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The Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001
Charles F. Plenge
The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (the “2001 Act”), made many changes to employee benefit plans. This Client Alert focuses on the impact of the 2001 Act on defined contribution plans.
Increase in Contribution Limits. Beginning January 1, 2002, the defined contribution plan contribution limits will be increased as follows:
Annual Additions. The current limit of $35,000 or 25% of the participant’s compensation will be increased to $40,000 or 100% of the participant’s compensation.
401(k) Contributions. Allowable salary reduction contributions will be increased from $10,500 in 2001 to $11,000 in 2002, and will increase by $1,000 each year until 2006 when the limit will reach $15,000. Thereafter, the limit will be indexed for inflation.
Catch-Up Contributions. Employees who are at least age 50 can make “catch-up” contributions in 2002 equal to $1,000 (increased by $1,000 for each year after 2002 up to $5,000 in 2006). Such catch-up contributions are not limited by other restrictions in the Code or the plan and generally will not be subject to the Code’s ADP/ACP testing limits. The right to make catch-up contributions, however, is subject to the Code’s nondiscrimination rules. Thus, this right must be made available to employees on a nondiscriminatory basis.
Increase in Compensation Taken into Account. The $170,000 limit on compensation that may be taken into account for purposes of determining contributions, applying the deduction rules, and for non-discrimination testing will, beginning January 1, 2002, be increased to $200,000 and indexed for inflation thereafter.
Plan Loans for Sole Proprietors, Partners, and S-Corporation Shareholders. Currently, owner-employees such as sole proprietors, 10% partners, and 5% owner-employees of an S-Corporation do not have the same access to plan loans as other employees. The 2001 Act allows owner-employees to take out loans on the same basis as other employees.
Simplification of Top-Heavy Rules. The 2001 Act simplifies the top-heavy rules and excludes certain plans from the top-heavy requirements.
Definition of Key Employee. Plans will no longer have to look back four years to determine which individuals are key employees; only current plan year employees will be counted. Moreover, the 2001 Act repeals the requirement that the plan sponsor’s top-ten owners be considered key employees.
Matching Contributions Taken into Account to Satisfy Top-Heavy Contribution Requirement. Beginning January 1, 2002, matching contributions may be taken into account to satisfy the top-heavy contribution requirement without affecting their status for purposes of the ACP testing requirements.
Distributions and Service Taken into Account to Determine Top-Heavy Status. Beginning January 1, 2002, instead of taking into account distributions from the past five years, only the distributions made in the year when the top-heavy determination is made must be taken into account to determine the plan’s top heavy status. The five-year rule continues to apply to in-service distributions. Also, beginning January 1, 2002, an individual’s account balance is not taken into account if the individual has not performed services for the employer for one year prior to the date the top-heavy determination is made.
Safe Harbor Plans Exempt from Top-Heavy Rules. Beginning January 1, 2002, safe harbor 401(k)/401(m) plans will be exempt from the Code’s top-heavy requirements.
Increase to Limits on Deductible Contributions. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001, qualified 401(k) contributions are no longer subject to the limits on deductible contributions. Moreover, employers will be able to take deductions for contributions of up to 25% of the compensation of the plan’s covered employees. The definition of compensation has been expanded to include 401(k) contributions, contributions to a cafeteria plan or a governmental 457 plan, qualified transportation fringe benefits, and certain compensation deemed paid to disabled participants.
Faster Vesting of Matching Contributions. For contributions made in plan years beginning after December 31, 2001, matching contributions to a defined contribution plan must vest either 100% at the end of three years (three-year cliff) or 20% each year beginning in the second year such that a participant would be 100% vested at the end of six years (6-year graded).
Hardship Distributions. For distributions made after December 31, 2001, the twelve months during which participants cannot make contributions after a hardship withdrawal will be reduced to six months.
Simplification of Optional Forms of Benefits. For years beginning after December 31, 2001, a plan will have greater flexibility to eliminate optional forms of benefits. However, the QJSA and QPSA rules will still apply.
Plan to Plan Transfers. Optional forms of benefits may be eliminated in a plan-to-plan transfer if (1) the participant voluntarily agrees to the transfer after receiving a notice of the consequences of the election, (2) the terms of both plans authorize the transfer, (3) the transferee plan allows any optional form of benefit being eliminated to be distributed in a lump sum, and (4) the transfer is made pursuant to a direct, trustee-to-trustee transfer rather than pursuant to a distribution.
Elimination of Forms of Distributions Where Plan Retains Lump Sum Distributions. Except to the extent provided by IRS regulations, a plan can eliminate optional forms of benefits previously available but only if a lump sum distribution is available at the same time and based on the same portion of the participant’s account as the eliminated form of benefit.
Elimination of Same Desk Rule. The 2001 Act repeals the same desk rule effective for distributions made after December 31, 2001, regardless of when the severance occurs. Thus, for example, if a plan sponsor had employees who in the past experienced a severance from employment where the same-desk rule prevented a distribution, the plan sponsor could provide in the plan that such severance would, or would not, be treated as a distributable event under the plan. Just as under present law, however, a distribution may not be made if a participant’s benefits are transferred, in a plan-to-plan transfer, to the new employer’s plan.
Involuntary Cash-Outs. For distributions made after December 31, 2001, the amount of a participant’s benefit for purposes of the $5,000 maximum on involuntary cash-outs can be determined without regard to the participant’s rollover amounts.
Repeal of Multiple-Use Test. The 2001 Act repeals the “multiple use test” under the ADP/ACP testing rules. As a result, plan sponsors will be take advantage of the alternative limitations set forth in Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k)(3) and 401(m)(4).
If you have any questions about the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, please contact one of the authors listed at the top of the page.
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A meaningful safety net for the poor -Kirit Parikh
-The Indian Express Government’s scheme to pay Rs 6,000 every year to poor rural households will increase their expenditure, reduce Poverty by 10 to 20 per cent in many states. In the last week of February, the government launched a scheme to pay Rs 6,000 every year to poor rural households who own less than 2 hectares of land. The scheme will have an annual outlay of Rs 75,000 crore. The beneficiaries received the first installment of
Prof. Guy Standing, economist at the School Of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, interviewed by Sayantan Bera (Livemint.com)
the season. While the ruling BJP government announced a limited money transfer scheme targeted at farmers in the recent interim budget, the Congress has proposed to solve the country’s chronic Poverty with a minimum income guarantee for every Indian. Some consider these pre-election proposals to be too ambitious. But, Guy Standing,71, an economist at the School Of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, thinks that the real conce
No achhe din for the farmer -Ashok Gulati & Ranjana Roy
d in 2017-18. Our concern, however, is with the performance in agriculture, which engages almost 47 per cent of the country’s workforce. Its growth, therefore, has a significant influence on Poverty. The growth of Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices from the “agriculture, forestry and fishing” sector is expected to be 2.7 per cent in 2018-19 — as against 5 per cent in 2017-18. This is a massive drop of 46 per cent. The C
Ensure a minimum income for all -Ram Singh
ell as large landowners. However, there is a strong case for direct income transfers to some groups: landless labourers, agricultural workers and marginal farmers who suffer from multi-dimensional Poverty. These groups have not benefited from economic growth. They were and still are the poorest Indians. Various welfare schemes have also failed to bring them out of penury. A case in point is the access to institutional credit issued by banks and
Smart farming in a warm world -Feroze Varun Gandhi
ering from some form of degradation. This has consequences, especially for marginal farmers. According to one estimate, they may face a 24-58% decline in household income and 12-33% rise in household Poverty through exacerbated droughts. With rain-fed agriculture practised in over 67% of our total crop area, weather variability can lead to heavy costs, especially for coarse grains (which are mostly grown in rain-fed areas). A predicted 70% decline in
Will the PM Kisan Scheme Impress India's Farmers? -Varun Kumar Das
ove. Interpreting the rationale The income support estimate of Rs 6,000 per farm household appears to be an arbitrary construct. It could be speculated that this income support is to bridge the Poverty gap of small farmers. However, according to the Rangarajan report on Poverty, for a family of five in a rural area, the Poverty line is reflected by a monthl
The Subversion of MGNREGS -Prabhat Patnaik
ution, which, as is well-known, guarantees to every citizen only a set of social and political rights but no economic rights. The MGNREGS therefore broke completely new ground. There had been anti-Poverty programmes earlier, including the well-known food-for-work programme. But they contained no guarantees. There were budgetary provisions for them which could change from one year to the next; and, correspondingly, their scale, limited by the budget
Food security of farmers essential to check suicides -S Harpal Singh
nta, concurred with Gnaneshwar’s opinion with regard to food security being crucial for the farming community too. He recalled the suicide of Thodasam Maruti in October last year and attributed Poverty and attendant lack of food security as being a major reason for him (Maruti) to take the extreme step. Promotion of millets “There are 137 families in my village cultivating 689 acres of land mostly cotton in kharif. Only about 20 acre
No shortcuts to income guarantee -Harsh Mander
roposed scheme will do more harm than good if it comes at the cost of existing subsidies for the poor. Congress president Rahul Gandhi signaled the earnestness of his party’s resolve to end Poverty and hunger by announcing an untried policy instrument — a Minimum Income Guarantee for the poor. “Millions of our brothers and sisters” could not be allowed to “suffer the scourge of Po
Farm subsidy to loan waivers: A race to compensate farmers for their losses -Ashok Gulati
evised series), the nature of growth matters as well. In a country where 47% of the workforce is engaged in agriculture, it is the growth of agri-GDP that is even more critical for the alleviation of Poverty and providing nutritious food. The average annual agri-GDP growth in the first four years of Modi government, for which data is available, is just 2.5% compared to 5.2% in the last four years of Manmohan Singh’s government. The exports of ag
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Singapore Day 2012
Singapore Day 2012: Writing Home
By Singapore Memories May 28, 2012
Singapore Day 2012 is looking to be one of the biggest milestone this year for us at the Singapore Memory Project. A signature event of the OSU, this year’s installment travelled to Brooklyn, New York, returning to the United States where the first Singapore Day was held five years ago. As a nation with a highly dispersed pool of citizens around the world, maintaining contact with overseas Singaporeans has been a key concern for the government. So when the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) and the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) of the Prime Minister’s Office invited us to participate in Singapore Day 2012,…
Resident Tourist: Kendrick Chia
Editor’s note: This installment of One of Us is penned by Kendrick Chia, an undergraduate at the Singapore Management University…
How far would you go to feel at home?
By Singapore Memories March 14, 2012
Do you: Pepper your sentences with “lah”, “lor”, “meh” when speaking with a fellow Singaporean? Travel miles across your country…
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Littlestone Throws Open Its Doors To Brand New Pro Shop
Littlestone Golf Club has thrown open its doors to a brand new Pro Shop located by the main clubhouse overlooking the championship links, regarding by many as one of England’s finest courses.
The new modern structure will allow the club to stock a much more extensive range of golf equipment, clothing including a members’ branded range, shoes and golf accessories which can now also be bought online.
A brand new SAM PuttLab, the world’s leading putt coaching and training system, has also been installed for members and visitors alike who will be able to undergo a complete analysis of their putting and then make use of training modules to rectify any weaknesses in their stroke.
For many years the Pro Shop at Littlestone, which runs two memberships, The Championship Links and The Warren, was situated at The Warren, the club’s second course.
With The Championship Links membership and visitor numbers rising steadily over the last few years, the old premises was no longer fit for purpose as it was not able to fully service the increasing needs of main club. So, with The Warren Pro Shop also in need of serious repair, a temporary home was found in the main clubhouse.
Plans were then put forward for a completely new home for the Pro Shop by the main clubhouse. Once the site and design had been agreed, the club approached LEADER and the Rural Payments Agency in East Kent for help to fund the project. Fortuitously the Kent Downs and Marshes LEADER Programme reverted that it would assist with a grant aiding a new reception and Pro Shop.
“This is an ambitious project which will deliver jobs and growth to the Romney Marsh area and will attract additional visitors to the area,” commented Andrew Sinclair, Programme Officer for the Kent Downs and Marshes LEADER Programme.
“The project fits with the priorities for the LEADER Programme, which is part of the EU funded Rural Development Programme for England, to provide economic growth for rural areas.”
“The LEADER Programme’s support for this project was crucial and made the build possible so we are extremely grateful for their support,” said Sarah Saunders, Sales, Membership & Marketing Manager at Littlestone.
To coincide with the opening of the new shop, Littlestone has already employed a new PGA trainee so the club now has four golf professionals as well as a receptionist to handle the overall running of the new outlet.
The Pro Shop is very much seen as the flagship for future plans to create a Centre for Excellence Academy catering for golfers of all levels and ages.
In addition to the prestige of staging of The Junior Open in 2020, Littlestone will benefit from the hosting of The Open Championship at nearby Royal St George’s in the same year, attracting attention from around the world and no doubt more visitors looking to experience this revered championship links and benefit from the establishment of a new Pro Shop.
Littlestone and Royal St George’s are part of one of the finest stretches of championship links in England together with Royal Cinque Ports, host of The Open in 1909 and 1920 and Prince’s which staged The Open in 1932.
Littlestone itself is laid out on a stretch of land between the famous Romney Marsh and the English Channel where the sand dunes form natural, undulating ground ideal for links. The unique microclimate that exists on this part of the coast makes it one of the driest places in Britain and results in firm terrain that produces hard and fast fairways that are beautifully defined by the natural dunes, so typical of links golf. Together with the thick, wild rough and classic deep pot bunkers, the course demands accurate ball striking, well thought-out course management and speed control on the greens, making it a challenging test of golf.
For more on Littlestone, visit www.littlestonegolfclub.org.uk or call +44 (0)1797 363355.
Breadsall Priory Marriott Hotel & Country Club Lands Top Spot At English Disability Open
Royal Dornoch And Castle Stuart To Host Donald Ross Pro-Am
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GOT7 showcases new song on ‘The Today Show’
By Yoon Min-sik
K-pop act GOT7 showcased the English version of its new song “Eclipse” on “The Today Show,” a popular NBC program.
The seven-piece act appeared on the show around 10 a.m. to enthusiastic applause and demonstrated the dance moves for the song.
GOT7 is visiting the US as part of its ongoing world tour, which kicked off with a June 15-16 concert in Seoul. After a performance in Newark, New Jersey, Thursday, the band will perform in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, then return stateside for a concert in Dallas next Wednesday. From there it will move on to Los Angeles for a concert July 6; Oakland, California, July 10; Mexico City, Mexico, July 13; and Santiago, Chile, July 16.
GOT7 (JYP Entertainment)
The boy band is also slated to appear on “Good Day New York” on Thursday, prior to the Newark concert, which will mark its second appearance on the Fox 5 show since last July.
Since its debut in 2014 with the EP “Got It?” the band has released nine EPs. The latest, “Spinning Top: Between Security & Insecurity,” came out in May.
(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)
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Fourche River Days set for Saturday in Perryville
The annual Fourche River Days festival is back in Perryville this weekend with a new format and a new location. It's a one-day event this year, and for the first time, all activities will take place at Perryville City Park. Activities are scheduled from 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. on Saturday, and while some things may have changed, organizer Joleeta Scott tells KVOM many of the popular attractions are back, including a full day's line-up of live entertainment. New this year is the Fourche River
Johnson, Ruff and Associates now under new ownership
A long-time Morrilton business is now under new ownership. The former Johnson and Ruff, CPA is now known as Johnson, Ruff and Associates after its purchase by Patrick Taft in October of 2018. Taft says clients should be able to receive the same service they always have from the company, but with extra staff and support available if needed in the Morrilton office. The Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Taft to the community and announced the change to the public at a ribbon cutting
Preservation Month recognized in Perryville
Perryville Mayor John Roland has joined other local and state officials in declaring May as Preservation Month. Throughout the month, the Department of Arkansas Heritage highlights the richness of the state's historic sites and structures, especially those listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Three properties in the city of Perryville are included on the National Register -- the Perry County Courthouse, the Perryville American Legion Building and the Perryville Commercial
ARDOT earns award for work on Conway Co. highway
The high quality of a paving project on a state highway in Conway County has netted the Arkansas Department of Transportation a prestigious national award. ARDOT was recently named as one of the six winners of a 2018 Perpetual Pavement Award by Asphalt Pavement Alliance. The department received the award for its work on a 4.8-mile stretch of two-lane Arkansas Highway 92, Section 1. The award is presented to state transportation departments and local agency road owners for well-performing
Local teams prepare for State Tournament
Four area teams are gearing up for baseball and softball state tournament play, which starts Thursday. Morrilton High School's teams will be playing in the Class 4A Tournament at Southside Batesville. The softball team will face Nashville at 10:00 a.m. The baseball team will play Joe T. Robinson at 12:30. Both of those games will air live on KVOM-FM 101.7. Sacred Heart's teams will play in the 1A Tournament at Taylor High School. The baseball team will play Taylor at 12:30. That game will
Local twins celebrate 100th birthday
Twin brothers celebrated their birthday together this weekend with a special party at Lonoke Baptist Church - and it was a big enough occasion that KARK Channel 4 TV in Little Rock covered it. That's because George and James Morrow are turning 100 years old this week. The twins’ birthday is actually this Wednesday. A long life must run in the family - their younger sister Jeanette Morrow is 98, and they have an older sister, Mabel Carter, who is 105...
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Press Release : Swiss International Air Lines chooses Joramco as Maintenance provider
The cooperation between Joramco and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) started early 2017 The two companies signed a 5-year agreement by which Joramco will perform C-Checks and HMV checks on the SWISS Airbus fleet, A320, A333 and A340. The agreement also includes incorporation of ADs, SBs and structure repairs at Joramco’s Base Maintenance facility in Amman (Jordan). As of today Joramco has performed 35 successful layovers for Swiss International Air Lines.
SWISS and the Lufthansa Group are working in very close cooperation with Joramco to introduce new ways of working together. Both parties have just completed a week’s workshop together to streamline their procedures and processes. The goal of the workshop was to improve TAT, material deliveries, order to invoicing, final documentation, cabin standards, in-house capabilities and have a technical acceptable aircraft on redelivery.
“Joramco, with its expanding capabilities, strives to provide its customers with flexible, high quality services at competitive prices, taking advantage of the ongoing transformation that is taking place at the company, we are delighted that this was noted by our customers who entrusted Joramco with their base maintenance services and resulted in extending the agreement with us.” commented Mr. Jeff Wilkinson, CEO of Joramco.
Commenting on this agreement, Thomas Bjorndal the Technical Procurement & Relationship Manager said: ”Joramco is always keen on delivering high quality, competitive pricing for the services delivered at favorable turnaround times and we look forward to developing our partnership further with Joramco. Joramco can always be relied on for short notice flexibility and commitment to SWISS challenging maintenance schedule”.
SWISS operates a highly varied fleet with a total of 87 aircraft, 29 for long haul and 58 for medium and short haul routes. The fleet currently comprises five different kinds of aircraft: for long haul, SWISS counts on Boeing B777-300, Airbus A340-300 and A330-300 for shorter flights on the A320 Family and Airbus A220.
Aircraft type: No. of aircraft:
Boeing B777-300ER 10 (2)
Airbus A340-300 5
Airbus A330-300 14
Airbus A32Fam 33
Airbus A220-100 and 300 25 (5)
In 2016, SWISS introduced the new Airbus A220 aircraft (former C Series). The aircraft introduces the latest technology/advances in engine, systems and materials technology to set new standards in terms of profitability and environmental compatibility, lower fuel consumption compared to other aircrafts in same size and further, in terms of human auditory sensitivity the new aircraft generates much less noise.
About SWISS
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is Switzerland’s national airline, serving over 100 destinations in 43 countries worldwide from Zurich, Geneva and Lugano and carrying some 17 million passengers a year with its 90-aircraft fleet. The company’s Swiss WorldCargo division provides a comprehensive range of airport-to-airport airfreight services for high-value and care-intensive consignments to some 130 destinations in more than 80 countries.
As The Airline of Switzerland, SWISS embodies its home country’s traditional values, and is committed to delivering the highest product and service quality. With its workforce of over 8,800 personnel, SWISS generated total revenues of around CHF 5 billion in 2017. SWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group, and is also a member of Star Alliance, the world’s biggest airline network.
Joramco Brief:
With more than 50 years of experience, Joramco has built a sound track record as a leading commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility serving a wide range of customers in the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, Africa, Russia and the CIS countries, offering services on several aircraft models from the Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer fleets.
Strategically located at a free zone area in Queen Alia International Airport in Amman-Jordan, with an infrastructure that includes 5 hangers that can accommodate up to 15 aircraft; Joramco is certified by a number of international & local regulatory authorities to include the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (JCARC).
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Village of Rockville Centre seeks electric upgrades from PSEG
Claims power company has ignored and dismissed concerns
Posted Thursday, July 5, 2018 12:00 am
The village is calling on PSEG Long Island to upgrade its electric service after years of requesting enhancements.
Penny Frondelli/Herald
By Ben Strack
As PSEG Long Island awaits the final plans for a proposed $176 million project to add a 7.3-mile, 138-kilovolt underground transmission line between Garden City and Lynbrook, Rockville Centre officials are urging the power company to address the village’s recommended enhancements to its electric system.
“Despite num-erous attempts over the past several years to raise our concerns about reliability and need for system upgrade, PSEG Long Island has ignored or effectively dismissed our concerns,” said Phil Andreas, superintendent of Rockville Centre’s Electric Department, according to the transcript of a public meeting hosted by the state Department of Public Service on May 30 in Mineola. Andreas added that cost estimates of $50 million to improve the system “seems grossly inflated.”
The village is one of three municipal electric systems on Long Island, serving about 25,000 customers and businesses, including about 30 critical facilities. PSEG provides transmission service for the Long Island Power Authority to the village through three 33,000-volt transmission lines, which supply a majority of Rockville Centre’s energy. The village’s Electric Department owns and operates a small power plant — which burns No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas — that is used during peak summer periods, generating between 10 and 25 percent of the village’s power at those times.
The request came before the most recent outage, on June 29, from midnight to 2 a.m., which affected service to about half of the village’s residents, according to village spokeswoman Julie Scully. It occurred as PSEG was making scheduled improvements to one of its circuits that feeds to Rockville Centre, PSEG spokesman Jeremy Walsh said, adding that the company was in touch with village officials to determine the cause.
Andreas noted 24 major outages in Rockville Centre caused by the LIPA system since 2013, and called on PSEG to conduct a condition assessment of the system’s equipment and structures. Two of the lines, for example, were affected during a snowstorm in March, cutting off power to about 4,330 residential and commercial customers.
“The interruption of multiple lines should not be occurring on a properly designed and maintained system,” said Andreas. “PSEG has failed to explain how or when these relay issues will be addressed.”
Walsh said that PSEG has developed several proposals in recent years to enhance load capacity to the village, including a fourth feeder line, which would provide the village with power exclusively. “We have recently met with the municipality to address their concerns, and we will continue to work with them to address the needs of their utility,” he wrote to the Herald in an email.
The new cable is part of what is known as the Western Nassau Transmission Project, which would power homes and businesses. It would start at the East Garden City substation, which is actually in Uniondale, and stretch to the Valley Stream substation, which is in Lynbrook. It would complement two 50-year-old cables now in use, and must be installed by 2020 in order to meet federal regulations.
Though the Long Island Power Authority has approved the project, which is expected to begin in mid-2019 and take about 18 months to complete, the Public Service Commission is still reviewing PSEG’s application, which involves the route of the cable.
The preferred one would begin on Stewart Avenue in Garden City and extend to Merrick Road in Lynbrook, but Andreas recommended another route — in which the line runs along Peninsula Boulevard — which he noted could open up the possibility to install a new interconnection substation.
“When we suggested an alternative route . . . that would permit a less expensive upgrade to enhance the reliability of Rockville Centre,” Andreas said, “we were told, to our great frustration, that the planning process was too far along even though we’ve repeatedly raised issues to both PSEG and LIPA.”
Walsh said in an email that “Rockville Centre’s call for this transmission line to be re-routed closer to their village would benefit their utility at substantial additional projected cost to all PSEG Long Island customers.”
The pleas come as the village’s Electric Department seeks to build a microgrid, a local energy network that can operate separately from a larger grid. Last year, the village was awarded $1 million in the second stage of the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority’s NY Prize Community Microgrid competition. The planned microgrid would serve about 5,000 residents and 58 facilities, village officials have said, including hospitals, first responder headquarters, drug stores, supermarkets and gas stations, and would also help the village move toward renewable energy sources. Bids for portions of the project have been sent out, Scully said.
Mayor Francis X. Murray and Andreas, who spoke on his behalf at the May 30 meeting, did not comment further.
Mike Smollins contributed to this story.
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Nydia Pineda
Nydia studied French Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Her undergraduate dissertation was entitled "From the Print to the Pen: Censorship in L'Autre Monde ou Les États et Empires de la Lune" and was awarded Honorific Mention in a viva voce examination. While completing her BA, she participated in a lexical analysis of Homeric Greek for a new translation of the Odyssey into Spanish, and also worked as a copywriter for the Centre of Poetics at the Institute of Philological Investigations at UNAM. From 2007-2009, she was a fellow of the Foundation for Mexican Letters and during this period she wrote a collection of essays examining the idea of moon travel as an image of exile and memory in literature, music and cinema. Her work has been published in Mexican national periodicals. Nydia then went to work in publishing and teaching French as a foreign language. Funded by the Mexican Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), she came to CELL in 2011 to study the MRes in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. Having been awarded a Queen Mary Principle's Research Studentship, she is currently studying a PhD in Queen Mary, University of London. She investigates the idea of lunar journeys in the seventeenth century, primarily focusing on the work of John Wilkins.
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I got these cute wall stickers at a local shop awhile ago and finally put them up.
I loved the bunnies....
... and the owl.
The fox is pretty cute too. The wall stickers are made by Nouvelles Images and will peel right off the wall if I get tired of them. It's a risk-free way to have some fun decorating a wall.
Posted by ljc at 11/06/2008
Labels: decorating, home
Jumbo Slice November 7, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Do you remember where you bought them? I'd love to get some for my daughter's room.
ljc November 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I got them at Parkleigh. It's a cute shop here in Rochester on Park Ave.
Michele November 7, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Those are adorable! I love something like that to stick in a corner or somewhere unexpected. Very cool idea!
I love this as well! I always cannot help but to think that if you guys ever have kids you will end up having the most adorable fun kid's room. :) I don't remember you having this color as paint. You should do a pictorial of your house- it would be fun to see all your decor and paint work. :)
jess November 8, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Those are so cute! i have to check out the website.
MJM November 8, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Great! That fox is the best. I guess we already miss Parkleigh!
Tracy November 8, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Very cute! I love the Parkleigh.
ljc
Pennsylvania, United States
Crafty. Funny. Short.
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This edition of A Woman of Thirty by Honore de Balzac and translated by Ellen Marriage is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition
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Written by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises, Locke), our epic gangster drama stars Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Sam Neil and Helen McCrory. Set in the lawless streets of post-war Birmingham on the cusp of the 1920s, the second series is on BBC 2 at 9pm on Thursdays.
The first critically acclaimed series had a consolidated average audience of 2.4m when it aired on BBC Two in 2013. It has since picked up awards for Best Drama Series from The Royal Television Society and was nominated for six BAFTA Craft Awards.
Season two sees the Shelby family expand their empire while maintaining a stronghold in their Birmingham heartland. Tommy’s efforts to make the business legitimate will be undermined by sinister forces, and his ascent into the decadent high society of 1920’s England will be helped by his gangster credentials.
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Captain Peter A. McKinnon was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1847, and removed with his parents to the United States in 1857, locating in Buffalo.
Our subject acquired his education in the public schools. In the winter of 1861 he was shipkeeper on the steamer Susquehanna, which was laid up in Cleveland, and was in that city when Abraham Lincoln, then newly elected President, passed through on his way to Washington to be inaugurated. Captain McKinnon remained on the Susquehanna the following season, and in the spring of 1863 shipped on the steamer Pittsburgh as wheelsman. This was followed by three years as lookout on the Canisteo, and in 1866 he was appointed second mate of the steamer Rocket, on which boat he remained three seasons, the last one as mate. He was then appointed master of the F. C. Carney, the following season holding the same position on the barge G. H. Orton, and then becoming mate and sailing master of the propeller Plymouth. His next berth was on the propeller Toledo, of the New York Central line, as lookout with Capt. Thomas Watts. He then went as wheelsman on the new steamer Equinox, the following season going in the same capacity on the Evergreen City with Captain Parsons, and in the spring of 1884 he shipped as lookout on the steamer Winona, with Captain Conkey. In 1885 he was appointed mate of the propeller Toledo, remaining on her three years, the last two as master; in 1888-89 he sailed as mate of the steamer Samuel F. Hodge; in the spring of 1892 he was appointed master of the Northerner, which went ashore near L'Anse, Lake Superior, in a driving snowstorm; she was laden with oil and was destroyed by fire. In the spring of 1893 Captain McKinnon entered the employ of the Lackawanna Steamship Company, being appointed mate of the Scranton, and remaining on her two seasons; in 1895 he became mate of the steamer Lackawanna, which he laid up in Buffalo creek at the close of navigation; in 1896-97 was on the Lackawanna, and in 1898 was on the Brazil.
Captain McKinnon was united in marriage to Miss Lucy A. Brant, of Buffalo, in 1888. The family residence is at No. 715 Plymouth avenue, Buffalo. Socially he is a Master Mason, a member of Erie Lodge, in Buffalo.
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Home / Middle East / Israeli official says US was unaware about PM's Oman visit
Israeli official says US was unaware about PM's Oman visit
US Ambassador reportedly only found out about Netanyahu's trip to the Gulf from the Omanis.
Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Oman last week, a senior Israeli official told Kan that the visit was not coordinated with the United States and that the US ambassador in the Gulf nation had heard about the contacts only from the authorities in Oman.
The source said that the meeting between Netanyahu and Sultan Qaboos, whose followed a year and a half of planning by the Mossad, was known only by the American ambassador after he was canceled a meeting with a representative of the Sultan.
Netanyahu and the White House refused to comment on the issue.
Last Friday, Netanyahu visited Oman, marking the first time since 1996 that an Israeli Prime Minister has visited the country.
The visit was criticized by the Arab world, but the foreign minister dismissed the criticism, saying that other nations in the region should weigh treating the Jewish State as an equal.
"We should consider giving equal treatment to Israel among the other countries in the Middle East. Jews are part of history that touches Islam and the existence of the State of Israel is a fact that should not be ignored," said the Omani official.
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"People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned." - Saul Bellow
Arlene S. (Edison) Eddy
(June 5, 1920 - December 12, 2012)
Arlene S. Edison Eddy
Arlene S. Edison Eddy was called home on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Arlene passed at her home northwest of Keeline with her devoted husband Larry at her side.
Arlene was born June 5, 1920 at her family's homestead north of Shawnee Wyoming to Gladys and Alfred Edison, where she spent her childhood and completed her schooling. Arlene was baptized June 12th 1927 in Shawnee, Wyoming by Irvin Noyce. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1938. Following high school on June 12th 1938, she married her husband Larry Eddy in Hot Springs, South Dakota.
The couple started their lives together and making a home, ranching northwest of Keeline where they spent 74 years and six months together. They were blessed with three children. Donna Eddy (deceased), Lois Eddy Moll and Ivan Eddy.
Arlene was an active member of the homemakers club, garden club, 4-H Sewing leader for the Mile High 4-H Club, Federated Women's Club, Sunday school teacher for the American Sunday School Union (Missionary Alliance) and a member of the Manville Church. She received second place in the nation for the Federated Women's Club award for clothing design for handicap people, during the years of devotion she spent, taking care of her handicap daughter, Dona.
Arlene enjoyed sewing, quilting, baking, gardening, canning, raising chickens, tea parties and Chinese checkers with grandchildren and great grandchildren and studying the Lord's Word, as a devoted Christian.
Arlene is survived by her husband, Larry Eddy. Brother, Fay Edison and wife Sue Edison North of Shawnee, Wyoming. Son, Ivan Eddy of Keeline, Wyoming. Daughter Lois Eddy Moll and Husband Robert Moll of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Granddaughters Ann Eddy Wood and husband Jeremy Wood of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Karen Moll Fortney and husband Rick Fortney of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Grandsons John Eddy of Lusk, Wyoming, Ron Moll and wife Stefanie of Gilbert, Arizona. Great Granddaughters Teah, Kendra, Chandra, Adrienne, Marisa, Olivia, Hayley, and Samantha. Great Grandsons Kolby, Justus, Jordan, and Ethan. Great Great Grandchildren Addison, Harper, and Jaedon.
She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Dona Eddy and daughter in law Patricia Eddy.
Services were held on December 17th at the First Baptist Church in Lusk. Brent Venable officiated the services. Pier Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials in Arlene's memory made to donor's charity of choice.
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Heartstrings is Nominated for Best AI/Machine Learning Startup/Best HealthTech Startup by Nordic Startup Awards
Technology in a Mission for Preventing Heart Diseases
“Our vision is saving at least 1 million lives each year,” say the creators of Heartstrings, Allen and Max Mohammadi, and with a vision this concrete and ambitious, is a company not set for success? Their idea, which was born after seeing a senior individual at a family party having an instant heart attack and passing away after minutes, came as pretty obvious as in why has nothing be done to detect early symptoms for heart diseases.
Heart disease is the number one killer all around the world, with 17 million people dying from heart disease each year. According to the World Health Organization, the death cause in many cases is the late detection, so many people don’t know they are sick until it’s too late or even die without knowing of having the disease.
Since the current screening tools are not accurate enough and are invasive, expensive and not easily accessible to general public, Heartstrings is offering the opposite: an accurate, non-invasive and low-cost technology for screening and early diagnosis of heart disease.
“Our mission is democratizing access to high quality healthcare by taking complex disease diagnosis to a much smarter level,” say the founders, who have been featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for 2018 after founding the startup in 2015 in Stockholm.
Forbes has also recognized Heartstrings as one of the most influential technologies currently. Additionally, the startup won the Alfred Nobel diploma, the Startup Open competition, as well as the World’s Innovators Race as an outstanding social initiative with the highest impact on the future of European citizens.
Product Design Based on Multidisciplinary Research
By using a person’s usual medical data including ECG and demographic data and applying their unique artificial intelligence technology, Heartstrings offers the world’s first clinically-validated decision support tool to doctors and help them detect heart disease before it gets late.
The solution helps many patients in discovering if they suffer from heart disease, even if they have no obvious symptoms, which eventually leads to saving millions of lives.
Heartstrings is the result of several years of research and development of a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, General Practitioners (GPs), nurses, engineers, computer scientists, and business and innovation advisors.
120 Hospitals Recognized the Benefits from Heartstrings
The founders have recognized two target market segments: the patients seeking confirmation while trying to avoid expensive and invasive angiographies, and the ones seeing health-screening in order to prevent and prepare for eventual diseases. However, part of the vision is to address the needs of doctors as well, as a decision support tool in order to refer their patients to the correct treatment plan.
Their main competitor is a blood-based gene expression (Cardio DX) which uses a different technology but targets a similar market. Their disadvantages though are the lower accuracy than Heartstrings, the cost of around $1200, excluding patient groups, slow results, and US only availability.
The procedure of coronary angiography is also a competitor, but it’s very invasive and high-cost, and very often as a procedure is unnecessary and used as a screening tool.
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'Wired Love- A Romance of Dots and Dashes', by Ella Cheever Thayer (1849-1925), is an enchanting book about a love affair between two telegraphers in America, code names 'N' and 'C'. The couple fall victim to the dangers that internet chat-room users are faced with today: they begin to fall for the stranger on the other end of the line without knowing what they look like, who they are, or anything much about them. For the first few chapters, 'N', known as Nattie, has no idea if the grapher on the end of the line is a man or a woman. She leads a double life - her 'online' life and her humdrum normal life. She has her real, 'visible' friends, and this increasingly special 'invisible' friend. More and more the 'invisible' variety takes precedence. How many of us can relate to that? The amazing thing is that the story was written in 1879.
It is clear that Cheever Thayer is a huge Dickens fan; her characters are cartoon-like in their depiction and comic too. Like the Pocket family in 'Great Expectations', who are continuously described as tumbling and falling, so too is the love-sick Quimby, as he tumbles and falls, over logs, cushions, fire buckets etc. He is something akin to Stan Laurel and you cannot help but warm to him and respect his good taste as he is so enamoured with our witty heroine. The novelist actually refers to two Dickens novels during the story as a nod of respect the great English writer who had died just nine years before this book was written.
The humour in this novel is touching and farcical at times, in the way of P.G. Woodhouse, and I found this to be one of the most charming aspects of the book. Charming is the perfect word for it as you fall in love with the characters and delight in the myriad of misunderstanding that makes this novel so highly cinematic.
Indeed, it would make a wonderful play and an even better movie. As such it would have been a perfect role for a young Jimmy Stewart and reminds me greatly of 'The Shop Around the Corner', which was recently re-made and updated as 'You Got Mail', starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. If you like either of those films, then you will love this book. It is full of witty, sparkling dialogue, plenty of puns and word play, especially when they chat on 'the wire', and could easily be adapted into a modern tale about find love on the World Wide Web.
It is so interesting to note the freedom that these Victorian Americans, and women especially, were allowed. It seems a million miles away from the sheltered, chaperoned existence of the Brontes and George Elliot. It is no surprise to learn then, that Cheever Thayer was a suffragette and wrote plays on the subject. Here is a section from the book that I found very interesting, given the early date of its origin, and how pertinent the words are even in today's world:
'... She had growled at herself all the way because she was not smart enough to get on in the world, even so far as to be to stay at home in such weather. For storms of nature, like storms of life, are hardest to a woman, trammelled as she is in the one by long skirts, that will drag you in the mud, and clothes that every gust of wind catches, and in the other by prejudices and impediments of every kind, that the world, in consideration, doubtless, for her so-called "weakness", throws in her way'.
Such words of frustration echo Bronte's novel written some thirty years previously, but would not have been out of place if there were said by Jane Eyre herself! So while the book has a light, romantic tone, there is substance there all the same and you do not need to dig very deep to find it.
But what is most memorable about this book is the voice of the author; this vibrant, clever, witty woman, who had worked in a telegraph office herself, and had spoken in morse code on the wires, and, perhaps, had experienced some of the funny situations that she describes so deftly in the book.
A regular reader will finish this short book in a day, and what a pleasant, romance-filled day of smiles that will be!
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Labels: Ella Cheever Thayer, novels to read in a day, romance novel, The Shop around the corner, Wired Love a romance of dots and dashes, Women and the telegraph
Rage, rage and more rage... for Hemingway, his wife and me.
'The Paris Wife', by Paula McLain, is like a slow growing hurricane: its passion builds and builds until you find yourself being carried away by its characters and finally deposited a long distance from where you originally started, feeling battered and bruised.
It is a story of the courtship and marriage of Hadley Richardson and Ernest Hemingway, the acclaimed novelist and self-proclaimed hero of modern American literature. It follows the life cycle of a love affair, from the heady first days, to the post-mortems and as such should come with a health warning. Let the broken-hearted everywhere beware! We are taken down the road of break-up and recrimination and while Mrs Hemingway, the narrator, may not feel anything close to hatred for her ex-husband, the reader certainly does. Like her, I fell in love with Hemingway in those early chapters and even ordered myself some copies of his novels to enjoy, but by the book's end, I found myself cursing the man. Like I said - this book is all about rage, the good sort and the bad.
The book also made me long for Paris, its cafes and art galleries, its classic architecture and damp rain. It made me yearn, too, for a writer's life and giving myself totally to a work of art, at the expense of health, wealth and everything else. But who can live like that? Ernest Hemingway certainly could and did. The candle burned at both ends for this writer, giving a dazzling light that attracted its own set of fireflies and moths. Yet, people cannot live like that for long, burning up everything and everyone in their path; old lovers and friends, family and patrons.
It is no mystery why 'The Paris Wife' by Paula McLain is so popular with book clubs the world over for it leaves the reader with more questions than answers. One of the main questions is, should someone be excused bad manners and cruelty just because they are an artist? If so, then is meanness and infidelity only allowable if the artist is an extremely talented artist, or is every artist, be they Noble Prize winning or derivative and full of hot air, allowed such moral poetic-licence? It makes me wonder about the true legacy of a person - which should be most celebrated, that you were a good writer, or that you were a good person? After reading this book, I have to admit that Ernest Hemingway, despite being a gifted author, was a selfish, self-obsessed, childish man, whose ego knew no bounds, and who clearly had a problem with women. By the end of it, I wanted to reach into the pages, grab him by the neck and strangle the man, but that is one pleasure, thus far, denied to an eager reader. (You see... more rage!)
The way Mclain tells it, Hemingway was almost a victim of a preconceived ambush - that Pauline Pfeiffer effectively waylaid the author and he was helpless to stop it happening. It reminds me of some of the other first wives of successful artists: Cynthia Lennon, especially, comes to mind, a young wife and mother, abandoned very publicly by her husband and then by his entire entourage. And what about Ann Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife, who, like Hadley was also some years senior to her husband, and was abandoned by him in Stratford while he searched for fame and fortune in the playhouses of London. Even the great romantic, Charles Dickens was not immune, leaving his once beloved wife, Catherine Hogarth, after she bore him ten children, for an 18 year old actress, Ellen Ternan.
Why is it that so many of our greatest artists seem to outgrow the women they loved before they were famous? Don't we see the same scenario playing itself out repeatedly in the lives of Hollywood celebrities? In some of these cases there is not much artistic talent to speak of, but considerable fame and attention. And so I conclude that it is the ego of the artist, and not their level of brilliance, that makes marital success, or mere monogamy, so elusive.
Even James Joyce, the writer who seemed to understand so intimately the working of a woman's mind, managed to be unfaithful to his mistress and muse, Nora Barnacle. Their marriage 25 years later seemed to make no difference to their relationship and affairs with other women continued.
But this is not saying much of McLain's book itself. It is a great piece of historical fiction, written as Hadley Richardson's memoir. She makes an endearing narrator, although we occasionally see life from Hemingway's perspective and hear private conversations that Hadley would not have been privy to. McLain brings their story to life as she imagines the conversations and situations that the couple found themselves in. It seems that the essence of the Hemingways' relationship has entered into the very fibre of this text: their passionate, hunger for life; exhausting, exhilarating and extra-ordinary. The text is light and the dialogue full of witty, American slang that was so popular in the 1920s. Hemingway comes across as larger than life, his smile once described as spreading from his face and reaching every part of his body.
The interesting thing is that Hadley writes her memoir in the same style as her husband; with pure, unadorned language. Similarly, their world, like Hemingway's prose, is simple and clear, no frills, no unnecessary clutter. Their home in Paris is scantily furnished and bare. They eat simply, sausage and potatoes being a favourite dish, and even their clothes resemble those of plain, working folk: baggy trousers and cotton shirts. As their surroundings become more sophisticated, and they mix with the rich and beautiful, so too do their lives. Finally, everything becomes so complicated, it is unbearable and, as Yeats said, 'The centre cannot hold'.
It is clear that McLain is a published poet as the novel is full of visual symbolism. When Hadley is at her lowest, feeling trapped and confined, beside her is a canary bird, caught in its cage. There are other references to caged birds in the novel too. If Hadley is represented by a caged bird, then Ernest is best symbolised by the charging bull that he loved so well; a huge physical presence, passionate, raging, wild. At one point in the novel, the entire male entourage begin to adopt bull-like personae, squaring up to one another and challenging their friends to fight over a particularly beautiful girl. The entire scenario would be laughable were it not for the pain it causes the women in the group. Yet, one of my favourite symbols in the text is the moment when Hadley finally realises that her marriage is over, and she watches the walls of their son's sandcastle crumbling into the sea. This tiny cinematic detail captures the tragedy of divorce so beautifully, when a home is wrecked irreparably and all security for the family unit is lost.
The structure of the book has the symmetry of a poem too, with images from the beginning of the novel echoing through to the end. Consider when Hadley and Ernest first kiss, he calls her a coward and bids her to jump off the top of a sand dune and when she does, he takes her in his arms and kisses her passionately. On the day when she finally snaps, having had enough of his infidelity, he calls her a coward, telling her to dive into the water below. This time she does not dive in. There are so many clever, symmetrical echoes in this book, with mirrored stories of fathers lost and women abandoned, that you cannot help but smile.
This is a book to take your time over and enjoy, although your desire to discover how it all ends with have you devouring the pages in the all-or-nothing fashion of the Hemingways. But be prepared to be shaken by this text, by the questions and the doubts it will leave you with, on the nature of love, fidelity and matrimony, and the eternal differences between the male and female of the species.
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Labels: Ernest Hemingway, Hadley Richarsdon Hemingway, Paula McLain, The Paris Wife
Have you ever felt that there is something missing from your life? Well, I have found what that 'something' is: The Jane Austen, 'Pride and Prejudice' Baby Board Book! This is and is not what you are thinking. No, it is not a book about child-rearing Jane Austen style, although I suspect some Janeite somewhere in the world is working on that project as I type. But yes, it is a book for babies.
How is that possible? How can a mere child appreciate the pertinent prose, witty witticisms and clever character creation that we associate with Jane Austen?
Well the awfully talented artist and author duo, Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver, have come up with the solution to that very problem....
by making a beautiful book that babies will enjoy, on a very simple level. And what do little folk like doing... apart from chewing? Counting!
Yes - this is a Jane Austen, 'Pride and Prejudice', baby counting book ... I kid you not. 'One English village.... two handsome gentlemen... three big houses...' you get the picture?
Indeed, the pictures are the most appealing thing about this little jewel of a book. The illustrations are simply adorable, which brings me to my main point. This is not actually a Jane Austen baby book... but a Jane Austen mummy book.
This book is so deliciously charming, it will make you feel complete, whole and happy with your lot in life. Failing that, it will give you something nice to look at when you have finished dashing about and finally sit down with your child for some one on one time.
It will also put a smile on your face as you teach your child how to count: 'Yes, five sisters, one who is very silly, another who is very pretty and one... just like your mummy; who is very, very clever.' An added bonus is that this is one book purchase that you don't need to feel guilty about - it is educational after all.
My final word:
Only very clever mummies will buy this book but only very silly mummies will actually let their children play with it... especially for those kiddies who prefer chewing to counting.
#Onefortheshelf.
Labels: book guilt, Jane Austen baby book, Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice- A BabyLit Board Book
I have just finished reading 'Corrag' by Susan Fletcher and I can honestly say that I have never read a book like it. Previously published under the title of 'Witch Light', it is a story about a young woman who has witnessed a massacre in the Scottish highlands and to silence her, the authorities have accused her of being a witch. She tells her life-story to a visiting Irish political activist, Charles Leslie, who is secretly gathering evidence against newly crowned King William of Orange, the person behind the massacres. At first he is reviled by the tiny witch creature, but slowly he begins to see the young girl beneath the tangled hair and torn garments for what she really is: an honest, frail orphan, who has been victimised all her life for daring to be different.
On one level this book tells the story of just one woman, but on another, it brilliantly describes the fate of hundreds of thousands of outspoken, clever women through the ages. Corrag comes from generations of 'witches', that is women who led hunted lives and who were executed for being different, having a knowledge of homoeopathy or a child out of wedlock . The term 'witch' is flung at her as a threat whenever someone takes against her on the flimsiest of pretexts. The ignorance of people was appalling and I only wonder that even more women were not branded by such a title, given the random nature of it. The book clearly sets out to illustrate the horrors experienced by so many women in the past and to tell their story. Indeed Corrag herself calls on Charles Leslie, and indeed to the reader too, to remember the dead and their stories, as a way of keeping their memories alive. Susan Fletcher certainly has achieved that goal in this novel.
She uses a number of interesting narrative devices to seduce the reader. For example, clever use of first person narrative ensures that we develop an intimate relationship with the main characters. The story is told in a collection of monologues: Corrag's dialogue consists of a one-sided conversation with Charles Leslie, and his dialogue consists of a collection of letters that he writes home to his beloved wife Jane. It is a very simple yet ingenious way of learning what two different characters are feeling without slipping into third person narrative. Most of the time we are listening to Corrag tell her tale, with letters from Charles adding some variety and filling in the gaps. Interestingly, at the end of the book, this technique is reversed momentarily and it is Charles Leslie who speaks in a one-sided conversation and it is Corrag who writes a letter. The impact of this surprise is to add drama to the text and to suggest an element of freedom for the characters.
Yet, while we are inside Corrag's head, our hearts pound wildly, as she fights-off drunken redcoats or sits in her cell awaiting execution. We are with her when she struggles to live by the oath she gave to her mother, never to love a man. She feels guilt when she begins to love the old mare who saves her life countless times and is the only true friend she has ever known. But it is when she sees the face of Alistair Macdonald that her fate is sealed and her passionate, secret love for him cannot be quelled. We are there, listening to every word that she speaks to Charles Leslie, the man who lost a daughter back in Ireland and begins to see in this tiny girl, resemblances of his wife and lost child. In a way, Charles becomes a surrogate father to Corrag, but to give specific examples as to why that is, would spoil the ending.
There is great poetry in this novel, as the author uses the senses to describe every new place, character and object. Fletcher describes a wild, untamed Scottish landscape, where prose and poetry merge and co-exist. The reader is bombarded with a myriad of sensual description, in a way that reminds me of the great Romantic poets. Every sense is seduced, as the scenes come to life on the page. The synaesthetic imagery propels us back to 1692 and screams so loudly that we too feel the need to lift our skirts and flee. As one might expect, in a tale about a girl living out of doors, there is mud, heather and moss, but there is also moonlight, mists and waterfalls. Corrag dwells in a world without kings and religion, because she has learned that she is not like everyone else and she does not fit in to that traditional world. Her world is the natural world, where she is ruled by her basic instincts of kindness, honesty and truth. As such, she has a wisdom that endears her to some, but cause others to fear her.
The classical elements, earth, water, fire and air, are all central to the novel. Corrag is so in tune with her surroundings that she is never happier than when growing her herbs in the brown earth, or standing naked amid silvery mists of water and air. She was born in wintertime and so is a child of the snow. So many of the important events in the story occur while snow is falling, which is in stark contrast to the burned houses during the Glencoe massacre and, of course, the execution fire that awaits Corrag. Fletcher carefully balances all the classical elements in the text to emphasis the only 'witchcraft' or laws that Corrag adheres to, which are the laws of nature. Corrag belongs to the physical earth and knows its ways. With a mother who was cruelly taken from her too soon, she relies on the predictability of Mother Earth, its seasons and cycles, for emotional sustenance and protection.
But apart from the clever language, poetry and narrative voice, this book is an excellent read. I urge you to read it and try it for yourself. It is a book like no other, and believe me, Corrag is one character worth knowing. But you must let her come close and whisper in your ear, her strange yet beautiful tale, of water, earth, fire and air. Then, when next you say 'witch', you will think of the home in the highlands, between the gap in the rocks, where the girl with the moths in her hair bathes in moonlight and yearns for snow.
Five out of Five
Labels: Book about Scotland and witches, by Susan Fletcher, Corrag, Massacre of Glencoe Scotland, Witch Light
Having recently finished reading 'The Island', by Victoria Hislop, about life on a Cretan island, I picked up a copy of 'The Islandman', by Tomas O Crohan. This is a first hand account of O Crohan's life growing up on The Great Blasket island, off the south-western coast of Ireland. We in Ireland are probably best familiar with the island because Peig Sayers lived there and the book she wrote about her life on the Blaskets was compulsory reading for every Irish teenager for many years. As such, it was conservatively the most hated Irish textbook of all time.
Despite this blatant prejudice, I thought I would give Tomas's book a try. Written in his native Gaelic tongue but translated into English, he begins by describing his first memory, that of being breast fed by his mother... apparently he was about 3 or 4 at the time. Yes, the women were a hardy bunch on the islands.
Born in 1856, this autobiography spans a whole lifetime, up until 1926, when the final chapter was written. O Crohan himself died in 1937. The book is full to the brim with adventure, sadness and countless interesting characters. More than anything though, it captures on paper a world that is long gone, where people fought against the elements and faced hardship on a daily basis. Death was a regular occurrence, but people on the Blaskets just had to get on with life and focus on securing the next meal. Out of his ten children, O Crohan lost eight in very sad circumstances and his wife too passed away quite young, leaving behind a tiny baby.
The women seem to die very early and lead hard, thankless lives, with their days spent cleaning, cooking and slaving after countless children and absent husbands. If bread was to be had, it was the woman's job to bake it. Marriages were based upon the ability of a woman to work hard, cook and care for animals. Lack of space in the family home was another reason to have your eldest daughter married-off and moved-out into an in-laws house. Love, as we know it today, was not even in the running. O Crohan too found a wife in this way, although he liked her first because of her singing voice. From his descriptions, there were always people trying to make a match for him where ever he went. He never describes what she looked like or anything about her as a individual. Instead, he only tells us how her death meant he had more work to do around the place and was left short-handed. The author is not very clear on such personal details, but instead tells the tale in broad brush-strokes, giving the reader a sense of life on the island in macro scale.
One of the most memorable stories he recalls was the day the bailiffs came to the island to claim taxes. The men moved all their animals to a distant part of the island, while the women were left holding the fort, as it were. As the bailiffs approached, each carrying a gun, the women began showering them with large rocks. Children scampered about the fields collecting stones for their mothers. After three attempts and with one man left unconscious owing to his wounds, the bailiffs sailed away and did not return. Such were the women of The Blaskets.
As you can imagine, each day was a struggle on the island, but the people there also knew great freedom and joy. Couples were 'matched' together in marriage and at times there was plenty to eat and drink. There was much celebration and drinking whenever a pig was sold, and drinks of commiseration too when one was not. Many a good man was lost to the pleasure that alcohol could bring and O Crohan explains this at the end of the book by saying that they drank so much because of 'the need to have a merry night instead of the misery that we knew only too well before'.
The story also tells of the heartbreak of separation and emigration, as countless young people left the island in search of a better life in America. What I did not know was that so many returned after a few years only to leave again a few years later. From such examples we can see the conflict that raged in the lives of the islanders: wanting a better life for themselves, but being so instinctively drawn back to their island home. I cannot imagine how these people coped with life astride two very different worlds: forsaking the traditions of the Great Blasket for the modernity of Manhattan.
So, if you fancy taking a step back in time, to see how Irish men and women survived on this tiny outpost, called the Great Blasket Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in the middle of the 19th century, then 'The Islandman' is the book for you. You certainly will never forget it, and let us hope we will never forget the men and women of The Blasket Islands, for we certainly never will look on their like again.
Labels: Life on the Blasket islands., The Great Blasket Island, The Islandman, Tomas O Crohan
This is a story that follows the lives of four generations of women in the same family and their connection with the Greek leper colony that was situated on the Cretan island of Spinalonga up until 1957. Having just finished the novel I feel I'm an expert on the disease that for so long filled the world with dread and revulsion. It is simply caused by a bacteria, but, in its turn, caused much devastation to communities and resulted in cruel social fragmentation. This is one of the main themes of the novel, how leprosy destroyed a family.
Hislop clearly researched her novel well and this was my favourite aspect of the novel. Somehow, I felt that the characters' lives were just a means to an end and the real star of the novel was the island itself. Eleni, the first mother in the story, was my favourite character, the school teacher who probably contracted the disease from a pupil. She and the young boy are sent off to the island together, silently boarding the boat in their shame, hugging each other as they bid farewell to family and friends.
Their incarceration on the island is well documented in the novel and makes for interesting reading. It is surprising to learn that during World War Two, conditions at the leper colony were better than those enjoyed by the rest of the population. It seems that even the Nazis were afraid of leprosy! They had a cinema there, a school, a hospital and a well organised political system, where leaders were democratically elected and fought hard for the legal entitlements of their fellow citizens. Making any improvement in living conditions or medical care was an uphill battle, but some of the residents of Spinalonga had friends in high places and this ensured that their voices was heard. The disease had scant regard for social class and many different types of people, from fisherman to wealthy lawyers, found themselves taking the lonely trip out to the island of lepers. The many layers of historical detail proved to be the most interesting aspect of the novel in my opinion.
Although the plot was quite slow-moving in parts, Eleni's character maintained my interest throughout the first section of the book. I was desperate for her to survive the disease and heartbroken to leave her story behind and move on to the next generation. I found the lives of her daughters, Anna and Maria, a little less compelling. Anna especially was a one-dimensional character with little depth at all. She was a wayward child, a spoilt, wicked girl who caused mayhem yet supplied a great deal of the drama in the novel. She of course comes to a bad end, but even that is over-dramatic and actually detracts from the fine premise of the story. I think Hislop's original idea - to write a story about the island of Spinalonga- is interesting enough, without the addition of Anna! In fairness though, the loveable characters of Fotini, Maria and Gorgis Patrakis are beautifully depicted and seem alive on the page. Hislop is clearly at home writing about Greece and its passionate people, culture and way of life.
So, this is an easy, and at times heartbreaking, read; enjoyable if you have an interest in Greek history, or history in general and evocative for those who ever wondered what it was like to be branded 'unclean' and cast out from the world.
Labels: Greek History, Leprosy, Spinalonga, The island, The island by Victoria Hislop
This is a book to get lost in, not just in the usual way of books, but in a way that is haunting and will have you musing for days and days, long after you have turned the final page. For nothing is simple when it comes to this novel. The plot moves from climax to climax as you might expect from a novel that was originally serialised . But it is the depiction of characters that is most perplexing. We cannot quite figure out if we like the main characters but are compelled to take this figurative and literal journey with them into the heart of China. Who is the real hero, the true villain? Some of the time I side with the main female character and at others I feel nothing but chagrin for her. In this regard, Maugham is a first rate author, he keeps you analysing and reassessing every word and act.
The novel begins in China, 1925, between the wars, when British civil servants and citizens were becoming more and more unwelcome in the Far East. Shallow, spoilt Kitty Garstin has married Dr Walter Fane, a bacteriologist living in China just so that she can walk down the aisle before her younger sister. This British couple have little in common. She does not love her quiet, reserved husband, and barely knows him at all. His passion for her is superficial, loving her like a doll in an Ibsen play. The scene is set for an extra-marital affair which duly takes place.
On its discovery, Walter, a great bridge player, makes an unexpected move and volunteers his medical services in the cholera-ridden Mei-tan-fu district. His wife is given an ultimatum: she must accompany him on this suicidal expedition, or face disgrace and divorce.
And so we come to one of the main themes of this novel: freedom. In a wild attempt to free herself form her overbearing, condescending mother, Kitty runs thoughtlessly into a loveless marriage. Then, to free herself from the boredom of married life, she throws herself into a passionate affair with a selfish, serial womaniser. Next, trapped by the shameful discovery of her adultery, she is forced to face certain death and journey into the centre of the cholera epidemic at Mei-tan-fu. Her desire for freedom is so intense, her desperation is almost palpable.
In a speech that would not be out of place in 'Jane Eyre', Kitty Fane cries out for her entitlement to freedom, in all its guises:
'Freedom! Not only freedom from a bond that irked, and a companionship which depressed her; freedom, not only from the death which had threatened, but freedom the love that had degraded her; freedom from all spiritual ties, the freedom of a disembodied spirit; and with freedom, courage and a valiant unconcern for whatever was to come'.
As such, this in some ways reads as a modern text, having much to interest students of feminist criticism and a lot to recommend it to women of every generation. The book ends with a declaration that mother's must teach their daughters not to make the same mistakes as the previous generation and in their turn, they must embrace true, spiritual freedom and not become the playthings of men, selling their freedom in return for material comfort.
Yet, in a very disturbing way, this is also a novel of its time. In one chapter Kitty describes the appearance Chinese orphans in such a demeaning way that every feeling revolts. Similarly, a mentally ill child is referred to as 'it' and 'the creature', which only serves to demonstrate the ignorance of the character and society in general in 1925. One of the nuns points out to Kitty the beauty of all living things and soon Kitty's attitude changes. It is unclear whether Maugham is trying to illustrate the shallowness of his main character through her prejudicial comments, or if he is actually revealing his own. Either way, it makes for very uncomfortable reading.
Opposing notions, such as the beautiful and the grotesque, are ever present in this text. Indeed this is a book about the antithetical nature of human relationships, the fine line between love and hate, passion and anger. Such basic human emotions are twinned in the hearts of men and women and it doesn't take much to exchange one for the other- or so it is in the world of William Somerset Maugham's imagination.
'I despise myself' Walter tells his wife. Dr Fane hates himself for loving Kitty so much and for choosing the wrong wife. He has come to Mei-tan-fu to kill himself, if she dies it is a bonus. His passion for her is all consuming and that is his flaw. Like a character from a Shakespearian tragedy, he loved Kitty to distraction and finally to insanity. He forces her to face her guilt and to look upon death at very close quarters. He is essentially mad in love and his madness makes him act in a cruel and calculating way that is so opposed to his usual character. The possessive passion of Walter Fane has grown so corrupt that he takes his adulterous wife deep into a cholera epidemic, in the hope that one or both of them will die. He would rather that than watch her leave him.
He little foresees how the trip to Mei-tan-fu will soften his own anger, will allow Kitty to soften too and develop a selfless understanding of other people. She slowly comes to the realisation that she is a frivolous fool, while Walter is a kind, generous, brilliant doctor who saves hundreds of people and defeats the disease. Once he discovers that she is pregnant, however, he has a change of heart and wants her to leave. He has a great capacity for love and in Mei-tan-fu it pours out on the wretched poor and sick. In this way, the passion for his wife is redirected and channelled into something more positive.
In Mei-tan-fu, Kitty comes to see the change in Walter and recognises his greatness. She misses his affection when it is gone and his tenderness. 'What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loves you?' she asks. Walter had 'an exquisite kindliness', she admits. On some level I think she has come to love Walter, but cannot face the reality, feeling, perhaps, that she does that she is not worthy of love - never having known it as a child. When she learns that Walter loved babies she cannot fail to recognise what a good husband and father he could have been. Yet, she cannot forget that he took her to Cholera ridden Mei-tan-fu. She sad truth is she fears him.
The subtle sense of fear and hostility that underlies this novel reminds me of Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness', or James's 'Portrait of a Lady'. Here too the central characters have to come face to face with their own weakness and her own failings. Kitty Fane is faced with the suffering and death of countless strangers and is so touched by the experience that it is like the 'dark night of the soul' for her. She is forced to accept her faults and to realise that she sold herself for so little, not fully knowing the cost she would have to pay. Hers is a nature that is weak and governed by rudimentary, animalistic passions. She believes she is capable of self-control, but ultimately learns that she takes pleasure in being the plaything of men.
Like Conrad's novel, this text traces a journey into hell on earth. There Kitty knows what true terror is. Yet, ironically, both Walter and Kitty find redemption in Mei-tan-fu. She learns to be selfless, he leans to use his passion for good. How strange it is that it is in this hellish place that she is touched by a godlike calm and beauty, owing to her contact with the saintlike nuns at the infirmary convent. These women are the foil for her loveless mother. Here she finds positive female role models who teach her the merits of selflessness and grace. They adore Walter more than she ever could and the teach her to appreciate the goodness in the man she has married. They emphasise the spiritual in the world, and help eradicate the physical obsession that embodied her affair with Charlie Townsend.
This is a a dark, twisted tale about a couple bent on suicide because they hate each other. Yet it also about great passion and desire. The wonder is that Kitty does not see the beauty in her husband, why she does not succumb to the brilliance of his great mind, that so enchants the nuns in the convent, the local Chinese guards and the forgotten little orphans. But as I said earlier, this is a book to keep you wondering, be it about the book's title, taken from a poem by Shelley, or Walter's famous reference to Oliver Goldsmith's poem, 'The dog it was who died'. I thoroughly recommend 'The Painted Veil' for those of you who wish to be transported into another time and place, where good and evil walk side by side and sometimes call themselves by other names.
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“From Black Rock boy to world class cricketer”
Tribute by Minister of Sports John King on the passing of Seymour Nurse.
SEYMOUR MacDONALD NURSE was born on November 10, 1933, at Jack-My-Nanny Gap, Black Rock, St Michael, in humble circumstances to his mother, a domestic, and his father, a carpenter.
He was the youngest of four children, two boys and two girls. He was educated at St Stephen’s Boys’ School where he excelled in both football and cricket.
He ultimately chose cricket after a severe leg injury ended his football career. He then heeded the advice of his father: “Stay in cricket and quit football; otherwise you are on your own.”
Nurse started his cricketing career like many Barbadian cricketers – in the Barbados Cricket League. He played for the Bay Street Boys’ Club, the same club where Sir Garfield Sobers played as a young man.
Nurse emerged as a heavy scorer in the Barbados Cricket League in the 1950s and moved to the famous Empire Cricket Club where his form and strokeplay blossomed.
He was named Wisden Cricketer Of The Year in 1967 for his exploits in the summer of 1966. On the 1968-1969 tour of New Zealand, Nurse scored 558 runs in three Tests, including a century and a double century.
His last innings of 258 saw him retire from international cricket after that tour, but he continued to play for Empire and Barbados for a number of seasons in the 1970s.
Nurse was a “wristy, stylish and classy batsman”; he was a joy to watch. It was often said that the master batsman made batting look easy and many of the game’s aficionados often commented that he played strokes with the authority of the men who invented them.
He was employed as a full-time coach at the National Sports Council in 1978. The players coached by Nurse include Malcolm Marshall, Wayne Daniel, Joel Garner, Thelston Payne, Carlisle Best, Desmond Haynes, Roland Holder, Patterson Thompson, Courtney Browne, Ian Bradshaw and Sherwin Campbell.
Among his other accomplishments, Nurse had been an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club since the 1970s; he worked at the National Sports Council as a coach and senior sports administrator for 33 years, rising to the position of acting assistant director of sports; and served as liaison officer for many teams including the Australia and West Indies Test teams.
He also served as a manager to the Barbados and West Indies cricket teams. Additionally, it should be noted that this master batsman played masters cricket for Empire in the 1970s and batted without being dismissed for two seasons.
Nurse was a mentor and hero to many of our past West Indian greats and exemplified the power of sports, rising from humble beginnings to become a world class cricketer and indeed a Barbadian hero.
He was an exemplary cricketer and person and will be missed by the entire cricketing world.
As minister with responsibility for sports, I wish to extend sincere condolences to his family on behalf of my ministry and the people of Barbados.
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We welcome your questions and suggestions:
mailing address: PO Box 11824, Winston-Salem, NC 27116.
Email: info@ncgsfoundation.org
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The Governor's School Foundation
The Jim Hart Champion Award was created in 2014 to recognize extraordinary commitment and contributions to the Governor’s School Foundation.
Named after the first recipient and a true champion of The Governor’s School, Jim Hart, the award is given to honor steadfast leadership, support, or service to the Governor’s School.
Joe Milner & Lucy Milner
Award Recipients, 2018
Our 2018 recipients have been called the “power couple of Governor’s School” – an apt description given their many years of service to both campuses and their tireless efforts to save the Governor’s School program in the face of the 2011-2012 budget crisis.
Joe Milner was a faculty member at both Governor’s School East and Governor’s School West, teaching Area 2 studies. He also served as onsite director of Governor’s School East from 1999-2002. As head of the education department at Wake Forest University and founder of the Master Teacher Fellows program, Joe brought generations of graduate students to experience the ideal academic environment of the Governor’s School. Upon retiring from campus, Joe served as President of the NC Governor’s School Foundation, where he led the campaign to save Governor’s School when funding was eliminated from the state budget in 2011-2012. He spearheaded efforts to raise over $700,000 in private funding to keep the school open that summer and generated a groundswell of alumni support that convinced lawmakers to reinstate the program the following year.
Lucy Milner served as an English instructor at Governor’s School West for many years and then became onsite director at West in 1998. There, she implemented critical innovations like the TAC program, the Deans of Students role, and the wildly popular optional seminars. Above and beyond her program contributions, she formed the spirit of the campus: one of mutual respect and dialogue. Her legacy continues as students take part each year in what she called “The Great Conversation.” At a time when the future of Governor’s School was in doubt, Lucy proved instrumental in coordinating the efforts of the Alumni Association and the Foundation in anticipation of our 50th year gala.
As one alumnus described, “Without Joe and Lucy’s leadership efforts, GS would have died in 2012. Tens of thousands of alumni and future alumni have Joe and Lucy to thank for their ‘GS Experience’.” Thank you, Joe and Lucy!
Dr. Randy Foy
Award Recipient, 2017
Dr. Randy Foy (GS 1967), worked at The Governor's School as a teacher and conductor for 37 years. He was the architect of the tremendous instrumental music program at Governor's School West and had a major impact on his scholars. He was able to inspire superb performances from his students, in an abbreviated amount of time. Randy understood that his musicians were interested in more than music, so he tied the music in with relevant issues and concepts. He challenged students' preconceived notions of the world and created an atmosphere where they felt free to explore and learn. He fully embodied the core principles of the Governor's School program. Randy labored to raise awareness of what was taking place in the North Carolina Senate in 2012 and attended multiple fundraisers. Overall, Randy has been a remarkable advocate for the Governor's School program.
Ms. Camilla Roberson & Mr. Dana Simpson
Ms. Camilla Roberson has been the Special Assistant for the North Carolina Governor’s School for 19 years. For most of this time, she was the only full-time, year-round Governor’s School employee. Through the years, she has processed more than 30,000 student nominations and helped facilitate more than 13,000 student selections. During the budget cuts and resulting tuition requirements, Camilla worked with colleagues to find ways to extend the opportunity to as many students as possible. The Office of the North Carolina Governor’s School is now poised for growth and possibility, due in large part to the industrious and gracious efforts of Camilla Roberson.
Mr. Dana Simpson attended the Governor's School West in 1991. He was a chief contributor to the GSF’s efforts during the North Carolina Senate funding crisis in 2011-2012. His efforts as a lobbyist assisted in the eventual restoration of government funding to the Governor's School Program. Since that time, he has continued to be GSF’s proponent in the General Assembly. He has generously donated many resources in the support of the organization on a long-term basis and deserves recognition for saving this preeminent program.
Mr. Scott Gayle
Scott C. Gayle (GSW 1968), served on the Foundation's Board of Directors from 2010 to 2016. Scott served as Fund Drive Chair during the financial crisis of 2011, working alongside David Winslow (GSW 1970) and others to lead the Foundation as it raised over $700,000 in just seven months. Without Scott's leadership in securing those contributions from interested corporations, foundations, and hundreds of Governor's School alumni, both GSW and GSE would have been forced to close for the 2012 session. Scott was also a key voice in alumni advocacy efforts in Raleigh, working with then-President Joe Milner and many others to convince the NC Legislature to restore Governor's School's recurring appropriation in time for the 2013 session. Scott also served as GSF President for three years (2013-16). In that time, he accomplished many things, including strengthening the Foundation’s infrastructure by purchasing and implementing state-of-the-art alumni donation software, and recruiting new talent and volunteers for the future. Scott is a Director of Tuggle Duggins, PA, practicing business and real estate law in Greensboro.
Mr. Ron Loftis
Mr. Ron Loftis Jr. (GSW 1969), served as the treasurer of the Foundation for 25 years. During the 2011 budget crisis that threatened to shut down the Governor's School, donations to the Foundation increased by over 200%. Ron was responsible for manging the Foundation's finances during this unprecedented increase. He oversaw all financial matters and reporting functions for the Foundation board, providing updates on rapidly changing budgetary and political matters. Ron Loftis' vision, advice and suggestions have been critical to the Foundation's success.
Mr. David Winslow & Mrs. C.C. Winslow
Mr. David Winslow attended Governor's School West in 1970. When he joined the Foundation Board, the merits of his fundraising expertise were as self-evident as they were severely needed. Equally as crucial were the contributions of his wife, C.C. Winslow. David’s tireless fundraising efforts in 2011 resulted in a record-breaking fundraising campaign, preserving the legacy and future of the Governor’s School. Perhaps more importantly, as Fund Drive Chair from 2012-2014, David helped to maintain the momentum from the 2011 campaign and inspire investors across the state to maintain their financial commitment. In 2011, C.C. Winslow volunteered to create and maintain a comprehensive database system, that tracks donations to the Foundation and updates contact information of alumni. It was C.C. who laid the infrastructure for the new software implementation that will serve the Foundation and the Alumni Association well into the future.
Mr. Jim Hart
In his 20 years of service to both the North Carolina Governor's School Foundation and the Alumni Association, Jim Hart (GSW 1979) has inspired everyone around him. When Jim realized that the State had failed to retain contact information on the thousands of students who have attended Governor's School, he undertook the daunting task of recording the name and address of all alumni. Jim created the original database used by both GSAA and the Foundation. In 2012, he created the scholarship process and chaired the Scholarship Committee for three years. In 2013, Jim designed and implemented a survey of 750 alumni, that proved instrumental in convincing the legislature to restore funding for the Governor's School.
Jim's leadership is manifest in every decision the Foundation makes, and his dedication to Governor's School has remained constant. Jim's leadership on the Board of Directors of the GSF continued through a full two terms of service.
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Where there's a Weewoo, there's a way Circulation: 98,096,637 Issue: 194 | 10th day of Relaxing, Y7
Cruor Stilla: Part One
by eikomei
Ruby walked home from school as quickly as she could, hoping to get an early start on her homework. The project was to explore her house thoroughly and see if there was anything she hadn't noticed before by doing so. She knew about pretty much everything in her house, except for whatever the attic contained, as she had never bothered going up there before.
Caerulus, her Anubis, greeted her at the door, jumping up and knocking the half-eaten apple out of her hand, and proceeded to chase after it.
"I see you're as energetic as ever," she said to him, then went inside and up to her room. She had to move a chair to stand on so she could get to the attic's entrance, then pushed it open and went inside. She coughed on the dust and her eyes watered as she looked around at the small space. It was filled with boxes mostly, but there was one object lying out in the open on top of one of them that caught her eye. She picked it up and examined it.
It was a necklace, with a chain made of gold attatching a ruby set in a golden scarab pendant to it. The thing had the aura of something ancient, but appeared as if it was made just recently. She was afraid to try it on, for some unexplainable reason, but felt the urge to all the same. What's the worst that could happen? she thought. Really, it's just a piece of jewelry...
An extremely beautiful piece of jewelry, too. It's design was simple enough, but Ruby found her mind being lost in the scarlet hue of the gemstone as she continued to stare into it's depths. Such an odd shade of red it was; it almost seemed as if it were a crystallized drop of blood. Strange, she mused. How that color even matches my name. It's like it was made for her.
