explained the Government’s opposition to this amendment:
Very briefly, the government will not be supporting these amendments. This policy about tripling penalties in relation to turtles and dugongs is one we took to the election ... We have made sure that we have worked hard to get broad support for this. To do so to other species would necessitate further public consultation, and that is why we do not believe that the amendments proposed by Senator Waters at this time are appropriate.
More detail is available through the debate and bill links.
16th Jun 2014, 5:54 PM – Senate Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters, which means that it was unsuccessful. The motion was:
That the Senate-
(i) the World Heritage Committee's request that Australia ensure the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and the northern section of the reef are all protected from port development and industrialisation,
(ii) the withdrawal of Xstrata Glencore and the recent lapsing of the Mitchell Group's plans for proposed export facilities within the Fitzroy Delta means there are currently no major projects on foot in this pristine region,
(iii) that under current Queensland and federal laws these precious areas are still at risk from future port and industrial developments, and
(iv) That the World Heritage Committee will be considering the Australian and Queensland governments' management of the reef at its annual meeting in Qatar from 15 June to 25 June 2014;
(b) welcomes the World Heritage Committee's latest draft decision that notes Australia has advised the World Heritage Committee secretariat that it intends to protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, and north Curtis Island from port developments; and
(c) calls on the Australian Government to permanently protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and the northern section of the reef from ports and industrial developments, including trans-shipping, under Australia's national laws.
absent Yes (strong) Not passed by a large majority
9th Dec 2013, 4:26 PM – Senate Motions - Kangaroo Island - Reject seismic testing proposal
The majority voted against a motion moved by Greens Senator Penny Wright which is:
(a) notes the public comment period has started for Bight Petroleum’s referral (reference number 2013/6770) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act), which sets out its intention to do seismic testing in Commonwealth waters, to the west of Kangaroo Island in South Australia;(Read more about the Greens Party's opposition to Bright Petroleum's proposal in the media here.)
(b) recognises the economic, ecological and social importance of the Kangaroo Island marine environment, first and foremost for the Kangaroo Island community, but also for South Australia as a whole; and
(c) calls on the Minister for the Environment to use his powers under the Act to decide against the proposed action.
13th Nov 2013, 4:08 PM – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Reject the Abbot Point coal port expansion proposal
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters, which is:
(i) the concern shared by Great Barrier Reef dive operators, charter boat companies, tourism operators, scientists and the community at large, and the World Heritage Committee, about the destructive dredging and offshore dumping for the proposed Abbot Point coal port expansion, planned to be the largest coal port in the world, and
(ii) the withdrawal of BHP Billiton from the proposed T2 terminal at Abbot Point, citing lack of need for additional port capacity; and(Read more about their withdrawal on ABC News here.)
(b) calls on the Government to listen to the community and our scientific experts and reject the Abbot Point dredging and dumping application and save the reef's waters, our coral reefs, fishing grounds and seagrass meadows from another 3 million tonnes of smothering dredge spoil.
absent Yes Not passed by a large majority
26th Jun 2013, 4:14 PM – Senate Motions - Marine Parks - Support Goverment's network of marine parks
The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by Labor Senator Louise Pratt, that was:
(a) supports the world's largest network of marine parks put in place by this Government; and(Read more about this network on ABC News here.)
(b) supports the management plans for the marine parks.
20th Jun 2013, 12:15 PM – Senate Motions - Environment - Amend environment laws
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters.
The motion read:
I move:
(a) notes that Australia's national environment laws only regulate this country's most environmentally destructive projects which threaten our most precious species and wild places; and
(b) calls on the Government to amend our national environment laws before this Parliament rises to ensure these responsibilities cannot be handed to state or territory governments.
This means that the majority were against amending federal environment laws to ensure that responsibilities for Australia's 'most precious species and wild places' remain with the federal government.
absent Yes Not passed by a modest majority
17th Jun 2013, 3:57 PM – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Maintain heritage status
The majority voted against a motion moved by Greens Senator Larissa Waters, which was:
(i) the World Heritage Committee's draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef states that to avoid the reef being added to the World Heritage in Danger list, Australia must turn around the 'limited progress' to date, and take 'urgent and decisive' action on its earlier recommendations to prevent new ports in pristine areas, and reject damaging port expansions,
(ii) the World Heritage Committee specifically identifies That the Fitzroy Delta, including Port Alma and Balaclava Island, should not be developed,
(iii) that Queensland's draft Ports Strategy considers Port Alma and Balaclava Island part of the Gladstone Port available for development, and
(iv) that Glencore Xstrata has just withdrawn its plans to develop a major coal port on pristine Balaclava Island; and
(b) calls on the Government to:
(i) implement the World Heritage Committee's recommendations regarding ports immediately so that Australia does not become the only developed country with a site on the World Heritage in Danger list, and
(ii) immediately rule out any industrial development in the Fitzroy Delta and reflect this in our national environment laws.
absent Yes (strong) Not passed by a modest majority
22nd Mar 2012, 1:56 PM – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Oppose offshore dumping
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters, what was:
(i) a recent Galaxy poll found 88 per cent of Queenslanders oppose offshore dumping of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, and
(ii) the Government has approved offshore dumping of over 22 million cubic metres of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area in the past 5 years; and
(b) calls on the Government to stop approving offshore dumping in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
22nd Mar 2012, 1:53 PM – Senate Motions - Mining - Moratorium on coal seam gas
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters, which was:
(a) notes that in the past 6 months since the Greens motion for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining was first defeated in the Senate, the urgent concerns of farmers, landholders and regional communities regarding the risks posed by the runaway coal seam gas industry have not been addressed;
(b) notes that the recent Senate inquiry into the impacts of coal seam gas mining in the Murray Darling Basin heard compelling evidence that regional communities are suffering many negative impacts from the operations of coal seam gas mining companies; and
(c) calls on the Government to implement an immediate moratorium on any new coal seam gas approvals until the long-term impacts of the industry on groundwater, agriculture, rural communities, threatened species, the climate and the Great Barrier Reef are known.
22nd Mar 2012, 1:50 PM – Senate Motions - Marine Conservation - Moratorium on issuing oil and gas leases
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Penny Wright, which was:
(i) up to 90 per cent of marine life within the Great Australian Bight is found nowhere else on Earth,
(ii) the Great Australian Bight is an important feeding and migration area to approximately 30 species of whales and dolphins, including sperm whales, beaked whales, southern right whales and the critically endangered blue whale, and
(iii) less than 1 per cent of this area is protected from oil and gas operations;
(b) recognises that:
(i) over the past 3 years, the Government has progressively opened up more areas in the Great Australian Bight to oil and gas exploration,
(ii) BP holds four oil and gas exploration leases in the Great Australian Bight, the boundaries of which overlap with the Great Australian Bight Marine Park,
(iii) BP is currently conducting seismic testing in marine park areas to explore for oil and gas, and such testing is moving into known whale feeding regions,
(iv) grave concerns have been expressed by a number of environmental groups about the risks associated with seismic testing occurring too close to whales, including organ and lung damage, hearing damage and haemorrhaging, which can result in death, and
(v) the Great Australia Bight is an iconic and globally significant area for marine life and its unique ecology and environment must be protected and preserved for the benefit of future generations; and
(c) calls on the Government to:
(i) prioritise the protection and preservation of marine life in the Great Australian Bight by creating a network of large marine sanctuaries,(Read more about Commonwealth marine reserves here.)
(ii) impose a moratorium on the issuing of oil and gas leases in the Great Australian Bight until after final decisions have been made regarding the establishment of marine sanctuaries in the Great Australian Bight through the Commonwealth marine bioregional planning process, and
(iii) prohibit night-time seismic testing and require the mandatory use of passive acoustic technology when conducting such testing in the Great Australian Bight.
10th Nov 2011 – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment
This means that the motion was not successful.
The motion was:
(i) that the Government and the Opposition did not support the Australian Greens' motion on 9 November 2011 that 'all applications and approvals made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 [the Act] which would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area to be suspended until the conclusion of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] requested strategic assessment, to allow consideration of all cumulative impacts of coal and coal seam gas ports and other developments on this internationally significant biodiversity icon',
(ii) the comments by the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ( Mr Burke) on Four Corners on Monday, 7 November 2011, that he would 'prefer a situation where as much as possible is able to be dealt with once we've concluded the strategic assessment, but people have legal rights under law to commence the process and those processes continue in the interim', and
(iii) the Act already provides a suspension process for applications and approvals in particular circumstances and a revocation process for approvals in particular circumstances, both without compensation rights flowing to the proponent; and
(i) confirm that sections 130(5), 132, 144 and 145 of the Act allow the Minister to suspend all applications and approvals made under the Act that would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until the conclusion of the UNESCO requested strategic assessment, and(Read more about the status of the Great Barrier Reef on UNESCO.)
(ii) if necessary, urgently amend the Act to confer on the Minister the power to suspend all applications and approvals made under the Act that would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until the conclusion of the UNESCO requested strategic assessment, to allow that strategic assessment to properly consider all cumulative impacts of coal and coal seam gas ports and other developments on this internationally significant biodiversity icon.
9th Nov 2011 – Senate Motions - Coral Sea - Declare marine national park
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senator Bob Brown.
(a) notes the unique biodiversity and natural heritage of the Coral Sea that is home to the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle and endangered green turtle;
(b) recognises that 2012 will be the 70th anniversary of the historically important Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 that changed the face of World War II; and
(c) calls on the Government to declare the Coral Sea the world's largest marine national park.
9th Nov 2011 – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment
That the Senate calls for all applications and approvals made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 which would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area to be suspended until the conclusion of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization requested strategic assessment, to allow consideration of all cumulative impacts of coal and coal seam gas ports and other developments on this internationally significant biodiversity icon.(Read more about the status of the Great Barrier Reef on UNESCO.)
27th Aug 2008, 5:01 PM – Senate Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 - Referral to Committee
The motion failed to get a majority and so was rejected. This is because an equal number of senators voted 'aye' and 'no'. It was introduced by Family First Senator Steve Fielding.
The motion was: "That the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 be referred to the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 10 November 2008."
Senator Fielding explained that the reason for his motion was the "concern about the changes in the definitions and direction of the management of the park and about the definition of the precautionary principle, which basically could end up stopping any recreational fishing in the marine park".(Read his full explanation here.)
Yes No Not passed
27th Aug 2008, 4:08 PM – Senate Motions - Gunns Pulp Mill - Provide the report on potential marine impact
The majority voted against a motion put by Greens Senator Christine Milne, which means that it was rejected. The motion was:
"That there be laid on the table, no later than 4 pm on 28 August 2008, the report prepared for the Federal Government by Dr Michael Herzfeld, a Coastal Environmental Modeller with the Marine and Atmospheric Research section of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in conjunction with the Gunns Pulp Mill Independent Expert Group on the potential marine impact of effluent from the Gunns pulp mill."
No Yes Not passed by a large majority
How "voted moderately against" is worked out
MP absent 4 100 200
MP voted against policy 22 0 220
MP absent* 11 11 22
Agreement score = MP's points / total points = 111 / 642 = 17%.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line804
|
__label__wiki
| 0.513086
| 0.513086
|
About Centropa
Visegrad Activities
Interviews in Ukraine
Interviews in Moldova
Interviews in the Visegrad countries
The Ukrainian Jewish Family Album
The Moldovan Jewish Family Album
Youth Competition 2019/20
Video Competition 2016/17
Video Competition 2015
Film making guidelines
Project submissions
AudioWalks
Ignac Neubauer
Ignac Neubauer (on the left) with an acquaintance from Uzhgorod (Ungvar, 1943).
Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Ignac Neubauer is a lean agile short man with thick gray hair. He speaks Russian with a noted Hungarian accent and often uses Hungarian words. Though Ignac is a severely ill man, who has had two infarctions and few surgeries, he is very sociable and willingly agreed to give this interview and tell the story of his family. Ignac lives with his younger daughter’s family in a three-bedroom apartment in a modern house in a new district of Uzhgorod. After his wife died he feels it very important to be needed in his family. Ignac buys food products and likes cooking. He spends much time with his grandson Robert and they share love and affection to each other.
My family background
During the War
Interview details
Interviewee: Ignac Neubauer
Interviewer: Ella Levitskaya
Time of interview: October 2003
Place: Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Ignac Neubauer’s mother, Fanni Neubauer and his stepfather Gedale Fixler.
This is me, Ignaz Neubauer (sitting from the left). Sitting on my right, a little behind, is my brother Dezso, standing behind him is our brother Marton with his head bandaged. Sitting beside me in the center is my cousin Marius Preise, my mother brother Pinchas’ son. Beside us are our friends – Jewish boys. Sitting from the right is Moricz Gross, standing is Gersh Lebovich. We were photographed for the memory. This photo was taken in Malaya Dobron in 1940, my mother managed to preserve it during WWII, which was a miracle.
This is me, Ignaz Neubauer, photographed by a friend of mine whom I bumped into. He had just bought a camera and photographed all indiscriminately. We met in Uzhgorod on the embankment of the Uzh River in 1939. My acquaintance, who photographed us, kept this photo, and he gave it to me after WWII in 1946.
This is me, Ignaz Neubauer, on the left, with my friend Moishe Schenberger near the synagogue in Uzhgorod. We were photographed by our friend in spring 1940. My acquaintance, who photographed us, kept this photo, and he gave it to me after WWII in 1946.
This is me, Ignaz Neubauer, on the left, beside me on a bicycle – a plumber from Uzhgorod, a Jew, whose surname was Preis. I stopped to talk with him in one of the streets in summer, when my colleague passing by photographed us.
This is our wedding photograph. This is me and my wife Lubov Neubauer. This photo was taken in a photo shop in Uzhgorod in 1957.
My wife Lubov Neubauer at the River Uzh embankment, near the school where she worked. We were having a stroll and I took this photograph. This photo was taken in Uzhgorod in 1970.
This is our family at the wedding of my niece Rita (my wife older sister Anna’s daughter). This is me, Ignaz Neubauer, and my wife Lubov Neubauer in the upper row. The lower row from left to right: my son Alik Neubauer, my wife’s sister Donia Kerzhner holding my daughter Marina Neubauer, the bride Rita and the bridegroom Alexandr Bertalon, my wife’s sister Anna Kerzhner. 1972. Uzhgorod, the Palace of nuptials.
This is me. This photograph was taken for my passport in Uzhgorod, 1974.
This is me with my niece Erika (my sister Hermina Spiegel’s daughter and her husband Grisha Goldman photographed in a photo shop in commemoration of my visit to Israel in 1985.
This is me at work in the garment shop in 1980, Uzhgorod. My colleague who had just bought a camera, photographed me as a surprise.
This is me. This photograph was taken for my passport, Uzhgorod, 2003.
My sister Hermina Spiegel (nee Neubauer) during our reunion in Budapest in 1985.
This is me, Ignaz Neubauer, my wife Lubov Neubauer and our grandson Robert. 1995. Uzhgorod, it is Robert’s birthday party at our home, he turned 6, my wife made a birthday cake, we are waiting for the guests; our daughter Marina photographed us.
This is my family: from left to right: my wife Lubov Neubauer, my grandson Robert, my daughter Marina, my niece Yudita, my sister Hermina’s daughter. This photograph was taken during my niece’s visiting us, when she arrived in Uzhgorod from Israel in 1996.
My paternal grandfather Israel Buchbinder was born in the 1860s. I don’t know my grandfather or grandmother’s birthplace. I think my grandmother (nee Neubauer) was the same age with my grandfather. I don’t know my grandmother’s first name. I didn’t know anybody of my grandparents’ families. My father’s family lived in the Ruthenian village of Dubovoye [It is 135 km from Uzhgorod, 580 km from Kiev] Tyachev district in Subcarpathia [1]. I don’t remember Dubovoye village. My father and I visited it twice during my school vacations, but I have no memories of these short visits left. I don’t know what my grandfather did for a living. My grandmother was a housewife that was customary for Jewish families.
Before 1918 Subcarpathia belonged to Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The state language was Hungarian. There was no anti-Semitism in Subcarpathia. Jews could have their businesses, study and serve in the army. Everyday anti-Semitism was rare. There were generations of multinational population in Subcarpathia and people respected each other’s religion and traditions. In 1918 Subcarpathia was annexed to Czechoslovakia [First Czechoslovak Republic] [2]. That was the heyday of Subcarpathia. Czechs were very friendly toward Jews. Jews had the right to hold official posts. Czechs patronized Jews believing them to be initiative and hardworking people.
There were four sons and two daughters in my fathers family. I remember being surprised at the thing that some brothers and sisters’ surname was Buchbinder and some – Neubauer. My father explained that at that time Jewish didn’t register marriages in the town hall, but only had religious weddings with a chuppah and a rabbi issued a ketubbah, a marriage contracts, to them. [Civil marriage was introduced in Hungary as late as 1895.] Therefore, it happened that the children had their father or mother’s last name given to them. The first baby was given his father’s surname, the second one – his mother’s, etc. My father oldest brother’s name was Moric Buchbinder, Moishe-Gersch in Jewish. Then there was a sister, whose first name I don’t remember. Her surname was Neubauer. My father’s brother Haskl’s surname was Buchbinder. My father, born in 1899, had the surname of Neubauer. His name was Adolf and his Jewish name was Avrum. Then there was my father’s brother Menyhert, his Jewish name was Mendl and his surname was Buchbinder, and there was a younger sister. I don’t remember her first name, but her surname was Neubauer.
My father’s family spoke Yiddish at home. Of course, they also spoke fluent Hungarian and Ruthenian [The language of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians, it is also spoken in some parts of Slovakia and Romania. Some consider it a dialect of the Ukrainian other as a separate Slavic language.]. My father said his parents were very religious, but I don’t know any details, unfortunately. My father and his brothers got religious education in cheder. The children went to cheder at the age of 3. I don’t know whether any of them had any secular education. It wasn’t mandatory at that time. A Jew was supposed to know Hebrew to read a prayer and get a profession to support a family. My father’s parents sent my father to learn the farrier’s craft. Farriers were in demand in villages where farmers kept livestock. My father loved and understood animals and worked with them his whole life. Though he didn’t have a veterinary diploma he selected and trained horses for the army.
