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Home » Sentencing Trends for Sexual Penetration of a Child under 10 in the Higher Courts of Victoria 2005-06 to 2009-10
Sentencing Trends for Sexual Penetration of a Child under 10 in the Higher Courts of Victoria 2005-06 to 2009-10
Sentencing Snapshot no. 119 describes sentencing outcomes for the offence of sexual penetration of a child aged under 10 in the County Court of Victoria between 2005-06 and 2009-10.
© Copyright State of Victoria, Sentencing Advisory Council, 2011
Snapshot 119 Sentencing Trends for Sexual Penetration of a Child Aged under 10 in the Higher Courts of Victoria November 2011.pdf
Snapshot 119 Sentencing Trends for Sexual Penetration of a Child Aged under 10 in the Higher Courts of Victoria November 2011.doc
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Home › News Center › Open House Event Celebrates Opening of San Diego Wireless Laboratory
Open House Event Celebrates Opening of San Diego Wireless Laboratory
SGS is hosting an open house event to celebrate the opening of its new wireless conformance laboratory in San Diego, California, on Thursday August 27, from 4-6pm.
Replacing older, smaller facilities, SGS’s new 17,800 sq. ft. facility consolidates all conformance testing for the wireless industry into one 6,000 sq. ft. laboratory. This investment allows SGS to increase not only laboratory capacity, but also its capabilities. In addition, to support product development and testing, the San Diego facility has four secure client meting rooms, with free access to a conference room, break room, lobby and prototype room.
To further improve access to SGS wireless conformance services, this new facility is just a half mile from the company’s OTA (over-the-air) facility.
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Kenya Establishes the Import Standardization Mark for Imported Goods
Consumers in Kenya will be able to see which products are imported and where they came from.
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US and China aren’t facing ‘enough pain’ right now for them to strike a quick trade deal: UBS
by SmartTipsConsultants | May 27, 2019 | Economic News
High-level trade negotiations between the U.S. and China broke down after President Donald Trump turned up the rhetoric against Beijing earlier this month.
Beijing said last week that further talks can’t proceed unless Washington adjusts its “wrong actions” but Trump still predicted that a deal could be reached “fast.”
However, Tan Min Lan, Asia-Pacific head of chief investment office at UBS Global Wealth Management, predicted that any deal between the U.S. and China will likely only come “just before 2020.”
With both the U.S. and China avoiding any severe economic downturn so far, there’s little incentive for the two countries to strike a trade deal quickly, according to UBS Global Wealth Management.
High-level trade negotiations between the world’s two largest economies broke down after President Donald Trump turned up the rhetoric against China earlier this month. Beijing said last week that further talks can’t proceed unless Washington adjusts its “wrong actions” — but Trump still predicted that a deal could be reached “fast.”
At a media conference on Monday during his state visit to Japan, Trump said the U.S. is “not ready” to sign a deal with China but the two countries will have a “great trade deal” some time in the future.
Tan Min Lan, Asia-Pacific head of chief investment office at UBS Global Wealth Management, predicted that any deal between the U.S. and China will likely only come “just before 2020.”
“It’s quite clear that trade tensions have re-escalated and at this point in time, there isn’t enough pain on either side for a deal to be imminent,” Tan told CNBC’s “Street Signs” on Monday. “If you look at United States, actually the economy is quite strong … On the China side, we know that it is able to at least stabilize the economy.”
Unexpected escalation
Officials from Washington and Beijing were sending signals that trade talks were going well in the last few months before things turned tense in recent weeks. Trump unexpectedly accused China of reneging on a deal and announced that tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods would increase to 25% from 10% on May 10. Beijing retaliated and raised levies on $60 billion worth of U.S. products.
The Trump administration also put Chinese telecom giant Huawei on a blacklist that prevents it from buying from American companies without U.S. government permission.
But there’s still some impetus for both sides to strike a deal eventually, according to Tan. Trump, facing re-election in 2020, would want to boost his chances while the Chinese leadership would like to eliminate further economic uncertainties, said Tan.
“So, our sense is that you’ll still get a deal probably just before 2020,” she said, adding that any agreement between the U.S. and China must be seen as a “win-win” for Beijing — and not viewed as an American “containment” on the rise of Chinese power.
The recent re-escalation in tensions between the U.S. and China has prompted UBS to reduce its investment portfolio’s exposure to risky assets, according to Tan. Those changes include closing an “overweight” stance in emerging markets stocks and adding a “short” position on the Australian dollar, she added.
For J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the current global environment is conducive for fixed income.
“At this point in time, we’re building a portfolio with fixed income as a foundation especially with global high-yield corporate debt, as well as selected emerging market fixed income as a starting point. Then we will add on top of that some selected markets in equities,” Tai Hui, chief Asia market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, told CNBC’s “Street Signs” on Monday.
Hui said he likes stocks in the U.S., India and Southeast Asia.
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Niece Gangbang 1: Spending The Night With My Twin Nieces
Series: Gangbangs
Series: Incest Erotica
By Amber FoxxFire
A phone call in the middle of the night usually meant one of two things:
1 - An accident
2 - Booty Call
I just didn’t expect that booty to be my twin 18-year-old virgin nieces.
My brother was out of town with his new girlfriend and the twins needed someone to look after and protect them.
If my brother ever found out what I did to his twin daughters… More
Flipping open his cell-phone, Ben saw that his brother was calling him in the middle of the night. What the hell?
"Yeah?" He answered, his voice cracked with sleep. He rubbed his bleary eyes and peered at the clock. Two in the morning. Holy hell! This had better be urgent.
"Uncle Ben we need your help!" Squealed Rhonda and Sonja.
"Ask your dad." Ben rolled his eyes, wondering what the twins were getting into. He just about hung up the phone.
"He's not home! Daddy went on a vacation with his new girlfriend! He said since we were 18, we could take care of ourselves." Both of them wailed.
"So, what's the problem? Can't find the bed?" Ben asked, rolling his eyes, wondering why his brother had pampered the twins so much. They couldn't even survive on their own for a couple of nights. He wondered if they could even boil water.
"There's a noise outside and we think someone's prowling around the house. What should we do?" They both talked on the phone at once, whimpering like scared puppies.
"Why didn't you call the police?" He shook his head.
"Because we can't cuddle with the police man."
"I'll be right over." Ben sighed as he quickly dressed, walked out of his house and drove the three miles to where his brother lived.
His brother had pampered the girls since he'd divorced their mother years ago. They were totally dependent on him and never questioned his authority. Ben thought it was wrong, but kept out of it.
They met him at the door in their panties and halter tops. When they hugged him, he could feel their bodies trembling.
He was amazed that they looked exactly alike in every way, except that Rhonda had braces. The same red hair, dimpled smile and delicate heart-shaped faces.
Their mature woman bodies were stacked. His brother hit the jackpot when he sired these gals.
They both had large banana sized breasts, hour glass figures and long, long legs.
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Category: Fiction » Erotica » Men's Erotica
Erotica themes: Incest or pseudo-incest
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Dr. Farhad Moshiri Orthodontist St Louis MO
Orthodontist St Louis MO – Dr. Moshiri is a graduate of the School of Dental Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a Master’s degree in orthodontics from Northwestern University, one of the nation’s most respected academic institutions.
Dr. Moshiri formerly chaired the Department of Orthodontics at Washington University, where he helped to prepare many orthodontic residents for specialty practice.
In addition, he was a clinical professor and orthodontic consultant for the orthognathic surgery program at the University of Louisville in Kentucky for 28 years, which recognized his skill as an educator with the President’s Distinguished Faculty Award.
Upon his retirement, he was also recognized as a Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor given by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, for distinguished service and accomplishments on behalf of others.
During the course of his 30-year clinical practice, Dr. Moshiri has published many scientific articles on a variety of subjects, including developmental care and growth guidance, orthodontics, orthognathic surgery and temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
He is a contributor to the text, Comprehensive Care of Craniofacial Deformities, as well as the consultant to the editor for the Journal of Craniomandibular Practice.
Relative to his special interest, and expertise, in treating children and adults with temporomandibular joint dysfunction and craniofacial abnormalities, Dr. Moshiri is a former executive director of the Greater St. Louis Craniomandibular Society.
He is also a former president and longtime member of the Greater St. Louis Dental Society (GSLDS). He has served on, and chaired, many of the Dental Society’s committees and has been actively involved in many of its community outreach initiatives─contributions which were acknowledged with the organization’s Award of Merit.
He is certified by the American Board of Orthodontists ─ the profession’s highest level of attainment. In addition, he is a fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the World Federation of Orthodontics.
To maintain a cutting-edge approach to the specialty of orthodontics, Dr. Moshiri travels extensively, keeping abreast of innovations in treatment and technology. In that regard, he has been a frequent guest speaker to dental and orthodontic groups in the United States and abroad.
For more information about Dr. Moshiri’s background and publications,
Click here to see Dr. Farhad Moshiri’s CV.
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Sarah’s Homecoming
Posted on April 19, 2016 and filed in Success Stories, Video.
Rejected and lonely all her life, Dulce couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to help her…
Posted on January 19, 2016 and filed in Success Stories.
On the plane from Mexico to America, 14-year-old Dulce was excited and nervous. She was moving to the US to have a better education, get a better job, and have a real career. But America didn’t turn out to be the bright land of opportunities her parents expected. Dulce was teased and rejected, and spent her days lonely and confused.
Dulce hid her loneliness because she didn’t want to let her parents down? but to find acceptance, she started going out drinking and taking drugs. Sadly, these “friends” were the only ones who made her feel at home, while the consequences of her addiction drew her further and further from her parents. Then Dulce was arrested for selling drugs. She sat in jail for four months, with far too much time to think and worry. She had a two-year-old son now, and realized at last that the life she was leading had no future for her or for him. She entered Bethel House in 2007 and successfully completed our 12-month Residential Recovery Program.
Thinking of her son helps Dulce to stay on track every day. She knows she’s doing what’s best for both of them, and is finally the mommy he really needs. Dulce lives in our community and is gainfully employed in the telecommunications industry as a customer care representative.
Melissa’s Story
Posted on January 15, 2016 and filed in Success Stories, Video.
Sarah Smiles
Sarah lost her job, then everything else—including her daughter. Sarah had to place her with a relative when she became homeless. “I camped by the train tracks. I was homeless during the holidays,” she recalls, shivering. “I was so hungry . . . I’d wait in lines to eat.”
“I was unemployable. I had nowhere to go. I slept in abandoned buildings,” Sarah remembers, blinking back tears. “Or there was a lobby where they’d give you a blanket and you could sleep on the floor.” Finally, Sarah said, “I need help. I can’t live this way anymore.” And she found her way to the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.
Today, she says, “When I got here I had nothing. Literally. No clothes. Nothing. Now I have all of my basic needs met, and am with positive people, and that gave me my life back!” Sarah’s even reconnected with her daughter and smiles proudly, “I call and tell her goodnight, see how her day went at school, and see what’s going on in her life. And I tell her a little bit about my day too.” And Sarah is making plans for their future together. “I know I’ll be employable again. I know I’ll be an upstanding member of society again. And I’ll definitely be a good mom!”
Leslie Then and Now
Posted on December 8, 2015 and filed in Success Stories.
After a life destroyed by addiction, Leslie experienced a spiritual awakening at the Mission. “I realized it’s possible to stay clean—and maintain a relationship with God!” This is a miracle because Leslie may not have survived much longer on the streets. She says, “I’ve woken up in the shower with cold water spraying in my face . . . and with my boyfriend crying and screaming . . . and in the hospital as a Jane Doe. I didn’t even recognize my own life.”
Leslie hit rock bottom the day she was arrested. But in that darkest of moments, “a judge blessed me by giving me the choice to find a residential treatment facility.” Then God led her to the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. “I grew so much at Bethel House,” she remembers. “I slowly blossomed into the woman I am today.” This strong, secure woman graduated from our life-recovery program alongside other men and women into stable, productive lives!
Leslie, for one, will tell you in a heartbeat how grateful she is for help from her “family” of friends at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. “It’s such a blessing to have someone love me for exactly who I am in this moment. My life has truly become more than anything I could have imagined—and I say that seriously, because I saw myself dying from my addiction.” But then Leslie continued, “I have come such a long way, escaping a life imprisoned in my own mind. Today I am free, alive, healthy, clean . . . and I have an abundance of love and light to send out to anyone who comes across my path.”
Aaron’s Graduation
Posted on November 16, 2015 and filed in Success Stories, Video.
Aaron spoke for the men in his graduating class and shared his life story of courage, hope and strength. In less than three minutes, you can hear it for yourself in this brief video.
“Life is good now. I can deal with it!”
Posted on June 15, 2015 and filed in Success Stories.
“I remember walking down State Street at 2 in the morning, hating life,” Ted shared. “My soul was empty and full of hate. I didn’t know if I wanted to get clean . . . or die.” He continued, “I remember being cold and wet all the time, sleeping under bushes and parking garages.”
Ted explained, “It’s so hard to try to change when you don’t have a home or a place to shower or food in your stomach.” After using drugs and alcohol for years to dull the pain, Ted finally hit bottom. He quietly spoke, with great sadness, “I suddenly remembered that when I was a boy I vowed to myself that I was never going to be like my father . . . but it dawned on me that I’d become worse than him.”
Finally, Ted decided to get help. He walked through our doors and began turning his life around. During his very first interview, “I started crying,” he recalls. “Five days later I was in the program.” And he’s thankful for your help. “It’s amazing that people give to keep this place open for people like me who they don’t know—and society doesn’t accept.”
Ted is in the final phase of the program and has a full-time job. He laughed, “Life is good now. I can deal with it!”
Michael Found His Voice
Posted on March 25, 2015 and filed in Success Stories.
Michael was raised by loving parents and enjoyed a great childhood with his two brothers. At the age of three, growths requiring surgery were discovered on Michael’s vocal cords. Over a seven-year period, he had multiple operations that affected his ability to speak. He was ridiculed by his peers, and he began to feel like an outsider. Michael desperately wanted to fit in, and he found a new set of friends with whom he smoked pot on a daily basis.
At the age of 18, Michael experimented with cocaine, which gave him all the confidence he needed. His father passed away and this led him to a life of isolation and drug use. He built impenetrable walls and became an unmotivated, fearful individual. After a friend told him there was hope for people like him, Michael called the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission for 55 consecutive days until a bed was available.
Michael said the first thing he was told when he entered the program was that only one thing needed to change, and that was “everything.” He committed himself to the demands of the recovery program and faced his fears. Michael was also able to work with a grief counselor and come to terms with the death of his father. Michael concluded, “I have been able to take direction when I felt I didn’t need to and come to the understanding that my way isn’t always the right way.”
“God’s got me and won’t let me go!”
When Leslie was a little girl, she vividly remembers her dad physically abusing her mom. Her mother eventually left her father and raised Leslie and her two siblings. To support the family, her mother started working with the Mexican drug cartel in Mexico and brought Leslie with her. As a little girl, Leslie saw drugs, alcohol and sex. Ultimately, her mother was caught and went to jail. At the age of 14, Leslie began smoking marijuana and drinking, and a year later she started smoking meth.
By the time she was 17, Leslie was homeless and committing crimes to support her addiction. This led to transporting immigrants over the border from Mexico. Leslie engaged in this dangerous activity over many years until she was caught by border patrol. She returned to a homeless lifestyle and, before her third arrest, realized how very tired she was of this pattern.
While in jail, Leslie began reading a Bible, and she filled out an application for Bethel House. She was accepted and this is where her recovery started. Leslie spoke for her graduating class on March 14, 2015, and shared, “I’m a year clean and sober. I have a job, I’m getting my high school diploma, and I know that if I keep doing the next right thing, God’s got me and won’t let me go.”
“I love the Mission. It saved my life!”
Posted on March 9, 2015 and filed in Success Stories.
“I became a heroin addict and fought it for 30 years,” Lance admits, remembering how he lost jobs, home, even family over his pain and addiction. “I was homeless a lot of times,” Lance says, and he was always isolated. “I hated myself so much that I couldn’t love anybody,” he remembers. “And I was ashamed about being a heroin addict for 25-plus years. I didn’t ever want to tell anybody . . . but it was my story,” he admits.
When Lance finally hit bottom, serving time in jail, he also found out about a place where he could find the peace and purpose he’d lost: at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. “Everybody was talking about how this place rebuilds broken lives,” he remembers. “Then I came here, and you learn about Jesus’ love,” he marvels. “And you learn to put Him first and love your neighbors. So I was like, ‘wow, I have a chance at this! God does love me.’ It’s the first time I felt unconditional love.” “I know angels are all around us at the Mission, from those who give to the ones who volunteer. It’s amazing what I see today, and what I feel!” he says. “I love the Mission. It saved my life!”
“I was on the streets I had nowhere to go…”
“This place and the Lord saved my life,” Katie said. Then, with tears of pain and shame in her eyes, she shared. “I was on the streets I had nowhere to go. I was living wherever I could, staying on couches, in laundromats . . . it was horrible.”
She remembers the moment she hit bottom—and looked up for help. “I got into some trouble with the law, and I had turned myself into Santa Barbara County jail.” “Then a friend said, ‘Here, Katie, you need to fill out this application to Bethel House, right now.’ I thought, ‘No, they are not going to accept me—look at me!’ But God had other plans . . .”
God brought her here. And I’m proud to say Katie has now graduated from our recovery program with a totally transformed life! “I just think this is an amazing place,” she smiles. “It’s where I found my life—it was given back to me. I now go to Santa Barbara City College. I have a job. I’m employee of the month and I’ve only been there two months. I just feel like I’ve been brought out of the darkness and into the light!”
Fernando Comes Full Circle
Posted on November 22, 2014 and filed in Success Stories.
Fernando is the youngest of seven children. He grew up in Carpinteria where he attended school, but he started getting into trouble at an early age. Fernando had his first experience with alcohol at the age of five. As a teenager, he wasn’t drinking all of the time, but he often drank enough to pass out.
In high school, Fernando fell in love with a girl who would ultimately become the mother of his child. He struggled with confusion and an inability to get close to other people. The only place he could find comfort and belonging was in the gang lifestyle. It was also an environment filled with drugs and alcohol.
At the age of 25, Fernando started using meth and within two years he had lost his home, girlfriend and son. He landed in jail several times and hit rock bottom. He said, “With my addiction and all its consequences, I’d become one pretty messed up individual.”
On November 4, 2013, Fernando entered our 12-month Residential Recovery Program. At that time, he did not know the whereabouts of his son. Fernando reflected, “I learned to have faith, to surrender, to trust, and I finally realized that I’m not alone. God put me in a wonderful place.” Today he is spending every weekend with his son and he’s working full time.
“My new beginning in Jesus Christ has been my greatest inspiration.”
Debbie’s father was an alcoholic and she was deeply affected by his addiction. Debbie suffered many traumatic events and became addicted to drugs. She said, “Because of my addictive behavior, I lost the most precious gifts that God has given me, my family.” Debbie started using meth when she was 37 and became homeless on the street. She knew that she needed help but couldn’t find the strength to enter treatment.
Debbie’s daughter put her on a train, and she fled her addictive environment. On February 3, 2014, she arrived at the front door of Bethel House with just the clothes on her back. Debbie said, “This is a Christian-based program and my new beginning in Jesus Christ has been my greatest inspiration.”
Debbie is in her final phase of treatment and has been restored to her family. She has gained the stability to maintain the principles of recovery and plans to remain strong in her faith.
“I am so thankful for all that God has done in my life.”
Posted on August 28, 2014 and filed in Success Stories.
Peter vividly recalls how everything started going black for him at the age of 12 . . . “I began to have a lot of depression,” he says. “The joy of life was sucked out of me. I became uncomfortable in my own skin and remember feeling an uncontrollable sadness that would plague my days.” That hopelessness led to repeated drug overdoses, suicide attempts—and losing everyone who ever loved him. Peter says, “I wondered why I was ever born and prayed God would allow me to fall asleep and never wake up . . .”
As a graduate of our state-certified, 12-month, residential recovery program, he says, “The moment I walked in here I believe was when the Lord Jesus took over my life. I spoke to the director and within minutes I was accepted into the program. Talk about a miracle!”