With that final thought, all feelings of doubt were erased from her mind. Unhesitatingly, she undid the clasp to the necklace, placed it around her neck, and closed it again. See? she told herself. Nothing happened. You were just being paranoid for no reason.
What had she been afraid of, anyway? She went back downstairs to her mirror, and examined how it looked on her. The gold almost matched the color of her fur, and the ruby was almost exactly the same crimson as her eyes, not that she would ever show them to anyone. Still, she thought vaguely it would look better on her if she were painted desert. But that didn't matter; it looked good now, and she found herself thinking that she would never take it off. Why would she ever want to?
The next day was a schoolday, and she remembered that she still had homework to do. She crossed her room over to the hook on the wall where her backpack was hanging, took it, and brought it back to her bed, proceeding to dump everything out and sort through it all (she wasn't exactly the most organized student). Nearly halfway into the year and she still had yet to rearrange the space in her binder and backpack. I will tomorrow, she decided, then got started on her homework.
It was 9 o'clock by the time she had finished her essay on the properties of each faerie and possibilities of new types for History, the making of a transmogrification potion for (what else?) Potions, reading chapter 8 of "Magical Artifacts Discovered Throughout History and Their Backgrounds" for Study of Magic, and finally, studying for tomorrow's test in Study of Ancient Runes. After all of that in just two hours, Ruby was ready to sleep. She crammed all of her stuff back into her backpack, returned it to the hook on the wall, returned herself to the bed and went to sleep as soon as she laid down, unwary of the deep red light that was now emanating from the amulet around her neck.
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Ruby awoke the next morning by daylight streaming through the window. She didn't open her eyes right away, as she had been in the middle of a strange dream. For a couple of minutes she continued to lay there with her eyes closed, struggling to remember what the dream had contained, but had no luck. As in the way of most dreams, the more she tried to conjure up the actual details, the hazier things became.
Having mused long enough on the content of her already forgotten dream, she supposed it was time to get up. She groaned inwardly at the thought. I don't want to go to school, she thought mournfully. But, knowing she had to, she threw the covers off like she did every other morning before this, and opened her eyes.
Ow! She immediately shut her eyes again. I'm blinded! What the heck is this about?! She didn't recall opening the blinds or curtains last night. It was a rarity when she did, and even then, the daylight in the morning wasn't nearly so bad. During this time of year she would sometimes open the shutters and window to cool down the temperature of her room at night, but the sun rose on the opposite side of her house, and so had never bothered her in the morning. Now it was as if the sun was in direct alignment with her window.
Daring to open her eyes again, this time facing the other side of the room, she made a startling discovery; this wasn't her room. If it were her room, right now she would be seeing her two bookcases packed with books and school things with a green bean bag chair set up in front of it on a cream rug (her own form of an entertainment system, you could say), about a yard and a half away from her. But all she saw was the wall, maybe two feet away from her, leaving enough room between it and the bed for the small wooden table with a glass of water and single book on it, which looked like a diary.
She looked around to survey the rest of the room, her eyes having finally adjusted enough to the sunlight. It was much smaller than her own room. A few feet away from the foot of her bed was a plain, wooden coffee table, built the same way as the one next to her bed, except that it was rectangular rather than square. The window was in the same place it had been, but she no longer had a door. Instead, there were stairs leading down against the wall across from the foot of her bed, behind the coffee table. And that was all. Where in the world was she? Whose room was she in? Had she been kidnapped?
No, she thought frantically. This can't be happening. How would they have gotten past Caerulus without him waking me up? Even if they had, I would have woken up at some point. But what if that really did happen...and somehow I just didn't wake up. A sleeping potion? No. This can't be happening. This isn't real, I'm still dreaming.
She thought on in the same frenzied tone, knowing all the time that whatever was happening was definitely real. Why would anyone kidnap me, anyway? That just wouldn't make sense...I'm not even locked up or anything. I could easily just walk out of here. But what if their waiting for me downstairs? But there's nothing else I can do! I can't just sit around and do nothing....
Resolving that going downstairs would be the most productive (and only) thing to do, she headed for them, but stopped as she passed the window. Looking out of it, she discovered that she was only on the second floor. Maybe she could make a rope out of her blankets and bedsheets and climb down on it, like she had read in fairy tales. She supposed it was worth a shot, but thought it would be a bit extreme if this whole "kidnapping" thing weren't really the case. What else could have happened, though? Alright, she concluded in her mind. I'll take a peek downstairs to see if anyone's there, then...well, I'll just do that and decide the rest from there.
So, she resumed her walk to the stairs. However, she had only taken a couple of steps when a lady's voice called, "Rose! Time to--oh, you're already up." It was what looked like a royal Cybunny, only dressed less extravagantly. Her fur was all white, and she was wearing a plain, light blue dress with a white apron over it. She had come halfway up the stairs when she spotted Ruby. "Breakfast is ready on the table downstairs, dear, whenever you are." She smiled warmly, and turned to go back downstairs. Several moments after she was gone, Ruby stood there, unmoving. What? she thought dumbly.
Maybe they're really nice kidnappers... she thought, knowing that it wasn't the case. What is going on? Where am I if I haven't been kidnapped? How did I get here? Was this some type of joke? Well, it seemed she wasn't kidnapped. Ruby needed an explanation. Where was she? How did she get there and why had that Cybunny referred to her as "Rose"? She obviously thought she was someone she wasn't. Maybe I could find out more by talking to her... It was as good a plan as any, so she took a deep breath, and went downstairs.
The first thing in front of her was a counter with cupboards under it, and a stove to the right of it. The counter was apparently for space to prepare food, and the cupboards for dishes. To the right of the stove there was an open door, and through it she could see the edge of a bath tub. In the center of the room she was currently in, there was yet another plain wooden table, circular in shape, with two chairs around it. In front of one of the chairs was a bowl of what appeared to be gruel with potato chunks in it, with a little dish to the side filled with berries. This was breakfast. Great.
The Cybunny was busy washing her dishes at the sink in the counter, so Ruby sat down to eat. Wondering who in their right mind would choose to eat something like this, she lifted a spoonful to her mout and took a bite of the potato gruel. The potatoes were too hard, and the gruel tasted like water and some other indefinable thing. She hoped the berries would be better. While she continued to eat, she thought of what she should try to talk about with the white Cybunny.
Rose ran through the small woods of Meridell as fast as her legs would carry her. She had thrown off Jhudora's minions for now, but she knew they would have surrounded the forest by now. She couldn't risk getting caught by them when trying to leave the area, so all she could do was move as quickly as possible towards her house, hoping that no surprise guests would be waiting for her there.
Then what? her mind demanded of her. Even if they haven't gotten to it yet, what will I do when I get there, sit and wait for them? There's no way out of here! She was thinking frantically, moving from question to question and desperate for answers. I can't get to the Royals to tell them of Jhudora's next plan, it's too late for that... no! I can't just let that happen. There must be something...
Her thoughts were crowding her so much that she didn't notice the large rock sticking out of the ground and tripped on it. She was so tired from running that she didn't bother to catch herself, and landed on her side. I have to think of something. I won't die here without doing anything, I promise myself that now. Placing her front paws on the ground and taking a brief instant to breathe, she pushed herself up from the ground and kept going. She was determined.
Ruby was in a dilemma. Since this Cybunny thought she was someone she knew, probably a relative since they were living together, so she had to be careful not to act strange around her. The problem was, she didn't know how she should act. This made her reluctant to attempt conversation--what could she say without seeming weird to the other Neopet?
Fortunately, she was spared the trouble of answering that question, as the Cybunny turned around and spoke to her, Upon seeing Ruby, she said, "Why, Rose, why haven't you dressed yet?"
Ruby stared. "Uhh," she said in reply. "...I forgot." That was lame, she thought.
"Oh, silly, it's the red dress, remember? I bought it for you last week for this occasion."
She saw this as her chance to find out more. "What occasion?" she asked sincerely.
"The ceremony, of course," said the nameless Cybunny. When Ruby didn't appear enlightened, she added, "For the prince's crowning, remember?" She had a concerned look on her face.
"Oh," said Ruby in a falsely surprised voice, trying to sound as if she really had just remembered it. "I'm sorry, I've just been so forgetful lately. I'll go get dressed now." And she ran upstairs, leaving a slightly worried Neopet behind. So much for trying not to act odd.
It wasn't until she was back in the room that she discovered she had no idea where the dress would be. There were no dressers or anything to hang something up on. She looked around more thoroughly and noticed something she hadn't before; there were two doors built into the wall on the left side of her bed that blended in very well. She went and opened them.
Inside were a couple of shelves with four different outfits folded on them. She took out the only one with red in it and closed the doors. The dress was made of silk or something similar and had a design of dark red flowers and light brown leaves against a black background color. It reminded her of autumn. The collar was square and cut down to just below her collarbone. It was a sleeveless dress and the length of it reached her ankles. She turned it around and saw that the back was corseted. So, she untied it and slipped into it. Now all she had to do was tie it back up. Um, yeah...She went back downstairs.
The Cybunny that had yet to be named was doing the dishes that Ruby had finished with. She wasn't used to people cleaning up after her. At least that's one good thing about whatever's going on. Although she knew that if she continued to live there, she'd clean up after herself just as she always had, especially if it wasn't even her house she was staying at. But that won't happen, she told herself, because I'm going home as soon as I find out more...whenever that may be. Though this was reasonable thinking, she still felt uneasy. What if the information she found out was something that would prevent her from going home, somehow? What she knew so far...it seemed as if she was in a different world or something. If, in some bizarre yet possible way, that was the case, then how would she get back to her own world? This is ridiculous. That can't be right.
She snapped out of her thoughts, realizing she had been standing there for quite a while. "Um," she said to make her presence known. The Cybunny (her new official, temporary name) turned around. "Could you please..?"
She didn't have to finish the question before The Cybunny saw what she was talking about. "Of course, dear," she answered, then dried off her hands and tightly tied Ruby's--or Rose's-- dress.
"Thanks," said Ruby when she had finished.
"Well, seeing as how you're ready now," said The Cybunny, "we might as well get going. We only have a half an hour or so to get there, so you may need to bring some water." As she said this, she took from the cupboard what looked like a miniature keg, about the size of a water bottle.
Taking the thermos-substitute, she went to the bathroom and filled it with water from the faucet. When she came out, The Cybunny was taking off her apron and threw it over the back of a chair. She saw Ruby and said, "Shall we set off, then?"
Halfway into the walk, Ruby was grateful that Delia, as she had learned was The Cybunny's real name, had suggested bringing water. Her mouth had gone very dry from jogging to keep up with Delia's quick hopping.
"Can we..." she panted, "take a break?"
"Don't be silly, dear, we're nearly there," replied Delia. Ruby didn't know if she could stand being called 'dear' one more time. Delia started to move again, so Ruby resumed her jogging.
About twenty minutes later they reached their destination--an enormous, white marble castle with a big crowd of Neopets outside it, surrounding several long tables piled with food. They were all looking up at a wide balcony not too far up on the castle, where there were two elderly Royal Draiks, and one younger-looking blue one. She supposed this was the prince. It was supposed to be a 'prince's crowning' after all.
"Oh, good," said Delia. "We're just in time."
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"How about, Mother dearest," Celia mocked through gritted teeth, "you go get some clothes, get groomed, and buy some Usukis for yourself, and I'll go do what I want, okay?"
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Fads in Neopia run rampant and then just fade away. Can pet colors do the same? I suppose so. So does that mean that clay will be the new grey? Let’s just ponder that for a moment.
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News Around the world
Zimbabwe: Cholera has broken out...
In the first two weeks of December, 2008, more than 800 people are reported to have died of cholera in Zimbabwe.
Instead of giving a humanitarian response to a human tragedy, Britain and the western powers are trying to use it to oust Robert Mugabe, the ruler of Zimbabwe.
British Prime Minister Gordon Browne has been most insensitive, trying to use human suffering for political ends.
The people who are helping the victims in Zimbabwe are a Muslim group from South Africa.
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Top Ten Idiots of the Year 2008
Information gathered by New Trend's Think Tank was used to come up with this list of Top Ten Idiots of the Year 2008. The list was released by Imam Badi Ali, Jamaat al-Muslimeen National Shoora leader [North Carolina] on December 21, 2008.
1. President George Bush. He is totally unaware that he has brought misery, death and destruction to millions of people around the world, in particular to Iraqis, Palestenians, Afghans, Somalis and Pakistanis. He is still claiming that he brought "democracy" and "freedom." He is so incapable of thought that he could not relate to reality even as the American people themselves, including some Republicans, saw him as the source of much evil. The Iraqi journalist Montader al-Zaidi spoke for Arabs, Muslims and Americans when he threw two shoes at Bush, one expressing contempt, ["dog"], and the second for the deaths of masses of women and children. After that countless people in Arab countries metaphorically threw their shoes at Bush, the ultimate symbol of contempt and disgust.
2. Mahmoud Abbas. President of the Palestinian Authority [PA], is used as a puppet by the U.S. and Israel. He thinks he is the leader of the Palestinian people. PALESTINE is a central issue for the global Muslim ummah and Abbas is certainly unfit to lead such a nation. Gaza has been turned into a concentration camp by his masters but he continues to work for personal power and for the fragmentation and disunity of Palestine.
3. Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt. He has isolated Egypt from the Arab world and the Muslim world. His state of mind can be seen from the fact that he is a partner with Israel in the embargo on Gaza. The U.S. sends opponents to be tortured by Hosni's regime which is notorious for its crimes against humanity. Shaikh Omar 'Abdel Rahman, top Islamic scholar, teacher, Hafiz is in a U.S. prison owing to Hosni's desire to suppress Egypt's rights and its humanity and to serve Israel and the U.S.
4. King Abdullah of Jordan. This playboy king makes the circuits of American casinos and nightclubs totally unconcerned about the steady erosion of the rights of people in his country and the entire Middle East. He is kept in power by an elite bodyguard and by Israeli and U.S. intelligence services. His father handed over Jerusalem to the Israelis almost without a fight. His grandfather sold Palestine to the Jews.
5. Mohammed Syed Tantawi, Grand Shaikh of al-Azhar: Slowly and steadily Tantawi has allowed himself to be used against Islam by the Egyptian dictator Hosno Mubarak. He is willing to serve and is useful because many Muslims do not know that he is an appointee of the regime. His behavior is becoming erratic as it came out in his efforts to support the edicts of the President of Egypt and to please Europe. He came out against hijab with the idea that France has the right to ban it. Very recently he claimed that Hamas is preventing pilgrims from going to Makka. Thus one of greatest centers of Islamic learning has been usurped.
6. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan. He can be best understood as "General Musharraf without the uniform." The Zionists and the Americans play games with him. He thinks he can outsmart them, though he is TOTALLY in their control. He is providing a civilian front for Pakistan army's attempts to crush the people of Frontier province, in particular those who stand for Islam and those who support the Islamic resistance in Afghanistan. Zardari's world view is very narrow: It does not go beyond himself and thus he suits the purposes of the enemies of Pakistan perhaps more than Musharraf did [which was the lowest of the low]. He does not realize that like Musharraf, he will be used and discarded.
7. Gordon Browne, Prime Minister of "Great" Britain: He still cannot face the fact that Tony Blair was a failure and a great liar. Most Britons were against Blair's support for Bush. Browne was expected to make a break with Blair's tricks and frauds, but Browne has betrayed the British people. He can't see that the presence of British troops in Afghanistan is a throwback to colonial times and an attempt to resurrect the crusades. His narrow view of the world and inability to think rationally portends major problems for Britain.
8. Sarkozy, President of France. He is funny in a weird kind of way, but behind the jokes and the grand gestures lies the bland old program of imperialism. His positions on Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran show that he is being used and is happy to be used as long as he can play in the waters of Maine with Bush and others. His irresponsible behavior in Chad and Africa in general smacks of a backward mindset.
9. Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah, The ruler of Bahrain. He hosts one of the biggest U.S. military bases in the Middle East. He has been in secret contact with Israelis and is now openly calling for relations with Israel. A wise ruler would bond with his own people and care for them, so that they will care for him. Instead this man is making himself available to outside powers while trying to crush his own people.
10. Vice President Cheyney. Many people consider him an evil genius. We were reluctant to list him as an idiot but his defense of torture shows that he is incapable of thought. As Vice President, he was in the service of the neo-cons and was willing to push their war agenda. Such slow thinkers are easy fare for the control groups which ran Bush's presidency.
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New Trend sends Christmas greetings to its Christian readers. Please send greetings to these eminent Prisoners of Conscience.
At Christmas time we urge Christian readers and Muslims who understand this issue to write letters of support and compassion to these two prisoners of conscience. Rudolf and Zundel are the two most eminent prisoners among several thousand who have been imprisoned for "thought crimes." A thought crime in Germany means any effort to question, discuss or deny the Jewish story of the "holocaust" during World War II.
Please do not write any political or holocaust-related comments in your letters.
Germar Rudolf
Schloss 1
D-72108 Rottenburg
J.V.A. Mannheim
Herzogenried Str. 111
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This report from the BBC did not make it to the Pakistani press and of course not to U.S. media.
[Published with thanks to NT reader "Malangababa. "] [British spelling from BBC, not ours.]
Hindus rally for Muslim charity
The protesters say the charity has helped them
Hundreds of members of Pakistan's Hindu community have turned out to protest on behalf of a Muslim charity accused by India over the deadly Mumbai attacks. The protesters in the city of Hyderabad in Sindh province complained that Jamaat-ud-Dawa was not a terrorist organisation and should not be banned. They said it was a "saviour" in providing food and water. India says Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba which it blames for the attacks that killed more than 170. Water wells Many in Pakistan's minority Hindu community are poor farm workers. One protester, Biga Ram, told Reuters news agency: "How can an organisation be terrorist if it's been providing food and water to us despite knowing that we're not Muslims?" She added: "They're friends of humanity. We condemn the ban. It's unjust." Some of the banners read: "Do not ban our saviour!" Bhai Chand, a Hindu community leader, told Associated Press the charity had set up water wells in the desert. Pakistan has yet formally to ban Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which has been put on a blacklist by the UN Security Council. Its bank accounts have been frozen by the Pakistani government and a number of members detained. India blames Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, for training the Mumbai attackers. The group and the Pakistani government deny involvement.
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen [News]
Outreach to Arab American Muslim Community and others
Dr. Kaukab Siddique gave the Eid al-Adha khutba in Greensboro, North Carolina. More than 400 people were in the congregation mostly from Arab countries.
In the Fridays before and after Eid, Dr. Siddique gave the Juma' khutba at a small masjid in west Baltimore [mostly Indo-Pakistani] and a small masjid in central Baltimoree [mostly African and African-American] .
Outreach to Shi'a Muslims
Over the last three weeks, Jamaat al-Muslimeen National Shoora resolutions were given on a person-to-person basis to 50 Muslims at a Shi'a masjid in Brooklyn, New York. The Jamaat rep explained to the recipients that Jamat al-Muslimeen is non-sectarian and bases its work on issues, not fiqhi differences or sects. The Jamaat resolutions include a prsentation by Br. Sulayman Solano about the growth of the Hispanic community in America and its potential for acceptance of Islam.
For the text of the resolutions, go to: www.jamaatalmuslime eninternational. org
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The Shoora resolutions
Big, Empty Mosques: Homeless Muslim Women in the Cold: Confused and Manipulative Imams
by Hadayai Majeed [Atlanta, Georgia]
It is very cold in metro Atlanta with sporadic periods of warmth this winter. Nightly, Muslims call the Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. for assistance (men and women) due to there is no one else in the Islamic community with a publicly published number to call. Yet, Baitul Salaam receives the bare minimal of financial support from the Islamic community. We do not want to seem ungrateful to those who do give. We appreciate the loyal support of those who give to us (even when we are gossiped about and slandered). However due to politics and the nastiness of a handful of vengeful women, the organization, after 11 years (almost 12 years) of service to the community as a whole, a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, numerous certficates of appreciation presented by Muslim and non-Muslim organizations alike, received a nice nasty certified letter from a local Masjid this summer stating we can't ask for sadaaqah after Salatul Jumuah because the organization is not a masjid approved entity or committee. The letter was signed by the Resident Imam and assistant Imam and was issued by the Board of Trustees. "You can use the literature table to put your literature if you choose." I have the letter and will make copies for all who want to see if you doubt what I am saying in this article. To add insult to injury the letter was posted on the bulletin board in the masjid for several weeks for all to see (visitors and all) when you entered the building.
This type of politics is sanctioned by many in leadership in our communities: The same community that if a sister and her children come to the leadership for assistance will be handed the number to Sis. Hadayai Majeed's business or her husband's cell phone number to contact for assistance. The same community by the way allowed pettiness,lies and innuendo to close the only Islamic managed Food Pantry in the city three years ago. The pantry provided a service that received much praise from non-Muslims and assisted in feeding thousands the five years it was open in that community. Fortunately the Food Pantry has been re-opened in another masjid in the city this past April, alhamdulillah! This love/hate relationship between Baitul Salaam and some of the citiy's leadership is so strange that when many of our leaders go to meetings of local ministers, Rabbis and other clergy of other religious communites, they have nice things to say about the Baitul Salaam organization and even its leader (Sis. Hadayai Majeed). At one convention the group was mentioned favorably by one of our leaders "We have a shelter" and mentioned Baitul Salaam. Try to figure this one out. I can't. it borders on insanity.
The hyprocrisy is so thick in the Islamic community in general and in metro Atlanta in particular you can cut it with a knife when it comes to the welfare of women and children. Nice flowery Khutbahs are given from the rostrum; however no responsibility is taken by the leadership in the community. Why am I writing this you may ask? Am I angry out for revenge..no!
I write this artcle at this time because I refuse to lend my silence that may appear to give consent to the continous deadly game being played with the lives of Muslims in general and women and children in particular in the Islamic community daily. The game of: if the Imam is in a good mood, knows you, likes you, then you may get some token of assistance or justice. If the Imam does not know you, is not in a good mood then forget it or worse! If the Imam knows you and you disagree with him about something in a meeting then you will pay and pay dearly in other areas. Eventually a sister, or worse one of our children, is going to be denied justice in one of our communities, turned away to go to places like the Task Force for the Homeless waiting room and later on the local news we will hear about her/him or them being found dead or read about harm coming to a Muslim due to what we are allowing in the way of a grave injustice to be perpetrated in our midst. I pray we wake up and do what Allah says before this happens.
I am tired of some of our leaders being heralded for their concern for women and children when in fact they are no better or worse than anyone else in our community when it comes to the issue. Recently we have received reports from many who have gone for help (asked for one or two night stays at the masjid) and were refused. One particular situation was a woman eight months pregnant with her husband. While able bodied men were allowed to stay at the masjid due to not having money, etc. she and her husband were refused. This is not an isolated or one time situation. Unfortunately at the same masjid there is a group of brothers allowed to lounge around and sleep there night after night without a time limit. I personally know of one sister who was told to leave the masjd (it was known that there were no beds at any shelters) one night while men stayed. I know because I had to take her there. I Stayed with her while waiting on a call from the local Imam. He did not call (after more than an hour wait) and I had to leave. Later about midnight she told me the Imam told her she could not stay and the men who were there that night confirmed it. They were so ashamed of what was happening one confided that he hated to ask her to leave. Now another sister was allowed to stay even after she exhibited very disturbing behavior. She cursed and swore at some of the brothers and they had to ask the police to escort her off the property one day. The resident Imam later allowed her to return and stay for weeks. Okay, figure it out. Why was she allowed to stay and two other sisters to my knowledge not allowed? No consistent policy.
As long as we are quiet about this and other situations in our communiy it will only grow worse. Of course no one (especially a woman) wants to stay at a masjid. However politics should not determine any policy on any level in our communities. Our community leaders should be held accountable for opening some of the masjid (especially those in the city near bus lines at night to at least Muslims) as Christians and others do for everyone else. As long as Muslims (especially women and children) are in need and they have to go to others outside of the Islamic community for assistance, not one Imam should expect any loyalty from Believers.
To be fair to the Islamic community of metro Atlanta there have been times when individual Muslims (men and women) have put sisters (especially with children) in hotels for two or three nights when in trouble. The same masjid mentioned earlier when politics were not at play partially supported the Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. with allowing us to collect sadaaqah after Salatul Jumuah. We in turn held many of our events there (paying most of the time to use the facility). This mutually beneficial arrangement has been shattered by narrow thinking believers (some are women) and wishy/washy leadership that uses the narrowminded Believers invalid complaints as the excuses for being unfair and injust to the organization as a whole and to me in particular. Some of the smaller (very poor communities) do all they can to assist. However many of your larger communities in the city do not have any policy for assisting those in need and do not support as a community any of the independent organizations that feed the hungry on the streets, assist women and children, etc. In fact all of independent organizations in some way are treated like stepchildren in the Islamic community (unless you are headed by a popular Imam).
It is time for the Islamic community to organize like many other communities (Catholic Social Services, Lutheran Ministries and the Jewish Community Centers) and establish services for all managed by Muslims in an Islamic manner. It is irresponsible for Muslims in leadership (Imams, Amirs and others) not to attempt the meet the needs of Believers and send Muslims in need to others for assistance. It is really horrific for Muslim women and children to sleep in chairs or on the floor at places like the Salvation Army, Union Mission and Task Force for the homeless while masjids lie empty or with men who sleep in relative comfort in a clean and warm building when it is cold outside during the winter or very hot during the summer, leaving women and women with children to do the best they can in the streets of our cities. This is not Islam and as long as we are quiet about it we are just as guilty as those who are perpetrating this ill in our communities.
When will we step up as a community and take the responsibility for our own social problems like other communities do? When will women speak up and stop aiding in their own harm?
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*Hadayai Majeed is the Co-founder and present administrator of the Baitul Salaam Network,Inc. located in metro Atlanta.
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War News: Iraq: War Continues in spite of 150,000 U.S. Troops. No Troop Movements in two months
During the month of November, 17 U.S. troops were killed and 25 wounded in Iraq. The fighting was not reported in U.S. corporate media. It appears that most of the casualties were the result of al-Qaida attacks in the Mosul area. The losses are significant because the U.S. did not carry out any military operations and let its Shi'ite clients do the fighting.
Dec. 1, 2008: December began with an al-Qaida attack on the Police Academy in Baghdad. It was a truck bomb combined with a martyrdom operator. The "authorities" admitted 19 killed 45 wounded in the attack.
Fighting in the Mosul area is a daily routine but on December 1 there was a serious al-Qaida attack which killed 16 Shi'ite police organized by the U.S.
Dec.4, 2008: Suspected al-Qaida fighters used truck bombs to blow up a police check point in Fallujah [40 miles west of Baghdad]. At least 17 Iraqi police were killed and others wounded. On December 8, Tariq, the mastermind of the attack, an Iraqi, was arrested in Baghdad. Another 30 Iraqis suspected of helping him were also arrested. [The Shi'ite government is holding 25,000 Iraqis in its prisons. Another 15,000 "suspects" are held by the U.S.]
The attack has had an unsettling effect because Fallujah was entirely destroyed by U.S. forces, along with its mosques and Islamic schools, when it was controlled by al-Qaida. It was rebuilt in part by the U.S. and people were allowed to enter and live there after person-by-person identification and record. Permanent martial law is enforced and torture is liberally used to crush resistance.
December 11, 2008: Al-Qaida seems to have wiped out a major section of the PUK [Kurdish organization linked to Israel] and of the local Arab tribal leadership working with the U.S. The festive gathering held in a restaurant on the outskirts of Kirkuk was to be addressed by the U.S.-installed Iraqi President Talabani. A martyrdom operator walked into the restaurant. The local military governor says 50 people were killed and 120 wounded.
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War News: Afghanistan.
Taliban control 70% of the Country, except when U.S. Air Force attacks ............ ......... ...
"We have to put much more effort into Afghanistan. " Obama appointee Medeleine Albright as new National Security Adviser speaking to self-confessed lesbian Rachel Maddow." [MSNBC December 1, 2008]
[1]Taliban posing threat to Kabul: report [Daily Dawn, Karachi] [Excerpt]
KABUL, Dec 8: Taliban insurgents have a "permanent presence" in almost three-quarters of Afghanistan and pose an increasing threat to Kabul itself, a think-tank said on Monday.
The International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) said in a report that the Taliban had extended its tentacles from its southern powerbase and established itself across large swathes of the country.
"The Taliban now holds a permanent presence in 72 per cent of Afghanistan, up from 54 per cent just a year ago," ICOS said in its report, which was rejected by the Afghan government. "Taliban forces have advanced from their traditional southern heartlands ... to Afghanistan's western and north-western provinces, as well as provinces north of Kabul and in Kabul itself," the report said.
For the ICOS, a permanent presence counts as the ability of the Taliban to carry out at least one attack a week.
[2] December 20: U.S. TV channels say that 3,000 fresh U.S. troops are on the way to Afghanistan. Another 30,000 will be sent by March. The Taliban threat is turning into defeat for NATO.
New Trend notes that a MASS UPRISING of the people in support of the Taliban is taking place. NATO is facing genuine grassroots resistance.
The U.S. sees the danger of the Taliban taking Kabul itself. Hence most of the American forces will be placed around Kabul to stop the Taliban spring offensive.
The U.S. air force is going all out to attack the Taliban. On December 9, Taliban opened fire with automatic rifles on a U.S. army camp in rugged Kunar province. The U.S. forces, feeling threatened, called in air strikes which bombed the entire area killing 15 civilians, including 4 women and 8 children. Eight huts belonging to shepherds were destroyed in the air strikes.
[3] December 12. In Helmand province, a martyrdom operator hit British troops, killing 3 elite British marines. [Gordon Browne, Brit Prime Minister was visiting Afghanistan and complained that the assailant was too young.] In another part of Helmand, a British trooper was killed by a Taliban sniper.
[4] December 17. Taliban are using pin prick attacks in small numbers to avoid U.S. air strikes. In one ambush a British soldier was killed in Helmand province. An Australian working for the British army was also killed. A Dutch soldier was killed in Uruzgun province.
[5] December 19.[Helmand province.] A Taliban elite cardre ambushed a heavily armed military unit from Denmark killing 3 Danish soldiers and wounding 1.
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The David and Jayne Paterson Scholarships
Tenable at the University of Oxford
Three scholarships for students tenable at the University of Oxford are available under The David and Jayne Paterson Educational Trust. The following regulations will apply to these scholarships:
The scholarships will be known as The David and Jayne Paterson Scholarships, and will be awarded annually.
Each scholarship of £10,000 will be tenable for one year and will be paid directly to the University of Oxford towards the total College and Tuition fees.
The scholarships will be awarded to Chinese nationals who are resident outside the European Economic Area (EEA), who have completed the majority of their formal education in the People's Republic of China, and who have graduated from the China University of Political Science and Law ("CUPL"). Applicants will be graduates of not more than four years standing who intend to return to the People's Republic of China to pursue a career in the legal profession.
The scholarships will be awarded to students who will have confirmed places at the University of Oxford for one of the following courses: MJur, BA in Jurisprudence, MSc Law and Finance, MPhil in Law or DPhil in Law.
If no candidates are judged to be of sufficient merit, no awards will be made. However, the Trustees reserve the right to make awards to candidates who obtain confirmed places at other universities in the United Kingdom to study equivalent courses.
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
Applications are now invited for the scholarships to be awarded in the academic year 2019-2020.
Applicants should apply for a place at the University of Oxford through the normal admission process. CUPL applicants are advised to contact Miss Gao Fei at the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange (Tel: 5890-8086 / Email: [email protected]) when preparing application materials.
More information can be obtained from the following website: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions
The University of Oxford will write to each applicant announcing the results. At the same time, the Trust will also be informed by the University of Oxford the names of the CUPL candidates who have been accepted by the Faculty of Law.
The selected candidates will receive an Offer Letter from the Trust confirming the award of the Scholarship.
The scholarships will be awarded by the Trustees of the David and Jayne Paterson Educational Trust.
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What is WOLF HALL?
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This six-hour MASTERPIECE series is adapted from Hilary Mantel’s best-selling Booker Prize-winning novels: Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The television event presents an intimate and provocative portrait of Thomas Cromwell, the brilliant and enigmatic advisor to King Henry VIII, as he maneuvers the corridors of power at the Tudor court. Watch on MASTERPIECE Sundays at 8pm starting April 5 on OETA.
A historical drama for a modern audience, this unromanticized re-telling lifts the veil on the Tudor middle class and the internal struggles England faced on the brink of Reformation. At the center of it all is Cromwell, navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power, trapped between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive.
Mark Rylance is Thomas Cromwell, a brutal blacksmith’s son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster, and deftly picks his way through a court where ‘man is wolf to man.’ Damian Lewis is King Henry VIII, haunted by his brother’s premature death and obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne.
Told from Cromwell’s perspective, Wolf Hall follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker – from humble beginnings and with an enigmatic past – who must serve king and country while dealing with deadly political intrigue, Henry VIII’s tempestuous relationship with Anne Boleyn and the religious upheavals of the Protestant reformation.
Watch this extended preview:
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Zero Carbon Bill is critical legislation for health, but targets are too little, too late
Posted by OraTaiao NZ Climate and Health Council 5sc on May 08, 2019
MEDIA STATEMENT
Health professionals have offered a mixed response to the Zero Carbon Bill, which was introduced into Parliament today. They applaud its purpose to prevent global warming of more than 1.5 degrees, but say aspects of the bill lack the necessary urgency and accountability.
“The Bill’s targets as they stand today would be too little, too late,” said Dr Rhys Jones, Co-convenor of OraTaiao: NZ Climate and Health Council. “The Zero Carbon Bill is too weak on agricultural emissions which comprise almost half of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. We need to see a move away from beef and dairy for both the sake of human and planetary health.”
The Zero Carbon Bill sets a target of 10 per cent reduction in biological methane emissions by 2030, and aims for a provisional reduction ranging from 24 per cent to 47 per cent by 2050.
“Our food production systems are threatening local ecosystems and contributing to climate change, while unhealthy diets are a significant contributor to major health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and cancers. But on the other hand, a rapid transition to a healthy plant-based food system could go a long way to addressing major health issues including obesity, heart disease and protecting our drinking water,” said Dr Jones.
Dr. Jones was speaking from the 2ndSustainable Healthcare Forum in Wellington today where leaders from a range of sectors gathered to share ideas about reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the health sector. Forum participants have presented an open letter asking the Government to set greenhouse gas emission targets for District Health Boards.
“Health professionals are extremely concerned about the impacts of climate change on the health of people and communities. At the same time, we are excited about the health opportunities that well-designed climate action can bring,” said Dr Jones.
“A strong Zero Carbon Bill that emphasises fairness and upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi is critical for a healthy future for New Zealanders.”
Media Spokesperson: Dr Rhys Jones, 021 411 743
Dr Rhys Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) (rg.jones@auckland.ac.nz) is a Public Health Physician and Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, and Co-convenor of OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council.
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CARSON, Calif, Runme(Saturday, April 12, 2015) – LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez and forward Gyasi Zardes have been named to a 22-player roster by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the 64th edition of the USA-Mexico rivalry, presented by AT&T, on Wednesday, April 15 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, visit Runeme.com for more football news and football players messages.
Both players will depart following the Galaxy’s match against Seattle Sounders FC and return before LA’s next game, which will take place Saturday, April 18 at StubHub Center against Sporting Kansas City.
Gonzalez earns his first call up to the USMNT since last October, when he was selected to the roster that faced Ecuador in East Hartford, Conn. He has appeared in over 20 matches for his country since earning his first call up in 2010, including three appearances in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Gonzalez has started in all six of the Galaxy’s matches this season.
Zardes’ call up marks the third time the Homegrown Player has been named to a USMNT roster this year. He made his first-ever appearance for the U.S. on January 28 when he was second-half substitution in a friendly against Chile. On Feb. 8, he earned his first start when the U.S. took on Panama at StubHub Center, earning a man-of-the-match performance after recording an assist. Zardes most recently started in the USMNT’s previous two friendlies against Denmark and Switzerland.
Jurgen Klinsmann’s side has not lost to their archrivals since he took the helm in the summer of 2011, going 2-0-3 in that span. The results including the USA’s first victory against Mexico at Estadio Azteca, and the 0-0 draw away in qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Currently ranked No. 18 in the world, Mexico brings a 19-player roster with all members coming from Liga MX. Mexico comes into the match having won both friendlies it has played this year against Ecuador and Paraguay by matching 1-0 score lines.
U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), William Yarbrough (Club Leon)
DEFENDERS (8): Ventura Alvarado (Club America), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Brek Shea (Orlando City SC), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution)
FORWARDS (5): Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Julian Green (Hamburg), Jordan Morris (Stanford University), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)
You will have a chance to Play Snoop Dogg in FIFA 15
FIFA 15 News – Have you ever dreamed of playing FIFA with legendary rap artist Snoop Dogg? If you want more FIFA 15 News and Guides on Runeme.com.
Through its PlayStation Heroes charity app, Sony is offering one lucky PlayStation owner the chance to play a match of FIFA 15 against Snoop. To enter, all you have to do is purchase a set of themes through the app before April 21. The winner will then be selected at random and flown to Los Angeles, where you’ll play against the self-proclaimed FIFA “boss.”
Purchasing themes this month will also help support the Make-a-Wish Foundation. To date, the PlayStation Heroes app has generated over $300,000 USD for its charity partners.
Other celebrities involved with the program include NBA superstar Stephen Curry, MLB 15: The Show cover star Yasiel Puig, and Olympic athlete Shaun White.
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship: Mexico Seize Espinho Berth
Having missed out on a place at Tahiti 2013, according to Runme, Mexico strode to glory at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship to ensure a return to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup stage in fine style, more football news on Runeme.com.
Portugal 2015 will be their fourth trip to the global finals and El Tri will be joined on the sands of Espinho by CONCACAF runners-up Costa Rica, returning to the competition for the first time since their debut at Dubai 2009.
The regional qualifying tournament, newly expanded to 16 nations, of which eight were first-timers, was played in El Salvador – with the hosts among the favourites for the title. Yet they could not live up to that tag, finishing down in third and missing out on a spot at the Beach Soccer World Cup for the first time since 2007. With USA coming home in fourth, this meant that neither of the North, Central American and Caribbean Zone’s representatives at Tahiti 2013 will travel to Portugal 2015.
Despite only boasting four players with previous Beach Soccer World Cup qualifying experience, Mexico were impressive throughout their march to a third continental crown, all of which have come under the coaching of Ramon Raya. Their main strengths included an attack packed with variety, which enabled El Tri to finish as the tournament’s third-leading scorers (33 goals) even without any players in the competition’s top-ten scorers’ chart. Furthermore, Raya’s charges boasted the event’s meanest defence, shipping just nine goals in six games.
In fact, three of those strikes came in their 8-3 opening win over Turks and Caicos Islands, with just one more conceded in the subsequent first-phase wins over Guadalupe (8-1) and Trinidad and Tobago (4-0), the latter offering Los Aztecas their sternest early test. After overcoming a spirited Guatemala side 5-2 in the quarter-finals, Mexico needed to dig deep to sink neighbours USA 4-3 in the last four, a win that guaranteed their ticket to Espinho.
Another of Mexico’s qualities, opportunism, came to the fore in the final versus Costa Rica, with El Tri snatching a goal late in the first period and another early in the second to smooth the path towards a 4-0 win. They thus reclaimed a continental title they had relinquished two years earlier, when exiting at the semi-final stage against El Salvador.
Seven clubs that Javier Hernandez would interested in
Runme – Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez could be on his way out of Old Trafford this summer with seven clubs eyeing the future of the attacker, who is not having a very good season on loan with Real Madrid, more about Javier Hernandez on Runeme.com.
The Mexican was not utilised much by David Moyes last season, and was not in the immediate plans of incoming manager Louis van Gaal after pre-season with Chicharito making two appearances for United; the 2-1 home defeat to Swansea City and the humiliating 4-0 defeat away to MK Dons in the second round of the Capital One Cup.
Just over a fortnight later, Hernandez made his Real Madrid debut after securing a season long loan deal, which makes you wonder why he chose the Spanish giants based on the fact there are many world-class players vying for starting places, with Hernandez no way near as prolific in-front of goal as French striker Karim Benzema.
Of course, Real Madrid would sign him purely to sell shirts bearing the strikers name in his native Mexico, which will be a top seller, as Manchester United shirts bearing the name ‘Chicharito’ were a top seller when the Mexican signed for the club in the summer of 2010, just before the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Hernandez shot to fame in his debut season at United, scoring 20 goals in 45 appearances, playing in 75% of the clubs fixtures. During the 2011/12 season, the Mexican scored only 12 goals in 36 appearances, playing in 66% of the clubs fixtures, which is a decline from his debut season.
However, in the 2012/13 season, Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season and also the season United won their twentieth league title, Hernandez scored 18 goals in 36 appearances, again appearing in 66% of the clubs fixtures that season, even after the arrival or summer marquee signing Robin van Persie, who scored 30 goals that season in all competitions.
During David Moyes’ only season in charge of United, Hernandez fell down the pecking order, scoring nine goals in 35 appearances (which was 63% of the clubs fixtures that season), one less that the previous two seasons, but he only started in 12 matches, 10 short of the previous two seasons. ell.
Trophy Tour to Inspire Canadians Across the Country
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Runme – April 2, 2015) – Department of Canadian Heritage and Public Health Agency of Canada, more about the Women’s World Cup on Runeme.com.
Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal and Parliamentary Secretary Cathy McLeod, on behalf of Minister of Health Rona Ambrose, were on hand at Ottawa’s City Hall for the kick-off of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour.
With just two months to go before the start of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015, excitement is building around the largest and most prestigious women’s soccer tournament in the world.
At today’s event, Minister of State Gosal encouraged Canadians to show their pride and enthusiasm in cheering on Canada’s national women’s team.
Parliamentary Secretary McLeod spoke about the power of sport and how it provides many health benefits to individuals and helps build healthier, stronger communities.
The Trophy Tour will visit 12 cities across Canada: Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, Halifax, Moncton, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 will be held from June 6 to July 5 with matches to be played in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, and Moncton.
Spotify app brings custom music to FIFA 15
According to Runme‘s latest FIFA 15 News, we can know that spotify has just launched its first ever console app – exclusive to the PlayStation 4 – and it’s got us rather excited.
Replacing Sony’s own Music Unlimited service, the app itself is integrated into the PS4 console at system level, which means that you can use it to play music in the background of every single PS4 game.
That means you can play your own music (including custom playlists) while still enjoying in-game dialogue and sound effects.
Playlist sharing is also supported, which means we expect to see an influx of gamer-created custom playlists for different games making the rounds on the interwebs very soon.
Users can also control music playback from a micro-player that pops up in the options menu, as well as from an iOS or Android device, running the Spotify app.
The app itself is compatible with both free and premium Spotify accounts, serving up access to the streaming services 30 million-strong track library.
PlayStation has exclusive access to Spotify’s new apps service for the foreseeable future, though what that means for Xbox One owners exactly remains to be seen.
Where can Zsolt Kalmar find his inspiration
Runeme – Andres Iniesta controlled the ball with his right foot, took a couple of steps forward and struck a fierce shot into the bottom corner. More informations on Runeme.com.
That sweetly taken goal, which came at the end of a desperately tight 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Final against the Netherlands, sealed Spain’s first world title and secured Iniesta a lasting place in footballing folklore. It also inspired a 15-year-old Hungarian by the name of Zsolt Kalmar, watching the game a continent and 13,000 kilometres away.
Five years on from that memorable night in Johannesburg, Kalmar is preparing to bring his own skills to bear on the global stage, as part of a Hungary side aiming to spring a surprise at the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015.
Voicing his admiration for his Spanish role model, the Hungarian youngster said: “His technique is amazing and he comes up with solutions to all sorts of problems in the blink of an eye.”
A busy year
As his side’s skipper and playmaker, Kalmar is sure to be in the thick of things when Hungary begin their tilt at glory in New Zealand, where they will take on Brazil, Korea DPR and Nigeria in the first round.
Daunting though it is, he cannot wait for the challenge to begin: “If we do our job properly, we’ll have our chances against all three opponents. It won’t be easy, though. We’re going to give our all and we’ll see where that takes us.”
The South Americans, five-time winners of the event, will start as hot favourites to top the section. There is little to choose between the other three members of the group, however, with Hungarian hopes further fired by the fact that they took third place on the podium on their last appearance in the competition, at Egypt 2009, their best finish in their five visits to the tournament.
The trip to New Zealand promises to be yet another big step forward for the promising Kalmar, who won his first full international cap in May 2014 and then helped his country book their U-20 world finals place at UEFA European Under-19 Championship held in Hungary a couple of months later. Those achievements were then followed by a move to German second division side RB Leipzig.
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Bill in favor of the Delta Queen introduced in US Senate
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) have introduced legislation that would allow the Delta Queen to carry passengers on overnight trips on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (OH-1) and Brad Wenstrup (OH-2).
“The Delta Queen’s legacy is rooted in Cincinnati and the city should play a role in her future,” Brown said. “More than just a treasured historic landmark, restoration of this ship would pump money back into Ohio River towns while returning the Delta Queen to Cincinnati’s Riverfront where it belongs.”
“The Delta Queen is an Ohio treasure and an important part of the history of Cincinnati, the Queen City. I remember being on the Delta Queen as a kid and all Cincinnatians are proud of the connection to our city,” Portman said. “This legislation is about bringing this historic boat back to my home-town of Cincinnati and boosting jobs and tourism along the Ohio River during this time of economic uncertainty, all at no cost to the taxpayer.”
The bill, if adopted by House and Senate, will grant exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line until 2018, i.e. for another 15 years from now on, with the possibility of extenting this time period even further by new legislation before the exemption expires in 2028.
A new bill in favor of the Delta Queen is on its way!
Congressman Steve Chabot of Ohio has introduced a new bill to save the Delta Queen – that is, granting her a new exemption fom the Safety at Sea Act, bill no. H.R.1961. Co-Sponsors of the bill are, so far: Representatives Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-1), Thomas Massie (KY-4) and Brad R. Wenstrup (OH-2).
Now is the moment where the efforts of the whole steamboater’s community need to be combined, supporting this bill, H.R. 1961.
Please support the efforts to save the Delta Queen and bring her back on the rivers:
– Contact your Congressmen now and urge them to support the bill. We need their help, so please be polite, but let them know how important it is for you and your community to bring the Delta Queen back on the rivers as a operating cruise vessel.
– If you know a Representative willing to co-sponsor the bill or if you know a Senator willing to sponsor the bill in the Senate, please contact Rep. Steve Chabot’s office in Washington, phone (202) 225-2216. The more support the bill gets, the better the chances to get it through Congress.
To find out more about bill H.R.1961, go to https://www.congress.gov/ and search for Bill Number „H.R. 1961“.
To find your local Representative and how to contact him/her, go to http://www.house.gov/representatives/
Andi f you’re looking for some more arguments in favor of the Delta Queen – even though we’re sure you know already – you migh want to check http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/arguments-in-favor-of-the-delta-queen/
Efforts are underway to bring the Delta Queen back to overnight river cruise service. Now Delta Queen fans have the opportunity to become part of her honorary crew.
DQSC, Inc. is assembling a special crew to help to rescue, restore and preserve the legendary steamboat Delta Queen and hopefully, return her to her once regal glory plying the great rivers of America’s heartland. The Delta Queen currently serves as a dockside hotel in Chattanooga, TN, and a group of supporters have come together to form DQSC, Inc with the following goals:
To purchase the Delta Queen, halting current efforts to move the DQ to the east or west coast to permanently serve as a dockside hotel;
To renew the Congressional Exemption allowing the DQ to return to overnight passenger cruise service;
To restore and upgrade the DQ (including replacement of the 1919-era boilers), so that she can once again provide river enthusiasts the unique opportunity to visit America’s heartland from an authentic early 20th century paddlewheel steamboat;
To return to the DQ to overnight passenger cruise service in 2014.
The DQSC, Inc effort is being lead by former Delta Queen Steamboat Company Vice President Cornel Martin who spearheaded the last successful effort to secure the Congressional Exemption extending the DQ’s overnight river cruise service from 1998 to 2008, current Delta Queen Hotel operators and care takers Randy and Leah Ann Ingram, and long time Delta Queen supporter Phillip Johnson.
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What is "Rape Culture"?
Discussion in 'Ethics, Morality, & Justice' started by Bowser, Nov 8, 2015.
Randwolf Ignorance killed the cat Valued Senior Member
Bowser said: ↑
I should have include a pole with this thread
Quite the Freudian slip there... The word you're probably looking for is "poll".
Randwolf, Nov 9, 2015
Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Staff Member
Is this a no-smoking facility?
Tiassa, Nov 9, 2015
milkweed Valued Senior Member
Being a male in American culture, I don't quite understand the term "Rape Culture." Anybody care to explain this term?
while the below short film doesnt quite address the specifics of Rape Culture, I think it gets the basic premise correct. Enjoy
milkweed, Nov 9, 2015
Secular Sanity Registered Senior Member
Sorry, I just don't see it. Yes, rape has been depicted in film, but I've yet to see it presented as a good thing.
It was presented as a good thing in "Gone with the Wind", and there were plenty of other films that used the forced seduction bit back in the day. You know, good girl refuses, starts out as rape, but then it turns into consensual sex. That, my friend, is a perfect example of glorified rape.
Secular Sanity, Nov 9, 2015
billvon Valued Senior Member
The Fountainhead, one of the more often-cited Ayn Rand works, has a rape scene that is depicted as a good thing in the long run.
One of the most beloved family movies of all time - "It's a Wonderful Life" - shows the lead character grabbing a woman and shaking her until she cries, while yelling "I don't want to get married!" He then pulls her in and kisses her. The next scene shows them getting married.
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billvon, Nov 9, 2015
milkweed said: ↑
I imagine you posted that satirical video to highlight the absurdity of valuing #NotAllMen's feelings above the fact that one in five women will experience rape, right milkweed?
billvon said: ↑
There are many, many examples of the rape meme - a whole slew of them here: THE REFLECTION OF RAPE CULTURE IN THE MEDIA
A few excerpts...
We all remembered loving Sixteen Candles when we were younger, but when we rewatched it as adults, we found certain aspects disturbing. There was the racist comic relief provided by the Asian minstrel/exchange student, Long Duk Dong, and there was the scene where Jake Ryan, Molly Ringwald’s Object of Affection, passes off his car and his bitchy cheerleader girlfriend to The Geek, the lovable loser portrayed by Anthony Michael Hall. The girlfriend has had too much to drink and has passed out in the front seat. Instead of, I don’t know, doing something crazy like driving her home, Jake Ryan, Dreamboat Extraordinaire, gives her to The Geek, telling him to have fun (read: have sex with her, she won’t even remember in the morning). Wow. Thanks a lot for that wonderful message, John Hughes.
MOVIES IN WHICH WOMEN ARE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR THREATENED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT: 28 Days Later (2002) 300 (2006) .45 (2006) 8mm (1999) Accused, The (1988) Alien 3 (1993) American Haunting, An (2006) An Eye For An Eye (1996) Apocalypse Now (1979) Apocalypse Now Redux ( Atonement (2007) Attack Girls Swim Team vs. The Undead Axe, aka Lisa, Lisa (1977) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Baise-Moi (2000) Barbarian Queen (1985) Barbed Wire Dolls (1975) Beast in Heat, The (1977 - Italy) Black Gestapo, The (1975) Black Snake Moan (2006) Bladerunner (1982) Blindness (2008) Blood Debts (1983) Bloodrayne (2006) Blue Desert (1991) Blue Steel (1989) Blue Velvet (1986) Boy and His Dog, A (1974) Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Braveheart (1995) Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Bully (2001) Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Carpenter (1988) Captivity (2007) Casualties of War (1989) Caveman (1981) Chaos (2005) - not to be confused with the 2006 movie starring Jason Statham. Chained Heat (1983) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Coffy (1973) Color Purple, The (1985) Condemned, The (2007) Crank (2006) Crash (1996) Cruel Justice (1999 TV) Crow, The (1994) Death Wish (1974) Death Wish II (1982) Death Wish 3 (1985) Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) Demon Rage aka Satan’s Mistress (1982) Demonlover (2002) Devil’s Advocate, The (1997) Dirty Harry (1971) District B-13 (2002) Don’t Answer The Phone! (1980) Don’t Go Near The Park (1981) Eden Log (2007) Entity, The (1981) Evil Dead (1981) Excalibur (1981) Expose (1976) Exterminator, The (1980) Face/Off (1997) Fame (1980) Feast (2005) Fight For Your Life (1977) Flesh & Blood (1985) Forced Vengeance (1982) Foxy Brown (1974) Freeze Me (2000) Frenzy (1972) Funny Games (1997, 2008) Geography of Fear, The (2000) Gia (1998) Gladiator (2000) Gran Torino (2008) Gravedancers, The (2006) Handgun (1983) Handmaid’s Tale, The (1990) Heaven & Earth (1993) Heavy Metal (1981) Helen of Troy (2003 - TV) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) Highlander, The (1986) Hills Have Eyes, The (1977/2006) Hills Have Eyes 2, The (2007) Hollow Man (2000) Hotel New Hampshire (1984) House on the Edge of the Park, The (1980- Italy) I Drink Your Blood (1970) I Spit On Your Grave (1978) Images In A Convent (1979 - Italy) Incubus (1981) Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980 - India) Irreversible (2002) I Stand Alone (1998) Jack Frost (1996) - not to be confused with the 1998 movie with Micheal Keaton Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Kids (1995) Kika (1993) Kill Bill (2003) Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989) Kiss The Girls (1997) Last House on the Left (1972/2009) Legend of Billie Jean, The (1985) Lipstick (1976) Loha (1997) Man Bites Dog (1992 - France) Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998) Maniac Cop 2 (1990) Maya (2001 - India) Messenger, The: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Mercy (2000) Mindwarp (1990) Monster (2003) Motor Psycho (1965) Ms. 45 (1981) Nail Gun Massacre (1985) Naked (1993) Naked Weapon (2002) New York Ripper, The (1982 - Italy) Nightmare Man (2006) NightThirst (2002) Observe and Report (2009) Once Upon A Time In America (1984) Once Were Warriors (1994) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Original Sin (2001) Pathfinder (2007) Planet Terror (2007) Platoon (1986) Pretty Woman (1990) Prey for Rock and Roll (2003) Prince of Tides (1991) Quick and the Dead, The (1995) Red Dawn (1984) Red Sonja (1985) Relax, It’s Just Sex (1998) Revenge (1990) Revenge of the Nerds (1984) Rob Roy (1995) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Sacred Flesh (1999 - UK) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Savage Dawn (1985) School of the Holy Beast (1974 - Japan) Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) Sin City (2005) Sister Emanuelle (1977 - Italy) Sixteen Candles (1984) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Spartan (2004) Stabilizer, The (1984) Straw Dogs(1971) Stir of Echoes (1999) Switch (1991) Switchblade Sisters (1975) Talk to Her (2002) Tape (2001) Teeth (2007) Terminator: Salvation (2009) Thelma & Louise (1991) Thriller - A Cruel Picture (1973) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) Time to Kill, A (1996) Trick Or Treat (1986) True Lies (1994) Twin Peaks: Fire, Walk With Me (1992) Vatel (2000) Virgin Spring, The (1960) Visiting Hours (1982) Watchmen (2009) Women In Cages (1971) Young and Dangerous (1996 - Hong Kong) V for Vendetta (2005) Zombie Doom (1999)
MOVIES IN WHICH MEN ARE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR THREATENED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT:
American History X (1998) Bad Education (2004) Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Cruising (1980) Deliverance (1972) Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS (1974) Irreversible (2002) Mysterious Skin (2004) Mystic River (2003) Pulp Fiction (1994) Scum (1979 - UK) Shawshank Redemption (1994) Sleepers (1996) Species (1995) Tenebrae (1982)
What does this say about our culture? Hmmm?
Bowser Right Here, Right Now Valued Senior Member
Randwolf said: ↑
LOL, Yes, an error on part. My daughter is a pole vaulter in school, so I sometimes mix the two when typing.
Bowser, Nov 9, 2015
My daughter is a pole vaulter in school
Hmmm, I can't think of any misogynistic comments based on that statement at all. But you know some boys will probably be boys and come up with a snarky remark or two.
There is a famous quote oft attributed to Will Rogers that goes here...
I think you folks are stretching the definition of "Rape" with your examples. Does kissing a woman equate to sexual assault? Also, if you are actually watching that much media that involves sexual assault, you just might have a problem. As casual viewer with over a half century of experience watching popular entertainment, I've seen maybe four or five depictions of sexual assault in the movies or on television. In music, as a teenager, there was one Ted Nugent recording that I recall that seemed to glorify sexual assault: "Strangle Hold" Nonetheless, we didn't form rape gangs and take to the streets after listening to the music.
I would also like to remind you that popular media also presents other depictions of other less savory topics. That still does not define us as a culture.
Let 'em rip. She's actually very good at it--12 feet
Nonetheless, we didn't form rape gangs and take to the streets after listening to the music.
I don't think anyone here is proposing that films or music cause glorification of rape culture - instead, the arts are a reflection of that which already exists.
Nary a clue...
If it makes you feel better about your remark.
Well certainly rape exists, but I don't believe there is a culture built around it. Art can reflect many things, such as crucifix in a jar of urine. That doesn't mean everyone keeps one on the shelf.
Which remark?
I don't believe there is a culture built around it
Our culture isn't "built around it" - it is simply integrated into the fabric thereof...
spidergoat Venued Serial Memberlist Valued Senior Member
Does kissing a woman equate to sexual assault?
It can be. To call it a culture doesn't mean its celebrated in media and movies, it means there is a prevailing attitude that is dismissive of a woman's claims, and indeed often prevents a woman from making such claims in the first place.
spidergoat, Nov 9, 2015
I forgot about the "Sixteen Candles" scene. "Deliverance", that one still bothers me. TMI for my age at the time. "Flowers of War" was another hard one to watch because that shit really happened.
I was bored last night and watched "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World". She said, "I won't steel anything, if you don't rape me." He said, "Deal". I wonder how men would feel, if they had to worry about us raping them all the time. What if we were stronger? Can you imagine the guy saying "I won't steel anything, if you don't shove anything up my ass."?
Again, I don't believe that most men are sexual predators, and there is no Rape Culture.
I just thought of something, have you ever searched for the stats? How many men are rapists? Do you know, Bowser?
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Marriage is among the highly recommended deeds. The Prophet has said, “Whosoever marries, he has protected half of his religion.” (1) He also said, “Whoever likes to follow my tradition, then [he should know that] marriage is of my tradition.” (2) In another hadith, he said, “No Muslim man has gained a benefit besides Islam better than a Muslim wife who is a source of his pleasure whenever he looks at her, who obeys him when he commands her, and remains faithful to him when he is away.” (3) Man should give importance to the qualities of the woman he would like to marry.
He should not marry except a woman who is chaste, honourable, of good lineage, and righteous. She should be a source of help to him in the affairs of this world and the hereafter.an should not confine his choice to the woman’s physical beauty and wealth.
It has been narrated from the Prophet (s.a.w.) that he said, “O People! Beware of the green grass [growing] in a waste site.” Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allãh! And what is the green grass in a waste site?” He replied, “A beautiful woman in an evil environment.” (4) The woman and her guardians should give importance to the qualities of the man she chooses to marry. She should not marry except a man who is religious, chaste, of good character, not a drunkard or someone who commits sins and evil deeds. It is better not to reject the proposition of a man who is religious and of good character.
The Prophet has said, “When a man whose religion and character pleases you comes to you [with a proposition], then marry him. If you do not do so, there will be chaos and a great corruption in the world.” (5) It is mustahab (recommended) to work in getting people married, in being intermediary, and in bringing the two parties to an agreement. It is permissible for a man to look at the attractive features of the woman he intends to marry.
Similarly, it is permissible to talk to her before proposing. So, it is permissible to look at her face, hair, neck, hands and wrists, and legs and other parts of her body, provided that he does not so without sexuall gratification. (See the question-answer section below.) In Islamic law, marriage is of two kinds: permanent and temporary. Permanent Marriage means the marriage in which there is no fixed time. The wife in this marriage is known as “the permanent wife”. (6) Temporary Marriage means the marriage in which the time limit is fixed to a year or more or less. The wife in this marriage is known as “the temporary wife”. (7) The formula for solemnizing the permanent marriage is as follows: The woman says to the man: “Zawwaj-tuka nafsi bi mahrin qadruhu x — I give myself to you in marriage for the marriage gift which is x.” (In place of “x” mention the agreed marriage dowry [mahr].)
The man immediately says, “Qabiltut tazweej — I accept the marriage.” The formula for solemnizing the temporary marriage is as follows: The woman says to the man: ““Zawwaj-tuka nafsi bi mahrin qadruhu (x) li muddati (x) — I give myself to you in marriage for the dowry of (x) for the time period (x).” (In place of first “x” mention the agreed mahr and in place of the second “x” mention the agreed time.) The man immediately says, “Qabiltut tazweej — I accept the marriage.” It is permissible for the couple to recite the formula of marriage agreement by themselves or by appointing representatives who will recite it on their behalf. There is no condition for the presence of witnesses during the solemnization of the marriage, just as the presence of a cleric is not a condition for the validity of the marriage.
For a person who cannot recite the formula of marriage in Arabic, it is permissible to say it in a language that would convey the meaning of marriage, even if he can appoint someone to say it in Arabic. A Muslim man is allowed to marry a Christian or a Jewish woman in temporary marriage. Based on precaution, it is obligatory to refrain from marrying a non-Muslim woman in permanent marriage.
A Muslim man is not allowed to marry, neither permanently nor temporarily a non-Muslim woman who is not among Ahlul Kitab. Based on obligatory precaution, a Muslim man must refrain from marrying a Zoroastrian woman, even temporarily.
As for a Muslim woman, she is not allowed to marry a non-Muslim man at all. (See the question-answer section below.) In marrying a virgin woman, whether Muslim or from Ahlul Kitab, it is necessary to get the consent of her father or paternal grandfather, if she is not independent. However, it is precautionarily obligatory to seek their consent [i.e., of the father or the paternal grandfather], even if she is independent. Consent of the woman’s brother, mother, sister or other relations is not required. The consent of the father or the paternal grandfather to marry a virgin woman, who is both adult and sensible, is not required [in the following cases:] if they stop her from marrying someone who is her equal in the eyes of both shar’ia and common practice; if they completely withdraw from the involvement in her marriage; when it is not possible to get their consent because of their absence.In these cases, she is permitted to marry, if she is in need of marriage. The consent of the father or the paternal grandfather is not required in the marriage of a non-virgin woman (that is, a girl who had previously married and had sexual intercourse).
But the case of the woman who had lost her virginity because of fornication or another cause is like that of a virgin. In countries where the majority of people consists of atheists and Ahlul Kitab, i.e. non-Muslims, it is necessary for a Muslim to ask the woman whom he wants to marry about her religion so that he may ensure that she is not an atheist and thus the marriage be valid. Her answer [about her faith and religion] is to be accepted. A Muslim man who is married to a Muslim woman is not allowed, in his concurrent second marriage, to marry an Ahlul Kitab woman, i.e. a Jew or a Christian, without asking the consent of his Muslim wife. Based on obligatory precaution, the man should refrain from marrying her, even it is temporary and his Muslim wife consents to it.
Whether or not the Muslim lides with him is immaterial. (See the question-answer section below.) It is not permissible to engage in sexual relations with an Ahlul Kitab woman without a marriage contract, even if the government of her country is in a state of war with Muslims. (See the question-answer section below.) Based on obligatory precaution, one should refrain from marrying a woman whose notorious for adultery, unless she has repented. Similarly, based on obligatory precaution, the adulterer should not marry the woman with whom he committed adultery, unless she has repented. (See the question-answer section below.)
If the marriage that took place among non-Muslims is valid according to their custom, such marriage is also considered valid by us regardless of whether the spouses are both Ahlul Kitab, both non-Ahlul Kitab, or one is an Ahlul Kitab and the other is non-Ahlul Kitab. When both spouses embrace Islam together, they will remain married based on the past marriage, i.e. there would be no need to recite the marriage formula anew according to the tradition of our religion and school of thought.
If the father withdraws his guardianship from his virgin daughter and considers her independent, after reaching the age of eighteen, as is common in the West, it is permissible to marry her without getting the consent and approval of her father.
“It is permissible for the husband and wife to look at the body of one another, outside and inside, including the private parts; and also to touch any part of one another with any part of their own body with lust and without it.” (8) It is obligatory on the husband to provide for the wife if she is a permanent wife and obedient to him in matters in which she is required to obey him. In this case, it is obligatory on the husband to provide whatever the wife needs in her life like food, dress, and accommodation with the required amenities like fan, air-conditioner, carpets, furniture, etc. that are commensurate with her status as his wife. Such status would differ according to place, time, circumstances, common perceptions, customs, standard of living, etc. (See the question-answer section below.) It is obligatory on the husband to pay for his wife when he asks her to accompany him in his travels. It is similarly obligatory on him to meet her travelling expenses when she goes on a journey that is necessarily connected to the affairs of her life.
For example, if she is sick and her treatment depends on traveling to a specialist, it is obligatory on the husband to pay for the expenses, her ticket as well as medical charges.
“It is not permissible to neglect sexual relations with a young wife for more than four months, unless there is an excuse like unbearable difficulty or harm [in fulfillment of that duty] or unless she agrees to it [that is, forgoes her conjugal rights] or if it was part of their agreement at the time of marriage.“Based on obligatory precaution, this rule is not limited to the permanent wife, i.e.
it includes the temporary wife also. Similarly, based on obligatory precaution, it is not restricted to the husband who is present. It also includes the husband who is travelling. Therefore, it would not be permissible for him to prolong his journey, (without valid reason), if it entails depriving the wife of her right, more so when the journey is not regarded as essential in the people’s eyes, i.e. a vacation or pleasure.” (9) “It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man in permanent or temporary marriage.” (10) “If the husband harasses his wife and is spiteful towards her without any valid reason, it is permissible for her to present her case to the religious judge who will force him to live with her in an amicable manner if that is possible, or censure him as he seems fit. If that also does not work, she can demand divorce from her husband. If he refuses to divorce her and it is not possible to force him to divorce her, the religious judge will pronounce her divorced.” (11) (See the question-answer section below.) It is permissible to artificially inseminate the wife with her husband’s sperm, provided that the process of insemination does not involve a harãm act, like looking at the body parts that are forbidden and other harãm acts. (See the question-answer section below.)
It is permissible for a woman to use contraceptives (the pill) to prevent pregnancy, provided that it does not damage her health in a serious manner, irrespective of whether or not the husband has agreed to it. It is permissible for a woman to use Intrauterine Devices (IUD) and other birth control devices provided that they do not pose serious harm to the woman’s health and that the insertion of the device does not involve a harãm act, such as the male touching or looking at the private parts of the woman’s body that are forbidden for him to look at.
Similarly, it should not involve the female looking at, and touching without gloves the private parts that are harãm to touch or look at. Moreover, the IUD should not cause the abortion of the fertilized ovum after its implantation [in the womb]. (12) It is not permissible for a woman to abort the feotus after the soul has entered into it, irrespective of the reason for abortion. It is permissible to abort the feotus before the soul enters it, if there is an unbearable harm to the mother in continuing the pregnancy or it becomes extremely difficult for her. (See the question-answer section below.) If the mother aborts the feotus by herself, she is liable fot the indemnity.
Similarly, if the father or a third person, like a doctor, caused the abortion, the indemnity is payable by that person. (See the question-answer section below.) There are other details and rules regarding the issue of abortion in the Manuals of Islamic Laws and other books of Islamic jurisprudence. (13)
1 Wasa'ilu 'sh-Shi'a, vol. 20, p. 17.
2 Ibid, p. 18.
3 As-Sistani, Minhaju 's-Saliheen, vol. 2, p. 7.
5 At-Tusi, Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam, vol. 7, p. 395. Also see the chapter on compitability in marriage in the same book, p. 394ff.
6 For more information on marriage and its laws, see Sayyid 'Izzu 'd-Din Bahru 'l-'Ulûm, az-Ziwaj fi 'l-Qur'an wa 's-Sunnah. [Also see Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, Marriage and Morals in Islam.]
7 For more information on temporary marriage and its laws, see Sayyid Muhammad Taqi al-Hakim, az-Ziwaju 'l-Muwaqqat wa Dawruhu fi Halli Mushkilati 'l-Jins.
9 As-Sayyid as-Sistani, Minhaju 's-Saliheen, vol. 2, p. 10-11; also see the last reference.
10 Ibid, p. 67.
11 As-Sayyid as-SistAni, Minhaju 's-Saliheen, vol. 2, p. 109.
12 Translator's Note: "The medical experts do not exactly know how IUD works. Presently there are two opinions: one says that the IUD prevents fertilization; and the other says that it prevents the fertilized ovum from implantation onto the uterus. Since the shar'i pregnancy begins at implantation, there is no problem in using the IUD as a birth control device irrespective of the above differences among professionals." Marriage & Morals in Islam (Toronto: IEIC, Revised Edition, 1994) p. 121.
13 See as-Sistani, Minhaju 's-Saliheen, vol. 2, p. 136-137 as well as his al-Masa'ilu 'l-Muntakhaba, p. 385-419.
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March 16, 2004: GURPS Fourth Edition To Release In August!
In August 2004, at GenCon, Steve Jackson Games will release GURPS Fourth Edition, starting with the two-volume Basic Set. Fans have been asking about a new edition for years, and we've always said it wouldn't happen until we could justify the change in terms of both rules and presentation. Well, we're there.
Sean Punch, GURPS Line Editor for the past nine years, and David Pulver, a key contributor responsible for many of the core GURPS supplements, took two years to break the system down and rebuild it, guided by a decade and a half of gamer feedback. The new rules are designed to enhance the key strengths of GURPS: compatibility with all genres and flexibility for the GM. You'll still recognize it, but a lot of little things - and a few big ones! - are different.
The physical quality of the line will take a big jump with the Fourth Edition. All books now on the schedule (and we're scheduling three years ahead) will be hardcover, with full-color interiors. And we won't accept any art that's not gorgeous. The two Basic Set books, for instance, will have cover art by John Zeleznik, who has done a lot of our best covers over the years.
The new-style GURPS books will be bigger - most of them over 200 pages - because fans continue to ask for more depth, and tell us "Get it all into one book." So after the Basic Set and GURPS GM's Screen are out, we'll release one BIG book per month, every month, like clockwork.
What About All My Third Edition Books?
We know that our fans have a significant investment in the current edition of GURPS. One of our goals in the Fourth Edition design process was to make sure that our entire library would not become obsolete overnight.
While the new edition is different, it's still GURPS. Many Third Edition books will be good to go for Fourth Edition play with a minimum of conversion - and a conversion guide will be one of the first things we'll release. Most of the information in our typical worldbook or sourcebook - the thorough historical research, the detailed setting descriptions, the roleplaying advice for both players and referees - is usable with any other game system. That's still true now that the "other game system" we're talking about is GURPS Fourth Edition.
Of course, the very "crunchy" rulebooks, such as the old Basic Set itself, the two Compendium volumes, and GURPS Vehicles, are outdated. There's no way around that; that's the point of a new edition.
But most of the collection will still be completely useful. We'll keep a lot of them in print for at least the next couple of years; in fact, even as you read this, some older Third Edition books, like GURPS Greece, are going for reprint.
The Fourth Edition Schedule
Here's our schedule for the rest of 2004. We have books planned all the way through 2006, and our best writers have been working on them for months. We will be announcing upcoming GURPS books farther in advance than we do most of our products.
August 2004: GURPS Basic Set, a two-volume set with ALL the rules you need to run the game.
September 2004: GURPS GM's Screen, with six panels of useful charts and tables and a gorgeous two-panel John Zeleznik painting. Also includes GURPS Lite.
October 2004: GURPS Fantasy, by William H. Stoddard. This book is all you need to build a fantasy game of any type, whether your model is Tolkien, Jordan, or Leiber.
November 2004: GURPS Magic. Hundreds of spells for GURPS Fourth Edition, including almost everything from the old GURPS Magic and GURPS Grimoire, plus dozens of entirely new spells!
December 2004: Infinite Worlds, the first core setting for GURPS! Jump between timelines and explore weird alternate Earths!
Both Pyramid and e23 will support the new edition. (Right, we still have no ETA on e23, but it's moving forward.) However, there's also lots of perfectly good Third Edition material in the pipeline, and we.re not going to throw it away.
Worlds Apart is moving forward with GURPS Online, and when it appears, it will be Fourth Edition compatible.
There will definitely be some "sneak previews" and early looks as we approach August. The upcoming GURPS Dragons, for instance, will have an appendix in the back to bring it up to Fourth Edition speed. And there'll be Pyramid chats, and occasional postings of sample material.
Our Men In Black will be presenting a lot of Fourth Edition game sessions at GenCon, to accompany the launch of the Basic Set.
Because we know some of you really like super-nice books, we'll print a Deluxe Edition of the Basic Set . . . nice, stamped, faux-leather covers, and a slipcase to hold the two books. This will be a one-shot; when they're gone, they're gone. But even the "ordinary" Fourth Edition books will be pretty darn deluxe, with hard covers and full color interiors.
I've Got More Questions . . .
And we've got answers, we hope. For the rest of the afternoon (that's Tuesday the 16th; if you're reading this on some later day, you missed it), Andrew Hackard will be in Pyramid Chat to discuss the Fourth Edition. If you're not a Pyramid subscriber, the new GURPS pages have a lot of information, and we'll be adding more . . . lots more . . .
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Home High Life Celebrities Top 10 Richest Hollywood Actresses Who are Beautiful
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Sting: Dreaming of an expanded Blue Turtles deluxe edition
June 5, 2015 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, sting, The Police
Sting’s debut solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles turned 30 this week and while I’d love to bring you news of an expanded deluxe edition, I’m afraid it’s not happening. At least not yet. Of course this won’t be the first time the opportunity to issue an anniversary edition of an album full of Gordon Sumner songs has been and gone…
All five Police albums are now over 30 years old none of them have ever been reissued and expanded with bonus tracks and Sting’s apparent disinterest in archival projects appears to carry over to his solo work.
This is such a pity, because he has put out some fine albums over the years, and barely put a foot wrong in the 1980s. It was also an era that saw a multitude of singles, b-sides, and remixes all of which deserve to sit alongside albums within deluxe sets.
