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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 124
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 124
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Thibaut de Ruyter, born in 1972 in Lille (France), is a trained architect. He has been living and working in Berlin as an independent curator and an art and architecture critic since 2001. During his architectural studies in Lille and Copenhagen, Thibaut developed a professional practice that combines art, architecture and theory. He subsequently worked with Hartware MedienKunstVerein in Dortmund on a number of exhibitions, addressing themes such as the use of radio and audiotape technology to capture ‘ghostly voices’; the industrial legacy in subculture and contemporary art; and flight simulation and its influence on visual art. From 2012 to 2013 he was involved in the restructuring of the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, originally designed by Richard Meier. In 2013, following the renovation phase, De Ruyter curated The Empty House, an exhibition held in the 4,500 m2 building before its contents were re-installed; for two days and a night, the empty museum space was presented to visitors as an exhibit in its own right.
Two years later, also at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, De Ruyter curated Richard Meier – A Style Room, a cabinet exhibition devoted to the American architect, his influences and the 1980s zeitgeist. De Ruyter has curated the Nam June Paik Award for the Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kunststiftung NRW) on two occasions: in 2010 at the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, and in 2012 at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. In 2012 he also curated the exhibition at the CTM Festival in Berlin, and in 2015 he developed Digitale Demenz (Artificial Intelligence), an exhibition for EIGEN + ART Lab in Berlin.
Thibaut de Ruyter’s educational activities include organizing workshops and giving lectures, among others at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the Villa Arson in Nice, the Ecole nationale supérieure d’art in Bourges and la maison rouge – fondation antoine de galbert in Paris. He is also the founder of the Autocenter Summer Academy in Berlin.
As an art and architecture critic, De Ruyter regularly writes for the magazines artpress, Il Giornale dell’Architettura, Fucking Good Art and Frieze d/e, and also contributes to catalogue publications. He has edited two special issues of artpress – one in 2006 about Berlin, the other in 2014 about prostitution (co-edited by Catherine Millet). In 2015 he co-founded ALUAN, the first Kazakh art magazine, with Gaisha Madanova. De Ruyter writes a monthly blog about architecture books for the website www.architectuul.com and has been a member of the French section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) since 2008.
Curatorial Work
Thibaut curated among others the exhibitions Investigating EVP (Resonance FM, London 2006), Weniger Geld, Mehr Liebe» (Tmp-Deluxe, Berlin 2008), The Last Ten Shots (Bongout, Berlin 2008), Wach Sind Nur Die Geister» (HMKV, Dortmund 2009 & Coca, Torun 2010), Nam June Paik Award 2010 (museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf 2010) & Nam June Paik Award 2012 (Kunstmuseum, Bochum 2012), Ghosts Off The Shelf (Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien - CTM-Festival, Berlin 2012), The Empty House (Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/Main 2013), INDUSTRIAL (research)» (HMKV, Dortmund 2013), BER-DTM-HNL... (HMKV, Dortmund 2014), Richard Meier - Ein Stilraum (Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/Main 2015), Artificial Intelligence (Digitale Demenz) (Eigen+Art Lab, Berlin 2015) and (Art) Upside Down» (Aluan, Almaty 2015).
In 2014, as the recipient of a Goethe-Institut grant, Thibaut de Ruyter spent six weeks travelling around Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, researching the art scenes of both countries in preparation for a touring exhibition he has developed with Inke Arns; this will be presented at the Goethe Institutes in the Eastern Europe/Central Asia region in 2016–17.
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Library launches initiative to encourage reading
(CNS): A nationwide initiative to encourage parents and children to read together was launched on Tuesday in which Cayman’s library services will recommend books each month for kids and teens to read. “Cayman Reads” programme, was described by officials as the first of its kind in the country. The selection of books has been chosen from the Caldecott Award whichis given annually to the most distinguished picture book for children and the first ever children’s literary award the Newbury. Each of the monthly book selections will be outlined in a booklet available in all libraries and on the website: www.cipl.gov.ky.
The booklet also provides suggestions of other books by the winning illustrators and authors for parents and their children to explore.
“I hope the Cayman Reads programme inspires a love of shared reading between parents and children,” said the Director of Public Libraries KC Williams. “It is my wish that every child in Cayman reads and shares stories with someone they love.”
The books selected for each month will be available in all public libraries and government schools will also have copies available in their own school libraries. Programme supporters The Book Nook and Books & Books will also have the books available for purchase should persons want to add these books to their personal collections.
The education minister, Rolston Anglin gave his full endorsement of what he said was an exciting programme. “The Cayman Islands Public Library Service and Ministry of Education are encouraging and helping parents and caregivers to develop a love of reading in the young children and teenagers under their care,” he said.”If we build a love of reading in children from the time they are very young, it will continue far beyond this stage. A love of books is no less important once children become adolescents.”
As a former English teacher, Chief Officer Mary Rodrigues said the power of a well-written story could “kindle curiosity, awaken wonder and engage our emotions.” She added, “Through the launch of the “Cayman Reads” programme, we will be empowering all parents and caregivers of young children and teenagers to experience this joy of reading.”
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Q&A: What You Need to Know About CMS’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Rule
Posted By Brian Ward On January 15, 2020 @ 9:19 am In Uncategorized | No Comments
By John Palmer, PSQH
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A with two experts at Chicago-based Lumere, a healthcare think tank focused on helping health systems eliminate medical errors and cut unnecessary costs. Gina Thomas, BSN, RN, is chief nursing officer, and Samantha Bastow, PharmD, is pharmacy solution advisor.
On September 26, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released revised Conditions of Participation for hospitals and critical access hospitals that require the development and implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance. The rule, first proposed by CMS in 2016, also finalized requirements for nursing facilities to have a stewardship program.
The Joint Commission also requires acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, nursing homes, and ambulatory care centers to have an antibiotic stewardship program to maintain their accreditation.
PSQH spoke with two experts to get their thoughts on the new regulations and what measures healthcare facilities should be putting in place.
Q: What are the top five things all hospitals need to know about the new CMS ruling?
Samantha Bastow: It is encouraging that more regulatory agencies like CMS and The Joint Commission, among others, are establishing standards to promote safer antibiotic prescribing practices for our patients and communities. In fact, shortly after the CMS ruling was announced, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) praised the CMS decision, stating “the update by CMS moves U.S. hospitals closer to the goal of making patients safer by reducing inappropriate antibiotic use by 20% in inpatient settings by 2020.”
Given this, hospitals need to consider the following:
Start working on these updated requirements now. Each organization has six months from the decision date to implement their ASP.
Explicit instructions in meeting CMS requirements aren’t provided in this ruling, but hospitals are encouraged to seek guidance from established organizations like the CDC, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and SHEA.
Hospitals should also collaborate with other institutions who have well-established ASPs. Check out some examples online [1].
An interdisciplinary team of quality, patient safety, infectious disease physicians, pharmacists, and information systems analysts should collaborate to develop, implement, and expand ASPs.
Keep in mind resource constraints often pose one of the biggest challenges with implementing ASPs. Hospitals should identify where they can tap into existing resources and where new or repurposed resources are needed.
Q: What does the optimal ASP look like in terms of required staffing and the specific outcomes to measure? What are the things to consider when either creating or revamping your ASP?
Gina Thomas: One of the biggest challenges to consider is that there is a major education gap among patients that antibiotics can cure all manner of ills. Therefore, providers need to be equipped with patient education materials so they can explain what the potential consequences are of overuse.
Providers also must be equipped to help patients manage their discomfort with alternative methods.
Bastow: While CMS does not specifically outline what the ASP must consist of, organizations such as the CSC, IDSA, and SHEA provide guidance on the following areas:
Formulary management. Set formulary restrictions for select antibiotics and establish a clear approval process for restricted antimicrobials.
Consistently review organizationwide antimicrobial prescribing patterns (especially those which are restricted) and use this information to provide targeted education to providers.
Outcomes measures. Determine which outcomes will measure the impact of ASP efforts and the resources required to pull and analyze this data. Examples of outcomes may include the rate of hospital-acquired infections, the rate of antibiotic-associated adverse drug events, the rate of resistance for specific pathogens, annual expenditures for antibiotic medications, etc.
Other recognized best practices include standing up formal education processes, developing clinical guidelines and/or pathways, establishing de-escalation practices, and antibiotic cycling. Fortunately, there is a plethora of resources for hospitals to use to develop or improve an ASP.
Q: How do you manage the most common barriers to developing a top-notch ASP? What are the problems surrounding antibiotics in hospitals, and why can’t they seem to get it right?
Thomas: Antibiotic stewardship, isn’t a new concept and hospitals have been focused on this for years. The most successful ASPs would include alignment with outpatient providers and walk-in clinics. However, this has historically been a challenge because of the fragmentation between healthcare systems and outpatient providers. Another challenge is building greater awareness of antibiotic stewardship among the public. For years, the public has been conditioned to ask for antibiotics as a first-line treatment. This is where widespread education programming comes into play. However, patient education has typically been deprioritized due to lack of resources and budget. An important point to remember is that these costs will be offset by a decrease in both inappropriate utilization of antibiotics and denied reimbursement claims.
Bastow: Sometimes resource constraints limit how robust an ASP is at a given institution. Because it often requires additional staff, information systems support, and quality measures processes, this may be difficult for a hospital to prioritize if it is not viewed as an “essential” function for providing patient care. Using the business case and proposal examples provided by other hospitals is a great way to illustrate long-term payoff.
Q: How are factors such as increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance and government programs supporting the development of new agents that are making strong ASPs more important than ever?
Thomas: While pharmacists have been tackling appropriate utilization of antibiotics for some time, we see continued antibiotic over-prescription. This has given way to a rise in superbugs which make strong ASPs more necessary than ever. In fact, the CDC estimates at least 2 million people get an antibiotic-resistant infection and at least 23,000 people die in the U.S. each year. These superbugs wreak havoc on individuals’ health (especially those who are immunocompromised) as well as impact the out-of-pocket costs for individuals and increase the potential for decreased hospital reimbursement for inappropriate utilization.
Bastow: The CDC also reports that one in three patients who die in a hospital are diagnosed with sepsis, further emphasizing the importance of having effective antimicrobial medications for life-threatening diseases such as this. The reality is that resistant bacteria are being identified faster than new antibiotics are being developed to treat them. However, support is growing from regulatory agencies such as CMS and The Joint Commission as well as national organizations like IDSA, SHEA, and the CDC. There is now better guidance for developing rigorous ASPs as well as enforcement of these “best practices.” With more support from legislative action, we hope to see more development of new antimicrobial agents to target multidrug-resistant organisms.
Q: Some new antibiotics demonstrate superior outcomes despite very high cost. Can you elaborate on some of the latest analysis?
Bastow: In the past five years, there have been four new beta-lactamase inhibitor combination products approved: Zerbaxa® (ceftolozane and tazobactam) in 2014, Avycaz® (ceftazidime and avibactam) in 2015, Vabomere® (meropenem and vaborbactam) in 2017, and Recarbrio® (imipenem, cilastatin, and relebactam) in 2019.
There are also at least four more antibiotics in this class in Phase III trials. Hospitals will need to evaluate the evidence to gauge whether these new agents result in superior outcomes when compared to older antibiotics like Zosyn®. Once the evidence is better understood, hospital pharmacy leaders can decide if these products should be added to the formulary and how to best steward the use of these broad-spectrum antibiotics. If there is no clear benefit to patients beyond what is currently available, then hospitals should consider reserving new agents in the event resistant organisms are uncovered.
It’s important to note that some of these newer agents are more than 1,000 times the cost of oral therapy within this drug class and up to 15 times the cost of older IV options in the class. Hospitals need to consider whether it makes sense to restrict the use of the newer agents to patients who are infected with pathogens demonstrating resistance to all other options. Not only does this type of restriction help from a cost perspective, but limited exposure prevents resistance.
There is currently a high volume of persistent drug shortages among antimicrobials. According to an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists report, antimicrobials are in the top five categories of medications affected. Therefore, drug shortages remain an impediment to successful antimicrobial stewardship.
John Palmer is a freelance writer who has covered healthcare safety for numerous publications. Palmer can be reached at johnpalmer@palmereditorial.com [2].
URL to article: http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2020/01/qa-what-you-need-to-know-about-cms-antimicrobial-stewardship-rule/
[1] online: https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/healthcare/programs.html
[2] johnpalmer@palmereditorial.com: mailto:johnpalmer@palmereditorial.com
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JHU clinches playoff berth with rout of F&M
By: Corey Johns on Saturday, November 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment
JHU’s offense put up 48 points, but their defense held Franklin & Marshall to just seven points in a 40:46 span in the middle of the game while they completely pulled away.
It hasn’t mattered what an opposing team’s been able to do all year along, the Johns Hopkins football team has been able to impose their will against their opponents all season long. On Saturday, it was no different in Lancaster, Pa. The Franklin & Marshall Diplomats had only allowed 16 points and 289 yards per game this season and hadn’t allowed a team to score 17 points since September, but Johns Hopkins had their way. They gained 581 yards of offense, pretty evenly distributed on the ground and in the air, and left with a 48-28 victory.
The win kept the Blue Jays push for another undefeated regular season alive and well as they improved to 9-0 with one game remaining, and secured no worse than a share of their eighth-straight Centennial Conference championship and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. It will be the sixth-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament for Johns Hopkins.
JHU took a 14-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the game. Their first two drives of the game resulted in touchdown drives. The first drive was set up by a head-dose of Ryan Cary powerfully running the ball up the field. He had three runs for seven or more yards. With the run game going, Germano was able to make easier passes. A 10-yard competion to Bradley Munday set the Blue Jays up on the three yard line and he capped off the drive with a pass to Boone Lewis Jr.
Ryan Cary celebrating with his teammates after one of his three second quarter touchdowns against Franklin & Marshall.
That was a nine play drive. Their next drive was much quicker. Set up on their own 21 yard line, Germano completed a pass to Brett Caggiano and he went the distance for a 79-yard touchdown. That drive took only 19 seconds as the Blue Jays went ahead 14-0 with 5:04 remaining in the first quarter.
The Diplomats were able to get on the board in the first quarter to cut the JHU lead in half. Tanner Erisman completed a 39-yard touchdown pass to KJ Pretty to get the Diplomats some points. But they couldn’t build on it.
JHU dominated the second and third quarters, out-scoring F&M 34-7 to take a 48-14 lead into the fourth quarter.
Cary scored three-straight touchdowns to open the second quarter to push the Blue Jays out to a 35-7 lead nearing halftime. His first touchdown was a 47-yard touchdown pass from Caggiano on a trick play, the second play of the drive that lasted only 53 seconds. His third touchdown was a 45-yard run. For the game, Cary finished with 121 yards on the ground, averaging 10.1 yards per rush, and with an addition 73 yards through the air with three total scores.
Getting the ball with 4:55 left before halftime, F&M was able to go on a 12-play, 71-yard drive with Erisman throwing a four-yard touchdown pass at the end to give the Diplomats a little bit of momentum as they made it a 35-14 score at halftime. But that momentum never carried through the break. F&M didn’t score again until midway through the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, JHU scored 13 more points as Jamie Sullivan made a 26-yard field goal, Nick Campbell booted on in from 20 yards and Germano hit Lewis for a second time in the game to put the Blue Jays ahead 48-14.
F&M scored at the end of a 15-play, 91-yard drive that lasted 7:45 when backup quarterback Zachary Bradley completed a six-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Destefano. Bradley then led the Diplomats on a 76-yard drive for another score late in the game, but his touchdown pass to Pretty came with only 62 seconds remaining; nowhere near enough time for the Diplomates to even threaten the Blue Jays.
The win was JHU’s 40th-straight regular season victory and 36th-straight Centennial Conference victory. The eight-straight Centennial Conference titles are a league record, surpassing the seven-straight Dickinson won from 1988 to 1994.
The Mustangs will host in-state rival McDaniel next weekend in their regular-season finale at noon.
Corey Johns
You could say Corey was born to become a sports journalist. His father won a national championship coaching college soccer. His mother is a baseball fanatic who hasn't missed seeing an Orioles game since 1983 (literally, sometimes it's annoying). His great uncle was a big-time boxing promoter and his maternal grandfather was once a department head at the Baltimore Sun. Basically, sports and journalism run through his blood. He played just about every little league sports there was when he was a kid and was a multi-sport athlete in high school; even playing in the first-ever high school sanction Rugby game in the country. Eventually he retired from sports as an undefeated Maryland state Rugby champion as a high school senior. Perhaps lack of athletic talent has more to do with the retirement, but he will tell you that it more had to do with a great desire to jump right into media. Upon his graduation from University of Maryland, Baltimore County as a triple communications major, Corey started the So Much Sports network and has continued to grow his websites and continues to work to make them premier sports media outlets.
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By Lauren Taggart,
June 24, 2019 in In-Memoriam: Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D.
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Lauren Taggart
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Self-described as a "pathological optimist", Dr. Barrett-Connor is internationally acclaimed with a outstanding record of research accomplishments. Her role as leader of the Lipids Research Clinics Prevalence Study enabled her to establish the Rancho Bernardo Study, groundbreaking at the time for its inclusion of men and women, with the flexibility to develop over time. The Rancho Bernardo Study is still going strong over four decades later, and has led to insights into the biology of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, bone health and menopause. Her tremendous impact is not in research alone, but is also reflected through her teaching, encouragement, and mentorship of generations of physicians and scientists. Join us in recognizing Dr. Barrett-Connnor’s contributions to our field by sharing a memory on the ASBMR Website or contributing a donation in her honor.