Peter says, “I definitely had not wanted to stay, but I looked at my grandfather who drove me here, and said, ‘I guess I’ll see you in a year.’ In all my life, I had never seen my grandfather cry, but on that day he cried all the way home. He told me this was one of the hardest things he had ever done, but he was so proud of me.”
That’s Peter’s story. As a successful graduate, he smiles now, and says, “I’m so grateful for having this chance at a new life. I would never have been able to do this without the support from the Mission and the love of God.” Wondering aloud, he says, “I love being sober! And I am so thankful for all God has done in my life. And to those who donate their time and gifts to the Mission, you are my heroes.”
Peter graduated from our proven recovery program in January 2010, receives his B.A. in Psychology from Antioch University this summer, and has met and married the love of his life at a local church.
Mariah Finds a Future at Bethel House
Posted on August 4, 2014 and filed in Success Stories.
Mariah’s parents divorced when she was very young. Her mother moved out and her father became a single parent of five. She remembers her childhood as being chaotic and she felt she was lost in the shuffle. Mariah wasn’t comfortable in social settings; yet, she could get straight As in school. Unfortunately, her desire to fit in was so strong that she would do anything to fulfill that need.
Mariah began to attend parties after she graduated from high school. She fell in love and became consumed with her new relationship. She now had a boyfriend and a new group of friends. “If I drink and use, I will fit in and finally be accepted,” Mariah concluded. Her new lifestyle led to homelessness and the county jail. She was ordered to a one-year program and applied to Bethel House.
Mariah entered the program last May. “My heart was still with someone in jail, so I wasn’t working an honest program,” she remembers. She was exited from the program but reapplied after 30 days. This was her turning point and she fully committed herself to recovery. Mariah has completed the program, and we immediately hired her to be our program clerk and provide night security at Bethel House.
“I look forward to my future!”
Posted on July 18, 2014 and filed in Success Stories.
Jason had a hard time paying attention in school and was diagnosed with ADD at a young age. He was good at sports and loved playing musical instruments. He remembers feeling different or “less than everyone else” and very alone within his own family. Jason was in junior high school when he took his first drink. “The sense of relief I felt was groundbreaking! All of my fears and discomfort were gone,” he said.
By the time Jason entered high school, he was also using cocaine, OxyContin, and injecting heroin with intravenous needles. He became homeless and resorted to stealing and selling drugs to support his habit. His mental health began to suffer because of the use of meth, and he went into a paranoid psychosis with auditory and visual hallucinations. Jason attempted to take his own life and thankfully was unsuccessful.
The criminal justice system ordered Jason to a six-month recovery program. Instead, he chose a one-year program and arrived at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission on August 15, 2013. Jason says, “Through the help of the volunteers who come to teach us the word, I was inspired to seek and grow closer to God.” He believes the extended period in the program allowed him to get back on his feet and find his own path. Jason is now enrolled at Santa Barbara City College to pursue a career in health education and personal fitness.
“My wife left me, I lost my job, my car. I was destitute.”
In beautiful, sunny Southern California, Kevin thought he had it all, even playing high school football with John Elway. “I was like the life of the party,” he remembers. “The class clown type of guy. It was fun . . . until it got painfully worse. They say it is a progressive disease,”says Kevin about his alcohol and substance abuse, which began during those high school years. “And it finally caught up with me. I lost everything. I didn’t know where to go . . .”
“My wife left me, I lost my job, my car. I was destitute. It was horrible, the homeless scene out there: there’s drinking, people fighting, asking for cigarettes. Luckily my grown daughter knew about the Mission,” he says, and smiles for the first time in a long time. “I wanted to get into the Mission so bad,”Kevin recalls.“I came through the homeless line for days, then I got into volunteering,”he remembers—and it was just the lifeline he needed.
Perhaps most importantly, Kevin says, “I lost touch with God, but now since I’ve been here in a Christian-based program I’m finally getting that connection back.” Kevin’s on his way to a healthy, productive life because he found strength and hope in Christ at Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.
“I enjoyed coming here with my dad when I was a kid.”
As a boy, Travis came here to listen to his father’s band play music at the Mission. But Travis isn’t a kid anymore. His hunger, his hurt, and his homelessness are an adult nightmare… For Travis it started early. When he was just 12, he followed a few friends into drinking and substance abuse, and almost didn’t find his way out again. “I reached a pretty dark place.” And for 13 long years, that dark place was all he knew.
Travis says, “I’m a blackout drinker… at any time the consequences could be I would die. Finally, I knew that if I didn’t do something drastic, I was going to end up just that way.” That’s when he came back to the Mission for a meal––and stayed to transform his life. Travis says, “It’s overwhelming to go from homeless and detoxing to taking the action needed to pull yourself up by the bootstraps. That’s why I’m so grateful for being able to fix my life at this place, with the perfect balance between structure and freedom. There’s so much good Christian teaching to provide a context … and the resources to make the changes I need. That is huge.”
Travis is reunited with his family and on track to receive full custody of his five-year-old son in just two months. He is currently employed and clear of all legal charges.
Please listen to Travis’ graduation speech: http://sbrm.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/March-2014-Travis-8MB-Speech-SBRM-Graduation.mp3
Krista’s Calling
Krista started drinking when she was 12 and was able to keep it “under control” throughout her school years by drinking on the weekends. At the end of her senior year, Krista was introduced to cocaine and speed, but these did not have the grip on her that alcohol did. After graduation, she was unable to maintain her college education and went on a seven year drinking binge.
In June of 2005, Krista was hospitalized with pancreatitis and alcoholic hepatitis. Unfortunately, this did not stop her and she plunged deeper into her addiction by adding meth to her drug use. She was homeless and made several failed attempts at recovery. When she came to Bethel House last year, she realized that she didn’t have a solid foundation. “I didn’t have faith that God had me in His hands. It wasn’t the first step that I had been struggling with, but it was step three which is making a decision to turn my life over to the care of God,” she said. “It took some suffering and willingness to get honest with myself, take down my walls, and accept Jesus Christ as my savior.”
Krista is currently attending Santa Barbara City College and pursuing a lifelong dream of a career in wildlife conservation and management.
Tish Gives Back
Posted on February 14, 2014 and filed in Success Stories.
Tish made it to the Mission after lying alone and abandoned behind a building for five days, certain she would die there …
Imagine those days and nights in the open filled with pain and fear! With emotion flooding her voice, Tish says, “After years of abuse, and no place left to go, I lay there detoxing all by myself … and there was a moment there I fully expected to be my last. “But somehow I survived. And I knew that if God didn’t take me then, there was a reason for me to be alive. Two women I met told me about Bethel House at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.”
Today, Tish has turned her life around! She’s clean, sober, safe from the streets. And she’s even returning to the Mission today, not as a guest, but to give back—“I’m helping others,” she smiles, “And it’s helping me stay grounded too. To serve here keeps your compassion fresh.”
“Lili, please. You need to get help.”
Lili didn’t recognize the eyes staring back at her — burning a hole through her soul . . . She was shocked. She was pained. By the cutting glares. But nothing compared to the shame she felt, when Lili finally realized that the menacing stranger glowering at her . . . was her own reflection . . . It was a moment of clarity that, I’m sure, Lili will never forget. A moment when she could finally hear the truth in her mother’s pleas — “Lili, please. You need to get help. You need help to get free. Please, Lili. I don’t even know who you are anymore . . .”
As a little girl, I don’t believe that Lili ever wished for her addiction. I don’t think she ever hoped or dreamed that she would one day be an addict. But it happened — before she even realized it was happening. It began with a single pill intended to soothe the blinding pain of a migraine. However, that single pill sent Lili on a crash course of addiction that ripped apart her relationships and every shred of her self-respect. With nowhere else to go . . . with no other options . . . and with the weight of the shame and guilt of her addiction on the verge of destroying her life . . . Lili came to Santa Barbara Rescue Mission for help — desperately hoping for a miracle.
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the opportunity to be at Santa Barbara Rescue Mission,” Lili says. “The Mission has given me so many life-changing experiences. I’ve been given a great miracle . . . another chance to live and a newfound faith in God. I believe because of this program.”
Today, the old Lili is gone. And the new, transformed Lili is clean for the first time in a long time. And she’s eager to begin her brand new life — with her broken relationships now mended. And her mom . . . she couldn’t be prouder.
Ashley Rises from the Ashes
Ashley was born in Los Alamitos, California, in 1992. Both of her parents struggled with addiction, and she followed in their footsteps. She began using drugs in the sixth grade. This eliminated the pain from the loss of her father, the lack of acceptance from her mother, and the sexual abuse suffered at the hand of her grandfather. Ultimately, her drug of choice became methamphetamines. “They ruined who I was and created a monster who thought she was invincible,” she remembers.
Ashley spent most of her adult life in the county jail and was facing an eight year prison sentence. The court granted her the opportunity to come to Bethel House as an alternative to sentencing. She was able to work through the anger and hatred that consumed her. Now she no longer sees herself as a victim and will not allow herself to be victimized. “I used to hate my grandfather; now I pray for him. God has forgiven me so I can forgive him,” she stated. Ashley shared her powerful testimony at her graduation this month and is determined to maintain her recovery.
Reflections from the Graduates
Please listen to the recent graduates express their gratitude for what they gained in our 12-month residential recovery program.
Posted on October 15, 2013 and filed in Success Stories, Video.
Two of our graduates share their personal stories at each graduation ceremony. This is Peter’s story of recovery.
Erika’s Escape from Addiction
Posted on October 1, 2013 and filed in Success Stories.
Erika’s childhood was golden—full of love . . . laughter . . . and magic memories. The family would gather from miles around. She would romp through the house with her cousins. All in all, it was the stuff of fairy tales. But one day suddenly, the fairy tale ended. Erika’s parents divorced—and her world fell to pieces.
She went looking for love in all the wrong places. She started using drugs. And then she lost control. Family gatherings became a nightmare . . . Erika wasn’t welcome and she knew it—all she lived for was just one more fix. And then one Christmas she landed in the hospital . . . her body so ravaged by drugs that she needed emergency help. God in His mercy had a plan for Erika. When hope seemed lost, He led her to the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.
“It was the only opportunity left,” Erika remembers, “but it was the best thing ever. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something about this place.” She’s a whole new woman today. Just listen to her—“I’m not a thief anymore,” she says. “I don’t have needles in my arms. I love my life today. I wake up every day with a smile on my face. I can be a good friend. I have a whole new relationship with my family.”
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Beethoven Frieze
The 1902 Beethoven Exhibition
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Association of Visual Artists
Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession
Planning & Discourse
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The Building’s History
Renovation 2017/18
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The Experiment 2, >a room of one's own<, Photo: Ingrid Pröller
The Experiment 2A
A Room of One's Own – Tanya Bednar, Barbara Denk, Kristina Haider, Julia Hauser, Sanja Jelic, Katharina Lampert, Dunja Larise, Ursula Mayer, Patricia Reschenbach, Sofie Thorsen...
Initiated by Carola Dertnig
April 25 – May 13, 2001
The title A Room of One’s Own, taken from Virginia Woolf’s 1929 essay, refers to the historical roots of the women’s movement, in which all of the project participants have an interest.
The project A Room of One’s Own is intended to be a forum, in which current feminist discourse and praxis in the field of art can be topicalized, investigated and expanded. The group sees itself as an open structure. New participants with different perspectives of knowledge and experience can join at any time in the search for possible new directions related to this theme. The developement of strategies for merging and the intersections of common interests form the basis for further concrete collaborations. The contributions from the individual participants in A Room of One’s Own arrive at different times (asynchronously), may be processed, altered or ignored, or may stand alone as a separate contribution. The interplay of forces produces a constructive accumulation of contradictions.
Since this project is to be developed through a long-term working process, two exhibition dates are planned. In addition to these two time periods A Room of One’s Own will be continued in other places with relevant lectures, events and discussions. The corresponding website, www.aroomofonesown.at, serves as a forum for information, discussion and exchange with existing feminist networks.
The presentation of the first part consists of feminist research, intended to form a foundation for the development of further phases. Based on selected text and picture material and the resultant discussions, familiar practices for describing women-specific themes (from Martha Rosler to Linda Bilda) will be made visible using collage and comics. Diverse methods make it possible to describe worlds of life, carry out conflicts within them and to make room for different positions from feminist discourse.
The website will be accessible from the exhibition space to enable interaction with the public and to conclude the exhibition project in the sense of the title chosen by bell hooks for her new book: Feminism is for Everybody.
Tanya Bednar, born in Johannesburg (South Africa) in 1975, lives and works in Vienna.
Barbara Denk, born in Vienna in 1969, lives and works in Vienna.
Kristina Haider, born in Vienna in 1972, lives and works in Vienna.
Julia Hauser, born in Vienna in 1976, lives and works in Vienna
Katharina Lampert, born in Vienna in 1976, lives and works in Vienna.
Dunja Larise, born in Rijeka (Croatia) in 1972, lives and works in Vienna.
Ursula Mayer, born in Ried/Innkreis in 1970, lives and works in Vienna.
Patricia Reschenbach, born in Vienna in 1970, lives and works in Vienna.
Sofie Thorsen, born in Århus (Denmark) in 1971, lives and works in Copenhagen and Vienna.
Carola Dertnig, born in Innsbruck in 1963, lives and works in Vienna and New York City.
Das Experiment 2
A Room of One’s Own
Texts: Matthias Herrmann, Carola Dertnig
German/English
Secession 2001
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100 T-Shirts: A Different Way to Validate Your Business Idea
One of the most common ways to validate a product idea is to try selling it online, through Kickstarter or a coming soon page, even without a finished product.
Instead of starting online, however, what if you ordered a small batch of products and took to the streets?
In this episode of Shopify Masters, you’ll learn from an entrepreneur who tested her business idea by selling 100 t-shirts offline before investing in any sort of online presence.
Mallory Rowan is the co-founder of LVD: a lifestyle apparel company that provides one month of clean water for every item sold.
We made those 100 shirts, we decided if we can’t sell them through word of mouth to our community we have to go back to the drawing board.
How they sold 100 shirts before launching their store
How to build a community that engages with each other
Why the best type of content depends on the social media platform
Store: LVD Fitness
Recommendations: Minifier (Shopify app), Notify Me (Shopify App), Smileio (Shopify App) , Canva
Felix: Today I’m joined by Mallory Rowan from LVD Fitness. LVD is a lifestyle apparel company that provides one month of clear water for every item sold and was started in 2015, and based out of Ottawa. Welcome Mallory.
Mallory: Hi, I’m excited to be here.
Felix: Yeah, you started this business as a school project?
Mallory: Yeah, it was in my last year at university. One of my entrepreneurship classes. I had one the year before and we had a group project, and we had to come up with this concept for a product. I felt like I put a lot of time and energy into it just to, at the end of the semester, forget about it. The next year I knew I really wanted to do something that I was actually passionate about, and I was really lucky because at my university, Carleton, here in Ottawa. They really do encourage entrepreneurship, so they were actually pushing us to pick projects that we’d actually want to pursue after. It started as a class project and then I actually ended up asking my co-founder to work on it with me, who wasn’t even in the class at the time and we just kind of dove in from there and decided to keep rolling with after the semester ended.
Felix: Got it. Did you even have to make a decision to go get a job versus continuing with the business after that? You just stayed with the business right from the get-go?
Mallory: Yeah, we started it as students. Then once I graduated I did actually work full-time. We were really used to being on the grind, being full-time students and both competitive powerlifters, which takes a lot of hours in the gym. We just kept on that same grind, got full-time jobs, covered us with benefits, have some steady income. At the time it was still really fresh, we hadn’t even launched when I graduated. It was still very much in that ideation phase, so we worked full-time while growing, and I only quit my job last May.
Felix: Got it. When you did graduate and got your full-time jobs, how did you guys find the time to squeeze in the opportunity to work on the business?
Mallory: We were really lucky because we were also living together, so it definitely helped things out, because you’re just squeezing every spare minute, whether it’s waking up early, or staying up late, trying to design that next collection, or figure out the logistics of events. It was honestly just every spare minute we would put into it. We would take the weekends to go to events so that we could get right in front of our customers. You just kind of get used to it working on your lunch hour, working late nights. You just find the time where you can.
Felix: When you first launched the business, was it T-shirts, what kind of apparel did you start off selling first?
Mallory: Yeah, when we started we actually made 100 T-shirts before we even launched our website. We had the brand all finalized, we had actually done a bunch of wrist bands that just said the name of the company without the logo even, honestly just because we didn’t have the logo in time for when we needed to print, but we really wanted to get our brand out there. We started out just by giving out these wrist bands, and then we decided to make 100 shirts and sell them offline, because we didn’t want to invest more after we had already invested in the branding process, working with designers.
We didn’t want to invest more on things like Shopify if we make this product and nobody is interested. We made those 100 shirts, we decided if we can’t sell them through word of mouth to our community we have to go back to the drawing board. That’s what we did, we went to one event, we spread the news through the school. We had all the sports teams being really supportive, and we ended up with all of our shirts sold and some back orders. That’s how we really knew we had something.
Felix: You were going to, what kind of events, power lifting events?
Mallory: Yeah. We were specifically focusing on the niche of power lifting. Part of where our inspiration was that power lifting was growing so heavily at the time and it still is today, and it’s really shifted who a power lifter is. I think a lot of people have this conception that power lifters are bald, bearded, tattooed fat guys, and that was really changing. There was this modern power lifter and we like minimalist over skulls, we like really, simple, clean designs, and we liked a lot of things that were being targeted in different niches, but not ours. That was really what we focused on. We went right into those power lifting events and we were able to find a lot of people who were similar to us.
Felix: These events, did you have a booth or something, or what was the, how did you start selling your T-shirts once you got to the event?
Mallory: Yeah, we definitely set up booths. At most power lifting competitions there is one main stage going on, and in the back there is often protein or any type of supplement, so it’s kind of businesses, some coaching stuff, some equipment, so we decided to ask some people for some booths. Luckily, because the sport was so early and people are just so supportive in that community we were able to do most of it at no charge, which is kind of unheard of. Most event sponsorships are insane pricing. They said, “You know what? It makes our event more interesting, it gives our audience something eels to do in between lifts, so yeah, come on, set up.” People were really, really great about it.
Felix: Was it because no one was selling apparel and no one else selling apparel like yours? Why were they so interested in having you come, basically, for free?
Mallory: I think that was definitely part of it. There was no one selling apparel, the whole concept of lifestyle apparel in power lifting was unique at the time. We were printing slogans on shirts that didn’t exist on shirts, and they related to it on a level, and they knew that their lifters and their audience would. It brought a different element, and as you mentioned earlier, we have that give back model as well. That’s always great to get people on board, because they’re like, “Hey, I can just give this person a table at the back of the room, and it’s going to help provide clean water to someone in a developing country.”
Felix: Got it, to have that kind of mission that goes above or it goes beyond your brand of products, I think helps you tell your story and it helps people want to help you out, basically, which is exactly what happened in your case. Once you were going to these events and you guys had your 100 shirts and you’re selling them, what you were learning from customers during these one-on-one, in person sales that maybe influenced your design, or influenced your business?
Mallory: Yeah, we definitely got some great feedback early on. It really pushed us to come in with more products, because people were just so quick to buy that first T-shirt and they wanted more. We made decals early on and we had the wrist bands, but we were kind of running out of things to give them. That’s when we started making a few more items for our online launch. We added a zip-up, we added a hat, we added all these little things to be able to give people more of a package. That was really, really helpful, because it also taught us a lot from a sales and marketing perspective.
Felix: Got it. You decided to expand to different types of apparel, like you said, a zip-up-instead of just printing new designs on shirts, at least initially. What made you guys make that decision? I think it’s an important one, because a lot of people get stuck at this phase and they’re trying to [inaudible], just put the design that’s working on other things, or just design new things on the same shirts?
Mallory: Yeah, one thing we were really lucky with is that we had a really powerful brand image from the start. In fitness specifically it’s easy to start up a T-shirt company, right? In fitness I’ll often people come up with a name and then slap a logo that has a barbell on it, or something similar to that, and for us we actually spent three months of designers working on over 50 logos to find something that felt like us, that worked in all the different ways we wanted it to work, and I think that putting that ground work in was really helpful because it made it that we could put our logo on a hat, and people wanted it. People wanted to ask right away, “Hey, where’d you get that hat?” Because it was just a cool logo.