I hardly know anything about my father’s sisters. They lived somewhere in Central Hungary after they got married. I’ve never seen them. All I know is that they had children and were housewives. My father’s older brother Moric Buchbinder lived in Kosice (in Slovakia now). He was a tailor. Moric was married and had three children. I don’t remember his wife or children’s names. After WWII Moric returned home from a camp, but his wife and children perished. After the war Moric lived in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. After the soviet regime came to Subcarpathia in 1945 our contacts terminated. My father’s brothers Haskl and Mendl lived in Dubovoye. They were married and had children. I don’t remember their names. I don’t remember what Haskl was doing for a living. Mendl owned timber storages. He was the wealthiest of all brothers. He had four sons from his first marriage. During WWII both brothers were drafted in work battalions and taken to the front in the Ukraine. Haskl perished in 1943 and Mendl returned home after the war. His wife and sons perished in a concentration camp.
My mother’s family lived in the Subcarpathia village Malaya Dobron, Kisdobrony during the Hungarian rule. This village exists no longer. There was a bigger village of Velikaya Dobron [30 km from Uzhgorod, 680 km from Kiev], nearby and these two villages merged after the war. Now it is one settlement of Velikaya Dobron. My mother’s father Moishe Preis was born in the Ruthenian village of Rakhov (it is a town now) in the 1870s. My grandmother Etel Preis was born in 1875. I don’t know my grandmother’s place of birth or maiden name.
Malaya Dobron was a small village. There were about 150 families living in the village and 30 of them were Jewish. Jewish families were big. There was a big synagogue in the village. On Sabbath and Jewish holidays men and women went to the synagogue. There was a big yard in the synagogue and there was a shochet shop in the yard and farther in the backyard there was a mikveh. There was a cheder in the same street as the synagogue. There were over 200 Jewish families in the neighboring village of Velikaya Dobron. It was a big village. There was a Jewish cemetery in the village and in Malaya Dobron there was a Jewish sector in the village cemetery.
Grandfather Moishe was a shoemaker. My grandmother was a midwife. My grandfather served in the Hungarian army in his youth. Even when I knew my grandfather he had a military bearing. He was average height, slim and straight. He didn’t have payes or a beard. He had a big curled up moustache. My grandfather wore high boots of soft shining leather and a jacket cut in military fashion. He always had a military type cap on his head. He wore a kippah to the synagogue. His fellow villagers called my grandfather Moishe the Soldier. My grandmother was a short fat woman. She had quick moves and looked young. She had no wrinkles on her face and always smiled. She was a very kind and smart woman. She wore long skirts and long-sleeved blouses with high collars like other women in the village. My grandmother wore a wig to go out and at home she covered her head with a kerchief.
My grandparents lived in a small house made from air bricks, a mixture of clay and cut straw. Many houses in Subcarpathia were built of air bricks that were inexpensive, rather strong and warm. It is used in construction even nowadays. There were three rooms, a kitchen and a small annex building where my grandfather had his shop. My grandfather worked alone and when his sons were growing old enough they began to help their father in his shop. There were no other employees in the shop working for my grandfather. He mainly fixed shoes, and this work didn’t cost much. I don’t think my grandfather’s family was wealthy. Perhaps, this was why my grandmother had to work, which was not customary with married Jewish women.
My grandparents had eight children. I only know my mother’s year of birth, but I will name the others according to their seniority. My mother’s sisters and brothers were called by their Jewish names in the family, and I don’t know their Hungarian names. My mother’s sister Elka was the oldest. The next one was their brother Pinchas. My mother was born on 4 August 1900. Her Hungarian name was Fanni, and her Jewish name was Faige. After my mother her brother Lajos was born. His Jewish name was Laib. Then came brother Lipe, sister Rivka and brother Bernat.
They spoke Yiddish in my mother’s family and Hungarian to their non-Jewish neighbors. My mother’s parents were religious. They celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays at home. On Saturday and on Jewish holidays my grandmother and grandfather went to the synagogue. My grandfather took his sons to the synagogue when they reached the age of 3. All children got Jewish education. The sons went to cheder in Malaya Dobron. Girls went to the cheder in Velikaya Dobron in about 2 km from Malaya Dobron twice a week. The children also finished a 4-year Hungarian elementary school. After bar mitzvah grandfather began training his sons in his business. They all became shoemakers.
My mother’s older sister Elka married Gersch Scher, a local Jewish man. He was a timber dealer. Elka and her husband had 3 children. Pinchas was married. His wife’s name was Baila. They also had eight children. Lajos’ wife Blanka was a housewife. They didn’t have children. Lipe was married. His wife’s name was Lea. They had four sons. Rivka’s husband Wolf Steinberg was a cabinetmaker. Rivka was a housewife. They had 6 children. Bernat had two children. He was a shoemaker and his wife was a housewife. My mother’s sisters and brothers were religious. They observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Sabbath and Jewish holidays and celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays at home. They all lived in Malaya Dobron.
I don’t know how my parents met. I think their marriage was prearranged by matchmakers, which was a customary thing at the time, when parents asked a shadkhan to find a match for their son or daughter. Usually parents of a couple made all necessary wedding arrangements and the couple only met before a chuppah. In towns, though, young people could meet by themselves, but in villages traditions were stronger. My parents got married in 1922. They never told me about their wedding, but I’m sure it was a traditional Jewish wedding.
After the wedding the newly weds moved to Velke Kapusany village [30 km from Uzhgorod] in present-day Slovakia. They rented a house. My father was employed to prepare horses for the army. He was to determine whether a horse was fit for the army. Many Jews kept horses selling them to the army for good money. My mother was a housewife. I was born in Velke Kapusany on 2 March 1924. My Hungarian name was Ignac, and my Jewish name was Nuns-Laib. In 1926 my father’s job was over and my parents decided to move to Malaya Dobron to be close to my mother’s parents. The rest of my parents’ children were born in Malaya Dobron. There were six of us. In 1925 my brother David was born. In his birth certificate he had his Hungarian name of Dezso, if my memory doesn’t fail me. Mordechai, Marton by his birth certificate, was born in 1927. Then came Haim-Shmil, Sandor, born in 1929. In 1930 the first daughter Hermina, Haya-Tsire in Jewish, was born. Helena, the youngest, Haya in Jewish way, was born in 1934.
We lived in the house that my parents rented few years. It was a small house made from air bricks. There were two rooms, a kitchen and a storeroom. There were few fruit trees near the house and a shed and a small chicken house in the small yard. There was a big Russian stove [3] in the kitchen where my mother cooked. This stove heated the kitchen and a room and there was another stove to heat another room. My father worked as a veterinary on calls in Malay and Velikaya Dobron. My mother was a housewife. We were not wealthy. My parents were saving some of my father’s earnings to build a house. Their dream came true in 1936, when they started construction, and we moved into our new house in 1937. This house was also made from air bricks. There was one bigger room in it, two smaller rooms and a kitchen. The house was built not far from where my mother’s parents lived.
My parents were religious and observed Jewish traditions. My mother wore a wig to go out after she got married. All married Jewish women wore wigs. At home my mother wore a kerchief. My father had a big beard, but no payes. He wore a kippah at home and a dark hat to go out. We, boys, wore caps to go out and kippahs at home and in cheder. We celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays at home and my mother followed kashrut. She kept special crockery for dairy and meat products and she taught us to follow the rules as well. I was the oldest, and my mother always sent me to take a chicken or a goose to the shochet to slaughter. The shochet also determined whether the poultry was kosher. If he said that it was not kosher it had to be given to non-Jews. On weekdays my father prayed at home. He had a tallit, a tefillin and a prayer book. When my father was praying he was not to be distracted. He explained that when he was talking to God he didn’t care about anything else. All Jews in Malaya Dobron prayed at home. When a Jewish man, for example, was not at home, when it was time for a prayer, he had his tefillin and tallit with him to stop and pray. Nobody was surprised, when a Jew put on his tefillin or tallit to pray in a train or at a railway station. They were so used to it that nobody paid any attention.
On Friday morning my mother started preparations for Sabbath. She made dough for to bake bread. On Friday my mother made bread for a week and challah bread for Sabbath. There was a Jewish bakery nearby. My mother formed bread and challot, put them in a big basket and I took the basket to the bakery. Later in the afternoon I went back there to pick the order. Meanwhile my mother made chicken broth, made noodles for the broth and for puddings and made gefilte fish. When it was ready, she put a pot of cholnt into the oven for the next day and went to the mikveh. There was one mikveh in Malaya Dobron. Women went there in the afternoon, when men were still at work, and men went to the mikveh in the evening. When my mother returned from the mikveh she set the table. My father came back from the mikveh, put on his fancy suit and went to the synagogue with his sons over 3 years of age. Boys went to cheder at this age and were big enough to go to the synagogue. When we returned from the synagogue, my mother lit candles. She had her fancy dress on. She covered her face with her hands to not see the candle light and prayed over the candles. Then we all sat down to festive dinner. Once a funny incident happened: my father and the children returned from the synagogue, and only at the table we discovered that my younger brother Sandor was not there. He happened to fall asleep during the prayer at the synagogue. The synagogue was already closed, and my brother slept there all night. Early in the morning my father went to the synagogue and brought Sandor home. After the candles were lit no work was allowed to be done. Our Ukrainian [Ruthenian] neighbor came to our home to light the lamps and start the oven. She also took out the cholnt from the oven. [shabesgoy] Next day we all went to the synagogue, but my sisters. My mother was upstairs, and my father and the boys were downstairs with other men. Then we returned home and had dinner, and after dinner my father read a Saturday section of the Torah to us and told us stories of Jewish history. The children visited our grandmother and grandfather on Saturdays. All of my mother’s brothers and sisters lived in Malaya Dobron. On Saturday about 40 grandchildren got together at my grandmother’s house and she had a chocolate or a kind word for each of us. In the evening my father conducted the Havdalah ritual, separation of Saturday from weekdays. The family got together at the table. My father lit candles and said a blessing. Each of us had wine. The children had a little wine, just enough to wet their lip. Everybody sipped some wine, then my father poured some wine into a saucer and put down the candle in it. This was the end of Sabbath and another week began.
Preparation to Pesach began long before the holiday. There was a general clean up of the house, everything was cleaned and washed. The rabbi inspected the Jewish bakery for chametz. After such inspection the rabbi gave his permission to bake matzah. Each family ordered as much matzah as they needed. Matzah was delivered to homes. My mother took boxes with matzah to the attic where she kept our Pesach crockery. It was not allowed to keep matzah in the kitchen till there was any chametz or even bread crumbs left. On the eve of Pesach all bread was removed from the house. The house was searched even for the smallest pieces of bread and bread crumbs that were burnt then. Then my father continued a symbolic search for chametz. We washed our everyday crockery, packed it in boxes and stored in the storeroom, and then it was time to take down matzah and fancy crockery from the attic. My mother started cooking for Pesach. We always looked forward to holidays. We were poor, and the children never had too much food, except on Sabbath and holidays, when we had sufficient delicious food. My mother cooked traditional food: chicken broth with dumplings, stuffed chicken neck, gefilte fish, potato puddings, baked strudels from matzah flour with jam, raisins and nuts. My mother cooked everything on goose fat. This fat was also prepared separately, when there was to be no bread in the kitchen. My mother began to prepare it long before the holiday and stored it in a can in the attic where the Pesach crockery was kept. She had to cook food for two days before Pesach. Then Hol Amoed started. No work was allowed to do on the last two days of Pesach. In the morning all went to the synagogue. On the first day of Pesach my father conducted seder. Besides everything else, there were greeneries, horseradish, ground apples with honey and cinnamon, hard-boiled eggs and a saucer with salty water. And there was also matzah. We bought red wine at the synagogue for Pesach. On the first seder all, including the children, were to drink four glasses of wine. There was a big and fanciest wineglass for Prophet Elijah in the center of the table. The front door was kept open for Elijah to come into the house. My father wearing white clothing was sitting at the head of the table. This outfit is called kipr. Men wear it on Pesach and Yom Kippur. My father reclined on cushions supporting his back and the sides. We ate greeneries dipping then in salty water. Then my father broke matzah into three pieces and hid the middle side under the cushions. This piece of matzah was called afikoman. One of the children was to find it and then my father offered redemption for it. I asked my father traditional questions. When my brothers began to attend the cheder, they also asked my father questions. We posed questions in Hebrew and my father answered in Hebrew. Then my father started telling us about Exodus of Jews from Egypt. This story he told in Hebrew [haggadah], and then repeated each phrase in Yiddish. When he was telling about the retributions that God sent on Egypt, we were to drop wine on the saucer after he mentioned retributions. Then my father gave each of us a piece of afikoman. We all sang Pesach songs. Younger children fell asleep at the table before the seder was over. I was older and next morning, when they woke up I teased them a little saying that while they were asleep Elijah came in and I saw him. On Pesach we visited my mother’s relatives and invited them to visit us.
A month before Rosh Hashanah, New Year, they blew the shofar at the synagogue. The shofar is very loud and strident and it was heard across the village. We went to the synagogue and when we returned home, we ate apples and challah dipping them in honey.
Yom Kippur started with the Kapores ritual on the eve of Yom Kippur. There were white rosters bought for the father and the sons and white hens for the mother and sisters. The rosters were to be turned around the head saying in Hebrew: ‘May you be my atonement”. Then the chickens were slaughtered and my mother cooked them in the morning. Before Yom Kippur we only ate chicken broth and chicken meat a whole day. It was the rule to have 3 meals cooked from these Kapores chickens. The dinner was over before the first star appeared in the sky. From this moment and until the next evening the family fasted. Children fasted half a day after they turned 8 and after bar mitzvah – a whole day like adults. In the morning all went to the synagogue. Men wore white kitel outfits and women wore their fancy dresses. Everybody brought a candle. People stayed at the synagogue a whole day. When the first star appeared in the sky, all went to their homes to have dinner.
After Yom Kippur children began to make decorations for the sukkah. They made them from color paper and everybody tried to make the best decoration. The sukkah was placed in the yard. There was a frame made from pre-manufactured lath planks, then branches were entwined in it and the roof was also covered with branches. The sukkah was decorated with flowers and paper decorations and ribbons. There was a table taken into the sukkah and we had meals and prayed in the sukkah through all days of the holiday. It was customary to eat fruit on Sukkot. Children had the ‘rozhok’ –fruit that grow in Israel [etrog]. They were flat, brown and very sweet. The children bit on them and then played with stones that these fruit had inside.
For Purim children rehearsed songs, dances and little performances. Children, and sometimes adults, went from one house to other showing their performances and for this they were given small change. The more houses you visited the more coins you got. I remember a joke of this time. A rich Jew wanted his daughter to get married. He talked to shadkhan who said that there was a bridegroom, who could earn 10 pengos [Hungarian currency in the interwar period] per day. 10 pengos was a lot of money at that time. The rich man was very happy, and the wedding took place. A month passed. The rich man came to the shadkhan and said that this guy hadn’t worked a day and hadn’t earned a single coin. The shadkhan convinced him to wait another month. Nothing changed a month later. Another month passed, and the rich man came to the shadkhan again. The shadkhan said: “Be patient, there is not long to wait until Purim, and then your daughter’s husband will earn this 10 pengos”. There was also shelakhmones taken to houses at Purim. It was taken to relatives, friends and neighbors. Children ran from one house to another with trays with sweets on them. Returning the tray, the mistress of the house put coins on it for the children. After Purim children bought toys, sweets or something else.
We, children, also liked Chanukkah. On this holiday every guest gave children money. This money was supposed to be spent on gambling, but we preferred to spend it on what we believed was right. On Chanukkah children traditionally played with whipping tops that we made ourselves. There were wooden forms with carved letters where we poured melted lead and waited till it solidified. The top was divided into four sectors with a letter in each sector. Winning depended on the letter that the top fell on. On Chanukkah my mother lit a candle each day. Actually, there were no candles since they were very expensive. My mother cut off the bottom of a potato and cut out its inside, poured in oil and put a wick inside. These candles lasted a while. My mother added another potato on each day of Chanukkah.
I went to cheder at the age of 3. My younger brothers also went to cheder at this age. In the 1st and 2nd forms there was a rebe and he had an assistant, who was like a nanny for the kids, but in the 3rd form we were quite handy to manage ourselves. Our classes started at 7 o’clock in the morning. In winter and autumn we got up, when it was still dark outside. My mother woke me up and I cried and wanted to stay home. We had classes till lunch. Then the rebe let us go home for lunch and then we came back to cheder. Our classes ended at 7. We had to do homework at home. I went to school at the age of 8 and had no free time left, whatsoever. There were 2 general schools in Malaya Dobron: a Czech and Hungarian one. My parents sent me to the Hungarian school for some reason, though the state language was Czech at the time. My brothers and sisters went to the Czech school. There were more Jewish children in the Hungarian school than in the Czech one. This was a school for boys and girls. I went to cheder in the morning. We prayed and had classes. Then I ran home for breakfast and ran to the Hungarian school. After classes I went home for lunch and then went back to cheder where we studied till 8-9 o’clock in the evening. When we returned home, we had to do the homework for school and for cheder. Some parents only cared about their children’s successes at the cheder, but my father believed that I had to be good at both. This was a difficult task and I often studied till late at night.
In 1935 my grandmother Etel, my mother’s mother, fell severely ill. She was taken to the Jewish hospital in Uzhgorod where she died. This happened before Rosh Hashanah. I still remember how my mother cried and lamented for her. My grandmother was only 60 years old, while at that time it was quite common that people lived to be 80-90 years old. She was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Uzhgorod in accordance with Jewish traditions. My mother’s brother Pinchas recited the Kaddish after my grandmother. My mother and her sisters sat shivah after my grandmother since my mother’s brothers had to go back to work to support their families. My mother’s younger sister Riva and her family moved in with my grandfather.