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Vale Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor. I have met her numerous times at UCSD and in ASBMR annual meetings over the past 20 years or so, and my lasting impression was that she was a person of character and talent. She was an innovative thinker in the epidemiology of chronic diseases. My work on osteoporosis in men (Am J Epidemiol, 1996) was actually inspired by her lecture in 1994 re sex differences in heart disease and its risk factors. She had collaborated with me and my team in an important study that falsified a long-held assumption that Asian women had higher body fat mass than Caucasian women (Obesity, 2010). Falsificationism was her favorite intellectual subject. Indeed, I later discovered that she was also interested in the philosophy of science and a strong devotee of the Scientific Method. Every time we met at the ASBMR meeting, we had interesting exchanges on Popper's falsificationism and the likes.
It was ~15 years ago, Elizabeth wrote a beautiful letter of recommendation for me when I applied for promtion to full professorship. My gratitude to Elizabeth's kindness and innovative thinking. She will be sadly missed by me. She will also be silently remembered by many people who owe their lives to her insight and effort as an epidemiologist have influenced the treatment of osteoporosis worldwide.
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What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the Water’s Gone?
The Ogallala aquifer turned the region into America's breadbasket. Now it, and a way of life, are being drained away.
By Laura Parker | August 2016
National Geographic magazine
Tractors pack down a giant mound of corn at a feedlot near Imperial, Nebraska, before storm clouds roll in. Much of the region’s corn, a thirsty, irrigated crop, is grown to fatten cattle. This mound eventually would stretch 300 feet long, contain five million bushels, and feed 50,000 cattle for a year.
“Whoa,” yells Brownie Wilson, as the steel measuring tape I am feeding down the throat of an irrigation well on the Kansas prairie gets away from me and unspools rapidly into the depths below.
The well, wide enough to fall into, taps into the Ogallala aquifer, the immense underground freshwater basin that makes modern life possible in the dry states of Middle America. We have come to assess the aquifer’s health. The weighted tip hits the water at 195 feet, a foot lower than a year ago. Dropping at this pace, it is nearing the end of its life. “Already this well does not have enough water left to irrigate for an entire summer,” Wilson says.
It is three days into January, and we are alone on an endlessly flat expanse surrounded by 360 degrees of pale blue horizon, not a cloud, not a tree in sight. We are 4,000 feet above sea level, the reason this is called the High Plains. The incessant wind that blew topsoil from the Dust Bowl east to the Atlantic Ocean and onto the decks of ships during the 1930s is unseasonably calm, although Wilson’s SUV is packed to the roof with gear for every possible weather calamity. On the field behind us, the spindly steel skeleton of a center-pivot irrigation sprinkler stretches out over brown earth like a giant sci-fi insect, dormant until spring.
Wilson, who is 47 with a lean, athletic build, is the water-data manager for the Kansas Geological Survey and part of a team that travels to western Kansas every winter to document how rapidly this aquifer is disappearing. The water beneath our feet has been accumulating in porous rock for about 15,000 years, before the end of the last ice age. For the past 60 years, the Ogallala has been pumped out faster than raindrops and snowmelt can seep back into the ground to replenish it, thanks largely to irrigation machinery like the one sleeping nearby. As a result, in parts of western Kansas, the aquifer has declined by more than 60 percent during that period. In some parts, it is already exhausted. The decline is steady now, dry years or wet. In 2015 rain was exceptionally heavy—50 to 100 percent above normal. Even so, water levels in the wells dropped again. Wilson’s field report will put the best face on it, noting it was the slowest decline in five years.
Tagging along with Wilson, I am nearing the end of a 5,000-mile journey along the back roads of Ogallala territory, from South Dakota to Texas. My drive has taken me through some of the most productive farmland anywhere, home to at least a $20-billion-a-year industry that grows nearly one-fifth of the United States’ wheat, corn, and beef cattle. It’s also a place facing hard choices: Farmers can reduce consumption of water to further extend the life of the aquifer. Or they can continue on their path toward an end that is already in sight. Some don’t like to frame the dilemma quite so starkly. But if they don’t reduce pumping and the aquifer is drained, food markets will be profoundly affected around the world. In the coming decades this slow-speed crisis will unfold just as the world needs to increase food production by 60 percent, according to the United Nations, to feed more than nine billion people by mid-century.
The draining of North America’s largest aquifer is playing out in similar ways across the world, as large groundwater basins in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East decline rapidly. Many of these aquifers, including the southern Ogallala, have little ability to recharge. Once their water is gone, they could take thousands of years to refill.
“The consequences will be huge,” says Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and lead researcher on a study using satellites to record changes in the world’s 37 largest aquifers. “We need to sustain groundwater to sustain food production, and we’re not doing it. Is draining the Ogallala the smartest thing for food production in the U.S. and globally? This is the question we need to answer.”
Wilson’s route takes us 20 miles east of the Colorado border, where little towns are named for springs that long ago ran dry. People who live on the Ogallala, also known as the High Plains aquifer, often describe their water as thick or thin. This is shorthand for the aquifer itself. The Ogallala is a giant underground sponge made of a jumble of gravel, silt, sand, and clay. All the water is contained in crevices of the sponge. If the topsoil were rolled up like a carpet, Wilson says, the sponge beneath would look like an empty egg carton, with peaks and valleys of varying depths. In parts of western Nebraska, where the Ogallala is plentiful, the sponge extends as far as a thousand feet below the Earth’s surface, meaning it is “thick” with water. In western Kansas, where we are, the aquifer undulates so much that “thin” water is often separated from thick water by only a few miles.
“It comes down to the luck of where your ancestors settled,” Wilson says. “Or where you bought ground.”
In midmorning we arrive at Mai Farms, a family enterprise that grows winter wheat for King Arthur Flour. The Mai family, Germans who emigrated from Russia, arrived in Greeley County just in time for the Dust Bowl but lacked the money to join the exodus to California. Their first farm dusted over and went bust. Their second farm, 20 miles away, survived and thrived. Bill Mai was born on it in 1936 and lives there today. That first well we measured was drilled in 1948 by Mai’s father to carry his farm through cycles of drought. It was a marvel at the time, pumping a thousand gallons a minute, a rate that would fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in half a day. Most telling, however, is not the well’s water level: It’s that Mai hasn’t irrigated crops in 16 years. His neighbors are pulling out so much from their wells that his well drops a foot every year. “The neighbor right across the road here is growing corn,” he says. Irrigated corn makes a lot of money but uses a lot of water. I ask Mai what he can do about this. Nothing, he tells me. A legal battle over water rights “is pointless,” he says, especially since his water will run out anyway.
Mai spent 20 years making the shift back to dryland—or unirrigated—farming, in anticipation that his water would not last. He hands me a yellowed newspaper clipping from 1976, which profiled him as Kansas District 10 farmer of the year. “We don’t have enough water out here anymore,” he warned then. Mai wasn’t the first to say it. Reports on the aquifer as a diminishing resource date back to the 1930s, when President Franklin Roosevelt appointed a Great Plains committee to examine the cause of the Dust Bowl. Even then, the committee noted the contradiction in basing an expanding farm economy on a finite resource.
For the eight states that overlie the Ogallala, differences in the complex hydrology belowground—and in state law, politics, and farming tradition aboveground—conspire against sustaining the aquifer rather than mining it. The states monitor water usage, creating an important record for how much is pumped yearly. But cutting use is more difficult. Groundwater in Kansas and Nebraska, for example, belongs to the public. Water rights are granted to property owners by those states, which assign a certain amount that can be legally used. The problem is that in overstressed areas, what’s available on paper often exceeds what’s left in the ground.
Water law in Texas is vastly different. Groundwater is not publicly owned; Texans can pump as much as they can use from beneath their land. In the High Plains water district surrounding Lubbock, 88,000 irrigation wells were stuck into the aquifer like straws, with 73,000 still in use.
Irrigated land is worth more and earns more than dryland farming, and pressure is on to keep pumping—from seed salespeople, farm equipment dealers, bankers, insurers, and landlords. “We’ve overdone a good thing,” says Jay Garetson, a proud fifth-generation farmer in Sublette, Kansas. His eldest son is studying aerospace engineering at the University of Kansas, as missions to Mars seem to hold more allure than becoming the sixth generation to farm the family land. “We know we are overdrafting the Ogallala. But we are all so landlocked into these microeconomic decisions that we can’t manage on a larger level.”
As I head south, I encounter a sense of inevitability and resignation. The phrase “managed depletion” becomes part of the Plains vocabulary in water district boardrooms and Elks lodges. Everywhere I stop, I ask people what will happen and what’s to be done about it. Many are concerned that the water will dry up before the next generation, but they don’t have a solution that won’t cause financial pain—or worse, ruin. Others say they’ll let the wells decide. Some farmers “think it’s their water,” one water manager tells me, “and they ought to be able to mine it like coal until it’s gone.” Beef feedlots, high-value enterprises, will endure, but corn will migrate to states that get more rain. Hope lies in technology; farmers show me iPhone apps that track water use so precisely that as little as a tenth of an inch can be applied to their crops. In Colby, Kansas, Lon Frahm, who farms 30,000 acres of wheat and corn, irrigates with two billion gallons of water yearly. He counts among his farmhands an IT technician who collects data to keep his yields ahead of his declining wells.
As a hedge against declining income when wells go dry, farmers are increasingly tapping into the High Plains’ only truly inexhaustible resource: wind. Across the Plains, I pass wide belts of newly planted wind turbines. Outside Friona, Texas, northwest of Lubbock, Wesley Barnett leases wind rights to an energy company. The going rate runs about $10,000 a year per turbine. “We can’t water our land anymore anyway. For some people, wind is a lifeline,” he says.
Parts of the Ogallala could endure for a century or more. But the aquifer’s heart is at greatest risk of depletion. This overstressed zone runs the width of the Texas Panhandle north 450 miles, from Lubbock to the Kansas-Nebraska state line. There, transition to a new era of permanent depletion is under way.
The aquifer’s decline will be twinned with the increasing impacts of climate change, which will add more warm days and longer, more frequent droughts, scientists predict. Already, warmer-than-average evening temperatures in feedlots in southwest Kansas mean that beef cattle drink more water than they did in cooler years. As more farmers return to dryland farming, large farms are likely to swallow smaller family farms, because dry farming, with lower yields, requires more land to be profitable. Irrigation will disappear from most places, so more small towns will fade away. Countless towns across the Plains already teeter on the brink of extinction. The day I visited Lazbuddie, a hiccup of a community in Texas cotton country with fewer than a hundred residents, the postmistress sold a single stamp. This was a week before Christmas.
The irrigation era may come to be called the “great pump up,” bookending the other man-made High Plains disaster—the “great plow up,” when 5.2 million acres of native grasses were torn out, setting the stage for the Dust Bowl. “A couple of generations from now,” says Burke Griggs, a water law expert who teaches at Washburn University in Topeka, “people are going to look back and say: What the hell were they thinking?”
For an expanding nation in the 1800s, the High Plains didn’t hold much promise. The weather—blizzards, tornadoes, and heat waves—could kill. When it rained, it often rained all at once, triggering flash floods. By 1820 the territories that became Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma had been condemned on maps as the Great American Desert, but the cruelest assessment came from the diarist of a U.S. Army survey expedition: “We do not hesitate in giving the opinion, that it is almost wholly unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending on agriculture for their subsistence.” Homesteaders moved west anyway, lured by cheap land and railroad promotional schemes that played down climatic shortcomings. New arrivals in Plainview, Texas, stepped out of the train depot and gazed upon sailboats on Lake Plainview. The lake lasted five years, until the pump broke on the well that kept it full. The great plow up followed, as sodbusters converted grassland into wheat fields and put their faith in the mistaken theory that rain follows the plow.
One of the misconceptions about the Dust Bowl is that it could have been prevented if farmers had known what lay beneath their feet. They did. Most farms had shallow wells with windmill-driven pumps. What Plains residents lacked was the ability to drill deep and the horsepower to bring water to the surface in the volumes needed to irrigate more than a family farm. It took rural electrification and the diesel-powered centrifugal pump to launch large-scale pumping in the 1950s. After that, the invention of the center-pivot sprinkler remade agriculture. Irrigated acres on the Plains increased from 2.1 million in 1949 to 15.5 million in 2005. The change recolored dry earth into thousands of lush, green crop circles that can be seen from space.
Ogallala water made Kansas a leading producer of wheat. Ethanol production and the consolidation of beef feedlots in southwest Kansas and the Texas Panhandle made corn king. The world’s largest contiguous cotton-producing land surrounds Lubbock, thanks to Ogallala water. Large scale hog-processing plants and dairies moved into Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Cheese factories followed the dairies. One of North America’s largest cheese plants is outside Clovis, New Mexico, on the aquifer’s western edge. When I visited, it was undergoing a $140 million expansion to become the world’s largest.
“People can fairly argue there is too much development,” says Nate Jenkins, the assistant manager of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District in Imperial, Nebraska. “It was all legally developed, and it’s tough to undo. You can’t move the clock back.”
Cattle feed and ethanol, made from corn, often are singled out as so water consumptive that they put the Ogallala at risk. But William Ashworth, author of Ogallala Blue, a history of the aquifer, argues that what pushed the Ogallala beyond its limits can’t be blamed on dairies or cotton or corn: “It is dairies and cotton and corn. And alfalfa and millet and beef cattle and lawn sprinklers and every other use that demands a piece of the large but limited Ogallala supply. Individually, there ought to be enough water for any of them. Collectively, they are going to run out, and each of them is going to demand that all of the others have to run out first.”
All the Earth’s continents contain aquifers, several larger than the Ogallala. By the beginning of the 21st century, a third of the world depended on aquifers for drinking water and farming. In China, plagued by drought, the North China Plain aquifer sustains 117 million people in Beijing and surrounding areas. Similar aquifers in the Ganges Brahmaputra Basin and the Indus Basin have helped lead to a population boom that will cause India to pass China as the world’s most populous nation by 2022.
The story is virtually the same everywhere. These and other aquifers in several of the world’s most productive, heavily populated regions are being drawn down at precipitous rates. NASA satellites, monitoring changes in Earth’s gravitational pull, found that 21 of the world’s 37 largest aquifers have passed the sustainable tipping point. California’s prolonged drought has driven water levels in much of the Central Valley aquifer to historic lows. India now consumes more groundwater than any other country, and at a faster rate.
Perhaps Saudi Arabia provides the most spectacular example of overdrawing a resource. The Saudis went after the huge Arabian aquifer with a greater passion than they sought their oil, drilling 2,000 feet deep. The dunes turned green with grain, transforming the desert nation into a leading exporter in the 1980s and 1990s. Now the aquifer has been all but emptied. This year wheat wasn’t even planted; the Saudis are growing alfalfa in Arizona and California.
Among the Ogallala states, Nebraska is an exception. Two-thirds of the aquifer’s water lies beneath the Cornhusker State, which ranks first nationally in acres of irrigated cropland. Ogallala water is everywhere. Wetlands and little lakes that appear as brilliant blue jewels are embedded across native bluestem. Rivers boil up out of cattle pastures, gaining in width and strength as they flow east. I spent a day with Doug Hallum, a University of Nebraska hydrologist, wandering the Sand Hills to locate the headwaters of the Dismal River, which oozes to the surface in a sodden pasture not far from CNN founder Ted Turner’s sprawling Blue Creek bison ranch. The region is really a great dune sea, the largest in North America. Rainfall and snowmelt easily percolate through the sand, giving Nebraska the most substantial recharge on the aquifer’s 174,000-square-mile span.
From 2000 to 2008, the years of both a drought and a corn boom, the Ogallala declined at twice the rate of the previous decade, according to Leonard Konikow, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist. The aquifer lost, on average, 8.3 million acre-feet per year—equivalent to about half the annual flow of the Colorado River as it runs through the Grand Canyon. The findings did little to inspire cutbacks in water use. “Everyone wants to conserve, but no one wants to quit pumping,” says Ray Luhman, manager of the northernmost groundwater management district in Kansas.
None of the three water districts in western Kansas that overlie the aquifer has agreed on a plan to cut pumping, although farmers surrounding the tiny town of Hoxie took the long view and agreed to a 20 percent reduction in a five-year trial. It is a small oasis of self-regulation in western Kansas—70 farmers over 99 square miles. Just accomplishing that took years of arm-twisting. “We knew something needed to be done,” says Jeff Torluemke, a local banker and farmer. “We’re looking at our kids and grandkids—not just water for irrigation, but water to live. If we continue to pump like there’s no tomorrow, even that would be in jeopardy.”
In southwest Kansas, one of the most severely depleted areas, hopes are invested in an unlikely-to-be-funded $18 billion aqueduct, a massive public works project of eras long past, that would carry Missouri River water 360 miles uphill. Few expect it to be built, and some call it a distraction from writing a plan, like Hoxie, to scale back water use. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon laughed off the aqueduct as “harebrained.”
This past fall I attended a forum, optimistically titled Farming for the Long Haul, where Julene Bair, author of The Ogallala Road, a memoir about love, loss, and selling the farm that had been in her family for three generations, recounted how her father had heard, as she put it, the Ogallala’s “siren call” and switched from sustainable dryland wheat to unsustainable corn. She spoke emphatically about the failure of volunteer efforts to limit pumping of the aquifer. “Local control is not working,” she told the farmers in the audience. “It asks too much of the farmer to regulate himself. It’s not the farmer’s job to decide about the aquifer, it’s the government’s job.”
The Llano Estacado, the largest flat plateau in North America, spreads out from Odessa north to Amarillo, Texas, and west into New Mexico. The aquifer here is so dry that center-pivot sprinklers draw from multiple wells, the unofficial record being one pivot near Lubbock that draws from 21 wells. Not only is irrigated farming in trouble, but water supplies for surrounding towns are too.