That was one side that was really helpful, and then on one end we were in this timing play where power lifters didn’t have a brand they identified with and that’s how we felt as well. Being part of our own audience was really helpful. You can have three T-shirts, but I want a T-shirt, and when I’m cold I still want to rep, so I want a sweater. When I go outside or when I’m lifting I need my hair out of my face, I want to wear that hat. That was really what pushed our decision to not just do more T-shirts, but to offer people products that weren’t currently being offered. You could get some equipment company T-shirts, you could get stuff like that, but there wasn’t that high quality look and feel that we were looking for.
Felix: You said that before you even launched, or before you made the shirts, you spent three months with designers to work on 50 designs. Where did you find these designs and how did you go about that? Tell us a little more about that process.
Mallory: Yeah, that started right after the semester finished. We actually spent a whole semester going through different ideas, and it wasn’t until the end of the semester that we finally landed on just started with a lifestyle brand. I was working on another startup at the time in the tech space, but given what the product was we had a lot of graphic designers. I approach one of them and said, “Hey, I know you have a lot on your plate, but is there anyone you could recommend for something like this?” He connected me with a couple that had just started out, they had graduated and they were doing their own graphic design firm.
It was a really scary experience at first, because we met up with them, they had a very formal contract, and I think we put about $3000 into it, and at this point my self and my co-founder were newly dating, we were coming up with this idea that didn’t even have legs yet, we were like, “Wow, we’re really going to put money into this,” but we knew that we didn’t want to have to do a rebrand and to this day we haven’t done a rebrand. That was really important, was putting in that time that people often skip just to make sure that the brand is, in some sense, going to sell itself.
Felix: Right. How did you know that you had the right design? What were you guys looking for?
Mallory: I think a lot of it is gut instinct, because we had the social aspect too, and that fitness side. A lot of the logos we explored either felt too typical of a not-for-profit, kind of on that softer side, and then the other side some of them felt too lifestyle, too street. We had some functional characteristics we were looking for too, so we knew that we wanted our logo to horizontally or vertically. We knew that we wanted to be able to have an icon, the logo could stand on itself, but we also wanted the word mark of LVD that could be combined or it could be separated.
We knew we wanted it to look good on a T-shirt, on the front of a gym, on a water bottle. We really looked at all those different elements so that later when we sponsored an event it’s not like, oh, seeing it up there on the poster it doesn’t look so great. We really wanted to make sure that every platform we used was going to have a powerful impact, and I think that was really helpful too. Some of the logos that we liked were cool, but they have been circular and that was limiting in certain uses.
Felix: Got it. Once you guys were preparing for this online launch you sold out all 100 shirts, you’re now preparing to launch online, what did you guys do next? What did you know you had to put in place before you could do an online launch?
Mallory: For us Instagram was a huge thing. It’s how we started even before we had our website, it’s how we announced the events we were going to be at, but Instagram is an insanely powerful tool. We can connect with people all over the globe, so I think bringing our brand to Instagram and connecting through our personal accounts even with power lifters that we had met already through Instagram and letting them know that this brand was coming, it really was powerful. On the first day where we opened our website we actually had global sales just simply by having friends on Instagram, which is so wild to say. Years ago you would not have global sales just by launching a website, right?
Felix: Mm-hmm (affirmative). On Instagram you guys already had a brand profile as well?
Mallory: Yeah, we had started that up in the summer kind of to prepare for what was coming. We wanted to let people know that something was brewing and then as soon as we got those shirts we grabbed my co-founder’s cousin actually, who had taken one high school photography class, we’re like, “Hey, you have a camera, you want to be our photographer?” And we just started creating content, which was really big too, because in this space there was no professional looking content, it was such a neglected part of the fitness industry, so people were really excited just to see, “Hey, that’s somebody squatting.”
Felix: Yeah. How did you build up the following before you even had the products?
Mallory: I think word of mouth in the niche was specifically powerful, but leveraging those personal accounts. We didn’t have huge personal accounts at the time, but we had people that were in our direct audience, so with that ability to narrow in on who that audience was and we did a lot of groundwork from the brand account too. We would lay in bed at night and we would be following people, we would be commenting on people’s videos and making sure they have authentic comments, not just like, “Great video!” It would be a specific comment about the personal best that they just hit. I think that was really powerful and showing people that we were real people behind this brand.
Felix: Is Instagram still the number one social network or platform for you guys today?
Mallory: Yeah. What we noticed early on when we tried testing with others, Twitter wasn’t really big for us. We did do a little bit of SnapChat, but as soon as Instagram stories came out, SnapChat was dead to us. What we learned about Facebook was that people liked connecting with the story of the brand on Facebook, so we would do really well when we’d post about an incubator we got into, but if we posted just a motivational post that we would post on Instagram it didn’t really get that same engagement. We definitely focused in on Instagram, and just given our niche too, fitness is so heavy on Instagram. It really was finding out where our audience is and just zeroing in on wherever they go. If they leave Instagram, we’re going to go with them.
Felix: Posting, how frequently are you doing it? Give us an idea of you ideally like to run your Instagram profile for the brand.
Mallory: Right now, we typically post I’d say every two days or so, especially with just more recent algorithm changes, it’s no longer chronological so you don’t want to be overflowing people, but you want to be a consistent presence. We often use our stories to promote promotions, or we like to feature LVD. We love when people tag us, and then that’s an opportunity for them to feel special and for us to connect with them and show people what it looks like. If you’re considering this shirt, here’s a real person wearing it during their workout. We definitely try to have stories every day. We do have some sponsored athletes as well, so they’re posting on their Instagram accounts to try to spread that visibility.
Felix: Do you find different ways to encourage your customers to engage with you, or to like post them wearing the products on their Instagram profile?
Mallory: Yes, we’ve done a lot of testing with Instagram. Something that was fun is how I mentioned posting people wearing LVD in our stories. At the end of the day when it comes to social media, I think everyone is a little bit narcissistic and they love that idea of putting themselves out there. When we started sharing people in our story, it was like, “Cool, I can be an LVD story,” and that’s very different than just posting on your own account. I think that alone was a really big motivator for people. I also think it’s a way for them to connect with other people.
Felix: Got it. By you posting on your story on Instagram customer of yours wearing it people recognize I could be on there too, so then they start tagging you with the hope of getting on your Instagram as well.
Mallory: Yes, something that’s been really cool is someone might see us post someone and realize that they go to the same gym as them. Then LVD has now connected those people, and they might train together next time. We’ve had stories of people going to the gym and seeing someone else in LVD and it gave them the opportunity to know that person is a power lifter too, I’m new here, let’s connect. Then they’ll post and tag us in that. That’s been really cool.
Felix: Got it. You credit your community with a lot of your success, how would you describe to them, are they mostly collecting around Instagram, how are they engaging with each other? Tell us more about the community aspect of the brand you built.
Mallory: Instagram is definitely huge way to connect everyone on the global level. More locally, definitely the fact that these people attend a lot of these same events. There’s a Canadian national championship, there’s a US national championship, and then there is a world championship, so it’s definitely opportunities for people to connect on all those different levels, which I think is really cool. Then connecting with the brand we also really emphasize our Email subscribers. What we do is when we launch collections we launch to our Email list first.
Felix: Do you try to have a presence at all of these events still? When there is a power lifting event, is that part of your strategy today?
Mallory: On a smaller scale. Definitely early on it was every event we could get to. Now we’ve kind of shifted, based off the return on investment. It’s a really nice idea to be able to sponsor every single power lifting event, but not all of them will really have returns, especially if you can’t physically be there. We do still try to sponsor to support the sport, but we’ve shifted some of that budget to online so that we can grow the online sales bigger and bigger, compared to event sales, and putting money into things like a loyalty program instead.
Felix: Got it. For someone out there, for a brand out there that’s starting from scratch, starting a community from scratch and they want to follow in your footsteps by going on Instagram, are there things that you find that you guys have been able to do to get your … One key thing about community is that they are talking, interacting with each other. Have you found ways that worked really well to get that kind of engagement between your customers, between members of your community?
Mallory: Yeah. I think one thing that’s worked really well for us, which we kid of fell into, is using real customers for our photos. We don’t use a modeling service or anything like that, partially because we just didn’t really know where to go. We were like, "Hey, why don’t we just take photos of these people we know in our city that wear LVD. It’s cool, because then they get photos of themselves, and then we get to post our actual customers. We started doing that and that was a really cool way, because then people would see faces that they recognized, or they’ll see that look like them. I think that’s a really big difference, a lot of the time when we follow these brands, especially fitness you don’t see people that look like you.
It’s a really important factor in connecting with a brand because a lot of the times you see them, every person on the page is an extra small and if I’m a large, one, I don’t know how I would look in the apparel, and two, I honestly am not really connecting the same way because it feels like it’s not made for me. When we post all these different sizes, all these different ethnicities, I think that’s a really impactful way.
On a more tactful level, something we figured out just by testing early on was creating those more engaging captions and asking your audience real questions that relevant to them. Then when we would post those, we would ask a few friends, I would just text them and say, “Hey, do you mind commenting on LVD’s last post?” They would read the post, they would comment something authentic, and then all of a sudden when there is five comments already there it just opens up this platform and people are willing to share. It was a really cool thing to see. It’s kind of like no one wants to be the first one, so we just asked a few people to be those first ones and then all of a sudden it’s an open platform and everyone is sharing.
Felix: That’s makes sense. Kind of get the ball rolling for people to feel comfortable sharing by having someone else share first.
Mallory: Exactly.
Felix: Now, you mentioned Email marketing has been able to, is where you launch your products to first, and I think you mentioned as well to us that you have a VIP list. Tell us a little more about this, what is the VIP list?
Mallory: Yeah, we have two things going on right now. We have our Email list that we’ve been growing since day one. It was really important for us to do that because we are so dependent on Instagram early on, and at the end of the day Instagram could close tomorrow and then you’re not connected to your customers. Email lists are really the only way to go old school and have that direct customer relationship and own it. No matter what happens we have that list of customers, even if Shopify closes, if MailChimp closes we have it.
That was a really important thing for us, so we said, “Okay, how can we convince people to join an Email because Email lists are not always fun?” It’s like annoying, always spamming your inbox, so we decided to do exclusive deals that only the Email list gets sweet discounts. Then more than anything, we were launching our collection early, and that was cool because people would go on social media after and post their order. Then other people would get jealous because they can’t order yet when they go to the website. It’s really pushing to get more and more.
Then just this month, growing off of that, we’ve relaunched a loyalty program, so it’s essentially going to be an even more tiered system of our Email list. When you hit certain tiers you’ll get free shipping off an order, you’ll get certain deals that even the rest of the Email lists won’t get, and then when you hit our top one you can get things like 10% off your orders, even more exclusive deals, and really just sweetening that pot all the way up. It does, it makes people feel valued.
Felix: The loyalty is like a point-based system based on how much they’ve spent?
Mallory: Yeah. We have points earned for spending, but also for things like following us on Instagram, following us on Facebook, sharing us on Facebook, doing a product review for a week, having a birthday. Then it actually gives everyone a unique referral code, which is kind of cool. If you’re always posting about LVD you actually have a unique URL that you can post, and if somebody signs up for our loyalty program through that you both get $5 off. It’s a really win/win, and it makes the customer feel like they’re doing something, but it’s also rewarding them for it. Especially in the fitness niche, feeling like an ambassador of our brand is a really popular thing. Everybody wants to be sponsored right now on Instagram. Giving people those unique codes is a really cool way to do that without really doing it.
Felix: Right. I think the loyalty program and the early releases are great incentives for people to join a list. It’s one of those things that you need to have an established brand in that people actually care about, they care about early release, or they care about promoting your product before it takes effect. But the exclusive deals I think anyone can use at any point, maybe when they kick of their store for the first time, that makes sense to start with that as an incentive. What does that look like, what kind of deals do you recommend, what kind of coupons do you recommend that listers might want to offer to their customer to get them on an Email list?
Mallory: One thing that’s really common you can do is giving them an immediately discount code, so if you sign up for an Email list you get 10% off your first order, that’s a really popular one. Then you just have to make sure that you have a strong Email campaign to back that up, because often people will do that, get the code, and unsubscribe. I know I’ve done that for websites, so you have to make sure there is more reasons than that.
Felix: Right, what are you sending them to keep them engaged and on the Email list?
Mallory: Honestly, one of the biggest things for us is actually not sending Emails unless there is a very clear call to action. That’s a value to them and not a value to us. I think that’s a very important difference, is we start sending Emails because you have access to these people, but you have to treat their inbox as almost a sacred place so they know if they’re getting an LVD Email that means there’s a promo, or that means there is exclusive access to something and they know that it’s actually something that they’re going to want to jump on, as opposed to us trying to trick them into jumping on. But I think that having less frequent sales is honestly a big thing, because that means that when people get the Email they’re going to jump on it. There is certain websites where you’re getting 25% off once a week in an Email so you’re no longer really noticing those Emails, but if you’re only sales a couple times a year it really pushes people to jump on that Email.
Felix: Right, makes sense. You also said that, when you get to the point where you are able to incentivize people by giving them early access or early releases for your product lines, for your catalog, how early are we talking about? What’s a good amount of lead time for people that are on your list?
Mallory: We only stick to 12 to 24 hours before, so it’s not too far ahead because it’s really just also a tool to, one, reward those customers, but two, get that extra promo that the collection is coming out, because if you do it a week before, somebody is going to see it, they’re going to get jealous, and then they’re going to [inaudible] next week. If we’re launching a Thursday morning, the Email list gets like Wednesday at 5:00, or so. Then what we’ve actually done, prior to the loyalty program that we’re starting, is having that VIP list and it will be top 50 based off of lifetime spent, and they would get it Wednesday morning. It’s all within that 24 to 48 hour period, so that it really is that last minute marketing boost for you.
Felix: Right. Now, once you’ve kicked off the loyalty program, how do you promote that? Do you send an Email letting people know that it exists? How do they know that there is a loyalty program?
Mallory: Yeah, so we have a little floating icon on our website when you first go on that people will notice, but we also just did a soft launch with a product collection that we just had come out. When we were doing the Emails about the collection we had a little point at the end of the Email like, “Hey, our loyalty program is starting soon. Get ahead of the game and get some points for your purchase.” That’s that same making people feel like they have an advantage is a really useful tool, so a lot of people sign up through that.
Then we’re going to do an official launch and with that, it’s actually going to be this weekend. We’re going to do an Email campaign, as well as some social media posts, and 25% off all tees. It’s that reason to get people on the website and then when they’re on the website we have a blog there about the loyalty program, and we have other ways to make that point of contact again and again to remind them about the loyalty program. If you’re buying anyways, you might as well get points for it.
Felix: Right. I’ll talk a little bit about running the business from the side of hiring for the team. I took a look at the site, at the, “About,” section, it looks like there are, it’s not just you and your co-founder there, there are other team member. What role did you hire for first?
Mallory: For a long time we’ve had a really amazing group of friends that have just been super helpful. Right now, we actually only have one employee, but we do list our team as people who help us out. The first thing for us, actually more than anything, was that content, was how can we develop high quality content that’s going to catch people’s eye?
As I mentioned earlier, my co-founder’s cousin did our first photo shoot. Then he was really interested in the brand, and he loved that we were pushing ourselves to grow, so he decided he was going to push himself to grow with us, because if he wanted to be our photographer he had to step up. Based off his words, not ours. That was one of our first ones.
Then after that we found a video guy, because it was really important for us to have video content as well, because that wasn’t really being produced and for him, we were all students at the time and he had just started dabbling with video. He was really interested in the idea and actually approached us, so it was a win/win. He got some videos, he got to play, and basically do any kind of video features he wanted, and then we got content as a result. We had that relationship with both of photographer and our videographer was like you can play and you can have total creative control, and we’ll share the content.
That was really our main focus for the first two to three years I would say. Which is cool because they’re both doing video and photography full-time now. It’s been cool to have been able to give that value back to them as well.
Felix: Right. Yeah, they definitely had the platform and the experience that you offered them to work on in exchange for this high quality content that you’ve got. What do you think when you are creating content, or the team is creating content? What do you think the founders involvement should be when it comes to photography or video content? What kind of influence do you have, or do you give them a lot of free rein to run with their own ideas, how much involvement do you recommend founders have?
Mallory: I think it really depends on how clear your brand is, and obviously the more clear you can get it the better, and then the more you can step out. We try to make sure that our photographer and videographer have a very clear understanding of who we want to be, where we want to go, what the big picture is, even if that’s not what we are right now. Early on a lot of that would be sitting down and finding photos, finding videos that we both really like, and dissecting why it was that we liked them so that we could bring all that into our content.
We really do try to enable them, even just this past year we re-sat down and we said, “What are the themes in our images that we really like?” When there is a photo that I really like, and then there is one that I’m not a huge fan of that they took, what is that difference? We were able to identify very, very small things, but we moved from we want videos and photos of dead lifts to a photo that has a certain energy to it, or a photo that implies movement. These were very small themes, but we were finding them across all of the content that was doing well, and that we felt best related to the brand.
I really think that if you can just impower them by understanding your brand. It’s a really great way to let them feel in control and give them something to own, but also for you to be able to step back and just know when you give them that apparel to go shoot, you’re going to be getting some amazing shots back and it’s exactly what you are.
Felix: Right. I think a lot of founders that aren’t design oriented kind of just avoid this entire process, but you don’t have to describe what you want with words from scratch, you can start with finding videos and photos that you like, and talk about why you like it. Which was the process you guys went through. Then over time you’ll have content to dissect and then that should give you a lot more, get a little more precise with your direction because you’re working from something that’s even closer to your brand. I think that’s great that you don’t just try to write a bunch of things that you want, you start with what already, what assets, what photos and videos already exist and then go from there. The video content, is that going up on Instagram? Where is the video content going?
Mallory: We’ve played with both Facebook and Instagram for video. Right now with Instagram we like to still keep it to 15–20 seconds, that sort of started when Instagram videos were that long. Then what we noticed was unless it’s telling a really important narrative, we like to keep it to about 15–20 seconds, because that’s soft pace, how you’re going to keep someone’s attention that long. It’s actually a pretty long time when you’re watching something on instagram. We only dabble over that timeframe if there is a narration to the video, so someone telling their actual story along with the visuals. Which we’ve only done a few times, and those are really powerful too, but you have to use them sparingly. If you’re doing that every week, people start to ignore them. It’s just like any type of content.
Then we also found that video does well on Facebook, so it’s important to keep up with what these social media platforms are pushing themselves, because we all know for awhile, and still today, if you scroll through your Facebook feed you can barely stop without landing on a video. Video is really prominent on Facebook, so we just started creating video for Facebook to get seen, and that was really powerful. It’s a different way for people to share it, because they can tag their friends on Instagram, but unless you have a Repost app it’s hard to download the video and share it.
Felix: Right. That’s a good point, that it’s not only about being on the social media platforms that your customers are on, but then creating the right type of content based on what the platform itself wants to push. Like you were saying, Facebook really wants to push video right now, so by producing video for Facebook you get that organic lift, kind of bonus points essentially from Facebook to help push your content out there for cheaper, potentially. How often are you guys doing product launches today?
Mallory: Right now we usually do about, I would say, four to five a year. We try to space them often about eight weeks after. We’ll have some that aren’t full collections, and we usually have four to five full collections. That means we’re doing the marketing ahead of time, we’re sending it to some people to post ahead of time. A collection typically has some sort of theme to it, and that also will have it’s own color pallet, it’s own font that we use. We really try to make it thematic, and honestly we’ve been finding it really enticing for customers.
Felix: Yeah, can you walk us through the design process, because it sounds like you’re doing a lot of obviously prep work, where there’s themes, a color pallet, there is fonts involved. Who is involved in the design and how long does it take to go through something like this?