Boys studied at cheder till the age of 13. The rebe prepared them for bar mitzvah. In 1937 I became of age according to Jewish traditions. I turned 13 years old. On Saturday the rabbi called me to the torah to read a section from it. I had a tallit on for the first time in my life. My parents brought honey cakes and vodka to the synagogue. After the bar mitzvah all attendants of the synagogue had treatments. In the evening my mother made a dinner for the family and relatives. They greeted me and it was quite a holiday for me. After finishing cheder those parents who could afford it sent their children to yeshivah, but I couldn’t even dream about it. We were poor and since I was the oldest son I had to support the family. My father began to have health problems – he happened to have a serious heart disease. It was hard for him to work and he needed money to buy medications. From time to time he had to stay in hospital in Uzhgorod where he had medical treatment and received some medications to take home with him, but when he ran out of them, he had to buy them. I finished school in 1938. My brothers were still at school and I became the only breadwinner in the family. I didn’t have a profession, but I couldn’t go to study since there was nobody to support the family through this time. I began to sell food products to Jewish families in Uzhgorod and soon I had my clients there. My mother kept poultry: chickens, ducks and geese. I bought eggs, chickens and veal from other villagers to sell them in Uzhgorod and later I also took my mother’s poultry to sell there. The shochet slaughtered them and on Monday I took 20-25 chickens to Uzhgorod. My clients ordered about 50-60 chickens for Sabbath. Later Jewish café owners began to order chicken from me. My father had a horse that he used to ride to his calls when he was working. I harnessed the horse to ride to Uzhgorod. So I earned our living. Of course, this was hard work, but we were not starving and managed to buy everything necessary for the family. Many other villagers earned their living in this way. There were also wealthy Jews in our village. One Jew whose last name was Weinberger had 300 hectares of land, many cows and horses. He also had equipment and tractors. Those who had land could feed their families by farming.
In 1938 Subcarpathia became Hungarian again. [Hungarian troops occupied Subcarpathia in March 1939. The western part where Malaya Dobron/Kisdobrony is was attached to Hungary as early as the 2nd November 1938, together with Southern Slovakia as a result of the First Vienna Decesion.] Though we had a good life during the Czech rule, many were happy that the Hungarians were back, especially older people. All children spoke fluent Czech, but older people didn’t know it. My mother, despite living 20 years under the Czech rule, never learned this language. She spoke Yiddish and Hungarian. At the beginning everything went well, but in 1938 persecution of Jews began, though we didn’t suffer from it since it was directed on wealthier people. In 1939 anti-Jewish laws [4] were issued. Under these laws wealthier Jews were to give away their shops, farms or stores to non-Jews or the state expropriated their property, if they didn’t. One way or another, Jewish owners didn’t get any compensation, but when they left their property with non-Jewish owners, they could at least keep the job, though their new masters paid them little. When the state expropriated the property, their former owners lost everything and were thrown into the street. Jews were not allowed to study in higher educational institutions [Numerus Clausus in Hungary] [5] or serve in the army. This was open state-level anti-Semitism and they didn’t even make an effort to camouflage it. When Germany started a war in 1939, life became even more difficult. Hungary was Germany’s ally in this war. There were food cards introduced. People in towns were starving. We didn’t suffer so much in villages. There were bread and sugar cards and what we got per cards was sufficient. However strange it may seem, my life became easier when Subcarpathia became Hungarian. I could do my business in Uzhgorod and in Hungarian towns. I took my products to the Hungarian town of Kisvarda, 30 km from Malaya Dobron. I brought back salt, sugar and spirit that people drank with water. When drought happened in Velikiy Bereznyy [35 km from Uzhgorod, 650 km from Kiev] in summer farmers failed to make hay stocks and my acquaintance offered me to buy cows from them. We went there and bought cows for 40 pengos. We sold these cows in Kisvarda 100-120 pengos each. We had 3 cows left that we had to take them back. On our way back I got very hungry. My parents taught us that we couldn’t eat anything from non-Jews. I remembered this well and when I went into a farmer’s house and asked him to sell me some food I didn’t even want to buy bread from him. I bought 3 apples and this was all I had till we reached Chop where my mother’s sister Elka and her family lived. They moved to Chop in 1939, when Elka husband’s trade business was expropriated. So only at my aunt’s house I finally had a meal. We made few more trips to Velikiy Bereznyy to buy cows to sell them in Kisvarda. This was a long trip. From Velikiy Bereznyy we went to Perechin, 25 km from Velikiy Bereznyy. There we took a rest and then walked 20 km to Uzhgorod. From there we walked 30 km to Chop and from there – 25 km to Kisvarda. This trip took us about a week. We also had to let the cows pasture so they didn’t have exhausted looks, when we reached Kisvarda or we wouldn’t have sold them. From Kisvarda we brought home 2-3 bags of flour, kosher goose fat and cereals.
Jews served in Hungarian work battalions. In March 1942 I was to turn 18, but already in January 1942 I was called to the draft board examining recruits for work battalions. However, they released guys of 1923 – 1924 from service. They began to recruit my year of birth, when we were taken to ghettos, but I was not allowed to leave the ghetto.
Before Pesach in 1944 I was in Uzhgorod, but I came home for the holiday. I always celebrated all Jewish holidays at home and couldn’t imagine otherwise. I was planning to go back to Uzhgorod after the holiday. On the last day of Pesach they placed a poster on the building of the village council announcing that all Jews were to come to the village council on Sunday. We were to have food and clothing not to exceed 10 kg of weight with us. All Jews of Malaya Dobron came there. Our family, my mother’s sisters with their families and grandfather Moishe, my mother’s father, went there, too. We were taken to Uzhgorod on horse-driven wagons. The ghetto in Uzhgorod was at the former brick factory owned by Jew Moshkovich formerly. There were 16 thousand Jews from Uzhgorod district in the ghetto. There were also people taken from villages and few days later they began to take people from Uzhgorod to the ghetto. Since there was no space left, they were taken to another ghetto in a big timber storage facility owned by Jew Blick before the Hungarian rule. We lived in the open air, though it was still rather cold at night. Some families tried to stay in brick sections with furnaces for brick baking, but there was no ventilation and it was stuffy. So they couldn’t stay there whatsoever and had to stay in the open air with their small children. When we ran out of food that we took from home we began to starve. Then younger Jews were ordered to work. We sorted out furniture, household goods, clothing and shoes in the Jewish houses whose owners were taken to the ghetto. All Jewish houses were sealed. There were many valuable things left in the houses: pictures, china, and jewelry. Gendarmes broke the seals and we came into the houses to sort out everything there was there. The gendarmes searched the walls for money in hiding place. We loaded the things on trucks that drove the loads to the Hasidic [6] synagogue on the embankment of the Uzh River. This synagogue houses a Philharmonic now. I don’t know what happened to these loads. When we found food in the houses, the gendarmes allowed us to take it with us, but when we came to the ghetto they took it away and sent it to the kitchen that made food for inmates of the ghetto. There was also a Jewish kitchen on the embankment near the Hasidic synagogue where they also made food for inmates of the ghetto, but was it possible to feed 16 thousand people?! Those who had money could buy food. There was the family of Weinberger, a rich Jew from Malaya Dobron in the ghetto. I knew the town well and went to work every day. Weinberger gave me money to buy cookies and sausage for them. I remember bringing him sausage once and he invited me to eat with his family. I thanked him and said I wasn’t hungry, but the reason was that I didn’t want to eat non-kosher sausage, just couldn’t force myself to take a bite. This was how we were raised at home.
There were no Germans in the ghetto. Once some Germans came to the ghetto to do some inspection. There were Hungarian gendarmes in the ghetto and they were very rude with the inmates, but not all of them. I witnessed one incident that happened to my uncle, my mother’s brother Bernat. Once we were at work sorting out things, when my uncle found vodka. He gave us a little and drank the rest of it. He got drunk. The Hungarian soldier who convoyed us to this house saw my uncle. He silently picked some things and took my uncle to a tavern in the end of the street. The soldier gave the owner of this tavern those things he took from the house and asked him to put my uncle to sleep. When it was time for us to go to the ghetto in the evening, he went to the tavern to pick my uncle who had sobered by then. So they happened to be human to Jews, but rarely, of course.
On 24 May 1944 we were ordered to gather near the gate to the ghetto. There was a railroad spur to the brick factory. There was a train with open platforms for brick transportation taken to the spur and gendarmes ordered us to board those platforms. They were narrow platforms. There were 100-120 people on each of them. Many were standing close to one another. When we reached a station we changed a train, but this was not a passenger train, but one with freight railcars, there were only small barred windows near the ceilings, but after those platforms these railcars seemed heaven to us. It was warm already and the steel railcars were overheated. The windows were closed and there was no air to breathe. We didn’t have water. There were no toilets. There were holes in the floors. At first people endured it as long as they could, but then we stopped caring. At first there were talks that they were going to keep us in those railcars till we died from the heat and thirst, but others said that we were moving to work camps. Then these talks faded out, we were all in a half-fainted state. The heat and stinking was the hardest on older people and children. The train stopped at a station and we were given one bucket of water for all of us. Everybody ran to the bucket trying to drink without thinking about the others. Thinking about it now I don’t believe this was happening to us. People just couldn’t turn into animals so fast, but this happened indeed. We arrived at Auschwitz. The train stopped at the platform where there were German soldiers and people in white robes, doctors, as we got to know later. They sorted us out sending old people and children to one side and those who were stronger – to another. Mothers were told to give their children to grandmothers and grandfathers and step to another side. Many women didn’t want to leave their children and went with them to the gas chamber, as we learned later. My brothers Dezso, Marton and Sandor were sent to the right where other young men and women gathered. My father, grandfather and younger sister Helena were sent to the left. I left the train after my father and wanted to follow him, but the officer pulled me by my sleeve and told me to step to the side where young people gathered. My mother held Hermina by her shoulders and they were sent to the women’s group. When we were separated, my mother shouted to me: ‘Don’t forget, you are the oldest and you are responsible for your brothers!’. Later I got to know that my father and grandfather were exterminated right away. I stood beside my brothers. Dezso and Marton were standing beside and I was holding Sandor, the youngest, by his hand. A soldier told me to let go of my brother’s hand. I didn’t and he hit me on my head with his gun butt so hard that I fell and fainted. When I recovered my senses, a man of average age, whose face was familiar to me from the ghetto in Uzhgorod approached me and said: ‘Sonny, you are not at home, you have to obey here’. We marched to the bathroom. When we finished washing and came outside, our clothes were gone and there were striped robes waiting for us. We got dressed and then a barber shaved our heads. My brothers and I tried to stay together. We lined up and marched to the Auschwitz work camp in 5-6 km from the central camp. There were big barracks with two-tier plank beds in them. We were given thin striped blankets from the same fabric as our robes. We were also given pieces of cloth with numbers imprinted on them. We were to saw them on our clothes on the chest and on the back. My camp number was 66, Dezso’s – 67, Marton – 68. We were ordered to line up in front of the barrack and they gave each of us a piece of bread and sausage. My brother Dezso was the biggest of us. He went in for sports, track-and-field events. In 1942 he won the first place in a district contest. Dezso was always hungry and pounced on the food. I only ate bread and couldn’t even look at the sausage. It was disgusting: there were pieces of pork fat in it. The same man, who talked to me in the central camp, approached us again and said that we had to eat what we were given here. God will forgive me this sin and I will need all my strength in the camp. I still couldn’t force myself at that moment an gave my piece of sausage to my brother, but some time later I really began to eat anything eatable without thinking whether the food was kosher or not.
There were Jews from Hungary, Poland, France, Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia in our barrack. Almost all of them spoke Yiddish so we could understand each other well. There were also few German criminals in the barrack. We were taken to the camp just for being Jews, but they were taken to court and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. The senior man of our barrack was a German man sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment for killing a whole family. He was a murderer, but he was a senior man and he did whatever he wanted and there was nobody to complain to. He hit one Jewish man so hard that he died. We met my mother’s brother Pinchas in the camp. His situation was a little better than of the rest of us. He didn’t have to go to work. The Germans got to know that he was a shoemaker and gave him a place to work in the camp. He fixed and made boots for Germans. The Germans liked what he did and began to bring him leather to make shoes and boots for their wives and daughters in Germany. Sometimes Pinchas shared some food with us, when Germans gave him food for his work.
Then we began to go to work. We were to arrange road beds for construction of new roads: we did wood cutting and grubbing, grading with spades and placing gravel. Our morning started with breakfast. We got a piece of bread and a mug of surrogate black without sugar. Then we lined up, they counted us and convoyed to work. In the afternoon we had lunch break. Thermos bottles with soup and bread were delivered from the camp. Of course, it’s hard to call this turbid liquid with half-rotten potato pieces in it soup. Sometimes we could puck a piece of carrot or a cabbage leaf there. We got 300 grams bread for lunch. After lunch we went back to work and in the evening we were convoyed back to the camp. When Germans saw that somebody was too exhausted to work they killed him right there. In the evening the ‘funeral crew’, as we called them, they were also Jews, came to bury the dead in the wood. When back in the camp, we got our dinner: same soup as in the afternoon, but no bread. After dinner we went to sleep. We got so tired during the day that we fell asleep and had no dreams. We worked every day. We were not allowed to leave the barrack after retreat. There were armed guards of the camp and at night there were strong patrol dogs let loose in the camp. They were trained to attack people in striped robes.
My brother Dezso was gone in the camp. He was always hungry. We were no allowed to come to the kitchen. Once Dezso said that he couldn’t believe there was no food in the camp and left the barrack. My brothers and I tried to tell him to stay and that it could end up in something bad, but he left anyway. He never came back and we never found out what happened to him.
In January 1945 American troops began to attack. Krakow was liberated and the front was on the right from Krakow. [Krakow was liberated by the Soviet Army. He probably refers to the American bombardment of Krakow.] There was a road sign near our camp and there was an inscription in German: ’90 km – Krakow’. In late January evacuation of the camp began. There were 100 thousand of those who could walk. They shot all those who were weak and ill. My brothers, uncle Pinchas and I were among those, who could walk. The frost was severe. We were ordered to board the open platforms of a train. My brother Marton happened to be in another railcar. Only my younger brother Sandor was with me in the railcar. We could only stand close to one another in the railcar, so overcrowded it was. People were dying, but there wasn’t even space to fall and they remained standing supported by the others. We were starved and suffered from thirst. If somebody peed the others put their mugs to him to have at least something to drink. My brother Sandor died in this railcar. I didn’t notice when it happened, but one morning he was not there any longer. Probably somebody pushed him off the railcar, when the train stopped. 9 days later we finally arrived at the Gleiwitz camp. When we got off the train, many of us began to pounce on the snow – so dehydrated we were. I saw my brother Marton there. He was swollen and dark blue – it was horrifying to look at him. I, probably, looked no better. We were sorted out on the platform. The weaker and older inmates were exterminated. My uncle Pinchas perished there. My brother and I went to a barrack. The next morning we were taken to a hospital barrack. Three days later my brother died in this barrack. I was recovering. Our senior man in this barrack was good. He told me to be in no hurry to leave this barrack. I was afraid of staying in this barrack. Many patients were dying every day. We had sufficient bread and food, but people were still dying. The patients were saying that doctors were using people for their medical experiments. I didn’t know whether this was true, but I was scared. When I felt better, I asked them to discharge me. The senior man told me to take food and bread with me. I thought there was food in the camp. When I came out of the hospital barrack I bumped into starved inmates begging for food. Before I reached my barrack, my food that I had with me was all gone and there were only two slices of bread left. I put them under my mattress, but in the morning they were gone.