“If people who live on the Ogallala want to see the future,” Jeri Sullivan Graham, a senior scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, tells me, “they should look south and west.”
In Lazbuddie, School Superintendent Joanna Martinez, who also drives the school bus, had waterless urinals installed in the boys’ restrooms. When the community well gave out, it coughed up so much sand it destroyed the school’s plumbing fixtures. Even with a new well, water is so scarce that the football field last year was watered only to soften it up enough to prevent injuries—and then, not on the sidelines or in the end zones.
I cross over the state line into Clovis, a city with ambition but not enough water. Irrigation has drawn the aquifer down so low here that 73 wells deliver less water than what 28 wells delivered to Clovis residents in 2000. “We are in a race to the bottom,” Mayor David Lansford says.
Salvation lies 70 miles north. The eastern New Mexico water authority plans to build a 150-mile pipeline from the Ute Reservoir on the Canadian River to carry water south to Clovis and neighboring towns along the Texas border. Residents in the village of Logan, on the reservoir’s shoreline, fear that this new straw will draw the water down so far it will kill their tourism economy. “Just because you emptied your piggy bank doesn’t mean you get to go break your little brother’s piggy bank and take his money,” says T. J. Smith, a former chamber of commerce head. The pipeline remains unfunded, and in any event, it wouldn’t solve the problems of people such as Buffy Berdoza, who lives beyond the reach of Clovis city water.
Berdoza owns a home just two miles south of town, on Curry Road 5, where all the wells have gone dry. Berdoza is 46 and a home health care aide. Every night after work, she fills more than a dozen five-gallon buckets, sometimes more, in Clovis and hauls them home so her children can flush the toilet and bathe. She has been doing this for four years.
The heart surgeon down the road packed up and moved to Montana, but Berdoza has a mortgage and no chance to sell. Who buys a house without running water? At night, Berdoza says, she dreams about water. The dream is always the same. She is taking a shower or lying in a bath of warm water. She always has plenty.
Groundwater reserves are being depleted all over the world. Read Laura Parker’s extended coverage of aquifers that are disappearing in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
shastatodd August 21, 2016 at 4:26 pm
humans like to think their lifestyles are non-negotiable, so id guess eventually the great lakes will be tapped for irrigation once groundwater resources are depleted.
Kay Mann June 6, 2018 at 6:01 am
On a related note, the illegal aliens living in the state of California alone, use well over 101,229,101,000 (101 Bln) gallons of potable water per year. Don't believe me? Do the math… the figures I used were from a 2012 DHS estimate, which was many years before the Democrat Voter Drive where the Obamanation Administration invited everyone south of the border to come here and enjoy all the freebies the American taxpayers wanted to give them.
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The Corruptor
on March 12, 1999 by Wade Major
More intelligent yet less vigorously stylized than "The Replacement Killers," "The Corruptor" marks a solid Stateside sophomore effort for Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-fat and his ramping Hollywood career. A gritty police thriller that makes respectable use of his venerated persona, the film also benefits from better-than-average "buddy" chemistry between Chow and Mark Wahlberg ("Boogie Nights"). Die-hard Chow fans, however, may find the film something of a letdown as it still falls well short of his best Hong Kong work with directors John Woo and Ringo Lam.
Like nearly all of Chow's most popular characters, NYPD detective Nick Chen is a tainted hero, a decorated officer whose considerable achievements have basically been bought via an under-the-table "arrangement" with local crime lord Henry Lee (Ric Young) wherein Lee gives Chen his share of headline-making busts, and Chen, in return, grants Lee latitude in which to conduct his business. But two unexpected events threaten to disrupt the arrangement: the eruption of a turf war with a brutal Chinese street gang known as the Fukienese Dragons, and the arrival of Chen's new partner<197>a young, idealistic officer named Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg).
As per usual, the partnership starts off rocky, slowly solidifies, then undergoes a crisis of confidence before trust is restored in time to offer Chen's character a last shot at redemption. In a broader sense, Robert Pucci's script follows an even more formulaic roadmap, adhering rigorously to traditional genre templates, the requisite double-crosses and triple-crosses falling neatly into place at all the usual spots.
Fortunately, Chow treats the material as though it were far better than it really is, forging a performance so compelling that it actually makes the film considerably better than it should be. Director James Foley ("Glengarry Glen Ross," "At Close Range") also helps smooth over some rough spots with some visual sizzle, including an explosive car chase through the streets of New York that ranks among the best in years. Foley's skills falter, however, when it comes to Chow's trademark shootouts, most of which seem stilted and static.
Still, for the most part, "The Corruptor" delivers on its promises, even if it should have promised more in the first place. Starring Chow Yun-fat and Mark Wahlberg. Directed by James Foley. Written by Robert Pucci. Produced by Dan Halsted. A New Line release. Action/Drama. Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality. Running time: 110 min.
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Biogen Conference May Have Spread Virus to 300,000
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WASHINGTON — When it was disclosed last spring that the coronavirus had stealthily infected 99 people after the Cambridge, Mass., pharmaceutical company Biogen held a two-day conference in February, it helped add the term “superspreader” to the pandemic lexicon.
Little did anyone know how super the spread would actually become.
A new analysis of the Biogen event at a Boston hotel has concluded that the coronavirus strains loosed at the meeting have since migrated worldwide, infecting about 245,000 Americans — and potentially as many as 300,000 — by the end of October.
The virus strains spread to at least 29 states. They were found in Australia, Sweden and Slovakia. They wended their way from a room packed with biotechnology executives to Boston homeless shelters, where they also spread widely among occupants.
Those are just the infections. How many people were killed by the virus strains cannot be reliably estimated. Nor do the figures include infections among the six million Americans who have tested positive for the coronavirus since October, as infections have spiked.
“It’s a cautionary tale,” said Bronwyn MacInnis, a genomic epidemiologist at the Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. “When we hear these stories of clusters where 20 or 50 or 100 were affected, that does not account for what happens after.”
A spokesman for Biogen did not respond to requests for comment on the report.
The analysis, by more than 50 health care experts and researchers based primarily in the Boston area, was published on Thursday in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It is based on genetic analyses of the coronavirus taken from 28 people who attended the Biogen annual leadership conference, at a Marriott hotel on the Boston waterfront, on Feb. 26 and 27.
At the time, only 30 coronavirus infections had been confirmed in the United States, according to data compiled by The New York Times. More than a month earlier, Chinese authorities had quarantined the 11 million residents of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first detected. But the epidemics that would ravage Europe were still on the horizon; Italy had recorded its first death only days earlier.
Some other companies had canceled international meetings out of caution, but Biogen forged ahead, bringing in 175 executives, including officials from Italy, Switzerland and Germany, for its leadership meeting. Within days, some were falling ill.
The analysis of 28 cases determined that each person had been infected with a strain of the coronavirus, named C2416T, that had not previously been seen in the United States. The only known instances of the strain that preceded the Biogen conference involved two French patients, ages 87 and 88.
“We think the mutation arose in early or mid-February,” Dr. Jacob E. Lemieux, an infectious-disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a researcher at the Broad Institute, said in an interview. “We think there was a single importation into Boston, and that single importation was tightly linked to the spread that occurred at the conference.”
That finding and a second marker — a mutation of C2416T that appears linked solely to some infections at the conference — enabled researchers to track the Cambridge strain across the nation and even the world, and make broad estimates that excluded cases unconnected to the meeting.
By May, it was estimated that between 44,000 and 56,000 known coronavirus cases were directly tied to the Biogen conference. About 40 percent were in Boston, but the C2416T strain was carried across the country, to Indiana, Florida, North Carolina and perhaps elsewhere by people who had been at the meeting.
Fresh data included in the current analysis raised the estimate to about 245,000 cases — as low as 205,000 and as high as 300,000 — in 29 states. The researchers estimated that the Boston strain of the virus was responsible for 1.9 percent of all known coronavirus cases in the United States through October.
Massachusetts was no longer a center of the outbreaks, although the virus strain remained widespread there. Instead, the researchers estimated that about 29 percent of all cases related to the Boston meeting occurred in Florida. Dr. Lemieux said scientists have no explanation for why the Cambridge strain of the virus grew so robustly there.
Dec. 11, 2020, 11:32 p.m. ET
One of the study’s more arresting findings was that within a month of the Biogen conference, the virus strain introduced there had made its way to Boston-area homeless shelters. Tests at the shelters, affiliated with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, found 14 strains of the coronavirus, four of which appeared to have become superspreaders. The researchers found that two clusters of cases that resembled superspreader events were associated with the virus from the conference.
Dr. Lemieux said that offered a lesson for those who take a casual attitude toward the coronavirus. “That’s just the interconnectivity of society,” he said. “Our intuition about how disconnected we can be is not reliable. We are so connected that we don’t appreciate the linkages and interactions we have.”
He said it was impossible to say how the coronavirus was brought into the leadership meeting.
“We don’t know whether it entered with somebody who was there for the conference, or it entered before the conference and was amplified by it,” Dr. Lemieux said. “All we know is that we’re not able to detect any spread with cases before the conference.”
But in the months since the Biogen outbreak, the company has come under fire for staging an international conference at a time when the likelihood of a pandemic was becoming clearer.
The company said previously that it decided to hold the conference using the best information it had at the time. But the study released this week only underscored concerns about that judgment, said John Carroll, the editor of Endpoints News, which covers the biotech industry.
“The irony, of course, is that a large drug company was responsible for triggering the mother of all superspreader events that played a major role in making the virus endemic in the U.S., killing more than 3,000 Americans a day,” he said. “Top Biogen execs accidentally triggered a massive health care train wreck, and watched it play out from the sidelines.”
Michael Wines reported from Washington, and Amy Harmon from New York. Kim Barker contributed reporting from New York.
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Parker DUDLEY
1792 - Oct 1853
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RESIDENCE: Fayette Co. KY and Palmyra, MO
BIRTH: 1792, Fayette Co. KY
DEATH: Oct 1853
RESOURCES: See: [S594] [S662] [S763]
Father: Ambrose DUDLEY
Mother: Anne PARKER
Family 1 : Ann Hubbard TAYLOR
+F. H. DUDLEY
Parker Dudley was born in Fayette Co. KY and engaged in agricultural pursuits, and for eighteen years prior to his death was receiver of public moneys at Palmyra, MO.
The couple had eight children. [S594]
_William DUDLEY _____+
_Robert DUDLEY Sr.___|
| |_Judith JOHNSON _____
| (1700 - ....) m 1721
_Ambrose DUDLEY _____|
| | _Mathew GAYLE _______
| |_Joyce GAYLE ________|
| |_Judith EDWARDS _____
| (1700 - ....)
|--Parker DUDLEY
|_Anne PARKER ________|
Mary A. HARRISON
____ - ____
RESIDENCE: SC
RESOURCES: See: Joshua Thigpen.FTW
Family 1 : Andrew PICKENS Gov. of South Carolina
John JETT
RESIDENCE: VA
Family 1 : Hannah CALVERT
James JETT
Issue: James, Lavina, John, [S764]
Chesley KINNEY of Walnut Grove
RESIDENCE: Albemarle and Staunton, VA
BIRTH: ABT 1768, Albemarle Co. Virginia
DEATH: 1829, Walnut Grove, near Staunton, Virginia
Father: William KINNEY Sr.
Mother: Mary Ann CHESLEY?
Family 1 : Mary EDMUNDS
MARRIAGE: 17 Sep 1791
+Nicholas Cabell KINNEY
+William KINNEY
III. Chesley Kinney((2)), b. Albemarle Co. about 1768; d. Walnut Grove, near Staunton, in 1829. Married (Sept. 17, 1791) Mary Edmunds, of Amherst Co., Va.; d. at Walnut Grove, Aug. 14, 1831. They had six children:
_William KINNEY Sr.__|
|--Chesley KINNEY of Walnut Grove
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Fluvia "Flo" MCMANUS
18 Aug 1892 - 1 Sep 1969
ID Number: I5057
RESIDENCE: E. Feliciana and Gretna and Slidell, LA
BIRTH: 18 Aug 1892, Slidell, or Wilson, East Feliciana, Louisiana
DEATH: 1 Sep 1969, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
RESOURCES: See: LDS IGI [S11] [S1720] [S1904]
Father: Charles Bradford MCMANUS
Mother: Anna Leonora "Nonie" MCCANTS
Family 1 : Frank N. CANULETTE
MARRIAGE: 18 May 1913, Gretna, LA
+Alice Grace CANULETTE
+Annie Lois CANULETTE
+Andrew Mayo CANULETTE
+Frank Keller CANULETTE
+Ernest Lee "Buddy" CANULETTE
+Eugenia CANULETTE
FLUVIA8 MCMANUS (ANNA LENORA7 MCCANTS, MARY ANNA6 COLLINGSWORTH, LEONORA5 HIGGINBOTHAM, CALEB4, FRANCIS3, BENJAMIN2, JOSEPH (?)1) was born August 18, 1892 in East Feliciana LA, and died Aft. 1961. She married FRANK N. CANULETTE May 18, 1913 in Tangipagoa Parish, LA. He was born November 02, 1888 in St. Tammany Parish, LA, and died August 23, 1953 in New Orleans, LA.
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| (1852 - 1921) m 1887 |
| | _________________________
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| |________________________________________|
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|--Fluvia "Flo" MCMANUS
| _David Scott MCCANTS ____+
| | (1781 - 1864) m 1839
| _Robert Young Livingston MCCANTS C.S.A._|
| | (1840 - 1907) m 1865 |
| | |_Maria Young LIVINGSTON _+
| | (1814 - 1877) m 1839
|_Anna Leonora "Nonie" MCCANTS _|
(1868 - 1965) m 1887 |
| _John R. COLLINSWORTH ___+
| | (1820 - 1859) m 1843
|_Mary Anna COLLINSWORTH ________________|
(1846 - 1925) m 1865 |
|_Lenora HIGGINBOTHAM ____+
(1826 - 1883) m 1843
[S11]
Roger PURL
Father: Vincel E. PURL
Mother: Bertha M. BAILEY
_Uriah Marion PURL Jr.___________+
| (1859 - ....) m 1882
_Herman Oliver PURL _|
| |_Margaret Alice (Maggie ) HENRY _
| (1862 - 1897) m 1882
_Vincel E. PURL _____|
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| |_Isabell MCKINLEY ___|
| |_________________________________
|--Roger PURL
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|_Bertha M. BAILEY ___|
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Milo SMITH
RESIDENCE: Chattanooga, TN
DEATH: 1869, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Family 1 : Caroline LIPSCOMB
Richard C. TERRELL
ABT 1750 - ABT 1797
RESIDENCE: Halifax Co. VA
BIRTH: ABT 1750, VA
DEATH: ABT 1797, Halifax Co. VA
Father: William TERRELL
Mother: Martha COX
Family 1 : Elizabeth
+Anthony M. TERRELL
_William A. TERRELL Sr.________+
_James TERRELL ______|
| |_Susanna WATERS _______________+
_William TERRELL ____|
| | _Thomas WATKINS of Swift Creek_+
| | | (1678 - 1760) m 1705
| |_Margaret WATKINS ___|
| (1710 - 1772) |
| |_Elizabeth PRIDE? _____________
| (1678 - ....) m 1705
|--Richard C. TERRELL
| _(RESEARCH QUERY) COX of VA____
| _William COX ________|
| | (1700 - ....) |
|_Martha COX _________|
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2016 Already on our minds
John McClatchy
We just got through a grueling election season, but already some are thinking ahead to the elections in 2016, which will name the successor to President Obama.
Even though talks of 2016 are picking up steam now, it has even been talked about before the 2014 midterms, as political analysts, news anchors and politicians try to predict who will not only control Congress, but the White House as well.
“America has to come to grips with what it wants to be in the world,” Chemistry teacher and military veteran Mr. Robert Boyce said. “People have to be informed now… It’s late now [to be thinking of 2016].”
When asked for the best candidate for both parties, Mr. Boyce said, “There is a populist movement for Mrs. Clinton [in the Democratic Party], because she is another ‘experiment,’ a woman president. I have seen her as First Lady and Secretary of State, but I am not impressed. I don’t really know who else [the Democrats] have.”
Boyce believes that the Republicans aren’t free of the confusion as to who will run, however. “There is a conundrum of opposing views. But if I were to choose, it would be Governor Romney,” he said.
Mr. Boyce’s Chem Lab is not the only place where politics come up in class. Aside from the expected debates in government classes, Mrs. Kenworthey’s Church History class is also a center of political thought.
“Although politics in Church History comes up usually, current events will as well… though it usually leads into a discussion on whether or not God intervenes in human events like politics,” said Kenworthey.
“There are some times when people’s opinions and knowledge can come through,” said Kenworthey. “But with the new schedule, we can’t spend as much time on it like past years.”
Just how informed about politics are students at Malvern? A recent poll conducted with over 180 responses show that most students know at least one possible presidential candidate for 2016. The most well-known possible candidates include Democrats Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden, as well as Republican Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey.
The survey showed that 61% of students state they follow politics in the news. There is a variety of ways in which students get their political news. While 25% of the respondents get their news from multiple sources, 23% get their news either from one source (FOX News, MSNBC, etc.) or shows such as the Daily Show or Colbert Report. 13% get their news solely from internet sources.
When asked if they did vote in the midterm elections, only 6% answered yes, with over 66% saying they couldn’t vote, and 28% saying they did not vote.