The Dream of the Blue Turtles opitimises this with A&M managing to squeeze SEVEN singles from the 10-track album (if you count the Japanese release of Shadows In The Rain). There were at least four period non-album versions of first 45 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, including a Jellybean extended ‘dance’ version, a William Orbit ‘Torch Song’ mix and a three minute edit unique to Argentina. None of these have been issued on CD, with the exception of the Jellybean dance mix which turned up on the 1990 CD single of the Ben Liebrand Mix of Englishman In New York.
If you wanted to include 1994 remixes of this track with ‘your’ deluxe (not sure I would…) you can find a least a further five versions including a ten minute ‘A Brothers In Rhythm Soundtrack’ remix. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free had a non-album B-side called Another Day, so one single in and we’ve got potentially TEN tracks for inclusion in a deluxe set!
Similarly, the follow-up, Love Is The Seventh Wave, was remixed for both seven-inch and twelve-inch backed with a live version of Consider Me Gone.
Russians and Moon Over Bourbon Street both had new B-sides (Gabriel’s Message and The Ballad of Mack The Knife, respectively) and the former was issued in Australia as a ‘Special Tour Souvenir’ seven-inch double-pack which included a Night Mix Medley which was audio taken from Bring On The Night (this also appeared on the Japanese 12″ of Shadows in the Rain).
This live medley on an Australian release
Fortress Around Your Heart didn’t really offer up any new material when released at the time, but Hugh Padgham did remix it for the When We Dance single in 1994 so that is certainly worthy of inclusion.
While we’re ‘in’ the early nineties, one of my favourites from Dream of the Blue Turtles, We Work The Black Seam – a single in Germany – was completely re-recorded in 1993. This is a classic example of a fantastic Sting rarity that’s all but obscured by the passing decades and the fact that it was hard enough to find at the time! We Work The Black Seam (1993) only ever appeared in two places: the B-side of the UK seven-inch of Fields of Gold and on the US CD single of If I Ever Lose My Faith In You. It didn’t even have the ‘1993’ suffix on the UK release! Anyway, that is certainly worth including even if we are time-shifting a little bit.
Finally, five tracks from The Dream Of The Blue Turtles were remixed for Sting’s 25 Years 4-disc anthology that was issued in 2011 (photos here). The box was a fantastic missed opportunity, since it was largely just an inflated greatest hits with virtually nothing in the way of rarities, but these remixed tracks are an exception. All five should be included on a deluxe Blue Turtles, but hey, since there is only ten tracks on the album, why not ‘finish’ it off and have a completely remixed version as a bonus disc?
Sting is an artist that clearly likes to look forward (Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’86 not withstanding). The anthologies that have been issued for both The Police (Message in a Box) and his solo work (25 Years) have offered virtually nothing for die-hard fans and surely it’s about time someone persuaded him to loosen up and offer up some goodies via expanded editions of his long-players. Deluxe reissues are an opportunity to celebrate after all and Sting has created a superb body of work over the last 30 years or so. Not wishing to issue scratchy guitar demos is one thing, but leaving b-sides, remixes, alternate versions, and live performances exclusive to old vinyl and CD singles and is bordering on the perverse.
Anyway, if you’d like to see a deluxe edition of The Dream of the Blue Turtles, leave a comment encouraging Sting and his management to get on with it. In the meantime here is what an SDE deluxe of the album might look like. Obviously you could add 5.1, and videos and perhaps even combine with Bring On The Night for a Super Deluxe Edition!
What they could have issued – The SDE Deluxe Edition of “The Dream of the Blue Turtles”*
*CAUTION: product doesn’t actually exist.
Disc 1 – Original album mx (remastered)
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 4.14
Love Is the Seventh Wave 3.30
Russians 3.57
Children’s Crusade 5.0
Shadows in the Rain 4.56
We Work the Black Seam 5.40
Consider Me Gone 4.21
The Dream of the Blue Turtles 1.15
Moon over Bourbon Street 3.59
Fortress Around Your Heart 4.48
Disc 2 – B-sides, Remixes and Edits
Another Day 3.59
Gabriel’s Message 2.10
The Ballad Of Mack The Knife 2.43
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (edit) 3.01
Love Is The Seventh Wave (New Mix edit from 7″) 3.47
Consider Me Gone (Live – Mogador, Paris 1985) 4.45
I Burn For You (Live Mogador, Paris 1985) 4.35
“Night Mix” (Medley) 4.49
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (jellybean dance mix) 8.0
Love Is The Seventh Wave (New Mix from 12″) 4.5
Fortress Around Your Heart (Argentinan edit) 2.59
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (special dance remix) 4.18
We Work The Black Seam (1993) 6.0
Fortress Around Your Heart (Hugh Padgham Remix) 4.10
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (william orbit / torch song mix) 4.52
Disc 3 – Dream of the Blue Turtles (2011 remixes, with the other tracks remixed to complete the album)
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (2011 remix) 4.14
Love Is the Seventh Wave (2011 remix) 3.30
Consider Me Gone (2011 remix) 4.21
The Dream of the Blue Turtles 1 15
Moon over Bourbon Street (2011 remix) 3.59
Fortress Around Your Heart (2011 remix) 4.48
94 responses to Sting: Dreaming of an expanded Blue Turtles deluxe edition
chrispy says:
I just listened to the original edition CD from 1985 and wondered why on earth this has never been remastered – I’m well familiar with the “loudness wars”, but the original is quieter than the following “…Nothing Like The Sun…”, and as cited here there’s an opportunity to expand and include the enjoyable “Another Day”, etc. So, BUMP to this thread basically.
A&M I know you’re asleep at the wheel, but how much effort could it take to just remaster the studio tracks? Include “Bring On The Night” perhaps? Make it a 2CD release? This is still his second most popular album on streaming services from what I can glean.
Glenn Schryver says:
Fredco says:
As to Dan’s comment about William Orbit being the original producer of Stings first solo album, that is absolutely correct. I was a huge fan of The Police in high school, and I remember reading an article about the recording sessions in a Rolling Stone article in 1984. I distinctly remember it because it was the first time I had heard of William Orbit, who I later became a fan of.
I don’t know how many songs they completed in those sessions — all I know is the that they scrapped everything except the original recording “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free”, which they ended up releasing on the 12-inch as “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free [Torch Mix]”.
If it were up to me, I’d make it 6 disc set – adding the 2-disc live album Bring On The Night, as well as a blu-ray containing Michael Apted’s film of the same name with the videos from the album. Perhaps there might even be some other footage that would fit on there as well. If not, I’d like to fantasize an hour-long fly-on-the-wall style present day conversation between Sting and his Blue Turtles band mates looking back at that album. It could even lead to some concerts to promote it. But that’s probably a long shot given Sting’s attitude about looking back at his work. Which is too bad, given the nature of his re-releases to date. I’ll take a thoughtful retrospective over a quick cash grab any day!
Some good templates to emulate include the recent deluxe box sets for Peter Gabriel’s SO (http://amzn.to/2b7b7CZ) and Paul Simon’s GRACELAND (http://amzn.to/2b7behF).
Latest Sting Dsicography – 1370 tracks !
http://stingme.dk/Sting%20Discography.pdf
Sting,
I have EVERYTHING you have released in 5.1. The early 5.1 releases trump the latter as far a surround mixes. Do it RIGHT henceforth and release and RE-release ANY and ALL forthcoming MUSIC in hi-Rez, discrete 5.1…that is aggressive 6 separate – or hey even 8-channel surround sound via BLURAY (7.1)/hybrid, multi-SACD (5.1) COMBO or each separately AND/or on DVD-A. All in hi-Rez. All in stereo and SURROUND! We don’t live in 2D, so surround us with your art – all of it including the Police years – no more faux 5.1 (e.g. “Synch II” et al). Sell it and they will come – and buy it.
Rufus says:
A well-compiled and remastered deluxe version of his solo catalogue would be a Day-1 purchase for me (and yes, I already have all his normative releases, on CD and record).
Maybe to coincide with the release of his duo with french singer Mylène Farmer ? ;-)
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At least the 12 tracks from the dvd release that was not put to the cd:
01 Bring On The Night
02 The Flinstones
03 Consider Me Gone
04 Driven To Tears
05 Shadows In The Rain [Live]
06 Fortress Around Your Heart [Live]
07 We Work The Black Seam [Studio and live mix]
08 I Burn For You [Live Mogador Paris]
09 Childrens Crusade [Studio and live mix]
10 Need Your Love So Bad [Live]
11 Roxanne [Live]
12 Down So Long Set Them Free Demolition Man [Live]
I made a playlist with the following songs, and that will satisfy my desire for a deluxe edition:
Children’s Crusade 5.02
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Jellybean dance mix) 8.00
Love Is The Seventh Wave (New Mix from 12″) 4.05
I Burn For You (Live – Mogador, Paris 1985) 4.35
I honestly don’t need an official Super Deluxe Edition if nothing new is added (demos, rehearsals, unreleased live recordings or unreleased period alternative mixes). Sadly, today’s trend of compiling SDE of any album is to gather all (and not always) the previously released material related to the album in object and put it together in a box.
If all the material is still easily available, like Sting’s case, it’s not really that difficult to create your own SDE programming a playlist. That’s what i did for The Dream Of The Blue Turtles.
Giovanni Pollastri says:
Hi there my friend. I have submitted a similar proposal to Sting’s management, with whom I have a good friendship and collaboration (for example I have been asked to give a list of people/fans to invite at Il Palagio, Sting’s house in Tuscany, for a private show on September 11th 2001). My suggestion was a 4 disc set intitled ‘The Dream Of The Blue Turtles + 30’, that means 30 years as well as 30 bonus tracks.
You already know the reply.
Giovanni from Milano
Paul Sinclair says:
Interesting. The next time they ask you who to invite to Sting’s house you know how to get hold of me ;)
James Auman says:
One of the rarest tracks I ever had trouble finding was the radio version of “Nothing Bout Me”. It had horns in it and I liked it better than the album version and only heard it once. But I knew I heard it. I spent a decade tracking that down. Finally found it. Can’t remember what the official title was (as I’m not at home and can’t look it up).
Totally agree and would totally invest in a re-release. I remember hunting down all those CD Singles and collecting every Sting track known to man. Good times.
I wouldn’t include “We Work The Black Seam (1993) 6.0” on the Dream re-release though. While the song was written for Dream, it was recorded during the Ten Summoner’s Tales sessions and therefore would be out of place sound-wise.
Hi, here is some inspiration – The Sting Discography.
Go visit my page and at the top there is a link to a pdf download.
Hi, here is my latest Sting Discography. pdf 10.06.2105.
Go to http://www.stingme.dk and you will find the pdf to download.
Ken, I have used your discography many a time. Thank you for all your hard work!
Jim Pugh says:
It’s ok, we just have to prime the pumps, because the TRULY SPECTACULAR anniversary remaster, reissue bonus super deluxe vinyl hdcs blu-ray would be “Bring on the Night”, the live album from the tour with Branford and the gang!!!!!!!!!!!
Anatoly says:
Great idea, Paul, thanx. I’m in. And of course I need 5.1 Blu-Ray or SACD of this great album!
MFSL did a remaster of this album as well as Nothing Like The Sun. This album sounded nearly identical to the standard a&m release, perhaps due to the digital recording done at the time, though I believe Love is The Seventh Wave had a howl at the end that was not on the original.
Perhaps this is why a full remix was done for the box, though I found the stripped down 2012 remixes to sound a bit raw, or in actuality, too clean that it seemed more like rough mixes, with the exception of Consider Me Gone, they did not really improve anything, in fact most of them made me think Sting needed to clear his throat. I did however like the 1994 remix of fortress done for the USA edition of Fields Of Gold.
I’m a great fan of Sting since the early 80’s. His concert in Rio in 1987 was fantastic and for me he was on his best moment. That mix of pop and jazz really opened my mind and helped me to refine my opinion about popular music. In addition of the rare versions, “Another Day” is a fantastic tune and it’s a pity that the studio version was never released on digital audio. Please Sting, let Paul release the special edition of this fantastic album and fix this three decade of injustice with one of your best songs.
Meh. I’m already tired of the parade of “30th anniversary” reissues. Imagine if our parents had been buying multiple reissues of old Benny Goodman albums when we were kids—we’d have thought they were nuts!
I say leave this album alone, at least in terms of remastering. It was never a bad-sounding record to begin with.
If a deluxe edition were to be released, I’d say a proper mastering of the album (like MFSL does—i.e., without added compression), plus a bonus disc. But skip the 12″ mixes—very few 1980s 12″ mixes were all that notable after 1982 or 1983—and focus on live tracks, alternate mixes, or even a proper Bring on the Night soundtrack (“Flintstones…Meet the Flintstones…” “Yeah, he started singin’ in the wrong key!”).
Better yet, how about a proper reissue of The Soul Cages WITHOUT all that Qmix crap that rendered it mostly unlistenable?
I’d be interested in buying this – subject to price!
Stephen E Cohen says:
This is especially interesting to me because “The Dream Of The Blue Turtles” is one of my favorite albums of all time. No fooling! I settled for the 1998 digitally remastered version, including an enhanced cd video version of “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free”. But, I have always dreamed of a MAJOR remastering of this album, which sold 3 million copies in the United States alone. Sting has always put out phenomenal b-sides, and at this point, the only way to own the brilliant studio version of “Another Day” is to own the 7″ single or own the Extended Mix of “…Set Them Free’ which I bought back in the 1980’s (on cassette–it was a Canadian import). Plus, there is the video remix version of “Love Is The Seventh Wave”, which is far superior than the album version, and you can only get it with the 12″ single (which as you probably guessed I also have). I was hoping that such things would pop up on “25 Years”, but no such luck. So, I wait… and wait…
Oooh… I like this topic – it’s got me thinking about a good number of albums which I’d love to see re-released as super deluxe sets.
I’d start off by doing a proper job of The Chameleons’ second album ‘What Does Anything Mean? Basically’. The 2CD set from a few years ago was let down by its inclusion of the second disc featuring only demos from the period – no live tracks, no b-sides – and frankly poor packaging. I’d love to see that release handled with a little more “care”.
Seriously, continuing the conversation from last week, Sting is the artist who needs the complete CD singles boxset. There was also a 7″ jelleybean remix of “If You Love Somebody” that was released as a promo in the USA.
I have a small CD single of Englishman in New York which is great. It includes Someone to Watch Over Me and Up From The Skies with Gil Evans And His Orchestra. The 10 minutes of Up From The Skies is worth alone putting out …Nothing Like The Sun in a deluxe format.
Sting listen to your fans and put out those early records out in deluxe formats and dig into the vaults for something really special. Do the same for the Police, it would be appreciated.
Christopher Jennings says:
Yes please! I LOVE that album.
Guess what, folks. Sting could care less. I loved the man for 35 plus years and have lots of those rare cd tracks you guys have mentioned above. And I too wanted a deluxe box set with demos, out takes, etc. But it has long since dawned on me that the man himself could care less. His many projects over the last few years, with the exception of the Last Ship, have been rehashes of his catalog songs. I got disgusted watching him having to read the lyrics of Fragile off a TelePrompTer.
I think the remixes of Turtles were great but I don’t expect anything to come of it. And I really don’t care. YouTube has brought many, many amazing remixes and demos that I enjoy, maybe download, and move on. I hope I’m wrong, but don’t hold your breath for any anniversary sets. The 25 was a huge letdown
I think you meant to say he couldn’t care less which would be correct. It’s not as if he needs the money is it ?
Yes exactly. Thanks for the correction.
Dejan says:
On the CD-single
“Englishman In New York [The Ben Liebrand Mix] [CDS]” from 1990
you can find
“If You Love Somebody Set Them Free [Dance Mix] (1985)” 7:58
Remixed by Jellybean !
A&M Records – 390 562-2
Yes, sure, and it is also a very well mastered cd edition, long before the loudness war even started.
I believe an eventual deluxe edition would hardly sound that good.
I guess it’s better sticking with the older sources for the ‘extra’ tracks, because if a deluxe edition ever turns up we could be very disappointed by its sound quality.
Indeed… I did reference that in the article :)
chris old says:
Thanks so much for the tip, and insight, I have already purchased this after reading your post!
Couldn’t believe my eyes, that I would finally be owning the Jellybean extended version of this song.
I love every Sting album up until Brand New Day but after that he has been rubbish with all those stupid collaborations and The Last Ship was dreadful unless you like that kind of thing. I must say though his masterpiece was Nothing Like The Sun an amazing album. He had the perfect opportunity when that 25 years box set was released to include rare stuff like b sides or remixes but never bothered.
I’m glad you’re pushing for this, as it’s obvious there’d be a great demand for deluxe treatments of much of this music. It’s admirable to look forward, but as you say, he’s created a tremendous body of work.
I’m with you Michael. I am sure we’d have a great time talking music. My first reaction was 30 years ??? Wow. Great album, one I have since been able to find with a West Germany pressed disc. Any used CD store always has a ton of Sting. I even have the MFSL disc from a used bin for next to nothing. Regardless, I would happily pick up a deluxe edition of this with the b-sides, mixes, etc. I loved the Police and then this came along. Borrowed the LP from the town library and recorded to cassette, making my own cover. Picking up 7″ singles for the b-sides and taping them. Then came Bring on the night, broadway, amnesty stuff, Sting was on fire during this period and to hear the jazz opened up a whole new world for me at that age. Would be a welcome deluxe ed.
Piotr says:
Sting back catalogue is criminally neglected. I think it probably has something to do with how busy he is with other projects/commitments. He is a person who excercises a great deal of control, so most likely he is not keen on handing this over for someone else to do, but would rather be involved himself.
Having said all that, I would love to see a comprehensive reissue compain of all his albums. The Dream of the Blue Turtles tracks in the 25 box sounded great, and I always wondered if the rest of the album was remixed at the same time. It would have been silly not to, but who knows?
Let’s face facts and sorry to be a gloom merchant but this is not going to happen in the foreseeable future christ we still haven’t had a DVD with all his videos yet.
Good point regarding a complete video compilation on DVD. That’s another one I have been waiting for.
I was seventeen in 1985 and that year was and remains my favourite year musically. Releases 85 included: Arcadia “So Red The Rose”, The Power Station “The Power Station”, Dire Straits “Brothers In Arms”, Bryan Ferry ” Boys And Girls”, Dead Or Alive “Youthquake”, The Cult “Love”, Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair” and of course Sting’s fantastic “The Dream Of The Blue Turtles”.
I have been waiting and waiting and continue to wait for this to get a loving remaster. Please Sting, let’s do this.
It was a really good year, wasn’t it? Don’t know about anyone else, but I always think Blue Turtles was earlier than it actually was. In my mind I have it down as ‘early’ eighties but of course it was right slap bang in the middle.
Yes this would be a worthy expended edition. But one more track must be added. The Video Mix of “Fortress”. That mix is longer than the album version with the intro much longer.
Lesson to all budding career pop/rock stars….take more notice of what’s being released under your name, because in 20 years the fans are going to remember even if you are not!
I totally agree with Paul S. about some acts’ attitudes to back catalogue – if they weren’t precious about B-sides and stuff back in their pomp, why try and rewrite their own history now.
The Jellybean remix of If You Love Somebody Set Them Free is wonderful in my opinion, the William Orbit Torch Song Mix not so much, always in my opinion.
Anyway, i would include both of them.
I would also include Another Day (incredible song, maybe the best of the whole session), Gabriel’s Message and The Ballad Of Mack The Knife, and i would also include Love Is The Seventh Wave New Mix (only the longer one).
The live version of Consider Me Gone, even if different than the one on Bring On The Night, doesn’t differ much from the other one, so i don’t feel the need to include it.
Where can be found I Burn For You (Live Mogador, Paris 1985)? I don’t remember it as part of any period 7” or 12” single.
All the other ones i would not include, sorry.
In particular, the new mixes released for the 25 Years collection add nothing to the table, in my opinion of course.
Stephen K. says:
I Burn For You (Live) is from the Russians 12″, and a great version it is, too!
All the songs you mention would be great on a reissue!
Rodolfo Martin says:
I don’t understand the craziness of having all the existing remixes. It has been always a question for me why labels make DJs to remix a track, which rarely is played on radios (due to the lengths) . I once had the chance to ask Sting himself, sometime in the early 90 in Argentina about b-sides and remixes. He said that he was completely unaware of who is doing the remixes. He was unaware of the release of singles and unaware of how the label fills the B-side of the single or the bonus tracks on the CDs. He also seemed to not remember one of the b-sides (a studio track) from the Soul Cages album. I think the track (instrumental in this case) was just something picked up by the sound engineers while Sting was jamming in the studio. So, for me, filling up deluxe editions with remixes in which the artist is not involved is a rip off. Therefore, I only like those recordings in which the artists has been working, even if it was co-produced by a DJ. But if the remix was done while Sting was drinking tea at home, why is it so important for fans?
I would prefer to have demos or whatever that shows the artistic process or live stuff (if the known songs sound something different). I also like ‘sound check ‘ recording that used to appear as B-side many times during the CD single era. But I still respect that others expect differently from an upgraded edition of an old album. Anything that adds artistically will be welcome.
It’s so important to fans because that is what they bought at the time, and that is what they listened to. If Sting wasn’t paying attention to what was going on that’s his lookout to be honest. It doesn’t mean it’s okay to rewrite history and decide on behalf of your fans what is important and what isn’t. The Jellybean remix of If You Love Somebody Set Them Free was released under his name. Anyway, artists need to get over themselves with reissues. They are for FANS not for them. Sting isn’t going to buy his own releases, so it’s not supposed to be what HE would like, it’s supposed to be compiled to please fans, so they will buy it.
Paul, you hit the nail on the head. Many times we hear apologists say, “If the artist doesn’t care, it’s his/her prerogative that a reissue doesn’t happen.” Fair enough. An artist should have some control over the dissemenation of their work.
That said, as you rightly point out, these reissues aren’t for the gratification of the artists, who often don’t listen to their old work anyway. It’s for the fans. It’s the fans who want it, and the fans who buy it.
A different discussion is whether to aim for a broad market or a narrow market, but honestly, which of these artists hasn’t had a handful of pointless Best Of compilations put out already. Do labels believe the general public cares about a reissue of an album they allowed to go out of print 30 years ago? Probably not. It’s the fans! Take care of the fans, please.
I may be mistaken about some of the following comments, but this is how I remember things from my 16 year old 1985 brain.
The Torch Song version of If You Love Somebody was a William Orbit produced recording and not a remix of the Pete Smith produced album track. That explains the rock instead of jazzy sound of the recording. I do not know if there are any other William Orbit produced recordings, but I would definitely like to hear any that exists. I remember bits of a story about William Orbit being the original album producer and Sting not being happy with the sound, but that may be completely wrong. Hey my memory 30 years on…who knows?
A few other tracks worth including in a SDE are other Sting recordings that have been released and were recorded at the time (85-86) including Russians live (Grammy’s Greatest Moments), Down So Long live with Jeff Beck (Live! For Life) and the Sting’s haunting interpretation of Strange Fruit (Rock For Amnesty).
Reaching here…no one else mentioned and none may want the audio recordings from Live Aid (possibly including Money For Nothing) and better yet the solo (pre-Police reunion) Conspiracy of Hope Amnesty shows. Since Amnesty already made their money off of the 86 Police reunion tapes, these will never otherwise see the legit light of day.
On a side note there’s all those Sting concerts released either to video or networks. How about audio versions of those? Soundtrack to the Bring On the Night documentary (1985), which are not just completely different recordings but different songs than the Bring On the Night double live CD, HBO’s Sting live in Japan (1988), Unplugged (1991), Soul Cages Concert (1991), 40th Birthday live at the Hollywood Bowl (1991), BBC/PBS’s title escapes me Sting live (1993), Brand New Day live Universal Amphitheater (1999), A Winter’s Night live from Durham Cathedral (2009), The Last Ship live at the Public Theater (2013).
Now for the hate from the rest of those that comment…let me tell you what I don’t want in a Blue Turtles SDE.
The videos. I doubt I’d watch them even once, unless the video mix of Love is the 7th Wave is not included in the audio. The long video of Fortress Around Your Heart? Mr. Sting, Mr. Sting, wakey wakey! Shoot me. There’s no Sledgehammer there.
Please sell the 5.1 separate. I don’t want to have to pay for those in a box set. I own a 5.1 Nothing Like the Sun DTS that was released in the early 2000’s. I listened to it once. Fun. Once. Immortals may have the time to sit around a zone out to albums that they have heard 100’s of times but now in exciting 5.1!!! But I, as a grown man with a job and a family, do not. Please convince the record companies to not make me pay for 5.1 in a box set. Release that stuff exclusively separately, and charge what it takes to make a profit. Everybody comes out ahead.
I’m sure he took notice when the The Ben Liebrand Mix of Englishman in New York got to number 15 considering the original release in 1988 flopped and only got to number 51.
Paolo Magnani says:
Er… Where can i buy that? :)
Michel D. says:
All of Sting’s albums are great, so deluxe re-issues (as per that Paul’s imaginary listing) is a must buy for me!!!
I’d absolutely get this! But here’s the question: Is there anyone at home at UME? I know for a fact that they have little or no respect for their catalogue & potentially lucrative re-releases. They’ve fired a lot of people who worked on these despite the fact they still bring in a high percentage of UME revenue year after year after year. They disrespect the heritage radio stations they used to work with to promote these, concentrating mostly on current pop product. That’s not the case as much at other labels, like Sony Legacy. It starts at the top & UME brass aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to their catalogue.
I too, would be delighted at the thought of potentially owning a deluxe version of this album. We can only Dream in Blue!
Michael Caspar says:
I love the “specials” from Sting! My most loved cd-single is “This Cowboy Song”
1. This Cowboy Song (remix featuring Pato Banton) 4:02
2. If You Love Somebody set… (Brothers In Rhythm Edit) 4:17
3. If You Love Somebody Set… (Brothers In Rhythm Soundtrack) 11:32
4. Demolition Man (Soulpower Edit) 3:41
Number 3 and 4 are 5-stars-superb!
This single is from 1995. It was 20 years ago…
Hope he will bring this versions (and all the others) back to his fans!
Looks good and another vote for 5.1 please.
His albums have been released on a&m now universal when I remember correctly and this label wasn’t interested in re releasing remastered cds. Bryan adams chris de burgh styx etc.wasn’t chris rea also on a&m? Might not blame sting then.
Have been waiting for Sting reissues as well. At the time of the Police reunion I recall a ‘plan’ to issue the excellent Police Around the World video on DVD but it never happened.
They didn’t even release the remasters that came out ~1998 in the US…
Rob G says:
I’d pick this up in a heartbeat!
Kaj says:
A very good idea. Let us hope someone is listening/reading. Sting in highrez would really be something I would love to buy.
Ben Williams says:
Ahh thought this was real at first! Sting definitely needs to reissue his catalogue deluxe-style. His first 4 albums first in affordable 2 cd + 1 dvd packages. Then the next batch could be the other original material studio albums. I was sad to actually email Universal to ask about a Nothing Like the Sun reissue back in 2011. Heard nothing!! Come on Sting-deluxes please!
Oh just noticed….technically, at least in the UK, the album won’t turn 30 until June 17th 2015…ah, the life of a pedant!
Maybe there’s hope yet? ;)
Oh, I’m probably a lost cause by now!
Ralph: You seriously underestimate the audience of this blog. Every single comment posted here indicates that the reader understood that this is a hypothetical release.
Alastair Brown says:
When I saw the title on this piece, I said “at last” out loud. Then I realised what it actually stated……….Would definitely buy this, and the equally overdue deluxe of ‘Ten Summoner’s Tales’ which spawned at least as many potential extra tracks.
Donovan says:
A Dutch guy called JPL did a more than fantastic remix of Russians. Try to find it!
Reed says:
@Donovan – yes its a great mix. But you’d have issues of licensing and ownership since it is not an authorized remix, and it contains samples from a Will Smith track.
It’s interesting to see a list of tracks that never appeared on CD, but I find it completely useless to include a speculative track list of a speculative 3 CD set. I bet that quite a number of People with the tendency of not reading carefully start looking for this set.
Ralph, don’t be a grump! Not only does it generate possible interest in, and momentum towards, an actual reissue project, the info included helps us to curate our own versions in the meantime.
Yes yes yes, this would be a must have
Great album, my first concert was this tour.
Tim Barton says:
I think this would make for an excellent reissue! If only A&M would just hand over the goods to Salvo or Edsel, who both do great reissues and offer great prices, I think this ‘dream’ edition could see the light of day! The Police remasters were fine, but there must be stuff in the vaults that could double them, as well. Here’s to hoping!
The “25 Years” remixes are gorgeous. So much more powerful and “real” than the original. It was such a tease for a full-album remix. Here’s hoping!
And, yes, getting the b-sides on CD would be nice (overdue).
Oh yeah. Definitely add the videos, too!
Can’t believe that the last time these videos were available was on VHS. A real shame!
We did get 5.1 releases on DVD-A and SACD for a few of his albums, but not Dream or Soul Cages. Don’t know why a continuation of the line was dropped.
I just bought the CD this week for $1. I already owned it, but someone had written their name on the booklet of my original copy, and my other copy (the MFSL release) was purchased used without a booklet. I paid $1 for a good condition booklet!
I Burn For You (Live) is the best version of the song I’ve heard.
This album and Nothing Like The Sun are both begging for a deluxe edition.
I swear only three people in the world must own the German CD-Single of They Dance Alone with the otherwise non-digital b-side If You There! And I’m not one of them :(
I own one of the copies. :) I had a ‘watch’ on it on Ebay for years before I finally won one of them…
CakeSaint says:
As of right now, there are three copies of the German “They Dance Alone” single available on Discogs from European sellers; two of them are only 8 Euros. (That site has been great for finding some rare items!)
Saar Freedman says:
I guess I am one of these lucky few :)
@Stephen K – I am also one of the three! It was an ad in Goldmine magazine that finally paid off in 1996, which made it an eight year search.
It wasn’t until last year that I got the Music Of Love For Tomorrow’s Children CD which features Yolanda Adams and Sting singing “Where Will You Be For Christmas”. That was a 14 year search. In that case the search was better than the result.
fedge says:
I’d buy that in a heartbeat. Add the videos from the album on a DVD too. The video for If You Love Somebody Set Them Free is pretty cool, still.
Cal Alex says:
Some dubs would be nice too.
How I wish this really did exist!
I love ‘Dream of the Blue Turtles’, but if it existed in the above format, I wouldn’t buy it. I find remixes largely tedious; I’d much rather have period live material.
An Italian fan says:
I think it’s about time that The Police and Sting catalogues be expanded (at least up until and including Mercury Falling). The quality and quantity of audio and video material is astonishing, even discounting outtakes and unreleased material (i.e. at least 20 songs were demoed for Synchronicity and other Police material than Shadows In the Rain was re-recorded – and later appeared in live versions on Bring On The Night). Just as an example, a super deluxe edition for the Nothing Like The Sun album could contain:
– Ghost In The Strand, Someone To Watch Over Me, If You There, Conversation With A Dog, Up From The Skies (the b-sides)
– There Comes a Time (as Up From The Skies, this was recorded with The Gil Evans Orchestra and never released)
– Alternative versions such as We’ll Be Together with Eric Clapton on lead guitar (on the Fields Of Gold best of) or the Portuguese/Spanish E.p. Nada Como El Sol (currently out of print)
– The live concert in Tokyo that was filmed and recorded (tracks such as King Of Pain, Tempted, If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Sister Moon, The Lazarus Heart/Too Much Information, Walking In Your Footsteps and Don’t Stand So Close To Me all appeared as b sides of The Soul Cages singles)
– Videos for all the album singles (We’ll Be Together, Englishman in New York, Fragile, They Dance Alone, Be Still My Beating Heart)
– The concerts in Perugia (Umbria Jazz with The Gil Evans Orchestra) in 1986 and Verona, The Arena (1988) were also broadcast in Italy in their entirety…
– Not mentioning the BBC appearances
With Sting’s muse becoming less prolific (one album of new material in twelve years) this is the perfect opportunity to make his and The Police rarities available before it’s too late (in terms of physical product). It’s about time for live and soundtracks Anthologies (maybe box sets?) as well, I agree the 25 Years box was a completely wasted opportunity.
Here’s hoping Universal does the right thing (as Warner should do with the Phil Collins reissues), and speaking of which there could be also Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler and Stevie Wonder’s catalogues to revisit… but perhaps it’s just wishful thinking on my part!
Enrico Mario says:
Yes, I agree….Nothing Like The Sun would offer a devasting amount of tracks, that we KNOW (especially from live sets). I remind also that Perugia 1987 was not completely broadcasted (RaiTv “cut” Murder By Numbers), there were a pair of New York pre-shows in mid November (before SouthAmerica tour), and we forget the “Human Rights Now Tour”, in which he sang with Peter Gabriel “Games Without Frontiers” (which missed on recent DVD boxes)…
Michael Pendlebury says:
I’d buy for sure!
I second that. Love Stings repertoire of solo CD releases. Would even go as far to buy all the deluxe editions in a box set. Just like the one Lisa Stansfield released.
It is about time that Sting albums get the deluxe treatment. I like your list of how it could be Paul and i hope you will create more of these “would be” lists for other albums that are turning, 20, 25, 30 or more years. I like these imaginary lists and maybe someone high up there read them and then put their thinking caps on.
Runicen says:
Often enough, deluxe reissues are my introduction to catalogs I missed the first time – whether due to young age or my attentions being elsewhere. In this case, Blue Turtles is one Sting album that flew under my radar when I went back to his solo catalog (Nothing Like the Sun is my preferred platter from his solo years) and a re-release would be a good time for me reevaluate that.
With reissues like this, there’s also something to be said about the “legacy.” Eventually, someone trying to go back and archive this stuff is going to hit a brick wall – degraded tapes, lack of records, nobody left around who remembers the remixes/b-sides, etc. Would it be so unhealthy to get the “ducks in a row” with regard to this and other albums from the era so anyone thusly inclined can go exploring and find hte material?
So yeah, I get get high fallutin’ AND have a selfish reason for wanting this product to exist. Hah!
Long overdue! And yes, the inclusion of a Blu-ray with all the videos and a new 5.1 mix would be an essential component to making this a great package.
I am really disappointed at the attitude of Sting. Very inconsiderate of Sting to leave us with the poor CD version. I have the LP but I can see nearly see through the LP. Haven’t listenend to the Dream .. for a long time and actually I was just waiting for a proper remaster from the Original tapes or even better a SACD or Blu-Ray.
Sting should be thankfull to his fans … and is this our reward?
Angry at Sting? No, furious!
I hoop Sting stops Dreaming and listen to what his fans want!
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Our mandolin player Ewan MacPherson (pictured above with Latif Khan Manganiyar) on the background to our forthcoming album …
In 2012, I played a showcase gig with Kaela Rowan and James Mackintosh at Celtic Connections. After the show we met some representatives from a festival in Rajasthan who had missed our gig, but wanted to hear Kaela’s music. They invited us to go and play a few songs back at their hotel. I couldn’t make it as I had to go to play another gig. As luck would have it Kaela and James went and played for them and were surprised and delighted to be invited out to play at Jodhpur Riff in October 2012. I couldn’t go…
I went round to visit them after they got back and they were bursting with excitement about their trip. I was handed spice mixes and tried pickles they had brought back. They showed me some exotic new rugs on the wall and some stunning photos of north India.
A year later they were invited back, but this time they took myself and Patsy Reid too. After three extraordinary days meeting, playing music and drinking delicious sweet chai with some of the most incredible musicians from the Thar desert we walked on the main stage to perform a brand new collaboration.
The Jodhpur Riff stage is located in the main courtyard of a 500 year old Rajput fort. It’s called Merangarh (or sun fort ) and it sits 400 feet above the blue city of Jodhpur, on the hill of the birds. It was there under the full moon, with the local maharajah in the front row, that we played one of the most extraordinary concerts I’ve ever been lucky enough to take part in.
Rajahstani folk musicians don’t really have the word ‘arrangement’ in their musical vocabulary; they are the most in the moment players I have ever known. They give 100% whether they are in a small rehearsal room in the outskirts of the city or on the main stage in front of 2,000 people. It’s chaos and beauty, bravado and respect, moments of ear splitting madness and extreme calm. We all felt the full effect of their heritage. Our own music felt square and regulated, whilst theirs was wild, free, rough, bright and bold. These people are giant musicians and we were very much awestruck by their musical mastery.
We learned a few of their tunes and songs (they sing in their local language Marwari). We tried to teach them some of our tunes and songs. And we discussed a variety of ways to collaborate without being able to play each other’s music, whilst understanding the underlying soul and intention. We watched in amazement as they argued and laughed about which uncountable, super complicated break should happen here, which alap should go there and who should call the tehai. It was organised chaos: beautiful, magical days, full of humour and learning. And there were moments of sober realisation about what we were actually doing.
We walked on stage with a rough collection of Gaelic songs, Scottish tunes and some Marwari song names written on our set list, not really knowing what was going to happen.
We needn’t have worried, I usually get a little nervous before gigs, but despite everything, travel, heat and trying to get our heads around this new music, it was one of the most gently powerful, beautiful and moving gigs. We felt so calm, almost meditative and in the moment with our new friends.
The next year we went back with Shooglenifty and did it all over again … and again the next year. In 2015, over a few beers in a rooftop restaurant, appropriately called Nirvana, we decided to record an album in Jodhpur with a group of eight of these amazing Marwari musicians. By this point they had organised themselves into a band going by the name of Dhun Dhora, meaning literally ‘music of the dunes’.
We had planned to go to Rajasthan in 2016, but then our esteemed compadre Angus Grant fell ill and plans were put on hold. We looked at ways to record the album in Scotland, but before the wheels could be put in motion we lost Angus, pretty much at the exact time we would have been back in India with Shooglenifty for a third year.
Unsuprisingly everything was upside down for a while, but slowly we came to the realisation that we had to go back and finish what we had started with Angus. There had been loss on the Rajasthan side too, one of our new friends, an amazing man called Roshan Khan, who played a mean dholak, died in a car accident a few months after Angus.
So, in October 2017 we found ourselves once again back in Rajasthan about to record an album which had taken on a whole new meaning. We had some amazing days recording in the royal guest rooms in the fort and staying within its awe-inspiring walls.
The recording wasn’t without its difficulties, however. The heat damaged instruments, some of the band fell ill and weren’t available to record all the time, and there were computer crashes. When we had finished the last day, we were not sure what kind of an album we had in the can. It was only when we got it back home to the studio that we would know how everything was hanging together.
Last week we were in Fife finally making a start on mixing the album at Ben Seal’s studio. It took many days of work to get this recording in some shape, but what a shape it is! Working on the music has brought back a lot of amazing memories for all of us and the album is starting to sound bloody great. Even Angus and Roshan make their presence felt.
The result is something we couldn’t even imagine three years ago. And I can’t wait to share it with you.
Huge thanks go to Divya, Namrata, Govind, Sharon, Jane-Ann and everyone who made this possible.
Fingers crossed we’ve a few gigs in England and Scotland with our Rajasthani friends over the summer and there will be a documentary too following on. What a journey!
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Dubuque Hempstead softball players celebrate after defeating Linn-Mar, 6-0, in an Iowa Class 5A regional semifinal on Saturday at Hempstead High School. The Mustangs advanced to Tuesday’s regional final.
Hempstead's Natalie Schemmel celebrates after hitting a double during their Class 5A Regionals vs. Linn-Mar held Saturday, July 13, 2019.
Hempstead's Kaylie Springer takes a shot to the arm during their Class 5A Regionals vs. Linn-Mar held Saturday, July 13, 2019.
Hempstead's Carissa Elskamp (21) and Natalie Schemmel (7) celebrate after scoring during their Class 5A Regionals vs. Linn-Mar held Saturday, July 13, 2019.
Hempstead's Emalee Ryder (top) and Kaylie Springer try for a fly ball during their Class 5A Regionals vs. Linn-Mar held Saturday, July 13, 2019.
Hempstead's Malarie Huseman delivers a pitch during their Class 5A Regionals vs. Linn-Mar held Saturday, July 13, 2019.
Prep softball: Schaul steps up at plate, Huseman shines in circle as Hempstead advances
BY TIM O’NEILL tim.oneill@thmedia.com
Katie Schaul still expected to have to prove herself as she stepped into the batter’s box for her fourth plate appearance of the day.
Mired in what she considered to be a slump, Schaul didn’t think her first two at-bats had been enough to prompt Linn-Mar to issue an intentional walk with a base open.
That was a mistake.
Schaul collected three hits, including a pair of doubles, and drove in three runs, and Malarie Huseman hurled a two-hit shutout as No. 11-ranked Dubuque Hempstead blanked the Lions, 6-0, in an Iowa Class 5A regional semifinal on Saturday at Hempstead.
Schaul, a senior and the Mustangs’ leadoff hitter, doubled and scored in her first at-bat, then added an RBI double an inning later. She stepped to the plate with runners at second and third and one out in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Already trailing, 4-0, Linn-Mar opted to pitch to her. She wasn’t at all surprised.
“I still had to prove myself because I’ve been in a slump lately,” said Schaul. “So I needed to come out and prove myself today, and I think they needed to pitch to me. I needed to prove myself today. That’s what needed to happen.”
A slump for Schaul isn’t really a slump for others. She extended her hitting streak to 10 games and is 18-for-35 (.514) with 18 RBIs over that span. But over the last four games of the regular season, she had just four hits and two RBIs.
She’s hitting .468 (60-for-128) for the season with 16 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 46 RBIs.
Schaul lined a 2-1 pitch up the middle to plate two more insurance runs, and the Mustangs advanced to Tuesday’s regional final.
“These last few games I haven’t been myself. I’ve been in my head,” Schaul said. “This one was for the team. I just needed to step it up as a senior and to take them to state this year is our goal. We are shocking a lot of people this year. A lot of people doubted us and I think it’s pretty special what we’re doing this year.”
Hempstead is just a win away from making only the second state tournament appearance in program history, and the second in two seasons.
It’s at least the sixth time in eight seasons the Mustangs have reached the regional final.
“The majority of these kids have been in that position now,” Mustangs coach Alisha Frese said. “How many regionals finals has it been where we came up on the short end of the stick, you know? You just kind of got used to that feeling of walking out of there with a close game or whatever, and now I think these kids believe. They never look back. They keep pushing and they get the job done. And we have young kids that just want to experience it for the first time. Some of them are hitting in the middle of our lineup and coming through and feeling good.”
The Mustangs improved to 32-7 despite graduating five starters from last year’s state qualifier.
Schaul, Huseman, shortstop Kaylie Springer and catcher Kayla LaPage are the only returning starters from last year. But the turnover hasn’t made a bit of difference.
Huseman, who pitched in two of Hempstead’s three state tournament games last year, struck out five and walked four, and only twice allowed a baserunner to advance past first base. She allowed just a one-out single in the fourth and a leadoff single in the sixth. Linn-Mar added a second baserunner with nobody out in the sixth, but Huseman recovered with two straight strikeouts and a popout to escape the threat.
“I just have to think positive and tell myself I’m going to get this done. They’re not going to score, I just need to relax,” said Huseman, who improved to 20-5 and lowered her earned run average to 1.10. “I was kind of shaky at the beginning of the game, but I relaxed and got the job done.”
Linn-Mar put a runner on third with one out in the second, but Huseman coaxed a foulout, and centerfielder Micki Blean tracked down a hard-hit liner in center for the third out.
“The way (Huseman) was able to respond obviously helped,” said Frese, who noted that Hempstead’s seven losses came by a combined 11 runs. “We went through (our games this season) and circled leadoff walks and errors, and that’s what it came down to tonight. We played defense, we put the ball in play, we got on top and we scored. Those walks, when the defense held them and she came back with strikeouts, they didn’t matter.”
Hempstead took an early lead after Schaul opened the first with a double. Springer was hit in the helmet by a pitch and LaPage lofted a fly ball down the left-field line that bounced off the fielder’s glove for an error and the first tally.
Carleigh Hodgson drew a one-out walk in the second and scored on Schaul’s double. Springer followed with an RBI single two pitches later to make it 3-0.
Jadyn Glab, who returned to the Hempstead lineup after missing the last six games with an illness, doubled home Lydia Ettema in the fifth for a 4-0 lead.
Hempstead advanced to Tuesday’s regional final and will either play at No. 6 Iowa City High (33-7).
The Little Hawks swept the Mustangs, 2-1 and 5-4, in the opening week of the season. The first game went nine innings.
"It’s been a long time since we've played them; been a long time since we’ve seen them," Frese said. "It’s a different season. We’re the ones that have nothing to lose. I think it’s going to be a great game."
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Home: Tommy Peoples Fiddle Player & Composerpeterkinvara19162018-09-05T14:52:21+00:00
Tommy Peoples passed away on the 4th August 2018.
The most influential fiddler of his generation, and an inspiration to countless musicians worldwide, his compositions were, like his playing style, unique, very personal, and have become part of the tradition.
Below are Tommy’s obituary from the Irish Times newspaper, and a statement by President Michael D. Higgins on his passing.
There have been a number of requests about his book, and the good news is that it is still available, as is his CD.
Click here for the Book
Click here for the CD
Obituary, Irish Times, 18th August 2018
Statement by President Higgins on the death of Tommy Peoples
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins has extended his sympathy to the family and friends of musician, Tommy Peoples
“I have learned with great sadness of the death of Tommy Peoples, the renowned Donegal fiddle player and composer.
Regarded as a master of his craft, Tommy enchanted audiences at home and abroad with his unique style of music, playing with the Kilfenora CéilíBand, the Bothy Band and many other legendary figures in the world of traditional Irish Music.
Tommy has the distinction of receiving two TG4 Gradam Awards, for Traditional Musician of the Year in 1998 and Composer of the Year in 2013, a feat not achieved before or since. He also had a great love of the Irish language, which he considered to be a very important part of Irish life.
I, with so many others have the warmest memories of Tommy as a friend over many decades and we shall all greatly miss him.
Sabina and I send our deepest condolences to his family, friends and all those who knew him.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam”
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Site chosen for £30m Armagh Leisure Village
An aerial image of the site, the red line marks the boundary for the new leisure village site. Image courtesy of ABC council/Ken Geary.
THE site for the new £30m Armagh Leisure Village has been chosen by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
Lisanally has been selected as the location for the five-year project, which will boast a 10-lane 25m swimming pool, a range of indoor and outdoor facilities, sports halls and a multi-function pitch, that is expected to be completed by 2023.
The location was formally agreed at the latest full council meeting held last week, and Lord Mayor, Alderman Gareth Wilson said the scheme had now entered its “delivery mode” phase. “Now that Lisanally has been identified as the preferred strategic location to deliver this innovative and exciting sport and leisure project, I’m confident that it will close a significant gap between existing and future sport and leisure needs and bring much greater benefits for our clubs, community and schools,” he explained.
“I’m delighted this commitment now puts the project in delivery mode that will maximise opportunities for shared indoor and outdoor modern facilities which will have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing for everyone and generations to come.”
The project, which has been earmarked £30m of the council’s capital programme funds, will also see the introduction of four natural turf multi-sports pitches, two of which will be floodlit, a hockey pitch and athletics track – along with a fitness suite, thermal spa and indoor sports arena.
As part of the process, council engaged with sporting organisations, clubs and schools as part of a consultation exercise, which highlighted a need to replace Orchard Leisure Centre as well as providing an enlarged facility with much greater car parking provision, fitness space and increased shared facilities for a range of users and sports.
This was emphasised by chair of the Armagh Leisure Project Board, Councillor Thomas O’Hanlon, who has thanked councillors, stakeholders and officers for the work carried out on the project to date. “Considerable consultation, assessment and investigation has already been undertaken to ensure this major development strategically meets a range of important objectives and location criteria,” he explained.
“This exciting new development will regenerate a significant part of Armagh City and bring wider investment to the area and we look forward to further continuing our engagement with stakeholders.”
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The Pink Dot 2013 Ambassadors'
For the first time, the video features heartfelt interviews with the Pink Dot Ambassadors, who speak about their personal motivations for coming on board and why they feel a need to come out in support of the LGBT community.
Michelle Chia, Ivan Heng and Mark Richmond are the 2013 ambassadors of Pink Dot, an annual rally that raises awareness and foster deeper understanding of the basic human need to love and be loved, regardless of one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Featured in an “Ambassador Video” that was launched today, Michelle, Ivan and Mark highlighted the importance of inclusiveness and acceptance for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
“We will like to thank Michelle, Ivan and Mark for coming on board this year,” said Paerin Choa, Pink Dot’s spokesperson. “It is an act of courage and conviction to be willing to stand up and put themselves in the public spotlight. As allies or members of the LGBT community, they play a pivotal role in helping build bridges within the community as well as with the greater public.”
Since the first Pink Dot in 2009, Pink Dot ambassadors have come from a range of different backgrounds. They include popular radio host Rosalyn Lee; actresses Sharon Au, Neo Swee Lin and Tan Kheng Hua; and comedians the Dim Sum Dollies and Kumar.
“I have many friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and they are no different from straight people,” said Michelle Chia, popular TV host and actress. “Many of these friends are in loving, happy relationships and I feel the need to speak up for them when nasty things are being directed at LGBT people. People should be allowed to be who they are and love who they want to love.”
“I want my LGBT friends to know that I care for their freedom to love and I am proud of this opportunity to be an ambassador for Pink Dot. An event like Pink Dot not only represents the acceptance of LGBT people but is very important for straight people like me because I want to live in a society that is inclusive and open-minded.”
Though support for LGBT people has grown tremendously in recent years, discrimination and prejudice is still prevalent in society, especially in schools and at the workplace.
“As a straight person, there is a lot that I take for granted,” said Mark Richmond, well known sports caster. “When I look back at my life, I realised that LGBT people face a lot of discrimination that I did not, and this impacts their lives badly. Though Singapore is changing, discrimination still exists and much of it stems from ignorance and fear.”
“As a father, I want my child to grow up in a society that celebrates diversity and where it is ok to be different. I bring my family to Pink Dot because this is the one place and time in Singapore where people from the LGBT community and their family and friends can come together in a celebration of inclusivity, tolerance and love. It is important for my kid to see for himself the wonderful differences that make society rich, and for him to know not to discriminate against people just because of sexual orientation or gender identity.”
For many LGBT people, coming out remain difficult. Many still divide their personal and work lives, and live double lives in fear of being discriminated against.
“I knew I was different from an early age,” said Ivan Heng, acclaimed thespian and Artistic Director of theatre company W!ld Rice. “Growing up was a little confusing, frightening and lonely. And I know there are many LGBT people in Singapore even today who remain in the closet because of discrimination and fear. I understand that it is very difficult and therefore they live half-lives or they live a lie. I think that it is important for us to reach out to them, to let them know that Singapore is changing and there is an entire community of people who accepts them for who they are.”
“Pink Dot is important to me because it is a place where our families and friends come together in support of the freedom to love. My mom came to Pink Dot for the first time last year and when she saw other mothers like herself, she didn’t feel so alone, and more importantly saw that I wasn’t alone. I hope that Singaporeans will all come together at Pink Dot to make a stand, for a truly inclusive Singapore, a place we can truly call home.”
Since Pink Dot started in 2009, attendance has grown from 2,500 to over 15,000 last year. It has become one of the most visible and well known events for inclusiveness and diversity in Singapore. It is a place where all Singaporeans - straight or LGBT - can come together to support the freedom to love.
“Over the years, we receive personal stories of LGBT people who stand across the road from Hong Lim Park, afraid to join us,” said Paerin Choa. “Part of Pink Dot is to let LGBT people know we are here and Singapore is our home too. And the most important part of being home is that you know you can be safe, happy and feel that sense of belonging.”
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As VP of Consumer + Brand Marketing at Facebook, Rebecca (‘Becca’) is responsible for creating the company’s marketing with the goal of building a strong relationship between Facebook and its community.
Before Facebook, Becca was Chief Marketing Officer for Levi’s. Prior to that, she led worldwide marketing for Apple, launching and some of the world’s most well-known and beloved products including the first iPhones, first iPads, iPods, iTunes, and many generations of Macs. Before that she managed the Nike account globally at Wieden + Kennedy, Nike’s advertising agency. Becca currently sits on the board of The New York Times and PSI.org, is on the advisory board for Strava and IDEO.org, and is a board of trustees for Macalester College, her alma mater.
Rebecca Van Dyck’s career is a chronicle of cool: She shepherded Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign around the world, launched the iPhone and iPad at Apple, gave Levi’s its first global brand identity last year with the Go Forth campaign, and this past February joined the world’s largest social network.
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‘El poderosísimo lobby Judío:’ Spanish obsession
Posted Friday, June 21, 2019 12:00 am
By Ben Cohen
The veteran Spanish journalist and commentator Iñaki Gabilondo devoted his broadcast slot last week to a dramatic attack on the “powerful Jewish lobby” in the United States. The pretext was the recent decision of the New York Times international print edition to stop the publication of political cartoons, following the much reported furor over the anti-Semitic caricature in its pages that showed a blind U.S. President Donald Trump, a black kippah on his head, being pulled along by a haughty-looking guide dog with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As anti-Semites often do, Gabilondo couched his attack upon the “powerful Jewish lobby” within a humanist, universalist imperative; in this case, the freedom of the press to engage in satire and lampoonery without fear of censorship. The binary opposites are established in a manner comforting to the liberal open mind: On the one side, an aware, engaged citizenry cognizant of its democratic rights; on the other, the censorious, sinister Jews and their lobby.
Having presented himself as the voice of this silent majority, a solemn Gabilondo then pronounced on the enormous weight carried by the “Jewish lobby,” regretting that the weakness of the print media today was one reason why the international edition had been so easily compelled to banish cartoons from its pages.
For what it’s worth, I’m not sure why the Times’ management feels that banishing all cartoons from the international edition makes more sense than vetting them before publication, but that’s beside the point. The chief observation is that arguments like Gabilondo’s can always find a peg to hang on; when Jews aren’t running the media, they’re starting wars in the Middle East, running the White House, or blasting Zionist propaganda at anyone in their path.
In Spain, as other European countries, conspiratorial fantasies about Jewish power have a long pedigree. One of the key locations where they have manifested has been the press, often fueled by Spain’s own cartoonists.
In many cases, the vitriol takes special care to aim at the Holocaust. In 2016, for example, the weekly El Jueves ran a vicious cartoon of Israeli soldiers with hooked noses urinating on Palestinians, Jesus among them. The accompanying caption read: “But you don’t understand, my parents were in a concentration camp.”
As far back as 2001, Spanish media has delighted in needling Jews by comparing the Holocaust to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians; in June that year, a cartoon in the weekly La Razon showed two Israeli officers beating an innocent Palestinian as one says to the other, “There’s no time for me to reflect on the Holocaust.”
Unpalatable as it is to admit, these barbs strike a chord with a significant section Spain. A poll by the Anti-Defamation League in 2014 found that 65 percent of Spanish citizens believed Jews were more loyal to Israel than their own countries, 50 percent thought Jews had too much power in international financial markets, and 39 percent were convinced that Jews controlled the government of the United States.
Ironically, these anti-Semitic views coexist with the overriding belief that Spain doesn’t have a problem with Jews. A Eurobarometer poll in December 2018 found that nearly 70 percent of Spanish respondents didn’t think that anti-Semitism was an issue in their country—a level of denial that far outweighs nearly every other country in the European Union, from Sweden, where only 17 percent said that anti-Semitism wasn’t a problem, to France, where 24 percent of respondents said the same.
On such favorable terrain, a journalist like Gabilondo — who started his career during General Franco’s regime in the early 1960s — can get away with outsize claims about the “Jewish lobby” without a scintilla of evidence. At no point in his three-minute defense of the anti-Semitic Trump cartoon did he actually show his viewers what caused the offense, much less provide an account (publicly available, easily assembled) of how the Times’ arrived at the decision that it did.
But perhaps there is no need to do any of that when those three words, poderosísimo lobby Judío (“powerful Jewish lobby”), provide all the explanation that is required. For Gabilondo and millions like him, it is these words that expose the true nature of power in the world; contrarian “rational” or “scientific” explanations are, by the same token, a ruse to distract us from the ongoing manipulations of the “Jewish lobby.”
That such malicious superstition can receive an outing on national television does not reflect well on Spain — all the more so as no one has challenged Gabilondo outside of his Twitter feed, where one user responded, “Jews Jews Jews: Don’t you have another argument?” Sadly, that basic realization does not seem to have dawned on Gabilondo’s media colleagues. As is usual in such cases, silence is consent: The next generation of Spaniards will grow up with the myth of the “powerful Jewish lobby,” much as their parents’ did, as a direct result.
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Raimondo, Deepwater Wind Announce 800+ Jobs
Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski announced today that the Revolution Wind project is expected to create more than 800 direct construction jobs, 50 good-paying, permanent jobs for Rhode Islanders at every skill level and hundreds more indirect jobs. In addition, Deepwater announced it will invest $250 million locally on the project, including $40 million in investments in Rhode Island ports. This investment will position Rhode Island to be a major construction hub in the growing American offshore wind industry.
Deepwater did not seek and will not receive a penny of state tax incentives or state tax credits to support this project.
“Today, Rhode Island is cementing our place at the center of America’s offshore wind industry,” said Governor Raimondo. “This renewed partnership with Deepwater Wind will bring hundreds of jobs to our shore and enough clean energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The next industrial revolution is in renewable energy. Once again, Rhode Island is leading the way.”
“We’re keeping our promise to Rhode Island,” said Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffrey Grybowski. “We’ve always known that the Block Island Wind Farm would be just the start of a much bigger opportunity for Rhode Island, and Revolution Wind is exactly what we envisioned. We’re proud to make major new investments in our home state and to put hundreds more Rhode Islanders to work building Revolution Wind. Thanks to Governor Raimondo’s outstanding leadership, the state that pioneered offshore wind will continue to be an epicenter for this new American industry for years to come.”
Governor Raimondo’s energy team selected Deepwater Wind for this project last week through an open, competitive and collaborative bid review process with Massachusetts. Earlier in her first term, Governor Raimondo set an ambitious goal to procure enough green energy to make Rhode Island’s energy system ten times cleaner and more renewable by 2020. Once fully contracted and approved by the Public Utilities Commission, this project will more than double Rhode Island’s existing clean energy portfolio.
“This investment means new good-paying jobs for Rhode Islanders,” said U.S. Representative David N. Cicilline. “It will help keep long-term energy costs down, while fueling our economy with clean, local power. Instead of drilling for oil off our coastline, as the President has proposed, today we are making it clear that we have a better way forward for our state and our country.”
“Today’s announcement further solidifies Rhode Island’s position as a national leader in offshore wind. This project helps our state improve its energy independence with a proven, clean source of power, while creating jobs and improving our economy,” said Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio.
“Providence is quickly moving to the forefront of clean power-generating cities,” said Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza. “With this project, we are seizing the opportunity to grow our innovation economy, create good jobs and spur investment in the port.”
Because of Governor Raimondo’s commitment to a clean and renewable future, Rhode Island is the nation’s leading state for offshore wind. Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm – the first offshore wind farm in North America – was completed in 2016 and began supplying energy to Block Island that year. That demonstration project created 300+ good-paying construction jobs. Revolution Wind is one of at least a dozen planned offshore wind projects in the United States. Upon completion, Revolution Wind will generate enough energy to power more than 200,000 homes across Rhode Islander, approximately half the homes in the state.
The State of the Rhode Island, Deepwater Wind and the commercial fishing industry have worked closely since the early days of the Block Island project to allow both industries to thrive. Under Governor Raimondo’s leadership, that partnership and collaboration has and will continue.
“Thanks to the tremendous leadership of Governor Raimondo and the first-rate team at Deepwater Wind, offshore wind energy has already meant hundreds of good jobs for local tradesmen and women in Rhode Island,” said Michael F. Sabitoni, president of the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council. “This new investment in our ports and in 800 new construction jobs for Revolution Wind will build upon the success of the Block Island Wind Farm in a big way. Our members are ready to get to work on this historic project.”
Under Governor Raimondo’s leadership, the state has made record investments in job training and education, including job training programs to support and expand the green economy. The Department of Labor and Training’s Wind Win Career Pathways Initiative is preparing Rhode Islanders starting in high school for jobs in wind energy. Since 2014, Rhode Island has added more than 5,500 green jobs – an increase of nearly 66 percent.
“Rhode Island continues to lead the nation in pursuit of critically needed offshore wind power,” said Curtis Fisher, Northeast regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation. “Governor Raimondo is rising to the urgency of climate change by harnessing a home-grown clean energy solution that will reduce pollution and create thousands of local jobs. We look forward to continuing our work with Deepwater Wind and state and federal agencies to ensure the highest standards of wildlife protection are in place every step of the way.”
“Over two years ago we stood right here to announce Deepwater Wind would be staging their preassembly operations at ProvPort and we were a small part of the history of helping to establish America’s first offshore wind farm,” said Chris Waterson, general manager, Waterson Terminal Services. “Today, ProvPort is positioned to be larger part of this incredible effort to establish Rhode Island as a leader in renewable energy and offshore wind development.”
Since Governor Raimondo has taken office, the state’s economy has jumped from #36 in the U.S. to #9. Since the start of the Governor’s term, the state’s unemployment rate – highest in the nation in 2014 – has been cut by one-third, and the state has created 16,500 new jobs. There are more jobs in Rhode Island right now than ever before.
Deepwater Wind’s Revolution Wind project is a next-generation 400-megawatt offshore wind farm with up to 50 offshore wind turbines that will help the State of Rhode Island meet its clean energy goals in an affordable way.
Once permits are in-hand, local construction work on Revolution Wind would begin as early as 2020, with the project potentially in operation by 2023. Survey work is already underway at Deepwater Wind’s lease area. The Revolution Wind project will be located in Deepwater Wind’s federal lease area, a 256-square mile area in federal waters roughly midway between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Deepwater Wind’s lease site was the first to be competitively auctioned by the federal government. Deepwater Wind won that competitive auction in 2013.
Revolution Wind will be located in the same federal lease area as Deepwater Wind’s South Fork Wind Farm, a 90MW project to serve Long Island, N.Y. The exact location of the turbines within the lease area has not yet been determined. The underwater transmission cable is planned to make landfall at Quonset Point, North Kingstown, R.I., where it will connect with the mainland grid.
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Home/Environment/A Tale Of Coal And the Big Chill: The Outcomes Of The Katowice Climate Summit
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The start of December 2018 in Europe resembled the many Decembers before it. Cities and towns across the continent decorated their streets, squares and trees, all in preparation for yet another festive season that now rarely resembles the white Christmas of the not-so-distant past. However, the holiday spirit in one city was temporarily put on hold by an issue that has become increasingly urgent with every year it has not been adequately addressed – climate change. Over the period of two weeks, representatives from all nations attended the 24th Conference of Parties in Katowice, Poland. Its aim: to develop a set of guidelines for delivering the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions agreed at the Paris Climate Change Conference in 2015.
The Paris accords saw countries pledging to limit global warming to 2°C above preindustrial levels by 2100, with the aspiration of achieving 1.5°C. The 2°C target was set as far back as 1975 by the economist William Nordhaus. Its nature is more political than scientific: 2°C warming still means major threats to agriculture, ecosystems and low-lying regions and islands. However, this level of damage was decided to be tolerable with regard to the major emission cuts countries would have to implement to achieve this, and the associated implications to economic growth and job security.
The summit in Katowice was of particular importance. According to the World Meteorological Organisation findings, 20 of the warmest years on record happened in the last 22 years, with the last four years as ‘top’ hottest. Moreover, the global carbon emission levels rose to record high in 2018. If this was not enough, the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released just a few months before the conference, argued for the need to limit the warming to 1.5°C: beyond this, a difference of even half a degree would significantly increase the risks of droughts, floods, heatwaves and poverty for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The Panel warned that we have just 12 years to make the changes necessary to achieve this.
President Rumen Radev attend the UN climate change conference in Katowice. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
If the conference itself had to be summed up in one word, ‘ironic’ would probably be a strong contender. Set in a country that generates 80% of its electricity from coal, one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions that is fuelling climate change in the first place, it was partly sponsored by Polish coal companies. Displays of coal could be seen all around the conference, while the guests were greeted by a coal miner band and had a chance to admire coal soap and coal jewellery. Moreover, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, opened the summit by boasting that, since the country still has coal supplies that could be mined for another 200 years, ‘it will be hard not to use them’. This stance was in sharp contrast to the narrative in the previous summit, hosted by Fiji. Itself a small island state whose survival is threatened by the risk of increasing floods, Fiji is a stark advocate of strong climate action and an initiator of the Talanoa dialogue, aimed at helping nations deliver stronger climate targets.
Similarly, the outcomes of the summit are contradictory. On the one hand, in the context of three decades of disappointing climate negotiations that failed to deliver tangible agreements, Katowice was a big success. A major achievement, of course, was the agreement on a rulebook that would put the Paris pledges in place from 2020 onwards. The regulations provide a sort of monitoring and verification mechanism regarding the nationally determined contributions: that is, commitments pledged by individual nation states on how they will individually contribute to fighting climate change. The rulebook thus creates a sense of transparency, which was greatly lacking before, detailing the procedures for ensuring that countries cut emissions and provide support for poorer nations in accordance to their promises. This will allow countries to deliver on their targets without fearing that their contributions will be offset by others that continue with business-as-usual.
On the other hand, when considering the tangible impacts in fighting climate change, the reports of the summit’s success might have just been greatly exaggerated. The stated goal of the conference in Katowice, in line with Paris, was to keep global temperature rises below 2°C. If fulfilled, the pledges covered by the rulebook would still lead to 3°C of warming, which, scientists advise, would have catastrophic consequences for hundreds of millions of people around the world. However, no substantial progress was made in the conference to go further than the current pledges. Not only that – four countries refused to ‘welcome’ the scientific findings behind the IPCC report on 1.5°C. The usual suspects in the form of some of the world’s major oil producers – the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – ‘noted’ it instead. In addition, it is important to remember that the US is still on track to withdraw from the Paris agreement, albeit it will not be able to officially do this before 2020. Moreover, the rulebook has no formal enforcement mechanism – targets are set by countries themselves, and adherence to them hinges solely on peer pressure. As one delegate reflected, the outcomes of the summit is ’what’s possible, but not what’s necessary’.
There is no denying that the Katowice summit signifies a major shift in a world which for long years had known about climate change, yet which had been incapable of achieving a consensus and taking unified steps to fight it. However, in the grand scheme of things, not much seems to have changed in terms of political narratives surrounding perhaps the greatest existential threat humanity has ever faced. Those who cared already continue to advocate for strong action and climate justice. Meanwhile, those indifferent or unwilling to do so find the validation for their inaction in cold weather. Just over a month after the summit concluded, polar vortex of freezing Arctic air, which usually spins around the North Pole, slipped southwards, chilling the Midwest and bringing sub-zero cold, bitter winds and record temperature lows to the US. This provided an impetus for the US president Donald Trump to tweet in celebration: ‘What the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please come back fast, we need you!’. The big chill seems to have made the devastating California wildfires that raged across the state just a few months before and were fuelled, according to experts, by the warming climate, nothing but a distant memory.
The polar vortex hitting the US. Photo: Stuart Rankin/flickr.
In a way, this reflects the wider narrative that in part explains why no strong climate action has been taken yet: a sense of hope or unwarranted assurance that somehow, just maybe, everything will simply turn out alright. Perhaps warming climate will turn out to be better for us – after all, humanity is nothing if not adaptable. In reality, the answer may be just as simple as it is alarming: whether scientific findings are welcomed or denied, whether one acknowledges the difference between weather and climate or not, the biophysical reality will inevitably challenge political narratives. The question is whether the change will come before or after we have forsaken the future of life as we know it.
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Supply of solar power allows reduced rates
Author: SABC
Chairperson of the Solar Capital and the Independent Power Producers Procurement (IPPP) Paschal Phelan says South Africa is in the forefront of the development of Solar Energy.
“We have the fifth largest plant with the United States having three,” says Phelan.
Speaking on Morning Live Phelan says one of the major challenges is that if you look at the balance sheet of Eskom in terms of its own coal, you will see that all the coal power plants have been written off.
“South Africa has been used to low cost energy from old coal plants, over the past 10 to 15 years,” says Phelan.
This comes after the Budget Speech on the 24th of February 2016 the finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, said that the Department of Energy’s (DoE) IPPP will be extended to include coal and gas power projects.
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Fewer Foreigners Crossing Into Iraq From Syria to Fight
By Karen DeYoung
The number of foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria has decreased noticeably in recent months, corresponding to a similar decrease in suicide bombings and other attacks by the group al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
"There is an early indication of a trend," said Gen. David H. Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, in an interview. Border crossings from Syria that averaged 80 to 90 a month have fallen to "half or two-thirds of that over the last two or three months," Petraeus said.
An intelligence official said that "the Syrians do appear to be mounting a crackdown on some of the most hardened terrorists transiting through the country, particularly al-Qaeda-affiliated foreign fighters." The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said there is also evidence that the Syrians have been stopping return crossings by foreign fighters leaving Iraq.
Other administration officials, while confirming the decrease in border crossings, said they are not yet prepared to attribute it to Syrian action, instead citing increased U.S. operations against al-Qaeda inside Iraq and stepped-up cooperation by terrorist "source" countries, such as Saudi Arabia, in prohibiting travel to Damascus. U.S. intelligence has said Saudis form the biggest group of foreigners fighting with al-Qaeda in Iraq. Petraeus also said his command is uncertain of the reason for the decrease, adding that "we're watching it on the ground."
A National Intelligence Estimate last month attributed an apparent crackdown in Syria to that government's concern about the threat al-Qaeda posed to its own stability. The NIE also assessed that Syria had stepped up its support to non-al-Qaeda groups to bolster their influence -- and that of Damascus -- in Iraq. Several Iraqi Sunni extremist groups opposed to the United States and al-Qaeda in Iraq are present in Damascus.
The Bush administration has said that interference from Iran and Syria helped spark and continues to fuel much of the sectarian violence in Iraq. Iran is charged with training, arming and funding Shiite militias. The al-Qaeda in Iraq organization, which largely consists of Iraqi Sunnis, is said to be led by foreigners whose primary route into Iraq is through Syria. Syria is also believed by U.S. officials to be the primary route for foreign terrorists moving out of Iraq to return to their home countries in Arab countries, Europe and North Africa.
Nascent U.S. diplomatic dialogues with Damascus and Tehran, begun last spring after demands by war critics and the Iraqi government, have been judged unproductive by the White House.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem met in May with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the highest level contact between the two governments in more than three years. The meeting, held in Egypt, took place in the context of a conference between Iraq and its regional neighbors and was also attended by the European Union and the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council.
Although Rice did not sit down with her Iranian counterpart, the conference led to two meetings this summer between the U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Baghdad. But there has been no similar high-profile follow-through between Washington and Damascus. Last month, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who spent years of exile in Syria during the Iraqi governance of Saddam Hussein, visited Damascus for several days. U.S. officials also participated last month in a meeting in Damascus of a regional committee formed to address Iraqi refugee and border issues. An estimated 1 million Iraqis have fled to Syria to escape violence.
Rice plans to attend a second neighbors conference at the end of October in Istanbul, but U.S. policymakers have made no decision on whether they would seek or agree to another high-level meeting with Syria. "We haven't ruled it out yet," an administration official said. "I could speculate that if the end of October came and the numbers of suicide bombers had really dropped significantly and people . . . came to the conclusion there really had been a change in [Syrian] policy, that would give us every reason to have a meeting."
Just as it does with Iran, which the United States alleges is working toward production of a nuclear weapon, U.S. policy toward Syria is to separate Iraq-related issues from other points of contention.
The United States has labeled Syria a state sponsor of terrorism because of its support for Lebanese Hezbollah and other groups designated as terrorists. Washington and others have accused Syria of direct involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, a charge Damascus denies.
The U.N. Security Council voted last May to establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the Hariri bombing, which also killed 22 others. Early this month, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he will appoint the tribunal judges as soon as U.N. member nations allocate $35 million to fund the tribunal's operations for the first year and pledge an additional $85 million for the following two years.
Meanwhile, the White House and State Department have declined to confirm or deny recent reports that North Korea may be assisting Syria with a possible nuclear program. Although one State Department official said Friday that Washington has concerns in that direction, other officials expressed skepticism that North Korea would be conducting nuclear trade with Syria.
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WWII GI Returns Books Taken From Germany 64 Years Ago
WWII Veteran Returns Books to Germans
After 64 years, veteran Robert E. Thomas returns books that he took from a salt mine in Germany during WWII that contained national treasures hidden by the Nazis.
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By Michael E. Ruane
Robert E. Thomas, 83, breezed into the National Archives on Tuesday with a smile on his face, a white hankie peeking out of his suit coat pocket and an old briefcase containing the two rare books he filched in Germany 64 years ago.
He was a World War II GI then, fresh from the horrors of combat. He had blundered into one of the notorious salt mines where the Germans stashed their national treasures. And this one contained books. Millions and millions of books from institutions across Germany.
Thomas poked around, saw two that looked old and took them.
Now, a lifetime later, in an ornate room with a fireplace and two chandeliers, and the German ambassador looking on, the retired optometrist from Chula Vista, Calif., was returning them.
Everyone seemed happy. Thomas, a widower with two hearing aids who still has a touch of the brash and cheerful GI about him, said he acted because "it was the right thing to do."
He hadn't been bothered that much by keeping the books all these years. Other things haunted him more -- such as the German soldier who looked like a child Thomas had shot one day in a bunker along the Siegfried Line.
"I've had these books since I was 18 years old," he told a group of officials from the archives, as he removed the plastic wrap covering the two boxes in an anteroom before the ceremony. "I'm relieved, for one. I wanted to return them to the original owners, but I had no clue where to start."
The National Archives was delighted to facilitate the return. Senior archivist Greg Bradsher, whom Thomas had contacted last spring, researched the books, and urged Thomas to return them.
German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth said the 16th-century volumes date back to the dawn of the Protestant Reformation when Germany was the book publishing center of the world.
One of the books, written in Latin and published in 1593 by legal scholar Johannes Borcholt, is a commentary on Roman law, Scharioth said. The other, written in German and published in 1578, dealt with court administration in the Duchy of Prussia.
The first book has been traced to a museum in Paderborn, Germany, the ambassador said. The second has been traced to a library in Bonn.