Mallory: Yeah. It’s definitely one of those things that falls into the panicked backend of a startup for us. It’s funny, because from the outside it looks really well-thought out, and then we had a designer who was actually a customer and then we brought her onboard for her third year of school last year. She was like, “Wow, I thought you guys totally had your stuff together,” and it’s not so much that on the inside. All that’s important is letting the customer think that, so we’ve developed it a lot. We usually start with whatever is drawing our eye at the time, like certain styles that we’re personally attracted to, and then we kind of build it off.
We always have one or two ideas, and then we’ll start with that. Then we’ll look at what products do we want to have, because the hardest thing with designing a collection is you have the actual designs and then you have the products that it’s going on. Do we want a hoodie? We a crew neck? How many T-shirts do we want? What colors of T-shirts? It’s this little back and forth dance of we’ll decide, we think these are the products we want. Then we’ll start working on the designs, and then we’ll really like the idea of this one design that’s being designed for a T-shirt, but then we decide it’s better for a hoodie. There is this constant back and forth of, “Okay, now what will the collection look like? What colors do we want?”
Then there is always this one moment where the theme just hits us and it really just starts snowballing from there, and the designs become more natural. We narrow in on those colors. There is always that last minute tweak of there might be one color that you really want in it, but when you step back it’s not working with the rest, so you save that color for the next collection. We’ve done a lot of designs that were designed even a year before they come out, because we just can’t get them to fit with a collection. Then when we find the right collection for them to fit, it could be our best product, but we know that if we designed and released it the year before, it wouldn’t have done well because it just didn’t fit. There is so much back and forth, but honestly, it’s a fun process, it’s just a lot.
Felix: Right. Once the design is done … Actually how long would you say the process takes when you guys are designing a collection?
Mallory: We usually end up doing some back and forth over some two to three weeks.
Felix: Got it. Once it’s done what happens next? Does it go around to production? How do you guys take the design and turn it into products that can land in customer’s hands?
Mallory: The next step is definitely looking at the budget. We try to stick to specific budgets for collection launches, so then seeing how much we want to order of each item and what sizes, what sizes would do well with certain styles. Figuring it out that way, and then figuring out a budget that’s tied to that and seeing if we need to tweak. Then from there we would reach out to our manufacturers and get the conversation going, making sure there is no barriers. Sometimes they may not have that fabric color, or they might not have that style right now, so having that discussion with them and just placing that order usually takes about three weeks or so. Then we’ll get it in, hopefully have enough time to do some photo shoots, all that stuff, log it into our inventory, and then we’re basically good to go online.
I try to do the Shopify end of things, like creating those products, creating the product descriptions, all that as soon as you’ve got those orders in because then you know what your product is, and there is nothing worse than being in the middle of all these photo shoots and getting all the marketing ready and being like, “Oh, wow, I need to make 20 products in Shopify.” It’s really important to get that stuff that seems smaller out of the way earlier.
Felix: Speaking of the site, can you tell us a little bit more about the apps or tools that you use to run the business?
Mallory: It’s funny, I was thinking about this question, like what tools have been the most helpful for us. Funnily enough, I find Shopify on it’s own has been the most impactful because the fact there is an amazing mobile app that they just keep improving. Now I can pretty much do anything that I could do on my desk top on the Shopify phone app, which is amazing for when you’re on the run, when you realize something is wrong. It’s really good for putting out fires. Then also the POS app. That’s what we’ve always used at all of our events. To have a full POS system that’s connected to your online inventory right from the start has just made things so much easier. Even saving money on our designs, being able to take a free theme instead of paying someone to make you a custom website. Those are huge barriers to new businesses. To be able to just take those out of the equation for an annual fee has been so, so huge for us. Especially being younger, and not having huge budgets for it.
That would definitely be the biggest thing. I think in terms of the Shopify app I use Minifier a lot. Again, small thing, but basically it will take all the photos you upload and it optimizes them for the web. One of the biggest things that will effect your conversion rates is a slow website. If pages are taking too long people will go. We have very short attention spans now, so that’s been a really great one. I think it’s maybe 50 cents an image, but it’s super affordable. I just click it, it just goes, and it makes our website that much ready to convert.
Also Notify Me. Another one where it’s super simple, but basically you can decide how often they Email you and they let you know when products are running low in certain sizes. This one has been really great because you know if you need to reorder something, but also it’s a great way to catch inventory errors. Sometimes you’ll get it where it says, “You only have two of these left.” And it’s like I just saw in my inventory I have 20, so it’s a good way to make sure that everything is always up to date on your website, so you’re not losing opportunities to sell.
Felix: Is that an app?
Mallory: Yeah, it’s called Notify Me.
Felix: Notify Me, okay, I got it. Anything else?
Mallory: Then launching our loyalty program, lately we use Smile.IO, which was previously known as Sweet Tooth. Something really cool with this company is we had talked to them a while back, and the program just didn’t makes sense for where we were at. Then when we touched base at the end of last year they’ve been constantly making changes, and now they have a really beautiful program that makes sense for businesses of all sizes, and it made it so easy to just kick up a loyalty program that fit all of our needs, and we’re really excited about that one.
Felix: Awesome. Did you guys design the website in house?
Mallory: Yep. Everything that’s on our website we’ve done in house. Even if you go the about pages or any drop down pages Shopify does have limited abilities to change up those pages, so we’ve even done things like using Canva, if you’re familiar with it, the graphic design tool. I’ll make an image in Canva and put it in a Shopify page and it looks like it’s been custom built, but it’s really actually just a photo. There is lots of ways to hack it.
Felix: Yeah, that makes sense. Have there been any recent changes to the site that have made a big difference in the sales or the conversions?
Mallory: There is three things that I think have helped a lot with our website. One is free shipping promos, so having it clearly available on your website when people checkout, or when they’re browsing pages you can show them. There is some apps that will show how much more they have to spend to get free shipping, but that was a really awesome way to increase our average cart value by $10 a cart super easily. We just looked at what the average cart spend was, we put free shipping a little bit above that, and then all the sudden we were getting higher average carts.
Another one is using those real people, just like we do on Instagram, we use real people in our products. It shows people, what it looks like on different sizes, on male or female. Then in the description, we actually link to all of those people’s Instagrams. You might be able to tell from one photo if someone is a similar body type, so it lets you go click, take a look through, and decide what size you’d be. That has been really helpful in getting rid of some barriers for people to buy, but also hoping to reduce our exchanges or refunds.
Then a third one would be focusing on long tail keyword with your blog posts. For us, people get really caught up in making blogs about their products, instead we try to make blogs for our audience. It could have nothing to do with our products, but as long as it’s something of interest to our audience. For example, we actually have one blog post that is from 2015 on alternatives to pre-workout supplements, because a lot of people don’t like taking pre-workout supplements, so we came up with a list of alternatives. We still get conversions from that every month for the number one ranked Google result for that. It’s such a small thing, but it’s something that our audience is constantly looking at. Then when they search that they come across our brand, and it’s a new way to get new customers.
Felix: Got it. Where do you want to see the business go over this year?
Mallory: That’s a really good question, and it’s something that we’re tackling right now. We had a lot of growth from 2017 to 2018 so it was very go, go, go in 2018. We almost had to slow down and reset on the backend. That was a really big thing for us in 2018, was slowing down those front end efforts so we could collect ourselves, get all of our accounting in order, make sure, all the business stuff is good. This year, we really want to ramp that back up and grow outside of our niche. We’re really pushing to grow. For anyone who creates their own standards and has fitness as part of their life it doesn’t just have to be power lifters, and that’s kind of our next step.
Felix: Awesome. LVDfitness.com is the website. Thank you so much for your time Mallory.
Mallory: Yeah, no problem. Thanks for having.
Felix: Thanks for tuning into another episode of Shopify Masters, the E-Commerce podcast for ambitious entrepreneurs, powered by Shopify. To get your exclusive 30 day extended trial, visit Shopify.com/masters.
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Bruce Arians Sees 'Too Much Diva' in Antonio Brown in Steelers Dispute
Arians coached Brown during the wide receiver's first two seasons with the Steelers.
By Jenna West
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians is not a fan of the changes he's seen in Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.
Arians was a guest on ESPN's The Adam Schefter Podcast on Tuesday. When asked by Schefter what he thought of the drama between Brown and the Steelers, Arians spoke frankly on his views of the situation from afar.
"There's too much miscommunication," he said. "Too much diva. I've heard so many stories. I like Antonio. He plays as hard as anybody on Sunday and he practices hard. He's just gotta make better decisions off the field, be on time, do some of those little things."
During Arians's tenure as the Steelers' offensive coordinator, the team selected Brown in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. Arians told Schefter that Brown is different now than when he was a rookie.
"He was the hardest working," Arians said. "He and Emmanuel Sanders, boy they went after it because Mike Tomlin used to tell them, 'two dogs, one bone.' And at that time we had Mike Wallace, Hines Ward, I mean we had a pretty good run for one of them to get on the field. By the end of the season, they were both winning for us to go to the Super Bowl."
The Steelers lost Super Bowl XLV to the Green Bay Packers in February 2011. Arians stayed with the Steelers for another season before becoming the Indianapolis Colts' offensive coordinator.
This season, Brown tallied 104 carries with 1,287 receiving yards and a career-high 15 touchdowns for the Steelers. He missed the regular season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals after opting to sit out of practice during the week and having a reported dispute with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Last week, Steelers president Art Rooney II said the team will not release Brown, but "all other options are on the table." Rooney added that he will talk to other players to see how they feel, but it would be "hard to envision" Brown still with the Steelers when they report to training camp in July.
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Home>Town Hall> Council, Committees and Local Boards
What is Council's role?
Council is responsible for the governance of the Town of South Bruce Peninsula. Council establishes policies and budgets for programs and services delivered by the Town of South Bruce Peninsula.
When does Council meet?
Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month. These are called regular Council meetings. The meetings begin at 1:00 pm.
Council may from time to time schedule special meetings which are held to discuss only the topics which are posted on the agenda.
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Delegations are scheduled in accordance with the Procedural By-Law. Click here for more information.
What does a Committee of Council do?
A number of committees have been established to assist Council in carrying out its duties. These committees consider issues within their scope and make recommendations to Council or other committees, or exercise the authority delegated by Council. Committees have an approved Terms of Reference and operate within the procedures established by Council.
Why have local boards?
Local boards are established in accordance with legislation and have specific mandates. Examples are the Police Services Board and the Wiarton BIA.
council, committee and local board code of conduct, the Office of the integrity commissioner and making a complaint regarding conduct
Council has established a policy which governs the conduct of the members of Council, Committees of Council and Local Boards. The policy excludes the Police Services Board who has a different complaint procedure in accordance with legislation.
The policy regarding the conduct of members of Council, Committees and Local Boards can be viewed by clicking here.
The by-law which establishes the office of the Integrity Commissioner can be viewed by clicking here.
The Town has appointed Robert J. Swayze as the Integrity Commissioner.
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The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act provides that members of Council, Committees of Council and Local Boards must complete a written statement when they declare a pecuniary interest in accordance with the Act. The written statement must be filed with the Clerk and the Clerk must keep a registry which is available to the public.
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RANDOM SPECIFICS
Matthew Arkin
Confessions of a Utility Infielder
Notes on playing 9+ roles in South Coast Rep’s production of All the Way.
In some ways, my experience rehearsing and performing in All the Way at South Coast Rep has been more like working on a movie than a play. In general, scenes in plays are longer than those in movies. This gives the actor the chance to settle into the life on stage, to connect with his acting partners, to feel the rhythm of the work on a particular evening, and bring breath and truth to the event. Of course, there are some longer scenes in All the Way, but my function in Robert Schenkkan’s historical drama is to fill in nine distinct characters that flesh out the action around the central players, Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King. How to do this presents some interesting challenges.
Of course, much of the work of defining these roles falls to the wardrobe and wig departments, and you can see the results of the hard work of Costume Designer Holly Poe Durbin and Wig Master Laura Caponera in this mug shot array.
Levison
McCormack
Schwerner
Trammell
Edwin King
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Manny and Levison are the first two characters I play, and with the help of a wonderful team of dressers just off-stage, I exit as Manny and reenter as Levison a mere 97 seconds later. So much for the outward transformation. But how do you deal with the task as an actor?
First, I try to be as simple and clear as possible about my “moment before” and immediate objective. Manny is new to the White House, it is a pressure-filled, volatile situation, and he needs to get LBJ’s accurate measurements so he can tailor the President’s new suit. Levison, too, is under pressure, but it has been a long meeting, and he still needs to persuade MLK that LBJ’s presidency offers real opportunities for the Civil Rights Movement. Next, add accents — French for Manny, Brooklyn for Levison, two different Southern dialects for Seymore Trammell and the Reverend Edwin King, Boston for Speaker of the House John McCormack — with the help of our wonderful dialect coaches Tracy Winters and Nike Doukas, who is also in the cast as Ladybird Johnson. Finally, I think about physicality. This develops throughout rehearsal as each character finds his own way to stand and move, and is influenced by my thoughts on time period, circumstance, and activity. Add some props — cigarettes for Levison, a reporter’s mic or notepad, the Speaker’s gavel — and the transformations are complete. With all of these elements in place, I can internalize a different character, have the internal life supported by all the necessary outward accouterments, and translate a clear and detailed picture to the audience.
Why put all this work into every character, even the very, very minor ones? It’s true that in some of my scenes, I’m almost an extra. In one scene, I’m a nameless FBI agent digging for the body of James Chaney, the slain civil rights volunteer. In an earlier scene, I’m another FBI agent recording a meeting between members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the NAACP. Again, the agent is anonymous, while those at the meeting are historical characters we know: MLK, Ralph Abernathy, Bob Moses, Roy Wilkins, and Stokely Carmichael. Although the only thing the audience will see, if they look at me at all, is a man digging, or another listening on headphones, I still believe it is crucial to bring an internal life to these characters who are never part of the main focus of the scene. On a purely selfish level, it makes my work more interesting and enjoyable. But on an artistic level, it brings energy, integrity, and detail to the theatrical event. If a member of the audience glances for even a moment at a minor character, and that actor is not fully engaged, it will shatter the illusion, and lessen the impact of the storytelling. And that, ultimately, is what it is all about.
Thoughts on craft and the creative drive.
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‘Hotel Hell’ manager now a Guantanamo prison supervisor
Arturo Garcia
The man in charge of the Pentagon office that runs the military tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay prison was once featured on a Fox reality show that highlighted his mismanagement of an upstate New York hotel.
According to The Huffington Post, John Imhof, current head of the Office of Military Commissions, was the subject of a 2012 episode of “Hotel Hell” in which he revealed that he had run his hotel, the Cambridge Inn, into $750,000 worth of debt since buying it in 2007.
Imhof was also called out by the show’s host, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, for a slew of errors, including botching the recipe for the hotel’s famous apple pie.
“The apples are raw, not even baked,” Ramsay said at one point in the episode. “I could scream when I see that. This was invented here. Thousands of restaurants across the globe have copied what you originated. Have you any idea how lucky you are? And it resolves to that: soggy, undercooked, soaking wet.”
But Imhof, who worked as a lawyer and a military judge before taking over the hotel told the Post he didn’t regret the experience.
“Working with Gordon Ramsay and his crew was a unique experience,” he said in an email. “To watch all that goes in to making a one hour ‘reality’ show was extremely interesting. I try to take any experience, be it pleasant or unpleasant (there were certain parts of the show that were each) and learn from them.”
Imhof’s current position requires him to take care of requests from the prison’s convening authority. He took the position before the show aired last August, by which point the property was about to be foreclosed. But he told the Albany Times-Union at the time that the foreclosure had nothing to do with his leaving.
“I’m not running away, but rather accepted a job I felt was important for my country,” he told the newspaper via email. “I know many folks will think Tina and I are leaving because of the failure of the Hotel [sic], but the opposite is true.”
Imhof said he hoped to leave the hotel in the hands of his daughter under a renegotiated interest deal.
Ramsay’s encounter with Imhof did produce at least one happy ending: The newspaper reported that Ramsay and his producers went on to pay for a culinary scholarship at a nearby community college for Donald L. Telford III, a culinary intern at the hotel.
Imhof’s appearance on “Hotel Hell,” originally aired in August 2012, can be seen below on Hulu.
CNN host Don Lemon thinks that President Donald Trump is using issues like race to manipulate his voters into voting against their own interest.
In his opening commentary, Lemon showed the clip of Trump's supporters chanting "send her back" at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who is a Somali immigrant who came to the U.S. when she was just 12 years old.
He then cited a tweet that Trump sent out earlier Wednesday.
"New Poll: The Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in predicting the 2016 Election, has just announced that "Trump" numbers have recently gone up by four points, to 50 percent. Thank you to the vicious young Socialist Congresswomen. America will never buy your act! #MAGA2020," Trump tweeted.
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What is an Anaesthesia Associate (AA)?
An AA is a new member of the anaesthetic team. They are trained both in the underlying scientific and medical knowledge pertinent to anaesthesia, and in the skills of administering anaesthesia. They will work in a team with anaesthetists enabling one medically qualified anaesthetist to simultaneously conduct anaesthesia in two places. These must be adjacent or very close together within a single operating suite.
What will the AA do?
They will perform duties delegated to them by their medical anaesthetic supervisor. These will include pre and post-operative patient assessment and care, maintenance anaesthesia and (under direct supervision) conduct the induction and emergence from anaesthesia. AAs will also deputise for anaesthetists in a variety of situations where their airway and venous cannulation skills will assist in patient care and where medically qualified anaesthetists cannot be available.
What is the Royal College of Anaesthetists involvement in the AA project?
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is a partner with the AAGBI, the NHSU, the Changing Workforce Programme and the University of Birmingham in developing AA training. Specifically, the RCoA is responsible for the development and assessment of workbased Competencies.
How will AAs train?
They will undertake a two-year and three month service based course. Workplace teaching and competency assessment will be combined with distance learning and small group teaching in the theory elements of anaesthetic practice. There will be academic assessment and work based assessment throughout the course that will lead to the simultaneous award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthetic Practice and Affiliate of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Trainees who wish to do so will be able to continue part time academic work, whilst working as a trained AA in order to achieve a Master’s degree.
How is training organised?
Hospitals that offer training will link with a number of local hospitals to form a group. Each hospital will recruit two trainees. The group of six to 12 trainees so formed will form a training cluster. Academic support will be from a local university that will be recruited to support the cluster in offering the course that has been developed by the RCoA and University of Birmingham. There will be a programme of workplace instruction and regular tutorials and small-group sessions. Successful trainees will be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthetic Practice by the local university that has supported their cluster.
Who is training at present?
Six trainees were started in a phased trial of training during 2004, these trainees participated in the design of the course. From that first cohort, 5 qualified and are now working in Trusts around the country. Since those early days a further 35 qualified in 2008, and currently there are 65 in various phases of training.
How many AAs will be trained?
The rollout of the AA programme will be ‘demand led’ by trusts themselves. Trusts will propose a programme and will obtain funding through their Strategic Health Authorities. The numbers of trainees therefore will depend upon the priority that trusts and SHAs give to their development.
Who will be eligible for training?
The course will be science based. The prime requirement is therefore that trainees can cope with the learning at this level. There will be no absolute requirements for trainees except that all must be able to show that they have had recent experience of successful academic work at the required level. This level is, broadly speaking, the same as would be expected in a first year university course in biological sciences. Trainee AAs will be recruited from the ranks of existing healthcare workers (Nurses, ODPs, etc) and also directly from graduates with an appropriate background. Potential trainees will also be judged on their commitment to, and suitability for, a career in the high-pressure environment of anaesthesia and on their suitability for working in the care of patients.
Do I need a degree to get on the National learning programme?
No – a degree is not essential, though having a suitable degree that includes human physiology is a clear indication of an applicant’s potential to deal with the theoretical part of the course. There are many ODPs and Nurses who already work in the theatre environment, and who would like to consider this new career, but whose first qualification is at the undergraduate diploma level. Such applicants will in many cases be very suitable for AA training provided that they can demonstrate recent appropriate study of medical sciences at the required standard.
I am a diploma level ODP and I am interested in training. What can I do to make myself suitable for appointment?