“Do not throw away one of the biggest and strongest rights we have as American citizens,” Mr. Boyce said, “[You] need to make sure you are influencing the future.”
Students at Malvern seem to be taking Mr. Boyce’s advice, as over 67% of students plan on following the elections, and 56% will be able to vote. Only time will tell if students will get out to vote. Especially in politics, words can only go so far.
Ambassadors for Christ aiming at helping those in need
As Christmas approaches, Malvern tries to maintain tradition in an untraditional year
Spring Play hopes to rock Duffy Theater
Malvern students connect with other Augustinian schools
Teacher of the Issue: Mr. Erik Miller
Students & Teachers Adjust to Discrepancies in New Term Structure
New and, Maybe, Improved Parent Teacher Conferences
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producers in the rocky mountains
He starred in the 1977 film Oh, God! Stream Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet FREE with Your TV Subscription! Recorded Trail Ridge Road status: (970) 586-1222. Ecology Of The Rocky Mountains - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The ecology of the Rocky Mountains is diverse due to the effects of a variety of environmental factors. Recorded Trail Ridge Road status: (970) 586-1222. NPS photo He was a collector of vintage biplanes and owned a Christen Eagle aerobatic plane, two Cessna 210 airplanes, and in 1997 an experimental, amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ.[14][55][53]. [54][55] The accident was not influenced by alcohol use, however, since an autopsy found no sign of alcohol or other drugs in Denver's body. This was produced by long-time friend Roger Nichols. Denver worked as both a performer and a skiing commentator, as skiing was another of his enthusiasms. At low elevation dry sites, forests of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir are common. Plants need a specific mixture of soil quality, nutrients, moisture, sun-exposure and temperature. He turned down an offer to refuel, saying that he would be flying for about an hour.[54][55]. Aspen then start to grow in these open, sunny areas and lodgepole pine trees populate open, burned areas. He adopted the surname "Denver" after the capital of his favorite state, Colorado. Foremost among these was his inadequate transition training on this type of aircraft and the builder's decision to locate the fuel selector handle in a difficult-to-reach location. These pristine natural resources are images of the west known around the world. Asked by Wiki User. Some examples of producers in the Rocky Mountains are Rocky Mountain Juniper, Rocky Mountain Maple, Quaking Aspen, Dotted Blazing Star, Red Osier Dog Wood, Goldan Currant, Heart Leaf Arnica, Nothern Mules Ear, Colorado Blue Combine, Scarlet Gilia and even more. Following the success of "Rocky Mountain High," inspired by a camping trip with Annie and some friends, Denver purchased a residence in Aspen, Colorado. They are the terrestrial or aquatic (algae, phytoplankton) vegetation. Denver recorded two more albums in 1970, Take Me to Tomorrow and Whose Garden Was This, including a mix of songs he had written and cover versions of other artists' compositions. We can help with cedar, redwood, fencing, siding and decking across Denver, Arvada, Colorado Springs, and more. 1 songs ("Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "I'm Sorry") and three No. Rocky Mountain Produce Group Wednesday, November 11, 2020 9:47 PM "Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise; risking more than others think is safe; dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible." Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. [54][55] An NTSB interview with the aircraft mechanic servicing Denver's plane revealed that he and Denver had discussed the inaccessibility of the cockpit fuel selector valve handle and its resistance to being turned. [20][48] They lived in Edina, Minnesota, from 1968 to 1971. [8] He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his disdain for city life, his enthusiasm for music, and his relationship trials. [65], On March 12, 2007, the Colorado Senate passed a resolution to make Denver's trademark 1972 hit "Rocky Mountain High" one of the state's two official state songs, sharing duties with its predecessor, "Where the Columbines Grow". These are complemented by a solo acoustic performance from Japan in 1984 and performances at Farm Aid from 1985, 1987, and 1990. [35] His father taught him to fly in the mid-1970s, which led to a reconciliation between father and son. Each of these three depend on energy exchanges, the cycling of elements, and the abundance and occurrence of nutrient rich soil, water, and other [18] He learned to play well enough to perform at local clubs by the time he was in college. [49] The Denvers adopted a boy, Zachary John, and a girl, Anna Kate, whom Denver said were "meant to be" theirs. Natural, health boosting and energy enhancing foods, soaps, propolis, and pollen products. $30.00. The Wyoming Basin and several smaller areas contain significant reserves of coal, natural gas, oil shale, and petroleum. And of course, every time you bend your principles – whether because you don't want to worry about it, or because you're afraid to stand up for fear of what you might lose – you sell your soul to the devil". Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born on New Year's Eve 1943, in Roswell, New Mexico, to Captain (later Lt Col) Henry John "Dutch" Deutschendorf Sr. (April 15, 1920 – March 15, 1982),[9] a United States Army Air Forces pilot stationed at Roswell AAF and his wife, Erma Louise (née Swope) (August 7, 1922 – January 17, 2010). Royalties from the concert performances were donated to UNICEF. He made public expression of his acquaintances and friendships with ecological design researchers such as Richard Buckminster Fuller (about whom he wrote and composed "What One Man Can Do") and Amory Lovins, from whom he said he learned much. Denver was a supporter of the Democratic Party and of a number of charitable causes for the environmental movement, the homeless, the poor, the hungry, and the African AIDS crisis. The Rocky Mountain Mammoth Mine is significant for its association with the mining industry in the mountains of Boulder County. In October 1992, Denver undertook a multiple-city tour of the People's Republic of China. Follow her summons when she calls again. He had written and composed "The Gold and Beyond", and he sang it for the Olympic Games athletes, as well as local venues including many schools. He had recently purchased the Long-EZ aircraft, made by someone else from a kit,[58] and had taken a half-hour checkout flight with the aircraft the day before his accident. Rocky Mountain Forest Products has been in business for over 40 years as Colorado's best wholesale lumber yard and our Denver lumber, the best in the state. [18] Denver recorded songs by Tom Paxton, Eric Andersen, John Prine, David Mallett, and many others in the folk scene. Their version of the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. For Earth Day 1990, Denver was the on-camera narrator of a well-received environmental TV program, In Partnership With Earth, with then–EPA Administrator William K. Reilly. [29], His live concert special, An Evening with John Denver, won the 1974–1975 Emmy for Outstanding Special, Comedy-Variety or Music. The animals situated just above the producers are the first level consumers: the herbivores. (970) 586-1206 Mountain living is ideal for people who appreciate peace, quiet, and the chance to inhabit their own little slice of mostly untouched nature. Add to Wish List. [41] He returned two years later to perform at a benefit concert for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster. In 1976, he campaigned for Jimmy Carter, who became a close friend and ally. Two years prior, Denver had made a self-produced demo recording of some of the songs he played at his concerts. Rocky mountain honey and bee products from Marion, Montana. His next album, Poems, Prayers & Promises (released in 1971), was a breakthrough for him in the U.S., thanks in part to the single "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which went to No. He expressed his ecologic interests in the epic 1975 song "Calypso," which is an ode to the eponymous exploration ship which was used by environmental activist Jacques Cousteau. In 1983 and 1984, Denver hosted the annual Grammy Awards. After several months of this constant low-key touring schedule, however, he had sold enough albums to persuade RCA to take a chance on extending his recording contract. Watch Full Episodes, Get Behind the Scenes, Meet the Cast, and much more. While the producers are usually easy to conceptualize, the consumers occupy a diversity of roles or niches . In a 1983 interview shown in the documentary John Denver: Country Boy (2013), Denver said that career demands drove them apart; Annie said that they were too young and immature to deal with John's sudden success. Top Answer. Three Decomposers that live in the Uinta Mountains are the Porcini, the Slippery Jack, and the Phallacae/Stinkhorn Mushrooms. Our work and group effort is beneficial to the entire industry, but we are specially focused on the Rocky Mountain region. Citation established a presence in the Rocky Mountains in the late 1980’s with its acquisition of properties from Tenneco and Mobil located in Utah, Wyoming and the four corners area of New Mexico. Its success was due in part to the efforts of his new manager, future Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, who signed Denver in 1970. Denver was a pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience. Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Lakes, Great Plains, and St.Lawrence Seaway. The NTSB interviewed 20 witnesses about Denver's last flight. In places of bare vegetation, smaller plants like mosses, grasses and flowering plants begin this process. Mountain lands provide a scattered but diverse array of habitats in which a large range of plants and animals can be found. Denver was also appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve on the President's Commission on World Hunger, writing the song "I Want to Live" as its theme song. [54][55], Before the flight, Denver and the mechanic had attempted to extend the reach of the handle using a pair of Vise-Grip pliers. This two-CD set, John Denver – Live in the USSR, was produced by Denver's friend Roger Nichols and released by AAO Music. ", In 1977, Denver co-founded The Hunger Project with Werner Erhard and Robert W. Fuller. In 1998, Denver was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously by the World Folk Music Association, which also established a new award in his honor. [53] In 1974, he bought a Learjet to fly himself to concerts. The collection was released November 6, 2007.[41]. Because Denver's father was in the military and his family moved often, it was difficult for him to make friends and fit in with other children of his own age. A benefit concert was held at Broomfield's 1stBank Center and hosted by Olivia Newton-John. Add to Cart. Okun brought the unreleased "Jet Plane" song to Peter, Paul and Mary. [14] It won the Osborn Award from the Aviation/Space Writers' Association, and was honored by the Houston Film Festival. Buckman, Adam. [61] In 1996, nearly a year before the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration learned that Denver had failed to maintain sobriety by not refraining entirely from alcohol, so they revoked his medical certification. Included in this set is a previously unpublished rendition of "Annie's Song" in Russian. The fuel gauge was also placed behind the pilot's seat and was not visible to the person at the controls. [56][57] The official cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma resulting from the crash. Witnesses estimated the plane's altitude at between 350 and 500 feet (110 and 150 m) when heading toward the shoreline. [16] The family later moved to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas, where Denver graduated from Arlington Heights High School. It also emphasized the importance of mandatory ease of access to all controls, including fuel selectors and fuel gauges, in all aircraft. In 1969, Denver abandoned the band life to pursue a solo career and released his first album for RCA Records, Rhymes & Reasons. At the ceremony, the outgoing Entertainer of the Year, Charlie Rich, presented the award to his successor after he set fire to the envelope containing the official notification of the award. [20][21][22] He was also a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Molybdenum is used in heat-resistant steel in such things as cars and planes… 2 spot in February 1970, having also made No. However, his father flew to California in a friend's jet to retrieve him, and Denver reluctantly returned to complete his schooling. Without decomposers, dead animals and Rocky Mountain Soda Assorted 12 Pack . The builder instead put it behind the pilot's left shoulder. Eventually, these trees create too much shade for their seedlings to survive and are succeeded by ponderosa pine, Engelmann Spruce, Douglas Fir or Subalpine fir at varying elevations. I had to get him to the people". [54][55] The board issued recommendations on the requirement and enforcement of mandatory training standards for pilots operating experimental aircraft. [20] Of his second marriage, Denver later recalled that "before our short-lived marriage ended in divorce, she managed to make a fool of me from one end of the valley to the other". The Canadian Rocky Mountains ecoregion supports Rocky Mountain plants at the edge of their range in Washington. In order to survive, plants and animals must find a way to exploit some environmental niche in a unique way. [20] Denver's criticism of the conservative politics of the 1980s was expressed in his autobiographical folk-rock ballad "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)". Producers. She also covered his "Take Me Home, Country Roads", and had a hit in the United Kingdom (#15 in 1973) and Japan (#6 in a belated 1976 release) with it. The Colorado Livestock Association, CLA, has been at the forefront of the nitrogen deposition issue for the last 15 years. Denver dropped out of the Texas Tech School of Engineering in 1963[18] and moved to Los Angeles, where he sang in folk clubs. Collaboration is the foundation of our organization. Six of them had seen the plane crash into the bay near Point Pinos. [20] Denver was also on the Board of Governors of the National Space Society for many years. Although RCA did not actively promote Rhymes & Reasons with a tour, Denver himself embarked on an impromptu supporting tour throughout the Midwest, stopping at towns and cities as the fashion took him, offering to play free concerts at local venues. He visited Africa during the 1980s to witness first-hand the suffering caused by starvation and to work with African leaders toward solutions. [14], In the mid 1970s, Denver became outspoken in politics. Constantly being the new kid was troubling for the introverted Denver, and he grew up always feeling as though he should be somewhere else, but never knowing where that "right" place was. The band's albums were released on Denver's Windsong Records (later known as Windstar Records) label. [citation needed]. Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Official Site. All three of the decomposers are in the Kingdom Fungi. Through winter, the Information Office is open 8:00 am–4:30 pm Mon–Fri. Initially, the Pacific Grove Council denied permission for the memorial, fearing the place would attract ghoulish curiosity from extreme fans. ... United States and Canada are leading food producers because of the large areas where food can be grown, large factories, and leading innovation on food storage and shelf life. The New York Post observed, "An overachiever like John Denver couldn't have been this boring".[63]. Denver appeared in several films and television specials during the 1970s and 1980s. He told Denver that there was "less than half in the right tank and less than a quarter in the left tank". As a telluride gold ore producing mine, the Rocky Mountain Mammoth contributed to a major mining revival experienced in the Magnolia Mining district and elsewhere in Boulder County in the late 1890s and early 1900s. For instance, Denver described how he himself was censored for his song, "Rocky Mountain High," which was misconstrued as a drug song.[40]. "I didn't agree" with this assessment, Kragen said, but he reluctantly turned Denver down anyway.[37]. The mirror was later recovered in the wreckage. Thank bryophytes for lime green cushioning on top of Rocky ground. This album won a posthumous Best Musical Album For Children Grammy for Denver, which was his only Grammy. [39] Contrary to his innocuous public image as a musician, Denver openly stood with more controversial witnesses like Frank Zappa and Dee Snider of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister in opposing the PMRC's objectives. In 1995, Citation became a significant operator in the Rockies with the purchase of Apache Corporation’s Rocky Mountain assets. Denver was happy living in Tucson, but his father was then transferred to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama, where Denver disliked the racism of his segregated school. 1 on the U.S. Cash Box chart in December 1969. When I die, Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to be remembered by. For example, the Climax mine, located near Leadville, Colorado, was the largest producer of molybdenum in the world. His record company, Windstar, is still an active record label today. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning 12 gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders". In addition to Denver's failing to refuel and his subsequent loss of control while attempting to switch fuel tanks, the NTSB determined there were other key factors that led to the accident. They also have assailed the network and the show’s producers for failing to respond to their complaints, which they first made known in a Nov. 17 letter. An avid pilot, Denver died at the age of 53 in a single-fatality crash while piloting his recently purchased light plane. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by RIAA certification[7] with estimated sales of more than 33 million units. NTSB officials' post-accident investigation showed that because of the positioning of the fuel selector valves, switching fuel tanks required the pilot to turn his body 90 degrees to reach the valve. Rocky Mountain National Park - Ecosystems of Rocky Teacher Guide There are three categories to organize the biotic members of each ecosystem: producers (plants), consumers (animals) and decomposers. [67], On September 24, 2007, the California Friends of John Denver and The Windstar Foundation unveiled a bronze plaque near the spot where his plane went down near Pacific Grove. [5] By 1974, he was one of America's best-selling performers, and AllMusic has described Denver as "among the most beloved entertainers of his era".[6]. Settling at Denver's home in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. And if you’re looking to be as remote as possible, there are plenty of opportunities to live in the mountains without any neighbors in eyesight. [36] During the Aspen Valley Hospital's $1.7 million capital campaign in 1979, Denver was the largest single donor.[36]. The final disc has two-hour-long documentaries made by Denver. This process is called plant succession or more broadly, ecological succession, because as the plants change so do the microorganisms and animals. 1 albums (John Denver's Greatest Hits, Back Home Again, and Windsong).[27]. Also, in 1985, Denver passed NASA's rigorous physical exam and was in line for a space flight, a finalist for the first citizen's trip on the Space Shuttle in 1986. [59][60], Denver was not legally permitted to fly at the time of the crash. [18] The group Denver, Boise, and Johnson, which had evolved from the Mitchell Trio, released a single before he moved on to a solo career.[19]. [20] In 1980, Denver and his father, by then a lieutenant colonel, co-hosted an award-winning television special, The Higher We Fly: The History of Flight. According to Ken Kragen (who helped to produce the song), the reason Denver was turned down was that many people felt his image would hurt the credibility of the song as a pop-rock anthem.
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Type 45 progress report
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 Robin Ashby
Ship 1 - HMS Daring was declared in service with the Royal Navy in July 2010.
Ship 2 - HMS Dauntless was Commissioned into the Royal Navy in June 2010. Sea Viper was fired from HMS Dauntless on 29th September in the first firing of the missile from a Type 45 platfrom.
Ship 3 - Diamond was accepted off contract at Portsmouth Naval Base in September 2010.
Ship 4 - Dragon will shortly commence her first set of sea trials.
Ship 5 - Defender was launched in October 2009 and is currently being fitted out in Glasgow.
Ship 6 - Duncan was launched on 9th October 2010 and was 60% complete on launch. The ship is named after Admiral Lord Viscount Adam Duncan who defeated the Dutch in the Battle of Camperdown on 11th October 1797.
F-35: October 2010 update
Thursday, 04 November 2010 Robin Ashby
Articles taken from Flight International magazine.
1st October: F-35 grounded to fix new software problem
Lockheed Martin has grounded the F-35 to fix a newly-discovered software problem that can cause a fuel boost pump to shut down in flight.
The manufacturer announced the grounding order only a few hours after releasing a statement saying the F-35 was restricted from operating above 10,000ft (3,050m) because of the same problem.