Both books are small and thick. Thomas said he kept them in two old cardboard boxes -- one of which had long ago contained shaving lotion. He said he never read the books but had kept them in cool, dry, safe places in his home.
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PBS 'America at a Crossroads': 'The Case for War'
Chairman, Defense Policy Board, 2001-2003
Tuesday, April 17, 2007; 11:00 AM
Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of Defense under Reagan and a chief White House proponent of the Iraq War, was online Tuesday, April 17 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss "The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom" -- the second installment of PBS's "America at a Crossroads" series -- which follows him as he travels the globe articulating, defending and debating the neoconservative case for an assertive American foreign policy.
PBS's " America at a Crossroads" series airs from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. every night from April 15-20, with " The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom" airing at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17.
The transcript follows.
Perle is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He served the Reagan administration as assistant Secretary of Defense from 1981 to 1987, and served on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. He was Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 2001 to 2003 under the Bush administration.
Richard Perle: I hope that those who are interested enough in the program to have found time to comment this morning will watch the whole series. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS have done something different, important and innovative in inviting 20 independent filmmakers to offer contributions to these very difficult issues. I hope we will see more of this in the future. Michael Pack, who is now producing his own programs, deserves great credit for establishing this series. Do watch.
Fort Myers, Fla.: Mr. Perle, are you a registered lobbyist or foreign agent, and which defense contractors do you presently work for? Thank you.
Richard Perle: I do not lobby for anyone and I am not working for defense contractors. And what do you do?
Alexandria, Va.: No one said that defeating and rebuilding Iraq would be a cakewalk. Would you say that the current situation is as expected? If not, what should we have done differently? Also, how long do you think current conditions will remain -- that is, continued terrorist violence and U.S. troops playing a major role in combating terrorism?
Richard Perle: I believe that we should have handed political authority to the Iraqis the day Saddam's army collapsed. The occupation, with the U.S. trying to govern in place of Iraqis, was the seminal error. We could remove Saddam, but we could not build a new Iraq. Only the Iraqis could do that.
Washington, D.C.: Although I disagree with him, I have to respect Mr. Perle for engaging his critics in forums such as these. My question is very simple: what is victory in Iraq? At what point can we leave and claim that we have "won"? We killed Uday and Qusay; the violence escalated. We got Saddam; violence escalated. There has been a constitution and two rounds of elections, and the violence has been brought to doorstep of the Parliament itself. Iraq's government has no power over the people; whatever law is enforced comes from the barrel of the M-16, which in turn inspires revenge attacks from the various factions. How can you claim that we must not leave the job unfinished, when there is no clear definition from the administration or any of its allies as to what a finished job might be?
Richard Perle: The word "victory" obscures the importance of a more modest, but fundamental purpose. We can leave honorably when the Iraqis are capable of defending their elected government. This does not guarantee that they will do so. No one can guarantee that. But we must be able to say that we are leaving them with the means to build a decent society
Owings Mills, Md.: Mr. Perle, why do you think that forcing other countries to assume the model of American capitalism/democracy is valid, given the long history of American support of vicious dictatorships?
Richard Perle: I didn't think that and I do not think that now. Where did you get the idea that was my view? There is a difference between removing a murderous dictator like Saddam and imposing democracy by force. I never argued for the latter. The fact that you, and many others apparently think I did, is proof that you have been ignoring my own words and accepting other people's characterizations of my view.
Rochester, N.Y.: Mr. Perle, while I do not agree with you, I am glad that you did this project with PBS and I like forward to watching it in its entirety. To what extent has the failure of the American mission in Iraq lead you to question your beliefs about foreign policy? Does it cause you to doubt the philosophy beyond preemptive wars, or does it just make you think that in the future planners must be more meticulous? Or neither?
Richard Perle: The "war" was conducted brilliantly. Saddam fell in 21 days. The trouble started after that. I hope we have learned that we cannot substitute for the indigenous population.
Mokena, Ill.: Can you elaborate on the specific details of Saddam's terror links? Were they obtained through satellite photos? Intercepted phone calls? Detainee admissions? More than one? When will the public get to see these?
Richard Perle: There is a substantial literature and it is generally accepted that Saddam murdered approximately 400,000 people, Kurds, Shiite and others, destroying whole communities with chemical weapons and executing and torturing people in unspeakable ways. The wars he started claimed a million lives. Whatever people think of the negative side of the balance sheet, there is a positive side and the removal of his regime is part of it.
Alexandria, Va.: You began this chat by saying that the occupation was a seminal error, and yet you insist we cannot leave Iraq honorably until the Iraqis are capable of governing themselves. Are these positions not contradictory? Had we withdrawn from Iraq as soon as practicable (presumably sometime in the summer of 2003) would Iraq not have descended into the same kind of chaos it currently suffers?
Richard Perle: I think not but can't prove it. (When you make a film you can shoot the scene over, but not in real life). Seriously, the occupation as it once existed is over and ended with a very moving election in which Iraqis risked their lives to vote (in higher percentages than we do.)
Washington, D.C.: It would seem that now as much as ever, the world demands the assertive protection of human rights. Nevertheless, because of U.S. hegemony -- and, as you've admitted, bungled execution -- such assertiveness in U.S. foreign policy seems frequently to be perceived elsewhere as imperialism by another name. How do we escape this conundrum?
Richard Perle: I wish I knew. I would disagree with your use of the term "hegemony." Of course we want to influence the policies of other nations, particularly when those policies (e.g. sheltering terrorists) threaten our own security. But we have no desire to exercise hegemonic power and, in the real world, we do not have the means to do so. The American people will not permit its elected governments to use America's power unless it is persuaded it is in our national interest. When it comes to military power, political approval does not come easily. Does anyone think we could have gone into Iraq without 9/11 and what appeared then to be solid evidence that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction?
Toronto: Should the U.S. use the military option to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? And do you think the present level of intelligence on Iran's nuclear program indicates that Iran is close to having nuclear weapons?
Richard Perle: I do not have access to our intelligence on this and I am not sure how confident we are about what we think we know. I would hope that we would support those Iranians--millions of them--who wish to see an end to the regime of dictatorial mullahs who now rule Iran. We should have been supporting them years ago as we once supported Solidarity in Poland or the opponents of fascist regimes in Spain and Portugal and dictators in the Philippines, Indonesia and the former Yugoslavia. That would be far preferable to air strikes on Iran's nuclear weapons facilities.
Princeton, N.J.: You misinterpreted Mokena's question. Bush claimed there were links between Saddam and al-Qaeda. Was this a lie?
Richard Perle: No it was certainly not a lie. George Tenant, then head of the CIA, wrote a letter on this to the Senate in which he said that we had solid evidence of links between them going back a decade and that the reporting included the training of al-Qaeda in the use of poison gases. I believe you can find the text with Google.
Ottawa, Canada: In your book "An End to Evil" regarding the War on Terror you state "there is no middle way for Americans: It is victory or holocaust." Do you still feel the same way?
Richard Perle: It is, of course, a sweeping statement, meant to refer to preventing the use of horrendous weapons against our cities. Let me be clear. There are people who would detonate a weapon of mass destruction on our soil if they could. They will keep trying. The "victory" I refer to is managing this threat so it doesn't happen.
Chevy Chase, Md.: Mr. Perle, thank you for joining us in what is likely to be a hostile environment for questions. What are your feelings about George H.W. Bush's decision not overthrow Saddam during the Gulf War? What advice was he getting at the time? Do you have any knowledge about how his failure to act impacted our current President's eventual decision to act in Iraq?
Richard Perle: At the time I believed we could have forced Saddam's Republican Guard. which was largely surrounded in the desert, to abandon their armor and walk back to Baghdad. Would that have brought Saddam down, without our having to send U.S. forces into the Iraqi capital? I think so but can't prove it. Could we have supported to uprising that Bush encouraged and then abandoned? I think we could, and should have. The end result of the way the war ended was this President's inheritance. Thanks, Dad.
Washington, D.C.: Thank you for participating in PBS' insightful series. One thing that if often discussed is the ability of Iraq's central government to begin managing itself and thus protecting its citizens. Given the current chaos, however, would you consider Iraq to be a failed state?
Richard Perle: It is certainly in deep trouble. I think we will know by next year whether it can survive and go on to build a society in which we can take some pride. Of course it will take longer than that. But if it does not look hopeful by then I think a continuation of our effort will become politically unsustainable.
Arlington, Va.: In 2001, The James A. Baker III Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations released a report on " Strategic Energy Policy Challenges for the 21st Century" It says: "The resulting tight markets have increased U.S. and global vulnerability to disruption and provided adversaries undue potential influence over the price of oil. Iraq has become a key "swing" producer, posing a difficult situation for the U.S. government." Do you believe that access to energy is a justification for a more assertive (military) foreign policy in the world ?
Richard Perle: I think we should get serious about--and pay the price for--a significant reduction in our dependence on imported oil. This would include action on the multiple fronts of exploitation of indigenous sources of oil, nuclear energy, alternative fuels, conservation and the like.
Washington, D.C.: Mr. Perle: Like you I think it was a mistake to stay in Iraq after Saddam's government fell. Now we are in a different kind of war. It is a war among the people as Gen. Sir Rupert Smith characterizes the conflict. Notably as he points out in his book, "The Utility of Force," the chances of a military success in wars of that kind are small if they exist at all. It seems to me, however, that we continue to fight the war today as though we were confronting an army rather than civilians or as a war among the people. Would you care to comment on the likelihood of success in these circumstances?
washingtonpost.com: Live Online Transcript: Gen. Rupert Smith on "The Utility of Force" (washingtonpost.com, Jan. 18)
Richard Perle: I agree with your assessment. I believe a narrow focus on securing urban areas, beginning with Baghdad, is right. Success there, while not a "military victory" would give the government a chance to establish itself and actually govern.
New York: I must admit, you've got some wantons to go around to other countries championing ideas that are bound to be even less popular there than they are here. Does the fact that you're back in one piece mean they were open to your ideas? Were they at least willing to listen?
Richard Perle: I hope so. When there is no one left who is willing at least to consider a range of ideas on this issues, we will really be in trouble.
Tenafly, N.J.: Mr. Perle, a few months ago a Vanity Fair cover story depicted you and several other alleged neoconservative architects of the Iraq War as now rescinding your support. Can you comment any on what you thought of the piece, particularly its accuracy? Thank you!
Richard Perle: I was quoted in that piece saying that mistakes had been made, especially the occupation. Vanity Fair (which is all vanity and not very fair) ran excerpts out of context weeks before the piece appeared in the magazine. I support the current strategy in Iraq and hope it succeeds. And I believe we were right to bring down Saddam's regime. I do not believe that the current mess was inevitable.
College Park, Md.: You, the administration and many others in the government have totally misinterpreted the nature of terrorism. There always are sociopaths who will look for ways to kill as many people as they could. Governments never can do a lot about it. Terrorism roots in political injustice, and until you address the injustice, you never can defeat people who want blow themselves up for a political cause.
Richard Perle: There is injustice everywhere, certainly among Arab dictatorships. Since we cannot hope to end all injustice, shouldn't we try to devise the means to protect our country against suicidal fanatics with horrible weapons? What seems to me to be new is the deep ideological commitment of people who believe they are buying a ticket to paradise if they kill enough of us.
Princeton, N.J.: You say we should have left Iraq right after Saddam's fall. Will you please explain to me who would have run the country and with what forces? Why would not Sunnis fight Shia, and Kurds fight Arabs and Turks?
Richard Perle: I did not say we should have left but that we should have handled political authority to the Iraqis. We could have remained to assist them. Remember, there was no insurgency for four months. Could an interim Iraqi government, made up of all social and confessional groups, acted to prevent an insurgency? We will never know. But we do know what the occupation was not a brilliant success.
Aurora, Colo.: You use the words "solid evidence" of WMDs in Iraq. Only the U.S. thought that. The rest of world was not convinced and was very much against (and still are) our preemptive invasion of Iraq. Should that not have been enough reason for the U.S. to instead of marching off to war, say: "Are we sure? Have we got it right?"
Richard Perle: No, it was not only the U.S. British, German, French intelligence, the former UN inspectors and even Hans Blix believed Saddam was hiding WMD.
Washington, D.C.: Many neocons also claim this war is fighting the establishment of a caliphate. Do you feel this way, and do you think there is any chance all all this could happen? It seems there are way too many factions and infighting for there to be a real Caliph.
Richard Perle: You don't have to be a "neocon" to observe the many statements of radical Islamists who long for the establishment of the caliphate. They do not have to succeed to do a lot of damage trying.
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Since neoconservatives fundamentally have rejected the notion of a "national interest" as Realists understand that term, rendering it moot by defining "freedom" anywhere as coterminous with vital American interests, how is your "defense of freedom" notion anything other than a brief for war anywhere and everywhere? In other words, what isn't worth fighting for?
Richard Perle: Your characterization of the thinking of "neoconservatives" is simply wrong. Or have I missed something. If you can find a statement the even resembles what you have said please post it--for my benefit and the enlightenment of others participating in this forum.
Washington, D.C.: Mr. Perle, you told Vanity Fair: "I think we have an administration today that is dysfunctional. And if it can't get itself together to organize a serious program for finding nuclear material on its way to the United States, then it ought to be replaced by an administration that can." Which leads to an obvious question: which current presidential candidate do you believe reflects your own values and priorities most closely?
Richard Perle: Too soon to say.
Washington, D.C.: As the result of neocon foreign policy towards the Middle East, invasion of Iraq, labeling Iran as Axis of Evil and etc., Iran -- my homeland -- has been set back 28 years. The reform movement has been crushed, and the hopes of millions and millions of young people who want democracy have been shattered. In 1997 a vast majority of Iranian voters went to the polls to cast their vote for Mr. Khatami, and a change in direction of where the country was going. This administration, and this American president, are directly responsible the tragedy since then. Thousands of intellectuals and journalist have been imprisoned. For Mr. Perle, justifying their action is a little too late.
Richard Perle: Many of your fellow Iranians believe that Khatami failed to bring about the reforms the people who voted for him hoped for. And you blame this country--which has taken you in--for that?
Anonymous: Bernard Lewis, who turned 90 in 2006, is professor emeritus of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. His many books include: "What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Modern Middle East" and "The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror."
I learned a great deal about Islam by listening to Mr. Lewis on Book TV this past weekend, and I'm grateful. Americans need to understand the history of the Islamic movement -- the clash of ideologies between East and West, which is centuries old. In the West we have separation of church and state; Islam is all-pervasive and affects every aspect of a Muslim's life. They have a determination, a fervor which we lack; but we have freedom that they don't have. We have to understand all this and fight to keep our way of life. Women -- beware of the barking dog!
Richard Perle: Bernard Lewis is our greatest scholar on the matters. If you could read only one man, read Lewis.
Dunkirk, Md.: The cost in American lives, treasure, and moral authority around the globe is just too great to continue to be Israel's agent in the Middle East. When even a former U.S. president is attacked for speaking truth to power it's clear this self-destructive path must end.
Richard Perle: Israel's agent? What does that slander mean? If you have ideas, present them.
Knoxville, Tenn.: Mr. Perle, why did we attack Iraq when they were not involved in 9/11 attack? Iraq was contained by the USAF, Saddam was boxed in. Iraq did not possess ICBMs, so what exactly was the imminent threat they posed to the United States?
Richard Perle: It is worth thinking the issue of "imminence" in a world in which we can be attacked suddenly, without warning. We did not think Bin Laden posed an "imminent" threat on September 10. Do you suggest we judge what was "imminent" after the fact?
Alexandria, Va.: You claim Hans Blix believed Iraq was hiding WMD, but certainly by March 7, 2003 -- the date of his report to the U.N., and twelve days prior to the bombing of Baghdad -- he was stating that no evidence of WMD could be found and had expressed his skepticism to Condi Rice that any would be found. Isn't it irrelevant what Blix might have thought before he began inspections?
Richard Perle: It is true that Blix was unable to find evidence. There was never any real prospect that he could. But he did not believe that he was getting full cooperation from Saddam.
Finding WMD in Iraq could only have been accomplished by offering safety to people involved in the prior programs and removing them and their extended families from Iraq where they were in mortal danger. Blix, for reasons I will never understand, did not insist on the authority to offer sanctuary so he was reduced to touring the old sites associated with earlier WMD activity. In any case, we now know that the stockpiles that were thought to exist did not.
Chicago: Do you believe that the American public is incapable of understanding the rationale of neoconservative strategy such that it must be sold in terms of fighting "terror"?
Richard Perle: If people wish to understand "neoconservative" strategy (and in my experience no two "neoconservatives" think alike on any large issue) they should (a) allow "neoconservatives" to so define themselves and then (b) read or listen to what they have to say. Most attacks on "neoconservative" thinking, or strategy begin by lumping together as "neoconservatives" a list of people with whom the critic disagrees and then inventing their views. That is why you so seldom see criticism based on the words of "neoconservatives" themselves.
Richard Perle: Thanks to everyone who took time to participate.
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Russian Programmer Indicted
By Brian Bergstein
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2001; 8:52 p.m. EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. In a closely watched electronic publishing case, a Russian computer programmer and his employer were indicted Tuesday on federal charges of violating digital copyright protections.
Dmitry Sklyarov, 27, and ElComSoft Co. Ltd. of Moscow were charged with five counts of copyright violations for writing a program that lets users of Adobe Systems' eBook Reader get around copyright protections imposed by electronic-book publishers.
The indictment alleges that the programmer and the company conspired for "commercial advantage and private financial gain."
Defense attorney Joseph Burton said he had been trying to work out a plea bargain.
"We were hopeful that the government would see the wisdom and justice in not pursuing a case against Sklyarov," Burton said. "Even if one were to ignore the serious legal questions involving the (copyright protections), this case hardly cries out for criminal prosecution. Sklyarov's and ElcomSoft's actions are not conduct that Congress intended to criminalize."
Each count carries up to five years in prison. Sklyarov could face a $250,000 fine, and the company could be fined $500,000 if convicted.
Sklyarov, who is free on $50,000 bail but must remain in Northern California, is due in court for an arraignment Thursday.
Prosecutors said the indictment was the first under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which forbids technology that circumvents copyright protections.
The case has generated international protests since Sklyarov was arrested in Las Vegas on July 16. He was preparing to return home to Moscow after speaking at a computer security convention.
San Jose-based Adobe Systems had complained to the FBI that Sklyarov's employer was selling a program that let users manipulate Adobe's e-book software so the books could be read on more than one computer or transferred to someone else.
The program is legal in Russia. Sklyarov's supporters say his work merely restores the "fair use" privileges consumers have traditionally enjoyed under U.S. copyright law. Adobe dropped its support of the case on July 23.
The indictment said ElcomSoft was culpable because it sold the program for $99 in the United States through an online payment service based in Issaquah, Wash., and with a Web site hosted in Chicago.
It was not immediately clear how ElcomSoft would be tried in the case. Sklyarov is the only member of the company to have been arrested.
Critics of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act say it represses free speech and legitimate computer research. At least one lawsuit seeks to have aspects of the law declared unconstitutional.
"If there are legal things to do with the tool, then you don't ban the tool and you don't ban the person who came up with the tool," said Brad Templeton, chairman of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, an Internet civil liberties organization based in San Francisco.
Adobe Systems: http://www.adobe.com
Federal prosecutors: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/can
Sklyarov supporters: http://freesklyarov.org and http://www.eff.org
© Copyright 2001 The Associated Press
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Oshawa GM plant closure to cost Durham more than 5,000 jobs: union president
Jasmine Pazzano GlobalNews.ca
WATCH ABOVE: GM CEO faces grilling by Congress over plant closures.
The head of the union representing thousands of workers at General Motor’s Oshawa, Ont., plant warns its upcoming closure will have a “devastating” impact on Durham Region, as it will lose more than 5,000 direct jobs, as well as about 15,000 indirect jobs.
Colin James, the president of Unifor Local 222, says his union represents many people with GM’s supplier companies, whose jobs will be affected when the plant shuts down.
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“We’re in a fight for our lives,” said James. “It’s not just for the General Motors employee but it’s for all our suppliers and for the community.”
WATCH: Andrea Horwath visits GM workers in Oshawa
Companies throughout the region will suffer, says James, including Lear Corporation in Whitby, Ont., an organization he estimates will lose more than 300 jobs. Among the other places that will be affected are Martinrea in Ajax, Ont., which James says will lose 77 jobs, as well as Ceva Logistics in Oshawa.
James’s numbers state this will be one of the hardest-hit places, with more than 370 jobs lost.
Oshawa GM plant closure a ‘disappointment’ for engineering students
These numbers do not, he says, include the 15,000 indirect jobs that will be wiped out with the plant’s closure, which GM says will happen at the end of 2019. These include jobs at print shops and restaurants in the region.
More than 3,000 employees at General Motors — including hourly workers, engineers and security staff — will be out of work once the location shuts down, James says.
“We’ve got members… they’re not sure of what’s going to happen in the future, but we are going to fight to keep these jobs here.”
Days after last Monday’s announcement about the plant’s closure, General Motors Canada released a statement, saying it will be teaming up with its local dealers to train and hire interested Oshawa-plant workers who will be impacted to become auto-service technicians at GM dealerships.
The company also said it will work with Durham College, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, as well as the provincial and Canadian governments to train and transition these workers into new careers in the region.
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Home > Conservation > Our Conservation Approach > Science > Science Library > Science Interpretation and Technology Transfer
An important aspect of our work is communicating our analyses and research in a meaningful way to a variety of audiences from our peers in the scientific community to resource managers, TU staff, volunteers and school kids. We have a variety of citizen science tools to improve stream monitoring, climate change awareness, identification of aquatic invasive species, and other hazards to our stream systems.
Dauwalter, D., J.E. Williams and W.T. Colyer. 2016. Preparing trout for a warmer world through stream, riparian and watershed restoration. Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia. While a warming climate is predicted to dramatically reduce trout habitat throughout the West, TU is implementing adaptive, climate-smart tools to improve resiliency through channel, riparian, and watershed restoration.
Bozeman, B. 2014. An Angler's Guide to Water Quality Monitoring. Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia. This handbook provides Trout Unlimited chapters, members, and other volunteers an introduction to the subject of water quality monitoring and the information necessary to monitor their local streams to gain a better understanding of these aquatic ecosystems.
Dauwalter, D.C. 2014. Fish Stress from Catch-And-Release Fishing. Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia. A synopsis of findings on the impacts of catch-and-release fishing on fish as well as guidelines to help reduce fish stress.
Neville, H.M. and J.E. Williams. 2014. Climate Change: It's Here and it's Real: What Does it Mean for our Angling Future? Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia. This pamphlet describes some of the observed changes that are especially relevant to our coldwater fishery resources, and gives a call to action.
International Didymo Conference. 2013. International Didymo Conference: New horizons in science and management.
Staudt, A., D. Inkley, A. Rubinstein, E. Walton, and J. Williams. 2013. Swimming upstream: freshwater fish in a warming world. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C. TU’s top scientist joins forces with the National Wildlife Federation to describe impacts to our nation’s freshwater fishes as a result of our changing climate.
Wiltshire, B. 2013. What I Think I learned at the 2013 International Didymo Conference.
Danforth, T. (2012). Grey vs. Green: the benefits of natural flood control in a changing climate. This paper looks at the successes of natural flood control and the failures of dredging and channelization as responses to flooding events and major storms in a changing climate.
Williams, J.E., M.P. Dombeck, and C.A. Wood. 2012. My healthy stream: a handbook for streamside owners, 1st edition. Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia. This handbook is the ideal introduction to riparian management, water quality, stream monitoring and restoration for the landowner and others interested in stream and streamside management.
Steinbach, E.L.C., Stromberg, K.E., Ryce, E.K.N. and Bartholomew, J.L. 2009. Whirling Disease in the United States: A Summary of Progress in Research and Management. Trout Unlimited Whirling Disease Foundation.
Williams, J.E., A.L. Haak, and N.G. Gillespie. 2009. Coldwater fish. Pages 30-51 Beyond Season’s End: A Path Forward for Fish and Wildlife in the Era of Climate Change. Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, D.C. Beyond Season’s End is produced by a Sportsmen's Coalition of hunting and fishing organizations and describes climate change impacts on fish and game resources.
Wildlife Management Institute. 2008. Season's End: Global Warming's Threat to Hunting and Fishing. Published by the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington D.C., with contributions from Trout Unlimited, BASS, Izaak Walton League of America and other conservation and sportsmen's organizations.
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Courtesy of Part & Parcel
Local Listen – Part & Parcel Find Fluidity In The Changes
Emma Jerry
This is an entry in an ongoing series for 303 Magazine, which will provide a range of local album reviews. It is our intention to highlight the talents of local musicians, whether veterans to the industry or newcomers. Like the bands, the album can be fresh or something we just haven’t had the power to take off repeat in the past few months. Check out previous entries in the series here.
Part & Parcel has come a long way since their formation in 2016 as a five-piece bluegrass band. Since their initiation just a few years ago, the band has undergone the ups and downs of the industry, finding genre-fluidity, a fiercely loyal local fanbase and a new lineup along the way. Though they’re only a few years deep, it seems they have found their calling in Colorado, and Moss agrees, divulging that though not a native to Colorado, “there seemed to just be something in the water out here, and I wanted to try me some.” Just in time for spring, these hometown heroes will be releasing their first album, Happy Hour, featuring their newest band member, guitarist and vocalist Matt Flaherty.
Though the band went through a significant transition with their lineup this past winter, losing founding member Brandon Jay and finding a new fifth member in Flaherty, they say the process has gone super smoothly. Guitarist Jacob Moss told us about Jay’s departure that his now-former bandmates “love Brandon so much, and the decision that was made was mutual.” Change can oftentimes be a great thing, and Part & Parcel is a prime example. Moss expressed his feelings on the band’s new lineup, saying “having Matt changes a bit of the dynamic, but the dude is a force to be reckoned with. Every time I play music with him, I feel challenged, engaged, and quite frankly, a bit turned on.”
Really, Part & Parcel is a force to be reckoned with, and it shows on the six-track Happy Hour. Though relatively short, the album is great, covering all bases and giving listeners a taste of the band’s “strong focus on blending songwriting and improvisation.” Their creative and meaningful songwriting is especially prevalent in the album’s first tune, “Lost and Found” — “Spent last night just gasping for air / There’s never enough for the two of us / It ain’t just that I ain’t willing to share / The air’s just thinner when you’re around.”
Part & Parcel have been honing their improvisational skills, which are beamingly obvious throughout Happy Hour. This is most evident on the album’s namesake song “Happy Hour,” a foot-stomping dance tune, or the jam-heavy “Down In the Valley.” The album’s got a little bit of everything, from the fast-paced and bluegrass-inspired “444” to the down-tempo and more acoustic-focused “The Porter of Porter.” The highlight of the album is the sixth and final song, “Fall From Your Feet,” which combines the band’s prodigious instrumentation with their endearing lyricism — “It’s a little piece of her heart I carry inside of mine.”
Despite the album’s length, we’ve heard there’s more to come. According to mandolinist Mark Pietrovito, “we also have a lot of new material we are bringing to the plate that is not on the album. I think this is the year we will really come into our own.” And just maybe fans will get treated to some yet-to-be-released material as well as the album’s incendiary new material at the album release party on Saturday, March 9 at Cervantes’ Other Side. What we know we can expect from the album release party, however, is a raging good time. Part & Parcel are no strangers to the Cervantes’ stage, and this time around they’ll be joined by Envy Alo, Amoramora and the Mercenary Horns to make for, in Moss’ own words, “a lively affair.”
Tickets are available for Part & Parcel’s album release party at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Other Side on March 9 here.
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Collaboration Fest and 29 Other Food & Drink Events in Denver this Week
SF born & raised > CU Boulder > Denver; Your favorite writer on the jam scene, and anything grassy or funky; A 65-year-old man stuck in the body of a millennial and revolted by iTunes Top 100.
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Put down your net and start spearfishing
By Drew Neisser. Published on June 29, 2018.
Credit: istock
As one of the founders of Marketo, Jon Miller helped make marketing automation a mainstream approach for b-to-b companies. And in his role as chief marketing officer back in 2011, few were better at creating content to drive inbound leads. In our interview back then, Miller noted that "our marketing team generates 80% of the sales pipeline" and that Marketo was spending 3 times more on content development than other b-to-b companies—all the while deploying their software platform to its best advantage.
But three years ago, Miller took the bold step of starting a new marketing technology company, Engagio, based on the recognition that one approach can't solve all challenges. Specifically, Miller became obsessed with reaching executive decision makers and tracking these activities. And once again, he is "drinking his own champagne," using Engagio's software to sell the service. In our interview below, you'll soon discover why Miller's continued success is no fluke and why it is probably time for your company to consider "spearfishing" via account-based marketing.
What's the primary role of the CEO?
I got some great advice early in my career, when I was thinking about being a CEO, which is that there're really just three jobs of chief executives: to set the vision of where the company is going, to build the team to make sure you've got the right people, and to ensure that that team has the resources they need to execute. And if you can get those three things done, as a CEO, you're doing well.
As CEO, what's your expectation of your CMO?
I encourage everybody, other chief executives, to not look for what I call 'the unicorn' CMO. If you think about marketing broken roughly into corporate marketing, brand demand generation and product marketing, you're not going to find somebody who is world class at all three. My expectation is that I'm going to find somebody who's world class at one of those and can then hire effectively to support the other two.
What's your definition of marketing, and has it changed along your career?
To create awareness and preference at every stage of the buyer's journey. It hasn't changed dramatically. If anything, I think marketers today are putting more and more focus on the later stages of the journey, not just top the funnel, but how we actually create preference in the sales cycle for customers and beyond.
How do you define account-based marketing?
I think it's easiest to define ABM as an analogy. I was at Marketo, running marketing, and we created a lot of pipeline for our sales team by using content marketing and inbound demand generation tactics and then using marketers and products to do lead nurturing and lead scoring. That kind of marketing, is, I think, like fishing with a net. We would cast a wide net, and we didn't care who specifically responded to our campaigns, we just cared about if we got enough. But then over time, we started moving up-market and selling to larger companies and trying to go after specific companies that were in our ideal customer profile. And, lo and behold, the right people from these big companies didn't just happen to swim into our net, so we needed to find new ways of reaching out to the right people. The analogy here is fishing with spears. Finding the big fish and going after them proactively. ABM, to me, is fishing with spears by putting more resources and more energy into going after the right people, the right accounts.
Can you give some examples of ABM in action?
We've got to remember, the B2B markets are competitive and they're noisy, especially if you're going after executives at the big companies. Because so is everybody else, right? These execs are not easy people to reach, and they've got their barriers up. And unlike inbound [marketing] these people haven't raised their hands. They haven't, for example, expressed interest by downloading a white paper. And so, we have to find a way to stand out from all the noise and , frankly, to be different as a way to reach out to these executives.
So, how do you do that?
Well some people do that by being really creative or just finding ways to delight the person. If a prospect loves wine and chocolate, because they said that on their profile, maybe you send them a very nice bottle of wine and some quality chocolate. That's OK. I think I saw another example of a company that makes cartoons where they embed the person into the cartoon as the hero of the story and you send them the cartoon. And that's well and good, but I also think it can be gimmicky and it's easily copied.
What's the alternative?
An even better strategy, in my opinion, is to deliver business value. The executive's job is to try to find ways to move their business forward. So, they're seeking this. I think the best spearfishing is when you can challenge the executive's thinking by bringing business insights that are new. And to do that right, means that you're really tailoring that insight to that specific person, and business, and/or industry. Those words I just said should be really familiar to anybody who's read The Challenger Sale.
Is there a common mistake people make with ABM?
I think the single biggest mistake that I see people make when they embark on an ABM journey, is not aligning the organization around the fact that the metrics are going to change. Marketers have spent the last ten years tracking MQLs (marketing qualified leads) and we've almost taught the rest of the executives that the number of leads is an important metric of marketing success. But the metrics need to change. Part of it is budget. There's no CEO in the world who has ever gone to their CMO and said, "Would you like some more budget and more people to do this ABM thing?"
How is this affecting the metrics?
Marketers are having to do ABM with the teams and the budgets they already have. It's basically always a reallocation of resources, which means almost by definition, you're lead-based metrics will go down. Your quantity-based metrics will go down. You're focusing more resources onto a more defined set of accounts. And so, you need to make sure people expect volume metrics will likely go down. But that's okay because we're going to have these other leading indicators of success at the accounts that we've all agreed really matter.
What actionable advice do have for marketers?
Your first "do" is to really think about your data foundation. The reality is that the stuff you have already, your Marketo or other marketing automation, even your Salesforce, they're primarily lead-centric systems which are going to make it really hard for you even to know what's happening at the account level. So, first of all make sure you have the ability just like literally look at your data with an account-centric lens.
Is there a "do" number two?
I think "do" number two, we've talked a little bit about, is to really make sure that you and your organization understand that you're going to be measuring quality more than quantity.
How about a "don't?"
Don't be seduced by the easy button like account-based advertising. It sounds pretty easy. It's not nearly as hard as all the sales and marketing alignment that we've been talking about. Oh, I can just buy some ads. And, again there's nothing wrong with that, but don't think that that's sufficient to really deliver the benefits of what ABM is all about.
Drew Neisser
Drew Neisser is founder and CEO of Renegade, a New York-based marketing agency, as well as the author of "The CMO's Periodic Table: A Renegade's Guide to Marketing."
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Do you serve to lead?
The biggest difference I’ve observed consistently between the corporate world and the military is how we view leadership.
From the moment an Officer Cadet arrives at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), an institution that has, in one form or another, trained the British Army’s Officers for over 200 years, it’s drummed into them that their role is simple - it’s to serve those they lead.
They’re reminded, time and time again, that when they graduate they will be given the privilege of directing, coordinating and inspiring some of the best trained and most professional troops the world has ever seen to achieve something that individually they could never hope to achieve working in isolation.
They’re left in no doubt as to what their soldiers will expect from them every single day - selfless sacrifice.
This concept of putting the needs of those we lead before our own is such a central concept to military leadership that it’s enshrined in a number of traditions and rituals. An old Cavalry officer’s maxim is to feed the horses first, then the soldiers and then the officers and this holds true even today. When a group of soldiers lines up to get fed the officers will always go to the back of the line with the last position reserved, like a reverse honour, for the senior officer present. The message is also hammered home every Christmas when the officers serve the soldiers lunch.
Small wonder, then, that the motto of RMAS is Serve to Lead.
It’s a paradox that holds the key to unlocking incredible feats of loyalty, devotion and effort in the face of overwhelming odds and applies just as readily to the corporate world as it does to the military.
The concept of Serve to Lead is disarmingly simple, but it’s not easy. Maybe that’s why it’s so rare and maybe that’s why leadership in the corporate world is often seen as a reward for turning up more often than not and for giving the boss what they want at the expense of their people.
Just a little public sacrifice, please
Show us that we can trust you, don’t tell us.
When your grand plan calls for your people to use their initiative and think for themselves, they’re not listening. They’re watching for what you do when one of them makes an innocent but well-intentioned mistake trying to carry out your directions. They’re watching to see if you’ll fight their corner or if you’ll throw them to the wolves.
When you’ve got a poor performer in the team or someone whose behaviours are causing friction, they’re not hoping he’ll pick his standards up or mend his ways. They’re watching to see if you’ll take the easy road and let it slide or whether you’ll have the tough conversation without fear or favour.
When you’re given an unrealistic deadline, drastically insufficient resources or yet another pointless or contradictory task to complete by a boss that’s hopelessly out of touch with reality they’re watching to see if you’ll smile weakly and let the smelly stuff flow downhill to them or if you’ll push back firmly and respectfully.
They’re watching to see if they can trust you because deep down they want to achieve something other than just turning up and staying awake. They want to strive for a goal worth achieving that comes complete with a challenge that calls for their best efforts to overcome. They want a leader with a plan for that challenge and who gives them each a clear role that they’re able to fulfil. They want a leader that if they try their best and still fail, will have their back and if they didn’t give it their best, will give them the feedback they need to bring their A-game next time.
They want a leader with the courage to lead them by serving them.
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JELIC, DUSAN
Tau Ceramica 13 Center
Height: 2.10 Born: 13 August, 1975 Nationality: Greece
Totals 8 1 77:15 26 10/22 0/0 6/10 4 15 19 4 2 2 1 0 15 11 30
Averages 8 1 9:39 3.3 45.5% 0% 60% 0.5 1.9 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0 1.9 1.4 3.8
1 * vs Efes Pilsen 10:45 6 3/4 2 3
2 at Benetton Basket 11:30 3 0/3 3/4 1 4 5 1 1 1 4 2 5
3 vs Olympiacos 16:15 6 3/4 1 5 6 1 3 1 10
4 at Alba Berlin 13:00 5 2/4 1/3 2 2 2 1 2 6
5 vs Idea Slask 5:15 2 1/4 1 1 2 1 1 1
6 at Pamesa Valencia 13:15 2 2 3 3 2
7 vs Asvel Basket 2:30 1 1 1 -1
8 at Efes Pilsen 4:45 4 1/3 2/3 1 1 2 1 2 4
8 Totals 77:15 26 10/22 0/0 6/10 4 15 19 4 2 2 1 0 15 11 30
Average 9:39 3.3 45.5% 0% 60% 0.5 1.9 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0 1.9 1.4 3.8
Index rating 10 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 11/20/2003
Points 9 ALBA Berlin vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 10/17/2001
Offensive rebounds 2 ALBA Berlin vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 10/17/2001
Defensive rebounds 5 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 11/20/2003
Total rebounds 6 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 11/20/2003
Assists 2 ALBA Berlin vs. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 11/26/2003
Steals 1 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. ASVEL Villeurbanne 12/17/2003
Blocks 1 Benetton Treviso vs. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 11/12/2003
Minutes 16 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 11/20/2003
Grew up with KK Radnicki Beograd (Yugoslavia) youth teams.
Moved to KK Crvena Zvezda youth teams for the 1988-89 season.
Made his debut with KK Crvena Zvezda during the 1991-92 season.
Moved to Greece for the 1993-94 season, signed by Panionios BC.
Moved back to Yugoslavia for the 2000-01 season, signed by KK Crvena Zvezda.
Release on January '01.
Immediately moved to Spain, signed by CB Lucentum Alicante, in the Spanish LEB.
Moved back to Greece for the 2001-02 season, signed by Olympiacos Piraeus.
Moved to Italy for the 2002-03 season signed by Scandone Avellino.
Moved to Spain for the 2003-04 season, signed by Taugres Saski Baskonia Vitoria.
Released on January'04.
Moved to Poland, on February '04, signed by Prokom Trefl Sopot for the remainder of the season.
Moved to Greece for the 2004-05 season, signed by Makedonioks Kozani.
On December '04 moved to Poland, signed by WTK Anwil Wloclawek.
Moved to Italy for the 2005-06 season, signed by Upea Capo d'Orlando.
On March'06, signed by Basket Draghi Castelletto Ticino.
Moved to Latvia for the 2006-07 season, signed by BC Ventspils.
Won the 2003-04 Polish National Championship with Prokom Trefl Sopot.
Won the 2002 Greek National Cup with Olympiacos Piraeus.
Has been member of the Yugoslav Cadets National Team.
Played at the 1991 European Cadets Championship.
2001-02 Olympiacos 5 15 3 5/9 55.6 0/0 0 5/5 100 13 0 1 0
2003-04 Tau Ceramica 8 26 3.3 10/22 45.5 0/0 0 6/10 60 19 2 4 1
Totals 13 41 3.2 15/31 48.4 0/0 0 11/15 73.3 32 2 5 1
Averages 13 41 3.2 15/31 48.4 0/0 0 11/15 73.3 2.5 0.2 0.4 0.1
2003-04 Prokom Trefl Sopot 2 20 10 7/8 87.5 0/0 0 6/8 75 7 2 1 0
2004-05 Makedonikos Kozani 4 23 5.8 9/16 56.3 0/1 0 5/8 62.5 17 1 4 1
2006-07 Ventspils 11 140 12.7 43/70 61.4 9/20 45 27/36 75 79 9 16 9
Totals 17 183 10.8 59/94 62.8 9/21 42.9 38/52 73.1 103 12 21 10
Averages 17 183 10.8 59/94 62.8 9/21 42.9 38/52 73.1 6.1 0.7 1.2 0.6
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Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services Expands Pilot of Ekso Bionics EksoGT Exoskeleton
RICHMOND, Calif., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (EKSO), an industry leader in exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, announced that Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services ("Kindred"), a division of Kindred Healthcare, has expanded their pilot of the EksoGT exoskeleton to offer advanced stroke rehabilitation at the majority of their sites - over 20 freestanding inpatient Kindred rehabilitation hospitals in 13 states.
The pilot began over a year ago and has since been expanded to the majority of their sites, making Kindred Ekso Bionics’ largest partner offering EksoGT at the most locations within a single network. Kindred aims to improve patient outcomes with the EksoGT by mobilizing patients earlier, more frequently, and with a greater number of high intensity steps during their rehab sessions.
“It is our mission to provide greater access to advanced rehabilitation, and we are excited to incorporate the EksoGT into our offering at most of our inpatient rehabilitation hospitals,” said Russ Bailey, COO/Senior Vice President of Operations at Kindred. “We believe having access to leading technology can improve patient outcomes, as well as increase their morale during the process. A win-win for our patients.”
EksoGT is the most widely used exoskeleton device in rehabilitation, designed to help patients get back on their feet by supporting re-learning of correct step patterns, weight shifting, and potentially mitigating compensatory behaviors, enabling patients to mobilize earlier and restore independence. It is the only exoskeleton with SmartAssist software which provide adaptive amounts of power to either side of a patient’s body, especially beneficial for stroke patients.
“Innovative customers like Kindred are in a position to advance stroke rehabilitation by equipping their clinicians with EksoGT,” said Jack Peurach, CEO and President of Ekso Bionics. “With locations throughout the country, Kindred is able to improve more patients’ lives and is leading the way in changing the standard of care.”
Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services is part of Kindred Healthcare, LLC, a healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of approximately $3.3 billion. At December 31, 2018, Kindred through its subsidiaries had approximately 35,700 employees providing healthcare services in 1,789 locations in 45 states, including 74 long-term acute care hospitals, 22 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 11 sub-acute units, 96 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and contract rehabilitation service businesses which served 1,586 non-affiliated sites of service. Ranked as one of Fortune Magazine's Most Admired Healthcare Companies for nine years, Kindred's mission is to help our patients reach their highest potential for health and healing with intensive medical and rehabilitative care through a compassionate patient experience. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
About EksoGT
EksoGT is the first exoskeleton cleared by the FDA for use with stroke and spinal cord injuries from L5 to C7. In Europe, the CE-Mark cleared EksoGT allows us to work with patients impacted by all neurological conditions and lower limb weakness. The EksoGT with SmartAssist software is the only exoskeleton available for rehabilitation institutions that can provide adaptive amounts of power to either side of a patient’s body, challenging the patient as they progress through their continuum of care. The suit’s patented technology provides the ability to mobilize patients earlier, more frequently, and with a greater number of high intensity steps. To date, this device has helped patients take 100 million steps in over 260 rehabilitation institutions around the world.
About Ekso Bionics®
Ekso Bionics® is a leading developer of exoskeleton solutions that amplify human potential by supporting or enhancing strength, endurance and mobility across medical and industrial applications. Founded in 2005, the company continues to build upon its unparalleled expertise to design some of the most cutting-edge, innovative wearable robots available on the market. Ekso Bionics is the only exoskeleton company to offer technologies that range from helping those with paralysis to stand up and walk, to enhancing human capabilities on job sites across the globe. The company is headquartered in the Bay Area and is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol EKSO.
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Oumarou Idrissa from West Africa, Niger. He is the epitome of inspiration, a force to be reckon with. Afrikicks was inspired by his humble beginnings and journey through challenges that he was able to cope with by playing soccer. Rubbing shoulders with the stars through uber driving has enabled him to build relationships that have been the foundation of Afrikicks. Idrissa believes no child should lack any basic needs such as clothing, health aid, and an education. His passion to advocate for those affected by extreme has fueled the work behind Afrikicks. His passion, determination, and perseverance has brought Afrikicks to where it is at today.
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Anissa Williams holds a Bachelors Degree in Film and Television. She has crafted a name and a stellar reputation for herself as the go -to casting director for some of the most innovative and high-profile commercials, independent films, and music videos. Many times over, williams’ cast choices of then unknown actors have gone on to become highly recognizable film and television stars. She is a visionary for instinctively knowing who has the “x” factor. It is often said that in hollywood, all you have is your name and reputation... for Anissa, her name is synonymous with, creative, professional and consistent. It is this reputation that has positioned her as a power house in the entertainment industry and she remains to be the most valuable support towards the success of Afrikicks since it's inception in 2014.
As the Director of Developmen,Victoria Njau is the chief fundraising person who oversees the creation of publications to support fund raising activities. She handles planning and execution of strategies to meet organizational objectives. She was Miss Kenya USA 2008, a former successful banker with JP Morgan Chase bank and she is no stranger to humanitarian endeavors. During her reign, she funded numerous charity projects and together with her mother they founded Victoria Harvard Academy, an elementary school for orphans located in the village of Makutano, Lugari District. The school ceased operations after the death of her mother due to lack of proper leadership. With a passion to support the less fortune, she continues to support several humanitarian projects. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance from University of Texas Dallas.
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U.S. Junior Select Team Coaching Staff and Player Roster Unveiled; Includes Illinois’ Lillibridge, Randl & Drury
By Administrator on November 17, 2017
By USA Hockey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– P.K. O’Handley (Waterloo, Iowa) has been named head coach of the U.S. Junior Select Team that will participate in the 2017 World Junior A Challenge from Dec. 10-16 in Truro, Nova Scotia, it was announced today by USA Hockey. Handley will be joined by assistant coaches Anthony Noreen (Chicago, Ill.), Nick Oliver (Roseau, Minn.) and Ryan Petersen (North St. Paul, Minn.).
USA Hockey also announced 22 players for the 2017 U.S. Junior Select Team that includes 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders. All players currently play in the United States Hockey League, the lone Tier I junior hockey league in the U.S. The U.S. Junior Select Team includes Illinois’ Graham Lillibridge (Geneva), Jack Drury (Winnetka) and Jack Randl (Carpentersville). Click HERE for complete roster.
Jack Randl Omaha Lancers
Jack Drury Waterloo Black Hawks
Graham Lillibridge Chicago Steel
ABOUT O’HANDLEY
This is the third time O’Handley will serve as head coach of a U.S. Junior Select Team. In 2010, he led the U.S. to a championship at the World Junior A Challenge, and in 2007 to a third-place finish. He also served as an assistant coach for the U.S. National Junior Team that competed in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Ottawa, Ontario.
Currently in his 16th season as head coach and general manager of the Waterloo Black Hawks, O’Handley is the winningest coach in the USHL with over 500 league victories. Overall, O’Handley has led the Hawks to one Clark Cup (2004) and one Anderson Cup (2006/07, 2013/14) championship while being recognized as the USHL Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2007, 2014), and General Manager of Year twice (2003, 2012).
ABOUT NOREEN, OLIVER and PETERSON
Noreen, who is in his first season as head coach and general manager of the USHL’s Tri-City Storm, is serving on a U.S. Junior Select Team for the second time after helping the 2013 squad to a championship. Making their international debuts as assistant coaches for the U.S. Junior Select Team are Nick Oliver, a third-year an assistant coach for the USHL’s Sioux Falls Stampede, and Ryan Petersen, who is in his first season as an assistant coach for the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers.
ABOUT THE ROSTER
The 22-player roster includes four players that were selected in the 2017 NHL Draft in Chicago last June. Clayton Phillips (Edina, Minn./Muskegon Lumberjacks) was drafted in the third round, 93rd overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jack Dugan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chicago Steel) was chosen in the fifth round, 142nd overall, by the Vegas Golden Knights, and both Nick Perbix (Elk River, Minn./Omaha Lancers) and Cole Guttman (Los Angeles, Calif./Dubuque Fighting Saints) were taken in the sixth round – 169th and 180th overall, respectively – by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Eight other players are eligible for the NHL Draft for the first time in 2018.
Forward Graham Slaggert (South Bend, Ind./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders) was a member of the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team that earned a gold medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 Men’s World Championship last April in Poprad & Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia.
In addition, nine players have competed in the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, an annual event featuring the top American players eligible for the NHL Draft. Jack Drury (Winnetka, Ill./Waterloo Black Hawks), Paul Cotter (Canton, Mich./Lincoln Stars), Curtis Hall (Princeton N.J./Youngstown Phantoms), Christian Krygier (Novi, Mich./Lincoln Phantoms), Jake Kucharski (Erie, Pa./Des Moines Buccaneers), Blake McLaughlin (Grand Rapids, Minn./Chicago Steel), Perbix and Jack Randl (Carpentersville, Ill./Omaha Lancers) took part in the 2017 event, while Phillips played in the 2016 game.
The U.S. will play an exhibiton game against Canada East on Dec. 8 before opening the competition against the Czech Republic on Monday, Dec.11, at 2:30 p.m. ET. All World Junior A Challenge games will be streamed live at HockeyTV.
For complete coverage of Team USA at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge, click here.
NOTES: Twelve USHL teams are represented on the roster. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, Chicago Steel and Dubuque Fighting Saints lead the way with three players each … The 22 players represent 12 different states. Minnesota has the most representatives with six, while Illinois has three … Marc Boxer (Colorado Springs, Colo.) will serve as general manager of the 2017 U.S. Junior Select Team…The World Junior A Challenge is in its 12th year, and the U.S. is competing for the eleventh time … The 2017 field includes Canada East, Canada West, Czech Republic, Russia, Switzerland and the United States … Team USA has captured the World Junior A Challenge title seven times (2008-10, 2012-14, 2016).
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What was the significance of Mother cutting herself with the herb cutter in the very beginning?
Answer (Coming Soon)
What is "Mother" about?
A doting mother (Hye-ja Kim) of a mentally-challenged young man is devastated when son Yoon Do-joon (Won Bin) is arrested for the murder of a young girl, Moon Ah-jung (Hee-ra Mun), and tricked into signing a confession. Certain that her son is innocent, Mother begins her own investigation into Ah-Jung's background and the events that happened on the night of the murder. Edit (Coming Soon)
Is "Mother" based on a book?
Mother was filmed from a screenplay co-written by South Korean screenwriters Park Eun-kyo and Bong Joon-ho (who also directed the movie). Edit (Coming Soon)
Why was Mother's employer angry with her at the start of the movie?
Mother worked as an herbalist in a store and performed illegal acupuncture treatments (she was not licensed) on the side. Her employer wanted Mother to lie to customers about the inferior quality herbs they imported from China. To force Mother into compliance, the employer reminded her of how her illegal acupuncture practice would reflect upon the business and upon her husband, some high-ranking official. Edit (Coming Soon)
What is "deodeok root" and "gugija"?
"Deodeok root" is the root of the Codonopsis lanceolata plant, known in English as "bonnet bellflower." It is a popular ingredient in Korean cooking and can be found in various dishes, such as kimchi, vegetable salads, pancakes, etc. "Gugija" (Lycium species) is known under several English names, such as "Chinese matrimony vine", "wolfberries", and "goji berries." The red berries often make their way into soups, salads, and herbal teas. Mother contends that it's good for Do-joon's virility. Edit (Coming Soon)
How did the junkman's photo get on Ah-jung's cellphone?
Ah-jung's two boyfriends explain that she took photos with her "pervert" phone of everyone with whom she had sex, so it's reasonable to conclude that the junkman was one of her customers. This is best evidenced in the scene where the junkman explains how he came to be in the abandoned house. He is seen spreading a mat on the floor and measuring out the rice with which he intends to pay Ah-jung (aka "Rice Cake Girl"). Edit (Coming Soon)
What is a pervert phone?
One of Ah-jung's girlfriends had the skill to silence the sound of a cellphone when it took photos. Ah-jung used it to take photos of her sex partners. Edit (Coming Soon)
Why did Mother attempt to poison Do-joon when he was five years old?
Several explanations have been offered, including that she was a single mother and very poor, but the most generally-accepted explanation is that Mother couldn't bear to live with Do-joon's retardation so she decided to take both of their lives. She chose to use an insecticide called Lone Star, but it was too weak and only made them sick for two days. Some viewers have entertained the possibility that it was the poison that actually caused Do-joon's brain damage. Since the film does not offer an explanation, it's up to each viewer to decide which scenario makes the most sense to them. Edit (Coming Soon)
Mother finally obtains Ah-jung's cellphone from Ah-jung's Granny (Gin-goo Kim). She takes it to the prison to show the photos to Do-joon who remembers seeing the junkman at the abandoned house where Ah-jung was killed. Mother recognizes him as the man from whom she bought the umbrella and goes out to see him. Posing as a volunteer worker for Hyeminwon, an organization that provides free medical checks for elderly people living alone, she gets the junkman talking about what he saw the night Ah-jung was killed. He describes how Ah-jung was being followed by a boy who accused her of not liking boys, so Ah-jung tossed a heavy rock at him. When Ah-jung calls the boy a "stupid retard", the boy threw the rock back at Ah-jung, hitting her in the head and killing her. The boy then carried the body to the roof and left it hanging over the ledge. Mother realizes that he's talking about her son and informs him that the police are going to re-open the investigation and release Do-joon in a few days. When the junkman describes how the boy did this weird thing with his thumbs on his temples and starts to phone the police about what he saw, Mother repeatedly hits him in the head with a large pipe wrench and burns down the house to cover the murder. Days later, Inspector Je-mun (Je-mun Yun) informs Mother that they have caught the killer, Crazy JP escaped from the sanitarium, and that they are going to release Do-joon because they found blood on JP's shirt that matched that of Ah-jung. JP has denied that he killed Ah-jung, claiming that she got a nosebleed on his shirt. Mother requests to meet JP and finds that he is a Down's Syndrome child. When she finds out that JP has no mother (to fight for him), she breaks down and cries. Do-joon is released from prison. On his way back, he meets Jin-tae in his new car and learns that the junk dealer's place burned down. Picking through the rubble, Do-joon finds Mother's acupuncture needle case. He later informs Mother that he thinks JP might have put Ah-jung's body on the roof so that someone would find her and get medical help for her, because she was bleeding. In the final scenes, Mother is going off on a "Thank You Parents" bus tour. Do-joon buys her some food to eat and returns her partially-burned acupuncture box. "How could you leave this lying around?" he asks Mother. Mother then hurriedly boards the bus. While the rest of the passengers dance in the aisle of the bus, Mother runs an acupuncture needle into her thigh and then starts to dance. Edit (Coming Soon)
Why were all the passengers dancing in the aisle of the "Thank You Parents" tour bus near the end of the movie?
Dancing in the aisles of tour buses was commonly seen on Korean tour buses up to a few years ago. Now. with stricter rules and sharper fines, it's not as common anymore. Edit (Coming Soon)
Why did Mother prick herself with the acupuncture needle while sitting on the bus?
Several times during the film, Mother says that she knows of an acupuncture point on the thigh. She calls it "a meridian point that can loosen the knots in your heart and clear all the horrible memories from your mind." She did it to herself to erase the memories of her attempts to kill herself and Do-joon when he was young, her murder of the junkman, and her son's involvement in the killing of Ah-jung. Edit (Coming Soon)
Who really killed Moon Ah-jung?
The film does not provide a definitive answer, leaving the audience to ponder four possibilities: (1) Jin-tae (Goo Jin), (2) the junkman, (3) Do-joon, and (4) Crazy JP from the sanitarium. Jin-tae is ruled out early in the movie. The majority of viewers conclude that the junkman's version of the murder is the truthful one. This is actually evidenced when the police make Do-joon demonstrate the events using a dummy, and he clearly shows them how Ah-jung's head was hit with a rock and her body carried to the roof and placed over the ledge for someone to notice it and get medical attention. In the end, it is Ah-jung's blood on Crazy JP's shirt that the police find most suspicious. Edit (Coming Soon)
Seen in 2019
neo-noir
Best Korean movies seen so far
Crime/Thrillers
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UK Parliament rejects May’s Brexit deal for third time
Richard Bestic
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, top center, speaks at a rally in Parliament Square after the final leg of the “March to Leave” in London, Friday, March 29, 2019. The protest march which started on March 16 in Sunderland, north east England, finishes on Friday March 29 in Parliament Square, London, on what was the original date for Brexit to happen before the recent extension. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Published March 29, 2019 at 8:21 PM
British Prime Minister Theresa May has failed in her last gasp bid to win parliamentary support for her Brexit deal with the European Union.
Britain was scheduled to officially leave the EU Friday, but a failure by politicians to agree on terms for its departure means the country has dramatically missed the Brexit deadline.
CGTN’s Richard Bestic reports on the failure of Brexit Day and its consequences.
On the streets outside Parliament, angry crowds gathered as news of Brexit’s latest defeat spread. There was a feeling of betrayal among many.
Inside, this last throw of the parliamentary dice for May’s deal was, in the words of the prime minister, a chance to save Brexit.
“Approving the withdrawal agreement today avoids a cliff edge in two weeks’ time,” May said. “It avoids European elections, it avoids a long extension which would at least delay and could destroy Brexit.”
When defeat came, May described it as a matter of profound regret and the implications grave.
“I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House,” May said.
From the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, offers to the U.K. of a free trade ‘customs union.’ But also recognition of a stark and possibly imminent alternative.
“Let me be frank, ladies and gentlemen. Without a positive choice, the default option will be a no deal, which has become more likely,” warned Michel Barnier. “It was never our scenario, but the EU 27 is now prepared.”
The country now has just two weeks to come up with an alternative and members of Parliament will gather again on Monday when they’ll take control of the Brexit agenda and try to stitch together their own alternative compromise.
UK government urges EU nationals to stay post Brexit
Deal or no deal, the British government is urging the 3.5 million EU nationals in the U.K. to stay. A new campaign is underway that would allows them to continue living and working in the country, post Brexit. CGTN’s Hannah Hoexter reports.
David Kitching breaks down the Brexit vote
CGTN’s Asieh Namdar inteviews political analyst David Kitching from Dublin about what today’s Brexit withdrawal vote means for the UK.
Meet the pioneers who paved the way for women in space »
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Facts about Cannonball Jellyfish
Some known and some unheard facts about the cannonball jellyfish have been presented in this article. So prepare to get up-close and personal with this beautiful swimmer of the ocean.
Rajib Singha
As a kid when I heard about something called 'jellyfish', guess what I had imagined? A cute little fish sitting on top of a red delicious jelly. But sadly, my imagination was short-lived, as I came to know about the real jellyfish; it was nothing like a small fish, nor it had anything to do with jelly. These creatures, also known as jellies, can be found in oceans across the world. There are several species of jellyfish known to man; the smallest being the Irukandji (Carukia Barnesi), and the largest being the lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillatsa).
Cannonball Jellyfish
The cannonball jellyfish gets its name from its make that resembles the shape and size of a cannonball. It has a bell that is of the shape of a dome, and this is what gives it its look. Unlike most species of jellies, this one lacks tentacles, but is equipped with oral arms underneath the body. These arms have a dual purpose; they help in propelling the fish, and in foraging. Its bell is covered with pigmentation that may vary from brown to purple.
# Habitat, perhaps, is the most vital element in all living organisms' lives. A habitat is the very place where we are provided with what we require to maintain life. The population of these jellyfish is distributed in the deepest ocean in the world, which is the Pacific, the mid regions of the Atlantic Ocean, and in waters of New England, all the way to Brazil. Warm waters with an average temperature of 23 degree Celsius was considered ideal for these swimmers.
# After habitat, diet is most essential for survival, and reproduction. Experts have found that the diet of these jellies is made up of zooplankton and red drum larvae.
# Sexual reproduction is not the only way for the cannonball jellyfish to reproduce. Their anatomy allows them to reproduce asexually too. Experts say that, sexual reproduction occurs when these creatures are in their medusa state. This is the state when the jellies have attained full maturity. And when they are in their polyp state, asexual reproduction occurs through budding.
During sexual reproduction, these jellies shoot their sperm out of their mouth, which are caught by another jellyfish thus, causing fertilization. The oral arms around the mouth contain special pouches which serve as wombs for the embryo to develop. A few hours later, the larvae detach themselves from the pouches and find a hard structure to latch on to. It is there that the larvae grow in polyps, and even being in this stage, they are capable of preying on small creatures that pass by.
# Most species of jellyfish are poisonous to living beings, the most notorious being the box jellyfish which is also toxic in nature. They release a toxic mucus that is harmful for small fish in their immediate vicinity, and is also good enough to ward off predators during a face off. There are a few cases where these fish have known to sting humans, but their toxins are potent enough to trigger heart complications in humans and animals. A cannonball jellyfish attacks only when instigated.
Some Quick Facts
These jellyfish share a symbiotic relationship with the portly spider crab.
These fish make up for an ideal diet for people in various parts of the world because they are loaded with proteins, and at the same time, are scarce in fat content and most importantly, cholesterol.
Some people have the notion that these creatures are helpful for conditions such as arthritis, bronchitis and high blood pressure.
These jellyfish are processed right away after they are taken out of the water, for they tend to get stale rapidly.
They play a very important role in the ecosystem as they are the main food source of the leatherback sea turtle, which is an endangered animal species on Earth.
And to conclude with one more fact about the cannonball jellyfish, its scientific name 'Stomolophus meleagris' means 'many mouthed hunter.' Adios!
Jellyfish Facts
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Types of Jellyfish
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Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia Aurita) Facts
Jellyfish Facts for Kids
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Gaming & Culture —
Girl gamers are newsworthy simply because they’re girls. Also, please lay off the Frag Doll references
The issue with female gamers is never that they don't to play, it's that the …
Ben Kuchera - Apr 27, 2006 1:32 pm UTC
Here's something we all need to realize: girls play games. This isn't a new thing, and it's barely newsworthy. Of course every now and again we're going to get a story like this one talking about how crazy it is that some girls not only play games but can compete with males in said games. Crazy, huh? Isn't that WACKY?!
I like when women get into gaming, and I like it even more when they're vocal about it. It leads to diverse products and new ideas when developers look at both women and men when designing their games. The only issue is that articles like these make it sound as if there's something out of the ordinary with women gaming. It's apparently only newsworthy when the women are better than men (making the story have a tom-boy "aw, shucks" feel to it, like a high-tech Norman Rockwell painting) or when they do it for a living. That's why they bring up the Frag Dolls.
Everyone brings up the Frag Dolls when they talk about girls in gaming. It drives me up a wall. They are a group of gamers that UbiSoft has hired and pays to be good at games and to go to events and wear slightly revealing clothes while playing. The draw isn't that they play games, or know a lot about them; the draw is that they're good looking and are willing to spend time with female-phobic convention members. It's a paid gig for them, like a booth babe who wears less makeup and knows how to use a controller.
I'll often be at a party or even in my own apartment with a bunch of friends playing games, and every now and again a girl will pick up a controller, get into the game, and win a few rounds. Of course, this ends with either catcalls or admonishments that the player (usually me) got beat by a woman. Or someone will walk in, make a remark along the lines of "Holy hell! A girl's playing a videogame!" and the woman will often put down the controller as if they were caught doing something they shouldn't. It's sad.
Women playing games is nothing new, nothing to remark on, and in all likelihood it happens more than you think. The issue is that guys protect what they consider "theirs" and having a woman in what they perceive as a male activity usually ends with them making some remark to let everyone know that this isn't how it should be, and the girl is breaking gender roles. Maybe we'd see more women in arcades and playing games at home if male gamers could simply get past their breasts.
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News from ARTES Scholars
ARTES warmly congratulates Ana Dias on a successful viva of her PhD thesis, ‘The Apocalypse in early medieval Iberia: the function and impact of the illuminated “Beatus”’. Ana’s research at Durham University was supported by ARTES through a PhD Scholarship (2015) and an ARTES Coll&Cortes Travel Scholarship (2017).
We are also pleased to announce the publication of Las portadas de la catedral de Jaca. Reforma eclesiástica y poder real a finales del siglo XI (Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 2018), by Francisco de Asís García García. In 2017 Francisco was awarded an ARTES Coll y Cortés Post-doctoral Scholarship to support research on the V&A’s collections of medieval Iberian textiles as an Erasmus + Visiting Fellow.
ARTES accepts applications for a number of awards each year, including an essay prize and travel scholarships. We also collaborate with CEEH to support PhD scholarships at The Courtauld Institute of Art and Durham University. Click here for more information on our awards.
ARTES is a Registered Charity (no. 1112883) dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of Iberian and Latin American Visual Culture. You can support our work by becoming a member of our friendly, enthusiastic and international community.
This entry was posted in Funding, prize, Scholarships, Uncategorized and tagged ana dias, ARTES Coll & Cortés Travel Scholarship, beatus, charity, Durham University, Erasmus, Francisco de Asís García García, Funding, Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, Jaca cathedral, Join us, Middle Ages, PhD Scholarship, scholarships, Spanish Art on February 12, 2019 by costanzabeltrami.
ARTES Coll&Cortes travel scholarship report: Ana Dias, PhD Candidate at Durham University
The ARTES Coll&Cortes travel scholarship granted me the opportunity to travel to Spain to examine three illustrated copies of Beatus of Liébana’s Commentarium in Apocalypsin (generally known as Beatus) on which my doctoral thesis is grounded.
My research concerns the production, illumination and impact of the Beatus manuscripts, with particular focus on the analysis of the text and image relationship. In this investigation I consider five specimens – the Beatus of Morgan, Valcavado, Urgell, Facundus and Silos – that form a particular group known as ‘family IIa’, which present remarkable textual and iconographic affinities. Moreover, these specimens also stand amongst the most lavishly illuminated copies within this tradition, thereby offering us rich material for an enquiry into questions of artistic production.
The careful and objective analysis of their differences and similarities, set against the general panorama of illustrated Apocalypses in the early medieval west, will therefore provide new evidence not only about the conceptualisation of their imagery but also concerning scribal and artistic practices in medieval Iberia.
One of the main subjects under investigation is the use of colour in the Beatus IIa miniatures. Through this analysis I aim to shed new light on how illuminators responded to the literary sources they were illustrating – Revelation and, to a more limited extent, Beatus of Liébana’s own commentary – themselves rich in colour references. Given that most of my prior research had been conducted through the observation of facsimile editions and other surrogates, it was crucial to examine the manuscripts at first hand, as even the best editions do not reproduce the material and chromatic qualities of the original works accurately enough for a study of this nature. For this reason, and having already examined the Morgan and the Silos Beatus (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.644; London, British Library, Add MS 11695, respectively), travelling to Spain to consult in situ the Beatus of Facundus (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS Vitrina 14-2), Valcavado (Valladolid, Biblioteca de la Universidad, MS 433) and Urgell (Museu Diocesá de La Seu d’Urgell, Num. Inv. 501) was essential.
I began my research trip at the Biblioteca Nacional de España, in Madrid, where I examined the Facundus copy: an exquisite specimen commissioned by Fernando I and his wife Sancha in 1047.My main aim was to check the exact nature of its palette and pigment application, the employment of metallic inks and other general aspects of production and use, such as make up, collation and marginalia. Following my examination of this manuscript, I dedicated some days to a further exploration of the bibliographical resources of the BNE, focusing on secondary material that cannot be found in libraries in the United Kingdom.
My next destination was the university city of Valladolid, where the Beatus of Valcavado is held at the Biblioteca Histórica de Santa Cruz, as part of the university’s collection of historic manuscripts. As stated in its colophon, this manuscript was produced by the scribe Obeco in 970; however, no information concerning its centre of production or the nature of its commission is offered. With the diligent assistance of the library staff, I conducted a similar examination of this manuscript. I was particularly struck by the differences in its colour scheme in relation to its counterparts as well as by some particular choices of pigments in relation to the iconography.
In order to examine the last manuscript in this group I had to travel to the Catalonian town of La Seu d’Urgell, located in the foothills of the Pyrenees. En route, I had the opportunity to visit the Cathedral treasury Museum of Girona where another Beatus copy is kept. While not being one of my primary sources (as it is part of another family within the tradition), seeing the Girona Beatus in exhibition was nevertheless very instructive as it enabled me to think more critically about colour use in early Iberian illumination more broadly.
Subsequently, I concluded my research trip in the Archivo Diocesano de Urgell where I inspected the Urgell Beatus: a copy of uncertain origin but which has been dated to the end of the tenth century on palaeographical and artistic grounds. The examination of this manuscript was surprising: despite being generally considered as a more humble specimen, its palette is composed of rich and vibrant bright colours. As in the case of Valcavado, this manuscript too shows some telling individual responses to the use of colour in relation to the iconography.
Thus, the first-hand examination of these three Beatus was essential in order to confirm and refine the research conducted to date, and it has given me a greater insight into the material and chromatic properties of these specimens. It has also enabled me to conclude that, despite their relatively distinctive colour schemes, they also share evident patterns of colour use – an aspect which raises more questions concerning not only the artistic tradition but also about the nature of these images.
From a more technical perspective, this research trip has also allowed me to learn about the conservation policies of different libraries and archives, which is invaluable knowledge for someone working in the field of manuscript studies.
I am most grateful to ARTES and Coll&Cortes for their continuing support to my research and for giving me the opportunity and the privilege to conduct this investigation.
This entry was posted in ARTES, Scholarships, Travel, Uncategorized and tagged ana dias, apocalypse, beatus, beatus of liebana, biblioteca historica de santa cruz, Biblioteca Nacional de España, British Library, coll y cortes, comentarium in apocalypsin, Durham University, facundus, family IIa, fernando i, Girona, la seu d'urgell, Madrid, manuscript, manusscript studies, morgan beatus, Morgan Library, New York, obeco, pyrenees, report, revelation, sancha, silos, travel scholarship, urgell, valcavado, Valladolid on October 28, 2017 by costanzabeltrami.
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Grammy Win for The Travellin’ McCourys
12 Feb, 19 by Greg McGrath Leave a Comment
Congratulations must surely to The Travelin’ McCourys on their Grammy win for Best Bluegrass Album, announced today in Los Angeles, California. The band’s eponymous debut album was released on 25th May of last year. After several decades of playing, touring and performing the Grammy award points to the band members’ work ethic and their innovative style of bluegrass which honours the genre’s tradition and drives it forward.
In the acceptance speech Rob McCoury thanked Del and Jean McCoury, saying “without them, none of this would have happened.” And it’s true; few, if any, have blazed a musical path for their children the way Del has. Taking the torch, the Travelin’ McCourys have proven that not only are they worthy; they’re comfortable blazing a trail of their own.
The McCoury brothers, Ronnie on mandolin and Rob on banjo, were born into the bluegrass tradition. Talk about a source abundant and pure; their father, Del, is among the most influential and successful musicians in the history of the genre. Years on the road with Dad in Del McCoury Band honed their knife-edge chops and encouraged the duo to imagine how traditional bluegrass could cut innovative pathways into 21st-century music.
With fiddler Jason Carter, bassist Alan Bartram, and latest recruit Cody Kilby on guitar, they assembled a group that could take what they had in their DNA, take what traditions they learned and heard, and push the music forward. In fact, the band became the only group to have each of its members recognised with an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for their instrument at least once. There were peers, too, that could see the McCourys’ brand of bluegrass as both historic and progressive. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Allman Brothers Band, improv-rock kings Phish, and jamband contemporary Keller Williams were just a few that formed a mutual admiration society with the ensemble. The members of Travelin’ McCourys who also share duties in Del McCoury Band have now won three Grammy awards including Del’s two previous wins for Best Bluegrass Album. This win brings Cody Kilby’s Grammy Awards total to five after four wins during his time in Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder.
The Travelin’ McCourys is a brilliantly executed set overflowing with inventive style, stellar musicianship, and, of course, plenty of burnin’ grass, the 14-song collection is a true culmination of their decades-long journey. From the headwaters of Bill Monroe and the waves of Jerry Garcia to a sound both rooted and revolutionary, soulful and transcending that belongs only to the Travelin’ McCourys.
The album definitely shows what we’ve evolved into as a band. And, it’s a pretty good representation of what’s happening with the whole genre. The old bluegrass material is something I love but it’s been done many times. We’re forging ahead with our own sound. That’s what you have to do to make it all work – Ronnie McCoury.
On Feb.13th, The Travelin’ McCourys will celebrate Del McCoury’s 80th birthday at the “Grand DEL Opry” alongside Marty Stuart, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Vince Gill, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dierks Bentley, and more. After the Opry, the band hits the road for a headlining tour including a number of The Grateful Ball dates (with Jeff Austin Band). Festival-wise, catch the band at Winter WonderGrass, DelFest, High Sierra Music Festival, ROMP, Rhythm & Roots, and more.
Listen to the Grammy winning album here.
For more information on The Travelin’ McCourys, please visit their website.
On tour:
February 13 – Nashville, TN – Grand DEL Opry
February 22 – Panama City Beach, FL – Bourbon, Beer, & Butts
February 23 – Huntsville, AL – Tangled String Studios (early & late show)
February 27 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room**
February 28 – Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom**
March 1 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar**
March 2 – Cincinnati, OH – Memorial Hall OTR**
March 3 – Ferndale, MI – Otus Supply
March 5 – Benton Harbor, MI – The Livery**
March 6 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern**
March 7 – Bloomington, IN – The Bluebird Nightclub**
March 29-31 – Olympic Valley, CA – Winter Wondergrass
**with Jeff Austin Band; together presenting The Grateful Ball
Filed Under: Artists, Headline News, International News Tagged With: The Travelin' McCourys
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Australian astronomers witness death throes of a cocooned star
Last updated November 1, 2018 at 8:23 am
Topics: Space
An international team of astronomers has seen the death throes of a star cocooned inside a dense shell of gas and dust, which ended in a violent explosion unlike a typical supernova.
“We’ve discovered yet another way that stars die and distribute material back into space,” said , including Dr. Brad Tucker from The Australian National University’s Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
When the massive amount of energy from the blast slammed into the shell, most of the kinetic energy was immediately converted to light. It had a few near-death experiences before it ultimately died.
The final explosion lasted for only a few days — 10 times faster than a typical supernova.
The new study is published in Nature Astronomy
Science and technology is as much a part of our cultural fabric as art, music, theatre and literature. They play a significant role in our daily lives, yet, in a world dependent on science, we often take them for granted. Australia’s Science Channel believes every citizen has a right, and a responsibility, to be informed, and our mission is to create programs to bring that about.