We didn’t have to go to work any longer. We were allowed toile on our plank beds all day long. Each of us got 2 potatoes boiled in their jackets and 100 grams tea with no sugar. Every day inmates were dying and the others managed to receive their ration of food. Later Germans discovered what was happening and before giving food to us they ordered us to go outside and gave us food letting us inside one after another. We knew that if we were not sent to work this meant that this was a death camp. We were waiting for the end of it. My birthday was on 2 March. Early in the morning a German officer came into our barrack and asked who wanted to go to work. He selected 40 stronger men. We lined up on the square yard and they told us that we would go to a very good camp where work was not too hard and we would get more food. We were given 200 grams bread and 20 g margarine and told us that we would not get any food on the way and we had to keep this piece of bread till we got to the place, but what was this 200 grams of bread? An hour later nobody had even a bread crumb left. We walked to this camp. It was a small camp. There were few barracks for 400 people. Later we got to know that this was just one sector of the camp and there were two other sectors for 400 inmates each. One was a central sector and another one was about 15 km from our camp. There was a kitchen there and a tractor delivered food to us in our sector. We were given half loaf of bread and a jar of soup each. They told us to find vacant beds and take them. We got up at 5 in the morning. There was no breakfast. We went to work. We had to walk for about 8 km and we walked to work every day. We worked at the construction of the railroad connecting the central camp with two others. People were exhausted. We had one meal after we returned to the camp in the evening. We were given one liter of soup per day and twice a week we got a little piece of bread to have with soup. We understood that Germans calculated everything. They knew that we wouldn’t have to work long and there was no need for us to keep strong. We worked very hard and had to cover 16 km each day. Since about 5 April English and American planes began to fly over our work site. On the next day we didn’t go to work. We were taken to the central camp. There was also another column marching there – 400 inmates from another camp. The central camp had barracks for 400 inmates, when there were already 1200 of us. We had to find a place to sleep at night. We were not allowed to come into the yard due to air raids and bombings. 2-3 inmates slept on one bed, the others slept on the floor ad in the aisles. A bomb hit one barrack. Many inmates perished. 2 days passed. On the 3rd day they ordered us to line up in the yard. The Germans sorted out stronger inmates from weaker ones. There were trucks near the gate. We were ordered to go through the gate one after another. Each was given 2 cigarettes. This was like a miracle for us. When I came to the gate they ran out of cigarettes. I said that since there were no cigarettes left, I wasn’t going. I decided: be what might, and returned to the camp where weaker inmates stayed. There were about 200 of us. I understood they were going to be shot, but I also knew it was going to happen to me sooner or later. So why wait?… We waited standing. The trucks left. We talked among ourselves that now there was more space in the barracks, but deep in our hearts we didn’t believe that there was hope for us to survive left. However, we were ordered to go back to the camp. There were few German military left in the camp. We were ordered to take food from the storeroom and cook by ourselves. We stayed in the camp few days and then we were taken to the railway station where we were ordered to board a train. The railcars were stuffed with people. Our trip lasted about 2 days. Then the train stopped, but the doors were kept closed. Through small windows near the ceiling we could see barracks and people walking. 4 or 5 we were kept in those closed railcars. Only when those, who were taken from our camp in trucks, arrived, the doors were opened. We ran to barrels with water to drink. Then we were ordered to line up again and board railcars again. There were more railcars now and there was more space inside. There was an armed German guard in every railcar. The door of our railcar was kept open. The guard sat by the door. He put his gun on his side and said that we would be all right soon, but that Germans would not be doing so well since American and Soviet troops were close. We didn’t talk back to him, but we liked what we heard. We arrived at a station. A German officer ordered everybody to get off the train since Americans were to start bombing soon. We were ordered to go to the wood near the station, as if to hide from bombing there. Soldiers with automatic guns convoyed us, but we were so used to armed convoys that we paid no attention to them. We were ordered to line up in the woods. German soldiers walked along the line shooting at people. I don’t know how I happened to survive. I don’t remember soldiers approaching me or how I fell into the pit from a bomb. I probably fainted from fear. When I recovered my consciousness I was in the pit wet from the rain and somebody else’s blood. There were corpses on top of me and underneath. I got out of the pit and ran away. I didn’t know where I was running. Then I heard somebody calling me in Yiddish. A guy in a camp robe came out of the bushes. I recognized him. He was a Polish Jew; we were in the same railcar. His name was Janec, but I don’t know his surname. He said he was waiting for a survivor for about half hour. He didn’t see where the Germans went. We didn’t have anywhere to go so we went though the wood till we came to the edge. We saw a village in about 2-3 km from there and there was a battle going on there. There were explosions and firing and we were scared. We went back to the wood. It was rather warm and there was grass growing. We walked in the wood and ate grass and roots. Few days later we bumped into four Germans running from the edge of the wood. Janec told me to keep my mouth shut and remember the only thing that we were not Jews. He was Polish and I was Hungarian. He spoke German and English. The Germans asked us what we were doing in the wood. Janec replied that we worked for Germans and then they let us go and that we had nowhere to go and kept wondering in the woods. The Germans began to discuss what to do with us. One said that we had to be shot. Another replied that we were still children and why should they kill us. We were short and thin and looked young for our years. The Germans went away, but the one who suggested to shoot us kept looking back. We were so scared that we couldn’t walk. We stayed in the wood a whole day and at night it began to rain. We decided to get to the village for any Price. We ran across the field. There was a road behind the fields and we saw military trucks driving there. We hid away not seeing whose trucks they were. When they passed we ran to the village. We came into the first house. There were no villagers left. I saw some military through the window and told Janec that Russians were coming. He replied that there could be no Russians there and that this was an American front. I came out of the house and the soldiers saw me. I didn’t know who they were. One of them asked me in German how many of us were there. I said there was another man in the house and they told me to come inside with them. I went first and they followed me. I spoke louder when we came nearer to the house for Janec to hear me and run away, but he heard them speaking English, came out of the house and spoke English to them. They were American soldiers. They gave us tinned meat and bread. When we finished eating they took us to the commander’s office in a village house on their truck. There were German prisoners in the house. The Americans took us to the cow shed. There was an attic with straw in the shed and they left us there. They gave us cigarettes, cookies and cocoa. We were both exhausted. I weighed 32 kg. Americans kept us there few days. We washed ourselves and they gave us clean American uniforms and took us to a hospital. They cordially bid ‘good bye’ to us and gave us cookies and chocolate. I was unconscious for few days. When I recovered my consciousness I discovered that I had no clothes or food left. Everything was gone. I stayed in hospital for about a month. The doctors said I had severe dystrophy and I had to be patient. When the doctor came to examine me, he asked me in German where I came from. I said I was from Subcarpathia and he began to smile and spoke Hungarian to me. I was shocked: an American speaking Hungarian! He explained that he was born in the USA, but his Jewish parents moved there from Subcarpathia and they spoke Hungarian at home. This doctor treated me as one of his family. He brought me food and medications. Most patients were Ukrainian, all from one camp. There were wooden barrels with technical spirit left in the camp and its inmates drank it when Germans left the camp. They were severely poisoned. Every day 50-60 patients died in the hospital. I stayed there for a month and then was taken to a recreation center near Berlin.
When I recovered, I was sent to a camp in about 100 km from Berlin. I don’t remember the name of the town. There were about 2000 young girls and 15 guys in the camp. I met my cousin Moishe there, my mother sister Elka’s son. We were given good food: meat, butter and chocolate every day. We were allowed to go to the town. When we went to the town, we got 30 marks each. It was a lot of money in Germany. A jar of jam cost 5-10 marks and a loaf of bread cost 2 marks. Americans were making the lists of those who wanted to move to USA, Palestine, or any other country of the world. They promised assistance to those who wanted to move to USA: with studies, employment and material assistance for the beginning. They also offered contracts for military service to those who wanted to go to the army. I didn’t want to go back home. I understood that my family must have perished and that I was alone. I thought there was nobody to help me at home and that if I went to USA I would have assistance at least at the beginning. They explained that we would stay in a camp for about half a year to learn the language. If we had relatives in USA they would help to find them. And they also promised vocational training and support to become rightful citizens. Then an American officer came to tell us that we had to be ready to depart the following day. He explained when the truck would be there to pick us up. On the morning of departure my cousin offered me to go to the town to buy some food for the road. We had fresh memories about the concentration camp and knew it was better to have some food with us that hope for somebody else to provide food. We bought some bread and sausage and when we returned to the camp it turned out that the transport with those moving to USA had left already. So the two of us stayed in the camp. We registered as Czech citizens. We really believed we were Czech citizens and thought the Hungarians were the occupants. We were sure that Subcarpathia was to become Czechoslovakian after the war. Few days later we were transferred to Russians and they took us to a Russian camp. The food we got there was no different from what we got in the concentration camp. We were kept there for 2 weeks. One night they woke us up and ordered to board trucks. We were taken to a war prisoners’ camp. The majority of prisoners were German SS officers. From their talks I understood that all inmates of this camp were to be taken to Siberia. I told Moishe about it in Yiddish saying that this was the end and that we should have better perished in the concentration camp. I didn’t notice that chief of the camp was listening to us. He asked us in Yiddish who we were and where we came from. We replied that we were Jews from Subcarpathia and that we came from Subcarpathia. The next morning our senior man brought us an assignment to work in the sugar factory in another end of the town. It was written there that we were Czechoslovakian citizens. We were accommodated in the hostel of this sugar factory and some time later we were sent to Prague in Czechoslovakia. We were accommodated in the former military barracks. There was a Red Cross canteen at the railway station where former prisoners of concentration camps had meals. There were many from Subcarpathia, particularly from Uzhgorod there and I soon got new friends. Once I was going back to the barrack from the canteen, when I saw few Czech military. One of them looked at me closely and asked me whether I was Faige Preis’s son. I said that I was, but I didn’t know him. He said he was Mayer, my mother’s cousin. I heard about him that he married a beauty of a Gypsy woman and the family refused from him. Mayer lived in Chop before the war where he owned few cabs. He drove one cab and hired drivers for the rest. In 1937 Mayer moved to Bohemia and went to the Czech army. He had the rank of major. Mayer said that he was in Uzhgorod and heard that my mother and my sister Hermina returned home from Auschwitz. He didn’t see them, but he heard this from reliable people. We said “good byes’ and I returned to the camp. Few days later we were told that we could go wherever we wished. I decided to go to Budapest, before making a final decision. I didn’t know that Subcarpathia became Soviet. We were given tickets, food and money to go. There were few of us from Subcarpathia. When we came to Budapest I met my cousin Dezso, my mother younger brother Pinchas’ son, at the railway station. He began to talk me into going home, but I didn’t agree. I didn’t quite believe that my mother and sister were back home: Mayer didn’t see them and people might have been misunderstood something. In Budapest we were accommodated in the Jewish girls’ school building, near the railway station. I registered for departure to Palestine. Of course, I wanted the USA more, but Palestine was all right too. Anywhere, but home. There were lists of those who returned from concentration camps updated every day and I went there to check the lists hoping to find my family or acquaintances. I met a girl from Malay Dobron. I didn’t recognize her at once, but she ran to hug me. She asked me at once why I was still in Budapest, when my mother was home. I asked her how she knew it and she said she was in the concentration camp with my mother and sister. I went back to the hostel and told my cousin that I was going back with him. We got tickets to Subcarpathia. There were 6 of us. We got to Chop by train. I got off the train and saw a man and a woman standing nearby. The woman looked like mother from distance, but when I came closer, I understood this was not my Mama, but the man hugged me all of a sudden. I asked him to leave me alone, but he didn’t let go of me. He turned out to be my father’s younger brother Mendl. Of course, I didn’t recognize him. He had no beard, wore a short haircut and no head covering. Mendl said he was taking me to my mother right away. We came to a small house and Mendl shouted: ‘Faige, your son is back!’ My mother ran out of the house, pressed me to her chest weeping bitter tears. I shall never forget this meeting. Somebody had told my mother that I was back to Budapest and that I didn’t want to come home. She was afraid we would never see each other again. My younger sister Hermina returned with my mother. They temporarily stayed in Chop. When I returned we moved to Uzhgorod. Mendl told me that his wife and four sons perished in the concentration camp. My grandfather and grandmother, my father and Mendl’s parents, perished in the ghetto in Dubovoye in 1944. Mendl didn’t know anything about his sisters living in Hungary before the war. Haskl perished in a work battalion and his family perished in a concentration camp. Mendl heard that older brother Moric returned to Kosice, but there was no connection with him. We were Mendl’s closest relatives and he got very attached to us and took care of us.
The Soviet rule was already established in Subcarpathia. Our hopes that Subcarpathia would be returned to Czechoslovakia failed. We knew very little about the USSR. What we heard was that there were no goods in stores and there were lines in shops to buy anything, but we never gave it a thought before we saw it with our own eyes. Anyway, we couldn’t even imagine anything like that before, but soon we learned what the soviet power was about. Mendl was a wealthy man. When in 1939 suppression of Jews began he spent all his money to buy gold that he buried in the garden near his house in Dubovoye. When he returned home, there was a Hutsul [Ruthenians living in the Carpathian Mountains, traditionally dealing with livestock breeding.] He refused to let Mendl into the house and said he would kill him if Mendl tried to go in. Mendl left and stayed with his acquaintances. At night he went to dig up his valuables in the garden, but the Hutsul saw him and reported to authorities. Mendl was arrested and kept in prison in Uzhgorod for a month without any charges against him. Then he was released and when he came home, he said to my mother that we had to escape since this country was not for us. Mendl was saying that we would not be able to live with the Soviet regime, but my mother was saying that we would get adjusted somehow and that she had no strength to start anew somewhere else. Mendl said that my mother could stay, if she thought so, but that she should give the children, i.e., my sister and me, in his care. My mother began to cry saying that uncle Mendl wanted to take away her children from her, whom the God saved in the concentration camp and that she couldn’t part with us. Mendl felt hurt and left. He never contacted us again. From our common acquaintances we heard that he secretly crossed to Romania and from there left for Israel. For a long time all we knew about Mendl was what his friend from Dubovoye, with whom he corresponded told us. It was not safe for Soviet citizens to correspond with relatives abroad [7]. All correspondence was censored and everybody knew this. KGB [8] was watching the whole process, but this wouldn’t have stopped my mother if Mendl had written us, but there were no contacts with him. Only after my mother moved to Israel in the 1970s, our contacts revived. Mendl was doing well in Israel. He got married and had two daughters.
We got information about my mother’s brothers and sisters. My mother’s older sister Elka and her husband Gersch Scher perished in Auschwitz during sorting out. Of their 8 children four perished in Auschwitz, 2 moved to USA after the camp was liberated by Americans. [Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Army.] There is no information about the other two children. Uncle Pinchas was with us in Auschwitz and Gleiwitz. His wife Baila and four younger children were exterminated in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Of four other children only their daughter Zsuzsa [Diminutive of the Hungarian name Zsuzsanna.] returned to Subcarpathia. She lived in Uzhgorod and died in the 1980s. After Americans liberated the camp, one daughter moved to USA and 2 sons moved to Palestine. My mother’s brother Lajos and his wife Blanka and Lipe with his wife Lea were exterminated in Auschwitz. Lipe’s two younger sons perished with their parents. His two older sons perished in a work battalion in Ukraine. My mother younger sister Riva’s husband Wolf Steinberg perished in a work battalion in 1942. Riva and her four younger children were in concentration camps. Riva perished in Auschwitz in 1944 and the younger children perished, too. Of her two older sons, who were in a work battalion one perished and one returned to Subcarpathia after the war. In the 1970s he and his family moved to Israel. My mother’s youngest brother Bernat survived in the camps and returned to Subcarpathia. His wife and two children perished in the concentration camp. Bernat married a Jewish woman and they had two daughters. When Jews were allowed to emigrate from the USSR, Bernat and his family moved to Israel. Bernat died in Israel in the 1980s. His wife also passed away. His daughters and their families live in Israel.
We settled down in Uzhgorod. When we came there, we were told to find a dwelling from where Jews had been taken to a concentration camp and move in there. We found a one-bedroom apartment: one big room, a kitchen and a toilet. The three of us moved in there. I became an apprentice of a tailor in a garment store. I had to support my mother and sister, being the only man in the family. It stimulated me to study well and two years later I became a good tailor. Many people ordered their clothes at garment shops since it was hard to buy anything in shops. I could make any clothes, but I was good at making men’s suits. The town and region’s top men were my clients. Besides my salary I got good tips from my clients, and they also brought me food products that were hard to buy.
Though the soviet power struggled against religion [9] my mother and we observed Jewish traditions after we returned to Subcarpathia. I didn’t go to the synagogue, though, in fear of having problems at work, but my mother went to the synagogue on Sabbath and Jewish holidays. On Sabbath evening my mother lit candles and made a festive dinner. I worked on Saturday, but my mother tried to do no work on Saturday. We celebrated holidays according to the rules. We always had matzah on Pesach. My mother baked it at first, but later matzah was brought from Budapest and we could buy it. On all holidays we had chicken broth with dumplings from matzah flour, gefilte fish, puddings and strudels from matzah flour. Of course, kosher food was out of question, there was nowhere to get it, but my mother followed kashrut. She didn’t mix dairy and meat products, didn’t eat pork or sausage and didn’t allow us to have any.
My mother was relatively young. She dedicated her love and care to my sister and me. We understood that it would have been better for our mother to meet a decent man and get married. My mother’s close friend introduced my mother to her distant relative Gedale Fixler, a Jew from Subcarpathia. He was born in 1900 and was the same age with my mother. During WWII he was in a work battalion. He returned to Subcarpathia after the war hoping that at least some of his family had survived, but they all perished in Auschwitz. Gedale finished the Trade Academy in Mukachevo. He worked in trade. He liked my mother and my mother was not indifferent to him. My sister and I kept telling our mother that we were going to have our families soon and it would be good for her to have a caring husband. They got married in 1947. My stepfather had an apartment and my mother moved in with him. Gedale worked and my mother was a housewife. Gedale was religious. He was a very good man, kind and honest. We liked him and he treated us as his own children. My sister and I visited them on Sabbath and all holidays, but also often just dropped by to see them. My mother and he were very happy to see us. My sister and I spent all Jewish holidays with them. We didn’t celebrate Soviet holidays, but there were banquets at work and I attended them since it would have been defiant on my part if I missed them. Of all Soviet holidays the only one that I believed was truly mine was Victory Day [10], 9 May.
Anti-Semitism emerged in Subcarpathia with the soviet rule. Of course, it was there since 1938, when Hungarians came to power, but at least the situation was clear: Hungary was a fascist country allied to Hitler’s Germany, but the Soviet Union struggling against fascism seemed to be the country where anti-Semitism was impossible. We realized soon that we were wrong about it. When newcomers from the USSR arrived, we could often hear the word ‘zhyd’ [kike] in public transport and in the streets. Nobody had ever been surprised before hearing Jews speaking Yiddish, but it made the newcomers so indignant that they demanded that we spoke Russian, but the biggest surprise for me was that the majority of Jews from the USSR looked at local Jews as if we were enemies and this demand to speak Russian often came from them. (I didn’t study the Russian language, I just listened to others speaking it and gradually began to speak and then read and write in it.) This was terrible and hard to understand. I was surprised since even in the concentration camp we spoke Yiddish to Jews from other countries and German guards didn’t mind it. Jews were always friendly and supported each other, but these Jews from the USSR kind of wanted to separate from us and demonstrate that we had nothing in common. Campaign against cosmopolites [11] that began in the USSR in 1948 were almost unnoticed in our area. The newcomers discussed them, but we had nothing to do with them. We also thought that the ‘doctors’ plot’ [12] that began in January 1953 was a lie. The majority of doctors in Subcarpathia were Jews and we trusted them, but those newcomers could say in a polyclinic: ‘I shall not have a Jewish doctor’. My wife’s sister, a children’s doctor, also said that the newcomers didn’t want her to treat their children. . In some cases, when she came to a house on call, the child’s parents closed the door before her saying: ‘Let them not send a Jewish woman again’. Anti-Semites raised their heads again. There were always meetings at work where employees had to speak against Jewish poisoners, the doctors. It was compulsory for members of the Party and desirable for others.