7th October: F-35s resume flight operations, but problems persist
A software glitch grounded the Lockheed Martin F-35 test fleet for at least four days and the short take-off and vertical landing mode remains barred due to an unresolved mechanical problem.
Lockheed lifted a grounding order on 5 October after installing a software fix that prevents a BAE Systems-supplied fuel boost pump system from potentially failing in flight. The grounding order was announced on 1 October, but F-35s had not flown since 28 September.
The F-35B STOVL fleet has been cleared to resume conventional flights, and Lockheed officials expect the type to resume tests shortly.
7th October: New Dutch government to retain JSF commitment
The Netherlands' new coalition government is expected to maintain the nation's commitment to the test phase of Lockheed Martin's F-35 programme, although a decision on whether the type will replace its Lockheed F-16s will not be made for several more years.
8th October: Israel signs $2.75bn agreement for 20 F-35s
The letter of offer and acceptance for the supply of 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters to the Israeli air force was signed in New York on 7 October.
8th October: Lockheed gets funds for UK F-35 landing modification
Lockheed Martin has received a $13 million contract to incorporate a shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) capability with the short take-off and vertical landing F-35B, with the work to be performed on behalf of the UK.
14th October: Israel's F-35 engine selection in dispute between rival manufacturers
An announced engine selection for Israel's first batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters has sparked a new dispute between both rival manufacturers.
Pratt & Whitney says the company has received a verbal commitment by Israel to buy the F135 engine to power the first batch of 20 F-35s ordered under a $2.75 billion agreement signed last week.
The General Electric/Rolls-Royce team developing the F136 alternate engine claims the selection process remains ongoing. "We fully anticipate we will have an opportunity to compete with the F136" in Israel, GE says.
19th October: P&W details success with F135 engine STOVL tests
Pratt & Whitney has completed a key test in the process to clear the initial service release for the short take-off and vertical landing version of the F135 engine powering the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
F-35: September 2010 update
Tuesday, 05 October 2010 Robin Ashby
Articles taken from Flight International magazine:
1st September: IAI to build wings for Lockheed's F-35
Israel Aerospace Industries will receive a multi-year contract from Lockheed Martin to manufacture up to 900 wing pairs for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter under a new industrial co-operation agreement.
The expected pact will follow the signature of a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) by Israel to purchase 20 F-35s for its air force.
1st September: F-35B delays lead to rephased flight-test schedule
The F-35 programme is likely to have a reshuffled flight-test schedule again as Lockheed Martin continues to struggle with the reliability of the short take-off and vertical landing variant.
It is not immediately clear if the possible "rephasing" of the flight-test schedule would result in a new overall delay for any of the three F-35 variants.
2nd September: L-3 division pushes for more F-35 work in Canada
L-3 MAS is lobbying the Canadian government to negotiate a greater role on the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme.
Concerned about the level of industrial participation on the Joint Strike Fighter, company president Sylvain B�dard pressed the case during a visit on 1 September by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to L-3's factory in Mirabel, Quebec.
8th September: DoD official shows fresh optimism on F-35 cost
A senior Department of Defense official says Lockheed Martin is now on track to reduce the cost of each F-35 by as much as 6.25%, only four months after the programme confirmed a major cost breach.
The remarks by Frank Kendall, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, represent a massive turnaround by the DoD's leadership since reporting a Nunn-McCurdy cost overrun in June and restructuring the programme last February.
Instead, Kendall, addressing the Common Defense (ComDef) 2010 conference on 8 September, cited the F-35 as a key example of what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates means about making the defence industry produce more with less.
17th September: MBDA reveals clipped-fin Meteor for F-35
MBDA has revealed a slightly modified Meteor that would allow four of the beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles to be stored inside the Lockheed Martin F-35.
A miniature Meteor mock-up featuring four clipped fins appeared for the first time in the company's display at the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington DC.
The missile's total fin area is reduced by roughly 20% compared with the original design, says Rob Thornley, MBDA sales and business development executive. The new shape allows the Meteors to squeeze into the space designed to house four Raytheon AIM-120C7 AMRAAMs.
17th September: Israeli cabinet approves $2.75b JSF deal
The Israeli cabinet has formally approved the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the nation's air force. The value of the deal will be around $2.75 billion.
The decision was made after a series of talks between US and Israeli officials. These focused on issues including the extent to which Israel will be allowed to instal its own electronic warfare equipment, and the level of industrial involvement that its defence industry will be granted in return for the order.
Sources suggest that the value of immediate offsets linked to the buy will total over $2 billion.
23rd September: Lockheed, US government strike deal on next F-35 order
The US government has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin on the structure of a fixed-price contract worth more than $5 billion for up to 32 more F-35s.
The agreement is necessary before the Department of Defense signs a contract for the fourth lot of low-rate initial production, which orders F-35s projected for delivery after 2012.
The agreement ends a negotiating process that was extended by about four months to satisfy demands by the DoD for a fixed-price contract.
Lockheed previously delivered the Joint Strike Fighter under a "cost-plus" structure, allowing the contractor to be reimbursed for cost overruns.
28th September: F-35 alternate engine damaged after high-speed anomaly
General Electric/Rolls-Royce is investigating manufacturing and assembly data on a single F136 engine after it was damaged during a checkout test on 23 September.
The alternate engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 was shut down "in a controlled manner" after an unknown anomaly at near maximum fan speed on the test stand damaged the front fan and compressor area, the company says.
29th September: Norway defers some F-35 orders by two years
Norway has pushed back orders for 16 of 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters by two years to 2018, but reaffirmed its commitment as a "serious and credible partner" in the programme.
The Norwegian defence ministry announced on 25 September that it will buy four F-35s in 2016 to serve as trainers, but that the remaining aircraft planned for purchase in 2016 and 2017 will be postponed until 2018.
Oslo originally planned to order as many as 48 F-35s over the five-year period from 2016 to 2020.
UK aircraft carrier news: September 2010 update
Friday, 24 September 2010 Robin Ashby
Diesel generators have now been installed on the first of the new aircraft carriers. Both ships will have two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines and four diesel generator sets. The generators � provided by Converteam � provide a total power of 109 megawatts. The latest edition of Desider indicates that power will be generated to distribute electricity throughout the vessel powering anything from the propulsion system to crew members' laptops.
Another �33 million worth of contracts have also been recently awarded. These include:
- An �18 million contract for storage facilities to Wincanton.
- A �15 million contract for Balfour Beatty Engineering Services for the installation of cables on modules being constructed at Govan before final integration at Rosyth.
- A �44,000 contract for Edmundson Electrical to provide component parts used to pack and make airtight cables running throughout the vessels
- A �137,000 contract to Jetway Associates to supply hose baskets, which form part of the ships' fire fighting equipment.
According the Aircraft Carrier Alliance around �1.25 billion worth of contracts have been placed throughout the UK, which in turn are supporting thousands of jobs in almost every region.
Regional involvement in the development of the carriers was further enhanced as the final shipyard in the programme started its part of the construction work. Birkenhead-based Cammell Laird will build tow sections of the ships' flight deck. The work is worth over �44 million pounds and will keep a workforce of 1,200 busy until 2012. Upon completion the flight decks will be the size of three football pitches.
Commencing construction was especially significant for Cammell Laird as it marked the return of shipbuilding to the yard after a 17 year hiatus. Yet the company is by no means a stranger to carrier construction, having provided three throughout its illustrious 182 year history.
The Birkenhead shipyard joins five others � Govan and Rosyth in Scotland, Portsmouth, Devon and Newcastle in England � in the massive construction project. Work currently supports around 10,000 jobs at the shipyards and throughout the supply chain.
Despite the increase in debate over the cost of the aircraft carriers in the run-up to the publishing of the Strategic Defence and Security Review work continues unabated.
Gaza and UK defence exports
Sunday, 01 February 2009 Adam
By Nigel Green
The controversial issue of British companies supplying the Israeli armed forces during the Gaza conflict has been raised in Parliament.
More than 1,000 people have now been killed since the Israelis invaded the Palestinian enclave in December.
The possible use of British technology in the conflict has been discussed at a meeting of the Committee on Arms Export Controls.
Accountability in complex UK defence contracting
Friday, 13 February 2009 Adam
By Christopher Bean, Research Associate, U K Defence Forum
Previous attempts to mitigate financial risk
Defence PFI/PPP and prime contractorships were introduced into the UK almost concurrently between 1990 and 1992 respectively. Why were they being introduced? The answer is not as simple as just finance and the ability to provide long term structures (which incidentally introduced new risks), but primarily to try and remove the risk that had been borne by government and its departments of state which had proved themselves inadequate to the task of procuring complex technical
UK to buy its first JSFs
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 Adam
The Secretary of State for Defence (Rt Hon John Hutton) said today: We have decided to procure three instrumented test aircraft and associated support equipment to enable UK participation in the joint Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Air System alongside the US Services, and to continue our contributions to the
Production Sustainment and Follow-on Development (PSFD) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Hundreds of defence jobs being held up by MoD's time-wasting
Tuesday, 31 March 2009 Adam
By Nigel Green, Reasearch Associate, UK Defence Forum
Hundreds of jobs could be created on Tyneside if the Government stopped wasting time over a multi-billion pound defence contract, say campaigners. The claim has been made by industry experts connected to a massive programme to provide armoured vehicles for soldiers in Afghanistan.
The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) was recently described as "an incredible farce" by one North East business leader. But now a consultant connected to a French company has told how Tyneside could be a key production base if they won the order for 3,000 vehicles. Although he declined to specify the site, it is understood the BAe Systems factory at Scotswood, in Newcastle, could be used. The order would be a major boost to the region's economy but FRES has been hit by a series of delays.
MoD Major Projects Report 2008 - A rose is a rose is a rose!
Friday, 15 May 2009 Adam
The first thing to seek out when reviewing the performance of any government department is to explore how it has sought out the nature of the complexity.
To mix both prose and metaphors a rose is a rose is a rose, calling it by any other name even though it might smell as sweet cannot disguise the reality that when all is said and done a thing is what it is. What matters is not what something is called but what it is. Examination of the MOD's performance in its biggest military equipment projects is the same as examining its
F-35 Lightning II January update
Friday, 22 January 2010 Rosie
Articles taken from Flight International magazine
First F-35 completes flight test program
The first F-35, known as AA-1, conducted its 91st and final flight on December 17th - three years and two days after it first took to the skies. Test pilot Jeff Knowles flew the aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, where it will undergo live-fire testing. During its flight test program, AA-1 was flown by six pilots, including US Air Force and Marine Corps pilots. The aircraft was the first F-35 to break the sound barrier, flying at Mach 1.1 with a full internal weapons load of more than 5,000 pounds.
F-35 Lightning II update - August 2009
Monday, 17 August 2009 Adam
Lockheed Martin unveils Navy's first stealth fighter
On July 28th, Lockheed Martin rolled out the first F-35C, the third and final variant of the Lightning II, designed for the U.S Navy's large-carrier fleet. Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations for the U.S Navy, expressed his enthusiasm for the F-35, saying the plane "will top anything that comes its way". the F-35C, designed to replace the F/A-18, will bring 5th generation fighter capabilities like advanced stealth to the Navy for the first time.
F-35 Lightning II February update
Monday, 08 February 2010 Rosie
F-35B in-flight STOVL operations begin
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time January 7th near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, and again on January 9th. The aircraft slowed to 150 knots, entering semi-jet borne flight with both the propulsion system and the wings providing lift. Pilot Graham Tomlinson of BAE Systems reported that the aircraft flew smoothly during STOVL-system engagement. The aircraft is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney F135 engine driving a Rolls-Royce LiftFan�.
The role of the UK defence industry
Tuesday, 13 October 2009 Adam
By Alex Dorrian, Chief Executive, Thales UK and President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies
At the September/October political party conferences the defence industry was represented at all the Defence Matters fringe meetings, on which Defence Viewpoints commented at the time. The industry "party line" was put over by a number of spokesmen, most senior of whom was Alex Dorian. This was the essence of the industry case)
Nimrod Report - Executive Summary
Friday, 30 October 2009 Adam
Below is the executive summary taken from the Haddon-Cave review into the broader issues surrounding the loss of the RAF Nimrod MR2 Aircraft XV230 in Afghanistan in 2006
A full version of the report can be found here
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 Rosie
Offset � the compulsory inward investment imposed on foreign defence suppliers by a purchasing government � is tolerated as a feature of the market rather than embraced. Tolerance of offset has become increasingly important over the last ten years. Since 1999, 22 countries have introduced formal offset legislation or policies. The scope of offset obligations is also increasing in terms of both the quota required by the buyer and the range of contractors obligated. This helps to explain why the European Commission (EC) and the US Department of Commerce (DoC) view offset as legally and commercially problematic.
F-35 : Two engines or one? The debate continues
Friday, 26 February 2010 Rosie
US House of Represntatives Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton today released the following statement on the Department of Defense's update of the Joint Strike Fighter/F-35 competitive engine cost-benefit analysis:
"Yesterday, I was finally provided with a copy of the 'business case' upon which Secretary Gates based his decision to oppose the development of the competitive engine for the F-35. While the committee is still reviewing the analysis, it appears that the Department's approach focuses on near-term costs to the exclusion of what the committee sees as the long-term benefits of this program. The costs of the second engine in the next few years must be balanced against the fact that life-cycle costs of having two engines are comparable to having only one. The Department's analysis does not consider the risk that a single engine would present not only to our fighter force, but to our national security, given that the F-35 will account for 95 percent of our nation's fighter fleet. With this program, as with all others, we cannot use near-sighted vision when long-term security is at stake. I look forward to continuing the dialogue on this program with my colleagues and the Department of Defense. But I remain unconvinced that terminating the alternate engine program makes sense."
Big push on defence projects before UK General Election
Thursday, 01 April 2010 Rosie
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has recently announced the next steps on a number of projects. These announcements build on the package of adjustments to the Defence Programme announced to the House on 15th December 2009. The projects include:
An interim Partnering Agreement with MBDA (UK) Ltd to take forward the Government's strategy for the UK's Complex Weapons sector as originally set out in the Defence Industrial Strategy. The Agreement builds on the successful Team Complex Weapons Assessment Phase that commenced in July 2008. The MoD has placed a contract valued at �330 million to demonstrate and manufacture both the Fire Shadow Loitering Munition which will be able to be used in operations by the British Army in Afghanistan and, using a development of the current Brimstone anti-armour weapon, the second element of the Selective Precision Effects at Range (SPEAR) programme for use by the RAF on Harrier GR7 and Tornado GR4 including on current operations. The contract also includes further work on the Future Local Area Air Defence System and on future components of the SPEAR programme.
JSF: waiting for Godot
Tuesday, 13 April 2010 Rosie
By Andrew Mok
The latest round of cost increases and delays for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme brings further ill tidings for the UK's replacement for the carrier-based Harrier: the F-35B. Last week, a report from the Pentagon to the Congress officially declared a critical "Nunn-McCurdy breach," which means that the average unit costs have grown more than 50% since 2002. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates told the Congress on March 30 that despite previous "overly rosy" cost estimates, he was confident the latest set of cost increases will also be the final ones. In the UK, the Chief of Defence Materiel, General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue, told the Commons Defence Committee that after 2015, F-35 deliveries "will come off quickly" in line with the completion of the new Queen Elizabeth class carriers. These assurances, however, seem very optimistic as well because of a high risk of further delays and cost overruns. Along with uncertainty about when the fighter will actually become operational, the rising costs mean the UK's MoD may wind up with less carrier-based fighters than originally planned. Or perhaps it may wind up with a different plane than the F-35B. And that could be quite a wise decision.
MoD still in business
Despite the UK Civil Service being "in purdah" for the period of the General Election, the MoD is still awarding contracts. Their nature and processes also cast a light on defence procurement, which is usually characterised as huge contracts, cut throat competition and advanced technology which may or may not come through as advertised.
F-35 Lightning II update - December 2009
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 Adam
Northrop Grumman begins centre fuselage for first international F-35
Northrop Grumman Corporation has started the centre fuselage for the first international F-35 Lightning II, and F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant for the United Kingdom. The centre fuselage is one of the core structures around which the F-35 aircraft is built. The assembly process began at the company's Palmdale, California, manufacturing centre with the loading of an all-composite air inlet duct into special tooling structure.
Lockheed Martin flies optimised conventional F-35
On Nov. 14th, the first optimised conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 made its inaugural flight, the fourth F-35 to begin flight operations. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot David "Doc" Nelson, the Lockheed Martin F-35A, called AF-1, climbed to 20,000 feet, performed 360-degree rolls and flew at angles of attack up to 20 degrees during the 89-minute flight. AF-1 features a production-representative structure and was built on the same assembly line as the 31 Low-Rate Initial Production aircraft now in assembly.
F-35B flies to Maryland test site, supported by Automated Sustainment System
The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter, BF-1, arrived November 15th at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, where its first hovers and vertical landings will be conducted. The F-35 Autonomics Logistics Information System (ALIS), the aircraft's computerised maintenance management system is currently monitoring BF-1 from its sustainment operations centre in Fort Worth, Texas. BF-1 is the first test aircraft to be supported solely by the fleet's Autonomic Logistics Global Sustainment (ALGS) System. ALGS was developed in parallel with the F-35 and is a key driver of the financial affordability equation of the F-35 compared to the legacy aircraft it is replacing.
Based on paid-for updates in Flight International magazine.
Latest from the Ministry of Defence
News story: New autonomous minesweepers to protect sailors at sea
Three world-class autonomous minesweeping systems will detect and destroy sea mines on dangerous naval operations for the Royal Navy, thanks to a £25m contract announced today.