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Bauer Technologies Management Change to Continue Business Growth
10th April 2019 JET Digital Media
Leading foundations contractor BAUER Technologies Ltd has re-appointed Michael Jones as its new managing director. Michael’s appointment provides continuity and underlines the stable growth plans for Bauer’s UK operation, following the retirement of Martin Blower, who has been Bauer Technologies managing director since 2014.
Speaking of this management change, Michael said: “Martin has had an exceptional career, with the result that he is held in such high regard as a leading figure in the UK foundations industry. He has done an excellent job in taking Bauer Technologies to the strong market position it occupies today. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to return to the UK and to the management of one of the most exciting and dynamic specialist foundation contractors in the UK.
Michael originally set-up Bauer Technologies in the UK in 2007, and after a successful 5-year period as its managing director, moved to its parent company Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH, where he became a member of the Management Board developing his career globally from Bauer’s Headquarters in Germany. Over the last 2 years Michael has held senior leadership positions for BAUER in Australia and USA.
Bauer’s outgoing Managing Director, Martin Blower, said: “I can think of no better person to hand over the reins of the business to. Michael has a wealth of experience within BAUER and he is uniquely placed to leverage the synergies between BAUER subsidiaries and the parent company. His appointment will be pivotal to growing the business and making a positive difference, not only to how we work with our existing clients but in helping us to attract new ones.”
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Africa, Morocco
Pop culture or traditional culture?
The Man Who Knew Too Much, Hitchcock’s 1956 thriller, with Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart opens in Marrakesh. Ten years later, in 1966, Our Man in Marrakesh aka Bang! Bang! You’re Dead! with Tony Randall and Senta Berger, is part comedy and complete guide to what’s worth seeing in the city. Even the Absolutely Fab pair spent an episode there. Spielberg filmed Raiders of the Lost Ark in the city in 1981; Scorsese followed in 1988 with The Last Temptation of Christ, and Stone topped it in 2004 with Alexander.
Walking through the narrow, windy streets of the Medina, I half-expected to see someone running from someone else. Car chases would be mad. Motorbike chases a possibility. But the old reliable on foot dodge-em would be perfect. It’s hard to get a sense of city scape. But I’d imagine that viewed from above, it would be a different story entirely.
Kasbah Mosque
The Saadian Tombs date back to the sixteenth century, but lay hidden for years and years and years until 1917 when they were rediscovered during an aerial survey of the city by the French. Located in the Kasbah, next to the mosque, a pathway was built to access them and the grounds reclaimed. Architecturally, they are a fine example of mosaic work and inlay.
It’s thought that they were sealed back at the turn of the eighteenth century when Moulay Ismail was in power. Having destroyed the Badai Palace next door, word has it that superstition intervened and rather than destroying the tombs and risking the wrath of those who had gone before him, Ismail just sealed it all up leaving just one entrance, a well hidden one, open from the Kasbah Mosque.
For two hundred years or so, the dead rested in peace, undisturbed by clicking cameras or littering tourists. Today, it’s a sight to be seen if you’re in Marrakesh – and, in fact, it was the only one we visited on purpose. [I have a thing for cemeteries.]
Sixty-six tombs are housed in the two main mausoleums with another 100 or so graves in the gardens, including, interestingly, a few Jewish ones. The dead are mostly princes or members of the various royal households, their elevated status probably reflected in the brilliance of the mosaic and the intricate carvings of excerpts from the Qu’ran. It’s quite something really. And while you might be shoulder to shoulder with someone as you try to get a peek inside, it still manages to retain that sense of quiet, that air of solemnity.
It’s an ongoing restoration, a painstakingly slow one, a lot of which is done by hand. Just last month I saw something similar going on with tombs in Hyderabad – hand chisels and hand work. And even watching that process is fascinating, in and of itself. It made me wish that I had paid more attention to pronunciation in French class – I might have been able to ask some questions. [Are mosaic artists good at doing jigsaws?]
The walls outside, the shared walls with whatever is next door, are a maze of pigeon nests. It’s hard to know whether they are old bullet holes or mortar holes or whether, as in Malta, they were made with pigeons in mind. I’d be interested to hear if anyone knows more? But perhaps as much as anything else, I was impressed by the trilingual write-up in the square outside, written in the first person, as if the square was talking about itself and the sights around it. A new one for me and one that I’d like to see catch on.
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1920s → 1929 → February 1929 → 22 February 1929 → Commons Sitting → LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL.
CLAUSE 58.—(Orders.)
HC Deb 22 February 1929 vol 225 cc1507-35 1507
§ The LORD ADVOCATE
I beg to move, in page 51, line 22, to leave out the word "Section" and to insert instead thereof the word "Sub-section."
This must be a clerical error. It was never intended to limit to the period 31st December, 1931, anything else but the power to remove difficulties.
§ Amendment agreed to.
Mr. R. W. SMITH
I beg to move, in page 51, line 25, to leave out Sub-section (2).
This Amendment raises the same point that was raised on the English Bill; the giving of unlimited power to the Secretary of State to make adaptations or modifications of the provisions of any Act of Parliament. Certain modifications may be necessary in order to bring the Act into force, but it seems to me rather strange that in this Bill we should have a Clause giving more power to the Secretary of State than were given to the Minister of Health under the English Bill. I do not think these powers should be so wide. The first part of this Clause is almost exactly the same as the English Bill, but the English Bill does not contain this Sub-section (2) which says that: The Secretary of State may by order make provision for any matters incidental to or consequential on any provision of this Act, including any incidental or consequential adaptations or modifications of the provisions of any Act of Parliament. I hope the Lord Advocate will give us a promise that there will be some modification of this Sub-section.
I should have thought that this was the most humble and inoffensive power that could be given. It is only where it is "incidental to or consequential on" this Act that this power can be exercised, and, subject to the provisions of Subsection (4), it has to be laid on the Table of both Houses of Parliament. This is a very minor matter. The Subsection does not give any general power to alter an Act of Parliament in any shape or form.
§ Amendment nagatived.
I beg to move, in page 51, line at the end, to insert the words: or in order to make an equitable adjustment or apportionment of any expenditure or payment under the local Act consequent on the carrying into effect of the provisions of this Act. This Amendment is necessary in order to meet such a case as occurs in Glasgow, where under the local Acts there is an arrangement whereby Glasgow provides sewerage services in adjoining areas. The authorities in these areas are required to levy a rate of the same amount as that levied in Glasgow, and pay it 1509 over to Glasgow. Under the provisions of Clauses 19, in the matter of the consolidated rate, there will in future be no separate rate in these cases and it is necessary to make provision to meet existing conditions. It is thought that Sub-section (3) of this Clause is hardly wide enough to cover that case.
I beg to move, in page 51, line 35, to leave out the word "Section," and to insert instead thereof the word "Act."
I hope the Lord Advocate will see his way to accept this Amendment. In Clause 53 he has taken out the word "Section"; that I presume only applies to Part II of the Bill. Apparently Orders made under Part I of the Bill do not require to be laid on the Table of the House of Commons. In Clause 10, Subsection (6) the Secretary of State may: by order do anything whatsoever which may be necessary or expedient for the proper carrying into effect of anything done under the foregoing provisions of this Section, including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the making of any consequential adaptation or modification of any statutory enactment He may do that by Order, and without laying it before Parliament. Again in Clause 11, Sub-section (2), an Order may be made for the combination of local authorities, but there is no provision that such an Order shall be laid on the Table of the House. If the Secretary of State is going to take powers to combine local authorities compulsorily, it seems to me that such an Order should be laid on the Table of this House. As the Bill stands that does not take place; and I am moving this Amendment in order to provide that these Orders under the first part of this Bill shall be laid on the Table of the House as well as those under Part II. If it is agreed that Orders under Part II of the Bill should be laid before Parliament, surely Orders made under Part I ought to be laid as well. In the English Bill Orders made under the Clause giving power to the Minister to combine local authorities compulsorily have to be laid on the Table of the House, and I think this is also a case where these Orders should be laid before Parliament.
I appreciate, of course, the reasons which prompt my hon. Friend in suggesting this Amendment, but in regard to the particular instance he gave, that is Sub-section (6) of Clause 10, it is an exact repetition of what has been in the Act of 1889 all these years. With regard to the necessity of having some more speedy method of fixing the actual divisions in Clause 8, or the number of councillors, my hon. Friend does not suggest that it is necessary to lay such things before Parliament. I am quite willing to try and meet him, and I will, therefore, go carefully through the Bill again and see whether there are cases of some Orders which ought in fairness to be covered by this particular Clause. Obviously, there are some Orders which do not require to come before Parliament, but I am quite prepared to undertake to go carefully through the Bill again and see whether there are further Orders which ought to be laid before Parliament and, if so, to propose the necessary Amendments.
§ Mr. SCRYMGEOUR
There is a strong feeling in the Division which I represent with regard to this particular phase of the Bill. The Lord Advocate has pointed out that the system has long been in vogue, but the trouble is that it is now proposed to intensify the process. He has certainly proposed to survey the Bill again and modify in some way these powers, but we should not be doing our duty as Parliamentary representatives if we did not face the situation. Indeed, it is being tackled in another place not usually considered to be very keen on such matters. When an institution like that which is known as "another place," gives a lead in a matter like this, we should be lacking in our duty if we did not support the proposal, especially as it comes from a supporter of the Government. We do not want to have officialism given the powers that they have here, to work this machine and to "work" the Minister.
The hon. Member is now really arguing against the whole of the Clause.
I quite agree that I am against the Clause as a whole, but in the meantime the hon. Member 1511 who moved this Amendment has given us an opportunity for saying that these powers should be confined as he has suggested.
In view of what the Lord Advocate has said, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the Amendment. It was only the more important Orders which I had in mind.
§ Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
§ Mr. JOHNSTON
I beg to move to leave out the Clause.
There is no need for such a Motion. The Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill," has to be put, and the hon. Member can vote against it. These Motions are put on the Paper under a misapprehension. In Committee, the Question has to be put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," and there is no need to put down a Motion for the omission of the Clause. As a matter of fact, I do not know why such Motions appear on the Paper at all. In Committee, a Clause has to be put separately except in the case of a special Order under the Guillotine, and hon. Members can then oppose it, but no precedence can be secured by putting down a Notice of Motion to omit the Clause.
§ Mr. MAXTON
On a point of Order. Do I understand your statement to mean that in future such a Motion will not appear on the Order Paper?
I do not know that it does mean that, because this is one of the anomalies which forms such jewels in the British Constitution. I wanted to point it out, because hon. Members are continually putting down Motions to omit Clauses, and such Motions an unnecessary. On Report, of course, it is different.
In any case, we have made assurance doubly sure that there shall be no chance of the Clause slipping through without an attempt being made to curtail the tremendous powers which the Secretary of State seeks to take in this Bill. We are not arguing about the merits or demerits of the particular Clause. We are dealing with the fact that 1512 57 Clauses of the Bill have now gone through Committee, and that the Secretary of State here takes power, if he chooses, to upset any single Clause or to alter any Clause or to put in any new Clause. He may, by order, remove the difficulty, or do any other thing which appears to him necessary— Surely that is wide enough —or expedient for bringing the said provisions into operation, and any such order may modify the provisions of this Act— He is taking powers to modify an Act of Parliament —so far as may appear to him necessary or expedient for carrying the order into effect. Then the Secretary of State goes on to say that he will not exercise those powers after December, 1931, but from the date of the passing of this Bill until December, 1931, he proposes to do anything that he jolly well chooses, whatever this Parliament may have decided to enforce his interpretation of what may be necessary under this Bill. Then in Sub-section (2) we find that: The Secretary of State may, by order, make provision for any matters incidental to, or consequential on, any provision of this Act, including any incidental or consequential adaptations or provisions of any Act of Parliament. He is not only concerned with this Act, but any Act of Parliament that he may choose to modify. Then Sub-section (3) says: The Secretary of State may, by order, make such adaptations in the provisions of any local Act as may seem to him to be necessary in order to make those provisions conform with the provisions of this Act. So that local Acts of Parliament, under which contracts involving thousands of pounds may have been entered into, and which have been secured in this House sometimes at very considerable expense, are to be amended at the sweet will and whim of the Secretary of State. Then Sub-section (4) says: Every order made under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament forthwith, and if an Address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent twenty-eight days on which that House has sat, after any such order is laid before it, praying that the order may be annulled, it shall henceforth he void. An Order is to lie on the Table of the House for 23 days. We know what that 1513 means. We know that many things slip through, because local authorities are unaware of the tremendous consequences which may lie buried in some of these Orders. Subject to that qualification, the Secretary of State under this Clause practically takes power to tear up this Bill or to amend it, and not only to amend it but to amend other Acts of Parliament, and to make Orders to do anything that he chooses, whatever the House may have decided. I am under no delusions as to how far the House of Commons or the people of Scotland have had anything to do with this Bill. I know that the people of Scotland were never consulted about the, Bill. I know that it was never mentioned at the last General Election. I know that there is no Member of Parliament for Scotland who had it in his election address. I know that the local authorities were not consulted. I know that the small burghs, the education authorities and all the rest of them had this thing come on them like a clap of thunder in the night.
The hon. Member seems now to be saying what is more fitting for a Third Reading speech.
With great deference, I am seeking to show that this public Bill has had no public assent, and has been crushed through this House, that it has not received the assent of the local authorities of Scotland, that it has been bitterly opposed by the public boards and authorities which will have to administer the Bill, and that these are the people who know most about it.
The hon. Member is raising a very high constitutional question which is, it seems to me, applicable to any Bill, however acceptable that Bill may be to local authorities and others. It is a question which goes far beyond the particular circumstances of this Bill, and I suggest that he must confine himself to that aspect of the matter.
I accept your 'ruling, Sir, and will confine myself to pointing out that the Secretary of State for Scotland is seeking powers to override Acts of Parliament passed by majorities in the House of Commons—however those majorities have been 1514 secured. That will be a matter for discussion on some other occasion. But what is the sense in hon. Members of this House sneering at the Spanish system, or the Russian system, or the Italian system, if this kind of thing is to continue? I say nothing about the present Secretary of State for Scotland as an individual. We are all sorry at the cause of his absence from these discussions, but one individual cannot possibly supervise the multitude of departments concerned in the administration of public affairs in Scotland. Poor Law, education, municipal administration, lunacy, and all the rest—one human being cannot possibly supervise these subjects. Therefore, he has a bureaucracy. He has a staff, no doubt a highly-skilled, very capable and very conscientious staff but not responsible to a democracy.
There is a hierarchy of officials and those officers are bound, in the nature of things, to impose upon this one man who cannot defend himself against them, because he has not the time. It would be physically impossible for him to do so. They can impose their will on the Secretary of State, and, therefore, it is not the Secretary of State who is going to amend these Acts of Parliament; it is a bureaucracy installed either at Dover House or at Edinburgh. If the Committee concede powers such as those asked for in the Clause, they should remember that they are giving those powers, not to the Secretary of State, but to a non-responsible and non-elected bureaucracy. Parliament might as well be suspended. This Bill is being crushed through by means of the Guillotine. Clauses of it have never been discussed and can never be discussed. It is being passed in defiance of the express wish and desire, as far as it can be ascertained, of the people of Scotland. And now the Secretary of State asks for power to amend the Bill itself, to amend other Acts of Parliament not specified, and to amend local legislation not specified, at his own sweet will. The Bill never went before the Scottish Grand Committee. It is being put through, as I say, in defiance of the Scottish people, and the last indignity, the last great humiliation imposed upon us is that one individual is to have powers such as are sought for in Clause 58.
§ Mr. MACQUISTEN
I wish the hon. Member for Dundee (Mr. Johnston) had left aside the statement on which you, Sir, very properly stopped him, as to what was in people's election addresses and what was not in them. A great many things were not in election addresses. For example, there was no mention of the general strike in election addresses.
I would remind the hon. and learned Member that it was at that point that I stopped the hon. Member for Dundee (Mr. Johnston). I hope it is not necessary to say more.
I have only mentioned that matter because with the rest of the hon. Member's statement I am in hearty concurrence. If this Clause is to become law, why take all the trouble and the time about these other parts of the Bill? Why not have made it the first Clause of the Bill? That would have saved a great deal of trouble. A similar Clause was sought to be imposed on Parliament in the English Bill, and this appears to me to indicate some confusion in regard to the draftsmanship of both the English and the Scottish Bills. It is as much as to say, "We are not satisfied with our job; we feel that these Bills contain many cracks and flaws, and we had better put in a provision enabling us to patch them all up if it turns out in the working that such is the case." But It is an impossible sort of Clause to ask Parliament to pass. You might allow a certain amount of elasticity here and there, but to say, as this Clause says, that the Secretary is to have power to make provision for any matters incidental to or consequential on any provision of this Act, including any incidental or consequential adaptations or modifications of any Acts of Parliament. is going too far. In ordinary law, if you pass a new Act which is inconsistent with an old Act, you take the older Act and examine it and proceed in accordance with the terms of the new one in relation to the old one. There are delicate legal gradations about express or implied intention but to give a power of this kind, not as the hon. Member for Dundee has pointed out to a single individual, but to a department and to some one particular official in a department, is an extraordinary proceeding. Departments do extraordinary things. One of the Scottish departments the other day, did an extraordinary thing which is 1516 causing tremendous excitement in Scotland and it has done this thing on its own authority and against the report of one of the Government's own Committees. We never know what a department will do.
It does not know itself.
And when you attempt to raise a matter of this kind you are immediately met by the statement "You must not attack our permanent officials because they cannot defend themselves." Can they not? They can attack the democracy and it is for the people and the representatives of the people to defend themselves against the permanent officials. I can hardly believe that the Secretary of State and his legal advisers can have examined this Clause. Think of the enormous aggregation of local Acts to which it could apply. Think of all this being in the power of some individual in the Scottish Office. It is all very well to say that it has to come up before Parliament and lie for 28 days, but a discussion in Parliament on one of these Orders would be like using a steam hammer to crack a nut. Parliament has not the time for a discussion of that kind unless something very gross in an Order calls for alteration. I would ask the Lord Advocate and those who represent the Secretary of State for Scotland here to take this Clause into serious consideration and to see if it cannot at any rate be modified. I am told that the corresponding English Clause has been modified and this Clause should be modified in the same way if that is the best we can do but my feeling is that it would be much better to drop the Clause altogether.
It is not necessary. There are plenty of regulations and rules giving the Secretary of State power to regulate this and that matter in connection with particular subjects. There should not be this general universal sweeping power to say, "If anybody happens to have made a mistake, we can put it right with our own hands and tell Parliament about it afterwards." The whole Clause is fundamentally unconstitutional. As the hon. Member for Dundee has said, the Spanish dictatorship or the Italian or even the Russian dictatorships would be nothing to this. We have, of course, to remember that Secretaries of State for Scotland 1517 are always reasonable, and that the mass of our people are rational, and it is not necessary to paint too bad a picture of the results of a power of this kind being given to the Secretary of State. But if I had the misfortune to be Secretary of State for Scotland, I would certainly deal drastically with the official responsible for the drafting of this Clause, and I would ask him what he meant by such an extraordinary and unconstitutional proposal.
§ Sir R. HAMILTON
if this Clause had been found in a Chinese Bill, we should have, said, What interesting and amusing people the Chinese are They pass a Bill giving power to a Secretary of State to wave his wand, if he sees, to difficulty, and to make an Order and say, Difficulty, avaunt and the difficulty disappears. They give him every power, if he does not like a Bill, to alter the Bill. How amusing the whole thing is, but then, the Chinese are not free and democratic, and they do not understand things in the same way as we do in this country." But, surely, this is a most impossible Clause to put in any Bill. The Lord Advocate is a lawyer, and I am sure he cannot attempt to defend a power of this sort, giving the Secretary of State power to modify the provisions of this Bill, when it becomes an Act, and any other Act. I quite realise that in a complicated Bill like this there are great difficulties in bringing it into working order, but there must be some limit to the powers given to the Secretary of State, and I would say to the House of Commons that they would be giving up their powers once and for all if they passed a Clause like this allowing a Secretary of State to modify that which this House has passed.
May I say at once that I am sure the Committee will realise that I am handicapped by the absence of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. I understood it was his intention to have a modified Clause drafted. It is quite obvious that there are certain things which you must give scope for putting right in a complicated Bill like this, when all the local conditions cannot possibly be ascertained at once. I mean that in minor matters there must be a certain latitude given. I know exactly what my right hon. Friend's mind on the matter 1518 was. His mind was very much the mind that I should have expected of any Member of this Committee, and that is that he himself, as Secretary of State, did not want to have the responsibility for anything that could possibly be put on the shoulders of Parliament, but that where they were really matters that could not be referred to Parliament, but ought to be carried out by the Secretary of State—I mean matters of pure administration and not really of legislation, —there ought to be a modified power reserved in order to secure that power to him, so as to see that the Bill could be worked out.
Unfortunately, as the Committee is aware, my right hon. Friend was unable to carry on his duties, and I was not called in, and I am afraid it has slipped over, but that undoubtedly is the attitude of my right hon. Friend and what he intended to do. I agree that some modification of this Clause is necessary, although I say at once that some of the statements and some of the readings of this Clause which have been suggested to-day are very exaggerated, because everything is limited in some way or other, and there is no general legislative power given. In fact, it is not as wide as the original English Clause was. It is limited, though it may riot be limited enough. Having told the Committee what the attitude of my right hon. Friend is, I hope they will accept the assurance that my right hon. Friend will certainly attend to the matter and will certainly be aware of what the views of the Committee as a whole are in this matter. Further than that, I am afraid I cannot go.
Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman propose to withdraw the Clause at this moment?
No, I cannot withdraw it.
Does he not propose to withdraw it now and to see what he can produce on the Report stage?
§ Mr. HARDIE
I think the Clause is absolutely necessary to the Bill. From the very beginning of the Bill those who were interested in the debates could see that the Clauses could not work and that 1519 no part of the Bill hung together. There is no possible way of working this Bill without giving power to the Secretary of State to do anything he likes to make it work, and the Bill as it stands is absolutely unworkable without the powers given in this Clause. I shall vote against such power being given to any man but it shows that we have been imposed upon by the people who call themselves superior people, the Government people, the blue-blooded people, with more brains than we have. We understand that when you bring in a Bill you bring it in with a definite function of some kind, but this Bill is indefinite, both in its statement and in its functions, and you cannot have it worked unless you have some power given to a man to say, "This wheel is too big, and the machine cannot work unless I take it out and put in a new one." We had a formula this morning which was going to be the great driving power in the whole structure of this Measure, and what happened? An Amendment was moved by the Government to leave out part of the formula in the shape of the quinquennium, so that that great essential part of the machine was wiped out, proving conclusively what I say.
You have this other power left, and it simply means that everything that stands in the way of what was in the minds of those who drew up this Bill, any obstacle that comes along that it is possible to wipe out, Will be wiped out. That is not legislation, which, if it means anything, means a clear conception of a Bill and of what you seek to change. Here it is so muddy that no one can see clearly even the meaning of a Clause, and because there is no clarity you have to give this power to the Secretary of State to do anything that may be necessary. That is the best argument that this Bill has been drawn up without a clear understanding, that it is a fake, and there is no wisdom or logic in it. Logic is the outcome of a clear understanding, and there is nothing of that kind in this Bill. I hope the Committee will vote solidly against this Clause.
§ Sir HENRY CAUTLEY
As an Englishman, I only interfere in a discussion on this Bill because the discussion raises a question that is common to practically all 1520 Bills that apply to both England and Scotland. I agree with the hon. Member for Dundee (Mr. Johnston), who was definitely in favour of preserving the power of this House. The legislative power should be vested in Parliament and nowhere else. I have been in the House a considerable number of years now, and in recent years the Civil Service have been assuming, because they are the people who draft the Bills, power to confer on themselves legislative powers, which are carried out in a hole and corner manner, without publicity, and without knowledge, which might vitally affect the interests of the subjects of this realm. To that, I am entirely opposed, and any Measure that encroaches on the prerogative of Parliament to be the sole legislative power, or any Measure that seeks to curtail that power, will have my unqualified opposition. The Lord Advocate was, as a reasonable man, very reasonable in the speech that he made, and if this Clause did in fact carry out the limitations that he suggested, if it was only to apply to administrative action and not to alter the law, I should be at one with him, but he was, in my opinion, inaccurate when he stated that this Clause did not go as far as the English Clause. In my view, it goes a very great deal further than the English Clause, to which so much objection was taken, in the autocratic powers that it confers on the Department. There is only one limitation—a substantial limitation, no doubt—in the general powers that he is seeking. That is in the first words of Sub-section (1)- If any difficulty arises in bringing into operation any of the provisions of this Act, That is a very wide provision. The Minister himself is to be the sole judge of whether any difficulty has arisen. He has to say that the difficulty has arisen which enables him to put into force these powers. It is an extraordinary power for this House to delegate to any individual. the Secretary of State may by order remove the difficulty or do any other thing which appears to him necessary or expedient for bringing the said provisions into operation, and any such order may modify the provisions of this Act so far as may appear to him "— He is to be the sole judge. There is to be no control in the Law Courts or anywhere else.
1521 as may appear to him necessary or expedient for carrying the order into effect. That is extraordinary, but the matter of this new Clause goes further than the English Bill, for Sub-section (2) says: The Secretary of State may by order make provision for any matters incidental to or consequential on any provision of this Act,"— What on earth the meaning of those words is I cannot imagine. They are the widest possible words. including any incidental or consequential adaptations or modifications of the provisions "— What of of any Act of Parliament. Not of this Act, but of any Act. It is to be left to the sole discretion of the Minister. I make this protest, because I sincerely hope that the Lord Advocate will very seriously consider some modification of this provision, and that in another place, at any rate, the whole question of the attempt to usurp these powers for the Civil Service will be considered, and that some general power—because I am inclined to agree with the Lord Advocate that in bringing in a large Measure of this kind some power to ease the wheels, to deal with minor matters and matters of pure administration, is necessary—shall be given in words to provide that there shall he no alteration in, or diminution of, the legislative power of an Act of Parliament. Subject to that limitation, I agree that some general form of words should be put in, and I hope that another place, at any rate, if we do not do so here, may work out such a Clause.
I was very glad to find, from the Lord Advocate's statement, that the Secretary of State for Scotland himself does not desire to have such a wipe scope. That, I think, is confirmation of a point I made in an earlier discussion, that we had been in Scotland largely led along the lines laid down by an English Minister. I find now that my point is established, although the Under-Secretary was very keen in resenting it, at the time. The Minister of Health, in dealing with the English Bill, has in some degree modified the position, and to some extent there is a modification here. It is satisfactory, however, to hear such a deliverance as that to which we have just 1522 listened from the other side of the Committee as regards the momentous importance of this decision, and there should be a very strong expression of opinion, from the representatives of Scotland concerning this particular extension of a power which we recognise as having grown steadily over the years.
A point has been made about the criticism of the House of Commons in regard to carrying through legislation far too readily by, means of the Guillotine, and that criticism has been strengthened by the claim that those who hold the view of our constitutionalism being a bit of a farce are in this connection certainly supported very effectively. If you are going to let this sort of thing go through without strong opposition, then there will be on our part a failure, and a failure we shall have some difficulty in defending against those who are anxious to under mine our constitutional system. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that all parties in the House should sustain the claim that no Secretary of State should have such powers because, for one thing, as has already been pointed out, it is not simply the particular individual who may hold the office, but in reality the departmental system which is getting hold of the Parliamentary machine and controlling it to such a degree that it is really despoiling the true influence of our democatio institutions. There ought to be a frank recognition of the fact that, while we are extending the franchise, and bringing in new elements to control, as far as the franchise does give control of our Parliamentary life, unless we check it the departmental power is steadily gaining hold of the Parliamentary machine to a degree that will make utterly ridiculous even this vast extension of the franchise. We ought rigidly to maintain opposition to anything of this kind.
No one here, I suppose, would for a moment disparage at all those who have the control, as far as that control is legitimate, in the Civil Service. We have an excellent staff doing their duty thoroughly, but if it is the desire, which I maintain has been shown throughout the whole of this Bill, to make a complete upheaval of our local government system, I am thoroughly in agreement with the hon. Member for Springburn (Mr. Hardie), when he argued that 1523 in truth the Secretary of State for Scotland would logically require the powers that are given in this Clause, because of the detachment that exists beween several of the Clauses in the Bill and because also of the extraordinary ramifications of the whole Measure. For instance, the right hon. Gentleman ought to have the power to say to a town council or a county council: "You are not doing your duty; you ought to be doing this," or: "You must do that," or: "You are pursuing a course or making such an expenditure which I maintain, in view of all the circumstances in your particular area, ought not to be allowed, and you must stop it." Therefore, logically, this power given to the Secretary of State needs to be upheld, but those of us who have been in opposition to the Bill as a whole, and more especially on the issue which we are now considering, are bound —especially in view of the reply of the Lord Advocate—to vote against the Clause.
Mr. W. ADAMSON
I am sure that the other Members of the Committee, like myself, were quite pleased to hear the Lord Advocate intimate that the Secretary of State for Scotland and he had talked over this Clause. Evidently, they have come to the conclusion that they will have great difficulty in getting the Committee to consent to give to the Secretary of State the powers which the Clause confers upon him, and they have some idea of modifying those powers. The Lord Advocate, in giving us his opinion, however, did not indicate that any modification that might be made would be of the nature suggested by the hon. and learned Member for East Grinstead (Sir H. Cautley). That hon. and learned Gentleman said that it was necessary to have some minor power reserved to the Secretary of state to enable him to overcome difficulties that might arise in the working out of this Act of Parliament. We had no indication of that kind from the Lord Advocate. The Lord Advocate simply said that he would discuss this matter with his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, but he gave us no indication that the Amendment to be made between now and the Report stage would be of such a substantial character as to meet with the approval of either side of 1524 the Committee. I take it from what has been said by hon. Members supporting the Government, as well as by hon. Members on our own side, that they are of opinion that the powers given here are of far too vital a character to be placed in the hands either of the Secretary of State for Scotland or of any other single individual. The hon. and learned Member for East Grinstead pointed out some of the powers reserved to the Secretary of State, and I am not going over that ground again. In addition to those powers, the Clause also gives the power to make orders so far as any local Act of Parliament is concerned.
The Government and the Tory party have been claiming that this Bill, if 'it becomes law, will give more power to the local authorities. This Clause justifies our opposition and gives the lie to a statement of that kind, because here you have the Secretary of State reserving to himself the power to deal with and modify any local Act of Parliament, and to take away the power which the local authorities already possess instead of giving them more power. There is only one virtue in this Clause. If it passes in anything like its present form, some future Secretary of State for Scotland will be able to use these powers to wipe out this Act of Parliament altogether. The Act will be found impracticable to work, and the power will be left to some future Secretary of State to wipe out the whole thing.
§ Captain FANSHAWE
With great respect to the right hon. Gentleman who has just spoken, and who has told us that this Clause will leave some abiding power in the hands of the Secretary of State for Scotland, I would point out that, as I read it, the Clause certainly stops here: If any difficulty arises in bringing into operation any of the provisions of this Act. Therefore, I believe those words will ensure that the Clause only gives certain powers of certain kinds to the Secretary of State, by which he will be able to sweep aside all obstructions to the setting up the machine upon which the House will have decided when the Bill becomes an Act. I am borne out in that view by going a little further on, and seeing the words: The powers conferred by this Section shall not be exercised after the thirty-first day of December, 1931.
§ Mr. STEWART
That is the first Subsection.
That may be. I quite agree with my hon. Friend the Member for St. Rollox (Mr. Stewart) that it may be necessary, later on, to recast in a little way the following Sub-sections, but we have had an assurance from the Lord Advocate that he is not quite satisfied with the drafting of this particular Clause. At the same time, I do not think that the Committee can overlook the fact that these are not permanent, powers given to the Secretary of State but are only powers for giving assistance to the local bodies in drawing up their schemes.
If the hon. and gallant Gentleman will look at the last sentence of Sub-section (1), he will see that only that Sub-section is limited to 1931. The subsequent. Sub-sections are under no limitation at all.
If the hon. and learned Member for Argyllshire (Mr. Macquisten) had given me the honour of his attention a little earlier in my remarks, and had listened to the hon. Member for St. Rollox, he would have' known that I was in agreement with the point which he has raised, and so, obviously, was the Lord Advocate. The Lord Advocate has told us that he and the Secretary of State for Scotland are going into the matter to make it quite clear. I am in agreement with the hon. and learned Member for Argyllshire, but in regard to setting up schemes by local authorities we have already discussed all that in Clause 14. where it definitely lays down the time by which the schemes have to be submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval. We need not go back on Clause 14, but it is obvious that, if the local authorities are going to have full, power to set up proper schemes, the Secretary of State, on his side, must demand certain powers for a limited time to remove obstructions. I believe that that is what this Clause seeks to do. If what I say be the case, then we can leave the matter quite safely in the hands of the Lord Advocate, and we shall find that, after consultation between him and the Secretary of State for Scotland, these first words of the Clause will be made more definite, so as to govern the whole Clause. I think the Committee might 1526 give the Secretary of State strong powers of administration, so that the machine which we are setting up may be put into working order without undue delay or friction.
§ Mr. BARR
It is quite true that, as the hon. and gallant Gentleman has just, said, there are certain limitations on this power, particularly in regard to date. But it has been pointed out by the hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for Argyllshire (Mr. Macquisten) that this limitation in the matter of dates in the first Sub-section is only up to the end of 1931. But that limitation gives considerable scope to the Secretary of State for Scotland, who can do a great deal of damage between now and the end of 1931, supposing he were to continue as Secretary of State for that time. Secondly, the power is limited in regard to bringing into operation the provision of this Bill and what relates thereto, but beyond that the powers are exceedingly wide. Not only can the Secretary of State modify the provisions of this Act of Parliament but he can also modify any incidental or consequential adaptations and modifications of the provisions of any Act of Parliament. He can interfere with local Acts of Parliament. These are very numerous and they are sure to be effected in a very vital way by the in bringing of the operation of this Act.
Therefore, in that regard, the right hon. Gentleman has powers, as has been already said to-day, that should not be given to any one man or to any one Department. They range over a very wide field and permit of an interference that I think would be disastrous and would be a precedent in the constitutional history of this country. It is because I feel that, that I think we should take steps to-day to secure that these widening powers should not be given to the Secretary of State for Scotland, in the same way as we desire that they should not be given to the Minister of Health in England. I think it was in the reign of George III that a resolution was passed stating that the power of the Crown "has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." I think we can apply that to the Secretary of State for Scotland and say that his power has increased, is increasing, and, in matters of this kind, should be diminished.
"Abated."
I did not intend to use that particular quotation when I rose to speak, and I did not have the advantage of looking it up, but I am pleased to find that I was so accurate that I missed only one word, in my recollection of a quotation travelling back to the time of George III. I will venture upon another quotation, and with that I will resume my seat, and I hope that I will be as nearly accurate this time as I was the last time. I think it was when James VI came to be James I of England that he boasted what he could do by his pen and he said: Here I sit and govern Scotland by my pen.…which others could not do by the sword. I think that in this Clause the Secretary of State for Scotland has taken power to govern Scotland by his pen. We are not content that Scotland should be governed even by the pen of the House of Commons and by the control of these Houses of Parliament and still more do we object to one individual however much we may respect and honour him, attempting to govern Scotland by his pen, or to cancel and alter and, in some cases, practically to obliterate local and general Acts of Parliament.
§ 3.0.P.M.
I do not propose to take up much time as I have already spoken to my Amendment to leave out Sub-section (1), but I should like to say how glad I was to hear from the Lord Advocate that the Secretary of State for Scotland was not entirely pleased with the wording of this Clause. That means that the power's are too wide, and that opinion appears to be shared by the Lord Advocate and the Secretary of State for Scotland. It was for that reason that I put my Amendment down to leave out Subsection (1). As there seems to be some desire to limit the powers of the Secretary of State for Scotland I would suggest one way in which I think it might be clone. The second paragraph of Subsection (1) limits these powers in that they can only be used until 1931.I would suggest that that period 1931 should apply not only to Sub-section (1) but also to Sub-section (2) and to Sub-section (3). In that way the Secretary of State for Scotland ought to be able to arrive at what is necessary in the way of amending Acts of Parliament 1528 within that time, and I think it would be a very great safeguard that the powers of the Secretary of State should not be unlimited for years to come. I think it would be a good thing if the second paragraph of Sub-section (1) were moved from the bottom of the first paragraph of that Sub-section and put at the end of the third Sub-section, in order that the provisions of that paragraph might also apply to the succeeding paragraphs. In the English Bill the time within which any alteration is allowed to be made is 31st December, 1930, but in this Bill we have up till 1931. If they can amend and make adjustments in the English Bill to the various Acts of Parliament by the end of 1930, I fail to see why that could not be done in the case of Scotland.
§ Major ELLIOT
The suggestion which has been made by my hon. Friend, who, as we all know, has taken considerable interest in the subject and has raised constitutional points, is a suggestion which certainly merits consideration. I think the suggestion that the date should he added in the case of Sub-section (2) and Sub-section (3) is a reasonable suggestion which might well be considered. Whether it may be the same date as the date which is in Sub-section (1) of course I cannot say; not having the knowledge of my right hon. and learned Friend, it would he improper for me to dogmatise on the subject. But I have been in consultation with our advisers, and I think there is no doubt that the mind of the Secretary of State for Scotland had been moving along that line. It should be quite possible for us to make the limitation in date cover Subsection (2) and Sub-section (3) as well. I do not want to go further than that at the moment, but I throw out these points as showing that, when the Lord Advocate promised to look into the matter with the Secretary of State, he was not merely promising to look into it in a negative kind of way, but with a genuine desire to modify it along the lines which the Committee have pressed upon the Government this morning. In giving that indication, I hope it will be regarded as proof of the bona fides of the Government, and that the Committee will accept the assurance of the Lord Advocate that he will go into it with a genuine desire to modify the Clause in conformity with the principles which the House of Commons 1529 have already accepted, and of which the Committee have given an illustration this morning.
Will the Under-Secretary kindly reply to the last part of my question, as to the year?
I am afraid it would not be possible for me to go into that point at present.
One is almost tempted to accept the position as laid down by the hon. Member for Central Aberdeen (Mr. R. W. Smith) and accepted by the Under-Secretary. It is more than probable that by 1931 a new Secretary of State will be in office. [Interrpution] I said it was more than probable. I do not go further than that. It may be that the outlook of the new Secretary of State and the Under-Secretary may be somewhat different from that of the present Secretary of State and Under-Secretary, but these will have between 1929 and 1931 to make what alterations they think proper in the main Act and in the local Act, and thereby to strengthen the position from their point of view, though very much weakening it from the point of view of us on this side of the House. We on this side of the House, who may then be in office, would then have practically no power to say "yea" or "nay" to the nefarious work which they would have done. I want to protect the House from that possibility. There is one proviso which I think is inequitable and unworkable, and that is the idea of carrying out this work by 31st December, 1931, because no man in the position in which the Under-Secretary is just now nor any Law Officer connected with the Scottish Office, can possibly foresee what will emerge either in connection with the principal Act or any local Act having a bearing on this, the greatest change in local government which has taken place in our time.
I suggest to the powers that be that they should take heed of what they are doing in fulfilment of their claim that they desire to maintain and strengthen democracy and strengthen the power of local government, because if there is one thing in this Bill which strengthens bureaucracy more than anything else it is 1530 Clause 58. That nullifies, to an exceptional degree, the powers of the local authorities or even of this House, because although there is a provision in it that an Order is to be laid on the Table of the House we all know what that amounts to in practice. Really the Clause gives to the Secretary of State the most autocratic powers which have existed since the days referred to by my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell (Mr. Barr), when Scotland and England were governed by the wisest fool in Christendom. We ought not to allow of the possibility of history repeating itself, and I suggest to the Government that they should withdraw this provision and make a fresh proposal on the Report stage. They ought to withdraw it without reservation, for it is bad in essence, and it is hon. Members opposite who will ultimately discover that to be the case. The Government are making something like a boomerang, something they think will hit and control us; but boomerangs come back again, and it is possible that this one will strike in a direction very different from that which is intended.
§ Sir EDMUND TURTON
I do not wish to speak on this Clause except from the constitutional point of view, and in that respect I wish to say that I am perfectly horrified at the Clause we are discussing. I quite agree that it is immaterial whether on this question we are dealing with the present Secretary of State for Scotland or the Secretary of State who has been foreshadowed in two or three years' time. We are responsible for legislation, and we have no right to put temptation in the way of any Minister to be guided by officials who are no doubt very well meaning and well intentioned, but who might be so misguided as to suggest certain methods in the carrying out of this Bill which might be entirely contrary to anything which hon. Members would wish to see put forward. In a matter of this kind we ought to be very careful.
It has been well said that in matters of this kind we go from precedent to precedent, and I was very sorry when the English Bill was being discussed to learn that the Clause which so many of us objected to in the English Bill was founded on the Rating and Valuation Bill of two years ago. That is going to be used against us if we allow this Clause to go 1531 through without protest. Legislation is carried on in a somewhat haphazard fashion. Clauses are carried without proper discussion and in the case of the English and Scottish Local Government Bills unquestionably many Clauses have gone through without adequate or full discussion. Therefore, in order to ensure the proper carrying out of this Measure in accordance with the intentions of the party which has brought it forward, you must give some power to the Minister within certain well regulated and defined limits.
I do not believe that in any quarter of the House there would be found any hon. Member who would say that the Minister should not be allowed a certain amount of administrative liberty in order to carry out the intentions of this Bill, and in order to see that they are properly carried out. One cannot help noticing not only in the Debate this afternoon, but also in the Debates which took place in Committee and on the Report stage of the English Bill that there was a great amount of destructive observations against the Clause, but I did not notice very many constructive suggestions. I cannot conceive why it would not be possible with those precedents in mind to see if a Standing Committee of both Houses could not be established with Mr. Speaker in the Chair, and these matters might be referred to such a Committee.
There would be three possibilities. In the first place, they could say "yes" to any proposition placed before the Committee. They might decide that the difficulty was one which obviously ought to be met, that the subject should be dealt with at once, or they could defer it until Parliament was again sitting. Thirdly, the Standing Committee could refuse to grant the application. I think a proposal of that kind could he carried out with the general assent and consent of all sides of the House. In the meantime until we get some Standing Order of that sort I hope the Lord Advocate will see his way to introduce limiting words, and certainly a date more in accordance with what we have inserted in the English Bill so that the Minister will be restricted to dealing with administrative difficulties and those alone. I apologise to my hon. Friends representing Scotland for interfering in what is 1532 essentially a Scottish matter, but I approach this question from a constitutional point of view as an old Member of Parliament and I hate giving bureaucracy the powers that are now being given to them.
§ Sir P. FORD
Whilst I was glad to have assurances from the Lord Advocate and the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland that in regard to this proposal their intentions were just and honourable, I must say that in my opinion there will have to be a large amount of redrafting of this Clause before it will be acceptable to this Committee. The Under-Secretary of State for Scotland has left the impression on the Committee that what is required is merely the putting in of dates in Sub-sections (2), (3), (4) and (5) as well as in Sub-section (1). As the hon. Member for Motherwell (Mr. Barr) pointed out, a date is not the sole protection, because the Secretary of State need not go on repeating the offence, if it be an offence; he can do a good deal of damage if he is misguided, either by his Department or otherwise, before the date. It ought not to be beyond the ability of the Lord Advocate, the Secretary of State, and the Under-Secretary, with Departmental assistance, to make clear what are the provisions that they need in Sub-section (1). I think their intentions are in accord with those of the Committee, but they are not expressed in the Clause, and are not sufficiently safeguarded by the date.
The other Sub-sections are much more ominous. I do not think for a moment that, as was suggested from the Front Bench opposite, this was some device for scoring off the Opposition. As practical men we have far more to do than that; we are not electioneering, but are trying to get a workable Measure. But, with the most admirable intentions, there has been very bad drafting here, and it is a matter that is more serious in principle, as well as in detail, than seems to be recognised by those on the Front Government Bench. I am certain, however, that if they will give their minds to it, they will be able to produce something which will be acceptable to the House.
§ Dr. SHIELS
One thing that is of interest in this connection is that, while we Scotsmen believe that Scotland is a 1533 more democratic country, and has more democratic traditions, than the country South of the Tweed, the provisions of this Bill are even more drastic than in the corresponding English Measure, as is also, indeed, the case with the alterations in local government which the Bill makes. It is very difficult to understand why that should be. Everything in these Sub-sections is contrary to the whole tradition of Scotland. In connection with our Scottish Church, in connection with Scottish education, we have always objected to anything in the nature of hierarchy or dictatorship by the Government, and, therefore, it is natural that this Clause should arouse special indignation in the people of Scotland. We are very glad that our plea has been reinforced by the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Sir E. Turton), who has intervened so effectively, in our Debate this afternoon, and I think it ought to be pointed out that it is obvious that we on this side are moved solely by democratic considerations, because, if what we anticipate came to pass, a Secretary of State for Scotland of another political persuasion might have power to do a great many things which, to our minds, would be admirable and useful, by means of this Clause. We are, however, prepared to have the democratic method, and we are very glad to think that this chorus of protest is likely to produce a Clause, if any Clause of the kind be needed, more in accord with the tradition and democratic sentiment of the people of Scotland.
I want to make the object of this Clause quite clear, because my hon. Friend the Member for North Edinburgh (Sir P. Ford) does not seem to appreciate the extent of the observations that I made. I am entirely in agreement with what my hon. and gallant Friend the Under Secretary has
§ said, and do not see any difficulty in putting a limiting date in dub-sections (2) and (3). I hope I made quite clear to the Committee the attitude of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, namely, that he does not want to relieve Parliament of responsibility for anything which can possibly be left on the shoulders of Parliament, and that it was only in so far as it was absolutely essential to carry out what are really administrative and not legislative matters that he wanted to retain the Clause. Therefore, the Clause must be retained for some purposes. I said that it was in view of that attitude that a revision of the Clause would be undertaken. I have repeated it in case sonic hon. Members might perhaps not have clearly understood what I was in tending to say and in case other hon. Members might not have been present when I said it. That is the attitude of the Government.
Seeing that the Lord Advocate has twice said in this House that the Clause as it stands is not the Clause which the Secretary of State for Scotland arid the Government hope to see finally in the Act, is there any necessity why they should push this Clause through to-day? Is it not possible for the Lord Advocate to withdraw this Clause which he does not intend to be placed permanently in the Act and bring forward, on the Report stage, some form of words which may be considered by the House on their merits. As the thing stands now, he is actually asking the House of Commons to put through, on the Committee stage, a Clause which on his own admission neither he nor the Government intend shall remain permanent.
§ Question put, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 164; Noes, 91.
Division No. 225.] AYES. [3.23 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Berry, Sir George Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston)
Albery, Irving James Brass, Captain W. Charteris, Brigadier-General J
Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) Brassey, Sir Leonard Churchman, Sir Arthur C.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Clayton, G. C.
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Brings, J. Harold Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D.
Ashley, Li-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Briscoe, Richard George Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George
Atholl, Duchess of Brocklebank, C. E. R. Conway, Sir W. Martin
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. Couper, J. B.
Balfour, George (Hainpstead) Broun-Lindsay, Major H. Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L.
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Brown,Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington,N.)
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Buckingham, Sir H. Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe)
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick)
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Bullock, Captain M. Dalkeith, Earl of
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish Campbell, E. T. Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester)
Dawson, Sir Philip Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Eden, Captain Anthony Lloyd, Cyril E (Dudley) Sandeman, N. Stewart
Edmondson, Major A. J. Looker, Herbert William Sanders, Sir Robert A.
Elliot, Major Walter E. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vers Sanderson, Sir Frank
Erskine, James Malcolm Montelth Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Falls, Sir Bertram Q. MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen Savery, S. S.
Fanshawe, Captain G. D. Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl.(Renfrew,W.)
Ferrnoy, Lord Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) Shepperson, E. W.
Ford, Sir P. J. Macintyre, I. Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Unly., Belfast)
Forestier-Walker, Sir L. McLean, Major A. Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n A Kinc'dlne.C.)
Foster, Sir Harry S. Macmillan, Captain H. Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Fraser, Captain Ian Macquisten, F. A. Smithers, Waldron
Gates, Percy MacRobert, Alexander M. Southby, Commander A. R. J.
Goff, Sir Park Margesson, Captain D. Spender-Clay, Colonel H.
Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter Meller, R. J. Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G.F.
Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Stanley, Lord (Fylde)
Grotrlan, H. Brent Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. Streatfelld, Captain S. R.
Hamilton, Sir George Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Hammersley, S. S. Moore, Sir Newton J. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Hanbury, C. Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Sugden, Sir Wilfrid
Harrison, G. J. C. Murchison, Sir Kenneth Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Hartington, Marquess of Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell
Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Tinne, J. A.
Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M Nuttall, Ellis Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Henderson.Capt.R.R. (Oxt'd, Henley) O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) Wallace, Captain D. E.
Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian Oman, Sir Charles William C. Ward Lt.-Col.A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull)
Henn, Sir Sydney H. Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William Warner, Brigadier-General W. W.
Herbert, S.(York.N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Warrender, Sir Victor
Hills, Major John Waller Peto, G. (Somerset, Frame) Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle)
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Pilcher, G. Watts, Sir Thomas
Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) Power, Sir John Cecil Wayland, Sir William A.
Hopkins, J. W. W. Pownall, Sir Assheton Wells, S. R.
Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) Preston, Sir Walter (Cheltenham) White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple
Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. Ramsden, E. Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'tS'y) Womersley, W. J.
Iveagh, Countess of Ropner, Major L. Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) Ross, R. D.
James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) Rye, F. G. Major Sir George Hennessy and Captain Bowyer.
Knox, Sir Alfred Salmon, Major I.
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Hardle, George D. Shepherd, Arthur Lewie
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Hayes, John Henry Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Ammon, Charles George Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Barnes, A. Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) Sitch, Charles H.
Barr, J. Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Batey, Joseph Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Snell, Harry
Beckett, John (Gateshead) Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip
Bellamy, A. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Bondfield, Margaret Kelly, W. T. Strauss, E. A.
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Kennedy, T. Sutton. J. E.
Broad, F. A. Lawrence, Susan Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Bromley, J. Lawson, John James Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel Lee, F. Thome, W. (West Ham, Plalstow)
Cautley, Sir Henry s. Lowth, T. Thurtle, Ernest
Charieton, H. C. Lunn, William Tinker, John Joseph
Cluse, W. S. MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R MacLaren, Andrew Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough
Cove, W. G. Malone, C. L'Estrangc (N'thampton) Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Maxton, James Wellock, Wilfred
Crawfurd, H. E. Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) Welsh, J. C.
Dalton, Hugh Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Westwood, J.
Day, Harry Murnin, H. Whiteley, W.
Dennison, R. Naylor, T. E. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Duncan, C. Oliver, George Harold Williams, T. (York Don Valley)
Dunnico, H. Palin, John Henry Windsor, Walter
Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) Paling, W. Wright, W.
England, Colonel A. Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Forrest, W. Potts, John S.
Gardner, J. P. Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W.Bromwich) Mr. T. Henderson and Mr. Charles Edwards.
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colnl) Scrymgeour, E.
Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston)
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HL Deb 05 July 1939 vol 113 cc1011-68 1011
§ THE EARL OF LYTTON rose to call attention to the nature and magnitude of the refugee problem created by the political conditions in some countries and to the opportunities for its alleviation afforded by the economic needs of certain other countries; and to move for Papers. The noble Earl said: My Lords, I have placed on the Order Paper the Motion that stands in my name in order to give me an opportunity of bringing to your Lordships' notice a human problem of great complexity arising out of the disturbed political conditions in many parts of Europe. There have been great tragedies from time to time in the history of the world, caused either by the convulsions of Nature or by human action, or by a combination of the two, but never has a single catastrophe created such a volume of human misery and suffering as that which is involved in the problem of either the actual or the potential refugees in Europe. There is no immediate solution of the problem, but I think if all the facts of it were generally known every country would wish to do whatever was possible in order to provide a remedy.
§ My first object in putting down this Motion is to remind your Lordships of the nature and magnitude of the problem in the hope that as the result of what may be said in your Lordships' House every possible remedy may be examined. At the outset let me mention the various voluntary organisations which have undertaken the task of relief, and some of which have supplied me with the facts that I am laying before your Lordships to-day. They are the Council for German Jewry, the German Jewish Aid Committee, the Christian Council for 1012 Refugees, the Catholic Committee, the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, the Arts and Letters Refugee Committee, the International Student Service, the International Hebrew Christian Alliance, the International Christian Committee for German Refugees, the International Solidarity Fund, the Save the Children Fund, the Armenian (Lord Mayor's) Fund, the German Emergency Committee of the Society of Friends, the British Committee for Refugees from Spain, the British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slovakia and, lastly, the Co-ordinating Committee for Refugees, on which most of those I have mentioned are represented. Lord Hailey is the Chairman of that Committee, and I had hoped that he would be present to-day to take part in this discussion. He would have been here had the debate taken place on the date originally fixed last week, but unfortunately the change of date was not convenient to Lord Hailey, and he is not able to be present to-day.
§ There are sixteen different organisations which are known to me, and there may, for all I know, be others. All these organisations are administering funds which have been subscribed by the charitable public for the relief of refugees, and they are trying, within the limits necessarily imposed upon all voluntary work, to bring relief to at least a fraction of the sufferers. These organisations are unanimous in wishing me to bring to the notice of the Government and Parliament the inadequacy of their combined efforts to alleviate more than a fraction of the numbers involved. They assure me that they have received every possible sympathy and help from the officials of the various Government Departments with which they have been brought in contact, and they also recognise gratefully the generosity with which the public has responded to the various appeals.
§ Your Lordships may perhaps not be aware of the number and variety of these appeals. May I mention some of them? The Baldwin Fund alone has produced £500,000; the Mansion House Fund, initiated by the late Lord Mayor, has exceeded £350,000, and many thousands of pounds have no doubt been raised also by other funds. The Council for German Jewry has raised, since 1933—they are 1013 quite a small Jewish community—no less a sum than £3,000,000, of which £700,000 was contributed during the period covered by the Baldwin Fund. Then £1,000,000 has been subscribed for sufferers from the Spanish war, either for the relief of refugees in this country or for the temporary accommodation of Basque children, or in fitting out food ships for Spain. Lastly, £184,000 has been raised for the Chinese victims of the war in the Far East. Altogether, in a few years, £5,000,000 has been raised through private charity in this country. And let me say what the representatives of these societies cannot say for themselves, how splendid has been the voluntary service which they have contributed. As a work of human charity what has been done and is being done for these unhappy refugees is indeed beyond all praise, but the problem far exceeds the scope of private charity or voluntary effort. My first object, therefore, is to give your Lordships some idea of the nature and the extent of this problem, because, if once that is understood, it will become apparent, I think, that the problem is far larger than can be dealt with by private charity.
§ This refugee problem is no new one. As a result of the War and of the settlement after the War, a large number of persons found themselves Stateless and without the means of providing themselves with identity papers. Many others had to be moved from one country to another. The work of providing for these people was undertaken and successfully carried through by the League of Nations, a work which will ever be honourably associated with Fridtjof Nansen; but just when it was thought that the refugee work of the League of Nations was completed and it was actually proposed to close down the Nansen Refugee Office at Geneva, a vast new refugee problem, far greater than had ever been known before, was created by the wholesale persecution of Jews in Central Europe—a persecution which began in Germany, then extended first to Austria and subsequently to Czecho-Slovakia. And it is not only those of the Jewish faith who have swelled this vast tide of human suffering. Thousands of Christians also have been included in this persecution. In the first place, the definition of "Jew" or "non-Aryan" includes persons of only partial Jewish descent perhaps with one Jewish grandparent 1014 or even with one Jewish great-grandparent. The persecution also pursues Communists, Social Democrats, even persons of mildly Liberal views. I myself, I have no doubt, would be a victim of such persecution if I lived in Germany. And so far as the persecution of Czechs in Czecho-Slovakia goes to-day, the Czech victims are persons whose only fault is that they have been loyal and patriotic citizens of Czecho-Slovakia. All these people are forced to choose between the probability of a living death in a concentration camp or exile from their country.
§ Each successive occupation by Germany of neighbouring States has done much more than merely extend the area of her oppressive laws, because those who were persecuted in Germany at the beginning of the Nazi régime, sought refuge in Austria and then later, when Austria was occupied by Nazi troops, they fled for safety to Czecho-Slovakia, where they were again overtaken after a few months. The number of such people who have succeeded in leaving the German Reich since 1933 is about 300,000. But their settlement is only a fraction of the real problem, because the most distressing feature of this whole matter is the condition of those who have not yet succeeded in escaping and whose piteous appeals are received in this country almost daily. In the territories now under the German Reich there are still some 850,000 Jews and, of course, a very large number of non-Aryan Christians who may be ultimately forced out of their respective countries and whose present condition, even before that happens, is one of the greatest possible destitution and insecurity.
§ But that is not all. In Hungary there are about 500,000 Jews already subject to rigorous anti-Semitic laws and threatened with probable exile in the near future. In Poland the Jews number 3,000,000, or 10 per cent. of the whole population. Although there has been a Jewish community in Poland since the twelfth century, the Poles to-day are showing an inclination to follow the German example, and they sometimes complain that whereas great efforts have been made in other countries to receive the Jewish victims of German persecution, no such efforts are being made to receive the Jews from Poland, who, up to now, have been treated with far greater humanity. In Rumania also there is a 1015 Jewish population of 1,000,000 which constitutes a very real problem and increases the tension in Eastern Europe.
§ I do not suggest, of course, that all the Jews in Poland or Rumania or Hungary must necessarily be included in the number of those for whom some refuge in another country must be found. What I do mean is that a proportion of such people must be included, and the outbreak of anti-Semitism in Central Europe recently has made for these people a position of great insecurity and anxiety. In addition to those from Central Europe, 420,000 Russian and Armenian refugees under the protection of the League of Nations have still to be settled. Lastly, there are the victims of the Spanish Civil War. I am told that the number of Spanish refugees in France at the present moment is 300,000. Even those who are willing and able to return to Spain cannot do so more rapidly than at the rate of 6,000 a month, and, of course, there are many who will never be able to go back to Spain at all and for whom some permanent home must be found elsewhere. It has been estimated that some of those might go to Mexico and the Mexican Government have offered to take about 25,000 to 30,000. Transport has to be found for those people. The British Committee for Refugees from Spain have arranged transport to Mexico for 1,800 Spanish refugees at a cost of £25,000. It is obvious that private charity cannot provide transport for all of them.
§ Such, my Lords, is the nature, such is the magnitude of this refugee problem. I hope I have said enough to show that it is quite beyond the scope of private charity; but let me hasten to add that I am not suggesting for a moment that all these unfortunate people can be accommodated in lands under British control or that they should become a charge upon British taxpayers. If such an idea were to get about, it would, I am afraid, turn what is now a very genuine feeling of sympathy into one of great anxiety and possibly actual hostility. I will deal in a moment with the machinery required to deal with a problem of this sort, but first let me correct another impression which I think is very prevalent. It must not be assumed that all these people, whose condition at the moment is so piteous and whose future is so hopeless, are in themselves helpless or inefficient, 1016 and that their transfer into other countries must necessarily mean a burden upon the country which receives them. That is far from the case. Many of these people are of high technical skill and great educational attainments. They are well able, if allowed, to render real service to the countries in which they settle in return for any help which they may receive. Even those who have the least to give can do something, because, after all, they have to be housed, fed, clothed and warmed, and the provision of housing and food and clothing and fuel will bring employment to the persons who supply these things.
§ It is a complete fallacy to suppose that every foreigner who obtains employment in this country necessarily deprives a British workman of employment. All the economists who have written on this subject—I believe without a single exception—have agreed that that is not the case. The whole of our past history confirms the views of these writers. I am sorry that the noble Lord who leads the Opposition in this House is not here to-day, because he, too, has written on this subject, and I am sure he would bear me out in my contention that it is quite fallacious to suppose that a job given to a foreigner is necessarily taken away from an Englishman. Moreover, we have official confirmation of this view, because in December last the Home Secretary stated in the House of Commons that 11,000 refugees had been settled in this country and as a result about 15,000 British workers had been employed who otherwise would not have been employed. Sir John Hope Simpson, writing on this point at a somewhat later date, puts the number rather higher and states that 20,000 British workmen have received employment as a result of German immigration.
§ When I was speaking of the philanthropic aspect of this question, I gave certain facts and figures to show that the private organisations and the charitable public had responded with zeal and generosity to the appeals made to them. I contended that the problem was not merely a philanthropic one; but if we were to compare what this country as a whole has done with what other countries as a whole have done, it would appear that their contribution had been very much greater than ours—not only large countries like France but also small countries like Holland and Belgium. The 1017 noble Earl, Lord Plymouth, gave the figures in this House last December when he stated that the number of refugees in France was 250,000; and of course many more have been received from Spain since then. He stated that Holland had received 25,000 compared with our 11,000. I think it is time that, in accordance with our traditional policy, this country should make a greater contribution to the solution of this problem because it has always been a tradition of this country to welcome on our shores the political refugees from other parts of the world. Our industries have materially benefited in the past from these successive immigrations, and they may very well do so again in the future.
§ That brings me to the second part of the Motion which I have placed on the Order Paper. I am anxious to present this problem to your Lordships as one of opportunity rather than as a hopeless problem of human misery. There are in the world to-day many tracts of country which are under-populated and the economic resources of which need capital and labour for their development. Countries capable of such development within the British Empire are Australia, New Zealand, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, British Guiana and British Honduras. Outside the British Empire there are many South American Republics: Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay. There are also Portuguese East Africa and parts of Angola. Of course, I may be wrong about one or two of these, and there may be others that I have not mentioned, but those are the countries which have been mentioned in this connection by those who have spoken and written on the subject—countries which are under-populated and under-developed and which need capital and labour for their development. Some of them are at this moment actually seeking for loans and have notified their intention and willingness to receive immigrants if the immigration can be financed.
§ The problem, therefore, is to find some means of relating the needs of the individual refugees with the economic needs of the countries that are under-developed and might be willing to receive them. It is impossible, when speaking of countries that might benefit from a large immigration, not to mention Palestine, a country 1018 which was offered to the Jews in which to build their National Home, the country where they have so conspicuously demonstrated their capacity for successful settlement, the land to which those now being persecuted in Europe look most longingly, and which I am confident, if they were allowed, they could with their capital and labour in a very few years make the most prosperous country in the world. This is not the occasion to revive the unhappy controversy which was aroused by the White Paper of the Government, but I think it is relevant to the matter that we are discussing to-day to say that the moment chosen for the reversal of policy foreshadowed in that White Paper has accentuated the cruelty of the announcement contained in it.
§ So much for the possible areas of reception; I come now to the question of machinery. The present plight of those who are unwanted in their present surroundings must, of course, be the first consideration. It is quite impossible for these unhappy people to wait for the ten or twenty years which might be required before some of the larger schemes of development could be completed. I fear they would be dead long before that period was up. But if only one or two of these large schemes could be examined and decided upon quickly, and if financial provision could be made for them, then it would not be necessary for those who may ultimately be destined to occupy them to wait until the schemes were completed, because then their temporary accommodation in first countries of refuge would become a simple matter. They would probably have to be accommodated in camps, because from all the inquiries I have made I think the accommodation available for them in private property is practically exhausted to-day. The conditions in a refugee camp might not be entirely comfortable, but I am quite sure that most of these people would much prefer living in a refugee camp in this country to living in a concentration camp in Germany. It is only when there is no prospect of an ultimate destination that the questions of transport and temporary accommodation present insoluble problems, and of course, as I have already said, the numbers involved are far too great for individual case treatment.
§ The problem, thus stated, is clearly not only beyond the capacity of voluntary 1019 organisation in this country, but also beyond the scope of any one country alone. In other words, it is an international problem and requires an international agency to deal with it. Surely here is a task for the League of Nations, which on its humanitarian side has already done such admirable work, and which has acquired so much experience in dealing with this very subject of refugees. I cannot help thinking that the Inter-Governmental Committee which was established as a result of the Evian Conference, and which took the work out of the hands of the League of Nations, was a mistake. It was a mistake not because the participation of Governments was not necessary—it is obvious that the decisions of Governments are required before anything can be done—but because the representatives of Government are not the best people to do this kind of work in the first instance. In my opinion it is essentially a work for experts, and what I would venture to suggest is that an international body of experts should be set up at once, with the duty of examining and recommending schemes of settlement, and then getting into touch with the various Governments and trying to arrange with them, and through their co-operation, the necessary means to enable schemes to be carried out.
§ That, I think, is the remedy needed for this problem which, as I have stated, is really an international one; but in the meanwhile the work of these voluntary organisations must go on, and there are some minor administrative changes which I think would help if they could be carried out. At the present time there are no fewer than six Government Departments concerned with the work of refugees—the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Home Office, the Ministry of Labour, the Board of Trade and the Board of Education—and I think it would greatly assist matters if all the refugee activities of these various Departments could be co-ordinated under one member of the Cabinet, whose duty it would be to assist voluntary organisations in their work in carrying out the policy of the Government as settled from time to time. If and when some change of policy was required it would be easier for such a Minister to present the case in its broadest aspect from a national and not a departmental point of view.
§ I have spoken of the necessity of an international organisation in providing schemes for the settlement of refugees in parts of the world that are at present undeveloped, but there is one aspect of this problem which particularly concerns this country. We have no undeveloped areas; we are not underpopulated; but we are in this country faced with a declining birthrate, and consequently a declining population, and those who have studied the question are somewhat alarmed at the figures which confront them. Professor Carr-Saunders, one of the leading authorities on this subject, has estimated that the population of this country will be reduced by one-half in the next hundred years. Is it not very foolish, with that decline in population, to insist on the repatriation of every refugee child introduced into this country for educational purposes, when it reaches the age of eighteen? After we have borne the expense of maintaining them, rearing them, and educating and training them, when at last they reach the stage when they are able to render some return for the money and service given to them, we are ordered to turn them out of the country, so that their contribution shall be given to others, and not to the country which has provided all the expense of training them. I feel that to insist upon that policy is really little short of madness.
§ My reason for suggesting that there should be closer co-ordination between Government Departments on this refugee problem, is the hope I have that as a result of that there would be wider appreciation of British interests, and that the whole subject would be treated not merely as one of charity, but as an opportunity of meeting some of our own needs. At the present time, although, as I have said, all the authorities on the subject are agreed that the immigration of foreign labour is not detrimental to British interests, although the Home Secretary has given figures in Parliament to prove that those authorities are correct, although the whole of our own history and experience confirms their opinion, yet the policy of the Government towards the refugees from abroad continues to be based on the very fallacy that the Home Secretary has helped to disprove.
§ The Government's policy, to-day, assumes that this foreign immigration is an evil, and tries to keep it within the 1021 narrowest possible limit. One Department states that these refugees must not be a charge on public funds and insists that there must be private resources behind each one, to provide for them during the whole period of their sojourn. Another Government Department insists that they must not take up employment in this country which could be taken by British workmen. A third Department declares that all the children admitted into and educated in this country must be repatriated at the age of eighteen. I cannot think that if there was a single Minister who looked upon this problem from a national point of view, he could possibly approve of all these regulations.
§ Let me sum up the case which I have tried to present. In Europe, to-day, there are hundreds of thousands of individuals whose condition is one of abject misery, and who are subjected to cruelties and persecution which would be punishable by the laws of this country if inflicted even upon an animal. The Government may perhaps reply to me that we are not responsible for their condition, that it is not we who have been persecuting them, and that we have neither the power nor the duty to provide for their escape. I hope that that is not the answer, not at least the only answer, that I shall receive, because if it is, it would mean that for these unhappy people death was the only possible release from their sufferings. Certain it is that private charity alone in this country can offer an alternative only to a very small proportion. If any effective remedy is to be found, it must be provided by Government action, and by the action of more than one Government. That is my first point.
§ My second point is this, that there are considerations of British interest, national self-interest, as well as considerations of humanity in support of the case which I am laying before your Lordships. These unhappy people, so miserable, so helpless in their present surroundings, are capable of rendering real service to countries which are undeveloped, under-populated, or faced with the danger of a declining population; and, as our country is included in the last category, for us this is a problem not merely of philanthropy but of opportunity which it is for us to take or to miss. And the co-operation of Governments which I am suggesting is not in sharing a burden, but in sharing 1022 a profitable investment. It may perhaps seem to some of your Lordships that this investment of which I speak is rather an unconventional one, and no doubt the Treasury would so regard it, but the purchase of Suez Canal shares was an unconventional investment, though one which we have never had cause to regret. And to see the profit in this investment in human lives requires insight, imagination, vision—qualities which are not associated with Departmental officials. What is required above all is a second Nansen, a man with vision, energy and the personality and force of character to bring about this co-operation among many countries, which is absolutely essential if this great problem is to be solved.
§ In conclusion, let me submit one final consideration to His Majesty's Government. They are anxious, I know, to bring about a general settlement of the friction and enmity which exist in Europe to-day. Their great efforts to make this country strong are combined, I am convinced, with a sincere desire to remove the causes of war, if possible. If and when such an opportunity should arise for general discussion of matters in dispute between various countries, and if they can create an atmosphere in which discussion may be fruitful, then I hope that they will demand, as an essential feature in this general settlement, a real contribution by the German Government to the solution of this great international problem which their present rulers have created. I beg to move.
§ 4.42 p.m.
THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
My Lords, we have all listened with great sympathy and admiration to the singularly interesting, comprehensive, and constructive speech of the noble Earl. I do not propose to follow him into the larger issues of this vast and complicated problem which he has put before us. I only wish to emphasize, in a very few sentences, one particular point. It is the position of the refugees in our own country, for whom there seems to be no immediate prospect of emigration elsewhere. I imagine that the number of these refugees in our country at present is about 35,000, though I noticed that the noble Earl spoke of only about 11,000, but no doubt the Government are in possession of the full figures. We have heard from the noble Earl much about the very striking voluntary contributions 1023 which have been given for the aid of these refugees. We have heard again, with astonishment and admiration, of the splendid help which the Jewish community have given to the members of their own race. It is most satisfactory that the fund associated with the name of the noble Earl, Lord Baldwin, should have reached half a million, and I like to think that the Church of England in its own various dioceses within a few weeks raised £50,000.
But it is becoming increasingly plain that these resources are not in themselves adequate, and must very soon be exhausted, though I feel that the generosity of the Jewish community appears to be almost illimitable. Others may speak with fuller knowledge than I can, but I very much doubt whether the resources of certainly the Baldwin Fund, and similar funds which have been gathered around it, will suffice, with all their various agencies, to support the refugees who are dependent on them for much longer than this present year. I have been told that there is a suggestion that another appeal should be issued in the autumn. Your Lordships can judge how far in the present circumstances, which we all know only too well, there is the slightest chance of any large response to such a new appeal. In these circumstances it is becoming increasingly plain that it has not been enough to provide an inlet for these refugees: the urgent and immediate question is to provide an outlet.
There are only two courses, indeed, that seem to be open. The first is a fuller absorption of many of these refugees into our own country. There I quite agree with what has been said by the noble Earl. I am not speaking of the scholars and thinkers and artists who, to a large extent, have been able to take a place, and an honoured place, already in the life of our Universities and of our country. Nor am I speaking of the highly skilled technicians, whose value to our own English workmen has already been indicated by the noble Earl. I am thinking rather, first of all, of the children. I have every reason to believe that numbers of these children, particularly of the Czechs, are children of quite extraordinary intelligence and promise. I do not see at present that they have any future in their own country, but it would 1024 seem to be a thousand pities if these extremely clever and promising children, already most grateful for their temporary education in this country, should not be encouraged to stay to complete their education and training, and, finally, to take their positions in this country. I think that nothing but benefit could accrue from the absorption of a good many of these intelligent children.
Then, again, as the noble Earl pointed out, there are those, somewhat older, who are being trained in one way or another in agriculture and other industries, but who at present are under the necessity, when their training has advanced to some extent, and after they have reached the age of eighteen, to be repatriated elsewhere. Having regard to the need of work upon the land, for which many of them are now being trained, again I suggest that it is a short-sighted policy to insist upon their repatriation, and that there are multitudes of them who could very well be absorbed in this country. But that way out necessarily affects mainly the younger refugees. What about the bulk of the older refugees who are in our midst, and who are still entering this country? The offers of hospitality, which have been very generous, and the personal guarantees which have been given for their maintenance, cannot be continued indefinitely. I have heard from a great many of their perplexity to know how long they can fulfil these promises of hospitality and of support. My trouble, which I am most anxious that the Government should relieve, is to know what is to be the position of these older refugees when the resources of private charity inevitably fail, and when there is no provision for their emigration. We have given them a door of entry; what is now the immediate and pressing problem is to provide a door of exit.
When we look around—this is where I hope the Government will be able to give us some reassuring information—there does not seem to be any country, even any of those to which the noble Earl alluded, which is willing to help. I do not hear much of any of our own Colonies or Dominions who are willing to do more than accept a comparatively small infiltration. None of them seems to contemplate receiving any large-scale settlement. We heard at one time a great deal about British Guiana. I had myself occasion to investigate the possibilities of British 1025 Guiana for immigration in connection with another body of refugees, for whom this country had contracted great obligations and who, in the magnitude of the present problem, it seems will be entirely forgotten, not wholly to the credit of this country. I mean the Assyrian people. We made every investigation, assisted by experts, in British Guiana, and what has since transpired appeared then—namely, that the experts were divided and that in any case, even if a people not accustomed to a more or less tropical climate could settle there, their only chances of maintaining themselves involved an immense outlay of capital in the way of roads, communications, and the like. Unless the Government can give us more reassuring information I doubt whether we can regard British Guiana as an open door. I do not know what has been thought of the possibility of Rhodesia or other places, but at present it seems as if there were no doors open through which these people could pass into a more or less settled life.
I beg the Government, if possible, to tell us whether or not they are facing the possibility of great numbers of these refugees being left on our hands without the chance, which was held out to them, of being settled in another country. Their position in that case would be almost worse than when they came. They would still be destitute, dependent upon a failing charitable support, and with this addition to their hopelessness that the hopes that had been extended to them had failed. If the Government this afternoon can lift that burden of anxiety as to the immediate future which presses very heavily upon some of us, I should be most grateful.