In March 1953 Stalin died. I remember well how grown-up men cried in the streets and were not ashamed of their tears. I didn’t have tears or grief for him, though I didn’t know the truth about Stalin’s crimes that Nikita Khrushchev [13] spoke about at the 20th Congress of the Party [14], but I already knew that those Jews who risked their lives to escape from the fascist Hungary to the USSR were sent to the GULAG [15] without trial or investigation. Some of them returned to Subcarpathia after Stalin died, but not all of them. I knew that those Jews who were liberated from concentration camps by Soviet troops were sent to camps for prisoners-of-war or GULAG. Besides, I couldn’t understand why newcomers were saying that the world was going to collapse after Stalin’s death and life was impossible without him. We lived in Subcarpathia without Stalin for many years and without the USSR and it was a good life. Leaders of the state come and go, but life goes on. Actually, I didn’t bother about the life in the USSR. However, 2 events stirred up my senses. This was invasion of Soviet troops to Hungary in 1956 [16] and Czechoslovakia in 1968 [Prague Spring] [17]. These were my countries and I was very concerned about the invasion. I understood that it was the policy of the USSR to suppress freedom and exterminate those who wanted changes in the existing regime in the USSR and socialist countries. Subcarpathian troops also took part in those events and people coming back from there told us that it was different from what newspapers wrote about them. The official version was that the government and people of these countries requested the USSR for military assistance, but if it had been true would the people meet their liberators with the slogans ‘Ivan, go back home’, and likewise? Of course, I didn’t speak my mind: I didn’t want to be sent to GULAG after I was in a concentration camp. I knew many people sentenced to 10 to 25 yeas of imprisonment for expressing their unhappiness or telling an anecdote, therefore. I tried to keep my tongue behind my teeth.
My sister married Ernest Spiegel from Subcarpathia in 1950. During the war her husband was in a concentration camp. After the war he returned to Subcarpathia and settled down in Uzhgorod. His family had perished. We arranged a real Jewish wedding for my sister. Of course, we had to do it in secret. We had a chuppah in the room at home. After the war the soviet power closed most of synagogues in Uzhgorod, but there was one working. My mother asked the rabbi to conduct the wedding ceremony for my sister. We invited few friends and closed ones to the chuppah and my mother cooked a wedding dinner. My sister and her husband lived in the room and I had a bed in the kitchen. My mother’s husband built an annex to the apartment, a small room and I moved in there in due time. In 1951 Yudita, my sister’s first daughter, was born and in 1958 – her second daughter Erika. My sister and her husband spoke Russian at home. The girls spoke Hungarian and Russian at home, in the street and at school.
We spent time with other Jewish young people from Subcarpathia. Some of my friends were Hungarians, Ruthenians, Slovaks, all born in Subcarpathia. I had no friends among the newcomers from the USSR. Our views on life were too different. There were many girls in our garment store. They often invited me for a walk or to the cinema. I refused referring to the lack of time. My mother tried to introduce me to Jewish girls, but I didn’t think about marriage. Once a young woman, one of the newcomers, came to our garment shop. We could distinguish them by their pure language. Subcarpathians spoke Russian with an accent. She asked the tailor to fix something in her dress. He replied with a joke and everybody laughed. I looked at her and she asked me in Yiddish: ‘Why are you laughing, brunette?’ Later we often met in the street and said ‘hello’ to each other. She arrived in Uzhgorod from Savran town in Odessa region [615 km from Uzhgorod, 270 km from Kiev], on her job assignment [18] after finishing the Pharmaceutical Faculty of Odessa Medical College. There were special permits to travel to Subcarpathia at that time since it was near the borders. People living in the USSR thought there were gangs and anti-Semites all around in Subcarpathia. Her father even wanted to bribe some officials to prevent them from sending his daughter to this terrible place. When Anna came to Uzhgorod she saw it was different and she liked it. Even during the Soviet regime the life in Subcarpathia was easier than everywhere else. In 1946-47 – famine in the USSR, she sent her family parcels from here. Then her middle sister Donia finished the Pediatrics Faculty of Odessa Medical College. She got a job assignment to the children’s home for orphan children who had lost their parents during the war in Brest in Belarus. She completed her 3-year assignment and her older sister convinced her to settle down in Uzhgorod. Donia worked as a children’s doctor in the polyclinic. Then her younger sister Lubov Kerzhner finished a Pedagogical College and got a job assignment to a Ukrainian village. Finishing her 3-year assignment Lubov arrived in Uzhgorod. She worked as elementary school teacher not far from my shop. We met every morning on our way to work. At first we just said ‘hello’ to one another, then we stopped to talk once and then began to see each other. The sisters were very close and always listen to one another. The older sister spoke well of me. Lubov was 8 years younger than me. She was born in Savran in 1932. Her Jewish name was Liebe. Her father Moisey Kerzhner and her mother Meita Kerzhner were religious. They observed Jewish traditions. Their daughters of course, were no longer religious, but they remained Jewish. They knew Jewish traditions, Jewish culture and spoke Yiddish to one another and to their parents.
My wife’s older sister Anna married a military man who had also arrived from the USSR. In 1948 their daughter was born. In 1955 he died. She never remarried. She worked and raised her daughter. Their sister Donia was beautiful, but she couldn’t find a husband. She couldn’t choose for a long time and lived her life single.
We got married in 1957. We had a civil ceremony in a registry office on 18 June and when vacations began at school and teachers went on vacation we had a Jewish wedding. We had to keep it a secret. My wife was a teacher, and authorities watched teachers’ ideology very strictly. If her management knew that we had a Jewish wedding she might have been fired with the comment that she ‘was not fit to raise the young generation in the spirit of communism’. It happened so at the time. With this entry in her employment records book she wouldn’t have found another job as a teacher, or even as a cleaning woman. Therefore, we secretly had a chuppah at home. My relatives and Lubov’s sister were with us. Her parents also arrived at the wedding. My mother was very happy that I finally got married and that I had a Jewish wife. They got along well. My mother made challah bread and honey cakes for Sabbath for our family as well. Lubov and I always celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays visiting with my mother and stepfather. My mother also often visited us. There was a market, the only one in town, near our house. My mother came by every time she went to the market. In 1959 our first baby was born. We named our son Avrum after my father. We had a brit milah ritual for him. Of course, this was also done secretly, but one of my wife’s colleagues heard about it and my wife had problems. Her director and the town educational department called her and asked her one question: ‘How could you do this?’ Fortunately, it ended just with a reprimand. In 1968 our daughter Marina was born. We gave her the Jewish name of Meita after my wife’s mother, who had died one year before our daughter was born.
My wife and I spoke Yiddish for the most part. She never learned Hungarian. She thought she didn’t need it. Russian was a state language during the soviet regime. I spoke poor Russian. I still have an accent. Our children knew Yiddish and Russian. My mother helped us to raise our son, but when our daughter was born she was severely ill and our son and my wife’s sisters were helping us with the baby. Our children studied at school and were pioneers and Komsomol [19] members. I didn’t mid this. They were growing up in this country and it was better for them to be no different from others. Still my wife and I told our children about Jewish traditions and Jewish history, but we also told them to not discuss this with anybody else. We celebrated Jewish holidays at home. I didn’t go to the synagogue, but I prayed at home. I had a tallit, a tefillin and a prayer book.
The longer I lived in the soviet regime, the more I hated it. There was no freedom in the USSR and we got used to freedoms in Subcarpathia, particularly during the Czech rule. We could speak our minds without suspecting KGB informers in everybody else. Besides, we lived near the border and to travel to another town we had to obtain a permit from militia and have our passports stamped. We couldn’t buy train tickets if we didn’t have a stamp; and there was another stamp to be obtained for each trip. We could only walk in the town with our passport. Before I got married my friends and I often accompanied girls home in the evening. There were frontier guard patrols walking the town. They checked our documents and if the girl lived nearby they let her go home, but we couldn’t walk with her. Even to go to the woods we needed passports. In 1951 I went to get some wood for stoves in the forest and left my passport at home. In the woods a patrol stopped me. I had no documents, so they put me in their vehicle and took me to the militia office. They reported of having captured a spy. I was lucky that their commander was my client who had picked his new suit just the day before. We said ‘hello’ and laughed. He released the soldier. But how was I to go home without documents? I asked him to issue a card stating that they detained me, checked and released me. He said he didn’t have the right to issue such paper, but he promised to call all posts to tell them to let me go. There were other incidents; it’s hard to name them all. Could one live in this country? It was also hard from the material point of view. There were lines in stores and one had to stand for hours before buying a thing. What is this country like where people are not free and also, are miserably poor! For me to love this country, the country had to love me, but we lived like it was a prison. Sometimes it seemed to me that we had more freedom in the concentration camp.
When in the 1970s Jews began to move to Israel, I thought about it like it was a miraculous escape from everything I hated that the God sent me. My relatives also decided to emigrate. My mother and stepfather were the first to go. They were pensioners at that time. My mother was severely ill and her doctors were talking her out of emigration telling her that she was not fit for traveling and that the climate in Israel was not good for her, but my mother decided to move there, nevertheless. She lived 7 years in Israel: good medications and qualified doctors… They lived in Bnei Brak. When my father’s brother Mendl got to know that she was in Israel he visited her right away. Mendl supported and visited my mother. My mother died in 1977. Mendl died in the middle 1980s. My mother’s husband Gedale never remarried. He lived in Bnei Brak and died in 1988. He was buried near my mother. In 1972 my sister Hermina and her family moved to Qiriat Ono. I was eager to go to Israel, but my wife was against emigration. Her sisters supported her. They lived their lives in the USSR and were patriots of their country. They blindly believed the propaganda on the radio and in publications. They never gave it a deeper thought; they just believed what they heard. Their middle sister Donia, the children’s doctor, was particularly stubborn about it. She was telling me that Israel is a capitalist country and capitalists were exploiters and working people had a very hard life there. I was trying to tell her that she had never practiced capitalism while I lived during capitalism and those were the best years of my life, that if a person had a good job, he could make his living and support his family well while with socialism it didn’t matter whether one worked or he didn’t, didn’t matter – he will be miserably poor anyways. Besides, one feels a fool, when working hard he earns the same wages as lazy bones doing nothing. However, these were mere words for my wife and her sisters that they didn’t make an effort to think about. So it happened that we stayed in the USSR. I didn’t have much choice: emigration or the family and I chose the family.
After finishing school my son entered the Faculty of Biology of Uzhgorod University. He was fond of biology at school, took part in the Olympiads [There were school Olympiads where children competed in their knowledge of school subjects. The first round was at school, then in the district, region and the final was in the Republican level] and won prizes. Of course, this helped him during admission. Only 1-2 Jews were admitted at one faculty at the University. My son was admitted at his first try. We were happy about it since if he hadn’t succeeded he would have been taken to the army and being a Jew he wouldn’t have had an easy life there. My son didn’t face any anti-Semitism at the university. His lecturers were good to him: my son was a good student. When he was the last year student, my son got married. His wife Maria, a Jew, had finished the Medical Faculty of the university by that time and was working, which helped my son to obtain a free assignment diploma instead of a fixed job assignment upon graduation. However, he couldn’t get a job by his specialty and went to work as a lab assistant. His wife was appointed chief of department in her hospital, but she received a low salary and my son didn’t earn much. Avrum went to work as a taxi driver. He lives with his wife, but we often see each other. On weekend they always come to see me. Unfortunately, they have no children.
After finishing school my daughter entered the Faculty of Russian Philology of Uzhgorod University. Upon graduation she failed to find a job by her specialty. This didn’t have anything to do with her being a Jew. This was during the period of perestroika [20], when anti-Semitism receded. It was just that there were not so many schools in Uzhgorod and there were no job vacancies. During her studies Marina got married. Her husband Leonid Shyfris, a Jewish man, also works as a cabdriver like my son. Leonid was born in Uzhgorod in 1953, his parents moved to Subcarpathia from the USSR after the war. The only language they knew was Russian. Marina and Leonid speak Russian at home. He graduated from the Lvov Polytechnic University, but an engineer’s salary was too low to support the family. In 1988 my grandson Robert, Marina’s son, was born. Marina and her family live with me. When in 1999 Hesed was established in Uzhgorod, Marina went to work there. She was chief of literature studio there. Now Marina is expecting the second baby. She doesn’t work.
I saw my sister again in 1983, before perestroika began. I could never imagine having an opportunity to visit her in Israel at that time and my sister couldn’t obtain an entry visa to the USSR. We met in Budapest. It was easier for Subcarpathians to travel to Hungary than for other citizens of the USSR. We spent two weeks in Budapest and talked a lot. I was surprised that Hermina became such a patriot of Israel. I asked her whether it was possible to take to loving the country for such short period of time and my sister replied that it was natural for Jews moving to Israel. After we met in Budapest we began to correspond regularly. Before this meeting we wrote each other occasionally. Unfortunately, I never saw my sister again. She died in 1986. In 1987 we had a family reunion with her older daughter Yudita, my niece. She also traveled to Budapest and my wife, my son and daughter and I went there to meet with her. We rented an apartment for two weeks. We took walks in Budapest and I showed them the places I remembered. When it was time for us to go home, I told my niece to send me an invitation to visit them. Of course, I had little belief that it might happen. In 1987 she sent me an invitation, but I managed to use it only a year later.
My initial attitude to perestroika that started in the late 1980s was the same as to everything else in the USSR – indifferent, but a short time later I realized that I was wrong. Gorbachev [21] truly wanted a democratic society with freedom of speech and press. Gorbachev allowed private businesses, though there were those who didn’t like it. Many of those who had come here from the USSR were saying that we were going to capitalism. For them this word was a curse word, but for me it meant a society where an individual could work to support his family and make a good living. Religion was allowed. People could go to synagogues and celebrate religious holidays openly. But unfortunately, the Soviet regime broke people of the habit to religion so much that at the beginning we couldn’t even gather 10 men for a minyan. For me it was very important that during perestroika people at last got an opportunity to correspond with their relatives or friends abroad, visit them and invite them to visit them back. In 1988 I submitted my documents for a trip to Israel. At first they refused to accept my documents and I only managed in early 1989. They accepted my documents, but said that they didn’t guarantee that I would have a permission to visit Israel. However, few months later they issued a permit and I spent four months in Israel. I visited the graves of my mother, my sister and uncle Mendl and recited the Kaddish. I have many relatives, friends and acquaintances in Israel and I was happy to see them. Of course, Israel is a wonderful country. I admired patriotism of its people. They love their country and are proud of it. Service in the army of Israel is not a burdensome necessity that they try to avoid, but an honorary right of an individual. I spoke to young people and they are proud of the possibility to serve in the army and defend their country. Hermina’s older daughter Yudita has two children: son Elan, born in 1977, and daughter Mikhalka, born in 1980. My younger niece Erika has three sons: Galiz, born in 1977, Afir, born in 1982, and Cham, born in 1985. I traveled across the country and they wanted to show me the most interesting places. I was sorry to leave Israel, but I understood that at my age it was too late to move to Israel to start a new life. I keep in touch with my relatives in Israel. My niece has been here several times and my children traveled to Israel.
When after the breakup of the USSR [1991] Ukraine gained independence I was hoping for a better life. Ukraine is a rich country: it has fruitful lands and natural deposits. There are good reserves requiring effective management, but I don’t see it happening. Life is more difficult than it was during the Soviet rule. My heart squeezes when I see comely old women digging in garbage pans looking for food leftovers. Fortunately, Hesed provides assistance to us, Jews. Old people can have free meals in the Hesed canteen and Hesed delivers meals to those who cannot leave their homes. We also receive food packages and clothes. I’ve been invited to this canteen many times, but I prefer my own cooking. It’s not bragging on my part, but many housewives ask me for my recipes of traditional Jewish cuisine. My daughter’s family likes my cooking as well. I’ve had two infarctions and several serious surgeries. Hesed helps me with medications and I can consult a doctor from Hesed. When my wife was ill, Hesed also helped us. A visiting nurse from Hesed came to look after her and we received all necessary medications. Lubov died in 2003. Hesed helped us with funeral arrangements. My wife was buried in the Jewish sector of the town cemetery in Uzhgorod. There was a Jewish funeral. The rabbi of the Uzhgorod synagogue conducted the ceremony. Hesed takes great efforts to revive the Jewry of Subcarpathia. There clubs where Jews of all ages study Hebrew and Jewish religion and traditions. My grandson also studies there. Besides, he is a member of the club for Jewish youngsters in Hesed. There are clubs of foreign languages, la literature studio, a choir and dance studio. There is a club for older people in Hesed where they can talk, listen to music or watch a film having a cup of tea. This is so wonderful since older people suffer more from solitude than diseases. Besides, there is a Jewish community and I have been chairman at the synagogue for 8 years. I know Yiddishkeit and can help those who are just coming to the religion of his ancestors. We go to the synagogue 4 times a week and people got used to this. Now we finally have a rabbi and this is a big relief for us. Young people begin to attend the synagogue and we are very happy about it. However, there is still anti-Semitism in Ukraine. Actually, it exists on everyday life level, but it is still there. It is possible to fight open anti-Semitism through court or state authorities, but when a young guy in the street yelled ‘Heil Hitler!’ seeing me, this means that fascism is alive and it can come back in Ukraine. Only if everybody stands against it there can be hope that all those horrors it brought to our country once would never recur.
[1] Subcarpathia (also known as Ruthenia, Russian and Ukrainian name Zakarpatie): Region situated on the border of the Carpathian Mountains with the Middle Danube lowland. The regional capitals are Uzhhorod, Berehovo, Mukachevo, Khust. It belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy until World War I; and the Saint-Germain convention declared its annexation to Czechoslovakia in 1919. It is impossible to give exact historical statistics of the language and ethnic groups living in this geographical unit: the largest groups in the interwar period were Hungarians, Rusyns, Russians, Ukrainians, Czech and Slovaks. In addition there was also a considerable Jewish and Gypsy population. In accordance with the first Vienna Decision of 1938, the area of Subcarpathia mainly inhabited by Hungarians was ceded to Hungary. The rest of the region, was proclaimed a new state called Carpathian Ukraine in 1939, with Khust as its capital, but it only existed for four and a half months, and was occupied by Hungary in March 1939. Subcarpathia was taken over by Soviet troops and local guerrillas in 1944. In 1945, Czechoslovakia ceded the area to the USSR and it gained the name Carpatho-Ukraine. The region became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1945. When Ukraine became independent in 1991, the region became an administrative region under the name of Transcarpathia.