If you have not done any academic ‘book work’ for a number of years, you may benefit from undertaking an appropriate course, before you apply. There are many modules of human physiology, pharmacology and therapeutics available from higher education institutions, both as part time courses and as distance learning. Such a course can be included in your Personal Development Plan in your current job. Learning more about anaesthesia and learning new skills will not help you get onto the new course as these things are taught during the course. The Association of Operating Department Practitioners will be able to give you advice on how best to proceed.
I am a graduate in medical sciences. What should I do to make myself suitable for appointment?
You have demonstrated your academic suitability. Do you understand the working lives of members of the anaesthetic team? Do you know anything about anaesthesia and surgery? Are you a suitable person to have a career dealing with people at the times when they are at their most vulnerable and distressed? If you cannot demonstrate that you have this knowledge and capacity, then you should consider experiencing some sort of work that involves dealing directly with people. This could be voluntary work, with the elderly for example, or some sort of employment in health and social care.
I am a registered nurse with a nursing degree but my course did not include very much physiology and pharmacology and I am worried about being out of my depth on the course.
When you apply for admission to the course your science background will be reviewed and you will be advised whether or not you are likely to be able to cope. You can help your chances of being accepted, and of successfully completing the course by doing a suitable science course as part of your professional development in your current post. The National Association of Theatre Nurses and British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurse Association can provide you with advice about how best to proceed.
Can I register my interest?
Yes - please click here to go to the Association of Anaesthesia Associates website, where you will find the lastest information regarding qualifications, courses, universities and much more.
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PHOTOS: Redskins Travel To Nashville (2018)
Take a look at these images of the Redskins traveling to Nashville, TN on Friday, December 21st, 2018. Presented By Dulles International Airport.
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Sickness absence proposals
The Department for Work and Pensions has recently issued the Government’s response to the independent review of sickness absence, undertaken by Dame Carol Black and David Frost CBE and published in November 2011.
The purpose of the review was to find ways of improving the coherence, effectiveness and cost of the existing system for managing sickness absence. According to figures published in the review, every year 140 million working days are lost to sickness absence, with over 300,000 people falling out of work onto health-related state benefits per year. Employers pay sick pay and associated costs of £9 billion per year.
In its response, the Government accepted many of the findings made in the review and confirmed the following:
• A new health and work assessment and advisory service will be established to make occupational health advice more readily accessible to employers and employees. The new service will begin in 2014 and will include a state-funded assessment by occupational health professionals for employees who are off sick for four weeks or more;
• Tax relief on Employee Assistance Programmes will be retained, and tax relief on other employer interventions will be considered and a decision made in the 2013 budget;
• Revised guidance will be issued shortly to GPs, employers and employees on the ‘fit note’ in order to improve healthcare professionals’ knowledge and understanding of physical and mental health and employment;
• The Percentage Threshold Scheme (which compensates mainly smaller employers for high rates of sickness absence in their organisations) will be abolished, releasing funds for the new assessment and advisory service;
• The statutory requirement for employers to maintain statutory sick pay records will be removed to reduce administrative burdens; and
• Steps will be taken to improve standards of sickness absence management within the public sector.
A copy of the review and the Government response can be found on the Department for Work and Pensions website.
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HomeHighlights stefano boeri is the new chairman of la triennale di milano
stefano boeri is the new chairman of la triennale di milano
Today the new Board of Directors of La Triennale di Milano Foundation met and unanimously appointed Architect Stefano Boeri as Chairman, who will be in charge for four years.
The Board of Directors is composed by:
Stefano Boeri, President
Lorenza Bravetta
Vincenzo Ugo Manes
Roberto Ernesto Maroni
Carlo Edoardo Valli
Elena Vasco
Elena Tettamanti
Alberto Artioli
Antonio Calabrò
Stefano Boeri was born in 1956 in Milan.
In 1980 he graduated in Architecture at Politecnico in Milan and in 1989 he received his PhD from Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV).
Full Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico in Milan, Boeri has been a guest professor at various universities, including Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), the Strelka Institute in Moscow and the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He has been designer and member of the Scientific Board at Skolkovo Innovation Center, high tech hub close to Moscow.
Stefano Boeri is a director of the Future City Lab (FCL) of Tongji University in Shanghai, a post-doctoral research program which explores the future perspectives of metropolis.
He was Councillor for Culture in Milan from 2011 to 2013. Since 2015 he has been appointed member of the Scientific Board of the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, Italy, a palace and Italian classical art museum, along with Davide Gasparotto, Senior Curator of Paintings Department at The J. Paul Getty Museum, and Carl Brandon Strehlke, Curator Emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
He was director of the international magazines Domus (2004-2007) and Abitare (2007-2011) and published articles in magazines such as Casabella, Icon, 2g, Archis and Blueprint. He published many books, among which Il territorio che cambia (with A. Lanzani and E. Marini, Abitare Segesta, 1996), Mutations (ACTAR Barcellona,2000), USE, Uncertain states of Europe (Skira, 2009), L’anticittà (Laterza, 2011), Biomilano. Glossario di idee per una metropoli basata su biodiversità (Corraini, 2011), Fare di più con meno (il Saggiatore, 2012), A Vertical Forest. Instructions booklet for the prototype of a Forest City (Corraini, 2015) e La città scritta (Quodlibet Edizioni, 2016).
In 1993 he founded Multiplicity, a research agency that involves artists, photographers, analysts and investigates the relationships between geopolitics and urban planning. With USE-Uncertain States of Europe, Multiplicity took part in Mutations (2000, Bordeaux, Tokyo); with Solid Sea (a research on migratory fluxes through the Mediterranean Sea) in Documenta Kassel 2002; with Road Map (a research about Middle East boundaries) in 2004-2007 it takes part in many Biennials and international exhibitions.
Architect and urban planner, Stefano Boeri founded Boeri Studio in 1999, with Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra. In 2008 he founded Stefano Boeri Architetti (partner with Michele Brunello until 2016). In 2013 Stefano Boeri founded, together with Yibo Xu, Stefano Boeri Architetti China, located in Shanghai.
Stefano Boeri Architetti’s work ranges from the production of urban visions to the design of architectures and open spaces, including several waterfronts, such as Naples, Trieste, Genoa, La Maddalena, Doha, Marseilles and Thessaloniki, with a constant focus on the geopolitical and environmental implications of urban phenomena.
The focus on the relationship between city and nature leads to the creation of Vertical Forest, the first prototype of a sustainable residential building with facades covered with trees and plants: a model of metropolitan reforestation that conceives vegetation as an essential element of architecture. Realized in Milan in 2014, the Vertical Forest receives many international awards, like the International Highrise Award in 2014 and the Best Tall Building Worldwide Award in 2015 by CTBUH. Introducing the concept of biodiversity in architecture, Boeri works on the development of the Milanese model and on Urban forestry. He presented his project of Forest City in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), becoming one of the main actors in the debate on climate change in the field of international architecture.
In 2016 Stefano Boeri is called to lend his intervention for the reconstruction of Amatrice and Norcia, Italian centers affected by the earthquake. Thanks to his design contribution, within the Amate Amatrice solidarity project, the new Polo del Gusto of Amatrice and the Multipurpose and Civil Protection Center of Norcia are realized in record time. Architectures designed as anti-seismic civil protection measures and as places for the rebirth of the economic and recreational activities of the communities and their identity spirit. Boeri is appointed Urbanist Expert for post-earthquake reconstruction extended to all the territories of Central Italy affected by the earthquake, nomination conferred by the Special Commissioner for Reconstruction, concluded with the end of Vasco Errani’s mandate.
Stefano Boeri has been curator in several international architecture exhibitions.
In 1997 he is Managing Curator of the Architecture section for La Triennale di Milano.
Since 2007 he has been the creator and director of Festarch, an international architecture festival organized by Abitare Magazine that takes place in Cagliari and Perugia until 2012 and hosts contemporary architecture main exponents.
In 2008 he is the creator and curator of Geodesign, one of the main projects of Turin World Design Capital. In 2012, he curates São Paulo Calling, an international research project on favelas and informal settlements in six contemporary metropolises, which results in an exhibition in São Paulo, Rome, Mumbai, Nairobi, Moscow, Baghdad and Medellin.
In 2008-2009, as Member of the Architecture Advisory Board for Expo 2015, he signs with Jacques Herzog and Ricky Burdett the Masterplan of Expo 2015 in Milan.
In Milan, as Councillor for Culture, he launched the Bookcity and Pianocity exhibitions, respectively dedicated to literature and piano music, which the city inherited from its cultural events of international scope. He promoted the Michelangelo’s Pietà Rondanini Museum at Castello Sforzesco.
Also in Milan he is the creator and curator of MI/Arch since 2013 for four editions, in which famous architects like David Chipperfield, Grafton Architects, Arata Isozaki, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, César Pelli, Renzo Piano and Kazuyo Sejima take part.
In 2017 he is Art Director of the first Milano Arch Week promoted by the Municipality of Milan, with Politecnico and La Triennale.
In the same year he curates SUSAS 2017 (Shanghai Urban Space Art Season), the most important urban planning, architecture and public art event promoted by the Shanghai Municipality.
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FDA News: USDA, FDA Announce a Formal Agreement to Regulate Cell-Cultured Food Products from Cell Lines of Livestock, Poultry
Marty Smith
SILVER SPRING, MD (STL.News) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a formal agreement to jointly oversee the production of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry.
FSIS and FDA released a formal agreement to address the regulatory oversight of human food produced using this new technology. The formal agreement describes the oversight roles and responsibilities for both agencies and how the agencies will collaborate to regulate the development and entry of these products into commerce. This shared regulatory approach will ensure that cell-cultured products derived from the cell lines of livestock and poultry are produced safely and are accurately labeled.
“Consumers trust the USDA mark of inspection to ensure safe, wholesome and accurately labeled products,” said USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Mindy Brashears. “We look forward to continued collaboration with FDA and our stakeholders to safely regulate these new products and ensure parity in labeling.”
“We recognize that our stakeholders want clarity on how we will move forward with a regulatory regime to ensure the safety and proper labeling of these cell-cultured human food products while continuing to encourage innovation,” said Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response. “Collaboration between USDA and FDA will allow us to draw upon the unique expertise of each agency in addressing the many important technical and regulatory considerations that can arise with the development of animal cell-cultured food products for human consumption.”
Under the formal agreement, the agencies agree upon a joint regulatory framework wherein FDA oversees cell collection, cell banks, and cell growth and differentiation. A transition from FDA to FSIS oversight will occur during the cell harvest stage. FSIS will oversee the production and labeling of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry.
On Oct. 23-24, 2018, FSIS and FDA held a joint public meeting to discuss the use of cell culture technology to develop products derived from livestock and poultry. The public meeting focused on the potential hazards, oversight considerations, and labeling of cell cultured food products derived from livestock and poultry.
To view the recorded webinar from the public meeting on the FSIS website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/meetings/past-meetings
To view the Formal Agreement, visit the FSIS website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/formalagreement or the FDA website at https://www.fda.gov/Food/InternationalInteragencyCoordination/DomesticInteragencyAgreements/UCM632752.htm.
The FSIS, an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is the public health agency responsible for ensuring that nation’s meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
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Growth and the Fallacy of Control
by Daniel Herriges
I live in one of the faster-growing cities in one of the fastest-growing states in America. A common joke here in Florida is that the state bird is the crane. (Get it?) Needless to say, growth is a contentious and emotional subject around here. And growth control is a hot topic.
And rightly so. Rapid growth can be disorienting and detrimental to the existing residents of a place—traffic jams where they didn't used to occur, crowded schools and hospitals. It's not at all clear, despite conventional wisdom, that growth itself should be viewed as any sort of measure of success or prosperity. Plenty of growing places aren't thriving, and plenty of thriving places aren't growing. (A particularly salient point in Florida, where our population growth is largely driven by low-wage jobs.)
And as we at Strong Towns have pointed out from the beginning, plenty of growth looks more like a Ponzi scheme than like real, resilient wealth. Think spread-out, low-value development that fails to pay for itself, leaving the next generation on the hook for this generation's overbuilt infrastructure.
But there's one particular line of argument when it comes to managing growth that I simply can't get behind. It's the notion that whether or not to grow, or precisely how much to grow—how many people to let in—is something that a community should naturally get to decide through the political process. That they maybe even have an inalienable right to decide.
It's certainly not just a Florida preoccupation. "More than a million people in San Francisco? Did anyone ask you?" inquired a prominent Bay Area activist in a blog post a couple years ago. Growth-control advocates in Boulder, Colorado muse about "carrying capacity" and overpopulation. Here in Gulf-coast Florida, the preferred pejorative is "Browardization," after Broward County on the state's Atlantic coast—held up by growth-control partisans as a warning of our grim fate if we don't slow our population growth.
The approval of locally unpopular development proposals, to hear many here tell it, constitutes a betrayal of the public interest by our own elected officials. Slow-growth appeals are usually accompanied by calls for development to be orderly, predictable, and always, always the favored buzzword: "compatible" with surrounding neighborhoods. None of this sounds objectionable on paper. Who would be against compatibility?
And yet, here's why this doesn't always sit right with me.
The actual outcomes on the ground of successful growth-control advocacy are often not very pretty. Whether in Boulder, Austin, San Francisco, Seattle, or Sarasota, those who claim we can keep existing neighborhoods under glass; restrain the pace of growth to only that which makes us comfortable; and preserve affordability, economic opportunity, and quality of life, and do these difficult things all at the same time—well, these people are indulging an illusion.
A city is a complex system. It's made up of thousands or millions of people making billions or trillions of decisions, in endless, fractal feedback loops. The city is not a machine; it's more like an ecosystem. You can tinker with an ecosystem—but when you do, you're subject to the law of unintended consequences.
The Water Has To Go Somewhere
One such consequence, when it comes to growth-control policies, is that you may simply displace growth to another location—without actually lessening any of its disruptive effects. In the process, you may even prevent some people from living and/or working where they otherwise would have preferred to—and in doing so, prevent the market signals from functioning that would have otherwise told us what is a productive and desirable location.
Many growth critics seem to operate with a flawed mental model that, rather circularly, treats development itself as the cause of population growth. Let the builders build, and the city gets more crowded and the traffic gets worse. Don't let them build so much, and growth will slow down and traffic will thin out. Easy, right?
Instead, think of demand to live and work in a place like the water in a river. Building a dam across the river, or channelizing it, doesn't make the water go away. The water has to go somewhere. It might rush around the dam. It might overflow the dam, or pool behind it. But it'll go somewhere.
Marin County, California, just north of San Francisco, is perhaps the most famous poster child for this. Thanks to powerful environmental advocacy, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, much of the western half of the county has been preserved as protected open space, while the eastern half was developed in a largely car-oriented pattern dominated by single-family houses. Resistance to denser development in those east-Marin communities remains fierce.
An aerial view of Marin County (outlined in red) shows the concentration of most development in a narrow strip of non-mountainous land along the county’s eastern edge.
Marin County is stunningly beautiful. And it's been stunningly successful at limiting the number of people who can live there. One result: as of this writing, Zillow reports that the median home value in Marin County is $1,159,400. Many of the children who grow up in Marin will never have the option of settling there as adults. Service workers with jobs in Marin often have excruciating commutes (the Census Bureau's OnTheMap data tool indicates only a third of those employed in the county travel fewer than ten miles to work). And the county's freeways end up clogged with these long-distance commuters.
These things are the fallout of not allowing more homes in Marin County. Worth it? I tend to think not—when discussing these issues with people in the also-picturesque, also-waterfront county where I live, Marin is usually my cautionary tale of choice. But I would listen respectfully to someone who made an honest case that it has been worth all the trade-offs and side effects. (Though, it must be said, the voices of Marin County residents shouldn't be the only ones that matter in that question, any more than a dam that floods the countryside above it was a good idea if only the people living below it think it was.)
We need to at least acknowledge the connection between decisions which restrict growth and their indirect side effects.
The Fallacy of Control at the Neighborhood Level
The same applies at the neighborhood level, in miniature. Efforts to carefully orchestrate where and what kind of change occurs within a city can have unintended consequences, just as when we do so between cities.
One neighborhood becomes trendy and experiences skyrocketing rents and crippling traffic. Speculation, exacerbated by well-intended efforts to promote concentrations of dense development, fuels mini-construction booms, while other neighborhoods go without needed reinvestment. An older generation of homeowners ages out of their homes in a neighborhood where little has changed in decades, and the city finds that a younger generation isn't clamoring to buy them.
I had a conversation a year or so ago with a friend working for the local government of a small Midwestern suburb whose city council was deeply concerned about the influx of renters into what had until recently been a homeowner-dominated community. The council's proposed solution? A cap on the number of rental licenses. My friend and I both agreed this was a dumb idea, likely to have unintended consequences. It wasn't going to be possible to manufacture demand for homeownership that didn't exist simply by trying to exclude renters.
We can lay out a vision of the city we want through whatever political processes are available to us. But we simply don't always get to script the city we want, at the size we want, with development in only the locations we want it. Not without severe side effects.
Good Planning is Like Conservation Biology
Image: Wikimedia Commons
The collective, emergent wisdom of the crowd does a better job of making decisions like "How many people ought to live here?", "Where should we have what sizes and types of buildings?" and "Who or what should occupy those buildings?" than any individual can. The consequences of those decisions echo through cascading feedback loops: that's the nature of complex systems.
Planners should treat a city the way a conservation biologist treats a forest. We look for indications that something is out of balance. Where it is, we come in with a light touch and try to restore equilibrium. But we don't decide how many wolves and how many elk should live in Yellowstone. We're not qualified to make that decision.
How many people should live in my town in Florida? What's the right number? We're not qualified to make that decision.
We Are Qualified to Make Our Places Better Incrementally
Please understand that when I say we're not qualified to decide how many people should live in our towns, I'm not saying we need to prostrate ourselves to the all-powerful hand of The Market—or that planning is futile, and we're powerless to act collectively to make the places we live better. Not in the least.
No; we have immense power to alter the future of our neighborhoods, cities, and regions. Why is why we need to wield that power with humility.
The word "overdevelopment," a favorite of growth-control advocates, probably ought to be retired from our lexicon, for the same reason we've argued at Strong Towns that "sprawl" should be retired: it's imprecise and lazy. It implies that we know what the correct amount of development is for our cities. Let's have the humility to admit that we don't—because we can't know all the indirect consequences of not letting people live where they want to live, build where they want to build, open businesses where they want to open businesses.
But we can work to make great neighborhoods. We can work to make great streets. We can clean up parks; we can restore the urban tree canopy; we can take action to calm high-speed traffic in our cities.
Our civic leaders can insist that we grow in ways that are productive—by doing the math and making sure new development is of a type that generates the wealth to pay for itself in the long run, instead of leaving taxpayers on the hook.
Relinquishing the urge to control doesn't mean caving to special interests. We can insist that growth occur on a level playing field and that decisions about development be transparent. We don't have to accept backroom deals that enrich a small group of insiders, or byzantine rules that are expensive to comply with and end up having much the same effect.
But we do have to relinquish our desire to fundamentally dictate how our neighborhoods and cities evolve.
A Strong Towns approach isn't pro-growth or anti-growth or pro- or anti- any specific size or shape of development. A Strong Towns approach does say that every neighborhood should allow at least the next increment of development—that is, allow the gradual evolution and iterative growth of successful places.
A Strong Towns approach starts with humbling ourselves, acknowledging that we can't know what the right future is for the cities we live in. We don't get to choose an end state and then work toward it methodically. We go out and we see what problems people are facing today. And then we try to address them, in small steps. Then tomorrow we do the same thing. And the day after, and the day after.
If that's your town's approach to planning, then relinquishing control over the future doesn't have to be all that scary.
(Cover photo by Daniel Herriges)
Daniel Herriges
Daniel Herriges (Twitter: @DanielStrTowns) serves as Content Manager for Strong Towns, and has been a regular contributor since 2015. He is also a founding member of the organization. Daniel has a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota. His obsession with maps began before he could read. His budding environmentalism can be traced back to age 4, when he yelled at his parents for stepping on weeds growing in sidewalk cracks. His love of great urban design and human-scaled, livable places has also been lifelong. Daniel has a B.A. from Stanford University in Human Biology with a concentration in Conservation and Sustainable Development. After college, he worked as an environmental activist for several years, in support of indigenous people's rights and conservation in the Amazon rainforest. He can often be found hiking or cycling. Daniel is from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Interested in writing for Strong Towns, or got a story you’d like Strong Towns to cover? Please email Daniel.