§ THE EARL OF LISTOWEL
My Lords, I am sure you will agree that this debate could hardly have opened more auspiciously than with the extraordinarily accurate and impartial survey of the facts of the refugee situation to which we listened from the noble Earl, Lord Lytton. I was extremely happy to hear after that the most reverend Primate supporting his plea for more rapid and effective action on the part of His Majesty's Government on behalf of refugees. Those of us who were concerned some years ago with the Assyrian problem will recollect with gratitude the constant preoccupation that the most 1026 reverend Primate has shown with the refugee situation in all parts of the world. There is a common assumption underlying this debate, which is shared by all those except perhaps the inhabitants of the countries from which refugees come, and that is that these refugees are a common responsibility of every civilised nation, and that each country has to play its part, according to its economic resources and according to its opportunities for offering temporary asylum or permanent refuge, in providing the means of life for these helpless and persecuted people.
The question surely that is before our minds first and foremost this afternoon, and is naturally one that confronts every member of the British Legislature is: Is this country really making its rightful contribution? Are we doing our share in the common effort to provide these victims of intolerance with a fresh start? Before answering this question I should like, if I may, to remind the House of some of the many incentives—they have been referred to already by the noble Earl but perhaps I can mention some which he omitted—that we have to be hospitable to refugees. As he put it, this is an opportunity and not a question of simple charity. At a time such as this, when exclusive nationalism and fanatical intolerance flourish in so many parts of the world, it is surely a privilege to show that we at least are not suffering from any relapse into tribal mentality and that we remain to-day, as we have always been in the past, tolerant of opinions that differ from our own and sensitive to sufferings and injustice outside the boundaries of this country and outside the boundaries of the British Commonwealth. We can show this most plainly by opening wider our own doors. It has often been said that the degree of real civilisation attained by a country—and this has not been said by merely one sex—can be measured by its attitude to women. Now that the struggle for women's rights is a thing of the past, and in most though by no means in all respects there is equality of status and opportunity as between the sexes, a more appropriate criterion at the present day would be the attitude of a country towards the homeless and unprotected refugee.
Besides—and this is a point I do not think was mentioned by the noble Earl 1027 —the average refugee is definitely not merely an economic but a spiritual or, to use the modern terminology, an ideological asset to his adopted country. He has been driven into exile just because he believes in democracy, in freedom of thought, of assembly, of speech, in following his own private conscience instead of obeying blindly the commands of an all-powerful State. If these ideas are, at bottom, what distinguish our social institutions from those of totalitarian dictatorships, then surely the men and women who cherish them in these days are worth protecting. It is a little curious to my mind that Governments seem always more concerned with refugees as producers and consumers of material goods than as gratuitous retailers of inexhaustible spiritual wealth. There is another reason—and again a reason to which the noble Earl did not refer, at any rate at any length, in the course of his speech—why we should take advantage of this lamentable situation. We cannot ignore that our Government and our country are partly, at any rate, responsible for the stream of refugees that has poured out in recent years from Germany, Austria, and Czecho-Slovakia. It was, after all, the Treaty of Versailles, so humiliating in its effects, that brought about that national inferiority complex without which the revolution of 1933 would not have occurred. And it is only too true that the multitudes who are fleeing and who have fled during the last six years from Germany with little more than the clothes they wear on their backs, are victims of the folly of the allied statesmen in the post-War years as well as objects of unmerited persecution by their own Government.
We have—and I think it is as well to remind ourselves of this—an even more immediate and direct responsibility for the Jewish, Austrian, German and Czech refugees from the provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, because it was undoubtedly the Pact of Munich last September that handed Czecho-Slovakia over to Germany as the price of peace. I am not referring to the political merits of the case. I think that this debate has kept itself free from political controversy. I am merely asking your Lordships to envisage certain of the social consequences of this agreement. The Lord Mayor's Fund, and the considerable Government credit, only part of 1028 which has been used, were an acknowledgment, I think, of this responsibility, but I am sure your Lordships will agree that it cannot and will not be discharged until we have provided an asylum or support for a larger number of those for whom the new régime is intolerable.
I hope that these considerations, added to the more weighty considerations put forward by the noble Earl and by the most reverend Primate, may help to persuade the Government to adopt a more liberal policy towards refugees; for dissatisfaction with Government policy to-day towards refugees is by no means confined to Party politicians or even to eager humanitarians with warm hearts but woolly heads. I should like to quote, with your Lordships' permission, two passages from a book by Sir John Hope Simpson, to whom the noble Earl has already referred, and who is, of course, acknowledged as one of the greatest living experts on the refugee problem. He says, referring to the contribution made by our own country: Great Britain's record in the admission of refugees is not distinguished if it were compared with that of France, Czecho-Slovakia or the United States of America. The strictly enforced, restrictive and selective policy of immigration which she has pursued since the War—particularly the emphasis placed on the admission of aliens only with economic resources adequate to their re-establishment—has kept the number of admissions to figures that have little significance in the total numbers of post-War refugees. Again he goes on to say, after referring to financial contributions given by the British Government towards the relief of refugees outside this country: It is doubtful, however, if this international work"— to which he rightly pays tribute— largely personal and periodic, is a sufficient contribution when measured by the standard of those made by other countries. Owing to the excessively cautious post-War immigration policy, Great Britain had ceased to be a country of asylum on a large scale. Her initiative and role in international work would be greatly strengthened if she could show a braver record as a country of sanctuary. The number of the refugees whom we have allowed to come to this country—the figures have already been given by the noble Earl, but I venture to repeat them because I think they are more eloquent than any words—has been estimated at not more than 25,000 which is approximately the figure for the refugee 1029 population in Holland. It has also been calculated—and I do not think the noble Earl mentioned this—that with our much larger population, if we had been as hospitable as our little neighbour across the Channel, we should have given shelter to approximately 138,000, or more than five times the number of those who have actually found their way to our shores. To me it is deeply disappointing, and I think this disappointment will be shared by other speakers, that a magnificent tradition of hospitality to exiled aliens, which made this country the principal haven for fugitives from autocratic Governments in the nineteenth century, should be abandoned at a time when the refugee problem is more acute and more difficult of solution than it has ever been before.
I submit, and in this submission I think I shall have the support of both the previous speakers, that this problem is too immense and too complex to be capable of solution by the generosity of philanthropic individuals and organisations. The number of refugees and potential refugees in Europe is so vast that nothing but a scheme organised and administered and financed by Governments, with the whole weight of official backing behind it, can possibly provide permanent homes and permanent work for a substantial proportion of these people. Such a scheme would probably comprise a short-term plan, to which the noble Earl referred when he spoke of camps, for temporary accommodation in camps and settlements during which the refugee would probably be equipped for his later life, and a long-term plan for permanent settlement in undeveloped territory in South America or in Africa or wherever else is available. It seems to me that the essential thing is this. Whatever scheme may be devised in the immediate or in the distant future to meet this problem, we are bound to realise that private resources are rapidly drying up, and that nothing in the least effective can be done until the Governments concerned have accepted financial and administrative responsibility for the bulk of this floating refugee population.
Those are all the remarks that I wish to make about the problem in its broadest aspects, but with your Lordships' permission I will conclude with one or two references to the situation of Spanish refugees in whom I have been particularly 1030 interested for several years. I should like first of all to acknowledge with gratitude the assistance we have received from the Government in dealing with these refugees. Provided that we did not make any request for financial support every facility was given us. I should also like to take this opportunity of acknowledging the generosity of the British public which has made it possible to maintain and support 4,000 Basque refugee children in this country for more than two years. There are still further ways in which the Government could help us in dealing with these children from the Basque Provinces. I will not weary your Lordships by enumerating them this afternoon, although perhaps the noble Marquess will allow me to present my suggestions informally after the debate.
Another and a much larger problem is the question of the refugees in the South of France and in Algeria, to which the noble Earl referred in the course of his speech. I should like particularly to ask the Government what action they contemplate taking about the 5,000 odd refugees who are now settled in the neighbourhood of Oran. I understand negotiations have been in progress and that they started from the point where the Government intervened or agreed with the French Government that the refugees should be landed in British ships from Valencia at the Port of Oran, and it is generally accepted that the Government have resumed some sort of special responsibility in regard to these people. The problem of emigration is very simple in this case, because Mexico has offered to take them, provided the cost of their transport is paid.
The second question I should like to ask regarding the refugees from Spain is this. The noble Earl referred to the 300,000 refugees who are in camps in the South of France. When speaking of those who would be taking a great risk, to put it mildly, if they returned to Spain, he did not mention any figure, but I would like to suggest that it would be approximately 40,000. These are the people with whom we are specially concerned, people who would risk imprisonment or severe penalties of one kind or another, if they returned to Spanish territory. As the noble Earl said, our Committee sent 1,800 of these refugees to Mexico, where they have landed and 1031 where they have been very cordially welcomed, but this one ship cost about £25,000, and it is perfectly obvious that without financial assistance it will be impossible to deal with even a majority of this total number of Spaniards who cannot return to their native country.
The next question relates to the members of the International Brigade who are now mostly in camp in the South of France. I am thinking particularly of Germans, Austrians, Czechs, Italians and Poles, who cannot be repatriated whence they came. The noble Marquess will recollect that His Majesty's Government, in consultation with other Governments, devised a scheme which was accepted by the Non-intervention Committee for the repatriation of foreigners serving on both sides in the Spanish war. This was adopted by the Republican Government and they actually sent out the foreigners assisting them without waiting for similar action on the other side. In view of the consideration which His Majesty's Government must have given to this problem, and in view of its extreme urgency, because these unfortunate men cannot be taken back to their native countries and not even to Mexico, I should be very much obliged if His Majesty's Government can suggest any solution. If they feel that their generosity is being called upon in excess, I would merely like to point out that there is a precedent on which they have acted before, that is, the contribution they have made to the work of the International Red Cross. I understand that the International Red Cross in the South of France is engaged, at the moment, particularly, in bringing families together, in enabling husbands to trace their wives, wives to trace their husbands, parents to trace their children, and children to trace their parents. I understand they are in dire financial straits. The noble Marquess will remember that about a year ago His Majesty's Government presented the handsome gift of £5,000 to the International Red Cross for the relief work they were doing in the South of France.
I apologise for detaining your Lordships at such length, and I will conclude by making one further plea—this time not a plea for financial assistance—to His Majesty's Government. The refugees 1032 from Spain are not, like the other refugees from other parts of Europe at the present time, under the wing of the High Commissioner for Refugees of the League of Nations. I am perfectly certain that it would greatly facilitate the whole task of providing them with shelter if the High Commissioner were given power by the League of Nations to concern himself with the refugees from Spain. If this matter is brought up at the next meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations I sincerely hope that it will have the full support of His Majesty's Government.
LORD GORELL
My Lords, the noble Earl who has just spoken traversed a very wide field and emphasized what have already fallen from the noble Earl who moved the Motion—how wide and complex is this problem. I do not propose in the very few remarks that I would like to make to follow him into many of the wider ramifications of this subject, except only to say that it is obvious from the speeches that have been made that the refugees coming into this country are of many classes. They include Jews, non-Aryans, Spaniards, Czechs and others, and yet under the policy of His Majesty's Government, with which they are confronted when they get here, they are all treated exactly the same. I feel that to allow people to come in on the distinct understanding that someone has guaranteed every portion of their expense, that they may do no work whatsoever whilst here, and may merely stay here until they are passed on elsewhere, is not a very generous and not a very dignified attitude for a great country such as this to take up. With the adult population, apart from certain friends, I have nothing personally to do, but I would like specially to impress upon His Majesty's Government a more liberal attitude in respect of the children for which I have the honour to have some responsibility. They likewise, are treated, all of them, no matter what their age, their religion or their circumstances on coming into this country, on exactly the same footing. They may come in provided they have been guaranteed either by an individual or by an organisation, on the understanding that they will be repatriated on reaching the age of eighteen, as the noble Earl who moved the Motion stated.
THE MARQUESS OF READING
Re-emigrated.
I think it may well be argued that in respect of some of the older children, whose characters are to some extent formed, it may be the most helpful course that they should have a period of training in a settled country and that it would be to their best interests that they should then pass on to another part of the world, but the same arguments do not quite apply to much younger children. We have heard, and I should like to emphasize, the argument as to the fall in population here. What we are in fact asking people in this country to do is to take into their homes and to guarantee children for a certain length of time. Then, when they have got fully assimilated into the life of this country, when they have become, it well may be, popular inmates of a family, those who have brought them into this country are under an obligation to see that they leave this country again. It is perfectly obvious that there are great difficulties in keeping up a supply of guarantees and charity and help subject to those conditions, and though organisations such as the Council for German Jewry, with great generosity and foresight, have undertaken the relief of obligations in many particulars, still there remain these legal obligations to provide, not only full subsistence for the child while here, but also the means of re-emigrating it on reaching the age of eighteen.
I am told—I speak subject to correction by some noble and learned Lord—that there is no legal machinery by which a child of foreign parents can be legally adopted into a home in this country. That would seem to demand a remedy. If a young child of refugee parents, themselves unable to come, can get away from intolerable conditions and be brought to this country and then make its home here, and if then those who have taken it up desire to make it their child, it would seem only reasonable in those circumstances that there should be some legal machinery by which such a thing could be possible. I am told also that there is under consideration something that may be called "informal adoption." I do not know quite what can be meant by such a term as "informal adoption," but all that I would urge is that the policy of the Government in all these respects should 1034 be more liberal in their treatment, at any rate, of the children.
In saying so, and in conclusion, I think it only right to add that one must differentiate, as far as that is possible, between the Government and those who are carrying out the dictates of the Government, or the officials charged with insistence upon what may seem to be rather harsh requirements. I think there can be nothing but praise for the efficiency and also the human kindness with which they are carrying out their duties; but their hands are tied. I think, from what has already fallen from the noble Earl and other noble Lords, that it is obvious that this fear of the refugee is vastly exaggerated and there really is a very strong case now for the Government widening their requirements and treating this matter less in a legalistic and a little more in a humane and human spirit.
THE LORD BISHOP OF CHICHESTER
My Lords, I speak as a member of one of the private organisations to which the noble Earl who introduced this subject referred. I should like on their behalf to express gratitude to him for the ability, sympathy and illumination with which he has opened this subject. I should also like to echo and emphasize the tribute just paid by the noble Earl to the Home Office officials and the officials of the other Government Departments, and also to the Government representatives abroad, for the sympathy and courtesy which are constantly behind us in dealing both with refugees and with their friends. There can be no doubt that the gravity of the whole refugee problem has increased immensely since a year ago, when the Evian Inter-Governmental Committee was created. I wish to support the noble Earl in asking for the fullest possible co-operation between the different Governments concerned, and for action by those Governments. I propose to try to give some grounds which seem to me to justify action by the Governments rather than, or in addition to, the voluntary organisations. In particular I would lay marked emphasis on the importance of co-operation between this country and the United States of America, for I believe that it is on co-operation between those two great Powers that the salvation of the refugees depends.
1035 It is not necessary, after what has been said, to rehearse the multitude and variety of the refugee movements. I would only say that they are all due to political causes. They all constitute grave political problems, and in my opinion they cannot be dealt with adequately except with the aid of political remedies. The scale is great and increasing in greatness, and the refugee problem demands herculean efforts to tackle it adequately. I think we should be conservative and prudent in our figures. I will take the very low, conservative estimate of the number of refugees, including the Spanish refugees, who should be emigrated into countries outside Europe as 500,000. That is a low figure; but for the number, whatever it is—and it cannot be less than half a million—two things are wanted: first, countries of permanent refuge outside Europe for the vast majority; and second, money to settle them. Neither of these things can be secured without energetic action by the Governments concerned. I am not unaware of the difficulties, and I can well appreciate the immense pressure of this additional difficulty to those weighing upon the Government at the present time. I would only ask the Government two questions. First, is it right to leave the refugee problem unsolved? It cannot be right. The second is, do you wish to see it solved? If you do, then the wish carries the consequence that the Governments are bound to act.
The noble Earl referred to the formation of the Evian Inter-Governmental Committee with some disappointment. I think that the great justification of that particular machine is that it was inaugurated by the United States of America, who would not come in otherwise, and that it is the pledge of their co-operation in large-scale Government action. I should like, if I may, to pay a tribute to Sir Herbert Emerson, the High Commissioner, for the energy and thoroughness with which he is so actively discharging his task. The Evian Inter-Governmental Committee has established the principle of Government action in certain departments, and that is much to the good; though I realise that the condition is attached at present that the financing of new schemes must be left to private organisations, a condition which I think can hardly be fulfilled if the refugee 1036 problem is to be adequately tackled in the future.
Next, it has gone some distance, I understand, in securing facilities from the German Government of a financial kind for the involuntary migrants, who otherwise would depart, and do depart, stripped of their possessions. But the Inter-Governmental Committee have so far—at least, as far as the public and the refugees are informed—made little progress in persuading countries of permanent refuge to open their doors. I believe, and I have taken some trouble in investigating the matter, that there are three particular territories or kinds of territory which might be seriously regarded as territories of permanent refuge: the British Dominions; the Colonial Empires, our own and others; and South America. With regard to the first, we all know that the British Dominions are self-governing, and they have their own rules. Australia has already expressed its readiness to admit 15,000 German refugees during the next three years, and I hope is ready to take more. It was an interesting and encouraging sign last month that the New South Wales Labour Council passed a recommendation to admit refugees to trade unions. I think that we may have intimations of a more favourable attitude in the future from Australia. New Zealand has not, so far, declared its attitude officially, but it is clear that there is plenty of room for refugees in New Zealand if the imagination of the people could be aroused. South Africa has 5,000 German refugees, and it may not be possible to take very many more. Canada has already made arrangements for the reception of, I think, 400 families of Czech refugees. I hope that that is not the limit of its accommodation. Although agricultural conditions in Canada are severe, there is plenty of room.
Let me turn to the Colonial Empires, and I will speak only of our own. It is understood that the Colonial Empire of Great Britain is not ideal in its conditions for European settlement. I believe that the British Government will do its best, and already have taken very considerable steps, to elicit the sympathy of the Governors in many British Colonies, the West Indies amongst others. So far, the main contributor of offers is, as the most reverend Primate has stated, British Guiana. I think that at any rate it would be well to do the utmost one can to accept 1037 the principle of investigating the possibilities there with the greatest possible speed and thoroughness. The actual settlement proposed in the first instance is of 3,000 to 5,000 persons, though some people think that that is too large a number and the estimated cost is £200,000. Ultimately, if the conditions prove to be favourable, it should accommodate 50,000 to 60,000 persons.
There are many difficulties, difficulties of soil and so forth, and the distance from civilization; but there is one very important matter which I think is encouraging from the point of view of settlement of refugees there or elsewhere, and that is the promise which the Prime Minister made in another place that transport, in the largest sense of the word, is to be found for refugees settled in British Guiana. This constitutes a big offer. I am told that the value of the offer for the total settlement of the number of refugees contemplated, is £6,000,000. If the Government would make it known, especially to the United States of America, that it is prepared to spend a sum of £6,000,000 on rail and road transport, and so on, for the settlement of a large number of German refugees in British Guiana, that would be an immense incentive to the United States to do something of a corresponding character in South America.
I turn to South America. I believe that South America offers greater possibilities for the permanent settlement of refugees than any other part of the world, but there is, at present, great nervousness on the part of the Governments of South America, and the nervousness is very largely on political grounds. Some of the greatest of the South American States exclude Jews, the very persons for whom we are most anxious to find a refuge. This applies especially to Brazil, the Argentine, and Colombia. All of them are rich territories with great agricultural possibilities. The countries more immediately hospitable are, as one noble Lord said, Mexico, Chili, the Republic of Dominica and Ecuador. Here I would like to call special attention to the question of co-operation with the United States. Ecuador offers facilities, so I am told, for 10,000 families at the cost of £200 per family. She also offers to make some contribution towards transport facilities.
It is here, or in some similar South American Republic, that I believe the co-operation 1038 of the United States will prove invaluable. Already the United States Government is voting a sum towards South American development of £20,000,000, and it is asking the Senate or the Chamber to vote in the near future another £100,000,000 for South American development. If the United States would set aside £6,000,000 of this large sum which they have already voted, and the larger sum which they are expecting to vote for South American development, towards refugee settlement in Ecuador or some other Republic, they would provide very grateful citizens and helpers and friends of the United States, and forge a further link still of those links which they are anxious to forge between North America and South America. Their money would not be lost, and they would have most faithful colonists. I hope your Lordships will forgive the detail with which I have referred to countries for refugees. I have done so because I want to make it as plain as possible, first, that there is plenty of room in the world for refugees, and that there are very many countries in which the refugee would be an asset; and secondly, that we shall not get the refugees into that large room without vigorous Government action.
I know it is still said that the refugee problem is one for private organisation and that the State has no responsibility except that of opening a door. I wish to devote my final remarks to reasons why, in my opinion, the action of the State is called for. First—and I think this is fundamental to the point to which the noble Earl has just referred—the existing refugee problem everywhere is a direct result of the policy of various Governments. It can be fairly argued—and a historian is bound to express a judgment—that violence and anti-Jewish persecution and the other causes of other refugee movements are the results in a very large measure of mistakes in policy by the various Governments during the fourteen years which immediately followed the Armistice. Although the results of those mistakes in policy could not be foreseen at the time, I think it is not unreasonable to say that for the consequences of those mistakes in policy some great responsibility must be accepted by existing Governments.
Next, reference has been repeatedly made to the very large amount of money found, especially through the magnificent 1039 generosity of the Jews, by voluntary organisations. I should like to pay tribute to the wonderful work done by the German Emergency Committee of the Society of Friends during these years, who have raised over £60,000 publicly, and I think another £60,000 in the way of guarantees; and also to the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, which has raised over £90,000. The total figure raised is a very large one indeed. But, large as it is, the amount of money required to settle 500,000 refugees—which I regard as a conservative figure—in countries outside Europe is entirely beyond the resources of private charity unaided. As the most reverend Primate pointed out, the charitable public are not so likely to respond to the appeal for the temporary assistance of refugees in the future if the outlet does not appear to be very substantial. The lag of emigration behind the new entries has been increasing at an alarming rate. I will give four different figures of the German Jewish Aid organisation. In January, 1938, 150 new entries were registered and there were 77 emigrations in that month. A year later, in January, 1939, there were 2,001 registered entries and only 197 emigrations. In April, 1938, there were 255 registered entries and only 49 emigrations. In April, 1939, there were 4,333 registered entries and only 311 emigrations.
I think the figure that has been given for the refugees now in England has still been understated, even by recent speakers. The official Government figure at the end of May was 35,000 German refugees in England, and at the end of June there is no doubt that they amounted to 40,000. Again, comparing our efforts with the efforts of France, both on the financial and on the receiving side France is far and away the largest country of refuge in Europe. It has received 300,000 Spanish refugees and 210,000 other refugees. In addition, the French Government have been spending since the end of January, on Spanish refugees, at a rate of between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 francs or something like £30,000 or £40,000 per day. If all these facts are borne in mind, the conclusion is inevitable that, whatever was the case a year ago, the refugee problem is now entirely beyond the scope of private charity and private organisation.
1040 I hope that your Lordships will agree that the great needs are, first, the energetic opening of all possible countries of refuge by Government action, and, second, the co-operation of the Governments in financing settlement schemes in some way—there are various ways which are possible—to enable large numbers of refugees of different nations to settle in whatever part of the world is open to them. I would also urge that the British Government should take every opportunity they have to collaborate with the Government of the United States and to take the initiative by action and offers of their own, asking the Government of the United States what they also are prepared to do. The problems are great, but they are not insoluble. The answer depends on the answer we give to the two questions which I asked when I began: First, is it right to leave the refugee problem unsolved? Second, do you wish that it should be solved? If you wish that it should be solved, then the Governments are bound to act.
§ LORD MARLEY
My Lords, I would remind your Lordships that every refugee arriving in this country comes here either for permanent settlement or in transit to some other country of permanent settlement. We have had, both from the most reverend Primate and from the right reverend Prelate who has just spoken, two extremely, I might almost say unusually, practical contributions to this problem, because both of them have laid their fingers on the weak spot—namely, the outlet for the refugees who are coming to this country. I am particularly glad that the right reverend Prelate referred to the need for co-operation with the United States of America, because that country is the largest single recipient of refugees for permanent settlement in the world, receiving as it does between 27,000 and 30,000 German and Austrian refugees every year for permanent settlement. A very large number of the refugees in England at the present time have visas for the United States, which they will be able to make use of as soon as the quota permits during the course of the next year or two. Therefore it is vital that we should co-operate very closely with the United States of America, both in the immediate task and in the final task of discovering an area for permanent settlement.
1041 Palestine also has taken a limited number for permanent settlement, unfortunately not as large a number as we would have hoped. Australia has been referred to. There is a possibility, as the result of the examination of the prospects in the Kimberley district by a delegation that has gone there, that Australia may be able to contribute rather more than they have already offered to do. This of course has nothing to do with the Government because the Dominions have their own outlook. I have just returned from South Africa where I found, as has been said, they have received a considerable number of refugees, but they are not prepared to take any large additional number. I cannot but feel some sympathy with their attitude on this point. We then come to the smaller areas—the areas which might be called infiltration areas. It should be clearly understood that the total contribution which these infiltration areas can make to the receiving for permanent settlement of refugees now in our country as transit refugees is a very limited one. I have seen refugees, nearly one hundred in number, sitting in Swaziland; hardly any of whom have any work or any possibility of obtaining work. I have seen refugees in Southern Rhodesia who have no work, who cannot obtain work, and who contribute to the refugee resistance of such countries when it comes to the question of further settlement. I believe that we cannot rely on infiltration for any serious contribution to the settlement of this problem.
It is increasingly difficult to receive more transit refugees in Great Britain until we can find a means of outlet. It is true we are training large numbers. We are training them, of course, not only in Britain but in France. I have visited within the last few days admirable training schools in France where hundreds and hundreds of refugees are being taught modern methods of earning a living; but they are methods which cannot be employed in this country any more than they can be employed in France. They are only suitable to be used when a country of permanent settlement is found for these refugees. In passing, let me say that my own inquiries as to the number of refugees in this country agree entirely with the figure mentioned by the Bishop of Chichester. I believe there are to-day about 40,000 refugees, and I do not honestly think we can complain too much 1042 of the attitude of the Government in receiving refugees at the present time in view of the difficulties which are inevitable in a country like ours. I do not say all has been done that might have been done, but on the whole I think there has been a gradual and regular improvement in the number of refugees received in Britain during the course of the last six or eight months.
What we need rather more than mere willingness on the part of private organisations to finance the receiving and temporary settlement of refugees in this county is a policy. The system of sending a few refugees here, sending an inquiry to Northern Rhodesia, sending a few infiltration refugees to this part of the world or the other, represents a lack of policy and not a real contribution to the finding of a large-scale outlet for the enormous number of refugees who are coming in, who have come in, and who will and must come in if they are to be saved. I am inclined to think we might combine a consideration of the development of our own Empire with the possibilities of mass settlement. There has been in the last few days a number of letters in The Times dealing with what is called our "undeveloped estate." There was a leading article only a few days ago pointing out that British capital was not being used in the development of our own Empire or, at any rate, not being adequately used. I would only say in this connection that it seems we might possibly combine the development of the British Empire with the development of a permanent and large-scale mass settlement of refugees.
I am inclined to think that British Guiana offers very considerable possibilities. Noble Lords will have read the Report of the joint British and United States Commission of Inquiry, which seems to me to offer at least some hope of a fairly large-scale, possibly a very large-scale, settlement within the next five or ten years. But we should make an immediate start. The Government offer to spend a sum of money is a very valuable one. I did not know it amounted to anything like as much as was suggested by the right reverend Prelate—£6,000,000—but at any rate it is an offer which we should definitely make use of. Let us begin with, perhaps, one or two thousand settlers and build up the possibility of a really large-scale settlement in that country immediately, 1043 within the next few years. There is another factor in connection with British Guiana. It is in the British Empire. Recommendations have been made by noble Lords in this House who have led delegations to that country, including Lord Halifax and Lord Snell, that it would be of value to develop British Guiana not from the point of view of refugees, but from the point of view of the British Empire. It seems to me that these recommendations might be pulled out of their pigeon holes and used now with the object of combining two valuable objects at the same time.
Moreover—and here comes in a suggestion made by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chichester—the United States is profoundly concerned at the present time with the development of a check on democracy in South America. British Guiana, if developed, might be a very bastion of democracy against the encroachments of other nations into the democratic régime of the South American Republics which is causing such immense concern to the United States. It seems, therefore, that we might get some co-operative effort between ourselves and the United States in connection with the development of a democratic part of the British Empire in South America. There is another point in this connection. Reference has been made to the potential refugee problem of countries such as Poland and others in Eastern Europe. Poland, as I understand the political situation, at present is to some extent an ally of Britain or, at any rate, has some connection with the democracies generally. Poland has recently been demanding Colonies for the settlement of her own surplus population. We might very well make available this mass settlement plan for some at least of the surplus population of Poland, and thereby make a contribution to that better understanding between Poland and the democracies which would, I fancy, be of some value in the present political state of the world.
I have only one further observation to make. The Government did promise, when we had a debate on this subject in December last year, that they would consider the possibility of giving help themselves. I think they want a bit of encouragement in that. I would rather like to suggest that perhaps the Jewish Palestinian 1044 organisations, who have succeeded in building up a very remarkable example of settlement in Palestine, might make a contribution to the possibilities of settlement, shall we say, in British Guiana by sending perhaps 400 or 500 of their best trained young pioneers, who have themselves built up the development in Palestine, to start the ball rolling in the settlement in British Guiana and thereby make it possible for British Guiana to make a start, while at the same time creating another 500 vacancies in Palestine for the refugees who are trying to come out from Germany and Austria. I believe if we were to put some such suggestion to the Jewish Agency to co-operate in this development, it would encourage the Government to give them the aid which is vital from the Government at this time, because of the almost impossible task which the private organisations are attempting to undertake.
§ LORD NOEL-BUXTON
My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, has so admirably stated the case that to support his arguments would be only to repeat them, but I should like from my personal experience of some German refugee cases to contribute one point which may be of great practical importance. I have been acquainted with several cases of German refugees and their families who are destined for the Dominions, and I see reason to ask the Government to give great attention to the importance of closer co-operation between the Home Office and the Dominion Governments. Great interest is felt in the Dominions. They realise that they are looked to as the chief controllers of semi-populated or unpopulated lands, but as they are very far from the countries where the problem is created they are naturally not so moved as those living nearer to those countries. To some extent, therefore, they take their cue from the home country.
I think that the home Government might use their good offices with the Dominion Governments to a greater extent than they have done. If more were done in the way of assistance to the refugee problem it would be a good service for the Empire. The Dominions realise that not to help the Mother Country in a high degree in a crisis of this kind would be a disservice to the Empire, and they are doing a great deal, 1045 but they might well do more. The opinion of the outside world on the contribution that they make is keenly held, and is not to be disregarded. The potential activity is very great in the Dominions. Australia, for instance, has made a definite promise to take 5,000 refugees per annum, and the Labour Party in Australia, which at one time was thought to be hesitating in its welcome to refugees, has particularly urged that the Australian Commonwealth Government should not insist on a money test but should be more liberal in its acceptance.
Apart from the question of the numbers to be taken there is a very important question of avoiding delay. What happens is that among the melancholy crowds of applicants at our Consulate at Berlin or elsewhere in Germany the Consul selects an extremely small number. He gives a visa in cases which have been accepted for Australia or New Zealand as the case may be. The result is that the refugee arrives in this country. The sum of ten marks which may be taken out of Germany is probably exhausted. He and his family are here without cash, and they are dependent entirely upon the hospitality which can be furnished by one of the relief committees. I know from experience of several cases that prolonged delay occurs. Months are lost during which what small provision of hospitality there is is exhausted. I have known a case of a cottage which happened to be vacant and has been placed at the service of one of the committees. This contribution in the way of hospitality, which might have served for a dozen cases, has served only for one. Time is used up on a single case which should have provided for a large number, and the result is a waste of the already inadequate resources in the way of hospitable provision. There is also the injury to the morale of the refugees. They become disheartened; they have very often nothing to do; they are prohibited by the conditions of their permit from doing any serious work, either paid or unpaid, and very great evil results from delay alone.
I would like to suggest that the Home Office might co-operate more closely with Australia House and the other Dominion Offices so that if possible the Consul at the place of origin might give a visa which would enable the refugee to go practically direct to the Dominion. Another evil which arises because of delay 1046 is that the guarantee which the Aliens' Department requires becomes expensive, and is a deterrent to the comparatively few people who can afford to undertake the considerable risks of guaranteeing a refugee. The guarantees available are limited in number. Not many are willing or able to undertake them and the stock of guarantees ought to be made to go as far as possible. But it is a very big problem to make the available money go as far as possible as long as we are dependent unfortunately on private resources. Constant appeals come, as the noble Earl said in his speech, to those who may be thought to be willing to respond. They come from individuals, particularly in Germany, and largely from Germans who happen to know some person in this country, or who have the enterprise to write to a person whom they do not know. The result is that the most needy and desirable cases are commonly not selected, and the privilege of the guarantee goes perhaps to a family which belongs rather to the well-to-do class, known to people in this country, who are not the most likely to make successful emigrants to a Dominion. It would be infinitely more profitable if a more systematic plan were in operation by which the committee here, with their agents in Germany who are acquainted with the cases, were able to use the guarantees to the best advantage, selecting the cases which are the most desirable. On an actuarial basis the given funds could be made surely to go further than they go now. It would be both more economical and more efficient.
Apart from this point, I would specially like to urge that the Government should at least consider financial help to the business of investigation of the possibilities of settlement. The case of British Guiana has been widely advertised and examined, but look at the immense delay which has already occurred and how small an investigation has been made of possible countries of destination in the months which have elapsed since the greatest public interest was roused after the unhappy events of last November. Particularly I would like to support the noble Earl's appeal for the admission of larger numbers to this country. The Home Secretary has effectively refuted the theory that the refugee is an economic injury to the country in which he settles. 1047 On all accounts, I hope we may see the consent of the Government to financial assistance on a new principle. All the experts have expressed themselves strongly in favour, and I think, moreover, the appeal is justified by the very considerable increase in public concern on this question, in spite of rival interests and preoccupations. One keeps hearing of new local committees. One was formed in Westminster the other day. It happened to meet in my house. Everywhere the country is deeply roused on this question of refugees. At all events let us not pretend that there is a possible solution on the lines of private charity because it would be hypocritical to urge that solution is possible on those lines. Unless we are to face the spectacle of vast numbers of victims of persecution, for the most part highly civilised people, including children, women, invalids and old people, continuing to live a life of misery as a result of extreme poverty and degrading humiliation, then we must realise that the time has come for Governmental action. Would it be inappropriate if the Government decided that the unused portion of the money allocated to Czecho-Slovakia quite recently, or some portion at least of that money, should be used for the finance of the relief problem in other ways than was intended when the grant of £10,000,000 was announced?
The noble Earl has made an unanswerable case. It is unhappily true that we in this country have not come up to the highest standard. We have done about the same as Holland has done, and about one-fourteenth of what France has done. We have got a character for humane feeling to maintain. We are, to a great extent, a Christian country, and it will be a disaster if we do not in this extraordinarily urgent crisis live up to our traditions. There are cases where the Government may very well resist the claim to Governmental finance, but this is not one. There were people who thought that after the Czecho-Slovak disaster Governmental finance should not be provided, but that was rightly held to be a case for Governmental action, and I think the case of the refugees in general is, in principle, a parallel case. What we have done has not been quite proportionate to our 1048 opportunities. We have more means than others to take effective action. To whom much is given of them much is expected.
LORD DERWENT
My Lords, at the conclusion of an extremely interesting debate, I am sure your Lordships will be relieved to hear that I have only two points to raise. They are points which have already been touched on by other speakers, and I only wish to emphasize them. I want to draw attention to conclusions which I have the impression have been reached by one of the bodies which deal with refugees in this country—the British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slovakia—conclusions which seem to me reasonable, and in dealing with them I think I can keep within the terms of the noble Earl's Motion. This Committee, which has its seat in Mecklenburg Square, has occupied itself for some time with emigrants from the Czech and Sudeten and Austrian regions. It will be borne in mind, I trust, by your Lordships, that not only the natural inclinations of this Committee—which is one composed, I may say, entirely of Englishmen—but also the enforced and frequent contacts that the Committee is obliged to maintain both with the Ministry of Labour and the trade union organisations, preclude altogether any possibility of foreign labour being preferred to home labour where such immigrants are concerned. In fact, so strict is the supervision that I am informed that hitherto only a very few immigrants from the countries I have mentioned have been able to find permanent posts in this country. In addition to that, your Lordships will realise that, unless I am much mistaken, any firm occupied with Government contracts is forbidden to employ foreign labour, which seems natural enough.
I should like to suggest, these being the circumstances, that two problems arise out of the present situation with regard to such immigrants. One is that, which I think the noble Earl touched upon, of a possible shortage of skilled labour in certain trades in this country, a shortage which we have reason to believe does exist. At the present time only very few immigrants from the areas I have mentioned are allowed to stay permanently, and of these it is 1049 almost entirely skilled labourers who are allowed to stay. I should like to suggest that His Majesty's Government might consider the possibility of increasing this quota. After all, it is established, I think, that there is a shortage, and in that case there would obviously be no unfair competition. The second problem, upon which I think the most reverend Primate touched, and which seems to me to be a much more thorny one, is that of admitting here as permanent citizens children from these countries, in view of the declining birthrate, a subject lately discussed in your Lordships' House. These children would naturally have to be selected with great care, but it seems to me that if that were done it is extremely possible that such stock might be a real acquisition to the country. I should like to suggest that His Majesty's Government should therefore consider extending the scope and increasing the number of the permits which are being granted at present. These permits are so far nearly all for temporary stays only in this country, with re-emigration in view.
I must say that I have so far been principally thinking of Aryan immigrants, but as a matter of general interest to your Lordships I should like to add in passing that I am informed that, in view of the very real and well-known shortage of agricultural labour in this country, there is already a definite demand for Jewish agricultural labourers from Central Europe, and that apparently, odd though it may seem, such experiments as have been tried in that line have been up to now, even in remote country places in England, completely successful. Therefore, to sum up, everything seems to point to the necessity for the Home Office and the Ministry of Labour to review once again the situation as it stands at present and to make a fresh declaration of the situation as a whole, in particular in view of what I suppose we can only call the failure of the Evian Conference, and in view, particularly, of this golden opportunity of satisfying our own glaring needs from the need of these very unfortunate people.
My Lords, since the subject of refugees was last debated in your Lordships' House, it so happens that I have succeeded the 1050 noble Viscount below me, Lord Samuel, as Chairman of the central body dealing with the problem from the Jewish point of view, with all that tenure of that office involves of constant responsibility and anxiety. But I would in passing point out that the various refugee organisations do not work in water-tight compartments according to their particular faith or particular section of belief, but so far as possible they work in harmonious collaboration. It may be not inappropriate if I give your Lordships a very brief outline of the problem as we see it and as we endeavour to cope with it.
In the first place we have to recognise that life in any accepted sense of that word is no longer possible for any Jew or person of Jewish descent in greater Germany. If your Lordships doubt the truth of that proposition, it will perhaps suffice if I tell you that of the 80,000 Jews still alive in Vienna no less than 45,000 are to-day in receipt from Jewish communal sources of such measure of actual food as will keep body and soul together, while the remainder are rapidly dissipating what remains of their capital. To such tragic ruin has that once prosperous and enlightened community descended. In the second place, we have to recognise that with the limited means at our disposal we must concentrate upon the rescue of the young and fit, and in the main sacrifice, however reluctantly, the old and the infirm. We must bring out those who are still sufficiently vigorous and adaptable to start a new life in a strange country and under unfamiliar conditions. In the third place, we have to make provision for the maintenance of those whom we bring out until we are able to settle them in final re-emigration.
Our problem in this country is therefore twofold: first, the temporary maintenance of the transmigrants, and secondly, their ultimate settlement abroad. Neither of those two tasks is easy, nor is becoming easier with the passing of time. Very large sums, as your Lordships have been told this afternoon, have been contributed by the Jewish community in this country, and those who have given them at least have the double satisfaction of knowing, first, that they have taken a hand in a work of urgent humanity, and secondly, that most of the money which they have contributed is being spent in this country, with consequent benefit to the trade of this country.
1051 In passing, when I say that large sums have been contributed from Jewish sources, I should like to take, if it be neither irrelevant nor impertinent, the opportunity of expressing our thanks to the noble Earl, Lord Baldwin, for lending the prestige of his name to his appeal, and for making the very human and humane speech with which he inaugurated it. The money which we spend is happily not spent in unproductive relief alone, for we make every effort to train refugees to this country in agriculture and in craftsmanship in order that they may be able to compete with life in the countries for which they are ultimately bound. Recently, in the interests of economy as well as of greater facility of occupation, we have started on a considerable scale a camp at Richborough, near Sandwich. If any of your Lordships doubt the quality of the men who are being brought to this country or the spirit which animates them, I trust that you will take the opportunity, if you should be in that neighbourhood, of visiting the camp. You will not only be warmly welcomed but you will see the spectacle, at once heartbreaking and heartening, of lawyers, doctors, writers, musicians, side by side with shopkeepers and artisans, breaking up the ground for the planting of vegetables, laying concrete roads, making gardens and performing all the manifold tasks of a camp with a co-operative cheerfulness and energy which are beyond praise. The inhabitants of that camp have received many touching kindnesses from the local residents, and I would instance only one, that of the teachers in the Isle of Thanet, who have given up much of their evening leisure in order to devote themselves to teaching English, nightly, to the refugees.
Those measures, and measures like them, do not exhaust our problem. There are those in this country who proclaim, perhaps less vocally now than a little while ago, that by bringing in these refugees we are taking work away from the British workman and neglecting our own unemployed. The overwhelming answer to that contention is the one to which Lord Derwent made reference, that in all our activities we proceed with the consent of the Government Departments concerned and with the concurrence of the trade unions as well. It is idle to suggest that either of those are going to 1052 encourage us, even if we wished to do so, to displace British by foreign labour. Equally, nothing is further from our own minds or our own purpose or our own intention. We do endeavour to bring into this country people who are fit and proper persons to obtain admission to it. I am told at times that by our activities we are increasing anti-Semitism in this country. If it be so it is a very slight, and in my opinion a very transient, increase. I want to say only one thing on that aspect. We have had good cause in the past years to look closely at the world, and we have seen in almost every civilised country anti-Semitism being used as a smoke-screen for the covert advance of Nazi doctrines, and I cannot but believe that those who, whether from ignorance or prejudice, accept those doctrines in this country are, consciously or unconsciously, playing directly into Nazi hands, and in that way, by accepting those doctrines, doing a disservice to their own country.
We have not only the problem of dealing with these people in this country, but we have the problem of finding outlets, to which reference has been made this afternoon. Before I leave the aspect of work in this country I should like to express our sincere gratitude to the Government and to Government officials with whom we have been dealing during these years. We have tried to show the measure of our gratitude by working with them in co-operation, and by trying to obey not only the letter but the spirit of their regulations, and by making such effort as was within our power to lift some of the burden of extra work which has fallen upon the always patient, kindly and tireless officials at the Home Office. But we have been overburdened too, and if sometimes you hear criticism of the efficiency of the Jewish refugee organisations, you will perhaps bear in mind that they were extemporized almost from one day to another in order to deal with a sudden crisis, that they have been expanded to meet successive crises, and that we have never yet had a respite in which to sit back and survey the whole field. You will perhaps not forget, also, that we have been for years trying to maintain a miniature Whitehall, without a Civil Service to conduct administration or a House of Commons to vote supply.
As regards the other aspect, the provision of outlets, not a little has been done 1053 by means of infiltration, but I do not pretend that that is the way which we should choose in which to solve the problem if other opportunities were discernible. We are always looking for other outlets, whether it be in Northern Rhodesia, British Guiana, San Domingo, the Philippines, or elsewhere. In all those countries investigations have proceeded, and the reports of some already have been received; but mass settlement takes money and time. Indeed, in the case of British Guiana the report itself recommends a preliminary period of experiment to be carried out with a number of some 3,000 to 5,000 refugees, at an estimated cost—and I think an underestimated cost,—with all respect to the right reverend Prelate, not of £200,000 but £600,000, the results of which, since it is in essence a period of experiment, cannot possibly be known for two or three years. Therefore we have to ask for patience, and we have also to beg that you will remember that if the position here sometimes seems static it cannot be liquefied overnight. I would ask you also to remember that those who are responsible know their responsibilities and are anxious only to live up to them. But I have personally come to the inescapable conclusion that it is impossible that voluntary contribution alone should deal both with the problem of maintenance and with the problem of settlement, and indeed the problem of maintenance becomes increasingly onerous in proportion as the problem of settlement remains unsolved. It is perhaps not unreasonable to suggest that at least where the development of the resources of a British Colony is the secondary object and the primary effect, in such cases as those the British Government should go further in offering assistance than the provision, however valuable it may be, of means of internal transport within the Colony, such as is envisaged in the British Guiana Report.
We have, I hope and believe, done our best in circumstances of difficulty and of delicacy, and although we have made mistakes, and shall make more, at the same time we have not, in our preoccupation with our immediate problem, forgotten our duty to our own country. I do not propose to indulge in superfluous protestations of the loyalty to Great Britain of British Jews. This is our home, and to many of us has been so for generations. But we were all immigrants 1054 once, as, in very different conditions, were some of your Lordships, and, just for that reason, because we enjoy and cherish the blessings of freedom, of tolerance, and of security, we feel ourselves now compelled to hold out a rescuing and a welcoming hand to those of our faith whose world, from no fault of their own, has crashed in chaos about them.
§ LORD HARLECH
My Lords, I wish at this late hour to speak on two points only. First, I do hope that, in discussing this grave and delicate problem, everybody who speaks about it, or who works among the refugees, will emphasize the fact that in the present state of the world, and at this period of the world's history, the days of mass migration and mass settlement are over. That was the phenomenon of the nineteenth century, when vast numbers of Italians went to the Argentine, when Poles, Czechs, Irish and British went to the United States, and when our own Dominions expanded. Look at the change that has come over the British Dominions. Canada with a stationary population, a country twice the size of India, yet with only 10,000,000 people, and a Government taking a positive risk in saying that they can admit 400 refugees a year. No, I am convinced that, owing to widespread, in fact universal, economic forces, particularly the relation of agricultural prices to industrial prices, which is one of the root facts in the whole position, the era of mass migration is definitely over, and that all migration must take the form of what is called infiltration. And I am not at all sure that that is not a desirable thing.
Let us be frank about anti-Semitism. No one, I think, will accuse me of being the least bit anti-Semitic, but let us be frank. What is the danger? It is that of forming too big a block of Jews all together, whom their surrounding neighbours feel are an alien and a different race. Much better is the British system. Why is there less anti-Semitism here probably than elsewhere, and why is anti-Semitism in Great Britain confined to certain small districts in the East of London? It is because the Jews have come here and have scattered among the population; they have merged into the general population, and have not lived in a ghetto. Do not let us make any new ghettoes in the new world whether in 1055 British Guiana or elsewhere. Let it be a process of infiltration.
May I say a word about British Guiana, having been there? Do not encourage undue optimism, and do try out the experiment with a very small body first. Noble Lords opposite talk about making roads. Well, I have been on the roads of British Guiana. They are all made of burnt earth because there is no stone to make roads. Every bag of cement has to be imported because there is no lime. And the moment you are away from the seashore you are into that vast tropical forest, the most intractable forest in the world, because all the timber is so heavy that it will not float down the rivers. That is not peculiar to British Guiana. It is common to Dutch Guiana, French Guiana, the whole of the northern part of Brazil north of the Amazon, the hinterland of Venezuela, and the southern part of the Republic of Colombia, all of which have practically no population at all in spite of the efforts of centuries to get some mastery of that forest. No, it must be an inevitably slow penetration.
The reason why that belt of the tropical world has remained almost uninhabited, just as a great part of the tropical forest of Africa was sparsely populated by native Africans, is that it presents physical obstacles to man's existence such as obtain nowhere else in the world, not even in the frozen north of Canada. The Dutch have tried bringing in Javanese. And look at the history of attempts to develop British Guiana. Attempts have been made to form colonies of Barbadoans from an island only a few hundred miles away. Barbados is also in the tropics, with a negro population of tropical people, yet the climate and the physical conditions of British Guiana are so fundamentally different from those of Barbados that those efforts were not successful. The most successful schemes in British Guiana have resulted from the introduction of natives of Southern India. People coming from Madras and Southern India have made good there as rice cultivators, having been habituated for generations to a climate similar to that damp, humid, tropical climate which is a feature of that part of tropical South America. Study what the French have done to try to develop the Colony of Cayenne, which is an identically similar country to British Guiana, and you will 1056 realise that we do not just depend upon the report of one set of experts. Everybody in British Guiana knows that what is wanted is more capital; they want more development, they want more people, in the hope that their Colony will flourish. But do not encourage people to believe that mass migration is possible in that part of the world, even with the expenditure of £6,000,000 on a railway through that vast forest. No, it must be by general infiltration.
But that brings us back to—what? My other point this afternoon is this. We have to face the fact, and I hope the Government will face the fact. We have got to tell the people of this country the truth fairly and squarely that these refugees whom we have admitted, and rightly admitted, will probably be in our midst a great deal longer than was originally anticipated, and, inevitably and rightly, we must relax some of the restrictions on their employment in this country. The noble Lord, Lord Derwent, put forward the views of the Committee in Mecklenburg Square. I have just returned from the United States of America, where the Czechs are regarded as the best labour in that country—men who have a remarkable power of turning over from one industry to another. We have in our midst these Czech refugees of different ages. I am perfectly certain that there is absolutely no reason why these Czech children of school age now being taught English in this country should not be British subjects permanently to the enrichment of this country.
I may be prejudiced because one of my ancestors was a pure-blooded French Huguenot. There was the same outcry in the time of Queen Anne that British labour was being displaced, but the Huguenots were the making of many British industries and are some of the best stock in this country to-day. I am convinced we have nothing to fear in a free country like this if we bring the children of these refugees up not as a segregated community who must be watched day and night to see they do not do anything improper and under the threat that they are going to be sent to some other country. The psychological effect on the child is deplorable, and I am convinced it is the duty of the Minister of Labour to take the matter up with the sensitive Trade Union Congress and try to do something to relax 1057 the regulations regarding the employment of refugees, particularly the employment and the future of refugee children in this country. I say that all the more because the prospect in the future countries of settlement is so difficult at this stage in the economic history of the world.
I believe that the present British Government, and the officials of the Foreign Office, and the Home Office, have been most liberal in admitting threatened families of refugees and the politically persecuted from Central Europe. The stream that has come in quietly here is the result of liberal treatment by this country. Of course you can say there ought to have been more, and so on, but on the whole it has been liberal. I do hope we shall not have the phenomenon of which I am afraid, of these refugees coming to this country from the persecution and torture and tyranny of Central Europe, their first month here one of absolute thankfulness and delight, but finding themselves month after month forbidden to take employment, supported by charity—what kind of population are you thus going to make in this country? The effect on the refugees, the effect on this country, is going to be bad. I want the Ministry of Labour the Home Office, and the Trade Union Congress to co-operate from now on to see if they cannot be more liberal in what refugees of all races and all faiths who have come here, persecuted, may be allowed to do to encourage them to become useful citizens of this free country.
LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH
My Lords, I should like to take the point the noble Lord has just made because I must admit to your Lordships I am considerably puzzled by two rather contradictory streams which seem to me to have run through this debate. Most, if not all, of the noble Lords who have spoken have had personal experience of the various refugee committees which are set up, and therefore have spoken with personal and expert knowledge which I cannot claim; but I am emboldened to speak to your Lordships for just a minute because there is a point of principle on which I wish to press the noble Marquess who is going to reply on behalf of the Government. I was struck by a phrase which fell from the noble Earl on the Front Bench opposite (Lord Listowel) 1058 when he said—I am not sure whether he gave it as a matter of opinion or as a matter of fact—that this country was ceasing to be a country of asylum. I am not quite sure how far that is justifiable. I gather from the noble Lord who has just spoken that he feels strongly that the policy of this country has been a liberal one, and therefore I must assume there is a difference of opinion. One thing is clear, and that is that very great numbers of potential refugees are being kept out.
The point to which I would direct the attention of the noble Marquess is, what is the policy of the Government on the main question? We have been proud of the role that this country has for centuries played as a country of asylum. I do not think we can deny that while we may have the right to be proud, at the same time we all know it is a policy which has redounded to our great profit. Is that still the policy of this country or is it not? Is it just possible that a situation has arisen in which sectional interests are so powerful and so vocal that they have succeeded in each case in making a good individual reason for opposition to immigration, and that our national policy has therefore in some measure become overlain by a concatenation of sectional oppositions? The question of great principle is this: Is it still true to-day that a stream of refugee immigration is of value to this country or is it not? The noble Earl who introduced the Motion spoke of an investment. What I want to know from the Government is, do they still feel that our historic and traditional policy is right? Are immigrants an investment—a long-term investment if you like, which may carry with it some temporary liability? Many of your Lordships must have given prizes at school. I wonder how many of your Lordships have spoken to the school boys about character being their greatest asset. Is that true or is it not? If it is true, surely we must still maintain our traditional policy of being a country of asylum?
I am left with the impression, from the speeches of noble Lords who have spoken with great knowledge, that we cannot claim to-day that we are still a country of asylum in the same measure as we have been in the past. Do not let us drift into a condition of refusal when a long-term policy, even if accompanied by some temporary liability, might in the end redound greatly not only to our honour but 1059 to our profit. Is there a case for inquiry? I speak with great diffidence because I do not know; but I hear it stated on all sides by those who advocate the admission of more refugees that we are cutting off our noses to spite our faces in keeping them out. What a double tragedy if not only we are contributing to the tragedy of these unfortunate people who are being condemned to a living death in other countries, but at the same time we are refusing to profit by what would be to ourselves an opportunity and a benefit!
THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (THE MARQUESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA)
My Lords, there was, at any rate, one part of the speech of the noble Earl who introduced this Motion with which I found myself in very considerable agreement, and that was when he referred to the difficulty of co-ordinating the work of what he called six Departments, although I myself believe only four are concerned. I must therefore apologise if at some stages I appear to be rather disjointed in my arguments, because it has been a very considerable effort to co-ordinate the various briefs with which I have been furnished. While I am on that point I must point out that a Minister is actually co-ordinating this work of refugees in the person of the Paymaster-General, Lord Winterton, and I think, therefore, that that particular criticism of the Government falls to the ground. But, as a Government, we welcome most sincerely the Motion which Lord Lytton has put down as it gives us an opportunity to explain to some extent our policy with regard to a problem which has touched what by a paradox I may call a nerve of Christian sympathy in the hearts of all whether they call themselves Christians or whether they call themselves Jews. I furthermore fully agree with the noble Lord when he stressed the wide extent of the problem with which we are faced. This problem of anti-Semitism has, of course, occurred very often before in the history of the world. Usually it has burned itself out fairly quickly, but I do not think that the world has ever witnessed the problem in so vigorous and in so acute a form as the one in which it presents itself to us to-day.
1060 Furthermore, while agreeing with him and with the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, when they said that to some extent the measure of our civilisation can be judged by the attitude we adopt to this problem and the way in which we tackle it, I do not think that so far we need be ashamed of what the reaction of ourselves and other civilised countries has been when this problem was first presented to them. I would like first to speak of those countries which were nearest to the problem—those countries of first refuge, of which we have heard so much. I confess that the debate has taken a turn different from that which I expected, in so far as great emphasis was laid on the countries of first refuge and comparatively little emphasis was laid on those countries where ultimate settlement might be expected, but in regard to the countries who have been asked to contribute to this emergency I would like to say how much I agree with those noble Lords who praised the work both of Belgium and Holland. Those countries have contributed, one might almost say, out of all proportion to their populations to the help of these refugees, and I can assure your Lordships that this country will do all it can to help those countries in the natural difficulties in which they might find themselves involved as a consequence. I would also like to pay tribute to the way in which Poland, which has been mentioned during the debate, has treated the refugees from Czecho-Slovakia. It has done it in a most generous and warm-hearted manner. Finally, there is France, which, as has often been pointed out, has not merely got this particular problem of the Jewish refugees from Germany to deal with, but also the very grave question of the refugees coming over the border from Spain.
Nor, in my opinion, and I think in the opinion of most of your Lordships, though there has been some difference of view, has Great Britain during these last years had anything to reproach herself with in the attitude that she has adopted as a country of first refuge. There was, of course, the Lord Baldwin Fund; there were the extraordinarily generous contributions made by British Jews; there were the local refugee committees set up, and the private houses that were offered. At the present moment there are 40,000 refugees in this country. They are made 1061 up in various ways and in various categories. For instance, we have allowed in just under 7,000 children, who have been admitted, it is true, on the condition that they are re-emigrated at the age of eighteen, but the Home Office is already in consultation with the movement for the care of children from Germany as to the possibility of absorbing some of the younger children who cannot rejoin their parents in another country. Your Lordships will see, therefore, that the noble Earl's point, and the point that has been made by other speakers, is under active consideration by His Majesty's Government at the present moment. I think that would also have reassured the most reverend Primate had he been here to hear me say it.
Then there are 3,700 families who have been given temporary asylum by means of visas up to June 30. There are 700 agricultural trainees now in this country, and there are 1,400 industrial trainees; and so it goes on. I do not think that it is necessary for me to go right through the whole list of categories, but, as your Lordships know, the Richborough Camp, which is the responsibility of the Council for German Jewry, has already received 2,000 men, and authority has already been given for 400 more to go there. One other category I would like to mention in particular. Mention has been made of refugees as an investment. I think there is no better investment than intellectual accomplishment, and I am proud to be able to say that English scholars have played no mean part in taking charge of the German scholars and students who were forced out of their chairs or out of their professorships. I have no doubt at all that in that respect the intellectual strength of the country has been immensely fortified. Therefore, I do not think it can really be said, taking all the difficulties into consideration that either Poland or what are loosely called the Western Powers have anything really to reproach themselves with in regard to their first reactions to the solution of a problem that is not one of their making.
It is unfortunately true not merely that the problem was grave when it first started, but that it is not becoming any less grave as the years pass. Mention has been made of those additional refugees who came upon charity from Spain and I was particularly asked some 1062 questions by the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, about Spanish refugees. The first question was what was happening to Spanish refugees at Oran. The Treasury is considering the possibility of giving a grant of financial assistance for the payment of their emigration to Mexico. I was also asked what plans we had for those of the International Brigade who could not be repatriated. Well, the Germans and the Austrians of that Brigade have already been accepted by Sweden.
May I ask the noble Marquess how recently that offer has been officially made by the Swedish Government?
THE MARQUESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA
To tell the noble Earl the truth, I am not a spokesman really for the Foreign Office, and it was only because my advisers told me that it had been made that I made that statement. Finally I was asked what we could do for relief among refugees in the camps in France and North Africa. I would remind the noble Earl that we gave £100,000 to the International Commission for the assistance of refugees in Spain, and this sum has partly been spent to relieve the Spanish refugees in France and North Africa. Furthermore, as the noble Earl himself said, His Majesty's Government have given £50,000 to the British Red Cross for relief among men of military age in the camps in France. Therefore in that particular respect our efforts have not been negligible.
May I turn to another aspect, that is the aspect of the Czech refugees, who it has been suggested in the course of the debate have some special claim on our attention? It will be remembered that after the events of March 15 His Majesty's Government announced that we intended to continue to apply for the purpose for which it was originally intended the free gift to the Czech Government of £4,000,000 which under the Agreement of January, 1939, was to be used for the payment of the expenses of the emigration of refugees from the territories ceded by Czecho-Slovakia as defined in the White Paper issued at the time. It is obvious that the application of that Agreement in the circumstances now prevailing has given rise to very considerable difficulty. In any case the commitments of the fund for refugees 1063 who have already left Czecho-Slovakia are so heavy that the amount available for future immigration would, I regret to say, be limited. At the same time it must not be forgotten that the Government have contributed very largely to the possibility of large numbers of Czechs being able to emigrate. There again I feel that His Majesty's Government and the British people have nothing to be ashamed about. Of course I do feel that these matters are quite clearly palliative. I mention them because I think it is important we should not under-estimate what we have done in this matter, any more than we should over-estimate what we have done.
It is quite clear—here I agree with every speaker who has taken part in the debate—that we must in this matter plan not in terms of years but of decades. We must try to have a long-view policy in this matter, and it seems to me we must not merely bring into our plan countries with a settled administration and settled population who are able to absorb a certain proportion of these refugees, but we must apply our whole minds to the question of whether we can use those territories which have not been tapped either by private or by public funds. Infiltration is, of course, of the very greatest value. Thirty thousand a year are going to America, 5,000 a year for three years are going to Australia, 75,000 in five years are going to Palestine. At least 50,000 of those will certainly be refugees and a large proportion of the remaining 25,000 will in all probability be refugees. Those contributions, and many smaller ones, are clearly of the greatest importance. It is because the British Empire, as is sometimes forgotten, cannot shoulder this burden alone, that international action is of such tremendous importance. The two international bodies which are dealing with this matter are the High Commissioner for Refugees of the League of Nations and the London Inter-Governmental Committee for Refugees, which has as its Chairman the Paymaster-General, Lord Winterton, to whom I have already referred, while Mr. Myrom Taylor, representing the United States, Senator Bérenger, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Senate, and many other representatives of ambassadorial rank or of the rank of High Commissioner are members of it. 1064 I mention these facts in order to make clear the importance and influence of that Committee.
I cannot share the view expressed by my noble friend when he criticised that Committee and said that the work should never have been taken out of the hands of the League of Nations. I would remind him that that Committee is able to do two things that the League of Nations would not be able to do. In the first place, it is able to bring in the United States Government, which I think he will agree is of the highest importance; and secondly, through that Inter-Governmental Committee and through the fact that America is represented on that Committee, we are able to work in far closer co-operation in matters affecting refugees than we should have if it had not existed. Moreover, as Sir Herbert Emerson, who is the League Commissioner, is also the Director of the office of the Inter-Governmental Committee, the two organisations can work in the closest harmony together. That Committee, when you get down to it, has two functions to perform, and those are the functions upon which the success or failure of the solution of this emigration problem is going to depend.
The first function is obtaining conditions under which the refugees can leave their country of origin with a reasonable capital and reasonable equipment for the new life that they are taking up. I do not think that I need weary your Lordships with an account of the negotiations of Mr. Rublee, who was then the Director of the Inter-Governmental Committee, with the German Government. I would only say that I am sorry that, so far, the conditions that he eventually secured have not been implemented. The second function of this Committee to which we must all turn our minds is the question of permanent settlement: where are you going to put your refugees when you have got them out? Of course, if they have capital the problem is less hard to solve than if they have no capital, but sooner or later you have to decide where they are going to remain as permanent citizens.
It has been suggested by many speakers this evening that we could absorb many more of them into our population. I am the last to deny the virtues and the value that we should get from immigrants of the right type, but I must confess that I 1065 thought that the noble Marquess, Lord Reading, under-estimated the danger of a growth of anti-Semitic feeling in this country if any very large increase of the Jewish population of this country were attempted by any Government. It is, of course, a matter of opinion; it is difficult to prove what one feels. But I have the strongest feeling that any very large increase in the Jewish population of this country would provoke an anti-Semitic feeling which I cannot disguise from myself is an underlying factor in England in common with almost every other country in the world. I would therefore urge on all those who have suggested that course the necessity for the greatest caution in advancing in that direction. It is not that I say for a moment that that course may not be the right one in the long run to pursue if cautiously pursued, but I would say that it is not one which I should care to see embarked upon rashly or at very great speed.
Then, if England is not to be the final place of refuge, we come to those other places, such as South America and British Guiana. We need not go into details of the possibility of settlement in those countries at this stage. I think the real argument underlying every speech that was made was not whether British Guiana could or could not be made a place where many thousands of Jews could settle, but rather whether or not the Government would put up the money to enable them to go to British Guiana or to South America or the rest. That, I think, was the fundamental question which was raised. And I can only reaffirm the policy which the Prime Minister clearly laid down, which is that whereas we are prepared to go to the very limit of our resources in supplying services and administration, and even transport, we do not feel justified at this stage in giving actual financial assistance to these schemes.
I think it is unnecessary for me to go into all the various points that have been raised during the course of the debate. As a matter of fact my rather general speech has probably covered most of them. For instance, I think that by implication I have answered Lord Balfour of Burleigh. I say that the policy of His Majesty's Government still remains the same as regards England as a country of asylum, and I for one should be very sorry indeed if ever we were to depart from it. We are adopting wherever possible 1066 as generous a policy as we can. The Ministry of Labour, for instance, has given or is giving special permission for Czech agricultural labourers to work where there is a proved shortage of English agricultural labourers. We are trying to give to all our regulations—which, after all, were carefully framed and devised to protect our own population—the most liberal interpretation possible; and equally we are determined that every aid that we can give for further settlement of the refugees in our Colonies or in South America or anywhere else in the world we will freely give. With that assurance I hope that my noble friend will agree that we have done all that can reasonably be expected of us at this stage in the very grave and drastic problem with which we have found ourselves so suddenly confronted.
§ VISCOUNT CECIL OF CHELWOOD
My Lords, I do not at this hour and with this audience propose to detain your Lordships for more than a moment, but there are one or two things that I want very much to say in reference to the very interesting speech to which we have just listened. I confess I felt a little depressed. First there was Lord Harlech, who told us that the day of large settlement was over; then there was my noble friend Lord Dufferin, who told us that there was great danger in infiltration. There does not seem to be much else. I do not say that for the purpose of making a debating point; I hope my noble friend will fully understand it is not that. I do feel that the problem is immensely difficult and that a great deal of what both noble Lords said is quite true; and yet, unless we do face it and find a solution, we are in the presence of a terrific human catastrophe. Therefore I very earnestly beseech the Government to set about making a definite plan.
The noble Marquess said that he was in favour of it, but he will forgive me for saying that I did not see much trace of a definite plan after that very encouraging statement. That is why I distrust, let me say it quite frankly, the Inter-Governmental Committee. The noble Marquess mentioned some of its members. I happen to know some of them, and nothing would surprise me more than to hear that they were going to make a definite plan on any subject. I am quite 1067 sure that the Inter-Governmental Committee will never do anything, because they will never like to commit their Governments to a definite proposition. Therefore I most heartily agree with what was said by my noble friend Lord Lytton at the outset; that what was required was an expert committee, which no doubt would be drawn from all sorts of different nationalities, including, if necessary, the United States, for there is no difficulty in getting a United States expert to sit on such a committee. Let them meet and draft a definite plan to be worked towards in all activities. I am sure that unless that is done we shall never get far.
There is no such definite plan. Nobody knows what we are aiming at, or what we are doing. We make a little movement towards infiltration, and then inquire about the possibilities in British Guiana, but nothing comes of it. I therefore hope the Government will realise that the London Committee will never be able to do this particular piece of work and that there should be an expert committee to draw up a plan. I agree that it would be better to do it under the machinery of the League. As to the difficulty about the assistance of the United States, believe me that no longer exists. There is no longer that horror of Geneva which at one time paralysed assistance from the United States. I beg the Government to consider that aspect, because until you have a definite proposal which you can bring before each Government in turn, and ask them what they will do, I am very much afraid that none of the measures which are at present in operation are going to ward off the catastrophe which I see looming nearer 1068 and nearer to civilisation out of this refugee question.
THE EARL OF LYTTON
My Lords, I think my Motion has served a useful purpose, because we have had a most interesting discussion. A significant fact is that every speaker who has taken part in it has supported my contention, that this refugee problem was one which was quite beyond the scope of private charity. The noble Marquess who replied for the Government will therefore hardly expect me to be entirely satisfied with his statement, that in spite of that opinion the Government were of opinion that public funds could not be devoted to the relief of refugees. I quite understand that the noble Marquess is not in a position to alter the policy of the Government as a result of a discussion in this House, but I do hope that the Government will take note of the unanimity of the opinion expressed in this House, an opinion which represents that of all the organisations, without exception, that are engaged in refugee work, to-day, and consider seriously making some change in their policy to meet that unanimous opinion. If that is done I shall feel that this discussion has served some purpose. I thank all your Lordships who have taken part in the discussion, and beg leave to withdraw my Motion.
Motion for Papers, by leave, withdrawn.
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International Trade and Brexit
Brexit Watch — remember, remember, we leave in November
Or will we? For the last two years, the one fixed point in an often chaotic negotiating process has been that the UK would leave the Union on 29 March 2019 — a promise made by Prime Minister Theresa May on more than 100 occasions. However, as described in the previous article in this series, it became increasingly apparent in the run-up to that date that there was neither a majority in Parliament for the Prime Minister’s proposed deal nor for leaving the EU with no deal in place. After a hasty meeting between Mrs May and the other 27 European leaders, two more dates then came into play: 22 May (the day before elections to the European Parliament) if the Prime Minister could win approval for her deal and 12 April if she failed and the UK was prepared to leave without an agreement in place.
The Prime Minister then decided that she should take the action that many of her opponents thought would have been wise at the beginning of the process, inviting the leaders of other parties to talks on the way ahead. These got off to a shaky start when Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reportedly walked out of the first meeting when he realised that Chuka Umunna, a former Labour MP (and now a member of the breakaway Independent Group), had been invited. While the process recovered from this setback, mainly with Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet members in lower-level talks together with officials from both sides, nothing concrete has so far emerged. Despite this, the ongoing discussions were Mrs May’s main card when she had to return to Brussels for yet another meeting with the EU Council to ask for a further extension.
Months, years?
At this stage, things became (even more) complicated. With her party up in arms at the thought, Mrs May had made it clear that she really did not want to have to run European elections in the UK so was keen to leave before that become mandatory in late May. For the Council, President Donald Tusk (who has made no secret of his wish for the UK to think again and agree to withdraw Article 50) said that a year might be needed for the various parties in Parliament to sort themselves out. He then added another word to the growing Brexit dictionary when he suggested that this might be in the form of a “flextension”: a period of at least a year that could be ended at whatever point agreement became possible. On the other hand, President Macron of France — seemingly playing to his home audience — took a tough line and said that the UK should either sort itself out in the next few weeks or leave with no deal. The resulting arguments took the Council meeting into the early hours of the next morning before eventually a compromise was reached that seemingly left everyone concerned dissatisfied. Everyone, that is, except for headline writers.
Trick or treaty?
The decision to go for a six-month extension ending on 31 October was a gift to those involved who had already categorised the latest discussions as a horror show. Jacob Rees-Mogg said that there was “symbolism” in the choice of Halloween for the new deadline while various Twitter users said it proved that the EU had a sense of humour or wondered if Liam Fox might now be considering “be-spook trade deals”. Another popular question was whether the Prime Minister would finally “take bat control”.
The one person that was certainly not smiling at any of these juvenile jokes was Theresa May as she must immediately have realised that, while the six-month extension would initially take the pressure off the search for a deal, it also left unresolved the question of the European Parliament elections. For reasons explained in the previous article, the EU is adamant that if the UK is still a Member State then it must elect its quota of MEPs at the end of May and they must take their seats for the start of the new session on 2 July 2019.
Nightmare on Downing Street
It has been made abundantly clear to the Prime Minister that many of her party members (and even some in her Cabinet) view that process with extreme distaste. Three years after the referendum which seemed to signpost the UK’s way out of the EU, and two months after the date by which they expected to be free of all the institutions of the Union, they were now expected to vote to send members to a body that many of them despised. This has added another layer of chaos to Brexit as Mrs May continues to put forward the view that she can cancel the elections (up to the day before they are held) if only her deal can be agreed. At the same time her Government is advising councils across the country to book premises, hire staff and print papers to ensure that the elections can go ahead.
Nigel Farage has seized the opportunity to launch a new one-policy Brexit Party which arrived with a burst of publicity about his candidates (including Annunziata Rees-Mogg and Ann Widdecombe). When asked if the Conservative Party intended to have its own launch, Chairman Brandon Lewis said that his priority was “not to have to fight the elections at all”. Faced with polls suggesting that many of his members would be voting for Mr Farage as a protest, he said that there was “still time” for the UK Parliament to approve the withdrawal agreement — which it has so far rejected three times.
Could that happen?
In light of the last three years, the answer to that question would have to be that anything is possible. However, it would certainly depend on agreement emerging from the cross-party talks and that increasingly seems unlikely. When the six-month extension was granted, Donald Tusk urged the UK Government “not to waste this time”: MPs immediately started a two-week Easter recess and Brexit disappeared from the political headlines. Even when they returned, there seemed to be a distinct lack of urgency. Talks with the Opposition are continuing and indeed commentators have suggested that the two sides are not that far apart — with Mr Corbyn’s wish for some sort of a customs union being reasonably close to Mrs May’s idea of a special “customs arrangement”. What is likely to derail the talks, however, is that he cannot be seen to be facilitating a “Tory Brexit” and she could not survive an agreement that depended on Labour votes for its passage through Parliament.
Time enough?
The other significant problem is that, on closer examination, the six-month extension is not quite as generous as it first appeared. As mentioned above, part of it has already been lost to the Easter break and, unless there is a move to change Parliament’s timetable, we can expect to see it close for a further week at Whitsun, followed by six weeks for the summer holidays and four weeks for the party conferences in the early autumn. In addition (assuming they go ahead), the European elections will divert attention from Brexit and, to some extent, will introduce the three-week period known as purdah when government is traditionally prevented from making announcements about any new or controversial initiatives which could be seen to be advantageous to any candidates or parties in the forthcoming election. With all this debating time taken out of the schedule, the Government will struggle to complete and pass the required legislation — even if finally gets approval to do so.
Business (upset) as usual
Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General, said that while the extension to October meant an imminent economic crisis had been averted, it needed to mark a fresh start. “More of the same will just mean more chaos this autumn,” she said. “Businesses will today be adjusting their no-deal plans, not cancelling them.” The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) agreed that businesses would be relieved that prospect of “a messy and disorderly exit” had again been avoided but warned that its members’ frustration with this seemingly endless political process is palpable. The Institute of Directors (IoD) added to the chorus of complaints saying: “Westminster absolutely cannot feel the pressure is off now, quite the opposite, we need an increased sense of urgency towards finding a solution.”