[2] First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938): The First Czechoslovak Republic was created after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy following World War I. The union of the Czech lands and Slovakia was officially proclaimed in Prague in 1918, and formally recognized by the Treaty of St. Germain in 1919. Ruthenia was added by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. Czechoslovakia inherited the greater part of the industries of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the new government carried out an extensive land reform, as a result of which the living conditions of the peasantry increasingly improved. However, the constitution of 1920 set up a highly centralized state and failed to take into account the issue of national minorities, and thus internal political life was dominated by the struggle of national minorities (especially the Hungarians and the Germans) against Czech rule. In foreign policy Czechoslovakia kept close contacts with France and initiated the foundation of the Little Entente in 1921.
[3] Russian stove: Big stone stove stoked with wood. They were usually built in a corner of the kitchen and served to heat the house and cook food. It had a bench that made a comfortable bed for children and adults in wintertime.
[4] Anti-Jewish laws in Hungary: Following similar legislation in Nazi Germany, Hungary enacted three Jewish laws in 1938, 1939 and 1941. The first law restricted the number of Jews in industrial and commercial enterprises, banks and in certain occupations, such as legal, medical and engineering professions, and journalism to 20% of the total number. This law defined Jews on the basis of their religion, so those who converted before the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, as well as those who fought in World War I, and their widows and orphans were exempted from the law. The second Jewish law introduced further restrictions, limiting the number of Jews in the above fields to 6%, prohibiting the employment of Jews completely in certain professions such as high school and university teaching, civil and municipal services, etc. It also forbade Jews to buy or sell land and so forth. This law already defined Jews on more racial grounds in that it regarded baptized children that had at least one non-converted Jewish parent as Jewish. The third Jewish law prohibited intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews, and defined anyone who had at least one Jewish grandparent as Jewish.
[5] Numerus clausus in Hungary: The general meaning of the term is restriction of admission to secondary school or university for economic and/or political reasons. The Numerus Clausus Act passed in Hungary in 1920 was the first anti-Jewish law in Europe. It regulated the admission of students to higher educational institutions by stating that aside from the applicants’ national loyalty and moral reliability, their origin had to be taken into account as well. The number of students of the various ethnic and national minorities had to correspond to their proportion in the population of Hungary. After the introduction of this act the number of students of Jewish origin at Hungarian universities declined dramatically.
[6] The follower of the Hasidic movement, a Jewish mystic movement founded in the 18th century that reacted against Talmudic learning and maintained that God’s presence was in all of one’s surroundings and that one should serve God in one’s every deed and word. The movement provided spiritual hope and uplifted the common people. There were large branches of Hasidic movements and schools throughout Eastern Europe before World War II, each following the teachings of famous scholars and thinkers. Most had their own customs, rituals and life styles. Today there are substantial Hasidic communities in New York, London, Israel and Antwerp.
[7] Keep in touch with relatives abroad: The authorities could arrest an individual corresponding with his/her relatives abroad and charge him/her with espionage, send them to concentration camp or even sentence them to death.
[8] KGB: The KGB or Committee for State Security was the main Soviet external security and intelligence agency, as well as the main secret police agency from 1954 to 1991.
[9] Struggle against religion: The 1930s was a time of anti-religion struggle in the USSR. In those years it was not safe to go to synagogue or to church. Places of worship, statues of saints, etc. were removed; rabbis, Orthodox and Roman Catholic priests disappeared behind KGB walls.
[10] Victory Day in Russia (9th May): National holiday to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II and honor the Soviets who died in the war.
[11] Campaign against ‘cosmopolitans’: The campaign against ‘cosmopolitans’, i.e. Jews, was initiated in articles in the central organs of the Communist Party in 1949. The campaign was directed primarily at the Jewish intelligentsia and it was the first public attack on Soviet Jews as Jews. ‘Cosmopolitans’ writers were accused of hating the Russian people, of supporting Zionism, etc. Many Yiddish writers as well as the leaders of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee were arrested in November 1948 on charges that they maintained ties with Zionism and with American ‘imperialism’. They were executed secretly in 1952. The anti-Semitic Doctors’ Plot was launched in January 1953. A wave of anti-Semitism spread through the USSR. Jews were removed from their positions, and rumors of an imminent mass deportation of Jews to the eastern part of the USSR began to spread. Stalin’s death in March 1953 put an end to the campaign against ‘cosmopolitans’.
[12] Doctors’ Plot: The Doctors’ Plot was an alleged conspiracy of a group of Moscow doctors to murder leading government and party officials. In January 1953, the Soviet press reported that nine doctors, six of whom were Jewish, had been arrested and confessed their guilt. As Stalin died in March 1953, the trial never took place. The official paper of the Party, the Pravda, later announced that the charges against the doctors were false and their confessions obtained by torture. This case was one of the worst anti-Semitic incidents during Stalin’s reign. In his secret speech at the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956 Khrushchev stated that Stalin wanted to use the Plot to purge the top Soviet leadership.
[13] Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971): Soviet communist leader. After Stalin’s death in 1953, he became first secretary of the Central Committee, in effect the head of the Communist Party of the USSR. In 1956, during the 20th Party Congress, Khrushchev took an unprecedented step and denounced Stalin and his methods. He was deposed as premier and party head in October 1964. In 1966 he was dropped from the Party’s Central Committee.
[14] Twentieth Party Congress: At the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956 Khrushchev publicly debunked the cult of Stalin and lifted the veil of secrecy from what had happened in the USSR during Stalin’s leadership.
[15] Gulag: The Soviet system of forced labor camps in the remote regions of Siberia and the Far North, which was first established in 1919. However, it was not until the early 1930s that there was a significant number of inmates in the camps. By 1934 the Gulag, or the Main Directorate for Corrective Labor Camps, then under the Cheka’s successor organization the NKVD, had several million inmates. The prisoners included murderers, thieves, and other common criminals, along with political and religious dissenters. The Gulag camps made significant contributions to the Soviet economy during the rule of Stalin. Conditions in the camps were extremely harsh. After Stalin died in 1953, the population of the camps was reduced significantly, and conditions for the inmates improved somewhat.
[16] 1956: It designates the Revolution, which started on 23rd October 1956 against Soviet rule and the communists in Hungary. It was started by student and worker demonstrations in Budapest started in which Stalin’s gigantic statue was destroyed. Moderate communist leader Imre Nagy was appointed as prime minister and he promised reform and democratization. The Soviet Union withdrew its troops which had been stationing in Hungary since the end of World War II, but they returned after Nagy’s announcement that Hungary would pull out of the Warsaw Pact to pursue a policy of neutrality. The Soviet army put an end to the rising on 4th November and mass repression and arrests started. About 200,000 Hungarians fled from the country. Nagy, and a number of his supporters were executed. Until 1989, the fall of the communist regime, the Revolution of 1956 was officially considered a counter-revolution.
[17] Prague Spring: The term Prague Spring designates the liberalization period in communist-ruled Czechoslovakia between 1967-1969. In 1967 Alexander Dubcek became the head of the Czech Communist Party and promoted ideas of ‘socialism with a human face’, i.e. with more personal freedom and freedom of the press, and the rehabilitation of victims of Stalinism. In August 1968 Soviet troops, along with contingents from Poland, East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria, occupied Prague and put an end to the reforms.
[18] Mandatory job assignment in the USSR: Graduates of higher educational institutions had to complete a mandatory 2-year job assignment issued by the institution from which they graduated. After finishing this assignment young people were allowed to get employment at their discretion in any town or organization.
[19] Komsomol: Communist youth political organization created in 1918. The task of the Komsomol was to spread of the ideas of communism and involve the worker and peasant youth in building the Soviet Union. The Komsomol also aimed at giving a communist upbringing by involving the worker youth in the political struggle, supplemented by theoretical education. The Komsomol was more popular than the Communist Party because with its aim of education people could accept uninitiated young proletarians, whereas party members had to have at least a minimal political qualification.
[20] Perestroika (Russian for restructuring): Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s, associated with the name of Soviet politician Mikhail Gorbachev. The term designated the attempts to transform the stagnant, inefficient command economy of the Soviet Union into a decentralized, market-oriented economy. Industrial managers and local government and party officials were granted greater autonomy, and open elections were introduced in an attempt to democratize the Communist Party organization. By 1991, perestroika was declining and was soon eclipsed by the dissolution of the USSR.
[21] Gorbachev, Mikhail (1931- ): Soviet political leader. Gorbachev joined the Communist Party in 1952 and gradually moved up in the party hierarchy. In 1970 he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, where he remained until 1990. In 1980 he joined the politburo, and in 1985 he was appointed general secretary of the party. In 1986 he embarked on a comprehensive program of political, economic, and social liberalization under the slogans of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring). The government released political prisoners, allowed increased emigration, attacked corruption, and encouraged the critical reexamination of Soviet history. The Congress of People’s Deputies, founded in 1989, voted to end the Communist Party’s control over the government and elected Gorbachev executive president. Gorbachev dissolved the Communist Party and granted the Baltic states independence. Following the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991, he resigned as president. Since 1992, Gorbachev has headed international organizations.
Jewish History in Films
Centropa’s AudioWalk – Chernivtsi
Miksa Domonkos – The mayor who worked in hell
Ernest Galpert: Growing up religious
Dagmar Lieblova: From Bohemia to Belsen…and back again
Katerina Loefflerova: The importance of good vacation
Co-created by
About the Trans.History project
Trans.History is Centropa’s education program on 20th Century Jewish history for teachers and civil society multipliers in Ukraine, Moldova and the Visegrad countries (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic). Together with our local partners, our goal is to connect educators and students to their country's Jewish history, and to their neighbors. We believe that cultural exchange is necessary to foster democratic values. Through the trans-national approach of this program, we encourage critical thinking and a balanced culture of remembrance. The program also aims to involve young students from these countries, by offering a video competition that motivates them to explore the history of their country.
Learn more about Trans.History here.
Federal Foreign Office
Visegrad Fund
Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – Mission to Moldova
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter
ImDialog – Association for Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Hesse and Nassau
The United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine
Learn more about our supporters here.
© 2021 Trans.History. Legal Notice. Our Privacy Policy.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line807
|
__label__wiki
| 0.884182
| 0.884182
|
Heavy Seas Beer Presents 1st Annual Island
Heavy Seas Beer Presents 1st Annual Island Jam Ft. The Wailers, Ballyhoo! And More
Jonny Fullpint Events, Festivals, Heavy Seas Beer, Music 0
Baltimore, MD – The launch of the new music festival, Heavy Seas Island Jam, is coming to Rash Field at the Inner Harbor on April 11, 2015. The festival features reggae legends, THE WAILERS, national recording artists BALLYHOO!, Heavy Seas beers, island foods, arts and many other surprises from 1pm – 7pm.
The event is presented by the local Baltimore brewing company, Heavy Seas Beer. Event attendees will be offered several craft beer styles onsite to purchase, as well as a variety of food including local food trucks and island inspired cuisine. Guests are welcome to bring chairs and blankets to take advantage of the spacious stage viewing area.
General admission to the festival is $29 in advance or $35 on-site and includes admission to the event and all live entertainment. Food and beverages will be sold a la carte.
For more information on purchasing tickets for Heavy Seas Island Jam, please visit www.hsislandjam.com or call 800-830-3976.
Take the Charm City Circular for quick and easy transportation. There are also thousands of free and paid parking accommodations around the site.
About The Bands Performing:
There is no more legendary band in Jamaican music history than The Wailers. Formed in 1969,as it continues its worldwide campaign of promoting peace, love and equality through the message of reggae and Rastafari. To date, The Wailers have sold over a quarter of a billion albums, including seven top-ten entries on the British pop charts. Widely hailed appearances at major festivals include Lollapalooza, Glastonbury and Rothbury, along with superstars such as Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, Sting, the Fugees and Alpha Blondy. More than 24 million fans have seen them performing live. In 2012 alone they played an impressive 180 concerts. Signed to Island Records in 1972, their first album with Bob as the sole front man was its breakthrough, particularly in England, “Natty Dread.” A debut performance in 1975 at London’s Lyceum was captured on the thrilling “Live” LP, and produced a huge hit with “No Woman No Cry.” It also contained Bob’s own version of the song he composed, “I Shot the Sheriff,” which was then an enormous international smash in a cover version by Eric Clapton. By 1976, Marley and the Wailers were in the top ten of the U.S. charts with their “Rastaman Vibration” album. They would continue on the hit parade throughout the remainder of Marley’s life. At the millennium, The Wailers’ 1977 masterpiece, “Exodus,” was chosen by Time magazine as the best album of the 20th century. It contained Bob’s anthem, “One Love,” called the “Song of the Millennium” by the BBC, which played it every hour for 24 hours during its globe-spanning coverage of the turn of the century. The New York Times called Marley the most influential musician of the 20th century, and placed a copy of the video of his performance at London’s Rainbow Theater in a time capsule to be opened in the year 3000, calling it among the most significant musical performances of our times. Marley passed away from melanoma cancer at the age of 36 in 1981, instructing the band to carry on his mission. Family Man, the rock hard foundation of The Wailers’ sound, has led the band through various incarnations ever since. The Wailers are heralded as one of the last great reggae institutions, history in the flesh, continuing to tour and breathe new life into their universally loved catalog of reggae’s greatest hits.
The current lineup includes the veteran keyboardist Keith Sterling, a veteran of ‘70s studio greats, the Soul Syndicate, as well as Peter Tosh’s Word Sound and Power band. He is so respected by his colleagues in The Wailers that they call him “Coach.” Fams’ young son, Aston Jr., a multi-talented musician, plays organ and is the heir apparent, helping bring the music forward to a new generation. Filling the role of lead singer is a highly disciplined young Jamaican star on the rise, Dwayne Anglin, known as Danglin. Of particular note, he is a Navy veteran who already holds a masters degree in criminology and is actively pursuing a Ph.D. in that field, while nightly bringing audiences to their feet in loud acclaim for his vocal prowess. “Drummie Zeb” excels on percussion. He is a founding member of Chicago’s Awareness Art Ensemble, and has toured with Kenny Chesney. Lead and rhythm guitar and backing vocals are handled expertly by Audley “Chizzy” Chisholm. Backing vocals are also supplied by the elegant Trinidadian Cegee Victory.
Now well into their fifth decade, The Wailers truly are living legends who embody the nobility, conviction and progressiveness of Bob Marley and his music. Their journey is far from over as the world awaits The Wailers’ next move in their “One Love” revolution. “Our music is the magic,” says Fams “the oxygen of the people. It’s the message of roots, culture and reality, meant to spread peace and love to all.”
http://wailers.com/
BALLYHOO!
A rock band with punk energy and pop reggae grooves, Baltimore’s BALLYHOO! are a fun, fan-loving powerhouse. These road dogs have tirelessly toured coast-to-coast taking their music to the people. Between the road and the studio, BALLYHOO! have crafted a sound distinctly their own; fresh, fun, and embodied by the soul of the party lifestyle. Lead singer and guitarist, Howi Spangler, has a reputation for mixing slick lyrics with his smooth but powerful voice. Drummer Donald Spangler lays out the hard-hitting beats. Scott Vandrey layers in the finishing touches to the band’s signature sound on keys. The guys recently welcomed Nick Lucera as their new bass player.
BALLYHOO! released their 5th studio album Pineapple Grenade on June 25th 2013. It broke through the Billboard Top 200 at #189 as well as reaching #4 Billboard Heatseekers and #5 at iTunes Alternative charts.
The album features “No Good,” produced by Rome Ramirez (Sublime with Rome) and mixed by Paul Leary (U2, Sublime); while the first single “Run” saw an early radio add from KRAB Bakersfield and early radio spins by KROQ Los Angeles, WHFS Baltimore, KTCL Denver, and KCXX Riverside among others. Alongside the album release, BALLYHOO! co-headlined the 2013 Summer Sickness Tour with Authority Zero and special guests Versus The World. Pineapple Grenade is the band’s follow-up to the 2011 LAW Records release of “Daydreams,” which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Reggae Charts and #4 on Amazon.
BALLYHOO!’s unique yet melodic blend of genres, along with their hardcore devotion to the road and their fans have pitched them into snowballing success. The band has performed with a myriad of national touring acts; 311, Slightly Stoopid, SOJA, The Dirty Heads, Matisyahu, and more. Tour highlights include the 2011 311 Pow Wow Festival, the 2012 and 2013 311 Caribbean Cruise, Bamboozle 2012, 2012 Charm City Music Festival, 2013 Cali Roots Festival & the entire 2012 Vans Warped Tour. In 2011, after concluding the Last Calls and Liabilities tour with respected contemporaries, Pepper, they were honored with being included on the ever-popular Hollister Holiday Playlist. They were listed on MTV’s Top 100 Bands to Watch and even featured 2 downloadable songs on the popular video game ROCK BAND.
http://www.ballyhoorocks.com/
Formed in 2000 by lead singer Joey Harkum in his hometown of Pasadena, Maryland, the band’s popularity has grown as they have gone from playing in small bars in Pasadena to signing with management from 1 Koast Entertainment and performing to sold out crowds all over the U.S. Over the past few years Pasadena has provided smooth bass lines, emotional lyrics, intricate rhythms, and beautiful harmonies that have helped create an unbreakable bond with their fans. Pasadena believes in freedom of expression and by composing and performing their original music they liberate themselves from any struggle or conflicts they may face. Thanks to the heart and soul poured into each and every song, Pasadena’s music has inspired an ever-growing fan base. You can anticipate great things from Pasadena in the future, and don’t be surprised when you hear their influential music in your town soon.
http://thepasadenaband.com/
8 OHMS BANDS
The 8 Ohms is a powerhouse of sound bringing horn heavy funk and the sweet vocals of Kristin Anzures. Annapolis, MD. based band drawing from diverse musical backgrounds, the 8 Ohms play an eclectic mix of hard grooves, funk, soul and go-go to keep the dance floor moving. The 8 Ohms Band has been honing their style since 2007 playing festivals, clubs and events throughout the eastcoast. The Band’s Debut CD “Superheavy” was released July 9, 2011.
http://www.8ohmsband.com/
www.hsbeer.com – @HeavySeasBeer – facebook
Exclusive: Noble Ale Works 4th Anniversary Tap List Lineup [UPDATED] HopWatch 2015: Where to find Pliny the Younger in SoCal
Beer News, Heavy Seas Beer
Heavy Seas Collabs with Rheb’s Candies on Jimmy Truffle
Heavy Seas Beer Releases Joose Cannon: Glacier Froot
Heavy Seas Beer Announces Pooch Power, An Unfiltered Pilsner
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line810
|
__label__cc
| 0.542282
| 0.457718
|
Carved In Stone Part II – October 19, 2003
During our recent pilgrimage to Unitarian roots in Boston we visited King’s Chapel, the first congregation in America to declare itself Unitarian in theology. It was, and remains, Anglican in its liturgy.