Press release: Joint Statement on Carrier Strike Group 2021 Joint Declaration Signing
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and US Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller have co-signed the UK-US Joint Declaration for the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment.
Detailed guide: BFPO services guide
How to use the British Forces Post Office, claim compensation and use the Enduring families free mail service (EFFMS).
Guidance: Lulworth firing times
Lulworth ranges firing programme is presented in HTML format so that the information is accessible to everyone.
Guidance: Manorbier range firing/flying notice
Dates and times of planned live firing for Manorbier firing range.
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STATEN ISLAND, NY — Anthony Messado is tired of walking around Park Hill, even if it made him who he is.
“My legs hurt!,” he yells after manager Kenny Williams, who’s moving down Targee Street ahead of the small entourage of North Shore rappers walking the block and making stops at the hat store and the barber shop. “Come on, man. I can’t be running after you like this.”
Messado, a bulky MC called Hanz On, is probably most famous for punching rapper Joe Buddens in the face in a convoluted dispute over lack of respect shown for Raekwon and Method Man that went viral online last summer. It may always be his calling card; after all, lesser-known Wu-Tang-affiliated rappers like Hanz seem unlikely to re-scale the heights of Wu’s rise from the street to the hip-hop Pantheon in the 1990s.
But that isn’t stopping Hanz On from trying. He’s been moving around his old Clifton neighborhood all day, filming a video for his new song, “Can’t Change.’ A painful and anthemic recount of his life thus far, a third of which has been spent behind bars, the song lists the things he cannot change, and reflects what Messado says is a new outlook on life.
“I’ve never been a good criminal — that’s what my aunt always used to say,” Messado says. “Right now I’m trying to gain stability for me and my family. I put a lot into this album, so I’m going to work it hard. I ain’t looking to get rich. I’m not looking for big mansions, big cars. I just need stability.”
Right now that stability is coming $5 at a time, as he goes to the same neighborhoods where he used to hawk drugs, and instead tries to sell copies of his new CD, “Out of Chef’s Kitchen.” Featuring a familiar group of appearances from Raekwon and his Icewater crew — of which Hanz On is a member — it’s the type of gritty stuff you might imagine: Vivid pictures of the street, from those who have seen it. Messado says the songs hold his own experience, and his message.
“I’m not making my music from a standpoint of somebody out here selling drugs and driving big cars in expensive clothes,” he says. “There’s still a lot more people out here selling drugs just to get by. But it’s just to late to get that dream people see on TV, where you’re going to get rich off of doing something illegal. They’re a hundred steps ahead of you.”
WU-TANG PLAN
That kind of knowledge is what convinced Messado to try and saddle up with members of Wu-Tang and get out of Park Hill when he came back from jail four years ago. It’s a painful relationship — on the one hand, his old neighborhood offers the real story of his life. On the other, it offers the temptation to fall into the same old trouble, the same old habits.
Hanz says that Method Man helped him get a relaxation of his parole when he first got out of prison four years ago, so he could go on tour with Wu-Tang Clan and help sell merchandise, load equipment, and do all manner of tour-related grunt work. It was that brand of kindness that made tensions flare when rapper Joe Budden declared he would beat Method in a battle of MC skills, and resulted in Hanz punching Budden in the face.
Off that tour and home now, the rapper is stepping out on his own, away from Icewater and Wu-Tang to try and prove himself as a solo talent. Raekwon makes an appearance on his album, and Icewater members are present at the video shoot, but this is Hanz’s time to make his bid in a tough market. He says he appreciates all the support from his friends, but at some point a man has to make his own fortune happen.
“He has something going for him already — he punched out one of the most popular rappers on the Internet,” says Emilio Medugno, the WSIA DJ and self-described ‘Charlie Rose of Hip-Hop,’ who has interviewed Buddens about the incident. “From what I see, dudes who really put the grind in and really work to get their material out there, they have the best chance. I’m a fan of music and lyrics that reflect the person’s mood and life experience, not what the current trend is. The hook (of “Can’t Change”) is catchy, and the beat is solid.”
BACK ON THE SET
Out behind one of the Park Hill buildings, stress levels rise as the light fades. Cameras roll and speakers boom as Hanz On removes his shirt to boast a stomach puckered with bullet scars (he’s been shot 13 times by three different people). Flanking local wordsmiths like Nik Damez and Fes Taylor, hold Styrofoam cups filled with all manner of drink in the frame.
It’s a familiar sight — a local artist filming in his hood to show his cred, surrounded by peers. A familiar story too; Messado’s single mother was addicted to drugs by the time he was 8 years old. He went to live with his grandmother a few buildings down, but he says he was raised by his surroundings.
“I ain’t gonna say that it didn’t hurt me that my moms was on drugs and stuff like that,” he says, “But it just made it seem like it was OK to do. (Expletive) it, my moms is doing it, why not?”
As the sun sets, Hanz On moves down the street, through the smoke of backyard barbecues and the smell of street-side tables where women in dashikis sell charred barracuda fish wrapped in circles, tails in mouths, like small sleeping dragons. His impatience is palpable, and even though he politely greets people who know him every 50 feet, he seems on edge. This place knows his failures as well as it knows his fight for a future.
“I know I have a good album. I think I’m gonna be able to catch more people,” he says. “Things are still hard for me, you know? That’s who I’m trying to be the voice for. My family lost a lot of respect for me when I’ve been on the street, and doing crimes. This is something positive. I want to let them know that’s one of the reasons I’ve been pushing. To get my family’s respect back.”
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The Hardwick Historical Society (HHS) is a small collecting repository and museum dedicated to preserving the history of the the Town of Hardwick (1781 – ) and the Village of Hardwick (1891-1989) in northeastern Vermont. The HHS was founded in the mid-1970s by Margaret Spier, a retired teacher who collected photographs and unwanted papers from elderly people in the area. She then started holding monthly meetings which drew the older members of the community to come together and reminisce about the days of their youth.
In the 1990s, the HHS became an organized 501(c)(3) non-profit. It leased from the Town the local 19th century railroad depot, and, beginning in 2001 with a $175,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Transportation combined with smaller grants totaling another $30,000, renovated it. The renovation restored much of the original character of The Depot. In 2004, when the renovations ended, The HHS started to move its collections into The Depot. At the same time, the Town moved its Civil War Museum to The Depot so it could use the museum space in the Municipal Building for offices. After Margaret Spier’s death in 2006, the HHS moved her collections to The Depot.
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définition - Jim Reeves
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James Travis Reeves
Gentleman Jim
(1923-08-20)August 20, 1923
Galloway, Texas, U.S.
July 31, 1964(1964-07-31) (aged 40)
Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S.
Country, Nashville sound, Gospel
Singer-songwriter, musician
RCA Victor, Fabor, Macy, Abbott
Associated acts
Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Dottie West
James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville sound (a mixture of older country-style music with elements of popular music). Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to chart for years after his death. Reeves died at age 40 in the crash of a private airplane. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.
1.1 Early life and education
1.2 Early career
1.3 Initial success in the 1950s
1.4 Early 1960s and international fame
1.4.2 Britain and Ireland
1.5 Last recording session
1.6 Death
2.1 Posthumous releases
2.2 India and Sri Lanka
2.3 Tributes
3 Discography
Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. Winning an athletic scholarship to the University of Texas, he enrolled to study speech and drama, but quit after only six weeks to work in the shipyards in Houston. Soon he resumed baseball, playing in the semi-professional leagues before contracting with the St. Louis Cardinals "farm" team during 1944 as a right-handed pitcher. He played for the minor leagues for three years before severing his sciatic nerve while pitching, which ended his athletic career.[citation needed]
Reeves began to work as a radio announcer, and sang live between songs. During the late 1940s, he was contracted with a couple of small Texas-based recording companies, but without success. Influenced by such Western swing-music artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon Mullican, as well as popular singers Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold and Frank Sinatra, it was not long before he was a member of Moon Mullican's band, and made some early Mullican-style recordings like "Each Beat of my Heart" and "My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat" from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
He eventually obtained a job as an announcer for KWKH-AM in Shreveport, Louisiana, home of the popular radio program Louisiana Hayride. According to former Hayride master of ceremonies Frank Page, one day singer Sleepy LaBeef was late for a performance for the Hayride, and Reeves was asked to substitute. (Other accounts—-including Reeves himself, in an interview on the RCA album Yours Sincerely—-name Hank Williams as the absentee.)
Initial success in the 1950s
Reeves' first successful country music songs included "I Love You" (a duet with Ginny Wright), "Mexican Joe", "Bimbo" and other songs with both Fabor Records and Abbott Records. Abbott released his first album in November 1955, Jim Reeves Sings (Abbott 5001), which was the label's only album release. Earlier in 1955, he was signed to a 10-year recording contract with RCA Victor by Steve Sholes, who produced some of Reeves' first recordings at RCA and signed Elvis Presley for the company that same year. He also joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.[1]
For his earliest RCA recordings, Reeves was still singing with the loud style of his first recordings, considered standard for country and western performers at that time. He decreased his volume, using a lower pitch and singing with lips nearly touching the microphone, although there were protests at RCA. During 1957, with the endorsement of his producer Chet Atkins, he used this style for his version of a demonstration song of lost love intended for a female singer. "Four Walls" not only scored No. 1 on the country music charts, but scored No. 11 on the popular music charts. Reeves had helped begin a new style of country music, using violins and lusher background arrangements soon known as the Nashville sound.
Reeves became known as a crooner because of his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "Adios Amigo", "Welcome to My World", and "Am I Losing You?" demonstrated this. His Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", "Blue Christmas" and "An Old Christmas Card".
He is also responsible for popularizing many gospel songs, including "We Thank Thee", "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "Across The Bridge", "Where We'll Never Grow Old" and many others.
Early 1960s and international fame
Reeves scored his greatest success with the Joe Allison composition "He'll Have to Go", a great success on both the popular and country music charts, which earned him a platinum record. Released during late 1959, it scored number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Songs chart on February 8, 1960, which it scored for 14 weeks consecutive. Country music historian Bill Malone noted that while it was in many ways a conventional country song, its arrangement and the vocal chorus "put this recording in the country pop vein". In addition, Malone lauded Reeves' vocal styling—lowered to "its natural resonant level" to project the "caressing style that became famous"—as why "many people refer to him as the singer with the velvet touch."[2] In 1963, he released his well proclaimed "Twelve Songs of Christmas" album, which had the well known songs "C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S" and "An Old Christmas Card". During 1975, RCA producer Chet Atkins told an interviewer, "Jim wanted to be a tenor but I wanted him to be a baritone... After he changed his voice to that smooth deeper sound, he was immensely popular."[3]
Reeves' international popularity during the 1960s, however, at times surpassed his popularity in the United States, helping to give country music a worldwide market for the first time.
During the early 1960s, Reeves was more popular than Elvis Presley in South Africa and recorded several albums in the Afrikaans language. During 1963, he toured and featured in a South African film, Kimberley Jim. The film was released with a special prologue and epilogue in South African cinemas after Reeves' death, praising him as a true friend of the country. The film was produced, directed and written by Emil Nofal.[citation needed]
Reeves was one of an exclusive trio of performers to have released an album there that played at the little-used 16⅔ rpm speed. This unusual format was more suited to the spoken word and was quickly discontinued for music. The only other artists known to have released such albums in South Africa were Elvis Presley and Slim Whitman.
Reeves toured Britain and Ireland during 1963 between his tours of South Africa and Europe. Reeves and the Blue Boys were in Ireland from May 30 to June 19, 1963, with a tour of US military bases from June 10 to June 15, when they returned to Ireland. They performed in most counties in Ireland, though Reeves occasionally abbreviated performances because he was unhappy with the piano. In a June 6, 1963 interview with Spotlight magazine, Reeves expressed his concerns about the tour schedule and the condition of the pianos, but said he was pleased with the audiences.
There was a press reception for him at the Shannon Shamrock Inn organized by Tom Monaghan of Bunratty Castle. Show band singers Maisie McDaniel and Dermot O' Brien welcomed him on 29 May 1963. A photograph appeared in the Limerick Leader on 1 June 1963. Press coverage continued from May until Reeves's arrival with a photograph of the press reception in The Irish Press. Billboard magazine in the US also reported the tour before and after. The single "Welcome to My World" with the B/W side "Juanita" was released by RCA Victor during June 1963 and bought by the distributors Irish Records Factors Ltd. This scored the record number one while Reeves was there during June.
There were a number of accounts of his dances in the local newspapers and a good account was given in The Kilkenny People of his dance in the Mayfair Ballroom where 1,700 persons were present. There was a photograph in The Donegal Democrat of Reeves's singing in the Pavesi Ball Room on 7 June 1963, and an account of his non-appearance on stage in The Diamond, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo in The Western People representing how the tour went in different areas.
He planned to record an album of popular Irish songs, and had three number one songs in Ireland during 1963 and 1964: "Welcome to My World", "I Love You Because", and "I Won't Forget You". (The last two are estimated to have sold 860,000 and 750,000 respectively in Britain alone, excluding Ireland.) Reeves had 11 songs in the Irish charts from 1962 to 1967. He recorded two Irish ballads, "Danny Boy" and "Maureen". "He'll Have to Go" was his most popular song there and was at number one and on the charts for months during 1960. He was one of the most popular recording artists in Ireland, in the first ten after the Beatles, Elvis and Cliff Richard.
He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Britain. Reeves, however, performed for British radio and TV programs.
Reeves played at the sports arena Njårdhallen, Oslo on April 16, 1964 with Bobby Bare, Chet Atkins, the Blue Boys and The Anita Kerr Singers. They performed two concerts; the second was televised and recorded by the Norwegian network NRK (Norsk Rikskringkasting, the only one in Norway at the time). The complete concert, however, was not recorded, including some of Reeves' last songs. There are reports he performed "You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)" in this section. The program has been repeated on NRK several times over the years.
His first success in Norway, "He'll Have to Go", scored No. 1 in the Top Ten and scored the chart for 29 weeks. "I Love You Because" was his greatest success in Norway, scoring No. 1 during 1964 and scoring on the list for 39 weeks. His albums spent 696 weeks in the Norwegian Top 20 chart, making him one of the most popular music artists in the history of Norway.
Last recording session
Reeves' last recording session for RCA Victor had produced "Make the World Go Away", "Missing You", and "Is It Really Over?" When the session ended with some time remaining on the schedule, Reeves suggested he record one more song. He taped "I Can't Stop Loving You", in what was to be his last RCA recording. He made one later recording, however, at the little studio in his home. During July 1964 Reeves recorded "I'm a Hit Again", using just an acoustic guitar as accompaniment. That recording was never released by RCA but appeared during 2003 as part of a collection of Reeves songs, after RCA had sold its rights to Reeves' recordings.
On July 31, 1964, Reeves and his business partner and manager Dean Manuel (also the pianist of Reeves' backing group, the Blue Boys) left Batesville, Arkansas, en route to Nashville in a single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls. The two had secured a deal on some real property (Reeves had also unsuccessfully tried to buy property from the LaGrone family in Deadwood, Texas, north of his birthplace of Galloway).
While flying over Brentwood, Tennessee, they encountered a violent thunderstorm. A subsequent investigation showed that the small airplane had become caught in the storm and Reeves suffered spatial disorientation. The singer's widow, Mary Reeves ( -1999), probably unwittingly started the rumor that he was flying the airplane upside down and assumed he was increasing altitude to clear the storm. However, according to Larry Jordan, author of the 2011 biography, Jim Reeves: His Untold Story, this scenario is refuted by eyewitnesses known to crash investigators who saw the plane overhead immediately before the mishap, and confirmed that Reeves was not upside down. Jordan writes extensively about forensic evidence (including from the long-elusive tower tape and accident report), which suggests that instead of making a right turn to avoid the storm (as he had been advised by the Approach Controller to do), Reeves turned left in an attempt to follow Franklin Road to the airport. In so doing, he flew further into the rain. While preoccupied with trying to re-establish his ground references, Reeves let his airspeed get too low and stalled the aircraft. Relying on his instincts more than his training, evidence suggests he applied full power and pulled back on the yoke before leveling his wings—a fatal, but not uncommon, mistake that induced a stall/spin from which he was too low to recover. Jordan writes that according to the tower tape, Reeves ran into the heavy rain at 4:51 p.m. and crashed only a minute later, at 4:52 p.m.
When the wreckage was found some 42 hours later, it was discovered the airplane's engine and nose were buried in the ground due to the impact of the crash. The crash site was in a wooded area north-northeast of Brentwood approximately at the junction of Baxter Lane and Franklin Pike Circle, just east of Interstate 65, and southwest of Nashville International Airport where Reeves planned to land. Coincidentally, both Reeves and Randy Hughes, the pilot of Patsy Cline's ill-fated airplane, were trained by the same instructor.[citation needed]
On the morning of August 2, 1964, after an intense search by several parties (which included several personal friends of Reeves including Ernest Tubb and Marty Robbins) the bodies of the singer and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of the aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States began to announce Reeves' death formally. Thousands of people traveled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas.
Jim Reeves Drive at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas
Reeves was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame during 1967, which honored him by saying, "The velvet style of 'Gentleman Jim Reeves' was an international influence. His rich voice brought millions of new fans to country music from every corner of the world. Although the crash of his private airplane took his life, posterity will keep his name alive because they will remember him as one of country music's most important performers."
During 1998, he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas, where the Jim Reeves Memorial is located. The inscription on the memorial reads, "If I, a lowly singer, dry one tear, or soothe one humble human heart in pain, then my homely verse to God is dear, and not one stanza has been sung in vain."