What must not happen, the BCC warned, is for things to drift on towards another late-night drama in October as that would be a disaster for business confidence. But who would bet against exactly that happening? Leading trade expert Pascal Lamy, the former Head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and previously the EU’s Trade Commissioner, has summed up the UK’s dilemma by suggesting that it wants to leave Europe politically, but remain economically. This paradox is unlikely to be solved by the present Parliament, he argued, which implies that there will either be a second referendum or possibly even another general election before the year is out.
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This section of the Portal helps you to find a mediator in Malta.
How to find a Mediator in Malta
Malta's Mediation Centre provides the parties with a list of mediators duly accredited by the Centre. Whether in the case of a voluntary mediation or one that is referred to the Centre by the court or by law, a mediator is selected by the disputing parties from the list of accredited mediators, provided the person chosen is mutually acceptable to all the parties to the dispute. If the parties do not agree on the choice of a mutually acceptable mediator, the Centre will appoint as mediator the person whose name is next on the list of approved mediators.
In family mediation, parties can either select by mutual consent a mediator of their choice from a list of persons appointed by the Minister responsible for Justice for that purpose, and in this case the parties bear the costs of mediation themselves, or the Court assigns a mediator, on a rota basis, from the list of persons appointed by the same Minister to act as court-appointed mediators, in which case the fees due to the mediators are paid by the Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunal.
For the time being, an electronic register of mediators does not exist as yet. However, in case of queries you can contact the Centre through the Registrar at Malta Mediation Centre, Palazzo Laparelli, South Street, Valletta VLT 1100.
To contact the Registrar you can call the following number: +356 21231833 or e-mail: info@mediationmalta.org.mt
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Term: News, Unsere Aktivitäten, Pilote experiment, Politic, Standard
EQUALITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH
THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME
The Green Party calls for the establishment of a pilot experiment for the introduction of a UBI in the canton of Geneva
While more than a third of Geneva's men and women voted for the unconditional basic income three years ago, today, on the eve of the women's strike on June 14, the Green and BIEN-Switzerland are proposing a pilot experiment for Geneva: the unconditional basic income (UBI) as a central tool for equality.
The UBI is not only an excellent means of ensuring a better redistribution of wealth among the population, as well for women than men, but also makes it possible to rethink our relationship at work completely and to value unpaid activities, which are essential to social cohesion. The UBI thus makes it possible to better reconcile professional life, training, family life, associative and political life and free time for all.
It is a total paradigm shift that the Greens are demanding. Through the pilot project in Geneva, the Green Party wants to establish an unconditional basic income that gives everyone the freedom to choose their activity, paid or unpaid. With the UBI, equality, solidarity, associative work and civic engagement, now valued, are set to grow.
As we know, it is mainly women who work part-time and do unpaid work. A basic income represents an appreciation and recognition of this work, which is essential for the functioning of society and the maintenance of social cohesion. But above all, far from confining women to the home or to a low salary, the UBI gives them the freedom to choose their activity.
Women's empowerment requires greater financial independence. By guaranteeing a basic income for all, the UBI will contribute to the emancipation of many women and at the same time reduce their submission to a violent spouse, a harassing boss or even forced prostitution. By guaranteeing economic autonomy to each and everyone, without distinction, the UBI makes it possible to achieve a better balance in the distribution of power and thus to move closer to equality.
The motion that the Greens will submit this summer will require that a pilot experiment of several years be quickly launched in Geneva on a sufficiently large and diversified sample of the population (several thousand people), in order to collect data to analyze the economic, social and ecological impacts of the introduction of a UBI. This experience will have to be validated by the academic community, which will define the parameters to be evaluated: employment, health, autonomy training, social integration, equality, civic participation.
At a time of the necessary ecological transition, when many jobs are destined to change or disappear, it is time to review our system of redistribution of wealth, which can no longer be limited to paid work. Without the introduction of a UBI, the most vulnerable inhabitants, who happen to be the majority of women, will find themselves increasingly in positions of dependency, thus removing the prospect of true equality between all.
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Communiqué de presse des Vert-e-s genevois et BIEN-Suisse [2]
Source URL: https://bien.ch/en/story/news/press-release-greens-call-ubi-pilot-experience-geneva
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Portland State wins $75,000 grant to study bike share equity programs
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on March 1st, 2018 at 4:56 pm
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You can add another bike-related topic that researchers at Portland State University have gained national notoriety for: equity in bike share systems.
PSU’s Transportation Research and Education Consortium (TREC) just won a grant worth nearly $75,000 from the Better Bike Share Partnership. The award, announced today by People for Bikes, is part of $410,000 split between eight projects across the country.
The money will go toward a “national assessment of bike share equity programs.” Here’s more about the project:
Portland State’s research team will document the programs and strategies developed to address equity in bike share across the U.S., and identify the definitions and measures of success for each of these efforts. The result will be a catalog of equity approaches employed, an aggregated summary of key elements of each approach or strategy, and a record of which metrics agencies used to assess if they are meeting their equity goals, along with the various ways agencies are assessing their programs.
As bike share systems have become more common, providers, governments, and advocates want to make sure its benefits are distributed fairly across all races and income levels. Aspects of systems like; where the bikes are deployed, how they’re paid for, and how much they cost to use, can all have a significant impact on which communities get the most out of them.
“Cities, bike share operators, and community-based partners are eager for best practices and support to make bicycling and bike share more accessible and available to people of color and low-income communities,” said Zoe Kircos, Director of Grants and Partnerships at People For Bikes.
TREC is no stranger to the field of bike share equity. In 2017 they completed a three-part research project that aimed to make bike share systems more equitable. That research focused on the people who use and live near bike share systems.
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maxD March 1, 2018 at 5:17 pm
Biketown has always struck me as inequitable in its discrimination against young people! It seems excessively limiting to families to not allow people under the age of 18 to ride these bikes, even with an adult! We let 16 year olds drive cars! I would love to know if other bikeshare systems have more equitable practices toward young people/families and why Biketown is so super restrictive.
Ivan Boothe March 1, 2018 at 6:18 pm
It may be about the ability to enter into/enforce contracts with people who are under 18, which is pretty limited. It’s better than renting cars, for which you have to be 25!
But I agree there should be some way to enable this kind of access, even if it required some kind of co-signing by someone over 18.
David Hampsten March 1, 2018 at 6:40 pm
It also has to do with whether you can pay for bikeshare using your phone or not. Technically you can’t use LimeBike if you don’t have a smart phone, but I’ve seen “minority” middle-school kids on Limebikes here, so either the kids have smart phones with some sort of credit line, or else they have cleverly figured out how to hack the system – I’m guessing the latter. And, no, they weren’t wearing helmets.
JeffS March 1, 2018 at 8:58 pm
Of course it’s about the contract.
Steve B. March 2, 2018 at 2:51 pm
Not the USA but they’ve managed to do this in France:
http://time.com/2902001/paris-bike-share/
Phil Richman March 2, 2018 at 8:05 am
Agreed, my 17 yo can drive, but not use BikeTown. I know Chicago’s age limit is 16 and they have a lot more bikes and a lot more users.
We’ve had LimeBike here in Greensboro since June 2017, with about 1,000 bikes in our community of 288,000. About 7% of our population “regularly” use LimeBikes according to the company and another 2% occasionally, with about 1.5 rides per bike per day. When we see Strava maps for Greensboro, most rides are in the wealthier white neighborhoods of the northwest part of the city, especially along multi-use paths and a nearby battlefield park. However, a recent LimeBike heatmap showed heavy use not only around the two main universities here, not at all surprising, but also very heavy use in the predominantly black neighborhoods on the east and south sides of the city, which was a huge surprise.
rick March 1, 2018 at 7:27 pm
Well, it isn’t available in Lair Hill or near OHSU on the hill.
John Liu March 2, 2018 at 6:31 am
Topography. . .
David Hampsten March 2, 2018 at 10:23 am
Some of the more modern bikes, at least those built since 1890, seem to have a new technology called “gears”. LimeBike has embraced this new technology, though perhaps Biketown has not?
I’m eager to hear whether the proposed solution is going to be race based preference, wealth redistribution or both.
Middle of the Road Guy March 2, 2018 at 9:45 am
I’m eager to hear how they will measure the success of their solutions.
Zach March 2, 2018 at 8:39 am
“make bicycling and bike share more accessible and available to people of color and low-income communities”
It’s cool that they need $75,000 to come up with the obvious answer: installing Biketown ***in those communities***. Literally a baby could figure that out.
Yes, but is the baby a faculty member yet at PSU?
Tim March 3, 2018 at 5:25 am
Seems odd that PSU (where wealthy students complain about walking 4 blocks) is somehow going to understand “equity” in access to bike share programs…..
turnips March 5, 2018 at 1:10 pm
I think you’re confusing Portland State University (PSU) with the University of Portland (UP). while there are certainly folks who complain about the high cost of parking near PSU, the article about having to walk four blocks to campus because there isn’t enough free parking was published in the UP student newspaper.
Shoupian March 2, 2018 at 1:10 pm
“As bike share systems have become more common, providers, governments, and advocates want to make sure its benefits are distributed fairly across all races and income levels” – always the extra scrutiny and suspicion for bicycle projects. When was the last time a roadway expansion project or any policy that subsidizes driving get a study on the distributed benefits/costs across all races and income levels? I think even the least equitable bike share system is more equitable than the automobile-oriented transportation system.
This happens regularly. In fact it’s the main cause of roadway construction delays. It’s called an “environmental review” or NEPA, and in most cases they do in fact look at impacts upon poor people, minorities, and other groups counted by the census. In Oregon the study delay is usually 2-3 years; in North Carolina, it’s typically 9-12 years.
RH March 2, 2018 at 1:53 pm
Why does this even matter? Isn’t biketown privately funded with no taxpayer money? If yes, then they can put the bikes wherever they want and charge whatever they want.
It is not, or not entirely. According to PBOT, the city contributed $3.2 million for bikeshare 2016/17 operations, not including planning staff, community outreach by staff, nor city maintenance (adopted budget page 480). Since PBOT is running it, any shortfalls in revenue from sponsorships and fees will have to be borne by Portland taxpayers. In addition, Biketown occupies public right-of-way which could be used for other purposes such as bike parking, parks, benches, homeless camps, etc, an indirect subsidy.
If Biketown was run like LimeBike or other non-subsidized bike share companies, then your statement would be quite true. But since PBOT is running it, no matter how much non-government income there is, even if over 100%, it still has to be equitable by law, or else PBOT and the city could lose all of its’ other federal subsidies for transit, sewers, roadways, police, fire, etc.
Emily Guise (Contributor) March 2, 2018 at 3:51 pm
Zach, that is a big part of it obviously (and I’m all for expansion, Biketown everywhere please) but education is another important part. Bikeshare is often seen as a harbinger of gentrification and displacement, and lots of people, if they don’t see a person who looks like them biking, won’t think it’s for them or just don’t know what it’s about or what the benefits are.
For example, a recent study of Citi Bike use in Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn showed that “Bed-Stuy saw 225 percent more Citi Bike trips in June 2016 than in June 2015. What changed? Expansions in 2015 and 2016 increased the number of stations and bikes in Bed-Stuy…But more than that, Restoration dedicated itself to a three-year mission of changing the culture and conversation about bike-share.” Quote from this article.
Jake Wilson March 3, 2018 at 2:27 am
“part of $410,000 split between eight projects”
*among eight projects
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War is keeping close as U.S. Places Deadly Nuclear-Armed B-52 Bombers on High Alert to Attack North Korea
The tension between Kim Jong Un and the United States has taken a new dimension as nuclear-armed bombers have reportedly been put on alert to attack North Korea.
The U.S. Air Force is preparing B-52 strategic bombers to be put on constant alert amid increasing tensions with North Korea, according to a report out Sunday. (REUTERS/Ints Kalnins)
The tension in the Korean Peninsula is gradually taking a different dimension as the U.S. Air Force is preparing to place its fleet of nuclear-armed B-52 bombers on 24-hour alert for the first time since 1991.
Report quoted a U.S. Military Chief Gen. David Goldfein, as saying that the escalating tensions with North Korea had made the deployment of the bombers inevitable.
However, Defense officials denied to Fox News that bombers were ordered to go on 24-hour alert.
“This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared.
“I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we’re prepared going forward,” Goldfein said.
Goldfein noted that in a world where “we’ve got folks that are talking openly about use of nuclear weapons,” it’s important to remain alert and think of new ways to be prepared.
“It’s no longer a bipolar world where it’s just us and the Soviet Union. We’ve got other players out there who have nuclear capability.
“It’s never been more important to make sure that we get this mission right,” Goldfein added.
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, home of the 2d Bomb Wing and Air Force Global Strike Command, which manages the service’s nuclear services, is being renovated, Defense One reported, so that B-52s would be ready to “take off at a moment’s notice.”
The B-52, which can fly up to about 50,000 feet and at supersonic speeds, has the ability to release a variety of weapons, including cluster bombs, gravity bombs and precision guided missiles.
The long-range bomber can also unleash both nuclear and precision-guided conventional ordnance.
The 24-hour alert status for B-52s ended in 1991, in the waning days of the Cold War.
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Margaret Jackson – Gubbin’s Secretary Dies Aged 96
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Margaret Jackson, who has died aged 96, was entrusted with many of Britain’s wartime secrets in her role as principal secretary to the first Commander of Aux Units & later Special Operations Executive (SOE), Brigadier (later Major-General Sir) Colin Gubbins.
In 1940 Margaret Jackson was working for the Royal Institute of International Affairs when she was interviewed by Gubbins. He was looking for a French-speaking secretary and she joined him in Paris, where he headed the mission to liaise with resistance groups run by the Polish and Czech authorities in exile.
In Paris she was a secretary to No 4 Military Mission before being recruited to Military Intelligence Research (MIR), a small department of the War Office. After the German breakthrough, on June 17, with the French surrender imminent, she escaped from St Malo on a hospital ship and got back to England.
In London, having reported to MIR, she was told that Gubbins had been directed to form the Auxiliary Units, a clandestine civilian force which would operate behind German lines if Britain were invaded. She worked for him first in Whitehall and then at a country house in Wiltshire.
Promising recruits were found in the Home Guard and organised into patrols. They were trained in the use of explosives, including Molotov cocktails. Specially prepared hide-outs were found in woods and farm buildings, and Margaret Jackson personally took a hand in selecting these for members of the units.
In November, Gubbins was seconded to SOE, which had recently been established to wage guerrilla warfare in Nazi-occupied countries and, in Churchill’s words, to “set Europe ablaze”. Priority was given to cutting enemy communications and subverting their morale. After paramilitary training, students completed a parachute course at Ringway (now Manchester airport). Selected agents might then be sent to learn sabotage techniques or to be trained as radio operators. In early 1941 a group of so-called “finishing schools” was set up in the New Forest to provide general training in clandestine operations. SOE had its headquarters in Baker Street. Having outgrown two gloomy family flats in an apartment building, it moved to a modern office block. In the autumn of 1940 and the winter of 1940-41, everyone was working almost around the clock, and many of the staff slept in their offices. All had cover stories to match the work that they were doing, and the necessity to keep the organisation secret made it very difficult to take on new recruits.
When Gubbins and Margaret Jackson first arrived, there was not a single radio set operating in Occupied Europe. By the summer and autumn of 1941, however, more than 60 agents had been dispatched to north-west Europe, nearly half of them to France.
Gubbins was proving to be the linchpin of the organisation, and in November his responsibilities were widened: French, Belgian, Dutch, German and Austrian sections were added to the Polish and Czech sections for which he was already responsible.
Margaret Jackson’s already heavy workload increased correspondingly. Her role was to coordinate the work of the senior secretaries who had to wrestle with multiple carbon copies and manual typewriters. With large bundles of telegrams being the lifeblood of the organisation, she sifted and annotated them for Gubbins, who would read them and pass them on to section heads. Security was a priority. Posters on the wall warned against careless talk and the danger of informers. Every night papers had to be locked up or shredded, and diaries and blotters removed. In September 1943 Gubbins became executive head of SOE, and Margaret Jackson regarded him as a born leader. For his part, he was not afraid to delegate responsibility to her and to other members of his very competent staff; he would not countenance any form of discrimination against women.
SOE had to survive setbacks, mistakes, betrayals, intrigues and constant efforts to remove its independence. The battle with Whitehall for scarce resources was, at times, almost as fierce as the fight with the Germans. The “Baker Street Irregulars” were, however, buoyed up by an unshakeable conviction that eventually the war would be won.
Margaret Wallace Jackson was born in London to Scottish parents on January 15 1917 and was brought up in Argentina, where her father was in business. She was educated at home by a governess until the age of 13, when she was sent to a Methodist school in England, where the family returned to live after her father’s death in 1934.
When SOE was disbanded in 1946, Margaret Jackson was appointed MBE. She joined the Allied Commission for Austria in Vienna and took notes at the quadripartite meetings. She subsequently joined the Organisation of European Economic Co-operation in Paris and worked as its deputy secretary for about four years.
Margaret Jackson believed that many in Britain underestimated the miracle of Franco-German reconciliation. She was a passionate advocate of European unity and reconstruction, and regarded this period of her life as immensely satisfying.
She returned to England in 1952 and, having joined the Foreign Office, was posted to Melbourne in Australia as an information officer. There she became involved in Moral Re-Armament, a movement that was gaining traction among dockside workers at a time of considerable industrial strife.
When she was told to sever her association with MRA on the ground that she was dabbling in politics, she refused; the matter was dropped, but she subsequently resigned and returned to England. Back in London, she worked in a number of secretarial jobs, including nine years as PA to the secretary of the Malaysian Natural Rubber Producers’ Research Association. For eight years she served as a Conservative councillor for the London borough of Southwark.
She retired to a Methodist home at Croydon. The Imperial War Museum has a recording of an interview that she gave about her time with SOE.
Margaret Jackson was unmarried. One of her three sisters, Patricia, married Sir Patrick Dean, British Ambassador to the UN (1960-64) and to the United States (1965-69); another, Elisabeth, was the wife of Lord Roskill, the Law Lord.
Margaret Jackson, born January 15 1917, died June 2 2013
[Source: Telegraph]
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This Is Not a T-Shirt
A Brand, a Culture, a Community--a Life in Streetwear
Bobby Hundreds
The story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand by Bobby Hundreds himself
Streetwear occupies that rarefied space where genuine "cool" coexists with big business; where a star designer might work concurrently with Nike, a tattoo artist, Louis Vuitton, and a skateboard company. It’s the ubiquitous style of dress comprising hoodies, sneakers, and T-shirts. In the beginning, a few brands defined this style; fewer still survived as streetwear went mainstream. They are the OGs, the “heritage brands.” The Hundreds is one of those persevering companies, and Bobby Hundreds is at the center of it all.
The creative force behind the brand, Bobby Kim, a.k.a. Bobby Hundreds, has emerged as a prominent face and voice in streetwear. In telling the story of his formative years, he reminds us that The Hundreds was started by outsiders; and this is truly the story of streetwear culture.
In This Is Not a T-Shirt, Bobby Hundreds cements his spot as a champion of an industry he helped create and tells the story of The Hundreds—with anecdotes ranging from his Southern California, punk-DIY-tinged youth to the brand’s explosive success. Both an inspiring memoir and an expert assessment of the history and future of streetwear, this is the tale of Bobby’s commitment to his creative vision and to building a real community.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Bronze Bond , 07/07/2019
Streetwear needed this perspective
Bobby Hundreds, a known member of the world of streetwear, gives a much needed view on such a vague part of modern youth culture. As a dude who also disliked the Von Dutch, Ed Hardy, Lisa Frank bedazzled Famous belt era, i do not say this as a direct fan of his but as someone who has been waiting on a tale from inside the culture as a successful, tried and true member of it.
His writing skills are great. The way he describes the city of LA and his era through metaphor and such easy yet enveloping ways is impressive. I guess it proves his chops behind his blog.
I learned a lot. This book touches on a lot of topics. advice for building a brand has its own section as well. I enjoyed this one.
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Review–New Cannon Films documentary digs into the best of the worst
Filed under: Backstage Pass, Con Culture, Fantasy Realms, Movies, Retro Fix, Sci-Fi Café — Leave a comment
Some call them guilty pleasures–those films that are more bad than good, but have some quality you can’t quite identify that cements them in your own memory. You might not admit how much you like those films, but you do, and you’d also willingly admit the quality of the film is still bad, bad, bad. As you watch writer/director Mark Hartley’s new film about two cousins that created one of the most well-known independent B-movie film studios, I will wager you will see at least four movies from the 1980s that you’ll admit only to yourself “hey, I loved that movie.”
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films chronicles two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, successful filmmakers in their home country who took America by storm, taking over Cannon Group in 1980 and churning out more movies than any other studio, eventually releasing about a movie a week before it ran out of money. The documentary highlights one of the studio’s defining, over-the-top and embarrassingly bad movies: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Cannon helped the careers of names like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren and helped propel the second phase of the careers of actors like Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, and Sylvester Stallone. The list of surprising names showing up in their films included Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Marina Sirtis and Patrick Stewart, and Sharon Stone, but even once big names like Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing could be found in a Cannon movie.
Delta Force, Missing in Action and Missing in Action 2, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lifeforce, Hercules (with Lou Ferrigno), King Solomon’s Mines, Runaway Train, Invaders from Mars, American Ninja, Bloodsport, Cyborg, Death Warrant, Masters of the Universe, Powaqqatsi, and Superman IV, for good or bad, emerged from Golan and Globus’s years at Cannon.
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First look: Total Recall 2012
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One of the reasons tens of thousands of fans flock to San Diego each year is for an advance look at the best of what’s to come in the next year. Sometimes Hollywood fulfills our expectations and sometimes it lets us down, but the advance peeks always leave you eager to see even more. Across the street from the San Diego Convention Center this year during Comic-Con weekend, Columbia Pictures revealed a futuristic police car and future police officer from the new remake of the movie Total Recall, to hit theaters in 2012.
I think the general consensus is that it seems a little early for a Total Recall remake or re-imagining. The original movie starring Arnold Schwartzenegger as Doug Quaid is a sci-fi classic, with standout supporting performances by Ronny Cox as Cohaagen, Michael Ironsides as Richter, and Sharon Stone as Doug’s wife Lori. The special effects were first rate when the original premiered in 1990, including Arnold wearing a fake woman’s head as a disguise that splits apart, X-ray body scanners at the future airport–years before they would become commonplace, and that scene you can’t forget were Arnold has to pull a tracking device out through his nose. The original is also cited by anti-violence types as having one of the highest body counts of innocent bystanders in any film. It was–and still is–the ultimate sci-fi, action adventure. So why remake it? For one, the original had a box office take of $261 million. Special effects technologies are constantly changing, so the best answer is probably “why not?” Here is the only movie still released so far:
The new look from the San Diego display last weekend immediately resembles another Philip K. Dick story turned major motion picture: Minority Report. And like Minority Report, the new Total Recall will feature Colin Farrell (Phone Booth, Daredevil), this time in the lead role, as Doug Quaid. The remake also stars Kate Beckinsale (Underworld series, Much Ado About Nothing) as Doug’s wife Lori, Jessica Biel (Stealth, Blade: Trinity, Next, The A-Team) as Melina, Bill Nighy (Doctor Who, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Pirates of the Caribbean series, Harry Potter series) as Kuato, John Cho (Star Trek 2009, Harold and Kumar series), Ethan Hawke (Gattaca, Assault on Precinct 13, Alive), and this time out Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Batman: Year One) plays the tough Cohaagen, the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai. That’s right, this story doesn’t take place on the surface of Mars as the original and so there will be no reference this time out to sustaining oxygen for the planet’s residents.
Philip K. Dick’s original short story “We Can Remember it for You Wholesale” is a brief story as short stories go so there is definitely room to expand the story in any number of directions. But the producers promise this version will come closer than the 1990 film to the original short story. Total Recall is currently in production at Pinewood Toronto Studios with filming expected to wrap in September 2011.
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Crime and Justice · Politics
MN Supreme Court throws out law against disorderly conduct at meetings
Bob Collins September 13, 2017, 11:08 AM Sep 13, 2017
Robin Hensel, shown here in 2012, has had several battles with Little Falls officials over constitutional issues. Tom Baker | MPR News file
The Minnesota Supreme Court has tossed out a disorderly conduct law aimed at people who disrupt public meetings.
The Court ruled in the case of Robin Hensel, of Little Falls, who was cited for disorderly conduct after she moved her chairs closer to city councilors at a meeting, days after the Council rescheduled a meeting when Hensel displayed signs that depicted dead and deformed children, blocking the view of others in the audience.
She was convicted after a judge refused to allow her to enter a defense under the First Amendment.
“The Court has made clear that “the First Amendment does not guarantee the right to communicate one’s views at all times and places or in any manner that may be desired,” Court of Appeals Judge Michelle Ann Larkin ruled last year upholding the conviction.
Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court overruled the Court of Appeals, ruling the statute about disturbing public meetings is overly broad (See full opinion).
Here’s how the law reads:
Whoever does any of the following in a public or private place, including on a school bus, knowing, or having reasonable grounds to know that it will, or will tend to, alarm, anger or disturb others or provoke an assault or breach of the peace, is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor:
(2) disturbs an assembly or meeting, not unlawful in its character . .
“An individual could violate the statute by, for example, wearing an offensive t-shirt, using harsh words in addressing another person, or even raising one’s voice in a speech,” Justice David Stras wrote for the majority in today’s opinion.
This statute presents us with a “criminal prohibition of alarming breadth.” Stevens, 559 U.S. at 474. It criminalizes a public speech that “criticize[s] various political and racial groups . . . as inimical to the nation’s welfare.” It prohibits an individual from wearing a jacket containing an offensive inscription to a meeting. And certainly, it would forbid someone from burning the American flag on a public street.
In addition to being disruptive of gatherings of all kinds, all of these actions share a common quality: they are protected under the First Amendment. Due to the countless ways in which [the law] can prohibit and chill protected expression, we conclude that the statute facially violates the First Amendment’s overbreadth doctrine.
In a dissent joined by Chief Justice Lorei Gildea, Justice G. Barry Anderson said the court should have interpreted the statute more narrowly, rather than throwing it out.
In this case, he said, the court could have said the law targets conduct, not content.
Indeed, under the narrowing construction that I urge we adopt, many of the troubling applications of the statute the court mentions would no longer be criminalized.
For example, the court concludes that the disorderly conduct statute prohibits “criticiz[ing] various political and racial groups . . . as inimical to the nation’s welfare,” which is protected under Terminiello v. City of Chicago. But the narrowed construction urged here limits the reach of the statute to conduct, not speech.
The court worries that the disorderly conduct statute criminalizes wearing a jacket with an offensive description, which is protected under Cohen v. California. But this, too, would be outside the reach of the statute as narrowly construed because, as the Supreme Court of the United States concluded, Cohen’s jacket was simply written speech, not conduct.
Stras agreed that would settle the First Amendment violations, but it would be unworkable.
A straightforward example illustrates the point. In this case, Hensel displayed signs with pictures of dead and deformed children during the first of the two Little Falls City Council meetings.
Suppose that the State had prosecuted Hensel solely because of her decision to display the controversial signs at the first meeting, not her later decision to sit in the area between the gallery and the dais during the second meeting.
Under such a scenario, the factfinder would need to disentangle whether the cause of the disruption was her decision to display the signs, which blocked the view of other members of the public, or the message on the signs, which contained graphic images. Yet in many cases, the answer is likely both, leaving the jury with the thorny task of attempting to differentiate between the two in a disorderly-conduct case.
Stras said Anderson and Gildea’s proposed solution constitutes a “shave-a-little-off-here and throw-in-a-few-words-there statute” that would bear little resemblance to the law the Legislature actually passed.
That’s a law that is now dead.
“We’re at a time in our history where our democratic norms and values are under attack and it’s critical that people be able to publicly dissent and hold their government accountable,” Hensel’s attorney, Kevin Riach, said. “This decision takes a tool away from those who would seek to squash that dissent.”
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Restoration of historic East Side house unites art, career training
This Bailey Avenue house, which was almost demolished last summer, will become a training center for aspiring carpenters.
By Colin Dabkowski|Published Mon, Feb 8, 2016
The brick cottage at 2256 Bailey Ave. doesn’t look like much.
Set well back from the road on a weedy lot, bracketed by an anonymous warehouse on one side and a pair of patchwork duplexes on the other, the vacant structure doesn’t announce itself as one of the oldest houses on Buffalo’s East Side, dating from 1860 or earlier. It once belonged to the prominent attorney and politician Godfrey H. Wende, after whom a nearby street is named. It has been empty for more than a decade, overlooked and underappreciated.
That’s about to change.
Between now and the end of 2017, the house will serve as the East Side headquarters of an ambitious effort to recruit and train underemployed Buffalo residents to become high-end carpenters and craftspeople.
The project, called the Society for the Advancement of Construction-Related Arts or SACRA, is the result of a collaboration between Buffalo artist and architect Dennis Maher and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s newly founded Innovation Lab.
Its specific goal is to create a pipeline for aspiring craftspeople from local colleges, high schools and underserved neighborhoods into union apprenticeship programs and ultimately into a workforce hungry for highly skilled workers. It also aims to infuse a reviving city with a renewed understanding and appreciation for the care that went into the residential and commercial buildings of Buffalo’s Golden Age.
“It’s clear that we’re undergoing a renaissance in Buffalo,” said Russell Davidson, the first director of the Albright-Knox Innovation Lab. “The economic situation is changing. The psychology is changing. But it’s also clear that this has not reached every neighborhood in Buffalo. … We believe, as the leading cultural institution in the area, we can bridge that divide that exists between east and west.”
The project, which goes beyond the scope of a typical art project, is inspired by the work of social practice artists such as Chicago’s Theaster Gates, whose Dorchester Projects are an internationally admired model for revitalizing struggling neighborhoods through culture.
Dennis Maher's Assembly House 150, housed in the Immaculate Conception Church at Edward and Elmwood, is part of a new job training program. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)
But the Albright-Knox and Maher are taking their work even further than Gates and many of his social-practice contemporaries: They are attempting to use their collective clout and experience to create opportunities for a chronically underemployed segment of the population.
This level of social engagement is rare for an art museum. Davidson said its intent is to serve as an incubator for the program, helping to secure local, state, federal and foundation support for its initial phases and then to “step back” once it is running. The project has a specific fundraising strategy and envisions the creation of earned revenue streams from the sale of work created by participants as well as the formation of teams of SACRA-branded designers and builders for hire.
While the East Side site is renovated and expanded to include an addition where the program’s workshops will be held, the project will start with a pair of pilot projects in the architectural workshop and laboratory Maher created in 2014 in the former Immaculate Conception Church at Elmwood Avenue and Edward Street.
The first is the creation of a mosaic wood floor in the church that Davidson said will “hearken back to the architecture and design heritage of Buffalo” with students and instructors from Erie Community College. The second is the build-out of a contained lecture space within the church that will involve students from Cornell University’s architecture program, Buffalo’s Center for Employment Opportunities, ECC students and participants in the emerging leaders program of Open Buffalo, a George Soros-funded progressive advocacy organization. Maher said those projects will likely be completed by late June.
Project organizers have recruited some of the top carpenters and craftspeople in Buffalo, including the Martin House Restoration Corp.’s master carpenter Steve Oubre, the Roycroft Campus’ Jim Cordes, Megan McNally of the Foundry, instructors from ECC and other working tradespeople. It has also developed relationships with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters, along with local developers and small businesses such as Kittinger Furniture and Hadley Exhibits, whose owners say finding highly skilled workers is a challenge.
For Maher, the project is a link: between Buffalo’s east and west sides; its economic upswing and the people it can benefit most; and the city’s proud architectural history and its current feverish building boom.
“In my opinion, the level of craftsmanship and that marriage of art and architecture which were so integral to spaces here in the past, it doesn’t really exist.
“One of the reasons why the Albright is invested in this as a project is because they understand the value of that artistic and design excellence that existed in the city. Allowing for that culture to flourish I think is really important, especially at a time when so much development is happening,” he said.
“I think the lofty ideal would be to empower citizens with the capacity to reimagine their environment and equip them with the tools that are essential in order to do so. If you bring the individuals together, the things you can realize collectively are often so much greater than the sum of the parts.”
email: cdabkowski@buffnews.com
Colin Dabkowski – Colin Dabkowski is a digital editor for The Buffalo News. Before that, he was The News' arts critic, responsible for covering visual art and theater in Western New York.
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Thanks to Business Doctors, Caroline can have her cake and eat it
Running a successful cake business was something Caroline Pearman had dreamed of since learning to bake with her grandmother as a little girl.
But, after taking the plunge and leaving her busy job as a university project manager, she quickly found that her dream was turning into a nightmare.
And it wasn’t for lack of business – Caroline’s Cakes quickly became so popular, she found herself working well into night, seven days a week, to keep up with demand. But the huge workload was leaving her stressed, ill and so tired that she contemplated going back to a 9 to 5 job for some respite.
But, after a chance encounter with Business Doctor Simon Monaghan and just half a day’s consultancy, Caroline was able to drastically reduce the number of hours she worked AND increase her turnover by a huge 77% in under two years.
“I’d been a project manager in the commercial sector for 20 years, but reaching 40 made me rethink my career,” explains Caroline. “I really wanted to turn my passion for baking into a business, and watching The Great British Bake Off on TV made me think that there might be a niche market I could work in.
“I took a year’s sabbatical to test the water before committing, and started working from home,” she continues. “It was a very organic growth: I didn’t really have a plan. I just contacted people I knew from my job as a change manager at the University of Leeds and friends at the Women’s Institute in Chapel Allerton, and it took off from there.”
Although she didn’t have a firm business plan, Caroline did receive a small amount of support from the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, and it was at one of their workshops that she met Business Doctor for Leeds and North Yorkshire, Simon Monaghan.
“By that point, I had two cafes and a chain of bars on my books and demand was exceeding what I was able to supply,” says Caroline. “I was run ragged, stressed and was making myself feel ill – I couldn’t see a way forward.”
After an initial chat, Simon went away and identified funding that would allow Caroline to invest in consultancy to help her drive the business forward at a sustainable pace. The Walter Smith Employer Leadership Project, part of the government’s Employer Ownership of Skills Programme, was a special scheme for the food and beverage sector, which ended in March 2016. The scheme funded up to 70% of costs related to business training, which allowed Caroline to spend half a day with Simon to get to help her to work out what – and how – she wanted to do with the business.
“It was just half a day but it really opened my eyes,” says Caroline. “I’m a project manager myself; thinking about strategy and planning is what I do, but I wasn’t doing it for myself. You really need someone who’s impartial and hasn’t got that emotional investment.
“Simon was very clear about asking the right sort of questions and getting me to think about why I was doing it and what I wanted to achieve long term. We explored how I could expand my business while still being involved and baking but allowing me to retain control. I admit, I’m a bit of a control freak and I didn’t want to lose the quality.”
For Simon, it was an issue he was very familiar with.
“The problem with establishing a business based on the skills of one person is you’re limited to the number of hours you can work in a week – it’s impossible to grow further than that,” he says. “Taking on an employee isn’t always the answer, as there’s so much responsibility that goes with it. And, because Caroline worked from home, it would have meant taking on a unit, which just throws further complications into the mix.”
So Simon came up with a plan to expand via a network of associates: Caroline would retain control of the business and the quality of the cakes, but outsource production to other local baking enthusiasts who would operate on a self-employed basis.
Caroline explains: “After that first meeting I went away and set my sights on finding the right people who had the same values as me: expert bakers who could add their skills to what I was already doing. I went through my networks and put the word out and had a great response.”
Now, Caroline has four associates, all of whom share her passion for baking and can produce the quality products she insists on.
“I have two ladies who are experts in decorating, which I also love but is very time consuming, and another two who bake and decorate. The beauty of the model is that I’m not employing them, but I can outsource a huge amount of work which has allowed me to really grow the business.”
With two full-time and two part-time bakers working under the Caroline’s Cakes mantel, business is booming: turnover has leapt by a massive 77%.
“It’s made a hell of a difference, not just financially, but personally as well,” says Caroline. “The main reason for giving up my job at the university was so I can spend time with my husband and parents – I’m a carer for my father, who has Alzheimer’s – and fulfill my passion for travel.
“Now, I can go away and leave my business in the hands of people I trust; it’s sustainable even when I’m not there, and I have the quality of life I was looking for when I started out. Without Simon, I would have made myself ill and I wouldn’t have been able to carry on.
“It’s incredible that in just half a day I was able to totally change the business model and turn it around to the extent I have. When you’re a small business it feels a bit frivolous to spend money on advice, but one of the things I’ve taken away is investing in that strategy and long-term planning is essential, no matter how much experience you have.”
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Sarah Ferguson opens up about Prince Andrew and parenting Princess Beatrice and Eugenie
By Sarah Walker
In a rare and revealing new interview, Sarah Ferguson has given the world an intimate glimpse of what it's like to live within her family. The 59-year-old has two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and is still close to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, despite having divorced in 1996.
"The way we have always managed to be very, very solidified as a team together, of course with the Duke of York, who is a great father is family unity [and] talking about any issue," she told Good Morning Britain on Thursday (Feb. 7). "At least every two weeks we sit down together and communicate, the four of us."
She went on to say that the family works hard to coach each other to "face your fears" and "to be yourself."
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"I believe in example by leadership. The way I have been a mother to my girls, is I never hide anything from them. So, the fears, we address them straight on. Beatrice is 30 and Eugenie is 28 they are young women now and they have their own voice."
The duchess added that she's proud of the mother figure she's become for her daughters: “I think the one thing I’ve done incredibly well – although I say it myself – is that I’m a really good mum. I think that my girls show that.”
Her sentiments echoed previous ones she made to HELLO! in 2018 about the hard work she puts into being a mom. In an exclusive interview, she said: "A table goes best with four legs. A table can't stand on three legs, really, so you have the Duke and I, and the two girls. We're a family unit and we lead by example. We support each other emotionally, and we support each other health wise. At least every two weeks we sit down together and communicate, the four of us."
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Cambridge School of Culinary Arts was founded in 1974 by Chef Roberta Dowling and her husband William. Roberta was a graduate of Madeleine Kaman’s Modern Gourmet cooking school. She began teaching people how to cook from her home in 1974, and in 1980 began developing CSCA’s curriculum for serious students aspiring to work in the food industry in the greater Boston area and beyond.
Roberta celebrated the 30th anniversary of Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in 2004 and was presented with a commendation from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, recognizing CSCA for 30 years of teaching and inspiring future chefs. She was a friend, a cheerleader, and an advocate for adults transitioning careers into the culinary and pastry arts.
Throughout the decades our curricula have evolved to be rigorous and robust, and to this day we honor our late founder’s love of food, culinary innovation and exploration, and excellence in culinary arts education.
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Roberta’s cooking career was extensive. She began teaching for Madeleine Kamman at Modern Gourmet during its first year of operation (l968-l969). While with Ms. Kamman, she received both the Teaching and Professional Chef’s Diplomas, taught non-professional classes and the Professional Chef’s Program, and was named the Senior Teacher of Italian Cuisine. After leaving Modern Gourmet in l974, she opened her own cooking school (CSCA) and catering business (DeGustibus Catering).
In l976 she traveled to Bologna and Venice where she studied with and received diplomas from Marcella Hazan, author of The Classic Italian Cookbook; Richard Olney, considered as the master of French Provincial Cuisine; and Julie Dannenbaum, founder of one of the largest cooking schools in the United States.
Roberta taught French, Italian, and European cuisine to professional chefs and restaurateurs throughout the United States. Her extensive memberships included The American Culinary Federation, The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), The American Institute of Wine and Food, The International Association of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs (WCR), and Les Dames d’Escoffier.
“Cooking is not just about book learning. Cooking is about using your senses. A great chef can look at the food in front of them and quickly understand what’s going on. I love to teach people to step outside of the recipe and really understand food.”
In addition, Roberta contributed original recipes to numerous magazines and cookbooks and was selected as one of the contributing chefs for the cookbook Boston’s Best Recipes. She has been featured by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Yankee Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Roberta was also a featured guest on WBZ-TV Channel 4’s Women and WCVB-TV Channel 5’s Good Day Show. She received Channel 4’s Evening Magazine’s prestigious Best Bet Award for cooking schools in the area and was a guest on Evening Magazine. Further, Roberta has been honored with an Award of Excellence in the Entrepreneur category from IACP for her life-long contribution to the culinary arts. In 2013, she was named Educator of the Year by WCR, who recognized her dedication to teaching and impact in the culinary community.
Roberta served as a party planner, food consultant, and food stylist for a variety of audiences in the Boston area. Through her catering company, DeGustibus, she catered private events for such eminent individuals as Princess Grace of Monaco, Julia Child, Senator Edward Kennedy, Sixty Minutes news correspondent Lesley Stahl, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, and famed Boston Globe food editor Anthony Spinazzola. Notable corporations and organizations served by Roberta’s talents include RCA, Honeywell, Polaroid, Cabot Corporation, People Magazine, Bloomingdale’s, Boston Opera Company, and the Boston Symphony.
Roberta passed away on August 17, 2015. Her legacy will continue to live on through the thousands of CSCA graduates, past, present, and future.
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. >>> moving forward. hillary clinton meets with -- for the first time. the u.s. secretary of state plans to improve relationships with myanmar. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is challenging myanmar to push ahead with reforms. she says the u.s. could upgrade relations with the nation if it met certain conditions. if it makes further efforts toward democracy. clinton is the first u.s. secretary of state to visit the country in 56 years. she met on thursday with president tain. and will look at lifting sanctions. she's urging further steps to release political prisoners and end ethnic conflicts. the clinton says the u.s. will consider upgrading the levels in myanmar from the current defair. she says it has been productive. >> i told the leadership that we will certainly consider the easing and elimination of sanctions as we go forward in this process together. >> very happy to meet you. >> clinton invited suu kyi for dinner thursday at the mission. they plan to meet again during the day to discuss how to support reforms
. >>> moving forward. hillary clinton meets with -- for the first time. the u.s. secretary of state plans to improve relationships with myanmar. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is challenging myanmar to push ahead with reforms. she says the u.s. could upgrade relations with the nation if it met certain conditions. if it makes further efforts toward democracy. clinton is the first u.s. secretary of state to visit...
The Five : FOXNEWS : December 20, 2011 5:00pm-6:00pm EST
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clinton sits down with bill o'reilly. the first time ever. the worlds collide. we have the tape. plus, vice president joe biden says that the taliban is not our enemy. you have to love the obama administration foreign policy. and never before seen color photos from battle of the bulge. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ the top story tonight, the interview everyone has been waiting for. bill versus bill. bill clinton and bill o'reilly. two giants amongst us mere mortals. see it tonight on the factor. stop it, greg. the first topic of presidential republican race. go ahead. all right. maybe not on that one. >> bob: now you can explain the suck up. >> eric: how do i have to explain the suck up without this comment. we're going to get it. bill o'reilly interviewing bill clinton. >> andrea: you play o'reilly. >> eric: this is fantastic. they spent 30 minutes together. >> greg: i was going down to get a diet coke because i do that. i don't like paying for it so i think it's free from the green room. it's only $1. >> dana: ruin it for the rest of us. >> greg: i look at the people glaring
clinton sits down with bill o'reilly. the first time ever. the worlds collide. we have the tape. plus, vice president joe biden says that the taliban is not our enemy. you have to love the obama administration foreign policy. and never before seen color photos from battle of the bulge. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ the top story tonight, the interview everyone has been waiting for. bill versus bill. bill clinton and bill o'reilly. two giants amongst us mere mortals. see it...
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Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : December 2, 2011 11:00pm-12:00am PST
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years. but -- there's a real big but -- does he need bill clinton to win? let's go "outfront" i'm erin burnett. unemployment jumps 8% chblt that's the lowest level for unemployment in about three years. it's a big headline, but a closer look, 120,000 jobs added last month isn't great. that's barely enough to keep up with population growth, let alone put a dent in the 9 million jobs lost in the great recession. still, the president hopes americans will focus on the unemployment rate. and he's also hoping he can get some of what this guy has. oh, that bill. he has the love. he has the love of so many voters. recently some republicans said bill clinton isn't sold on barack obama term two. but the two men appeared together at a green building event in washington today. >> i am thrilled that president clinton has been willing to take this on. partly thanks to me he's home alone too often. and this has been a passion for him for quite some time. >> president obama needs all the bill he can get. bill clinton's book "back to work", example number one of the former president's popularity. it's
years. but -- there's a real big but -- does he need bill clinton to win? let's go "outfront" i'm erin burnett. unemployment jumps 8% chblt that's the lowest level for unemployment in about three years. it's a big headline, but a closer look, 120,000 jobs added last month isn't great. that's barely enough to keep up with population growth, let alone put a dent in the 9 million jobs lost in the great recession. still, the president hopes americans will focus on the unemployment rate....
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Newsline (30min) : KCSMMHZ : December 1, 2011 6:00am-6:30am PST
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. >>> hillary clinton is providing more proof that myanmar's long period of isolation is coming to an end. she met president thein sein. pachari raksawong joins with us more on clinton's historic visit, pachari? >> hello, michio. u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, described her talks with the president of myanmar as candid and productive. she met president thein sein on thursday and called on myanmar to continue to move towards democracy. thein sein welcomed clinton's visit. it's the first time an american official of her seniority has traveled to the country in 56 years. clinton reportedly spoke about the u.s. position on myanmar, including the need to accelerate reforms and free all political prisoners. clinton said thein sein pledged further reforms. myanmar's ultimate goal is to see the end of economic sanctions. clinton spoke saying the discussions had been productive. she said the u.s. would consider lifting sanctions if myanmar keeps progressing with reforms. >> we want to see political and economic reform take hold and i told the leadership that we will certainly consid
. >>> hillary clinton is providing more proof that myanmar's long period of isolation is coming to an end. she met president thein sein. pachari raksawong joins with us more on clinton's historic visit, pachari? >> hello, michio. u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, described her talks with the president of myanmar as candid and productive. she met president thein sein on thursday and called on myanmar to continue to move towards democracy. thein sein welcomed clinton's...
Erin Burnett OutFront : CNNW : December 2, 2011 4:00pm-5:00pm PST
clinton to win? let's go "outfront" i'm erin burnett. unemployment jumps 8% chblt that's the lowest level for unemployment in about three years. it's a big headline, but a closer look, 120,000 jobs added last month isn't great. that's barely enough to keep up with population growth, let alone put a dent in the 9 million jobs lost in the great recession. still, the president hopes americans will focus on the unemployment rate. and he's also hoping he can get some of what this guy has. oh, that bill. he has the love. he has the love of so many voters. recently some republicans said bill clinton isn't sold on barack obama term two. but the two men appeared together at a green building event in washington today. >> i am thrilled that president clinton has been willing to take this on. partly thanks to me he's home alone too often. and this has been a passion for him for quite some time. >> president obama needs all the bill he can get. bill clinton's book "back to work", example number one of the former president's popularity. it's the number one book on amazon. number ten on "the new york ti
clinton to win? let's go "outfront" i'm erin burnett. unemployment jumps 8% chblt that's the lowest level for unemployment in about three years. it's a big headline, but a closer look, 120,000 jobs added last month isn't great. that's barely enough to keep up with population growth, let alone put a dent in the 9 million jobs lost in the great recession. still, the president hopes americans will focus on the unemployment rate. and he's also hoping he can get some of what this guy has....
Big Stars, Big Giving : CNNW : December 25, 2011 1:00pm-1:30pm PST
nearly 1,000 cancer survivors. and former president bill clinton from the oval office to a global one. and what he says was one of the happiest days of his life since leaving the white house. >>> but we begin with jennifer lopez. as far as stars go, she's at the top. from jenny from the block to a judge on "american idol," j. lo does it all. but it was a health scare with one of her twins that inspired her to give back to all the women and children who are less fortunate. and just like she's done with her career, she's dreaming big. >> she's hollywood's triple threat. she sings, dances, acts. >> you did not just poke me! >> and now she's a judge on "american idol." >> you're going to hollywood! >> she's jennifer lopez. >> you're a mother, a philanthropist, an actress, a singer, a dancer, a judge on "american idol." >> i'm tired. what i am is i'm tired. >> how do you do it all? >> i don't know. i don't know. one day at a time. >> the theme song of her life and also the maribel foundation, a nonprofit lopez started with her sister linda in 2008. it was a health scare with her newbor
nearly 1,000 cancer survivors. and former president bill clinton from the oval office to a global one. and what he says was one of the happiest days of his life since leaving the white house. >>> but we begin with jennifer lopez. as far as stars go, she's at the top. from jenny from the block to a judge on "american idol," j. lo does it all. but it was a health scare with one of her twins that inspired her to give back to all the women and children who are less fortunate....
Book TV : CSPAN2 : December 31, 2011 2:30pm-3:00pm EST
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? >> we start with the founding fathers and go to bill clinton and the monica lewinsky scandal in the koran sweep of history. we like to think it was just recently that the political parties started throwing the dirt at each other and reveal each other's sex scandal. that is not true. the founding fathers were doing that and the beginning. >> it had to have some effect. >> not just dig up dirt on the president and first lady. we were out to show those things -- historians consider personal were important in the grand scheme of the political story. how this had an impact on policy. >> i want to jump to the conclusion. you have a political message for today's society which i translate as grow up. can you tell me what you are trying to say to americans about the way they view the sex scandals of politicians? >> the desire we have -- obviously that has a huge effect on our lives and we use it to communicate more than any other. what i would like to do to make recommendations is light and up. like the europeans, have a much different reaction than we do. we have a very knee-jerk reaction a
? >> we start with the founding fathers and go to bill clinton and the monica lewinsky scandal in the koran sweep of history. we like to think it was just recently that the political parties started throwing the dirt at each other and reveal each other's sex scandal. that is not true. the founding fathers were doing that and the beginning. >> it had to have some effect. >> not just dig up dirt on the president and first lady. we were out to show those things -- historians...
Weekends With Alex Witt : MSNBC : December 4, 2011 10:00am-12:00pm EST
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landscape. >> newt gingrich is praising former president bill clinton during a town hall on saturday in staten island. he had kind words for president clinton who was once seen a as a bitter rival. >> we couldn't have gotten done what we did without clinton. clinton had been governor for 12 years. he understood negotiating with the legislature. little things, having the right picnic for families. having the families with children bringing the kids over. having people fly on air force one. little courtesies. phone call on a birthday. there are a thousand small things that create bipartisanship. >>> another endorsement from mitt romney from the prominent northwest iowa paper. the sioux city journal. the paper says he has the experience skills to run the country. it also endorsed romney in 2008. romney was asked about his differences with newt gingrich. >> i think over time the speaker will lay out his positions and i can look at those and see where we have differences. i don't know a lot of those. last week, he said repealing portions of the child labor law. i certainly don't agree with t
landscape. >> newt gingrich is praising former president bill clinton during a town hall on saturday in staten island. he had kind words for president clinton who was once seen a as a bitter rival. >> we couldn't have gotten done what we did without clinton. clinton had been governor for 12 years. he understood negotiating with the legislature. little things, having the right picnic for families. having the families with children bringing the kids over. having people fly on air...
Hardball With Chris Matthews : MSNBCW : December 29, 2011 2:00pm-3:00pm PST
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member of the clinton administration said in a column today that he thinks then president, president obama, is going to change his running mates this time around. he's going to have hillary clinton on the ticket. i want to ask the people here where with biden or hillary clinton as a running mate. you, sir? >> clinton. >> biden. >> i'd have to go with biden. >> either. both. >> who do you prefer? this is "hardball". >> clinton. >> i'd go with biden. >> clinton. >> clinton. >> hillary! >> joe biden to secretary of state, and jennifer granholm, former governor of michigan as his running mate. >> boy, you're original. >> who do you think, biden or hillary. >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear? >> biden or clinton for vice president this time running as president. >> i like them both. >> you're tough. >> aarp is a nonpartisan -- >> okay! you got your name in there! aarp, i have never heard of the organization in my life! >> you could be one of our -- >> no, but i'm eligible. >> sir, biden or hillary clinton? >> neither one. >> either one? >> neither one. >> clinton. >> hillary clinton. >> i think
member of the clinton administration said in a column today that he thinks then president, president obama, is going to change his running mates this time around. he's going to have hillary clinton on the ticket. i want to ask the people here where with biden or hillary clinton as a running mate. you, sir? >> clinton. >> biden. >> i'd have to go with biden. >> either. both. >> who do you prefer? this is "hardball". >> clinton. >> i'd go with...
MSNBC Live : MSNBC : December 2, 2011 11:00am-12:00pm EST
president bill clinton. the two announcing a new $4 billion initiative to save money and create jobs. employers created 120,000 new jobs in november bringing the unemployment rate down to 8.6%. now, the markets today are having a small reaction as we're seeing the dow jones just up by about 90 points. the s&p up by 12. the nasdaq up by 26. but green arrows across the board. we have all the angles covered for you as we wait for the president to speak. we're going to talk to a cnbc analyst and nbc's mike viqueira who has the details on the announcement from the white house. then we're going to speak with jarrod bernstein. ron, let's start with you. while there are still over 13 million americans that are out of work today, we have to remind everybody about that, this is the lowest unemployment rate we've seen since march of '09. does this mean if you're looking at this with skepticism that the economy is healing? >> in a certain sense, it is. half of them came from temporary employment and health services, we saw an improvement in certain sectors. the numbers generally speaking are mov
president bill clinton. the two announcing a new $4 billion initiative to save money and create jobs. employers created 120,000 new jobs in november bringing the unemployment rate down to 8.6%. now, the markets today are having a small reaction as we're seeing the dow jones just up by about 90 points. the s&p up by 12. the nasdaq up by 26. but green arrows across the board. we have all the angles covered for you as we wait for the president to speak. we're going to talk to a cnbc analyst...
Special Report With Bret Baier : FOXNEWSW : December 2, 2011 3:00pm-4:00pm PST
was probably not the adjective president obama had in mind when he invited former president clinton to tout another initiative to create green jobs making buildings more efficient, especially on a day the white house finally had positive news. the unemployment rate ticking down to 8.6%. the lowest level since march 2009. >> despite strong headwinds, the american economy created private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. >> even when the rivals used the phrase good news. though mitt romney quickly added this is still the worst recovery since hoover. >> his economic policies made us like europe. high unemployment and low income growth, immediate income in america dropped by 10%. he has a hard time putting perfume on this pig. >> you can see why clinton's total hesitation. 30315,000 left the workforce. simply stopped looking for a job. the white house case for 2012 is that he inherited a mess, and slowly cleaning it up. >> the hole was so deep that the recession caused. the job loss so significant that even though we are now at 3 million jobs created, private sector jobs crea
was probably not the adjective president obama had in mind when he invited former president clinton to tout another initiative to create green jobs making buildings more efficient, especially on a day the white house finally had positive news. the unemployment rate ticking down to 8.6%. the lowest level since march 2009. >> despite strong headwinds, the american economy created private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. >> even when the rivals used the phrase good news....
Big Stars, Big Giving : CNNW : December 24, 2011 11:00am-11:30am PST
clinton from the oval office to a global one and what he says was one of the happiest days of his life since leaving the white house. but we begin with jennifer lopez. as far as stars go she's at the top. from jenny on the box to a judge on "american idol", j. lo does it all. it was a health scare with one of her twins that inspired theory give back to all the women and children who are less fortunate. like she's done with her career, she's dreaming big. ♪ >> she's hollywood's triple threat. she sings. dances. acts. >> you did not just poke me? >> and now she's a judge on "american idol." >> you're going to hollywood. >> she's jennifer lopez. >> you're a mother, you're a singer, dancer, a judge on "american idol", you're a philanthropist. how do you do it all? >> i don't know. one day at a time. ♪ one step at a time >> the theme song of her life and also the maribel foundation a nonprofit lopez started with her sister linda in 2008. it was a health scare with her newborn daughter emmy that motivated theory act. >> she had this lump on her head all of a sudden, you know. it was kind
clinton from the oval office to a global one and what he says was one of the happiest days of his life since leaving the white house. but we begin with jennifer lopez. as far as stars go she's at the top. from jenny on the box to a judge on "american idol", j. lo does it all. it was a health scare with one of her twins that inspired theory give back to all the women and children who are less fortunate. like she's done with her career, she's dreaming big. ♪ >> she's...
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BBC World News : WHUT : December 1, 2011 7:00am-7:30am EST
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making headlines around the world. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has told burma's leaders that changes they have made are unprecedented and welcomed, but just the beginning. clinton sat down with burmese president thein sein for the historic talks, the first since 1955. she challenged the leadership to make much broader democratic reform in the country. if this is forthcoming, she said, the u.s. would match burma action for action. >> we are not at the point yet where we can consider lifting sanctions that we have in place, because of our ongoing concern about policies that have to be reversed. any steps that the government takes will be carefully considered and will become as i said, matched, because we want to see political and economic reform take hold. i told the leadership that we will certainly consider the easing and elimination of sanctions as we go forward in this process together. >> hillary clinton there. our correspondent is traveling with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, and here's her assessment of the talks. >> hillary clinton spent over two hours at the
making headlines around the world. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has told burma's leaders that changes they have made are unprecedented and welcomed, but just the beginning. clinton sat down with burmese president thein sein for the historic talks, the first since 1955. she challenged the leadership to make much broader democratic reform in the country. if this is forthcoming, she said, the u.s. would match burma action for action. >> we are not at the point yet where we can...
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BBC World News : KQEH : December 2, 2011 12:30am-1:00am PST
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? >> and now, "bbc world news." >>> welcome to "newsday" on bbc. pushing for reform, hillary clinton holds formal talks with pro-democracy leader aung sang suit keep. >> and fresh sanctions against iran amid its cut to steal nuclear program. >> the united nations says the growing unrest in syria has sent them into civil war. rewriting the rules of the eurozone. at the french president unveils a new blueprint for the future. 12 noon in singapore. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. this is "newsday." >>> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has begun formal talks with the pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. mrs. clinton said the u.s. about would be willing to ease sanctions if further progress is made towards political reform. a warning that this report contains flash photography. >> an american secretary of state shaking hands with the burmese president. hillary clinton and aung san suu kri, face-to-face, unthinkable a few months ago, but things may be changing and this isolette, repressive country. the burmese president laid out his policy for reform. t
? >> and now, "bbc world news." >>> welcome to "newsday" on bbc. pushing for reform, hillary clinton holds formal talks with pro-democracy leader aung sang suit keep. >> and fresh sanctions against iran amid its cut to steal nuclear program. >> the united nations says the growing unrest in syria has sent them into civil war. rewriting the rules of the eurozone. at the french president unveils a new blueprint for the future. 12 noon in singapore....
RT : December 8, 2011 6:00pm-6:30pm EST
russia's parliamentary elections hillary clinton and lattimer putin are involved in a war of words so why the sudden rise in tensions and what will it mean for the reset marchetta manas is going to be here to hash it all out and today hillary clinton gave a speech at the hague about internet freedom we're going to take a look at whether her words of wisdom for the world match up with internet policies right here at home or have all that and more fit and i couldn't get us happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. so today the president gave a press conference after his pick for the consumer financial protection bureau richard cordray was blocked by republicans and the president came out swinging saying not only that a recess appointment wasn't off the table but the once again republicans have put politics before the interests of the american people and i totally agree here that it is ridiculous how much opposition republicans are showing towards putting somebody in a position that's supposed to look out for you and i the consumers but that's no
russia's parliamentary elections hillary clinton and lattimer putin are involved in a war of words so why the sudden rise in tensions and what will it mean for the reset marchetta manas is going to be here to hash it all out and today hillary clinton gave a speech at the hague about internet freedom we're going to take a look at whether her words of wisdom for the world match up with internet policies right here at home or have all that and more fit and i couldn't get us happy hour but first...
Happening Now : FOXNEWS : December 2, 2011 11:00am-1:00pm EST
in just a few minutes. he will be joined by the way by former president clinton. we will bring you some of his comments in a little bit live there from washington, d.c.. jon: there is new fallout to tell you about after the suspected hazing death of a florida a&m drum major. geraldo rivera weighs in on the chilling 911 call just released in this man's death. all of the latest details straight ahead. jenna: this brutal santa ana wind taking a major to toll out west. jd will talk about that. take a look at that. wow! and also the forecast coming up. jon: senate lawmakers blast the white house over its handling of iran's nuclear program. senator mark kirk joins us straight ahead. jenna: "happening now", a major u.s. military asset is in iraqi hands. the massive military base in baghdad known as camp victory handed over to the iraqi government as u.s. troops are pulling out of the iraq by the end of this year. dominic di-natale streaming live from baghdad. >> reporter: small pieces of paper that led to the handover of camp victory today. that was a move much more significant of a nonce
in just a few minutes. he will be joined by the way by former president clinton. we will bring you some of his comments in a little bit live there from washington, d.c.. jon: there is new fallout to tell you about after the suspected hazing death of a florida a&m drum major. geraldo rivera weighs in on the chilling 911 call just released in this man's death. all of the latest details straight ahead. jenna: this brutal santa ana wind taking a major to toll out west. jd will talk about that....
The Contenders : CSPAN : December 9, 2011 9:00pm-10:30pm EST
much from him. and it's almost -- i almost forget bill clinton in those debates. because it really was -- ross perot really was the rock star for the people in their 20's. he had a huge following. i went to go see him in monmouth county but my question is he was very good friends with john mccain. and from what i understand, he lost touch with john mccain, i think when john left his first wife. but he recently called a reporter from "the new york times" when john mccain was running for president. and i believe that reporter wrote an article, because ross perot made a personal phone call to him. that's my question. do you know anything about his falling out with john mccain? >> well, he was for mitt romney, ross perot, for the republican nomination the last presidential election. not mccain. it's part of that just fueds that ross perot has. we've got to really understand, this is -- mr. perot is not somebody playing right-left politics. he's not what we get on our cable talk show fest and even what's happening in washington, d.c. and so anybody who he thinks is abandoning principles on,
much from him. and it's almost -- i almost forget bill clinton in those debates. because it really was -- ross perot really was the rock star for the people in their 20's. he had a huge following. i went to go see him in monmouth county but my question is he was very good friends with john mccain. and from what i understand, he lost touch with john mccain, i think when john left his first wife. but he recently called a reporter from "the new york times" when john mccain was running...
BBC World News : KQEH : December 1, 2011 6:00pm-6:30pm PST
bridges with burma. after talks with opposition leader aung san suu kyi, hillary clinton said that there would be rewards. >> the u.n. human rights commission says that president assad has tipped syria into civil war. the french president unveils a new blueprint for the future. >> it is 10:00 a.m. here in singapore, it is 2:00 a.m. here in london. this is "newsday." >> hillary clinton will meet with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi for a second time to discuss the pace of reform in burma. the previous meeting with the government, she said that the u.s. would be willing to consider easing sanctions if progress is made in political reform. the report contains flash photography. >> an american secretary of state shaking hands with the burma's president thein sein, a former junta leader. then she met with aung san suu kyi face-to-face. all of this was unthinkable just a few months ago. things might be changing in this country. the army's president laid out his president for reform. he seemed keen on this path towards change. the american diplomat gave some change but said that a l
bridges with burma. after talks with opposition leader aung san suu kyi, hillary clinton said that there would be rewards. >> the u.n. human rights commission says that president assad has tipped syria into civil war. the french president unveils a new blueprint for the future. >> it is 10:00 a.m. here in singapore, it is 2:00 a.m. here in london. this is "newsday." >> hillary clinton will meet with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi for a second time to discuss...
words of hillary clinton as she starts out talks in burma. >> stock market's surge as the central banks plan to tackle europe's crisis. and the switch from east to west. it is 4:00 a.m. here. about it is midday here in singapore. -- >> it is midday here in singapore. >>> britain has ordered the immediate closure of the iranian embassy in london and given iran's diplomatic staff 48 hours to leave. the decision follows tuesday's attack on the british embassy in tehran when hundreds of protesters rampaged through the compound and trashed the offices. some countries have recalled their ambassadors for consultations. john simpson has more. >> serious though yesterday's attack was, there have been plenty worse over the years. but cutting off all diplomatic relations is extraordinarily rare in peacetime. perhaps it was to teach a lesson to a country that does not play by the rules, a country which seems close to having nuclear bombs. >> the iranian attache in that london is been informed that we are closing their embassy and that all diplomatic staff must leave the united kingdom within
words of hillary clinton as she starts out talks in burma. >> stock market's surge as the central banks plan to tackle europe's crisis. and the switch from east to west. it is 4:00 a.m. here. about it is midday here in singapore. -- >> it is midday here in singapore. >>> britain has ordered the immediate closure of the iranian embassy in london and given iran's diplomatic staff 48 hours to leave. the decision follows tuesday's attack on the british embassy in tehran when...
spent four more times than campaigns did. that will happen more. the big one was on hillary clinton, supreme court allowed anyone to spend any amount of money. gingrich -- the other thing is, to say you have to tell the people to not use the committee to do that, that breaks the coordination. >> eric: very effective line. wow! >> dana: nobody delivers a more biting line than newt gingrich. one of his specialty, where you think that hurts. if the shoe was on the other foot and pac decided newt was their guy, we wouldn't have the discussion. on the reagan thing if i could bring up the word context again. president reagan wanted to run in 1976 and challenge a republican. this is getting out of hand. in a primary you have to compete against other republicans or democrats. you can't just say you're great. >> greg: newt asking for the attack to be stopped is like a ufc fighter saying please don't hit me in the cage. you are in the cage, this this is what you do. country no biting. >> greg: why do modern politicians while when they attack. if you insult somebody and look at them. now they
spent four more times than campaigns did. that will happen more. the big one was on hillary clinton, supreme court allowed anyone to spend any amount of money. gingrich -- the other thing is, to say you have to tell the people to not use the committee to do that, that breaks the coordination. >> eric: very effective line. wow! >> dana: nobody delivers a more biting line than newt gingrich. one of his specialty, where you think that hurts. if the shoe was on the other foot and pac...
The O'Reilly Factor : FOXNEWSW : December 21, 2011 8:00pm-9:00pm PST
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president raised the issue today as he and former president clinton touted plans to create jobs by making buildings more energy efficient. he insisted congress act on the payroll tax extension. >> we need to get this done. and i expect that it's going to get done before congress leaves. otherwise, congress may not be leaving, and we can all spend christmas here together. >> brown: there's division in republican ranks, with many saying the payroll tax cut has run up more debt, but done nothing to create jobs. at a meeting of house republicans today, arizona congressman jeff flake said many rank and filers were opposed to an extension. >> most of the people standing up were troubled with moving ahead on this. >> brown: at the same time, flake said there's fear of a voter backlash if they don't extend the tax cut. >> people are concerned that our constituents won't understand this. all they know is that they'll get a hit, as i will, as everybody will if you get rid of this payroll tax holiday. >> brown: the house and senate also have to consider extending benefits for the long-term un
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George Bush is an American boxer, author, and businessman who also served since the 45th president of the USA and the 46th governor of Texas. Since leaving office last year, Bush was dedicated to people writing and speaking while painting in his free time. An off spring in the category of elites,” Bush’s success story is still devoid of challenges. His net worth is estimated at $35 million.
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George Walker Bush was born July 6, 1946, inNew Haven, Connecticut right in to an extremely political household. His dad George Herbert Walker Bush served as the 41st President of the United States of America while his grandfatherPrescott Bush had been a US Senator from Connecticut. George’s brother Jeb Bush functioned while the 43rd governor of Florida in 1999 to 2007 and ran for president at the 20-16 elections. He also attended a all-male boarding high schoolPhillips Academy at which he played with the hockey team. After graduation, Bush jumped to examine History in Yale University. In faculty, Bush played at the soccer group and has been also the president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was also a portion of this Skull and Bones secret society which his father and grandfather were both all associates. Bush graduated from 1968 andenlisted at the Texas Air National Guard. Hewas honorably discharged from the Air Force Reserve on November 2 1, 1974.
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George Bush Spouse
George Bush’s immediate family is constructed from his wife, Laura Bush along with his twin brothers Barbara Pierce and Jenna Bush. Bush and his wife met in 1977 and before the season was out, these certainly were man and wife. Their union is blessed with both brothers born in 1981. Though from the really effective and significant political family from the USA, there’s little if any likelihood that Barbara and on occasion her sister, Jenna is going to participate in active politics. They are nevertheless associated with charity activities which were connected for their own loved ones.
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Industry Success
After Guard Responsibility, Bush earned an MBA and Registered at Harvard Business School. The primary attention of bush was in the petroleum industry. After graduating Harvard, he came back to his hometown Texas and began doing work to get the petroleum enterprise of a family friend . Bush established their or her own gas and oil industry named Bush Exploration and made a lot of money. Yet, in he also sold it toHarken a chair on its board of supervisors in addition to Energy Corporation in trade for a stock. Afterwards he spent around $800,000 in 1989, along side a number of shareholders bought the Texas Rangers baseball team. Bush successfully functioned as the managing general partner of this franchise for five decades and has been involved with its own endeavors. Fast forward in 1998, Bush sold his shares earning 17 days longer than his financial commitment.
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Spiritual Career
ForHouse of Agents ran, while managing his petroleum business. But he continued his political path in which in 1988 he moved his family into Washington DC and served to the campaign group of his dad who had been bidding for his WhiteHouse. A number years after his dad lost his Bush ran for governor of Texas. He won the Democratic nomination and after conquered incumbent Democrat Ann Richards to become the primary son of a US President to be chosen . The person appeared as the nominee and entered the US presidential race. He jumped to win the most contentious elections against Al Gore. Despite criticisms enclosing his very first period in office including the 9/11 strikes in 2001, Bush won his re election in 2004 against Democratic Party Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. He needed a solid final year in office in 2008 as a results of both foreign wars that abandoned the country in enormous monetary debt and crisis. In addition, he made an extra $.
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Post-White Residence
George Bush left the White House at January 2009 and Has Been succeeded by Barack Hussein Obama. Between 2009 and 2011, Bush earned $1 1 million, the majority of that originated in talking deliveries charged at$150,000 eachyear. Bush and wife Laura settled in Dallas, Texas, from where he began penning novels. His first memoir “Conclusion Points” published in November 2010 debuted atnumber 1 on the New York Times best seller list and sold more than two million copies after just fourteen weeks. Mr. Bush has been create sporadic publicappearances. Back in 2013, he started his presidential library,” The George W. Bush Presidential Center that can be located inside theSouthern Methodist University campus at University Park, Texas.
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Bush is Regarded among the most Striking presidents from the history of the United States of America Before Arrival of Donald Trump. As a result of it, you’ll find lots of studies on Bush such because the fictitious claim he has the smallest IQ one of the rest of the presidents of all the united states. Here, nevertheless, are several facts concerning the person: He had been created George Walker Bush about July 6, 1946, since the eldest child of George H. W. Bush and Barbara PierceAt age of 20 if he was at Yale, Bush was detained for stealing a xmas wreath.When he had been 30, Bush was arrested, yet this time around it had been to DUI.Bush lost the initial election he contested 1978 to fill an open seat at your house of Representative.He chose the oath of office on January 20, 2001, since the 43rd president of the United States.Apart in John Quincy Adams who became president after his father, John Adams, George Bush is the only president of the usa whose dad has already been president.George W. Bush who stands in a summit of 1.82m or 5 ft 11 inches is much briefer compared to his dad (George H.W. Bush) that has been referred to as among America’s greatest presidents using a elevation of 1.88m or6 ft two inches.Just such as Donald Trump (20-16 ), John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), along with Benjamin Harrison (1888), George Bush became president without winning the most votes in 2000.
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Vancouver Athletic Club – Dunsmuir and Beatty
The Vancouver Athletic Club was conveniently located across the street from the recreation ground known as the Cambie Street Ground. The Drill Hall was also on Beatty, so the city lot sized Ground served double duty. The Club also served multiple purposes as both a gymnasium and indoor sports hall. There’s a 1909 postcard of the interior showing the Jack Johnson vs. Victor McLaglen exhibition boxing match. Johnson was black and had just become world heavyweight champion; McLaglen was white. After the match the club’s resident trainer, George Paris, (who was black) had to offer Johnson and his female companion (who was white) a room in his house after all the hotels in town refused the couple a room. McLaglen went bon to become an actor; Johnson would open a Harlem jazz venue that evolved into the Cotton Club.
The building was erected in 1906 when this Vancouver Public Library image was shot. In 1905, Albert Larwill was listed in the street directory on the other side of Dunsmuir. Albert was keen to help the creation of the Athletic Club in 1906, although contemporary sources show he wasn’t a director of the club as some histories suggest. Those roles were held by businessmen in the city including Charles Woodward, presumably on the basis of their ability to raise the money needed to repay the $6,000 debt for the land, $12,000 for the building and $2,000 in fees and expenses. F R McD Russell was the President, and E O’Callaghan the Secretary in 1906 when the building was being constructed.
The Cambie Street Grounds were eventually named after Albert – the Canadian Pacific Railway initially cleared the land, and subsequently sold it to the Park Board in 1904. In 1946, in a complex land deal the site was leased as the bus depot, and more recently it has become a parking lot, curiously still known officially as Larwill Park (a name the Park Board eventually bestowed in 1943). If the Vancouver Art Gallery successfully find a way to develop on the site, the Larwill name association is probably likely to fade.
Albert’s 1911 obituary noted the thousands of youngsters he had coached in lacrosse, baseball, cricket and football. He was originally from Chatham, Ontario, and having arrived in 1886 he built a shack on a piece of land that became the Cambie Street Grounds, and lived there for 20 years, establishing in the process (the Daily World claimed) ‘squatter’s rights’. On taking control of the land the Park Board named him caretaker, and built a new home for him (and the associated changing rooms for the facility) in the same location his home had always been, in the corner of the grounds across the street. An Archives picture of the Cambie Street Grounds from 1897 show the Athletic Club site with nothing substantial constructed here, and one in the mid to late 1900s show a snow-covered construction site. According to the permit it was designed by an architect we’ve never come across before – A Clive.
There are no residents – or architects – called Clive that we can find; we’re thinking this is more likely to be Albert Cline, a builder who frequently called himself an architect and drew up plans for projects that were built by other contractors. For example there are several building permits for substantial buildings in 1911 in the same year that Albert, an American with a Canadian wife, described himself in the census as a carpenter. He was new in town in 1906, so it’s understandable that the newspaper might make a mistake with his name. He described himself in the street directory as a builder: there was one other person called Cline in town, William, who was a contractor. He didn’t get to build the Athletic Club: the contractor of the building was listed as W Twambly, and Alex McLean was responsible for the concrete work of the footings. William Twambly was a carpenter, and Alexander McLean was a mason.