The Ten Commandments (Protestant version) are engraved on the sanctuary wall behind the altar rail-carved in stone, as it were. This is where they belong, of course. They do not belong on a big rock in a Montgomery courthouse, put there by a misguided judge who doesn’t understand the important difference between a democracy and a theocracy.
In Part II of this sermon, Carved in Stone, we’ll begin to look at the Ten Commandments, also referred to as the Decalogue (the ten words) and the mitzvoth, the laws.
(A mitzvah–from the Hebrew verb ‘to command’–is both a commandment and a good deed, the law and the ‘fulfilling of the law, or the commandment.)
It helps to look at the cultural context in which, and for which the original Ten Commandments were written. This, however, is somewhat speculative. The question for us is ‘how does this list of ten commandments relate to our culture, today?’
One of the quips we Unitarian Universalists make about ourselves is to refer to the Decalogue as ‘the ten suggestions.’ It’s good for us to lighten up a little when we can. We always run the risk of taking ourselves too seriously.
Still, we must take our cultural situation seriously-it’s a serious world out there, and we have serious work to do down there, “where the spirit meets the bone,” as poet Miller Williams put it.
We Unitarian Universalists believe that the Bible (all 66 books in the collection) was written by humans. We do not believe it was dictated by a distant god who spoke English, or Hebrew, or Aramaic. The Bible, at its best, helps reveal us to ourselves.to know ourselves better, so that we can grow and mature, and continue this process we call ‘evolution,’ and about which we have no shame in affirming. Darwin, after all, was a card-carrying Unitarian!
We know that human life has been evolving on this planet for a long time, and though times and cultural circumstances appear to have changed drastically in the 3,000 or 4,000 years since the oldest parts of the Bible were written, it’s clear that we humans are not very different from those ancestors from whom we inherited these stories. Indeed, they may have been a little closer to the religious truth, since they were closer to the earth-to Nature, which is God’s other name.
The distance between Biblical folks and us is about 1/1000th of human history. Not far!
It’s important for us to be Biblically literate-our culture is saturate with it. It’s important, too, to understand the meanings of the stories for today, as well as trying to understand what they meant for the ancient Hebrew people who wrote them.
This, then, is not an academic exercise as much as a spiritual quest.
Torah commentators refer to the Mt. Sinai event-Moses getting the Commandments-as the ‘second creation story.’
One commentator says, “The Ten Commandments were a renewal of the act of creation; inasmuch as man and all else that lives issued from the first act of creation, so the continuation of life depends on the second act of creation, the giving of the law. And just as the first act of creation made a division between chaos and order, so the second act of creation made a division between good and evil, between right and wrong.” (The Torah, a Modern Commentary, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, p. 521)
The story says that Moses led the Hebrew people across the Red Sea, and they wandered in the desert for forty years. Then Moses climbed Mt. Sinai, stayed for forty days, and came down with the Ten Commandments, carved in stone.
This is the common religious theme: withdrawal and return. The Jesus story says that he withdrew into the desert for forty days. The Buddha story says that he withdrew, sitting under the Bo tree for forty days. Each of us withdraws and returns when we participate in worship. We withdraw to bed several hours a day. By withdrawing we’re better able to return and participate in our own life and to be involved with others.
It’s interesting to note that the location of Mt. Sinai, the location of so much of the Torah, is not identified. The commentators say, “.the place of Moses’ grave remains unknown, presumably in order that it would not become a place of pilgrimage and the person of the lawgiver the object of adulation or even adoration. Similarly, had the locale of the holy mountain been firmly known in later centuries, Jerusalem and its Temple could never have become the center of Jewish life, for they would have been inferior in holiness to the sacred mountain. Sinai thus became.a concept rather than a place.” (The Torah, a Modern Commentary, pg 520)
Moses himself may actually be a concept rather than an actual historical person.
The Genesis stories are mythological, of course. The Exodus story of Moses, the freedom march and the Ten Commandments, is a bridge between mythology and history. For me the Exodus story points to what we refer to as psychology or spirituality. These stories invite us to build our own theology.
Second-hand religion doesn’t work. Each person in a free society such as ours is required to work at the never-ending task of weaving every new experience into an ever-evolving sense of wholeness.
This is the implication of a democratic society. It’s not as much about going to the polling place to vote as it is going forth into the world from day to day, from hour to hour, with an open mind, building tolerance for differences while at the same time paying careful attention to the half-truths, the spin masters, and the outright lies intended to manipulate the masses.
Thoreau put it this way:
“The fate of the country does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.”
The first commandment in a democratic society is to pay attention, to listen to all sides, and take what you hear with a grain of salt, filtering it from yourself, your own experience, your own understanding up to that point. Some experiences encourage growth. Change.
When you pay attention to the deceit, lies, misrepresentations and manipulations of truth by our politicians, the greatest challenge is to avoid outright cynicism. You can get stuck in cynicism the way the story says the Hebrew people were in bondage in Egypt.
So we listen, filter what we hear and read through the lens of our own minds, integrating each new thought, new experience, new insight. That’s how we become whole persons. We have to weave each new experience, each new insight, each new question, into the fabric our what we call ‘the self.’
I am a verb. You are a verb. That’s what the voice from the burning bush said to Moses: “I AM THAT I AM.” That’s what the voice deep within us says to each of us. “I am in the process of becoming.”
Failure to weave the experiences of our lives leaves us fragmented, torn and alienated. When we are fragmented, torn and alienated we wind up repeating things that others tell us that we’re supposed to believe, but which we don’t really believe. There’s a not-so-subtle coercion to get in line, and since we want and need to be accepted, we march to the beat of those drums.
The first Commandment in the Hebrew version says,
” I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
(The Christian versions list the first Commandment as, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”)
What’s the difference? Apropos of the above comment about not making Moses the object of adoration, the Hebrew peoples’ first Commandment is meant as a reminder that Moses was not the liberator–God was the liberator.
Thus the first Commandment: “I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
I’m reminded what my Bible professor at B.U. said: “The Old Testament is one long warning against the dangers of idolatry.”
For me this Commandment, which is the lead or first Commandment, is a warning against the dangers of idolatry.
Two things stand out for me in this first Commandment:
First, it doesn’t sound like a commandment in the usual sense of the term. It does, however, sound like the chain of command-a reminder of who or what is ‘in charge’ here.
I’m reminded of the passage in Psalm 100: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands.Know ye that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us and not we ourselves.”
The first Commandment is saying, “It is God who frees us, and not we ourselves.” Spiritual freedom consists mostly in the inability to violate your own moral, ethical code. That, for me, is the voice of God-the still small voice that speaks to me in the quiet of my own mind, in the secret places of my heart.
When I say ‘God’ I don’t mean a supernatural policeman, watching from on high. For me, God is the voice of deep insight-the voice of conscience. God doesn’t watch from on high as much as from deep within. When we listen we experience a kind of revelation: we can feel in our bones what’s right and wrong. In the depth we discover the soul.
The first of the Hebrew Commandments establishes a hierarchy; it is a reminder of our dependence. We are not self-sufficient. It is saying, ‘Moses didn’t free our ancestors-God did that.’
The first Commandment seems to be saying, “Don’t forget, you could not have gained your freedom on your own.” So it’s about humility, which is the cornerstone of spirituality.
It is a reminder that we should not make Moses or anyone else into an idol, a savior, an object of worship. Even God must not become an idol, an object of worship, but only that within us that urges us toward the good. God must remain, as Moses was told at the burning bush, a nameless God.
This is the message from our Unitarian forebears: Jesus is not God. God is One.
While it is not necessary to name God, it is necessary to acknowledge that there is a power so far greater than us. We must feel humbled in the face of it.
In the first creation story, Adam gave names to everything. Giving names to everything is basic-it’s what language is all about. We need to name things.
But God is not another one of the things, among all the other things in the universe. God is the energy that flows through the heart of all that is
God is simply, but profoundly, the urge in us to do what is right, the need to feel some sense of meaning and purpose in the world, to feel at home with one’s own soul.
Whitman says, “Urge and urge and urge, always the procreant urge of the world.”
That’s a wonderful phrase: ‘the procreant urge of the world.’ It’s not about procreation, only. It’s about growth. It’s about change. It’s about the ongoing process of evolution, of which we are a part.
The voice from the burning bush calls to Moses: “Moses, Moses!” and he responds, “Here am I.” In other words, I’m present to this moment.
Then the voice says, “Put off the shoes from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.”
In the early stages of building a religious or spiritual life, we seem to need an object of worship.
It is a sign of religious or spiritual maturity to accept the limits of our knowing, to refuse to say that God is a being, a noun, a thing, which has a name and sits beside all the other things to which we give names.
Sandburg speaks to this in a wonderful little poem he called Primer Lesson, the first lesson, which we need to learn again and again.
walk off proud; they can’t hear you
calling-
God can become one of those proud words! Sometimes I can see that some of the people who call themselves atheists are needing to distance themselves from the supernatural idol. They are expressing religious humility.
Humble atheists provide a wonderful paradox that makes them the most spiritual among us.
Of course atheists can be as arrogant as a Bible beating fundamentalists. ” Look out how you use proud words!” Arrogance comes from insecurity or defensiveness; so part of the atheist’s arrogance comes out of the defensive response to those like Roy Moore who demand that everyone march to the same religious drummer.the true believers.
God save us from the true believers!
Back to the first commandment: “I am the Lord thy God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.’
The down side of this first Commandment is that it can be seen as promoting passivity.
The Zionist movement that arouse in the late 19th century to establish a homeland for Jews said, in effect, “We must not be passive; we must not wait for the imagined Messiah; if we wait for the Messiah we’ll never have a safe home, the anti-Semites will destroy us.”
In Fiddler on the Roof, when the people of Anitevka are told that they have three days, then they have to leave the village, leave everything they’ve worked for, leave their homes, their businesses, their schools. Someone says, “We should defend ourselves. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
Tevye responds, “Very good. And that way, the whole world will be blind and toothless.”
Then Mendel, the rabbi’s son, says, “We’ve been waiting for the Messiah all our lives. Wouldn’t this be a good time for him to come?”
The Rabbi responds, “We’ll have to wait for him someplace else. Meanwhile, let’s start packing.”
As a Religious Humanist (with mystical leanings) I would say this:
The first Commandment in the Hebrew Decalogue suggests that Moses had a burning desire for freedom, (pun intended) which is to say, there is something in us-a potential at least-that moves us toward freedom and ‘out of the house of bondage.’
In the mythological story, Moses was already free. He was out of harm’s way-out of Egypt. But that’s a shallow form of freedom. Freedom has religious connotation.
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t lose his freedom in jail. He carried it with him wherever he went. Gandhi took his freedom into prison. Anyone who is moved by that inner sense of compassion is in touch with spiritual freedom. People sometimes tell me that they find themselves crying in church and they don’t know why. I think this is why.this deep sense of compassion which doesn’t have to be attached to any particular person, but is ready to be activated in response to the suffering of humanity.
John Dewey, one of the founders of the movement that came to be known as ‘religious humanists,’ used the word God to designate the process whereby the actual is transformed into the ideal.
Those who work for justice, like King and Gandhi, are attempting to transform the actual-the injustice-into the ideal-justice. This is Dewey’s notion of God. He stopped using the ‘G’ word because it caused so much dissention in the ranks of the Humanists.
Emerson said, “That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen. There is no longer a necessary reason for my being.”
Do you have a sense that there is ‘a necessary reason for your being?’ I’m here to remind you that there is!
That’s what is at the heart of the spiritual life–to feel at home here on the earth, here in this place today, here in your family of origin or the family you’re building now.
Moses, as a concept, is that which urges us toward freedom and justice. The voice from the burning bush, the burning heart of Moses and of you and of me says, “I have seen the affliction of my people.and have heard their cry.”
We hear the cry the cry of millions of children who go to bed hungry in this land of plenty.we see the affliction imposed by budget cuts when this administration takes money from the poor to give to the rich; we see the affliction of racism, the economic injustices that are so rampant; we’re aware of the affliction of heterosexism where gay and lesbian couples are denied the same rights that are given to hetero couples.
This, for me, is what the voice from the burning bush said to Moses: I have heard the cry of those who suffer from injustice, those who are in bondage, held down by the greed of those who are in power.that’s the voice of God in us.
Moses, as a historical character who wandered in the wilderness a few thousand years ago doesn’t move me; but Moses, the concept touches something deep in me.
I can identify with Moses the concept; the mythological Moses who took his shoes off when he realized that there was something sacred in him; the Moses who listened to the voice of God that was burning deep within him, a voice he could only hear when he was safe from Pharaoh’s harm, a voice he could only hear when he had liberated himself spiritually.
I can identify with the concept of a Moses whose religious maturity allowed him to embrace a nameless God; a Moses who was a man of compassion and determination.
One of our Unitarian Universalist principle affirms ‘the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.”
Isn’t the human conscience a hint of God’s presence?
The idea that there is a supernatural god in charge of everything-a god ‘out there,’ as Emerson put it, takes away the reason for your being and mine.
This is not an anti-religious statement. On the contrary, I believe it points to what is at the heart of all religion: the idea that we are here on earth to do what some call God’s work.
Moses as metaphor our inner sense of what’s right and what’s wrong is calling us.nagging at us.eating away at us. The religious paradigm says, ‘God called Moses.’
The religious paradigm in the Exodus story says that Moses climbed the mountain and forty days later he came down carrying the Commandments. Right and wrong was so clear to him that it was as if it was ‘carved in stone.’
Buddha sat under the Bo tree for forty days, and he woke up; he got in touch with the holy, the sacred-ness of all life, which we call enlightenment.
We’re here to help move humankind a step closer to becoming what we have the potential to be: free to love life, (or God, if you will), free from the idolatry of having ‘idols disguised as God,’ free from using the name of God in vain–for private gain, or for harm; free to ‘remember the Sabbath and keep it holy,’ free to honor mother and father, (those who nurtured us, and forebears who cleared the way for us); free from life denying hatred which is fueled by fear and causes us to kill, free to live a healthy sexual life, free from taking what belongs to another, free from wanting what others have-free from covetousness that kills the sacred sense of appreciation-appreciation for what we have rather than resentment for what we don’t have.
That’s the Ten Commandments in a nut shell. They begin with theological assertions: first, a reminder where freedom comes from; then an affirmation of God, and a warning not to confuse graven images for the nameless Spirit of God.
Then the rules for living: thou shalt not kill, lie, steal, commit adultery, and covet. These are the tendencies of our lower nature; so something in us-our higher nature, or a ‘higher power,’ if you will, urges us away from them-to move from the actual to the ideal.
We’ve been talking about change. (The Evolution of God-two sermons in September) So we naturally ask, ‘what is it that causes us to want to do what is good and right?’ That, in general, is what the Ten Commandments are all about. The foundation for the Commandments, then, is the essence of that thing in us that makes us human-that thing which we call the moral conscience, moral discernment.
We focused on the first Commandment in the Hebrew list. In future sermons I’ll go through the other nine commandments.
For now I’ll end with our Unitarian poet, Carl Sandburg’s poem, Prayers of Steel:
Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.
Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.
Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together.
Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders.
Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue
nights into white stars.
евакуатор рівне
ортопедические матрасы купить
свадебные платья цены
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line819
|
__label__cc
| 0.720511
| 0.279489
|
About Waldina
Locations – Grays Harbor
It Gets Better – My Story
The Diaries
Jared Washine – Writings
Ronald James Babb
I Don’t Know His Story
d.b.r.
David Rakoff’s ‘Half Empty’ Worldview Is Full Of Wit : NPR
David Rakoff’s Last Deadline
David Rakoff: ‘There Is No Answer As To Why Me’ : NPR
David Rakoff, Award-Winning Humorist, Dies at 47
Barbara Bush – Humanity’s Antagonist
Karl Lagerfeld – Humanity’s Antagonist
Cupcakes – Creativity’s Antagonist
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel by David Rakoff
F.S.F
“The Diamond As Big As The Ritz” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald – Not So Secret Obsession
F. Scott Fitzgerald – Happy 115th Birthday
Happy Birthday Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Zelda Fitzgerald – Style Icon
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Turkey Recipes
F. Scott Fitzgerald – Not So Secret Obsession
Swing Years and Beyond
December 20, 2003 The Swing Years & Beyond – Holiday Edition
February 18, 2006 The Swing Years & Beyond
July 19, 2008 The Swing Years & Beyond
September 13, 2008 The Swing Years and Beyond
October 4, 2008 The Swing Years and Beyond
October 11, 2008 The Swing Years and Beyond
November 1, 2008 The Swing Years and Beyond
December 18, 2010 The Swing Years and Beyond – Holiday Edition
December 21, 2014 Swing Years & Beyond Christmas Show
April 18, 2015 The Swing Years and Beyond
May 17, 2015 Swing Years & Beyond
September 12, 2015 Swing Years & Beyond
October 31, 2015 Swing Years & Beyond – Halloween Special
November 21, 2015 Swing Years & Beyond – French Tribute
December 12, 2015 The Swing Years and Beyond – Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday Special
February 13, 2016 Swing Years & Beyond – Valentines Day Special
December 31, 2016 Swing Years and Beyond
Female Punk Rock 1977-89
Happy 99th Birthday Esther Williams
August 8, 2020 Scott Parker-Anderson Uncategorized Leave a comment
Today is the 99th birthday of Esther Williams. She changed the way we see females on the movie screen, they can be strong and athletic and still beautiful. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.