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Cash-strapped Asciano hires ABN Amro for $1b asset sales
By T&L News on April 9, 2008 in T&L Services
Port and rail operator Asciano has appointed investment bank ABN Amro to advise it on $1 billion asset sale options, as the loss-making company seeks to obtain cash to pay down its debt.
According to The Australian Financial Review, the company came to look into the sell-off option as it was no longer able to use a project finance avenue to fund its development plans.
The asset sell-off would require approval from major lenders, who are holding the assets as security for the company’s $4.5 billion in loans.
After dismissing a $2.9 billion takeover bid from a US private equity consortium led by Texas Pacific Group (TPG), the company started processes to free up billions of dollars by selling stakes last month.
As part of its plan to raise cash, the company has launched a $91.1 million security purchase plan, enabling existing security holders to buy up new securities at a five per cent discount.
The struggling company has posted a net loss after tax of $182 million in the 2007-08 fiscal year, but said it is confident of a strong year backed by new coal and grain transport contracts.
The company’s chief executive Mark Rowsthorn said last month: “The coal business will continue to benefit from strong demand and high coal prices and we expect to see capacity constraints in the Hunter Valley network ease during the coming 12 months.
“Finally, the successful restructuring of Asciano’s grain business during the year will see a substantial recovery in the profit contribution of this business in 2008-09.”
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ABC’s ‘Mistresses’ accused of glamorizing adultery – Tomorrow’s reading reflection
R RLast Updated: July 3rd, 2014Uncategorized
“The head of John the Baptist.”
In something that reads like the “Mistresses,” we are presented with a convoluted set of facts about two principal characters.
Herod Antipas was the son of Herod the Great, who apparently had at least 4 wives. Antipas was married to Phasaelis, whom he divorced to marry Herodias. Herodias was the granddaughter of Herod the Great, and the wife of Antipas’ half brother, Herod II (who was thus her brother-in-law and also her half-uncle). Herodias and Herod II had a daughter, Salome, making her Herod Antipas’ half niece (and his stepdaughter once he married Herodias).
Herodias decided to divorce Herod II to marry Antipas, who was then tetrarch of Galilee. John the Baptist chastised Antipas for his divorce and subsequent marriage to his former sister-in-law. Reading between the lines, John has apparently irritated everyone by his condemnation of the marriage, but most especially Herodias. Antipas seems to be easily manipulated by Herodias, and Mark stated that he both feared John and was perplexed by his teachings. Antipas also seems to have been aroused by Salome’s dance and thus had even more moral ambiguity going on in his head.
Sexuality, seems to be one of the most terribly powerful motivations of human behavior that ever was, is and will be. As the Bible and real life show us over and over again, disordered sexuality has brought down kings, governors and ordinary disciples of God. Yet it is with compassion that we treat ourselves and others who may be weak in faith and sexual morality. Remember that John acted as prophet but so does Paul when he speaks to the Thessalonians in today’s reading. Seeing their weakness, he first affirms their strengths. “What thanksgiving, then, can we render to God for you, for all the joy we feel on your account before our God? Night and day we pray beyond measure to see you in person and to remedy the deficiencies of your faith.”
Not a bad example.
(Adapted from Tom Purcell)
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Building A Vision For The Future
More than 50 years ago, Texas Children's Hospital was founded with a singular vision — to build a community of healthy children through the finest pediatric patient care, education, and research. Over the past few years, Texas Children's has focused on delivering this promise through Vision 2010, the largest physical expansion ever by a children's hospital in such a short time.
Our new West Campus facility will provide the same family-centered care to the West Houston community that we've been offering for decades in the Texas Medical Center. Our Neurological Research Institute will pave the way for the future of collaborative basic research to better understand the structure and function of the developing brain, as the foundation for new therapies. Our Feigin Center expansion has added vital lab space and research infrastructure to the hospital. And our new women's and maternity facility will expand our expertise into obstetrical care for the first time.
But our mission — to enhance the health and well-being of children locally, nationally, and internationally — goes beyond the walls of our buildings.
Sometimes, you have to break down virtual walls and barriers to connect with and provide the best care for children and their families. That is why it is with great pleasure that I am introducing our new Texas Children's blog — Medicine | Milestones | Miracles.
Through this blog we intend to provide our online visitors with important perspective on pediatric health from the same voices that care for our patients at Texas Children's Hospital. Medicine | Milestones | Miracles will allow you to hear directly from our physicians and other medical experts. But what I am even more excited about is the opportunity to create a dialogue and help form a sense of community — a shared online space where doctors, nurses, parents, families, and others can connect and communicate with each other.
I encourage you to visit frequently and to ask questions, post comments, and give us your feedback. The key to the success of our blog is the same as it is for our Vision 2010 initiative — collaboration between medical experts and families to create the best possible outcome for every single child.
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Ebola and the Sting of a Dog's Death
The fate of Excalibur, a pet that may have been exposed in Spain, highlights our limited understanding of the virus.
Adam Chandler
Battling misinformation campaigns in West Africa and elsewhere has proven to be a daunting challenge during the largest Ebola outbreak on record. The latest incident involves Teresa Romero Ramos, a Spanish nursing assistant who contracted Ebola while treating two missionaries who died of the virus.
Ramos, the first person to fall ill from Ebola in Europe, claims to have followed all the protocols. However, as The Washington Post reported, one of her colleagues suggested that Ramos may have been exposed to the virus while taking off her protective suit. The dispute over the case has had repercussions including protests and calls for the Spanish health minister to resign.
Then there was the matter of Ramos' dog, Excalibur, whose fate was sealed on Wednesday when Madrid authorities put the mixed-breed pet to sleep.
The court order calling for the dog to be euthanized was met by protest both locally in Madrid as well as digitally, where a Change.org petition drew more than 375,000 signatures in just 24 hours. An accompanying hashtag campaign #saveexcalibur and its Spanish-language counterpart garnered thousands of solidarity tweets, many involving pictures of pets. Ramos' husband posted a video from isolation calling on authorities to save his dog.
A clear answer on whether dogs could spread Ebola remains elusive. Only one academic study on the topic of Ebola and dogs is said to exist. The study, which followed an Ebola outbreak in Gabon, concludes that "dogs might be asymptomatically infected by Ebola virus in the wild. This finding has potential implications for preventing and controlling human outbreaks."
In other words, who knows? A spokeswoman for the American Veterinary Medical Association told NBC News, "I think it's possible that dogs might spread Ebola, but it's not likely in the U.S. or other places where dogs aren't near corpses or eating infected animals."
Adam Chandler is a former staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom.
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FOR RSS February 26, 2011
Meredith Jessup
Rep. Paul Ryan: Wisc. Democrats ‘Lack Respect for Rule of Law’
"Elections have consequences."
Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., addressed ongoing protests in Madison and the "Fugitive 14," the 14 state Senate Democrats who fled the state to avoid a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's budge proposal. In the end, the debate boils down to the need for fiscal responsibility, Ryan told a Business Day gathering this week.
"I didn’t like the legislation that was moving through Washington the last two years. I didn’t like cap and trade; I didn’t like ObamaCare; I didn’t like the stimulus. But I didn’t walk out," Paul said. "We stayed and did our jobs, we voted, we tried to amend, we made our debates Elections have consequences. They won, we lost. That’s the way it works. So I just don’t understand this lack of respect for the rule of law.”
h/t McIver Institute
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Housewives Star Sues ABC
Updated 04.25.17 10:19AM ET / Published 04.06.10 2:50AM ET
Nicollette Sheridan, the former co-star of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, is suing the network and the show’s creator Marc Cherry, who she says assaulted her. In the $20 million lawsuit, Sheridan alleges that Cherry “took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head” after she raised questions about a script. Cherry says she complained to ABC, but she was ignored; shortly thereafter, Cherry killed her character off the show. The lawsuit also claims that when series star Teri Hatcher went over Cherry’s head with a complaint, he said, "I hope Teri Hatcher gets hit by a car and dies."
Read it at TMZ
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Xavier Labelle of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team attends a news conference in Las Vegas on June 19, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, John Locher
Humboldt Broncos player joins his hometown Saskatoon Blades as coaching assistant
One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash that killed 16 people has joined his hometown Western Hockey League team as an assistant to the coaches.
The Saskatoon Blades say in a news release that Xavier Labelle, who is 18, has joined the major junior team as a hockey operations assistant.
Labelle suffered a fractured skill, a concussion, internal bleeding and 20 broken bones on April 6 when a transport truck collided with the junior hockey team’s bus in Saskatchewan.
Ten of his teammates died, and he was one of the 13 who were injured.
The team says Labelle, who spent the past two seasons with the Broncos, had attended Blades training camp in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
He graduated from high school at the end of June and joined the Blades hockey operations staff prior to this year’s training camp in August.
It was initially thought that Labelle had died in the crash, but it turned out he had been mixed up with another player.
His family has said they hold no ill will about the error.
In the Blades news release, Labelle said he was approached by the team when he was still in hospital recovering from the crash.
“Of course, I jumped at the opportunity,” he said. “I thought it would be great to remain involved in the game. I never really thought about coaching but being here around the staff and seeing what goes into this side of a team, it’s definitely piqued my interest.”
The team says Labelle will start by helping coaches with reviewing game footage, but he’s expected to take on more responsibilities going forward.
“I just started thinking about the boy and what we could do for him, and how we could help him,” said Blades general manager Colin Priestner. “We discussed the different opportunities, where his comfort level was, and it became quite clear he wanted to remain involved in the hockey operations.”
The team says Labelle will also have a role in the Blades’ pre-game tribute to the Broncos in their home opener on Sept. 22.
Related: Humboldt Broncos emerge from tragedy
Related: Humboldt Broncos player released from hospital
Around the BCHL – Salmon Arm Silverback commits to Minnesota State
VIDEO: Day 2 of 55+ B.C. Games
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Television Who could fill the chair?
Anchors away
Who could fill the chair?
Lloyd Robertson is CTV's chief anchor and senior editor.
Andrew Ryan
Published July 9, 2010 Updated May 2, 2018
The departure of Lloyd Robertson from CTV National News leaves the anchor seat on Canada's most-watched newscast wide open. Who's likely to fill it? These could be the top contenders.
Lisa LaFlamme
The TV news veteran has subbed for Mr. Robertson regularly and put in years for CTV on Canada AM. She's also a strong reporter on live news events, as evinced in her recent work on CTV's coverage of the turbulence in downtown Toronto during the G20.
Seamus O'Regan
Sure, he's young (39), but the Canada AM host has the calm demeanour necessary for the anchor desk. He's also a very good interviewer and even played himself once on an episode of Corner Gas.
Along with Lloyd Robertson and CBC's Peter Mansbridge, he's regarded as one of the top news anchors in the country. Very accomplished on air and with extended stints on CBC, ABC and Global. Mr. Newman announced his own retirement from Global several weeks back, ostensibly to spend more time with his family. Gearing up for the big league?
A rock-solid reporter, Mr. Clark worked in CTV's China Bureau in the 1980s and was the first Canadian journalist to interview former U.S. president George W. Bush on television and put in his time as senior correspondent on W-Five. He's also got a terrific head of hair, in case that helps.
Sandie Rinaldo
Sturdy and poised, Ms. Rinaldo has been filling in for Lloyd Robertson, as well as doing weekend anchor duty, for three decades. At 60, she might not even want the job, but she's still at the top of her game: Several months back, she was the first TV journalist to predict the breakout success of Justin Bieber on a Canada AM report.
Peter Mansbridge, it's time to pimp the pate
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Canadian University Report Can you afford university?
Canadian University Report 2014: Financial
Can you afford university?
Munib Sajjad, president of the University of Toronto Students’ Union, on the St. George Campus: ‘University is getting very unaffordable.’
JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
MARLENE HABIB
Published October 22, 2013 Updated May 11, 2018
It's one of the biggest roadblocks to earning a university degree: affording the thousands, and sometimes tens of thousands, of dollars in tuition and other expenses.
For many students, going to university will mark the first time they are handling their own finances, and studies indicate it's one of the most stressful aspects of getting a postsecondary education.
For instance, 27 per cent of 1,018 Canadian postsecondary students polled in a Bank of Montreal online survey cited paying for school as their biggest worry, ahead of finding a job (22 per cent) and getting good marks (20 per cent). Fifty-eight per cent in the study released in August of 2012 expected to graduate with more than $20,000 in debt, with 21 per cent anticipating owing more than $40,000.
In the United States, a study of 1,802 parents and 800 undergraduate students released in July by loan company Sallie Mae says that since the recent recession, more college-bound students have eliminated certain schools and programs from their application lists based on cost.
Munib Sajjad, president of the University of Toronto Students' Union, says that's the case in Canada as well.
"University is getting very unaffordable, and it's getting worse and worse every year," says Sajjad, who is in his final year taking a double major in political science and history at Canada's largest university. He has about $36,000 in Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) loans alone.
As head of the student union, he does earn an annual salary of $28,000 for putting in a 60-hour work week, but he still expects to graduate in 2014 in a deep financial hole. Still, he doesn't regret working toward that degree.
"The opportunities I found while at university are really incomparable to the amount I have to pay.… But the debt really does scare many [potential university students] off.
"Some students may say they shouldn't go for it – so they go into private training colleges, which are cheaper. It's an unfortunate reality that students are being put into this choice about where to go and what to take."
Postsecondary school loan debt is also an issue for Canadian taxpayers. In March, the federal government said it plans to write off $173-million in unpaid student loans in the coming fiscal year, which would bring its three-year writeoff total to $716-million.
But university and financial experts say students can get a grasp on their education costs by answering these questions:
CAN I AFFORD UNIVERSITY?
The best way for students to determine whether they have the resources to attend university is to put together a plan and a detailed budget.
"You want to focus on your studies and not your bank account," says Mike Henry, Bank of Nova Scotia's senior vice-president of retail payments, deposits and lending. "A budget will tell you how much money is coming in, from a part-time job, paid internship, scholarships and bursaries, loans, compared to how much is going out." Students can use free online and mobile app tools including student budget calculators to get their heads around how much money is going to come in, go out and what everything is going to cost, he says. "Once you know that, you can begin to make some informed decisions."
Here are some national figures
• According to Statistics Canada, overall tuition in all university undergraduate programs in the 2012-13 school year averaged $5,581, up from $4,747 in 2008-09. In an arts and humanities program, for instance, tuition ranged from a low of $2,550 at Memorial University of Newfoundland to highs of $7,095 at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and $7,475 at Royal Roads University in British Columbia.
• Other annual university costs include administrative, athletic and other fees, student union dues, books and sundry costs (possibly $600 or more) and campus or off-campus housing (upward of $5,000).
• For 2013-14, a quick survey of what full-time students who live at home can expect to pay include: at the University of British Columbia, the arts program costs $4,794 in tuition, $889 in student fees and $2,000 in books and supplies; at Ottawa's Carleton University, tuition and ancillary fees cost anywhere from $6,613 to $9,780; at the University of Prince Edward Island, the faculty of arts program tuition is
$6,374 and students face at least $500 in fitness centre access, student union and other fees.
HOW SHOULD I PAY FOR SCHOOL?
Here are the main options
RESPs: Perhaps the most prominent postsecondary education savings vehicle recommended to parents is the Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). "When I was a new parent, my income wasn't as great and I had a car loan and a mortgage when we had our first child," says Janet Peddigrew, vice-president for mid-Western Ontario, Bank of Montreal, who has two children attending university. "But someone said to me, even if you only have $25 every two weeks from your pay to put into an RESP… that would give you $20,000 by the time your child goes to school."
RESPs are tax-sheltered, and the federal government kicks in some money – under the basic Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG), Ottawa contributes 20 per cent on every dollar of the first $2,500 you save in an RESP every year, up to $500 annually and $7,200 lifetime. Depending on income, a family can receive an extra 10 or 20 per cent on every dollar of the first $500 saved in an RESP, as well as other financial help. However, if a student doesn't attend postsecondary school, RESP money is returned to the parents minus any interest and government incentives, and students have to claim cashed-in RESPs as income, something that could result in them paying taxes if they are earning work income.
Loans: The 2012 BMO survey found nearly half of the students in the poll relied on loans, Peddigrew says. The federal and provincial governments all offer loans, and you usually don't have to start paying them back until six months after graduation (although interest starts accruing right after you leave school). Banks also offer special student lines of credit where only the interest, lower than a loan would generally be, would be paid monthly until well after a student graduates. Another advantage of a line of credit is you "use only the funds you need when you need them," potentially shaving interest charges, Henry says. Responsible borrowing can also help build good credit that will serve students well after graduation.
Work and work-study programs: Students increasingly find that they have to hold jobs, making it more important to practise time management, so that grades are kept up and burnout is avoided, Sajjad says. School work-study programs – part-time employment on campus offered to students in financial need – are one option. While students in work-study programs can develop career-related skills and experience, they are generally required to maintain their course loads.
Financial awards: Look for scholarships, grants and bursaries offered through community organizations, unions, companies, cultural groups and businesses. Universities offer entrance scholarships and honorariums for outstanding scholars, and school and government websites have links to awards available.
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A Yankees Day in the Life: Bernie Williams
One last time for the crowd, one last Yankees Day in the Life showcasing a dynasty Yankees member. One last time for the one that never got enough credit for his contributions throughout his career. One last time, Mr. Bernie Williams.
Labels: A Yankees Day in the Life, Bernie Williams, Core Four, Daniel Burch, Documentary, Dynasty, Dynasty Yankees, New York Yankees, Playoffs, Postseason, The Greedy Pinstripes, Videos, World Series, Youtube
A Yankees Day in the Life: Scott Brosius
Yes, I am still feeling nostalgic. Yes, I wondered what in the world the Yankees were doing when they acquired Scott Brosius to man third base for them during the dynasty year. Yes, I was wrong. No introduction needed, a Yankees Day in the Life: Scott Brosius Edition.
Labels: A Yankees Day in the Life, Brian Cashman, Daniel Burch, Documentary, Dynasty, Dynasty Yankees, New York Yankees, Playoffs, Postseason, Scott Brosius, The Greedy Pinstripes, Videos, World Series, Youtube
Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers 4/14
Saturday afternoon baseball has arrived as the New York Yankees made the trip to Detroit and Comerica Park to take on the Detroit Tigers. In the start this afternoon the Yankees will send Luis Cessa to the mound to face off with Francisco Liriano for the Tigers. The game will be played at 1:10 pm ET inside Comerica Park and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB Network. You can also follow along on MLB TV, with the MLB At-Bat app and by tuning into the Yankees radio broadcast on WFAN with the legendary John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman.
Follow us on Twitter, @GreedyStripes, and “Like” us on Facebook to keep up with us and the Baby Bombers all season long. Enjoy the game, spank Liriano, and go Yankees!
Labels: Aaron Boone, Comerica Park, Daniel Burch, Detroit Tigers, Domingo German, Francisco Liriano, Game Preview, John Sterling, Luis Cessa, MLB Network, New York Yankees, Suzyn Waldman, WFAN, YES Network
Saturday's Yankees-Tigers Game Rained Out...
Photo Credit: USA TODAY Sports (Raj Mehta)
Today's game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan has been postponed due to rain.
The game is tentatively scheduled to be made up tomorrow in a day/night doubleheader. However, rain is expected to continue in Detroit throughout the weekend so it's no sure thing that one or both games will be played on Sunday.
I guess the Rain Gods decided that we should be spared from a Luis Cessa start. Hopefully they'll get the games in tomorrow since the Yankees do not have any remaining trips to Detroit scheduled this season. Any makeups would require detours of other nearby road trips, with loss of days off.
If the Yankees are able to get Sunday's game in, the first game will start at 2:10 pm ET and the second game would start at 7:10 pm ET. The Yankees then have to be back in New York for a 6:35 pm ET game on Monday night against the Miami Marlins. Sleep, how needs friggin' sleep?...