Posthumous releases
Reeves' records continued to sell well, both earlier new albums, after his death. His widow, Mary, combined unreleased tracks with previous releases (placing updated instrumentals alongside Reeves' original vocals) to produce a regular series of "new" albums after her husband's death. She also operated The Jim Reeves Museum in Nashville from the mid-1970s until 1996. On the fifteenth anniversary of Jim's death Mary told a country music magazine interviewer, "Jim Reeves my husband is gone; Jim Reeves the artist lives on." [4]
During 1966, Reeves' record "Distant Drums" scored No. 1 on the British singles chart and scored there for five weeks, besting competition from The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" (a double-sided "A" release), and the Small Faces' song, "All Or Nothing". The song scored on the UK charts for 45 weeks and scored #1 on the US country music chart. Originally, "Distant Drums" had been recorded merely as a "demo" for its composer, Cindy Walker, believing it was for her personal use and had been deemed "unsuitable" for general release by Chet Atkins and RCA Victor. During 1966, however, RCA determined that there was a market for the song because of the war in Vietnam. It was named Song of the Year in the UK during 1966 and Reeves became the first American artist to receive the accolade. That same year, singer Del Reeves (no relation) recorded an album paying tribute to him.
In 1980, with the late country star Patsy Cline, Reeves had two Top Ten posthumous duet hits with Have You Ever Been Lonely? and I Fall to Pieces. Although the two had never recorded together during their tragically short lives, producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley lifted their isolated vocal performances off their original stereo tapes, resynchronized them and re-recorded new digital backing tracks for them.
Reeves' compilation albums containing well-known standards continue to sell well. The Definitive Collection scored No. 21 in the UK album charts during July 2003, and Memories are Made of This scored No. 35 during July 2004. Bear Family Records produced a 16-CD boxed set of Reeves' studio recordings and several smaller sets, mainly radio broadcasts and demos. During 2007, the label released a set entitled Nashville Stars on Tour, including audio and video material of the RCA European tour during April 1964 in which Reeves features prominently.
Since 2003, the US-based VoiceMasters has issued more than 80 previously unreleased Reeves recordings, including new songs as well as newly overdubbed material. Among them was "I'm a Hit Again", the last song he recorded in his basement studio just a few days before his death. VoiceMasters overdubbed this track in the same studio in Reeves' former home (now owned by a Nashville record producer). Reeves' fans repeatedly urged RCA or Bear Family to re-release some of the songs overdubbed during the years after his death which have never appeared on CD.
A compilation CD The Very Best of Jim Reeves scored No. 8 on initial release in the UK album chart during May 2009, to later score its maximum of No. 7 during late June, his first top 10 album in the UK since 1992.
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Reeves had many fans in both India and Sri Lanka since the 1960s, and is probably the all-time most popular English language singer in Sri Lanka. His Christmas carols are especially popular, and music stores continue to carry his CDs or audio cassettes. Two of his songs, "There's a Heartache Following Me" and "Welcome to My World," were favorites of the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, leading Baba follower Pete Townshend of The Who to record his own version of "Heartache" on his first major solo album Who Came First during 1972.
Robert Svoboda, in his trilogy on aghora and the Aghori Vimalananda, mentions that Vimalananda considered Reeves a gandharva, i.e. in Indian tradition, a heavenly musician, who had been born on Earth. He had Svoboda play Reeves' "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at his cremation.
Tributes to Reeves were composed in Britain and Ireland after his death. The song "A Tribute to Jim Reeves" was written by Eddie Masterson and recorded by Larry Cunningham and The Mighty Avons and during January 1965 it scored on the UK Charts and Top Ten in Ireland. It scored the UK Charts on the 10 December 1964 and was there for 11 weeks and sold 250,000 copies. The Dixielanders Show Band also recorded a Tribute to Jim Reeves written by Steve Lynch and recorded during September 1964 and it scored the North of Ireland Charts during September 1964. The Masterson song was translated later into Dutch and recorded.
In the UK, "We'll Remember You" was written by Geoff Goddard but not released until 2008 on the Now & Then: From Joe Meek To New Zealand double album by Houston Wells.
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra, a Canadian alternative rock band whose musical style blends elements of surf music, gospel music, rockabilly, garage, and punk released the song entitled "Jimmy Reeves" on their 1992 album "Don't Mind If I Do" [5]
Reeves remains a popular artist in Ireland and many Irish singers have recorded tribute albums. A play by author Dermot Devitt, Put Your Sweet Lips, was based on Reeves' appearance in Ireland at the Pavesi Ballroom in Donegal town on June 7, 1963 and reminiscences of people there.
Blind R&B and blues music artist Robert Bradley (of the band Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise) paid tribute to Reeves in the album description of his release, Out of the Wilderness. Bradley is quoted as saying, "This record brings me back to the time when I started out wanting to be a singer-songwriter, where the music did not need the New York Philharmonic to make it real...I wanted to do a record and just be Robert and sing straight like Jim Reeves on ‘Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone.'"
English comedian Vic Reeves adopted his stage name from Reeves and Vic Damone, two of his favorite singers.
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
Main article: Jim Reeves discography
^ Vinopal, David. "Jim Reeves' biography". AllMusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-reeves-p1784/biography. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ Malone, Bill, Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection ((booklet included with Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection 4-disc set). Smithsonian Institution, 1990), p.51.
^ "Gentleman Jim" by Wayne Forsythe, Country Song Roundup, August, 1975
^ "Country Song Roundup", July, 1975
^ "Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra - Bio". Jerryjerry.ca. http://jerryjerry.ca/bio.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
Vinopal, David. - Jim Reeves. - AllMusic
Jim Reeves Discography. - LP Discography - Covers & Lyrics. - (US charted singles and albums)
Bergan, Jon Vidar (2006). "Store Rock- Og Pop- Leksikon". - Big Rock and Pop Encyclopedia. - Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo. - (UK charted singles)
Gilde, Tore (1994). "Den Store Norske Hitboka". - The Big Norwegian Hit Book. - Exlex Forlag A/S, Oslo. - (Norway charted singles and albums)
Rumble, John (1998). "Jim Reeves". - The Encyclopedia of Country Music. - Paul Kingsbury, Editor. - New York: Oxford University Press. - pp. 435–6. - ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7
Stanton, Scott (2003). "Jim Reeves". - The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians. - New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-6330-7
Houston Wells (Official Myspace)
Jim Reeves photos
Jim Reeves Memorial in Carthage, Texas
Jim Reeves at the Country Music Hall of Fame
"The Jim Reeves Way" - Website with audio clips
Jim Reeves fan club
Jim Reeves at Allmusic
Jim Reeves discography at Discogs
Jim Reeves Museum in Voxna, Sweden
Large collection of Reeves information (Dutch)
Jim Reeves European fan site
Jim Reeves minor league stats
Name Reeves, Jim
Alternative names Reeves, James Travis
Short description Singer-songwriter
Place of birth Galloway, Texas
Date of death July 31, 1964
Place of death Williamson County, Tennessee
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Luenell “Puts Her Weight On It” In Dolemite
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Netflix will deliver a history lesson Friday October 25th with Dolemite Is My Name, the original movie about the late comedian and actor Rudy Ray Moore. Dolemite Is My Name — directed by Craig Brewer and written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewsk — tells the story of Moore’s hard-fought battle to get his film made.
Murphy stars as Moore, an aging, charismatic entertainer who never made it big, but is determined to change that. The film also stars Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Snoop Dogg, T.I., and Chris Rock. See the trailer at the bottom of the post.
Luenell commented in this week’s LA Times that “Dolemite” and Moore’s subsequent films played to the rafters. “He was making them for everybody, but they resonated more with the black community,” she said. “They might have been a little corny, but hey, that’s all he had! And to see somebody beat the Man sometimes and win … it was goofy and entertaining.”
Luenell continued sharing a connection to the real Moore: A few years before his death, she worked alongside him performing comedy shows, getting to know him on the road.
“Rudy was already a legend in my mind when I got a chance to work with him,” she said. “When the opportunity came, I was like, ‘I get to do a show with Rudy Ray Moore?!’ He was already a little older, but he was still the icon everybody was falling over themselves trying to get a picture with him. That was back in the old Kodak photo days!”
They would sit together and she’d ask about his career, said Luenell, who kept vintage Dolemite merch Moore gifted to her. “He did what nobody could do. It’s like he says in the movie: If they close one door, I’ll go into another one. I don’t know if he’d ever had aspirations of being an actor, producer or director before he got doors slammed in his face, but I know that’s what he became.”
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DRUGS IN COMPETITION
March 30, 2017 by Bill Shanklin Leave a Comment
Horse racing is financially supported by bettors who deserve race outcomes not decided by pharmacology. As a result, there is understandably criticism when lab tests discover drug violations after bettors have been paid off.
The drug issues in horse racing, including the indiscriminate race-day use of furosemide, are detrimental to the sport, and are part of a macro problem in sports in general pertaining to the use and abuse of medication. America’s most popular sport by far, professional football, demonstrates the constant tug between between keeping athletes (human or equine) competing and pursuing what is in the best interests of their health and well being.
Over 1,800 retired NFL players recently filed suit against the League’s 32 teams (not the NFL itself) for allegedly violating federal prescription drug laws. The plaintiffs, in a case scheduled for trial in October 2017, accuse the teams of failing to observe Drug Enforcement Administration guidance on handling and distributing controlled substances.
While the NFL called the lawsuit “meritless,” a survey in 2011 by the Washington University School of Medicine (located in St. Louis, Missouri) revealed that 52% of 644 former NFL players indicated that they played with the aid of prescription pain medication and 71% said they misused such medications. Some 7% said they were still reliant on opioids in retirement.
A medical advisor to the NFL reported that the average NFL club in 2012 gave players approximately 5,777 doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and 2,213 doses of controlled substances. A trainer for an NFL team admitted to giving players drugs in which they were not told the names of or side effects.
The onetime head of the NFL Physicians Society, and the team doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers, asserted that “a majority of clubs as of 2010 had trainers controlling and handling prescription medications and controlled substances when they should not have.”
Horse racing can and should go its own way to clean up medication abuses by adopting uniform rules and policies across the various jurisdictions and by punishing repeat offenders harshly, regardless of how much other sports look the other way while abuses persist.
The monetary engine that pulls the entire industry is driven by bettors’ perceptions of whether they are getting a “fair shake.” Moreover, there is an ethical and moral obligation to keep horses and jockeys safe from harm…especially when the cause of harm is evident.
KENTUCKY DERBY HISTORY: SIR GAYLORD
Sports Illustrated featured an article on May 7, 1962 by the noted horse-racing writer Whitney Tower pertaining to the upcoming Kentucky Derby. In an age way before the Internet, the Derby was actually run on Saturday, May 5, 1962, but Sports Illustrated published the May 7, 1962 issue the previous week.
Tower informed his readers that the eight candidates with “valid credentials” were “Sir Gaylord and his stablemate, the brilliant filly Cicada, Ridan, Sir Ribot, Decidedly, Sunrise County, Admiral’s Voyage and Donut King. Add to this list Crimson Satan, though his excuses for losing are now wearing thinner than a second-hand kimono, and Royal attack. Clearly, the number of legitimate choices is limited.”
Tower focused his assessment on Sir Gaylord:
“The role of Derby favorite will almost certainly go to Sir Gaylord, who won last week’s Stepping Stone at Churchill Downs—a seven-furlong prep—by nearly two lengths over Sir Ribot. Out of action since suffering an ankle injury at Hialeah after he won the Everglades, Sir Gaylord came within two-fifths of a second of the track record and was then officially timed over the Derby distance in 2:02 2/5. (But a horseman sitting beside [trainer] Casey Hayes, who trains Sir Gaylord for Christopher T. Chenery, clocked the colt running out the mile in 1:34 3/5 and the mile and a quarter in 2:01 4/5.) For a horse that had not raced in over two months that was impressive, to say the least.”
On the Friday morning before the Derby, heartbreak for Sir Gaylord’s connections ensued as the colt suffered a career-ending hairline fracture in his right foreleg. Chenery, his owner, could have substituted future Hall-of-Famer Cicada in his place, but opted to run her in the Kentucky Oaks, which she won.
Sir Gaylord was impeccably bred, by the brilliant Turn-To and out of the Princequillo mare Somethingroyal, also the dam of Secretariat. Thus Sir Gaylord was a half brother to Secretariat (sired by Bold Ruler).
It was no surprise that the blue-blooded Sir Gaylord was a highly successful sire in the United States and France, with his progeny including Sir Ivor, who won the 1968 Epsom Derby and became a champion broodmare sire in his own right.
The star-crossed Sir Gaylord won ten races from 18 starts and had earnings of $237,404, equivalent to nearly $2 million in 2017 dollars. He died in France in 1981.
Intriguing questions abound in Kentucky Derby history: What if Sir Gaylord had been able to run in the race? Or Cicada in his place?
The series on Kentucky Derby history began on February 20 and ends on May 1.
CHURCHILL DOWNS, INC. 2016 OPERATING RESULTS
On February 28, 2017, Churchill Downs, Inc. (CHDN) reported its operating results for the 2016 fiscal year, which commenced on January 1, 2016 and ended on December 31, 2016.
CHDN operates in six business segments:
Horse Racing, consisting of live racing at Churchill Downs, Arlington Park, and Fair Grounds Race Course. Calder Race Course in Miami is owned by CHDN, but is managed by the Stronach Group.
Casinos, including five casinos, two hotels, a 50% stake in Miami Valley Gaming, and a 25% stake in Saratoga Holdings. CHDN has gaming positions (slot machines, video poker, and table games) in seven states.
TwinSpires, the largest, legal mobile platform for online betting on horse racing in the United States and includes related businesses such as BRIS (handicapping information).
Big Fish Games, a global producer and distributor of social casino, casual, and mid-core free-to-play premium paid games for PC, MAC, and mobile devices.
Other Investments in such companies as United Tote.
Corporate.
In 2016, CHDN had aggregate net revenue of $1.3 billion compared to $1.21 billion in 2015. Diluted earnings per share were $6.42 in 2016 versus $3.71 in 2015.
Net revenue for each of the six business segments were (in millions of dollars): Horse Racing, $268.1; Casinos, $332.8; TwinSpires, $221.9; Big Fish Gaming, $486.2; Other Investments, $20.8; and Corporate, $1.0.
Total EBITDA for CHDN in 2016 was $334.5 million. The percentage shares of EBIDTA for the segments were: Horse Racing, 23.8% ; Casinos, 37.6%; TwinSpires, 16.5%; Big Fish Gaming, 23.6% ; Other Investments, less than 1%; and Corporate, -2.4%.
When the horse racing and online betting segments are combined, they account for 38% of aggregate net revenue and 40% of total EBIDTA.
The five-year performance of CHDN common stock was far above average. A $100 investment in CHDN stock on December 31, 2011 would have grown to $302.92 by the end of 2016. By contrast, a $100 investment in the S & P 500 index would have been worth $191.18 and a $100 investment in the Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization stocks would have increased to $196.45.
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The physical proximity of McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, and McMaster University has a number of characteristics that provides the rare opportunity for collaborative research. Taking advantage of existing university and clinical infrastructure and cross-appointments for clinicians at the university, ASD experts from these organizations are coming together to integrate ASD research into clinical practice.
The focus of MacART members’ research is in the areas of basic science, clinical practice, clinical research, epidemiology and statistical modelling, knowledge translation and exchange, and social science research. By promoting the collaboration of stakeholders across disciplines, MacART is reducing barriers to implementing research in clinical practice, with the goal of advancing autism care through meaningful research.
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Episode 215 - Bullying and Hazing
Hardly a week goes by that we aren't hearing tragic news of the consequences of yet another bullying incident. For thousands of young people, the prospect of going to school every day and facing their peers makes them terror-stricken. Thanks to the internet and social networking websites, it has even become possible to victimize others online. Why has bullying become such a serious problem? Who is to blame for it? What role do parents, schools, the community and the media have to play?
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By Nancy - June 10, 2013
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Episode 211 - Gambling Addiction
Guests: DR. RICHARD WOOD
How do gambling addictions develop, and what can be done to prevent and treat them. Dr Richard Wood is a psychologist who, for the last 18 years, has been studying the causes of problem gambling and how it can be prevented. Dr Wood also developed, and now manages, GamTalk a free online support service for people with gambling related issues, to get information and discuss their problems anonymously with others who are going through the same experiences.
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By Nancy - May 4, 2013
Next season Family Matters will be dedicating an episode to spousal support. Spousal support is one of the most contested issues in separation and divorce proceedings in Canada. While each province has its own legislation to deal with common law spouses and married couples that separate but do not divorce, the dominating piece of legislation is the federal Divorce Act. The following includes some of my reflections when exploring the topic of spousal support.
After doing some background research on spousal support, I was surprised at how many goals and purposes are behind spousal support decisions. I was also surprised that some of these goals and purposes conflict with each other. The unfortunate result is that all courts have to perform a balancing act between these purposes and it often results in less than clear decisions. Considering that divorce isn’t the most cooperative process (to say the least), it is easy to see how this unpredictability can encourage costly court battles. To demonstrate this point, I will try to briefly describe three of the many purposes of spousal support.
One purpose is to compensate a former spouse for any investments they lost from the divorce. The typical scenario is when someone sacrificed a career to care for children. That sacrifice saved child-caring costs and allowed the other spouse to build a career with a stronger income, but prevented the stay-at-home parent from increasing their earning potential. When divorce strikes, that stay-at-home parent bears a bigger loss than the other spouse, so courts recognize they should balance that financial impact between the parties.