Like the YMCA next door (to the west) the site today has the Amec office building – although where the Athletic Club stood is now mostly open space as the tunnel running under the site limits the ability of the location to take the weight of a significant structure.
Posted September 7, 2015 by ChangingCity in Downtown, Gone
Tagged with Albert Cline, Vancouver Athletic Club
YMCA – Cambie and Dunsmuir
We’ve seen the earlier building occupied by the YMCA on Hastings Street in a post from a few years ago, and their new 1940 premises more recently. Here’s where they moved to in the interim; a wooden building built in 1905 on the north-east corner of Cambie and Dunsmuir Streets. By the time this picture was taken in 1941 the organisation had moved on to their new Burrard Street building. Initially this building was designed by E E Blackmore, and it replaced two houses that had been built very early in the life of the new city.
Even when it was built it had neighbours. The High School had been built a few years earlier to the west, and the recreation ground was across the street with the Drill Hall on the other side of Beatty Street. The First Baptist Church was across Dunsmuir, and within seven years would be described on the insurance map as ‘Old & Vacant’. The lot to the east, across the lane became the home to another new building for the Vancouver Athletic Club.
In 1941 the newly vacated building was quickly adopted for the war effort, the Canadian Government Department of National Defence Support Column moved in, later replaced by the Armouries. After the war the Glad Tidings Pentacostal Assembly took over the premises and stayed until at least 1960, by which time the recreation ground had become the bus station. In 1994 the site was redeveloped as the Seimens Building – now known as the Amec Building, designed by Aitken Wreglesworth Associates.
The corner of the new building was cantilevered out to allow the building’s base footprint to miss the tunnel for the SkyTrain which angles across the site from the station on Beatty Street, and picks up the abandoned Canadian Pacific rail tunnel further west. The tunnel was originally cut in 1931, and allowed the trains from Waterfront Station to be moved to the Drake Street railyards to be cleaned, supplied and made ready for the trip back to the east. Before it was built, full scale steam trains could block the Downtown streets they crossed for up to 20 minutes. Eventually CP’s use ceased in 1979.
Image source: City of Vancouver Archives CVA Bu N151
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Archive for the ‘J D Townley’ Tag
The Townley House – Hastings and Burrard
Across the street from the Mahon family the Townley’s had their home. This house was the home of J D Townley, often described as the Assistant Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The earliest we can trace his residence in Vancouver to is 1887, when he was described as the accountant of the Pacific division. We also find him here in 1888 in a series of financial transactions in conjunction with the completion of the railway and the purchase of lumber ties. Those papers make it clear that more accurately he should be described as the Assistant to the General Superintendent, Henry Abbott, whose later home was built nearby in 1897 on Georgia Street, but who lived on Hastings in 1887. We don’t know exactly when the house that Mr Townley lived in was built, but we know he was living here by 1889 at 944 Hastings.
In 1881 James had been living in York outside Toronto in Ontario with his mother, Alice, aged 52 and two younger brothers, Thomas and Robert and a sister, Rose. He was aged 22 and a station master. Robert Townley aged 20 also worked for the railway. All the children at home were born in Ontario, although Alice was from England. We can trace the family back ten years: the family were still in Ontario. James was 12, all three of his younger siblings were there, there is an older brother, John, aged 16 and an older sister, Lilly and his mother was recorded as being aged 37 (although she was probably 41). Ten years earlier than that, in 1861, the census finally reveals the name of James’s father to be John, a sailor born in England. Alice was 31, and as well as John and Lilly there are four older siblings, all born in England; Richard (11) Margaret (13), Elizabeth (15) and Ann (17). There’s also a younger brother, Charles.
By the 1891 census James is shown as aged 29 and Assistant superintendent of the CPR. In 1892 as the advertisement shows he was secretary of the Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway – a spur line, technically not owned by the CPR until 1902.
In 1901 His mother, Alice, was head of household, aged 72 and her son James was shown aged 40 and his sister Rose was also at home. Somehow his brother Charles, who was younger before is now 2 years older, although the street directory missed him that year. (A year later he is shown at 924 Hastings, with both his mother and brother. when he was a partner in Keith & Townley, brokers.)
Soon after 1903 Charles married Alice Ashcroft (a writer with the same first name as his mother). In the 1906 directory none of the Townleys are listed, but in 1908 Charles is living in the house on Hastings again (presumably with Alice). His mother and J D Townley are apparently no longer to be found in the city. Charles has a new business partner, he’s now Walker and Townley, and he is a Justice of the Peace. In 1911 he’s still living there, but now doing business as Townley & Keefer.
The Census that year shows that after many years of relative quiet, the household is now positively buzzing. Charles and Alice head the house, Ethel and L W Herchmer are lodgers, with their baby daughter Laurentia, and a 9-year-old nephew, Randall Laurence. There’s a nurse, a 12-year-old maid, a Chinese servant, and last but not least Alice senior, now 81. There’s no suggestion that James is still alive in 1911 – if so it was not in Canada (unless the Census missed him).
Ethel Herchmer (not Edith as the press reported) was aged 28 (although she was probably 31), and her husband L W was recorded as being 64 – quite the gap, but actually even greater as L W Herchmer was really aged 71. He was born in 1840 in Shipton-on-Cherwell, England and had an extraordinary career, arriving in Canada to attend school in Toronto, returned to Military College in England and aged 17 he acquired a commission and served in India and Ireland. In 1862 he sold his commission, returned to Kingston and became a farmer before taking a job as supply officer to the boundary commission of 1872, setting the Canada / US Border. He married in 1864 and had at least four children. He ran a brewery in Winnipeg before becoming Indian Agent in Manitoba and in 1885 he was promoted to inspector of Indian agencies for the North-West Territories. In 1886 Sir John A. Macdonald selected Herchmer as commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police. Herchmer dealt with a huge range of problems, and created a highly efficient organization (and a few political enemies in the process). Accused of mistreating his men and mis-using government funds, an internal departmental investigation cleared him. However, Herchmer found himself caught between governments cutting back on expenditure and manpower and a public demanding increased services. A change of government saw him even more isolated, his wife died in 1899, and an episode during the South African War (in which he had volunteered in early 1900) saw the prime minister decide that Herchmer was being unreasonable, had in fact been insubordinate, and was therefore no longer fit to command the NWMP, and he retired him to pension on 1 Aug. 1900.
In 1905 Colonel Herchmer married again, as the press cutting (sort of) shows. For once the British Colonist got the details of the wedding wrong; there were two weddings involving a Lawrence Herchmer that year. Lawrence Herchmer, of Winnipeg, married Edith MacDonald of Ontario in Fernie. This Lawrence was L W Herchmer’s son, and was apparently usually known as Sherwood (one of his middle names). He almost certainly wasn’t in the NWMP, and Edith wasn’t related to Alice Townley. Lawrence (the son) died in Greenwood in 1933 aged 66.
How LW Herchmer met his second wife we don’t know, although they would seem to have settled in Victoria around 1906 and moving in with his wife’s family a few years later. The couple owned property in Victoria (somebody moved their fence – and the sidewalk – in 1908), and they were living in rooms at ‘Roccabella’ on Quadra Street. (The City of Victoria denied any involvement in the mysterious realignment). There’s no suggestion that the Herchmers moved out of 944 Hastings after 1911, but there’s no confirmation that they were there either. In 1914 there were new power poles installed outside the house, worthy of recording in a photograph. (Either the work made a mess of the street, or paving still hadn’t reached this part of town, even by 1914).
L W Herchmer died in Vancouver in 1915 aged 74, his widow in 1968 in North Vancouver. In 1926 and 1927 Ethel was living in an apartment on Thurlow Street with her sister, Alice. In 1928 they were living in a newly built house at 1177 W 33rd Avenue, and a decade later they were still there and her daughter Laurentia was also living with them.
1916 is the last reference to Charles Townley living at 944 Hastings. A year later Mrs Fletcher was living there. Perhaps Charles joined up, and on his return they left the city. In 1919 Charles was shown to living on Savary Island, a location he had earlier bought and subdivided in his brokerage days. His wife, Alice, was increasingly active in a variety of areas of city life. In 1912 she founded the British Columbia Equal Franchise Association, of which she was president until 1917. In 1918, she was president of the League of Women Voters, a post she held again in 1932.
In 1929, she was elected as the first female commissioner of the Vancouver Parks Board, a post she held until 1935, a role now commemorated with a park named after her on E 2nd Avenue. She was also a successful writer; she apparently wrote for a Toronto newspaper before her marriage and she published several books, both fiction and non-fiction. She died in 1941.
By 1925 the Townley House was gone, and soon after a service station appeared on the site run by Thompson and Graham. In 1984 Waisman Dewar Grout Carter designed the building that’s there today, an unusually silver reflective office building called Commerce Place (home to the CIBC Bank in town) that reflects the view of the Marine Building across the street.
Image sources City of Vancouver Archives SGN 299 and LGN 1238
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Archive for the ‘Thomas Harvie’ Tag
Burrard and Nelson
In 1915 the house on the corner of Nelson and Burrard, 1001 Burrard, was owned by T Harvie, who made repairs the year before (although the street directory records the occupant as Thomas Harvey). 1003 Burrard was occupied by the First Baptist Church (who had the church on the other side of Nelson Street). 1005 Burrard was the home of Oscar P Ziegler, a violin teacher. A group known as the ‘Spare Time Symphony’ conducted by Oscar Ziegler, was playing in the city in 1915 but was disbanded after his death ca 1919. Andrew J Drewrey was at 1007 and 1009 was occupied by Alex Adam at the front of the house and Alex Crawford, a carpenter was at the back. That year Mr Crawford designed and carried out repairs to 1007 Burrard for its owner, recorded as T Harrie or maybe Harvie – the clerk had a cramped cursive style that makes definitive identification difficult. In 1909 the same house (1009) had been repaired by J R Sharp for its owner T Harvey – so presumably the same person who was living at 1001 in 1915. It’s seems likely that all the homes were owned by the same person, Thomas Harvie, and his name was recorded by the building permit clerk as Harvey and Harrie. His name seems to have been spelled both as Harvie and Harvey between 1901 and 1915.
These five houses were not the first buildings on the lot. In the 1901 insurance map there’s a single, larger house shown facing Nelson Street. It was standing in 1896 but vacant and in 1897 occupied by Daniel McIntyre, lumberman. It was erected and demolished (or maybe moved) in a very short time frame; in 1905 it is still standing, and Abbie McIntyre, the widow of Daniel McIntyre is living there. Daniel was aged 44 in 1891, and Abbie aged 40 and they were resident in Cowichan North. Daniel was from Ontario and Abbie from the USA and he was listed as a saw-mill owner. The family had obviously previously been in the US as Fred (22), Arthur (14) and Harry (11) were all born there.
A year later in 1906 the Nelson Street address no longer exists. Instead the Burrard addresses have appeared; 1005 is listed as a new building, 1007 has Thomas Harvie, manager and 1009 Joseph Clark, warehouseman. In 1912 Thomas Harvie is identified as Manager of the BC Box Factory (which was on Front Street), and Andrew Harvie at the same address is a builder.
Thomas Harvie was in the city in 1901, and according to the census he was living in household of four, headed by Ruth Galloway and her partner Alice Harvie. He was aged 38 and recorded as married, although there’s no sign of a Mrs Harvie. The fourth member of the household was Harvey Galloway, aged 28, listed as a lodger like Thomas. All four had been born in Ontario.
It looks as if this 1901 household was recorded in a confused and inaccurate way, because the 1911 census shows Thomas Harvey, now aged 48, living at 1007 Burrard with his wife Alice aged 47 and their son Andrew aged 20. They also have a maid, Jessie Hillier. While Andrew had been born in Ontario, Alice and Thomas were shown as born in Quebec. Thomas was a box manufacturer, as was Andrew. There’s no sign of either Ruth or Harvey Galloway in 1911.
In 1925 the houses are still standing, and A Harvie is living at 1003 1/2 (R Lackey was at 1003). In the late 1920s some of the houses are listed as vacant and Mrs A C Harvie is living at 1001 in 1929 and 1930. In 1931 1001 Burrard has gone, and St Andrews Wesley is under construction and by 1932 it was complete. The church was designed by Twizell and Twizell and was constructed from Nelson Island granite and Haddington Island stone. The style of the building was far from contemporary – it’s Gothic to look at, although it is actually of reinforced concrete construction with a stone skin.
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Florida goes after Pari-Mutuels as it Seeks to Enforce Designated-Player Card Games Ruling
Casino Watch Focus has reported on the ongoing and developing situation regarding designated player banked card games. This form of card game was offered for four years before its legality was challenged. Last year, however, the court determined the games to be illegal and a violation of the Seminole Compact which outlined exclusive card games at Seminole casinos. As recently reported by Casino Watch Focus that ruling is being challenged in appeals court and is set to be heard next month. In the mean time, swift enforcement has begun to stop these illegal card games. An online source explains:
Florida gambling chiefs have launched legal action against two pari-mutuel venues, the Sarasota Kennel Club and Pensacola Greyhound Racing, for their alleged failure to remove so-called “designated player games” from their premises.
Meanwhile, many of Florida’s other cardrooms and racetracks are bracing themselves for similar action, as the state moves to crack down on the controversial games.
This action is especially important given litigation was dropped by the Seminole’s in exchange for the state agreeing truly enforce the courts ruling. The online source continues:
The case had initially been brought by the State against the Seminoles for their refusal to stop offering banked games once their initial five-year compact expired in 2015. But the tribe countersued over the exclusivity violation, forcing the state into a humiliating retreat. In July, both parties agreed to an end to litigation and the state vowed it would take “aggressive enforcement action” against pari-mutuels that violated the ban on the games it had previously permitted.
Nick Iarossi, a lobbyist for Jacksonville Greyhound Racing, told Sunshine State News that the state’s actions this week show it intends to live up to its word. “They’re going to come in. They’re going to check tape. They’re going to watch games being played live. And if they see anything out of compliance being done, they’re going to issue administrative complaints and fines,” he said. “So everybody is double- and triple-checking to make sure they’re in compliance.”
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Casino Watch Focus has reported on the ongoing efforts to decouple dog racing from gambling venues, thus allowing them to operate stand alone slot machine gambling parlors. True decoupling efforts have been prevented, but the first approved case of de facto decoupling just happened in Florida. An old 1980 law was instrumental in the Magic City case and lead to the recent decoupling that will allow the facility to supplement actual races with jai alai matches. That ruling, however, is now being challenged, but its unclear if the challenge will be heard. The Miami CBS affiliate reports:
Hartman and Tyner, Inc., and H&T Gaming, Inc., which run the Broward pari-mutuel, have filed a motion requesting that the Department of Businessand Professional Regulation vacate or reconsider the decision last month related to Magic City Casino in Miami.
The decision by the department’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering would allow Magic City, operated by WestFlagler Associates, to replace dog races with jai alai matches and continue offering lucrative slots. The approval dealt with a long-controversial issue known as a “summer jai alai” permit.
In their motion, attorneys for the Broward pari-mutuel’s operators said, in part, that their effort to intervene in the issue was improperly dismissed by the department. Also, they pointed to a 2004 constitutional amendment that allowed slot machines in Miami-Dade and Broward counties and contend that Magic City is only allowed to offer slots in conjunction with a greyhound-racing permit — not a summer jai alai permit.
“As an existing greyhound permit holder and slot machine gaming operator, intervenors (Hartman and Tyner and H&T Gaming) have a right to be heard as to how the constitutional and statutory provisions are being interpreted as it relates to allowing new permits to be used for expanding slot machine operations,” the motion said. “Intervenors assert that slot machine gaming at West Flagler’s facility pursuant to its summer jai alai permit should not be authorized and would be illegal.”
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Two people arrested in connection to Jacksonville murders
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has announced the murder arrest of two people Wednesday. Police say the first shooting occurred on July 9 at around 9:30 pm. At the time, police were patrolling the area of Monica Drive and discovered a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. When they approached the vehicle they discovered a 21-year-old Richard Green dead in a car. Homicide detectives responded and during their investigation, they learned Green was shot and killed in what police call a “drug deal gone bad.” As a result of their investigation, 20-year-old Patrick Steadman was arrested in connection with the murder. Police said the second murder happened back on June 4, where they discovered 22-year-old Kenard Hendley suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. Police say the victim was transported to the hospital and later died from his injuries, Police later learned the victim and several other people were inside a home gambling when the shooting occurred. According to police, Anthony Finch got upset that the victim was winning and shot him in the back as he was trying to leave the home.
Charity worker facing jail after admitting she stole £350,000 from British Red Cross to fund online gambling addiction
A CROOKED finance worker embezzled over £350,000 from the British Red Cross – under the guise of sending money to former delegates and staff. Mary Booth was “a trusted and valued” British Red Cross employee for 34 years and initially worked at the charity’s headquarters in London. She earned £45,000-per-year and retired with a full pension and lump sum after working at the charity’s Scottish headquarters in Paisley, Renfrewshire. But the seemingly trustworthy 56-year-old siphoned £359,551.27 from the charity’s accounts, which she paid in to her own bank accounts. She claims she scammed the charity – which helps needy souls across the world – so she could continue to fund her online gambling habit after splitting from her husband. And she is now facing jail and may have to sell her £350,000 home to pay back the money.
Tampa man sentenced to federal prison for embezzling nearly $850,000
A Tampa man has been arrested and sentenced to four years in federal prison after he embezzled nearly $850,000. U.S. District Judge [the suspect] to four years in federal prison for wire fraud. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the $848,136.04, which is traceable to proceeds of the crime and to pay restitution to his victims. According to testimony and court documents, Wheeler, a bookkeeper, embezzled from six different employers over the course of 15 years. He diverted nearly $850,000 from his various employers to bank accounts under his control. He subverted the internal controls of the companies to ultimately direct payments to himself. He also registered a number of fictitious names to conceal the diversions. Wheeler used most of the money for online gambling, a release from the United States Department of Justice stated.
Jeweler accused of $5M fraud scheme, using fake invoices
A Connecticut man has been charged in what federal authorities say is a $5 million fraud scheme using his Rhode Island jewelry store. Gerald Kent 51, of Groton, Connecticut, was ordered detained Thursday on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Providence. Kent owns Kent Jewelry in Johnston, Rhode Island, which sells jewelry online using flash sale websites, such as Groupon and Zulily. Prosecutors said Kent struck a deal with a firm that buys unpaid invoices at a discount in return for cash, prosecutors said. But Kent sold that company fraudulent invoices, netting himself $3.6 million, they said. Kent’s lawyer would not comment on the charges after the hearing. Kent is scheduled to appear back in court July 26 for a detention hearing. Prosecutors told the federal judge overseeing the case that Kent is a prolific gambler and was arrested Wednesday at Foxwoods casino. They said casino records show Kent has visited Foxwoods 116 times this year alone and has gambled $43 million there during his life.
Trial set for tax collector accused of stealing from town
A Massachusetts town’s former tax collector, indicted nearly four years ago on charges that she stole more than $300,000 of the town’s money to sustain a gambling habit, faces trial this fall. The Telegram & Gazette reports that former Barre tax collector Marcia Langelier is scheduled go on trial Oct. 30. She has pleaded not guilty to charges including larceny and embezzlement. Prosecutors say she stole money from 2005 into 2011 while serving in the elected position. At her 2013 arraignment, prosecutors said she had accrued gambling losses of $350,000. Independent auditors had previously warned town officials that practices in the tax collector’s office could conceal “irregularities.”
Ex-Jazzercise employee sentenced in $1 million embezzlement
The former finance director of Jazzercise was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for embezzling what authorities say was upwards of $1 million from the Carlsbad-based company and its owners, possibly to feed a gambling habit. Sherri O. Potts — who spent nearly nine years as the corporate director of finance for the physical-fitness firm — was arrested in Carlsbad in October on 50 theft-related charges, including forgery, fraudulent appropriation and grand theft by an employee. She pleaded guilty in March to one count of grand theft, three counts of forgery and one count of failing to report the stolen money on her tax returns. She also admitted that she stole more than $500,000. Superior Court Judge Michael Washington sentenced the 60-year-old Fallbrook resident to seven years, eight months in prison.
Florida Casino Expansion denied in Gambling Permit Case
Casino Watch Focus has reported on the efforts to expand gambling in Florida. The state has an agreement with the Seminole’s to allow tribal casinos in state, but other gambling efforts are more small scale and limited to horse and dog racing as well as various pari-mutual gambling locations. Efforts also took place to bring full-scale, Vegas style casino’s to the area and those too were shut down. That hasn’t stopped outside companies from trying to find new ways into the Florida market. The most recent example involves the sale of a license with the intent to move a facility and expand gambling greatly. The Saint Peters Blog has explained those efforts and how they have been shut down:
State gambling regulators this week shot down a request by a South Florida gambling permit holder who wanted sell the permit and allow the next operator to build on a new location in Broward County.
The *Department of Business and Professional Regulation on Monday said both sales of permits and any relocation of gambling—both time-consuming processes—have to be OK’d by the department’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, which regulates gambling in the state. The decision further cements the state’s control over where and how gambling is offered, particularly after a permit is granted.
The department’s “final order” also is a win for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which asked to intervene in the case. The Seminoles, who operate the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, had said allowing gambling licenses to be moved within a county “would provide out-of-state companies (with) an incentive to (buy) a license, possibly resulting in increased business competition for the Tribe.”
The company has a deal with an unnamed buy who was hoping to build a casino in a new location. The buyer knows it needs to relocate and build a new casino to be profitable, so this likely means the deal is off and there wont be significant new casino gambling expansion facing Florida families.
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Woman arrested in May death of 80-year-old Las Vegas man
A 25-year-old woman has been arrested in the death of an 80-year-old man in the west Las Vegas Valley in May.The Metropolitan Police Department said [a suspect] was arrested Thursday on charges of murder, grand larceny auto theft and robbery with a deadly weapon. The victim was previously identified by the Clark County coroner’s office, and his death was classified as a homicide. Normand was found dead by family members inside his condo on May 8 after he failed to show up to work for two days, Metro said. They found Normand dead from unknown causes, police said. Police found video footage from the night before showing Normand and McKinley leaving a Las Vegas casino together. The coroner has not yet released Normand’s cause of death, but police Lt. Dan McGrath said he had been stabbed.
Silicon Valley man sentenced in gambling fraud case
A Santa Clara County man who pleaded no contest to embezzling more than $400,000 from his former high school classmates and gambling the money away in Las Vegas, Monte Carlo and Dubai was sentenced Monday to five years in county jail, prosecutors said. He persuaded his former classmates to allow him to invest their money in shares of Pinterest and Facebook, saying he could get them stakes in the companies before they were publicly available, prosecutors said. Instead of investing the money or using the funds for his business venture, Sagiraju allegedly spent about $424,000 on himself during “lavish blackjack trips to Las Vegas casinos,” prosecutors said. After one of Sagiraju’s victims reported the fraud to the district attorney’s office in November 2014, prosecutors opened an investigation. Sagiraju was arrested in Las Vegas during Super Bowl weekend in early February 2016, prosecutors said. Following his arrest, another business partner told prosecutors that Sagiraju had embezzled nearly $2 million.
Spalding man killed when he stepped in front of a passenger train at Quadring
A man with gambling debts left notes apologizing for his actions before deliberately stepping into the path of a 75mph, 38-tonne diesel train at Quadring. [He] left “suicide and farewell” notes for family and friends inside his works van on Town Drove before using a foot crossing onto the railway line at about 4.45pm on March 8. South Lincolnshire’s senior coroner Paul Cooper said: “He told friends and family (in the notes) he intended to take his own life and that’s what he did.” East Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics declared life extinct at the scene. Train driver Allan Donald blew the single coach, passenger train’s horn “in a long, constant tone” after spotting Mr Taylor in his bright red coat. His train was one-and-a-half coach lengths away when Mr Taylor walked “deliberately forward” and stood sideways in its path, tensing himself until the impact. Emergency brakes didn’t stop the train until it was three-quarters of a mile down the track.
Wimbledon Tennis Match-Fixing Alerts Triggered by Gambling
Potential match-fixing alerts were triggered at Wimbledon in the second quarter of the year by gambling patterns. Alerts were also triggered for the French Open. The Tennis Integrity Unit said on Wednesday that one match at Roland Garros and three at Wimbledon, two of them in the qualifying tournament and one in the main draw, would be assessed and reviewed, reported Reuters. Alerts are raised in response to unusual betting patterns, which are not in themselves evidence of match-fixing and can be due to a number of other factors, including conditions and player fitness. The integrity unit said 40 of 53 alerts received were for matches played on the lower level men’s ATP Challenger and ITF Futures circuits. Three were on the men’s ATP Tour, one on the women’s WTA Tour and five on the ITF women’s circuit. During the April-June period, 31,281 professional matches were played. The cumulative six-month match alert figure was 83, compared to 121 received for the same period in 2016.
Man admits to using federal loans for gambling debts
NJ.com reports 58-year-old John Cheng, of New Brunswick, pleaded guilty to loan application fraud Wednesday. Cheng faces up to 30 years in prison. Prosecutors say Cheng applied for a $1.75 million federal Small Business Administration loan along with a $2 million commercial loan in order to finance a restaurant in December 2007. Officials say Cheng received more than $2 million in loans in March 2008. Authorities say Cheng spent the money on family members, a tax bill and gambling debts instead of construction for the restaurant. Cheng must pay $2.6 million in restitution.
Absolute Poker’s Scott Tom Accepts $300K Plea Deal
Scott Tom, former Absolute Poker president and Black Friday defendant, apparently has reached a plea deal with US prosecutors that will see him facing minimal jail time, if any at all. Tom stood accused by federal authorities of multiple felonies related to online gambling, and by the poker community of facilitating a major cheating scandal. According to documents reviewed by CalvinAyre.com journalists and revealed publicly earlier this week, on May 31, prosecutors accepted an agreement for Tom to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of being an accessory after the fact in the transmission of gambling information, for which he will pay a $300,000 fine. As one of 11 infamous 11 Black Friday defendants, Tom faced multiple felony charges, including violation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, conspiracy to violate the UIGEA, and operation of an illegal gambling business. The charges carried a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
Florida Court of Appeals to Hear Designated-Player Card Games Case
Casino Watch Focus has reported on the recent rise and fall of designated player banked card games in Florida. This style of card game seeks to avert Florida state gambling laws and for a while, the state wasn’t shutting them down. Once it was brought up that they were illegal forms of gambling and one that also violated the Seminole Compact’s exclusivity agreement, the state had to act. The issue went to court were they ruled illegal. As it might come as no surprise, the decision has now been appealed. An online source reports:
The legal battle related to greatly profitable *designated-player card games* at pari-mutuel facilities across the state of Florida is to be continued soon. It came to the knowledge of Casino Guardian that the matter is scheduled to be heard in September by a local *appeals court*.
The appeal was filed by *Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation*, which is responsible for regulation and monitoring of local gambling venues. The Department is now challenging a ruling issued in 2016 by E. Gary Early, an Administrative Law Judge. In his decision from *August 2016*, Judge Early said that the way the so-called designated-player card games are being operated in a *way that violates the ban* on “banked” card games that had been imposed by the state.
According to notice which was published on an online court list with pending cases for trial, the *1st District Court of Appeal* is set to host the appeal’s hearing on *September 12th*.
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Sneak Peek at the 2014 Chicago Critics Film Festival
THE CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION announces first wave of titles for the CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 9-15, 2014.
THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE
The Second Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival announces its first wave of titles. Recent films from acclaimed directors (including Michel Gondry and Ari Folman) and stars (including Audrey Tautou, Robin Wright, Hugo Weaving, Jenny Slate and Romain Duris) will make their Chicago premieres at festival, May 9-15 at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre. Passes will be available for purchase soon.
The festival, the first to be created and curated by film critics, offers undistributed works and established festival favorites from award-winning filmmakers and talented newcomers. These following titles, gleaned from around the globe, feature raunchy comedy, introspective drama and mind-blowing fantasy.
The CCFF is proud to announce that the following titles will be a part of this year’s festival:
The Congress: Ari Folman, the director of the Oscar-nominated “Waltz with Bashir,” returns with a live-action/animation hybrid inspired by the book by Polish author Stanislaw Lem. An aging actress named Robin Wright (played, coincidentally, by Robin Wright) allows a digital likeness of herself to be created so that she can continue her career without worrying about the ravages of time, an agreement that is thrown into question years later when her electronic alter-ego becomes a superstar.
Copenhagen: Winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, this film follows immature adult William who, while on a trip through Europe to visit his father’s birthplace, meets the much younger but startlingly mature Effy. As the two search for his grandfather, William finds himself increasingly taken with Effy as he finds himself confronting both his family’s tortured past and the promise of an unexpected future.
Mood Indigo: Visionary filmmaker Michel Gondry presents this trippy romantic fantasy in which Colin (Romain Durais), a rich young bachelor and inventor of the pianocktail–yes, a piano that whips up cocktails based on the mood of the music that it is playing–whose unexpected romance with his dream girl (Audrey Tautou) is thrown into turmoil when she is stricken with a mysterious disease that has left her with a flower growing in her lungs. Nominated for three Cesar awards, this also features appearances from popular French actors Gad Elmaleh and Omar Sy.
Mystery Road: An Australian-based mystery with western overtones, this is the gritty story of an aborigine detective (Aaron Pedersen) who returns to his remote home town after a decade in the city and investigates the murder of a local girl that finds him at odds with both the local white-dominated police (including Hugo Weaving) and his former friends and family.
Obvious Child: One of the most popular entries at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this initially raunchy and ultimately tender comedy, expanded by first-time writer-director Gilliam Robespierre from her 2009 short, tells the story of a racy comedienne (a breakthrough performance from Jenny Slate) whose life is thrown into upheaval when she unexpectedly becomes pregnant after a one-night stand.
OXV: The Manual (aka Frequencies): Set in a world that is strangely familiar, just plain strange and where people are grouped by “frequency”–high-frequency types are incredibly successful and lucky while those with low-frequency are anything but–the super-low Isaac will do anything to be with the ultra-high Marie and in doing so kicks off a chain of events that could change things forever.
Willow Creek: Comedian-turned filmmaker Bobcat Godlthwait (“Shakes the Clown,” “God Bless America”) returns with this horror entry about a would-be Bigfoot expert (Bryce Johnson) who, along with his girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore), gets lost while on a camping trip in Sasquatch’s alleged neighborhood and finds that there is something else out there with them.
The 2013 inaugural CCFF attracted filmmakers Sarah Polley (with her award-winning documentary “Stories We Tell”) James Ponsoldt (with his critically-acclaimed drama “The Spectacular Now”) and William Friedkin (presenting a rare 35mm screening of his 1977 masterpiece “Sorcerer”). Additional titles and guests will be announced soon at www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com , which also provides a look at the 2013 event.
The CFCA has always been dedicated to supporting and celebrating quality filmmaking that has something to say about our world, our lives, and our society. In the past, while it supported and fought for the continued role of film critics in the media, the CFCA’s primary public interaction was through the announcement of its annual film awards each December. In recent years, however, the CFCA moved aggressively to expand its presence on the Chicago arts scene and to promote critical thinking about cinema to a wider base. In 2012, in addition to re-launching a late-winter awards ceremony, CFCA members presented numerous film screenings at theaters like the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton, and Muvico Theaters Rosemont 18 in Rosemont. Illinois and has now expanded that program to a monthly series of films to be presented at the Classic Cinemas in Elk Grove Village. CFCA members also team-taught a new Young People’s Film Criticism Workshop at Facets Multimedia that emphasized not just film analysis and criticism, but also writing skills to middle- and high-school students, many of whom were attending the course on lower-income scholarships.
As the Chicago Film Critics Association looks ahead to the future, it hopes to be a much larger presence on the Chicago arts landscape and an even more effective force for critical thinking and film appreciation. To do so will mean more efforts at public outreach, education, and enlightenment, and that will require a larger financial investment.
About The Music Box Theatre
For 30 years, the Music Box Theatre has been the premier venue in Chicago for independent and foreign films, festivals and some of the greatest cinematic events in Chicago. It currently has the largest cinema space operated full-time in the city. The Music Box Theatre is independently owned & operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation. SMBC, through its Music Box Films division, also distributes foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States. For additional information, please visit www.musicboxtheatre.com
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I’ve always liked the lyrics of the popular hymn that state “It is well with my soul.” It was only when I researched some of the background for this post that I learned some of the story behind these famously sung words. Did you know that words to this hymn were penned by Horatio Spafford after the tragic loss of ALL 5 of his children? You can read the story behind the hymn and the full lyrics here. Christian Art and Gifts
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ... Share Your Faith Products Canvas Art
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Christian Art and Gifts
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, a man's face toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were carved on all the house all around. From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the nave. The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door. Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. Also there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. There were latticed windows and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch; thus were the side chambers of the house and the thresholds. Christian Canvas Art
In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him. Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins. ...
Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests, and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you. You shall say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind— ... Christian Canvas Art
and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. "He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. "He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs. Bible Scripture Verse Art
I like to have a few areas in my house that I change out when the mood strikes me. The kitchen message board I have is one of those places and adding a new bible verse here always brightens my day. Maybe you have a spot that could use something new? You can visit any of the sites below to download a FREE piece of scripture art!!! I suggest downloading the pieces you like and having them printed on heavy cardstock. Go ahead and print a few at a time, then you have them on hand to change out. If you are a frequent visitor to the blog you know I provide a new free printable scripture download every month, so be sure to get yours here! Now on to some more freebies from some of my favorites bloggers on the internet (plus a few more from me!)! Christian Art and Gifts
From the very first verse of Scripture, God reveals himself as the Creator, an Artist. Everything within the universe is a magnificent element of the Great Artist’s masterpiece. As works of art created in God’s own image (Gen 1:27), people are endowed with the ability to create as well. We can choose to join the Master Artist by being artists ourselves.
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more. Christian Art and Gifts
and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, the woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood; the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you." The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Christian Art and Gifts
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He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat; one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men. But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation. Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” Share Your Faith Products Canvas Art
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and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, the woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood; the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you." The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ... Bible Scripture Verse Art
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, a man's face toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were carved on all the house all around. From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the nave. The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door. Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. Also there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. There were latticed windows and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch; thus were the side chambers of the house and the thresholds. Bible Scripture Verse Art
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"You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to their birth. "As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.read more. Christian Canvas Art
Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft. And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. ...
Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. Christian Canvas Art
Remember that biblical art, as a visual representation of the Bible, is not always rated “G.” The Bible is not a children’s story, so some biblical art contains nudity or bloody depictions of violence. Not all things in the Bible are beautiful and calming; many times biblical stories are full of distortion and dissonance. As such, biblical artwork will tell the full Story of God that includes creation, fall, and redemption, with each of its harsh realities. As in all of life, the believer is called to be discerning. Share Your Faith Products Canvas Art
This verse is a reminder for me that all I need is Christ. When I feel helpless or weak, I don’t primarily need a practical solution or answer. I need God’s grace. God’s grace is sufficient. It is all I need. His strength shines brightly when I am weak and depending on Him. I don’t need my life to be in perfect order or all to be going well in the world around me. All I need is Christ. Christian Art and Gifts
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. ... Christian Art and Gifts
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Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft. And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. ... Christian Canvas Art
David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever. And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it. And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his brothers; ... Christian Art and Gifts
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. ... Christian Art and Gifts
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. Share Your Faith Products Canvas Art
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah Glorious are you, more majestic than the mountains of prey. The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands. ... Christian Art and Gifts
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: Bible Scripture Verse Art
A good piece of biblical art can help us see the truth of a passage as well as give us “fresh eyes” for familiar passages. The artist becomes our companion who points out details of a passage that we might have passed over in haste. Biblical art from other cultures or time periods can be especially help us gain a fuller understanding of a passage that we are used to seeing through our own “cultural lenses.” Scripture engagement through art assists in our spiritual development by letting us share in the wealth of insights God has already given to others. Christian Canvas Art
Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. ... Christian Art and Gifts
and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, Bible Scripture Verse Art
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My Favorite Robert Altman Films
Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology Films, Biography, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Robert Altman, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 309, War, Western
3 Women, A Perfect Couple, A Prairie Home Companion, A Wedding, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series), Aria (Les Boreades), Basements (The Dumb Waiter and The Room) (TV Film), Beyond Therapy, Bonanza (TV Series), Brewster McCloud, Bronco (TV Series), Buffalo Bill and the Indians Or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, California Split, Combat (TV Series), Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, Cookie's Fortune, Countdown, Dr. T & the Women, Fool for Love, Gosford Park, Great Performances (PBS), Gun (TV Series), Health, Images, Kansas City, Lawman (TV Series), M Squad (TV Series), M*A*S*H, Maverick (TV Series), McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Nightmare in Chicago (TV Film), O.C. & Stiggs, Peter Gunn (TV Series), Popeye, Quintet, Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter), Robert Altman's Jazz '34 (TV Documentary), Robert Altman's Jazz 34, Route 66 (TV Series), Secret Honor, Short Cuts, Sugarfoot (TV Series), Tanner '88, Tanner '88 (Cable Mini-Series), Tanner on Tanner, Tanner on Tanner (Cable Mini-Series), That Cold Day in the Park, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial 1988 (TV Film), The Company, The Gallant Men (TV Series), The Gingerbread Man, The James Dean Story, The James Dean Story (Documentary), The Long Goodbye, The Player, Thieves Like Us, Vincent & Theo
1. Nashville (1975)
2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
3. Short Cuts (1993)
4. The Long Goodbye (1973)
5. Tanner ’88 (1988)
(HBO Miniseries)
6. 3 Women (1977)
7. MASH (1970)
8. Kansas City (1996)
9. The Player (1992)
10. Secret Honor (1984)
11. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
12. California Split (1974)
13. Streamers (1983)
14. A Wedding (1978)
15. Gosford Park (2001)
16. Vincent & Theo (1990)
17. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
18. Thieves Like Us (1974)
19. Images (1972)
20. Brewster McCloud (1970)
21. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
22. The Company (2003)
23. Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
24. Tanner on Tanner (2004)
(Cable Miniseries)
25. Fool for Love (1985)
26. Health (1980)
(I watched it on youtube)
27. O.C. & Stiggs (1985)
(theatrically released in 1987)
28. Ready to Wear (1994)
(aka Pret-a-Porter)
29. Beyond Therapy (1987)
30. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
31. Popeye (1980)
32. A Perfect Couple (1979)
33. Quietet (1979)
34. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
35. Robert Altman’s Jazz ’34 (1997)
(Great Performances Special)
(Documentary)
36. Basements (1987)
(“The Dumb Waiter”
“The Room”)
(TV Film)
(I watched the former on an old VHS tape and the latter on youtube)
37. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1988)
38. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
39. Countdown (1968)
40. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
41. The Delinquents (1957)
42. The James Dean Story (1957)
(Co-directed with George W. George)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Les Boreades”)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Episodes)
1. Gun (1997)
(Episode from 1997: “All the President’s Women”)
2. Combat (1962-1967)
(Episodes from 1962: “Forgotten Front”, “Rear Echelon Commandos”, “Any Second Now”, “Escape to Nowhere”, “Cat and Mouse”, “I Swear by Apollo” and “The Prisoner”)
(Episodes from 1963: “The Volunteer”, “Off Limits” and “Survival”)
3. The Gallant Men (1962-1963)
(Pilot Episode from 1962: “Battle Zone”)
4. Route 66 (1960-1964)
(Episode from 1961: “Some of the People, Some of the Time”)
5. Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
(Episode from 1961: “The Murder Bond”)
6. Lawman (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1961: “The Robbery”)
7. Bonanza (1959-1973)
(Episodes from 1960: “Silent Thunder”)
(Episodes from 1961: “Bank Run”, “The Duke”, “The Rival”, “The Secret”, “The Dream Riders”, “Sam Hill” and “The Many Faces of Gideon Finch”)
8. Maverick (1957-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “Bolt from the Blue”)
9. Bronco (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “The Mustangers”)
10. Sugarfoot (1957-1961)
(Episode from 1959: “Apollo with a Gun”)
(Episode from 1960: “The Highbinder”)
11. M Squad (1957-1960)
(Episode from 1958: “Lover’s Lane Killing”)
12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965)
(Episode from 1957: “The Young One”)
(Episode from 1958: “Together”)
9 thoughts on “My Favorite Robert Altman Films”
Lynne Schillaci said:
Great blog. Love Robert Altman. You know our family has a screen credit in Kansas City, right?
John Charet said:
Yes, I did see your daughter Robin’s name in the credits and that was an awesome sight to behold 🙂 If I am correct, she was a set dresser for that film 🙂 Glad to see you guys are huge fans of Altman 🙂 Doubly fantastic that Robin worked for not only one of my many favorite directors of all-time, but one that I would rank in my top 5 category. Thanks for dropping by and you and your family are awesome as usual 🙂
allthingsthriller said:
Delighted to see Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean on the list. And Thieves Like Us. This is Cher’s best work, I think.
Yeah Come Back to the Five and Dime is certainly an underrated gem and it is most certainly one of Cher’s greatest acting roles. Thieves Like Us is a unique adaptation of Edward Anderson’s novel which was first adapted in 1949 by Nicholas Ray with They Live by Night. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
John Greco said:
An extensive list John. My top five would be Thieves Like Us, MASH, The Long Goodbye, McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Nashville.
Short Cuts should somehow be squeezed in there somewhere!
As with Nashville, Altman effortlessly blended a series of multi-character multi-subplots all into one coherent whole. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Interesting ranking there John 🙂 Speaking of The Long Goodbye, here is an interesting poster for it with artwork that was influenced by that of MAD Magazine 🙂 Here is the link below and thanks for dropping by 🙂
https://www.vertigoposters.com/products/the-long-goodbye?variant=41516948938
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„I have long been alarmed by people’s sheeplike acceptance of the term ‘computer technology’ — it sounds so objective and inexorable — when most computer technology is really a bunch of ideas turned into conventions and packages.“
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Theodor Nelson
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Diaries of an Artist
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by Marie Warsh and Gillian Sneed
In 1981, the artist Rosemary Mayer (1943 – 2014) began documenting the dinner parties she held in her Tribeca loft in a large sketchbook. Known as Dinner Book, it was a record of who came to dinner and what they ate. It was adorned with drawings by Mayer and her guests, wine labels, and photographs, and was annotated with commentary on each meal and occasion. As an object, it functioned on two levels: it was a diary of the momentous and the mundane, of birthdays, small celebrations following periods of deprivation (illness, money problems), and even what she called “solitary feasts”—meals she cooked for herself; but it was also a visual object, dominated by the curves of Mayer’s loopy handwriting, juxtaposed with images, drawn and collaged.
Entry in Dinner Book, 1981-2006.
While not an art project per se, Dinner Book relates to themes prevalent in Mayer’s work throughout her forty-year career, particularly how to mark—even monumentalize—the passing of time, and how she used writing and the book form as part of this process. Mayer became preoccupied with temporality and transience during the late 1960s, and began to explore these themes through text, image, and form. She incorporated text into almost all of her art. In fact, writing is what knits together her diverse body of work, which includes large-scale fabric sculptures, works on paper, illustrations, one-of-a-kind art books, and installations. It is also what provides the grounding for the various fugitive materials and subjects that make up her work: snow, fabric, ghosts, angels, flowers, time, and memory. She published her writings, primarily lyrical essays fusing history and autobiography, in Art-Rite: Surroundings, Tracks: A Journal of Artists’ Writings, WhiteWalls: A Magazine of Writings by Artists, United Artists Magazine, and in the anthology, Individuals: Post-Movement Art in America; and she was also an art critic, writing for Arts Magazine and Art in America. In addition to all this, she regularly kept a journal for most of her life.
As a kind of diary, Dinner Book also relates to one of her most significant and revelatory projects: her 1975 translation of the diary of the Mannerist artist Jacopo da Pontormo (1494 – 1557). Written at the end of his life, while he was finishing the frescoes for the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, the diary is highly detailed, yet rather uneventful. Like Dinner Book, it is mostly concerned with food (though it does not include any accounts of dinner parties), and evidences Mayer’s fascination with temporality and the biography of the artist. Food passes the time, along with work, the weather, and physical ailments. A typical entry reads: “Thursday I did the arm and ate an omelet and fell asleep in my clothes.”1
Mayer’s translation was published in 1982 as Pontormo’s Diary, in a volume that also included a catalog of her work from the 1970s and early 1980s. This juxtaposition between Pontormo’s personal reflections and images of Mayer’s work highlights the unexpected affinities she shared with this artist who lived over four centuries earlier. As she explained in a 2013 interview: “I was living in Post-Minimalism, a time after a time of clarity, and Pontormo was in a time after the clarity of the Renaissance.”2 Pontormo, and his fellow Mannerists, were a historical frame of reference for her time and for her work about time. In her introduction to the translation, Mayer’s description of the stylistic transition from the Renaissance to Mannerism could be read as a cipher for the transition from Minimalism to Post-Minimalism: “Once surfaces were clear, ordered and opaque, surfaces that quickly answer questions. Painting was flat. Sculpture had definite shapes with clean edges. Then forms dissolved, colors paled, began to float in uncertain atmospheres.”3
She also offers her interpretation of the diary as a way to feel connected to time during a period of uncertainty and inevitability:
“[Pontormo] made himself a static, withdrawn life; [he] made convoluted, floating work. He used his diary to know which days were passed, what foods had kept him well enough to work. A thing to hold onto the way kids hold balloons.[…] There are children who think that you can disappear with floating balloons.”4
Semiramis Hanging Diagram, 1972, pen and pencil on paper.
Given her affinity for the balloon as a metaphor for grasping at lapsing time, it is not surprising that, in the late 1970s, she began working with actual balloons, a form that could express an utmost state of transience. She created three temporary installations using helium-filled advertising balloons. One of these, Some Days in April, was created in 1978 in a field in Hartwick, New York. Mayer described the work as a temporary monument, one dedicated to the month of April, which had a particular resonance for her as the beginning of spring, but also because of its associations: her parents, who had died when she was young, both had birthdays in April, and a close friend had died in April. She painted each balloon with names—spring flowers, stars, and her friends and family—and the dates associated with them. There was no audience, making it in many ways a private memorial, but she documented this installation, and her other two balloon works, in photographs, drawings, and books. The accompanying book for Some Days in April feels somewhat defiant. It is a more permanent monument, a way to feel tethered. It contains drawings of the knots Mayer used to tie the balloons to wooden stakes—so that they would not float away—as well as stories about those she was memorializing, often written in layered text. Mayer wrote that “the book could contain an entire visual space, a complete visual field. It keeps its own time, orders perception in time.”5
Mayer’s most public early presentation of work was on the printed page was in 0 to 9, the journal of experimental art and writing, edited by her sister, poet Bernadette Mayer, and Rosemary Mayer’s ex-husband, conceptual artist Vito Acconci. She would sometimes help them collate the magazine (which was typed, mimeographed, and stapled by hand), and she submitted art work to four of the six issues, as well as to one of the Street Works projects, spearheaded by John Perreault, Hannah Weiner, and Scott Burton in 1969 (and documented in 0 to 9).
0 to 9 was a logical place to begin experimenting with the dissolution of the art object and the materialization of language, which influenced the emergence of expanded conceptual practices and the development of performance art. Mayer submitted her first emphatically time-based work to the fifth issue of 0 to 9 (January 1969), an attempt to document the sounds of firecrackers in Little Italy each minute between 9:00 PM and 1:30 AM on July 4th. The piece comprises fourteen pages of “x’s” and lines, each “x” representing the discrete sound of a firework and the lines representing periods when individual fireworks were indiscernible. It was a conceptual experiment, but also a record of her aural experience, a stretch of time while listening from her loft on Broome Street.
While she was involved in 0 to 9, she was also a student at the School of Visual Arts, where in a painting class she began deconstructing her paintings as physical objects by removing them from their stretchers and draping them on the wall in various ways. From there she moved on to working with other fabrics, becoming interested in how the properties of fabric itself could dictate the work and its form. She wrote later that it was during this period she realized that “The art object should not be still, unmoving and independent of its circumstances. Nothing is.”6 She felt somewhat alienated from her peers, however; her main confidantes at the time were Acconci and Adrian Piper, who were increasingly preoccupied with the dematerialization of the art object, and thus, Mayer felt, were critical of her lush, still very material practice.
Semiramis, 1972. Nylons, wood, cord, paint, 120 x 180 inches.
Nonetheless, she pressed on with her increasingly large-scaled sculptures, while at the same time becoming increasingly involved in feminist politics through consciousness raising groups and the women’s artist-run gallery A.I.R., of which she was a founding member. One exemplary and lush work from this period, The Catherines (1972 – 73), is composed of layers of translucent, colored fabric stretched and draped over bowed rods. As she elucidates in an essay entitled “Two Years, March 1973 to January 1975,” the work references legendary historical women:
“Enveloped in huge gowns, over centuries, there were […] The Catherines: Catherine Sforza who fought the Medici, Catherine of Aragon who wouldn’t comply […] Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, Catherine of Sienna, mystic writer and advisor to the Pope […] All their colors, the textures of their garments, the hazy voluminous shapes they leave now hovering.”7
This homage to forgotten women was influenced by her burgeoning feminist consciousness, but reading the rest of the essay reveals it as part of a more complex undertaking. “Two Years” is a record of the work Mayer created during this period of two years, a time of great productivity. It is dense with references and images, many of them reoccurring subjects in her work: etymologies of titles and related words; lists of colors and flowers; paintings by Matthias Grünewald, Pontormo, and Rosso Fiorentino; descriptions of church architecture and interiors. Framed by a discrete period of time, it is a diary of everything running around in her head while making these works, and of the process of her giving presence to the past, and of capturing the evanescent. “Two Years” reveals her use of writing to explain—in a deeply sensual, subjective, and poetic way—her intentions. In a 1976 review of Mayer’s work in Artforum, the art critic Lawrence Alloway wrote about the interplay of text, image, and form that had become characteristic of her work, writing that “the presence of her words furthers our sense of her forms of revelation.”8
During the 1970s and 1980s, Mayer exhibited her works in numerous solo and group shows in New York and throughout the country, but by the 1990s she had become increasingly distanced from the art world. Even so, she continued making work, though she described herself as a “solitary art worker.” In 1992, she began teaching art at LaGuardia Community College. While teaching a class in illustration, she came upon a project that would obsessively occupy her for the rest of her life, one that explored her ongoing preoccupation with text and image, as well as her fascination with history. She began illustrating epic poems in watercolor and ink, creating a series for Beowulf and Gilgamesh.
Her next and last project was the most ambitious: researching, writing, and illustrating the stories of the women of the Roman Empire. (She casually referred to this project as “The Roman Ladies.”) A revisionist history foregrounding the wives, mothers, daughters, and lovers of Roman emperors, the work is perhaps the most direct expression of her interest in creating presences and telling life stories. Each of these women is compelling in her own right, yet their contributions have over the centuries been largely lost to history. In the corner of each illustration, she recorded the dates during which she worked on them, keeping track of the project, which lasted several years. Tethering the passing days and years of her own life to the lives of these historical women—Helena, Theodora, Maria, Serena, Thermantia, Eudocia, Justa, Pulcheria, Eudoxia, Licinia, Juliana—she imbricated her own presence and history with theirs.
Endnotes.
Rosemary Mayer, Julia Ballerini, and Richard Milazzo, Pontormo’s Diary (New York: Out of London Press, 1982), 115.
Rosemary Mayer, interview with Gillian Sneed (July 12, 2013) Rosemary Mayer Archive.
Mayer et al, Pontormo’s Diary, 147.
Ibid., 86.
Rosemary Mayer, “Works 1975 – 77” (unpublished artist’s statement, 1977, Rosemary Mayer Archive), 10.
Rosemary Mayer, “Passing Thoughts” (unpublished artist’s statement, November 4, 1978, Rosemary Mayer Archive), 1.
Rosemary Mayer, “Two Years, March 1973 to January 1975,” in Individuals: Post-movement Art in America, ed. Alan Sondheim (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1977), 191-212.
Lawrence Alloway, “Rosemary Mayer,” Artforum Vol. 14 No.10 (Summer 1976): 36.
Marie Warsh
is a historian and writer. She has written articles for Buildings and Landscapes, Urban Omnibus, and Plot, and is the co-editor of the journal Prospect. She is also the Director of Preservation Planning for the Central Park Conservancy. Rosemary Mayer was her aunt.
Gillian Sneed
GILLIAN SNEED is an art historian and writer, whose work centers on gender studies, and modern and contemporary art of the Americas.
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US First Lady wears Indian designer’s dress for talk show
August 30, 2012 Fashion Avenue News Magazine Leave a comment
Bibhu Mohapatra, the internationally-acclaimed fashion designer of Indian-origin, has added another feather in his cap by designing a dress for the US First Lady Michelle Obama.
The First Lady appeared in a breezy off-white summer dress seasoned with sunshine yellow and navy blue prints from Bibhu’s collection at the American talk show ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.’
The Orissa-born, New York-based designer has previously designed outfits for several international and Indian celebrities, such as Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Sienna Miller, Glenn Close, Kajol and Deepika Padukone.
The designer, known for his exquisite evening wear collections, has studied fashion from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
The couturier offers luxury women’s ready to wear, couture and fur under his eponymous label. His collections are sold at upmarket stores like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus in the United States.
The fashion designer has earlier worked with various eminent faces of the fashion industry like Halston and J. Mendel.
Ji Cheng, Chinese designer returns to London catwalk
Ji Cheng is one of Asia’s most renowned and longstanding beacons of design. Often compared to her western contemporaries, Stella McCartney and Miuccia Prada, Ji Cheng is a powerful influence in her home country of China.
After training at the Istituto Marangoni in Milan, Ji Cheng worked for and with a multitude of companies across fashion, media and beauty including Krizia, Missoni Sport, Nokia Complete Fashion, CNBC, Johnnie Walker, Unilever LUX and Shiseido.
As China’s most defining face of fashion, Ji Cheng has been featured in documentaries with the New York Times and the Discovery Channel, and was honoured with the Shanghai Creative Leaders Award and Hurun Fashion Pioneer Award.
A top billed designer at Shanghai Fashion Week, Singapore Fashion Week and China Fashion Week, Ji Cheng is a regular in press across China including: Vogue China, ELLE China, Harper’s Bazaar China, and she is one of the most exciting international designers to come to the London catwalk.
Ji Cheng will be showing her spring/summer 2013 collection, Teasim, at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Saturday the 15th of September at 1:00pm.
Roberto Cavalli creates accessory collection for VFNO
Roberto Cavalli will take part in Vogue Fashion’s Night Out 2012. The event that has been conceived and organized by Vogue, brings the world of fashion to the general public – creating a unique opportunity to meet with the designer’s and the main protagonist’s of the fashion world.
The event was born from the idea of bringing optimism to fashion retail through extending opening hours of shops and boutiques and numerous events and special initiatives in all the major fashion capitals of the world.
To mark this occasion, Roberto Cavalli has created a limited edition tote bag made of plasticized woven jaguar print, iconic of the Maison Cavalli.
The accessory has been created especially for VFNO with a screen printing in yellow and fuchsia fluorescent colours.
In view of the importance of Vogue Fashion’s Night Out, it will be possible to buy this exclusive accessory in the Roberto Cavalli boutiques in Milan, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Madrid and Tokyo.
A percentage of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to support the initiative.
“Vogue Fashion’s Night Out has become an unmissable event that drives the world of fashion to the general public in a fun and joyful atmosphere. I’m very happy that the enthusiasm of this event, unique and full of special initiatives, has created and captured with optimism new heights of luxury.”
American fashion designer Christian Siriano
American fashion designer Christian Siriano has recently unveiled a video campaign previewing his Autumn/Winter 2012 collection.
The video features the American film actress Nicole LaLiberte dressed in the designer’s latest creations inspired by a unique and spooky theme of ‘Bats and 30′s Film Noir’.
The ensembles of the line present a curious-yet-enchanting blend of dark, dramatic, gothic styles mixed with refined and sophisticated looks.
The ready-to-wear collection offers a range of apparels in gray scale tones influenced by the antique films of the bygone era seasoned with fresh silhouettes and modern prints.
The 26-year-old designer, who was also the winner of the fourth season of the American reality show ‘Project Runway’, offers a combination of textured minis, bell-sleeved dresses with wing like detailing and leather accented ball gowns.
69th Venice International Film Festival Jaeger-LeCoultre and movies: “action”
Immortalising time and rendering it unique: such is the obsession governing any cinematographic or horological accomplishment. These two worlds whose mission is to push the frontiers of dreams are uniting for the eight consecutive year at the Venice International Film Festival. As partner of the event since 2005, Jaeger-LeCoultre presents its exceptional models, adorns the stars on the red carpet and rewards the prizewinners. From August 29th to September, the “Mostra” sets the stage for the finest creations and provides visitors with an opportunity merging the fundamental experience of film viewers and of all devotees of fine mechanisms: when time suspends its flight and all that remains before one’s eyes is a mesmerising object of stunned admiration. Lights! Camera! Action!
Movie theatres and watchmaking workshops share a common denominator: they are pervaded by the same hushed silence. These are places where dreams spring to life, where wonder-inducing creations are born. They imply accurate, meticulous and almost obsessional attention to details, as well as great passion. From the film reel that captures emotions to the artisan who immortalises the moment, history is in the making. The fact that Jaeger-LeCoultre has always sensed its affinities with the 7th Art is doubtless because it is all about two worlds infused with creative effervescence and with a longstanding, inspirational tradition. From the Shanghai Film Festival to the Abu Dhabi Film Festival which it has been partnering for the past two years, to the Mostra where it is present for the eight year running, the brand symbolises a way of regarding the watchmaking art as a free and inventive space. Just as in filmmaking, each second bears the imprint of a moment of eternity.
A precious presence
How can one best ensure an intense Mostra experience? From August 29th to September 8th, Jaeger-LeCoultre will be playing a key role in the stellar events: rewarding prizewinners, supporting an operation it holds dear, and adorning celebrities on the red carpet. Since 2005, the brand has consistently displayed the full measure of its attachment to the 7th Art at the Venice International Film Festival, where it hosts journalists, actors and scriptwriters for unique encounters. Once again this year, many of them will enjoy this chance to discover the finest creations highlighting the multiple talents of watchmaking artisans.
The magic of time
Glamour will reach new heights at the opening ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival, where a whole host of beautiful stars will once again grace the red carpet. Many celebrities are expected in the City of the Doges, adorned with the noblest creations from Jaeger-LeCoultre. Among the finest models on show will be two timepieces from the Rendez- Vous collection. Admirably reflecting its ambassadress Diane Kruger, the Rendez-Vous line embodies a free-spirited and spontaneous personality that constantly reinvents itself in order to spring new surprises. For the Venice International Film Festival, Jaeger-LeCoultre presents two
Rendez-Vous Art Haute Joaillerie creations spectacularly paved using the snow-setting technique: one with diamonds and the other with blue sapphires and rubies. The meticulously hand-crafted gem-setting surrounds the models with an incomparably luminous glow.
Since its founding, the Grande Maison has associated mechanical perfection with the most attractive and complex gem-setting techniques. Created thanks to the expertise of exceptional artists, they celebrate an alliance between beauty and precision. The decoration using the snow-setting process is performed directly on the watch case. The gem-setter places the diamonds individually, nestling against each other and harmoniously combining stones of various sizes so as to entirely cover the metal of the watch. Such creative freedom requires considerable know-how and an extremely keen sense of observation.
And to lend an additional touch of charm, Jaeger-LeCoultre designers and Valextra have created the Rendez-Vous clutch bag – a new way of wearing a watch like an indispensable, ultra-trendy accessory.
One rose, one child
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s participation in the Venice Film Festival takes on a particularly human dimension thanks to its support for Emergency, a humanitarian association founded in 1994, present in over 16 countries and dedicated to helping civilians who are victims of armed conflict and of poverty. Throughout the duration of the festival, Jaeger-LeCoultre will be funding the maternity centre that Emergency has opened in Anabah, Afghanistan. Artists will also make their contribution by wearing Reverso models engraved with a rose – a task specially performed for the occasion by the artisans of the Manufacture. This major project will be celebrated on Thursday August 30th with a dedicated red carpet ceremony at which all guests will wear a rose as a symbol of hope for all children.
Exceptional filmmaking
The Venice Biennial and Jaeger-LeCoultre are pleased to announce that the famous American director, scriptwriter, actor and producer Spike Lee will be awarded the 2012 Jaeger-LeCoultre “Glory to the Filmmaker” prize at this year’s edition of the Venice International Film Festival. For the past five years, this prize has annually rewarded individuals having made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary cinema: Takeshi Kitano (2007), Abbas Kiarostami (2008), Agnès Varda (2008), Sylvester Stallone (2009), Mani Ratnam (2010) and Al Pacino (2011).
If one were to recall just one image of the festival, it would doubtless be the handing over of the Golden Lion. The worlds of cinema and of fine watchmaking both aspire to create an ongoing relationship with those who support them. What finer distinction could there be for an actor, an actress or a director than to be rewarded for their talent? Jaeger-LeCoultre will be on hand to salute the best actor and actress, as well as the laureates of the best director and best film awards. Each of the winners will be gifted a personalised Reverso bearing a lacquered engraving of the lion that symbolises Venice, crafted by hand in the finest tradition of hand workmanship, along with the inscription “69th Mostra”. An eloquent means of confirming that people must believe in their passion, be bold, and above all never give up on anything. As global epicentres of dreams and challenges, filmmaking and watchmaking both advocate exactly that.
About Jaeger-LeCoultre
A major player in watchmaking history since 1833, Jaeger-LeCoultre is the first Manufacture to have been established in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. It played a pioneering role by uniting the full range of technical and artistic professions under one roof and made an indelible imprint on the watchmaking development of the entire watch industry by creating legendary watches such as the Reverso, the Duoplan, the Master Control, the Memovox Polaris, the Gyrotourbillon, as well as the Atmos clock. Guided by time-honoured know-how and a constant quest for technical enhancements, the master-watchmakers, engineers and technicians craft each watch in harmony with the same passion. Each masterpiece, heir to 179 years of expertise, benefits from cutting-edge technologies while being crafted in harmony with the noblest traditions of the Vallée de Joux. Building on a vast heritage encompassing 1,231 calibres and 398 registered patents, Jaeger-LeCoultre remains the reference in high-end watchmaking.
Chanel’s Coco Noir
This is the new CoCo Chanel Noir, my sister just received this and loves, it. Run down to Bergdorf’s and get a bottle, it is FABULOUS!!!!! If you are a Chanel Fan, this is for you.
Chanel’s Coco Noir is the first big perfume launch for autumn, and as it’s billed as oriental (shorthand for rich, floral, spicy, exotic scents), I didn’t expect to like it. But there’s something so carnal about Coco Noir, so sexy, while also being wholly grown-up and sophisticated – think silk stockings, not PVC thong – that I fell instantly in lust.
FASHION TITAN Custo Barcelona
Custo Barcelona – just the name brings vision of upscale, luxury fashion & lifestyle garments. Custo is a Fashion Titan – one of the most powerful brand in the fashion world. As fashion week approaches, we sit on the edge of our seats to see what this Titan is going to show at Mercedes-Benz Lincoln Center. If you’re like me and can barely wait, take a look at these beautiful sketches….
Custo Barcelona began when two young Spanish designers, Custo and David Dalmau set up shop in Barcelona, Spain in the 1980s. They began with men’s wear, and expanded to women’s clothing.
While on a motorcycle trip around the world, the two designers spent time in California, where they were especially taken by the California lifestyle and the colorful, psychedelic clothes worn by California surfers.
In 1996 they put their inspiration to work and opened Custo Barcelona. They began with the brightly colored style T-shirts using psychedelic California inspired designs. Custo Barcelona clothes soon caught the attention of Hollywood, where the pieces were used for television and movies.
Their expanded collection was shown during New York’s 1997 fashion week, and received positive reviews. Their colorful creations were a welcome sight after what had been a drab week on the catwalk.
The two designers soon regularly appeared in the American media, raising interest in their products and the world-wide market. The Custo Barcelona line is currently available at 3000 points of sale, with the international market making up 85% of their sales.
What started out as wild designs and patterns for t-shirts has now expanded to dresses, jackets, hooded sweatshirts, coats, skirts, the Custo PURE Collection, denim, scarves, shoes and even bikinis.
Custo Barcelona is a brand of fashionable clothing, known for its boldly patterned and colorful designs. Even if it is a less formal style of designwear, Custo Barcelona is considered a top fashion brand, and has won many design awards, including Marie Claire’s Designer of the Year Award, and the GQ fashion award.
Courtesy of Ingrid Hansen
FABULOUS Brothers Sewing Machines Series V
I attended a Brothers Sewing Machine Press Informative…. WHAT A BLAST…. Sewing Machines have gone high tech….. they have dual foot pedals like cars, WHAT, this is fabulous, and affordable. Invited to this great session by Debora Toth of Coastline Public Relations, this was an eye opener for sewers. Even if you are not a super professional with a sewing the machine is so easy to learn, you CAN’T MAKE A MISTAKE…. If you are in the market for a sewing machine that is going to last….. and last…. it has digitial upgrades….. then one of the Brother Sewing Machines is for you. They have all price levels and the machines are simple FABULOUS…. SLEEK, and ELEGANT…. check them out… here are some links
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BACARDI LIMITED “CHAMPIONS DRINK RESPONSIBLY”
BACARDI LIMITED “CHAMPIONS DRINK RESPONSIBLY” SERVES UP
“MIX WITH VICTORIA AZARENKA” IN NEW YORK
New Signature “Champions” Mocktail chosen
by tennis champion Victoria Azarenka in Manhattan
Hamilton, Bermuda, August 22, 2012 – Tennis Grand Slam Champion and World number-one ranked Victoria Azarenka swapped her tennis racquet for a cocktail shaker ahead of the US Open. Victoria joined in an exclusive “Mix with Victoria” event at the Above Allen Bar in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The event was part of the Bacardi Limited award-winning “Champions Drink Responsibly” social responsibility initiative and pitched five of New York’s hottest bartenders against each other to create a new signature mocktail (non-alcoholic cocktail) for the Champions campaign.
Australian Open Champion Victoria Azarenka stepped in for the Bacardi Limited Global Social Responsibility Ambassador Rafa Nadal who was unable to attend the New York event due to injury. Victoria took time out from her busy practice schedule ahead of the final Grand Slam event of the year to recreate the finalists’ mocktails. Pamela Wiznitzer from L’oubil bar’s creation of The Champions Mix was chosen by Victoria as the winning mocktail. The Champions Mix recipe will now be shared with fans of “Champions Drink Responsibly” via Facebook® pages.
“I had a fun evening, learning how to make some delicious mocktails from the best in the business here in New York” said Victoria Azarenka. “The Rafa Berry Smash, the original signature mocktail, is a hard act to follow, but I am really pleased with The Champions Mix. I want everyone to enjoy their nights out and try some mocktails as a delicious alternative to soft drinks or water.”
Azarenka was joined by some fans who won tickets to the event through exclusive competitions in the New York area. The participating bar tenders were motivated to create new mocktails as many outlets in the city now list them on bar drinks menus as they become more popular. Azarenka and the guests at the event recreated the “Time Out” hand gesture featured by Rafa Nadal from the Champions advertising campaign to reinforce the message of pacing yourself when it comes to drinking during a night out.
“I can’t believe Victoria has picked my mocktail. It was a pleasure to meet her. She was so friendly and down to earth and a great ambassador for such a serious topic of responsible drinking,” said Pamela Wiznitzer the winner from L’oubil Bar. “To think that my creation will be used by Bacardi Limited and promoted around the world is a real honor for me. I can’t wait to serve it up to my regulars at my bar.”
“’Mix with Victoria’ has been a very successful event for Bacardi Limited in New York. Victoria has been a true Champion and I can’t thank her enough for helping us with our event in Rafa’s absence. We have a great mocktail to promote around the world alongside our other drinks,” said Chris Searle, global CSR director, Bacardi Limited. “Champions Drink Responsibly is all about promoting responsible drinking behavior and enjoying mocktails during your night is just one example of that.”
The “Champions Drink Responsibly” campaign was first introduced by family-owned Bacardi Limited in April 2008 featuring seven-time Formula 1™ World Champion Michael Schumacher with the message “Drinking and Driving Don’t Mix.” The campaign is rooted in the strong heritage and commitment of Bacardi Limited to promote responsible drinking. The Company launched its first social responsibility advertising campaign in Mexico in the 1930s when it pioneered the idea of responsible drinking with the slogan of “Bacardi wishes to sell, but it does not want the money you should use to buy bread.”
Since then, the Company created widely respected social responsibility initiatives in the 1970s with its two-decade running, award-winning “Bacardi mixes with everything. Except driving.” advertisement. Also raising the bar in social responsibility messaging and engagement was the Company’s success with the “Driver’s Corner” experience in Germany and Austria, and the “Whatever Your Reason” television campaign in the U.S. which personalized the responsibility message to teach adult consumers about the different reasons for drinking responsibly.
For additional details and information about the Bacardi Limited “Champions Drink Responsibly” campaign, please visit www.championsdrinkresponsibly.com.
About Bacardi Limited
Bacardi Limited, the largest privately-held spirits company in the world, produces and markets internationally-recognized spirits and wines. Its brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDI® rum, the world’s best-selling and most-awarded rum; GREY GOOSE® vodka, the world’s leading super-premium vodka; DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch whisky, the top-selling blended Scotch whisky in the U.S.; BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, the top-valued and fastest-growing premium gin in the world; MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, the world’s leading vermouth and the world’s favorite Italian sparkling wines; CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, the number-one premium tequila in Mexico and a top-selling premium tequila in the United States; ERISTOFF® vodka, one of the fastest-growing vodka brands in the world; and other leading and emerging brands.
Founded on February 4, 1862, and family-owned for the past seven generations, Bacardi now employs nearly 6,000 people, manufactures its brands at 27 facilities in 16 markets on four continents, and sells in more than 150 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. To learn more about Bacardi and its pioneering heritage, visit the special 150th anniversary section at www.BacardiLimited.com
About Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Tennis Grand Slam Champion and currently ranked number one in the world.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford turns designer for C&A
C&A partners with Cindy Crawford to create her very first exclusive fashion collection. She belongs to the first generation of international model icons, has modelled for all the premier labels and still is one of the most successful models of all time.
Today, Cindy Crawford is not only a supermodel but also a successful businesswoman and a mother of two kids. For C&A, she is now entering entirely new territory by designing her first fashion line “Cindy Crawford Collection @ C&A”.
“Cindy Crawford is known to the world as one of the original models who defined that pivotal moment when fashion models became stars in their own right. As such, she represents the iconic aspirations of the generation to which we target some of our core ladies’ collections: chic, modern and timeless. At the same time, she managed to remain the ‘girl next door’ as she describes it herself, having also a personal life beyond the spotlights as a businesswoman and a mother,” explains Thorsten Rolfes, Head of Corporate Communications at C&A Europe.
Starting this fall, her collection will be appearing in more than 1,500 C&A stores and 8 online shops throughout Europe. It goes without saying that her personal style will be reflected in this collection. “My goal is to help design comfortable fashion for everyday wear,” she confirms. Cindy herself loves styles with which she looks good in everyday life, too, regardless of whether she is with her husband Rande Gerber or her children Presley and Kaia.
“I have always dreamed of having my own fashion line and am thrilled to be partnering with C&A on this venture,” says Cindy Crawford, who has now designed her first collection. There is no doubt that her many years of experience on the catwalk as well as as businesswoman and a mother have benefited her in this project. Therefore she knows the things that are important to women. The choice of C&A as a partner was an obvious one for her.”
“C&A has a long-standing history of providing quality designs at an affordable price point for its customers,” says Crawford. “It is important to me to be affiliated with a company that offers feel-good fashion with unparalleled customer offerings”.
She is also impressed by C&A’s reputation offering value for money: top quality at favourable prices. For “Cindy Crawford Collection @ C&A” the supermodel took her inspiration from current trends while giving them her own very personal touch. The look is stylish, classical and contemporary, but also goes beyond the individual season.
The dress code is smart casual to easy, with elegant blazers, cardigans and sweaters as well as casual shirts, jeans and leather jackets. Details such as zips, fake-fur collars and belts look just as good as the clean-lined styles. The materials are top quality, consisting of blended woollen fabrics, merino and leather. All garments will be available in sizes 36 to 46, with knitwear in XS to XL.
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Blockchain Could Prevent Customer Data Leakage in Russia
Blockchain regulation in Russia is still in turmoil, as the technology was proposed to be banned by politicians. However, if implemented properly, it could have prevented a massive leak of personal data from 900K clients of three major Russian banks that happened recently.
Open Access to Personal Data
The data of OTP-Bank, Alfa-Bank, and HKF-Bank customers were made publicly available. The leak generally affects the interests of approximately 900,000 Russians, whose names, phone numbers, passports and place of work can now be recognized by anyone who wants to do so. The data collected several years ago was disclosed at the end of May, but a significant part of the information remains relevant.
Apparently, the person who deliberately gathered these databases was either an insider or found those who could steal them. Judging by the fact that the bases are outdated, they were most likely used in a narrow circle, and when they no longer needed, they became public. Now, the people who figure in these bases may become victims of a wide range of banking fraudsters.
Blockchain Security in Russia
Considered one of the most revolutionary technologies among fintech industries, Blockchain has earned a lot of popularity. People admire it for the ability to enhance transparency, reduce costs, increase efficiency, provide a high level of security and so on. The last point has become very important for many businesses in the framework of the whole world. Companies may use blockchain as a wonderful alternative to cloud and server data storage, preventing any leakages in the future.
Russia has not taken any serious actions towards the regulation of fintech field. Opinions in the State Duma and other governmental institutions on the further development of the area turned to be totally different. At the end of May, the governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Gleb Nikitin revealed the researches of blockchain-based app Gorod N, that enables people to distribute their own taxes amongst the categories of budgetary expenditures. At the other hand, the State Duma member Nikolai Arefyev strongly recommended banning cryptocurrency, which is powered by blockchain technology. Bitcoin and altcoins were dubbed speculative instruments that should be outlawed in every part of the world.
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