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Making Easy Things Hard...
Photo Credit: New York Post (Corey Sipkin)
Yankees Able to Overcome Betances…
The Yankees won their game on Friday night but it was not without unnecessary drama. The Yankees thoroughly dominated the Detroit Tigers in all phases of the game, yet the Tigers had the go-ahead run at the plate in the bottom of the eighth, thanks to a mess created by Dellin Betances. Although he was able to get two outs in the inning, it was not before the Tigers had gotten five hits and three runs off him. Mercifully, Chad Green came in to get the final out against his former team, leaving two runners stranded, to help propel the Yankees to the 8-6 victory.
After the game, Manager Aaron Boone was very supportive of Betances. Betances felt he was throwing good pitches but the Tigers were hitting everything. Betances made the comment that if he picked up the rosin bag and threw it, it was going to be hit. If the delivery is correct and both the fastball and breaking pitches are working, we can only hope good results are right around the corner. We’ll see. It’s troublesome to watch the All-Star reliever struggle in key spots. Fortunately, it didn’t cost the Yankees a game last night, but Boone had to burn Chad Green on a night he didn’t want to.
Nice job by Aroldis Chapman who struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to earn his second save of the season.
The game was a much stronger outing for starter Jordan Montgomery. He pitched better than his final line, 6 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, no walks and 4 strikeouts, in picking up his first victory of the season.
The star of the game was Aaron Hicks. It was so fun to watch his inside-the-park home run in the second inning off Tigers starter and former Astro Mike Fiers. The ball hit by Hicks to right-center looked like it had the distance to go yard, but it careened off the wall and away from the Tigers outfielders. Gary Sanchez, who had doubled in the preceding at-bat, scored on the play, while Hicks came around and slid headfirst into home plate ahead of the throw with a huge grin on his face.
Photo Credit: Getty Images (Gregory Shamus)
Hicks added a traditional home run in the sixth inning to become the fifth Yankee hitter with a multi-home run game this year. This is an incredible accomplishment considering only fourteen games have been played. Plus, Aaron Judge has yet to join the multi-HR parade and you know it is only a matter of time. The way this season is going, Ronald Torreyes will probably be the next hitter to have a two home run game.
This weekend’s games against the Tigers are looking very questionable right now. The weather forecast calls for rain on both Saturday and Sunday. The Yankees do not make any further trips to Detroit this season so if either one of the next two games are postponed, it will create a schedule challenge for the makeup. Hopefully it doesn’t lead to a double-header tomorrow before the Yankees head for home.
I am not excited about the anticipated start today (weather-permitting) by Luis Cessa. I really prefer to see Cessa in limited relief appearances. But I guess the hand-writing was on the wall that he’d be the spot starter in place of the injured CC Sabathia when Domingo German pitched three innings in relief of Sonny Gray (very effectively, I might add) on Thursday. Hopefully, if they get the game in, Cessa will pitch much better than I expect. I’d love to see him prove me wrong. Sadly, he never seems to but today is a new day.
I hate to dwell on what could have been, but reading this morning’s sports page shows that Todd Frazier hit two home runs last night to help the New York Mets improve their record to 11-1 and Gerrit Cole of the Houston Astros struck out 14 batters for his third consecutive game with 10+ strikeouts. Cole would look really good in the Yankees rotation right now but it was not meant to be. I remain hopeful that GM Brian Cashman will deliver us something better by the trading deadline but the early results do not look good.
Photo Credit: Houston Chronicle (Karen Warren)
If the Yankees decide to promote top prospect Gleyber Torres next Thursday, they have very difficult roster decisions to make. The obvious move is to option Tyler Wade to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. At the start of the season, I thought that Ronald Torreyes was the most vulnerable potential roster casualty but the guy simply performs every time he is called upon. His versatility and ability to come into games with effective results after sitting on the bench for days makes him too valuable to lose. The only way I can see Torres and Wade on the active roster together would be through a trade of an active roster member (but who?). As I’ve said before, I’ll gladly take Torres over Wade any day of the week. It’s not that I don’t think Wade will be a good player, I just feel Gleyber will be a star. Not right away, but I am ready for the maturation process in the Majors for the young superstar-in-waiting.
Photo Credit: Associated Press (John Raoux)
It’s not my money but I’d cut bait with Jacoby Ellsbury. I know, that’s a lot of money down the drain but Ellsbury’s presence, when he comes back from the DL, is a hindrance. I know that he’s still a good player but I’d prefer to see him play elsewhere. Let him go back to Boston, even if we are paying the freight. I don’t really care at this point. I am done with Ellsbury.
Jace Peterson cleared waivers yesterday and was sent outright to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders so we may not have seen the last of the former Padre/Brave second baseman.
Another former Yankee made his return to the Yankees organization when Rule 5 draftee Nestor Cortes, Jr was offered back to the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles. The return of Cortes means that none of the players drafted from the Yankees in the Major League phase of last December’s Rule 5 Draft stuck with their new teams. I saw a story a few days ago that blamed misuse of Cortes by Orioles manager Buck Showalter for putting the young left-hander in a no-win situation. Cortes had yielded two grand slams within a week. Showalter said “If we could have gotten a little deeper into our games with starting pitching, I think I could have protected him more. But, we were forced into some things. I still think he’s got a chance to be a good pitcher.” When Baltimore had selected Cortes, they had high hopes that he’d make the starting rotation and felt that they had “stolen one” from the Yankees. It didn’t work out but we’re glad to see Cortes back in the Yankees family. Cortes will be assigned to Double-A Trenton where he’ll join the other Orioles Rule 5 returnee Jose Mesa, Jr.
Tyler Austin has appealed his five-game suspension. The appeal will most likely be heard early next week but the downside is that once Austin begins serving his suspension, he can’t be replaced on the roster so the Yankees will be a man down. Neil Walker would be the full-time starter at first, backed by Austin Romine. That’s dangerously thin for the Yankees, particuarly considering the team will soon embark on a very difficult stretch on the schedule.
Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter will not be coming to Yankee Stadium for the two game series between the Yankees and the Miami Marlins which starts on Monday. Jeter will make the trip to New York, but won’t travel to the Bronx to see the games in person at Yankee Stadium. Jeter told ESPN, “I went to a spring training game when we played New York, but it would be an awkward situation for me to actually go to Yankee Stadium. I’m just being honest with you guys, so that’s why I’m not going.” I saw a great twitter line yesterday that said Jeter decided to send Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees as his representative. Works for me.
Photo Credit: Getty Images (Michael Reaves)
Well, let’s hope the Rain Gods allow us to get in today’s game. Never a better time for a win than today.
Go Yankees!
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Labels: Aaron Boone, Aaron Hicks, Chad Green, Dellin Betances, Derek Jeter, Detroit, Gerrit Cole, Gleyber Torres, Jordan Montgomery, Luis Cessa, MLB, Nestor Cortes Jr, Ronald Torreyes, Tigers, Todd Frazier, Yankees
A Yankees Day in the Life: Tino Martinez
Good morning Yankees family. I woke up this morning feeling a little nostalgic this morning for whatever reason so I wanted to do things a little bit differently today, just because. I have been watching a lot of old games lately (well, clips from old games and not the entire game admittedly) as well as going through the TGP archives... I may or may not be looking to draw inspirations and ideas for a future, much larger, post here on the blog. Stay tuned for that, but until then let us take a look at what it is like to walk in the shoes of the man who, much like Didi Gregorius, replaced a Yankees legend. Like Didi replaced Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez replaced some guy named Don Mattingly back in 1996.
I have to admit Tino became my favorite Yankee immediately and stayed in the top spot for his entire tenure in the Bronx, so I am just as excited as you are to watch this documentary and video. Enjoy!!
Labels: A Yankees Day in the Life, Daniel Burch, Derek Jeter, Didi Gregorius, Documentary, Don Mattingly, New York Yankees, The Greedy Pinstripes, Tino Martinez, Videos, YES Network, YES on Demand, Youtube
Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers 4/14
The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers will continue their three-game set this weekend with the middle game of the series this afternoon in Detroit. The Yankees called up a pair of pitchers after losing CC Sabathia to a hip injury, Luis Cessa and Domingo German, and Aaron Boone had those two to decide from when deciding who would make this afternoon’s start. Boone ultimately decided that Luis Cessa would make the start this afternoon facing off with Francisco Liriano for the Tigers. Let’s get to it.
Cessa will make the start this afternoon over German, likely his only start with Sabathia expected back on Tuesday. Cessa has posted a 4.54 ERA in 73.3 innings as a Major League starter since coming over to the Yankees from the Detroit Tigers in December of 2015.
Liriano did not get a full spring training here in 2018, but he hasn’t show any affects of it thus far this season. Liriano had made two good starts for Detroit thus far in 2018 including his last start where he took a no-hitter into the fifth inning against the Cleveland Indians in an eventual 2-0 loss.
The game will be played at 1:10 pm ET inside Comerica Park in Detroit and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB Network. You can also follow along with the game on MLB TV, with the MLB At-Bat app or by tuning into the Yankees radio broadcast with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN.
Enjoy the game, even if it doesn’t mean we are going to be seeing Luis Cessa on the mound once again and go Yankees!!
Hello… Glenn Otto
Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday the 14th to all you lucky and fortunate souls that made it through the evil, bad Friday the 13th. Man, starting the weekend off with some sarcasm. Who would have thought?
Anyway, I wanted to touch on a young Yankees pitching prospect quickly that I think could be the next Chance Adams. The next college arm that the Yankees drafted as a relief pitcher and successfully transitioned into a starting pitcher because they saw something in the young man. His name is Glenn Otto and he was drafted by the New York Yankees out of Rice University. Otto was the Yankees fifth round pick, 152nd overall, in the 2017 MLB First Year Players Draft.
The thought of Otto being a starter isn’t really a new idea, he was a starter for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League in the summer after his freshman year and he also made two spot starts during his junior year at Rice, but it is a new idea for Otto as a professional. Otto has a starting pitcher’s build standing at 6-foot-4 and weighing in at 225 lbs. while possessing a mid-90s fastball that can touch 98-99 MPH. Otto also employs a hard knucklecurve that he throws in the low-80s as well as a developing changeup that New York sees as a viable third pitch.
Keep an eye out for Otto going forward as I truly believe he could be on the fast track to the Major Leagues as a starting pitcher. He could be the next Chance Adams, or he could be the next Jonathan Holder as well. Stay tuned.
Oh, and good morning my beautiful Kari Ann. I love you, enjoy your last Saturday of tax season and your much-deserved break when it is all over.
Labels: Chance Adams, Daniel Burch, Draft, Glenn Otto, Hello… Series, Jonathan Holder, MLB, MLB draft, New York Yankees, Prospects, Rice University, The Greedy Pinstripes, Yankees Draft, Yankees Prospects
This Day in New York Yankees History 4/14: Elston Howard Makes JFK Cry
On this day in 1967 21 year old left handed starting pitcher Billy Rohr is one out from pitching a no hitter in his Major League debut when Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch to ruin the no hit bid. The Red Sox would win the game 3-0 but will be forever remembered as the game that John F. Kennedy Jr. was caught crying by the dugout and being consoled by his mother, Jackie Kennedy, because the shot at immortality was lost.
On this day in 1955 Elston Howard, who would later be named the American League MVP in 1963, became the first black player to play for the Yankees. Howard was a nine time All Star and played in 54 World Series games compiling a career batting average of .274.
On this day in 1911 a fire broke out and destroyed much of the Polo Grounds, the home of the New York Giants. The New York Highlanders, now known as the Yankees, offered the Giants a place to play for six weeks. Temporary stands were made at the Polo Grounds and the Giants soon returned.
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Occupational therapy: 'Why I swapped a job in IT for a career helping others'
'Seeing the joy on someone's face when you help them overcome a day-to-day task is priceless'
• Seven social care careers you may not have considered
• Tips on how to change careers to go into social care
Marvin Reid
Wed 23 Jul 2014 02.00 EDT First published on Wed 23 Jul 2014 02.00 EDT
'After speaking to a friend who worked in occupational therapy, I knew that this was the right path for me.'
Marvin Reid talks about life as an occupational therapist and why he decided to swap a job in IT sales for a career helping others.
As I was approaching 30, I knew that my job in IT sales wasn't fulfilling enough. It was well paid but I wasn't getting a sense of satisfaction. After speaking to a friend who worked in occupational therapy and listening to her stories of helping improve people's lives, I knew that this was the right path for me.
I was particularly passionate about psychology and anatomy so assessing people's physical and psychological needs, and coming up with solutions that helped the sick, elderly or disabled live life the way they wanted, really appealed to me. Whether that meant adapting their home or finding ways to overcome everyday challenges such as washing or eating, it was a chance to make a difference to someone's quality of life and help them regain their independence.
So I quit my IT job and, because I had no A-levels, enrolled on an access course for a year which enabled me to go on to do a three-year occupational therapy degree.
A lot of people already established in their careers are put off by the thought of retraining but occupational therapy attracts a lot of mature students, including myself, in their 30s, 40s and 50s. It's a career well suited to people with life experience.
As a profession centred around helping people overcome life challenges, it's an advantage if you've had to face some hurdles of your own. You'll be able to empathise and understand that person's needs better. Occupational therapists work with a range of people. From cancer patients to people with mental health problems, to stroke survivors and individuals with spinal cord injury, if you're able to put yourself in the patient's shoes then you're more likely to come up with the best solution for them.
It's all about understanding what the patient wants to achieve to improve their quality of life and to regain independence. This often requires thinking outside of the box, which is why we're referred to as great problem solvers.
However, while helping people can be very rewarding, it also comes with its challenges. Working with sick or injured patients can at times be emotional and upsetting. The pressure of the role is also high due to a lack of therapists on the ground.
But, if you can learn to be resilient to the challenges that the profession throws at you then you will benefit from the rewards that the job offers. The joy on someone's face when you help them overcome a day-to-day task which most of us take for granted, such as brushing your hair or walking down the stairs, is priceless.
The best way to see if you're suited to occupational therapy is to gain on the ground experience. Classroom training is of course valuable but it can only teach you so much. It's not until you're with patients, dealing with real life day-to-day cases, can you really appreciate the job. Before I started my course I shadowed an occupational therapist, which you can arrange by calling the local hospital or social services.
Gain as much work experience as possible during your studies too as this will put you at an advantage when you graduate, as well as prepare you for when you're in the job. It is still a very competitive industry so if you're not having any luck finding work after qualifying then a good route into employment is to start out as an occupational therapist assistant or by temping.
As a locum, using a specialist recruitment agency helps me find regular work in the UK – or overseas if I ever wanted to make the leap. Contracting means I benefit from the variety of work that occupational therapy offers, from adapting property to rehabilitating people back to independence into the community. But therapists are also needed in education and the prison services, as well as the NHS and social services.
The sky is pretty much the limit when working in occupational therapy. Therapists can work up to management positions or become independent, private consultants. They can work in the UK, overseas or as a volunteer in third world countries. It's an invigorating and varied career which certainly isn't for the feint hearted, but if you want a job which makes a difference then occupational therapy could be for you.
Marvin Reid is an occupational therapist in community rehab, working as a contractor through Sugarman recruitment.
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Saturday interview
Harry Enfield: 'I don't like doing me'
His characters were once the talk of every office and school yard. Then Harry Enfield disappeared. He didn't want to do quiz shows, his writing stalled. Now he's back doing what he does best: other people
Simon Hattenstone
Fri 24 Sep 2010 19.06 EDT First published on Fri 24 Sep 2010 19.06 EDT
Harry Enfield: 'We're just doing stuff for people who don't watch much comedy'. Graeme Robertson for the Guardian
Where did Harry Enfield go? In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was omnipresent. Forget his fellow Saturday Night Live stars Ben Elton, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, it was Enfield who defined the era. His character Loadsamoney became the signature tune, or supreme critique, of Thatcherism – depending on your perspective. Kelvin MacKenzie and the Sun adored the flashy plasterer, meant by Enfield as a parody – while Margaret Thatcher used the catchphrase to counter accusations she had created a greed-is-good culture, saying, "We are not a loadsamoney economy." So many of Enfield's creations became household names – the parody DJs Smashie and Nicey, acne-ridden lisper Tory Boy (part based on a young William Hague), upper class twit Tim Nice-But-Dim, the Scousers, Stavros the Greek kebab shop owner, and teenage losers Kevin and Perry (who went on to become film stars in their own right). And then Enfield disappeared.
As Laurie became an unlikely Hollywood hero and Fry and Elton branched out to become one-man industries, Enfield was invisible for most of the noughties. Then, in 2007, he returned with his old friend Paul Whitehouse in a sketch show with new characters – balder, greyer and thinner than we remembered him. Now at 49, Enfield is back with a third series of Harry and Paul. Typically for Enfield, it has not been without its problems.
We meet at the office of another of Enfield's old friends, the writer and film-maker Richard Curtis. The office, in London's Notting Hill, is flush with the trappings of Curtis's success. The walls are lined with framed photographs of the gorgeous and the famous, from Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow, to Bono and Hugh Grant. Look close enough and you'll even spot a picture of Enfield surfing in the sun, back in the day.
So what happened – did he walk out on fame, or did fame walk out on him?
A bit of both, he says. It was the new millennium, and he wanted a change. He was knackered, didn't feel funny any more, and had a young family to take up his time. "I was happy just being at home looking after the kids. There was always plenty to do, and I didn't feel like doing any telly."
Was he getting lots of offers at the time? "No." He smiles. "No."
Perhaps more than anyone, it was Ricky Gervais who did for him. "It was the time The Office had come out and it was so good, so accurate and I just thought, it makes me look unbearably uncool going round doing stupid characters. And a lot of people started aping The Office, doing things with no jokes. And I couldn't really think of a no-jokes sitcom so I just thought, well, I'm washed up." He says it all with such equanimity. Enfield's got a pleasant, malleable face, and he's lugubrious in the cheeriest of ways.
He did try to reinvent himself as a screenwriter, but that didn't work out either. He wrote two romcoms, neither of which have been made. As we're talking, I'm staring at a photo of Richard Curtis. Why didn't you get him to help, I say. "Well, he makes successful films." Couldn't he have made yours successful? "It's not the way it works, is it. The problem is, I'm not well known enough. I wanted to direct it, but I couldn't really get a cast. You need Hugh Grant if it's English. I sent one of the scripts to Hugh, who I know vaguely, and he played me for about two years. He would not say no. He said he liked it, 'But I don't want to act.' That's what he always says. Then I gave up on it." So you dumped him? "No! I haven't dumped him. If he phoned up tomorrow..."
Actually, Enfield says, it wasn't simply that he didn't want to do comedy; when he did it, it wasn't good enough. In 2000, just as he was completing the Kevin and Perry film, he made a series for Sky. It was called Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show, and that's what the critics gave it. A spanking. Deservedly so, says Enfield. "I didn't think anybody would see it because it was on Sky. I've seen a bit of it recently, and it's got some really good characters in it, but they're all over the top, because I didn't have time to learn it. So I'm panicking trying to learn the words. I'm loud and shouty, and it's just painful."
Did he allow it to go out like that because it was for Sky? "Yeah. Yeah, definitely." And if it had been for the BBC? "I wouldn't have accepted the series. At the time I was just interested in editing Kevin and Perry, so I was not there in my head."
Enfield's diffidence can be surprising. As a young man, studying politics at York university, people thought he was an arrogant git, "because I always wore a suit and never smiled". And he was, he says. He'd come from a fairly posh background – his family was sufficiently lofty for Virginia Woolf to refer dismissively to his grandparents in her memoirs ("I would rather be dead in a field than have tea with the Enfields"). His grandmother was a leading communist, his father, Edward, a Labour voter and assistant director of education for West Sussex (before piggybacking on his son's success to become a well known broadcaster in his own right) while Enfield has always been a bit of a political maverick – liberal with a smattering of Catholic conservatism (though he's pretty much had it with God), and libertarianism (he loves a good hunt).
After Labour came to power, he was one of the famous faces Tony Blair invited to Downing Street to celebrate the new dawn, and he had a set-to with Peter Mandelson. "There had been a poll in a paper, and he'd come out as the least popular member of the government. I just said, 'Well, you're credited with getting Labour in by making them more popular, so by your own logic you should fall on your own sword.' And he just looked at me and said 'Why don't you go and tell the prime minister that?' So I did."