NAME: Esther Williams
OCCUPATION: Swimming, Pin-up, Film Actor/Film Actress, Athlete
BIRTH DATE: August 8, 1921
DEATH DATE: June 6, 2013
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
PLACE OF DEATH: Beverly Hills, California
REMAINS: Scattered into the Pacific Ocean
BEST KNOWN FOR: Esther Williams, nicknamed “America’s Mermaid,” was an American actress who helped popularize synchronized swimming through a string of hugely popular films in the 1940s and ’50s.
Born in Los Angeles, California, on August 8, 1921, actress Esther Jane Williams, sometimes called “America’s Mermaid,” helped popularize synchronized swimming through a string of hugely popular films in the 1940s and ’50s. The youngest of five children, Williams suffered a great personal at an early age when her older brother, Stanton, a promising actor, died at the age of 16. Soon after her brother’s death, Williams found a respite from her sadness by learning to swim. She even got a job at a local swimming pool near her house to earn free swimming time.
As a teenager, Esther Williams was a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. She won several national swimming competition events in 1939 and hoped to compete at the 1940 Olympic Games. Unfortunately, the Olympics were canceled that year due to the onset of World War II. Disappointed, Williams took a job at an upscale department store, but she wouldn’t stay there for long. Shortly after she took the new job, producer Billy Rose asked Williams to audition for his swimming and diving show, Aquacade, in San Francisco. She landed the lead role opposite Johnny Weissmuller, best known as Tarzan in the popular film series of the same name.
After the show ended, Williams returned to Los Angeles and eventually landed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Around this same time, her brief marriage to first husband Leonard Kovner ended. In 1942, Williams made her film debut in Andy Hardy’s Double Life, co-starring with Mickey Rooney.
Williams made a bigger splash, however, with her first swimming movie: 1944’s Bathing Beauty with Red Skelton. To film the elaborate synchronized swimming scenes, a special pool was built with all sorts of cranes and lifts to capture the action on film. Bathing Beauty went on to become one of the most popular films that year.
The following year, Williams married singer and actor Ben Gage. The couple would have three children—Benjamin, Kimball and Susan—before divorcing in 1958.
Though not an especially good actress, Williams was a sight to see in the water. She starred in a number of aquatic Technicolor musicals, including Thrill of a Romance, Neptune’s Daughter and Million Dollar Mermaid. People around the world flocked to movie theaters to see the graceful Williams work her magic on screen, making her an international superstar. Unfortunately, her life—both professionally and personally—hit a rocky period in the late 1950s: Her marriage to Gage ended in divorce, and she had some misses at the box office.
In the 1960s, Esther Williams had almost completely stepped out of the limelight. At the request of her third husband, actor Fernando Lamas, she stopped acting. (The couple stayed together until his death in 1982.) Instead of performing, Williams focused on a number of business interests. After endorsing swimsuits in the 1940s and ’50s, she designed her own swimsuit line, the Esther Williams Swimsuit Collection. She also put her name on a line of backyard swimming pools. Both businesses are still thriving today.
Williams remained an active businesswoman in her later years, despite suffering a stroke in 2007. The health setback didn’t slow Williams down for long. In time, she recovered and returned to swimming.
Williams spent the last years of her life in Beverly Hills, California, with fourth husband Edward Bell. She died on June 6, 2013, at the age of 91, in Beverly Hills, California, and was survived by her three children from second husband Ben Gage.
1942 Andy Hardy’s Double Life Sheila Brooks
1942 Personalities Sheila Brooks (Screen test footage) Short subject
1942 Inflation Mrs. Smith Short film
1943 A Guy Named Joe Ellen Bright
1944 Bathing Beauty Caroline Brooks
1945 Thrill of a Romance Cynthia Glenn
1946 Ziegfeld Follies Herself (‘A Water Ballet’)
1946 The Hoodlum Saint Kay Lorrison
1946 Easy to Wed Connie Allenbury Chandler
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Herself Uncredited
1947 Fiesta Maria Morales
1947 This Time for Keeps Leonora ‘Nora’ Cambaretti
1948 On an Island with You Rosalind Reynolds
1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game K.C. Higgins
1949 Neptune’s Daughter Eve Barrett
1950 Duchess of Idaho Christine Riverton Duncan
1950 Pagan Love Song Mimi Bennett
1951 Texas Carnival Debbie Telford
1951 Callaway Went Thataway Herself Uncredited
1952 Skirts Ahoy! Whitney Young
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid Annette Kellerman
1953 Dangerous When Wet Katie Higgins
1953 Easy to Love Julie Hallerton
1954 Athena – Screenwriter
Uncredited
1955 Jupiter’s Darling Amytis
1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration Herself Short subject
1956 The Unguarded Moment Lois Conway
1956 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars[citation needed] Herself Short subject
1958 Raw Wind in Eden Laura
1961 The Big Show Hillary Allen
1963 Magic Fountain Hyacinth Tower
1994 That’s Entertainment! III Herself
1957 Lux Video Theatre Vicki Episode: “The Armed Venus”
1960 The Donna Reed Show Molly Episode: “The Career Woman”
1960 Zane Grey Theater Sarah Harmon Episode: “The Black Wagon”
1961 The Bob Hope Show Episode: “The Bob Hope Buick Sports Awards Show”
Got a quote you love? Got an inspirational individual to celebrate? Favorite song? Leave it below and let me know how you want to be recognized (social media, blog, etc). Thank you!
Previous Post: Happy Birthday Dino De Laurentiis
Next Post: Happy 69th Birthday Randall Shilts
Arcives
Arcives Select Month January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 May 2010 May 201
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line826
|
__label__wiki
| 0.693625
| 0.693625
|
Boys Names from Stars and Constellations
Posted by A.O. in Name Themes and Lists
Akkadian names, Arabic names, astronomical names, Chinese names, colour names, english names, fictional namesakes, gemstone names, Greek names, Latin names, locational names, mythological names, name history, name meaning, popular culture, popular names, surname names, unisex names, vocabulary names
It is only a few days until the Christmas holidays, or the holidays have already begun. Although the stars seem more crisp and vivid in winter, and some constellations of spring and autumn are spectacular, it is summer I connect with star-gazing. The warm nights and long lazy Christmas holidays seem to go with lying in your backyard looking upwards, or watching the night sky glittering above you on camping trips. Little wonder that the stars of summer are often the first we learn to identify, and the first we yearn towards as we gaze into infinitude.
This is the companion list to Girls Names from Stars and Constellations, and should be read in conjunction with it. Need a super quick guide to the southern skies? Go here! The picture used is a Christmas card created by Thomas Le, a refugee from Vietnam. He donated this artwork to help other migrants, and it is on show at the Museum of Victoria.
Altair is the common name for Alpha Aquila, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila (“The Eagle”), and one of the brightest overall. Altair is a translation of the Arabic for “the flying eagle”, and the identification of the star with an eagle goes back to the Babylonians and Sumerians, who called Altair “The Eagle Star”. The Kulin people of central Victoria also saw the star as an eagle; it is Bunjil, their creator, who was blown into the sky by a great wind and became a star. Other peoples of southern Australia saw Altair as a hunter; it is his Boomerang thrown across the sky which became the constellation in which Gemma can be found. This cool star name can either be said al-TAH-yir, or al-TARE, and is also on the list Boys Names from Video Games. You can see Altair from Australia in winter and spring, and it’s in the north of the Milky Way.
Asterion is the common name for Beta Canes Venatici, the second-brightest star in the constellation Canes Ventatici. This constellation began as the club of the constellation Boötes (“The Herdsman, The Ploughman”). However, due to a number of errors in translation from Greek to Arabic to Latin, “club” became “dogs”. Having invented these dogs, astronomers had a good squint and decided that the constellation looked like two greyhounds. It’s never explained why a herdsman would have hunting dogs rather than herding dogs. Astronomers named one star Chara (“dear”) and the other Asterion (“starry”) – then they swapped the names around to create further confusion. In Greek mythology, Asterion was the personal name of the Minotaur, a bull-headed monster who was the product of an unnatural coupling between a queen of Crete and a bull. It’s a flamboyant name, but it is actually a star name with a starry meaning; it’s said as-TEH-ri-on. Canes Ventatici is visible in the autumn from Australia, but its stars are not bright or easy to see.
Atlas is the common name for 27 Tauri, a triple-star system in the constellation Taurus and part of the Pleiades cluster. As well as the Seven Sisters, which include Maia, the Pleiades cluster contains their parents, Atlas and Pleione. Atlas was one of the Titans, and after warring against the Olympians, he was sentenced to hold up the heavens on his shoulders (before this, the Sky and the Earth, parents of the Titans, were free to lie together in a lingering embrace, so Atlas is basically being used as a birth control device for deities). He has come to be a symbol of superhuman strength and stoic endurance. The name is so ancient that its meaning is very uncertain, but it may mean “endure”, “support”, or “sea”. Atlas has given his name to the Atlas Mountains in North Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the word for a book filled with maps. The name is starting to have a mild vogue here. You will be able to see Atlas in the Pleiades during summer in Australia.
The star Mu Cephei is commonly known as Herschel’s Garnet Star, because when astronomer William Herschel described it, he wrote that it was “a very fine deep garnet colour”. Indeed it is, being a red supergiant that is one of the largest in the Milky Way. It’s in the constellation Cepheus, which represents Andromeda’s father. Without doubt he is the dullest creature in the whole Andromeda drama, but I guess since they put the sea monster in the sky, it would have seemed rude to leave him out. You may recall that the aliens in TV comedy 3rd Rock From The Sun came from a planet in a galaxy on the Cepheus border. Unfortunately, Cepheus is only visible in the northern hemisphere, so we cannot see the Garnet Star from here. The colour garnet is named for the red gemstone; its name is said to be derived from the (also red) pomegranate fruit which means “seeded apple”. It’s a unisex name, but historically better known as masculine in Australia.
Keid
Keid is a common name for Omicron2 Eridani, or 40 Eridani, a triple star system in the constellation Eridanus consisting of two red dwarfs and a white dwarf. Eridanus represents a great river, and is meant to be the water pouring from the jar of the Water Bearer, the constellation Aquarius. In ancient times, it was said to be the path of souls. Eridanus can be easily seen from Australia; it is virtually overhead during the summer months. You can see one of the red dwarf stars in Keid with the naked eye; however the other two stars can only be viewed through a telescope. In the TV series Star Trek, 40 Eridani is the location of the planet Vulcan, home of Mr Spock. Eridanus is also a system of planets in the video game Halo, so it’s got sci-fi credentials galore. Keid is from the Arabic word for “eggshells”, and can be pronounced KYED or KEED. I prefer KEED, but KYED sounds like popular Kai (maybe too much, as people will no doubt confuse the two names).
Kio (KEE-oh) is the ancient Chinese name for Spica, the common name for Alpha Virginis, a blue giant binary star and the brightest in the constellation Virgo. While Spica means “ear of wheat” in Latin, Kio comes from the Chinese for “horn, spike”, as it was seen as “the horn of Jupiter”. Spica was the star used to discover the precession of the equinoxes, and the constellation Virgo contains the spring equinox point (autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere). The constellation has represented a goddess holding sheaves of grain from the earliest beginnings of astronomy in Babylonia. Not only is Kio one of those perky three-letter names that appeal to many people, but the Chinese saw Spica as a “lucky star” – what could be more positive than being named after a lucky star? The constellation Virgo can be seen throughout autumn and winter in Australia, and the very brightness of Spica makes it easy to find.
Leo is a familiar constellation, because it is one of those in the zodiac. It’s already in the list Boys Names From the Top 100 of the 1930s, however I think it is worth revisiting from an astronomical viewpoint. The constellation’s name means “lion”, and seems to have been pictured as a lion by many ancient civilisations. I’m not sure if there was a single original Lion in mythology, but the Babylonians had many leonine protective gods, and a winged lion was the symbol for the city of Babylon. The Ancient Greeks identified it with the Nemean lion, a monstrous beast, both fierce and cunning, which was killed by Heracles as the first of his twelve labours. Its hide was impervious to attack, so Heracles wore it as his armour. The constellation Leo is truly majestic, and contains many bright stars. The chief of these is Regulus, also called The King Star, and The Heart of the Lion. Leo can be seen for most of the year, but is easiest to view in late summer to early autumn from Australia.
Nash is a common name for Gamma Sagitarrii, an orange giant binary star in the constellation Sagittarius. Sagittarius depicts a centaur, said to represent the wise teacher and healer Chiron. The Milky Way is at its densest in Sagittarius, as this is where the centre of the galaxy lies, so it contains many star clusters and nebulae. In Australia this impressive constellation is easy to find, and we also get the best view of it, being able to see the Milky Way so much more clearly. Look in the west part of the sky in the early evening, halfway between the horizon and the point directly overhead. Its brightest stars form a recognisable shape which is called The Teapot; Nash is the spout of this teapot. Sagittarius is most visible in the middle of winter, and bright enough that you can see it even if there is a moon. The name Nash is from the Arabic for “arrowhead”, for this star is the tip of the archer’s arrow, which points toward the star Antares, in Scorpius. It’s also a surname derived from the word for “ash tree”.
Orion is a constellation representing a character from Greek mythology. This gigantic hunter seems to be a bawdy folk hero – larger than life and twice as natural. It is lusty Orion who pursued the Pleiades, so that Zeus had to turn them to stars for their protection. One version of his ending is that Orion boasted of being able to kill any animal on Earth, and so the Earth goddess, in her displeasure, created the Scorpion to sting him to death. Both Orion and the Scorpion were placed in the sky as constellations. Orion contains many brilliant stars, such as Betelgeuse, Rigel and Bellatrix, and even the astronomical novice can locate the three stars forming Orion’s Belt; I was taught these were The Three Sisters (a South African name). Orion is clearly visible in the summer from Australia, and because it is positioned differently in the southern hemisphere, we sometimes call this constellation The Saucepan. The name Orion is from the Akkadian for “heaven’s light”.
Perseus is a constellation representing a character from Greek mythology; he was a hero, the son of Zeus and a mortal princess. Perseus led an extremely exciting life, part fairytale, part soap opera, but he is probably best known for killing the Gorgon Medusa, a woman who had snakes on her head, and thus had a permanent bad hair day of epic proportions. Perseus had nifty flying sandals to zip around on, although much later people liked to imagine him riding the flying horse Pegasus (this never actually happened in the legends). Perseus rescued and married Princess Andromeda, and the constellation has his hand reaching up to Andromeda’s foot, to show the moment of deliverance. The star Algol in Perseus is called The Demon Star, and represents the head of Medusa. We can see the constellation in late spring and summer from Australia, and the meaning of Perseus is not certain; it may mean “to destroy”. Percy is the obvious nickname, and the one used in the novel series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan.
Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky named after the mythical bird. The Phoenix can be found in the mythologies of many lands, from Egypt to China to Russia, and is famous for being able to renew itself in fire, which made it a popular symbol of resurrection in Christianity. Its name is from the Greek for “crimson”. Phoenix has become a popular name lately; it’s unisex, but used more for boys. It’s hard not to connect it to The Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter books; Fawkes the phoenix is the loyal pet of Albus Dumbledore. A phoenix is also a major character in the children’s book The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit. The constellation Phoenix can be seen from Australia during the summer, however it is faint and only possesses two stars bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.
Sirius is the common name for Alpha Canis Majoris, a binary star which is the brightest in the constellation Canis Major (“Great Dog”), and the brightest in the sky, being almost twice as bright as Canopus, the second-brightest. Canis Major is seen as one of the dogs following the hunter Orion, with Sirius representing its doggy nose. However, Sirius was considered to be a dog in his own right, and is called The Dog Star. In the northern hemisphere, Sirius rises in summer, and so the very hottest time of year is called “the dog days”. Although Sirius rises in the winter here, we don’t call the coldest time of year the dog days, although strictly speaking, we should! In July, you can see Sirius both evening and morning. Almost every culture in the world has connected Sirius with dogs or wolves, but the Boorong people of Victoria saw it as part of a constellation representing the Wedge-Tailed Eagle – one of the most important of the spirit elders. The Sirius was also the flagship for the First Fleet to Australia, giving it another Australian connection. Its name comes from the Greek for “burning, scorching”.
21 thoughts on “Boys Names from Stars and Constellations”
Pingback: What Makes a Baby Name Trendy? | Waltzing More Than Matilda
GrowlingSerpent (@NOMUSEMUSICIAN) said:
What about Regulus? It makes for a very good name and its a star in the Leo constellation and one of my favorite stars along with Sirius and Andromeda.
I seriously considered including Regulus – it’s such a magnificent star – but to me it sounds like the name of a laxative. Plus there’s a limit to how many Harry Potter names you can use in one list! 🙂
Pingback: How Names Express Themselves in Numbers: Using Numerology to Unlock Hidden Information in Your Name | Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: My Favourite Boys Names from “The Nameberry Guide to the Best Names for Boys” | Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Famous Name: George Alexander Louis | Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Guest Blogging at Nameberry | Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Boys Names from the Top 100 of the 1910s | Waltzing More Than Matilda
I named my son “Rigel”
Pingback: Names of Australian Female Paralympic Medalists « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Meanings of Names « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Odd Google Searches: Quirky, Quizzical and Quixotic Questions Sent to the Blog « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Can You Suggest an Australian-Themed Name for the Third Triplet? « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Names That Reach Beyond the Worldly from the Bonds Baby Search « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Dashing Gents from the Bonds Baby Search « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Boys Names of Australian Aboriginal Origin « Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: The Golden Matildas | Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Needing Feedback on Baby Names Before the Stork Arrives | Waltzing More Than Matilda
Pingback: Sunday Summary: Christmas Day Edition | Appellation Mountain
Nook of Names said:
I so adore star names, and you’ve done some of favourites here! Orion, Asterion and Sirius are particular long-held loves.
Thank you! I love Orion and Sirius, and Asterion is very striking. As I was writing it, I had a feeling that Asterion was the name of a son of a famous occultist; maybe I dreamed it as I can’t find anything online. It just seemed oddly familiar.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0048.json.gz/line827
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.