Another purpose is to ensure the financial needs of both spouses are taken care of. If one party no longer has the means to provide for themselves, then the other party should continue to provide for them. On the other hand, spousal support shouldn’t be granted unless the other party is actually able to pay it. Both parties needs have to be addressed before a reasonable conclusion can be made.
The big competing purpose (against the disadvantaged spouse) is that spousal support decisions need to encourage self-sufficiency of a disadvantaged spouse. If there wasn’t a push, some ex-spouses may never try to provide for themselves. They may try to just live off the other for as long as possible. Since that would hardly seem fair to a payer, courts recognize they have to try and prevent freeloading.
These are just three of many different purposes considered in spousal support decisions and already it is easy to see a balancing act. Real cases are much more complex so it is usually much less clear cut as to what the courts will decide. Unfortunately, this gives hope to both spouses that they may win a court battle, so it encourages fights instead of settlements.
Court battles cost large amounts of time and money. Often the amount a spouse can gain by a favourable judgement is not as much as the costs of litigation. Instead of sitting down and coming to a fair agreement themselves, many divorcees find a big chunk of their money go towards lawyers and legal fees to fight in court. That being said, court battles are often based on bitterness instead of any financial incentive, so financial sense may not prevent many cases from going to court.
In an attempt to address these issues, the Department of Justice of Canada supported the creation of Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines. These Guidelines are not law. Instead they are just a formula to assist in determining a fair number for support, and don’t address whether a spouse is entitled to spousal support. They have been a tool to help maintain a focus on the issues and to help parties resolve the issue before it goes to court. Judges also refer to them when they make decisions. Real cases are much more complex than can be captured in a formula, but the Guidelines can be regarded as a useful starting point.
Complex issues in inherently confrontational areas of law, such as divorce proceedings, will never have a simple solution. A broad general framework with many purposes and principles is required in order to be flexible enough to deal with the complexity of divorce cases. Unfortunately, a broad framework also usually brings uncertainty and litigation. Hopefully we are moving towards a legal system that can better manage these costs.
Tyler Holte is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Victoria Law School. He completed his B.Com at University of Alberta in 2012 with a major in Business Economics and Law with a minor in Accounting. Tyler is currently the First Year Representative of the Intellectual Property, Information, and Technology Law Club at University of Victoria. He formerly taught probability and statistics lab at MacEwan Univsersity.
The views in this blog are not necessarily representative of AdviceScene and do not constitute legal advice.
Tags: episodes, SPOUSAL SUPPORT, harvey brownstone, separation, divorce, season 2
Family Court 101
Next season, one of our episodes will be on the theme of "Family Court 101" and will discuss the basics of Family Court and its court processes. The following is an introduction to the topic.
What is Family Court?
For many Canadians, the court system can seem complex and inaccessible. For those who are also dealing with the emotional strain accompanying family legal issues, the task of navigating Family Court can seem particularly daunting.
A look at the larger court structure can help break down what Family Court is and how it works. In Canada, there are two courts which deal with family legal issues: provincial courts (“Family Court”) and Supreme Courts. Family Courts are simply branches of the provincial courts that deal with certain family law issues. It is important to note that while there is some overlap in what issues the two different courts can address, there are also jurisdictional requirements that state that certain issues are to be addressed in a particular court. When considering what court can address a particular family law issue, it is important to keep these differences in mind.
Family Court Jurisdiction: What Issues Can be Addressed in Family Court?
Family Court can address issues related to:
child custody and guardianship,
access to children,
parental, spousal, and child support,
child protection orders and
personal protection orders.
Family Court cannot deal with cases involving:
adoptions, or
the division of family property.
The last three must be addressed in Supreme Court as they fall under the purview of federal laws. In B.C., Family Court’s jurisdiction is governed by the Family Relations Act, the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, the Child, Family and Community Service Act, and the Adult Guardianship Act. If you wish to obtain a divorce, have assets divided or make an adoption order you cannot address these in Family Court.
The application process for Family Court varies depending on what the particular family law issue is. Some carry certain pre-court requirements that applicants attend programming such as Parenting After Separation courses or meet with a Family Justice Counsellor to explore alternative dispute resolution options. The family law clerk at any provincial courthouse can help applicants understand the requirements for their particular issue and what steps they will need to take to apply to the court. If the situation is such that one of the parties or the parties’ children are in danger, such as in domestic violence and abuse cases, personal protection orders may be obtained to protect individuals during the legal process.
Basics of the Family Court Process
There are two ways in which Family Court may resolve legal disputes. First, a settlement of the parties’ dispute through negotiation or mediation may resolve the dispute before it goes to court. Negotiation is a bargaining process where parties attempt to reach an agreement regarding the dispute with or without lawyers. In mediation, a trained and neutral third-party meets with the parties and tries to help them reach a settlement. If negotiation or mediation processes are successful, the settlement can be put into writing and will confer legal obligations upon the parties. This is called a consent order.
In some cases, judges may require that the parties attend a pre-trial “Family Case Conference” over which the judge will preside. These conferences are private, informal meetings where the judge can ascertain what issues are disputed, mediate these disputes, try to assist the parties to reach an agreement and determine what other alternatives to a trial might be feasible. If an agreement can be reached, the judge can make a consent order during the conference.
If alternative dispute resolution methods fail or are not feasible, the parties will go to trial before a Family Court judge who will weigh the evidence and both parties’ arguments to make an ultimate order regarding the dispute. Witnesses may be called by both sides to support their arguments, but in some cases the only witnesses are the parties to the dispute themselves. Parties may self-represent in Family Court and do not require lawyers.
After trial, final decisions in Family Court may be appealed to the Supreme Court. Decisions from the Supreme Court can likewise be appealed to the Court of Appeal. This is an expensive process which may outweigh the benefits from a positive ruling.
Accessibility and Self-Representation in Family Court
Certain structural aspects of Family Court make it more accessible to lay litigants. The court rules are written in plain language that is easy to understand, making it much easier to self-represent in Family Court than in Supreme Court or a Court of Appeal. The court forms are also written in plain language, allowing applicants without legal training or counsel to fill them out themselves. Family Court also does not charge litigants court fees, making it considerably less expensive than pursuing a claim in Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal. Generally speaking, Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal have much more formal and structured court processes than Family Court. They carry more complex rules governing court processes and adhere to them more strictly.
Family Court Today
The number of cases initiated in Family Court has been on the rise since 1995, and the Court’s emphasis has shifted to alternative dispute resolution and informational programming in an attempt to alleviate some of the resultant pressure. Today, efforts are generally made to resolve the family law dispute before it goes to trial before a judge. Despite this, the number of Family Court cases remains on an upward trend and the consequent overburdening of the court system has led to criticisms that taking claims to Family Court is an arduous and slow process.
Shari Willis is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Victoria Law School. She completed her B.A. at Simon Fraser University in 2010 with a major in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and an extended minor in English. Shari formerly worked as a support worker and was active in campaigns and initiatives dedicated to ending violence against women.
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POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.15.18
June 15, 2018 by Tia Tenopia
Spanish is a lovely tongue…
People hate the speakers of the Spanish language, not the language itself.
Some recent incidents involving the use of Spanish (more on these below) brought to mind an essay entitled “Saints and sinners all agree…” I wrote several years ago. I took the title from a line in a Texas Tornados song (“She never spoke Spanish to me”) that asserts that “Saints and sinners all agree, Spanish is a lovely tongue…” The essay’s theme was that language is often used as a vehicle for racism. It is illogical to hate a language—the haters really hate the speakers of the language, not the language itself.
Princeton University history professor Rosina Lozano noted recently that up through the first decades of the 20th century Spanish was for all intents and purposes an official language of politics and government throughout the Southwest. But then, spurred by a surge in Mexican immigration and the cultural changes that occasioned, the U.S. went on an “Americanization” binge. By 1921, the teaching of languages other than English in public primary schools was outlawed in many states (California even outlawed it in private schools). (Lozano, Rosina, “Spanish has never been a foreign language in the United States,” Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2018)
The “Americanization” craze …
Until the Bilingual Education Act many Chicanos suffered from Americanization campaigns.
I am of the Chicano Generation, and we were caught up in the “Americanization” craze. We attended school in the 1950s and 1960s, and although we were born and raised in the good ol’ USA, we were considered “foreigners” and were beaten or otherwise punished (e.g., having our mouths washed out with soap) for speaking Spanish on the schoolgrounds. And because our names were in a “foreign” language, our names were arbitrarily changed to “American” versions.
Since the time of the “Americanization” campaigns, there have been many judicial and legislative actions that ostensibly blunt the racism of those campaigns. One of the most noteworthy of these was the passage in 1968 of Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the “Bilingual Education Act,” the first piece of federal legislation that recognized the educational value of bilingualism.
Spanish used as vehicle for racism …
Those judicial and legislative actions notwithstanding, in my “Saints and sinners all agree…” essay I provided the following sampling of then-recent incidents that exemplify how Mexican haters use Spanish as the vehicle for their racism:
Newt Gingrich condemned bilingual education.
In 1995, then-Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich condemned bilingual education, saying that (Spanish-English) bilingualism poses “long-term dangers to the fabric of our nation.”
A 2005 Arizona Republic article quotes (then-Arizona Senate President) Russell Pearce as saying about a Mexican American teenage co-worker: “He couldn’t speak English, so me and the other workers made fun of him.” Pearce would later, in 2010, sponsor SB 1070, the infamous “show me your papers” law.
In 2006, Pearce (who was then in the AZ House of Representatives) tried to elevate his lifelong disdain for Spanish speakers to the status of law by sponsoring an “English Only” referendum that would outlaw the use of Spanish in Arizona.
[Pearce’s attempt to outlaw Spanish was the language counterpart to then-Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s attempt to outlaw the learning about Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Arizona. I am pleased to remind readers that as a direct consequence of his sponsoring SB 1070, Pearce was recalled in 2011.]
In Philadelphia, in 2006, Geno’s, the famous cheesesteak joint, established a policy that Spanish was not allowed in Geno’s. The owner said that he was specifically targeting Philadelphia’s growing Mexican population.
In 2006, in Springfield, Tennessee, the City Manager and an Alderman expressed concerns that “illegal immigrants” were using city parks on weekends. When asked how he knew the Spanish speakers were “illegal immigrants,” the Alderman said he suspected anyone speaking Spanish of being in the country illegally.
In 2007, the Mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, called for a boycott of McDonald’s until a Spanish-language billboard advertising McDonald’s iced coffee was taken down. In an interview on Fox News, the Mayor stated that 20% of his community speaks Spanish, which he found offensive and divisive.
Also in 2007, to the loud cheers of his audience, the National Federation of Republican Women, Gingrich again condemned Spanish-English bilingualism and described Spanish as a “ghetto language.”
In April, 2010, then-Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s attack on Mexican American Studies spilled over to Spanish when he issued a directive prohibiting teachers with accents from teaching classes for students still learning English (given his anti-Mexican history and the demographics of these classes, I’m pretty sure Horne was not targeting German, Russian, or Czechoslovakian accents).
In June, 2011, in Orange County, CA, the Board of Supervisors refused to fund a mental-health program because it used the Spanish word “promotora” instead of “health care worker.” The Promotora program recruits trusted and respected members within isolated communities to serve as community health workers or, in Spanish, “promotoras.”
The irony in Orange County is mind boggling: County Supervisors in the city named SANTA ANA will not fund programs that have components named in Spanish!
And it’s still going on …
While the above examples occurred several years ago, the following recent examples make clear that the phenomenon they describe continues to this day:
In the fall of 2016, a woman was speaking Spanish with her children in a California Walmart. A shopper who overheard the Spanish conversation told the Spanish speaker to speak English because this is America and English is spoken here.
In March, 2018, a woman was speaking to her 3-year-old daughter in Spanish in a Walmart in Georgia. A shopper confronted the Spanish speaker and told her that this is America and that people who don’t speak English should get out of the country.
In May, 2018, a lawyer in a New York City restaurant verbally assaulted two women customers and a restaurant employee for speaking Spanish to each other. Yelling, “It’s America!,” the lawyer called ICE “…to have each one of them kicked out of my country … I pay for their welfare…” The Spanish speakers were not undocumented nor were they on welfare.
Also in May, 2018, a Border Patrol agent detained and questioned two women—both U.S. citizens—when he overheard them speaking Spanish at a gas station in Montana. The agent explained that the reason he detained them was because they were speaking Spanish in a state that is predominantly English-speaking.
Spanish is an American language …
Trump launched his campaign by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” fueling anti-Mexican racism.
Over the last couple of decades Spanish has become a proxy for the very contentious debate about immigration, giving rise to the kind of occasions described above. Documenting Hate, a national coalition of news organizations that tracks incidences of bias in public spaces and hate crimes around the country, has documented many reports of verbal assaults for speaking Spanish since the 2016 Presidential election. This is not surprising. After all, Trump launched his campaign by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and during the 2016 Republican Primary, then-candidate Trump berated rival Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish, saying, “This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish.”
Trump and his ilk are wrong. The U.S. has no official language. According to the U.S. census, about 38-40 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish, making it the second most used tongue in the country. And, Spanish was spoken in what is now the U.S. way before English was. As professor Lozano notes, “Spanish is an American language.”
So, next time you see, read, or hear of a news report about someone attacking Spanish, don’t think it’s an isolated incident involving some kook politician or unhinged right winger. These incidents are in reality a manifestation of the culture of hate and racism that demagogues such as Russell Pearce, Tom Horne, Newt Gingrich, and Donald Trump have assiduously and disgracefully nurtured. c/s
Copyright 2018 by Salomon Baldenegro. To contact Sal write: salomonrb@msn.com Photos of crowd and Chicano activists copyrighted by Barrio Dog Productions, Inc. Photos of Newt Gingrich and Tom Horne by Gage Skidmore used under Creative Commons copyright agreement. Walmart photo used under “fair use” proviso of copyright law. Photo of Donald Trump in public domain.
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Order of the British Empire [OBE]
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions. In decreasing order of seniority, these are:
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) or Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Only the highest two ranks automatically cause an individual to become a knight or dame, an honour allowing the recipient to use the title "Sir" (male) or "Dame" (female) before his or her first name (though men can be knighted separately from the Orders of Chivalry). Honorary knighthoods, given to individuals who are not nationals of a realm where Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Head of State, permit usage of the honour as a post-nominal but not as a title before their name. These recipients are classified as honorary members of the Order they receive, and do not contribute to the numbers restricted to that Order as full members do.
There is also a related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are not members of the Order, but who are nonetheless affiliated with the Order. The British Empire Medal has not been used in the United Kingdom or its dependencies since 1993, but is still used by the Cook Islands and by some other Commonwealth nations. The Order's motto is For God and the Empire. It is the most junior of the British orders of chivalry, and the largest, with over 100,000 living members worldwide.
This is an incomplete list of Order of the British Empire [OBE] recipients from the London Borough of Lewisham area and is being added to as new people are found.
Campbell, Lorne Maclaine VC
Reed, Harold OBE
Wood, Joseph OBE
Burslem, Sidney CD Deptford KM 8 December 1944
Lt Col C G Blanchard Mayor of Deptford 1939 - 1945
H C T Hunt Local Councillor Deptford KM 16 June 1950
Dr H S Knight
Miss Emma Stevinson Principal of the Rachel McMillan Training Centre, Deptford KM 6 January 1939
Bessie Wulburn Local girl awarded OBE for gallantry AFS Telephonist Deptford KM 7 Feb 1945
If you know of any more, please let us know. Or do you have more information on the people named above? If so click here to contribute information.
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MB Financial (NASDAQ: MBFI) – Technical Indicators under Consideration
On Friday, Shares of MB Financial (NASDAQ: MBFI) expressed a change of 0.78% and closed its trade at $46.59. The stock exchanged hands with 1,187,727 numbers of shares compared to its average daily volume of 830.13K shares. When trading is lighter than usual, it is said to be “thin.” When there’s more trading than usual, it is called “heavy trading.” Volume is the basic fuel of the market since stocks move up or down in price only when shares are trading hands.
The market capitalization (Stock Price Multiply by Total Number of Outstanding Shares) for the company is reported at $4.09B. The company has its outstanding shares of 87.86M. Outstanding shares refer to a company’s stock presently held by all its shareholders, counting share blocks held by institutional shareholders and restricted shares owned by the company’s officers and insiders. After a recent check, it is observed that the insiders for the firm currently own 1.10% shares. There has been an observed change of -0.97% in the ownership of the shares in the past six months. However, the institutional investors are observed to own 77.40% of the total shares. During last 3 month period, 0.43% of total institutional ownership has changed in the company shares.
What Historical Figures Say About MB Financial (NASDAQ: MBFI)?
Analyzing historical data can give some perception of how a security or market has reacted to various different variables, from regular economic cycles to sudden world events. Shareholders looking to interpret historical returns should keep one caveat in mind: you can’t assume that the future will be like the past. The older the historical return data is, the more likely it is to be less useful when predicting future returns. Historical return data for MBFI stock is described below:
Looking into last 5 trades, the stock observed a return of almost -1.10%. However, -5.75% over the last one month, 9.42% for the last quarter and year to date performance stands at 4.65%.
ATR value of the company was 0.94 and Relative Strength Index (RSI) was 39.45. The stock volatility for the week was 2.15% while for the month was 1.94%. The stock was trading at a distance of -9.69% from its 52-week highs and stands 21.69% away from its 52-week lows. MBFI’s latest closing price was 3.74% away from the average price of 200 days while it maintained a distance of -3.18% from the 50 Day Moving Average and -2.30% away compared to its SMA 20.
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