Enfield recently bumped into Mandelson. "He said 'I remember you, you came up to me at a party and said, 'You are the most loathsome creature that has ever crawled upon the earth, I despise every fibre of your body.' I said, 'I never said anything like that.' It's brilliant isn't it? It's clearly what he thinks of himself."
Enfield is hard to pigeon hole – so often self-effacing, sometimes brilliantly assertive. Maybe this is why he appealed to such a wide range of people in his heyday. While Ben Elton and the alternative comics were largely for the students, Enfield also carried along the working class and the older generations who had been brought up on Dick Emery and Stanley Baxter.
He established himself gradually on the comedy circuit – gigging at Edinburgh, doing voices on Spitting Image (Jimmy Greaves, David Steel), creating his characters on Saturday Night Live, and then his own BBC show.
When he started out he was so calculated, he says. "I thought, I want the biggest audience possible so I need to get catchphrases, because kids control the telly – that's when we all only had one telly. And then I thought, once I've got the kids, I'll put something in for the older people – we'll do the DJs, that's probably a bit more highbrow." It worked a treat.
But even in the early days he had an uneasy relationship with fame. He would tell himself that it wasn't him being stopped in the street, it was his characters. While many of his contemporaries milked the TV quiz show circuit to boost their profiles, on the rare occasions Enfield appeared as himself he didn't enjoy it. "I don't like doing me. I make a product. It could be Maltesers or Rolos, but it happens to be comedy – and you don't know who makes your Maltesers do you?"
Oh come on, everyone knew you in your heyday. "Probably at the time," he concedes reluctantly. "Then, of course, you have to do loads of interviews. It's like what happened to Lily [Allen] when she got famous..." For three years Enfield lived with Allen's mother, Alison Owen, and became "common-law step dad" to her children. "Suddenly Lily's bloody everywhere and she's doing every bloody interview, because you're told to. You're young and you do it. It's only later you get a bit savvy."
So did he advise Lily to keep her counsel? "Yeah." Does he find it strange that he is asked more about Lily than he is about the three children he has with his wife Lucy? "No, it's good. I don't want my kids talked about. It's one of the reasons I thought that if I could just make a go of being a writer, that would be good, because I don't really want my kids growing up with me famous."
In his mid-30s, while still a TV regular, he got depressed. He was doing well enough, but felt creatively blocked. "I found it quite hard coming up with stuff, didn't know what else I wanted to do, and didn't seem to be moving forward." He smiles. "Then I resigned myself to never moving forward." The trouble is, he says, he gets bored with his creations. He likes to kill them off quickly. Even Loadsamoney, who seemed to be around forever, only appeared 10 times on Saturday Night Live.
Was he aware of his old friends diversifying and achieving more? "Yeah!" he says generously. "Look at how successful Richard [Curtis] and Hugh [Laurie] have become. They're amazing." Perhaps he didn't have the hunger of, say, Elton, who has always seemed phenomenally ambitious.
"As are Hugh and Richard actually."
Did he ever think he could knock out a novel or two? "No, I can't write a novel. I don't have a story. I can't write a sitcom."
He was convinced he was done for, until Little Britain and Catherine Tate came along and revitalised the sketch show format. "Little Britain happened and it was so deliciously uncool." In what way? "It was just like panto – just characters with silly catchphrases, going back to the old days and dressing up as women, puke and all that stuff."
By now, he felt he had regained his sense of humour, and approached the BBC. "So I said to Peter Fincham, who was then at the BBC, I'd like to do a show, and he said 'Well I think you're a bit too old and washed up.'"
Didn't that make him feel crap? "No, I completely understood where he was coming from. You've got no profile, you haven't been around for years, should you be doing it at your age?" He pleaded for a chance, went away and devised new material with the help of Whitehouse.
They then returned to the BBC for an audition. "Peter said he would do it, but it wasn't going to be my show because Paul had a better profile now, so it had to be a joint show."
This time round it's different, he says. Sod the mass ratings, they're doing it for themselves. There's a nostalgic feel to the show – with lots of references to Cassius Clay and On The Buses. One sketch features the Beatles, with white hair and walking sticks.
"We're just doing stuff for people who don't watch much comedy, but might like us." People who used to watch comedy? "Yeah, when they were younger. There's a whole generation of us who secretly think, wouldn't it be nice if the Beatles had not taken any drugs and were still loveable people in a Dick Lester film."
Despite his enthusiasm, Enfield will never be his own best publicist. He admits he is already bored with some of the characters. "I get bored far more quickly than Paul does. Once Paul does it he loves it and wants to do more, and I just think I've done it. I didn't want to do any of the old stuff in this series, and he was going, 'No, you've got to do that character it's popular.'"
Then there is the matter of ratings. They weren't great for the first two series. "The new head of BBC1, Jay Hunt, got us in and said, 'I think it's the best show you've ever done, fantastic, but we're reviewing having sketch shows on BBC1.' So I said, 'Are we going to be fired?' And she said 'No no no no.' Then BBC2 said, we think you should come to us … I think they're probably right."
"The way I see it is this," he says, with a new-found positivity, "we were on BBC1 and now we're on BBC2, so we've been promoted from the premiership to the championship."
Harry and Paul starts on 27 September, BBC2, 9.30pm
Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield: 'I can't get out of bed if I've got to do the same thing over and over again'
The comedian Harry Enfield has killed off almost as many characters as he has created. His latest project sounds like the strangest yet: a film his next-door neighbour asked him to appear in – in exchange for a baked potato
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Extreme right emerges as strong force in Austria
• Haider triples share of votes for breakaway group
• Early election brings worst results for main parties
Ian Traynor, Europe editor
Sun 28 Sep 2008 19.01 EDT First published on Sun 28 Sep 2008 19.01 EDT
Heinz Christian Strache, the leader of the Freedom party, has been associated with neo-Nazi militants who deny the holocaust. Photograph: Helmut Fohringer/EPA
Austria was shaken by a political earthquake yesterday when the neo-fascist right emerged from a general election as a contender to be the strongest political force in the country for the first time.
The combined forces of the extreme right took 29% of the vote, with Jörg Haider almost tripling the share of his breakaway Movement for Austria's Future to 11%, while his successor as Freedom party leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, saw his party soar to 18%.
The far right's vote doubled compared with the last election in 2006, putting it within less than a point of overtaking the poll victor, the social democrats.
The two big parties, which have run Austria since the second world war, slumped to their worst ever election toll. The Christian democrats (ÖVP), fared particularly poorly at around 26%, down 8%. The social democrats (SPÖ), under a new leader, Werner Faymann, took around 30% and laid claim to the chancellorship.
The early election was triggered by the collapse in June of the coalition of social and Christian democrats after only 18 months. The extreme-right profited from popular disillusion with the two big parties, which took months to form a "grand coalition" in 2006 and then spent the next 18 months paralysed by internal bickering. The same situation may repeat itself now, with both parties under different leaders and struggling to justify legitimacy.
Faymann, the likely new chancellor, is a 48-year-old from Vienna, who was supported by the main rightwing and fiercely anti-EU tabloid, Kronenzeitung, after he promised to put new EU treaties to a referendum in a country that matches Britain in Euro-scepticism.
The far-right triumph was greater than its breakthrough in 1999 when Haider's Freedom party came second in a general election with 27% of the vote and entered government, sparking a crisis that saw Austria isolated internationally.
Strache, who has been associated with neo-Nazi militants who deny the Holocaust, according to a court ruling, and who wants a new government ministry created to manage the deportation of immigrants, wound up his campaign at the weekend by calling Muslim women who wear the burqa "female ninjas".
He talked of east European immigrants to Vienna as "European brothers who don't want to be Islamised", while another of his party leaders reminisced about the days when the kiosks on Vienna's squares sold sausage and wiener schnitzel, rather than "the kebab joints selling falafel and couscous, or whatever you call that stuff".
Last night Strache said he should be the new chancellor. "Today, we are the winners of election night," he said.
The only realistic options for forming a viable grouping are for another grand coalition or for Faymann to contemplate a coalition with Strache, a Viennese former dental technician who has supplanted Haider as the national extreme-right leader. Senior social democrats said last night that they would not collaborate with the Freedom party. Any such move would trigger a deeper crisis within the SPÖ.
Despite mustering around 30% of the vote between them, Strache and Haider are sworn enemies and are unlikely to be able to work together. Both men are fierce critics of the EU.
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Albrecht, Richard
Interview 205a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, pharmacist and former Diboll School Board member Richard Albrecht discusses his tenure on the school board and the major issues of his day. The interview concentrates on the desegregation and integration of Diboll's schools and Mr. Albrecht discusses his reasons for running for school board, his interactions with the other board members and school administrators, as well as community members during the integration process.
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Interview 001a: In this 1976 interview with Marge Shepherd, Ben Anthony remembers life as a real estate agent in Beverly Hills, California and his interactions with movie stars Jack Benny, Will Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck. He also mentions his accomplishments as a shooter.
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Interview 38a : In this lengthy interview with Megan Lamber and An Sweeny, Inez Thompson Asher reminisces about living in Fastrill as a child. She remembers the houses, the people who lived there, the boarding house, the school, swimming in the Neches, and shopping in the commissary. Mrs. Thompson compares her years in Fastrill, Diboll, and Houston and recalls the Great Depression in Fastrill. She had a happy childhood and remembers Fastrill with fondness.
Ashworth, Wesley
Interview 41a : Life-long Angelina County native and long-time Southern Pine Lumber Company employee Wesley Ashworth recalls how life in Diboll changed from 1922 to 1984. He remembers the Great Depression, the burning of the box factory, the changes Arthur Temple, Jr. made to Diboll when he came to town in 1948, and how Diboll has evolved from small sawmill town with dirt roads to a real city. For the most part, he approves of the changes to his home town and looks back with great happiness when recalling his over 48 years of service to Southern Pine Lumber Company.
Baker, Bobby R.
Interview 168a : A 1965 graduate of Diboll High School, Bobby Baker tells interviewer Becky Donahoe of his career in public education as part of Donahoe's project of interviewing superintendents of Diboll Independent School District. Baker discusses his experiences as a life-long educator, including teaching, coaching, and administrating in East Texas public schools, including Lufkin, Diboll, Central, and Hemphill. Focusing on his Diboll years, Baker discusses a number of education subjects including student population growth as well as decline, capital improvements, campus relocation, working with school boards, evolving student population ethnicities, financial management, and standardized testing. Baker also shares biographical insight, including his Christian faith.
Baker, Marvin
Interview 66a : In this interview with Sandra Ingram, Marvin Baker reminisces about the Baker and Fairchild family histories, attending school in Burke, helping his mother after the death of his father, and farming. He also discusses his time reforesting areas of East Texas with the C.C.C. during the Great Depression.
Ballenger, Dewey
Interview 32a : Dewey Ballenger reminisces about life in Burke and Diboll from the beginning of the 20th century. He remembers Diboll's saloons, his mother's boarding house, riding the train, Emporia, Ryan's Chapel, the Calaboose, the Jail, and Jay Boren. He worked for Southern Pine Lumber Company for his entire career and watched as Diboll and the company changed. He also recalls the Methodist and Baptist churches, Clyde Thompson, and Mr. H.G. Temple.
Interview 32b : In this interview Dewey Ballenger reminisces about his years working for Southern Pine Lumber Company, especially Mills One, Two, and Three. He remembers the company's executives and their leadership styles: T.L.L. Temple, Arthur Temple, Jr., Watson Walker, H.G. Temple, and Clyde Thompson. He also recalls his mother's boarding house, The Beanery, living through the Depression, the Baptist Church, and the Methodist Church.
Beale, Arthur C. “Pat”
Interview 52a : In this interview with Sheila Billingsley, former firebrick salesman Arthur C. Beale remembers his time as a salesman calling on the forest products industry in East Texas. Mr. Beale sold firebricks, primarily for kilns, to Kurth mills and to the Temple mills in Diboll. He explains the use of firebricks and kilns and details the process of manufacturing lumber, from raw tree to finished product.
Beck, Gene
258a: In this interview with Carolyn Elmore, longtime Temple employees Dorothy Birdwell, J.D. Johnson, Yvonne Lewis, and Gene Beck reminisce about their career with Temple and the companies that preceded it. They talk particularly about the offices that were moved to Diboll after the merger with Time, Inc., including tax offices and land and timber offices in Hemphill and Jasper, former offices of Southwestern Settlement and Development and Houston Oil Company.
Beidleman, Beula
Interview 3a : Diboll Assistant Librarian Beulah Beidleman tells interviewer Becky Bailey about life during the Depression in Crowell, Texas and New London, Texas. She recalls the hard times, the way her family made ends meet, and the relief when she and her husband found steady jobs. The New London oil fields provided both hard times and work and she remembers the New London School explosion as well. She and her husband did not receive any poor relief during the Depression, but they did benefit from a small business loan.
Birdwell, Dorothy
Boatwright, Celia Ann Sippio
Interview 237a : In this interview with R.L. Kuykendall and Rev. Bettie Kennedy, Celia Ann Sippio Boatwright reminisces about growing up as an African American girl in segregated Lufkin and Trinity County. She talks about her work in the church and the girls she mentored there. She also discusses the differences in child raising styles in the past and present days and her opinions on the children of the present day and their discipline problems.
Booker, John
Interview 175a: In this short interview with Carolyn Elmore, John Booker discusses the layout of the Scrappin’ Valley clubhouse and the types of parties that were held there. He talks about hunting starting in the 1970’s and how company officials would entertain local officials and customers.
Booker, John O. Jr.
Interview 224a : In this extensive interview with Jonathan Gerland, East Texas native John O. Booker, Jr. reminisces about his life in East Texas and his time as a Prisoner of War in World War II. Mr. Booker speaks about growing up in Lufkin, his family's experiences in Diboll and Lufkin, and going to Lufkin schools. He also recalls his time at Texas A&M University, which led him to the Army Air Corps, where he became a pilot. He tells about flight training and the treacherous journey across the Atlantic, as well as about his missions over Germany. Shot down over Holland near the end of his tour, Mr. Booker was rescued by Dutch civilians, but was betrayed by his guide that was supposed to take him to Belgium and then France. The Germans took him to Amsterdam for interrogation and then he became a POW at Stalag Luft 1 near the Baltic Sea in Germany, from the Fall of 1943 until the Russians drove out the Germans in Spring 1945. After the war, Mr. Booker returned to East Texas, where he became an engineer for Southern Pine Lumber Company in Diboll. He worked on infrastructure projects in Diboll for several years and then moved to Pineland. He worked on infrastructure projects in Pineland at the mills and in the city and eventually became mayor, a post he held for 21 years.
Interview 224b: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, John Booker, Jr. reminisces about his time building roads and bridges at Boggy Slough and tells stories about his family’s interactions with those who lived and worked there. Looking at 1926 and 1951 maps of the area, Mr. Booker talks about the landscape, the bodies of water and how they were dammed, and discusses the process for building roads through the forests. He mentions Charlie Harber, Arthur Temple, Jr., J.J. Ray, the Silvers Family, and Don Kenley. Mr. Gerland asks him about Black Cat Lake, cattle ranching, pasture riders, and the cowboys who once lived there.
Breazeale, Nannie
Interview 150a : In this interview with Clara Breazeale, Nanny Breazeale reminisces about life in Alcedo, a Southern Pine Lumber Company logging camp. She remembers the boxcar houses, the outhouses, church, school, commissary, Dr. Evans, and Mrs. Bonner's boarding house.
Interview 150b : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Nannie Breazeale reminisces about Mrs. Fannie Farrington, the Diboll commissary, living at the Alcedo logging camp, swimming in the Neches River, picking cotton in West Texas, and working at the Diboll box factory. Mrs. Breazeale remembers the 1946 box factory fire and the speculation that it was related to union activities.
Brown, Reggie
Interview 250a : In this panel interview at a meeting of the Angelina County Historical Commission, Reverend Bettie Kennedy interviews alumni of Dunbar, Lufkin's African American high school. The panel included Willie Mae Burley, Lacy Chimney, Dr. Odis Rhodes, I.D. Henderson, Ellis Carrington, Sr., Charles Carrington, Ellis Carrington, Jr., and Reggie Brown. They discuss attending school and teaching school during segregation in Lufkin, the challenges and rewards of the segregated schools, and the differences once racial integration started. Mr. R.L. Kuykendall also speaks about the Dunbar trophies. Mr. Reggie Brown of Baytown then speaks about his position as a member of the Baytown Historical Association and his work with the T.J. Ford Foundation and their efforts to get Texas U.I.L to recognize the accomplishments of the segregation black schools. He talks about their efforts to recognize alumni all over the state, including East Texas.
Bullock, Margaret Rogers
Interview 77a : Dana Copes Rogers and her daughter Margaret Rogers Bullock, descendants of the Copes family that owned the land that would later become Diboll, tell their memories of Copes family history and life in Diboll at the beginning of the 20th Century. Mrs. Rogers recalls her parents, attending church and school, Mable and Asenath Phelps, Copestown, and working for Franklin Farrington at the Diboll Post Office. Her husband worked in several drug stores in Diboll and Pineland before opening his own stores in Hemphill and Lufkin.
Burke, Ward
Interview 82a : Ward Burke reminisces about his personal history and his dealings with the Temple Foundation. He recalls assisting, as a lawyer, Arthur Temple and Temple Webber through all of the legalities of building up the Southern Pine Lumber Company. He also talks about mergers, liquor sale restrictions, and the effects of the Great Depression. Also mentioned are: Arthur Temple, Jr., Temple Webber, Arthur Lee Burke, Phillip M. Leach, and Georgie Temple Munz.
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Burkhalter, Beatrice
Interview 4a : Mrs. Beatrice Burkhalter reminisces about life in Diboll in the 1920s through the 1940s in this interview with Rebecca Bailey. A longtime educator, Mrs. Burkhalter talks about being a widow and single mother in the 1930s, attending college and working while mothering her son in an effort to earn a teaching certificate. She came to Diboll as a teacher in 1937 and eventually finished her bachelors degree in 1939. In addition to her teaching memories, Mrs. Burkhalter recalls the Depression, the beginnings of Social Security and the Teacher Retirement System, entertainment as a teenager, and Weeks family genealogy.
Interview 18b : In this group interview, Becky Bailey interviews Neil Pickett about his time as the Federal Housing Administration Director in Houston and his efforts to bring affordable public housing to Diboll, particularly the Walter Allen addition. He discusses the procedures for getting FHA loans and Mr. Arthur Temple's involvement in the large projects in Diboll, now owned by the Diboll Housing Authority. Beatrice Burkhalter, Fenner Roth, and Herbert Weeks also contributed to the interview
Interview 4b : Long-time Diboll resident and educator Beatrice Burkhalter reminisces for Sherri Sheridan about her school days in early Diboll. She recalls the separation of boys and girls, the 2 person desks, and that many of the wealthier families sent their children away for the last several years of their education. Mrs. Burkhalter recalled some of the pranks boys would play on the teachers and the long school days with long recesses. She was in the Diboll High School graduating class of 1922, the first class to graduate from Diboll.
Interview 4c : Long-time Diboll resident and educator Beatrice Burkhalter answers questions about Coan and Weeks family history and genealogy and remembers her early life. Her family moved around Texas and Louisiana before settling in Diboll, where her father worked in the sawmill and then for the Texas Southeastern Railroad. She recalls details about children lives in the early 20th century their chores and games in particular. She also talks about home remedies that families relied on in the absence of reliable medical care, such as asafetida, sulfa and grease, and castor oil.
Burkhalter, Vernon
Interview 85a : Longtime Temple employee Vernon Burkhalter reminisces about life in Diboll through the years. After growing up in Diboll as the son of a local teacher, Mr. Burkhalter worked his way up through the Company ranks as Personnel Director. He talks about growing up and starting work and then recalls all of the changes that have occurred in the company and the lumber industry. He is very complimentary of Arthur Temple, Jr. and Joe Denman and other company executives and credits the company's culture and management for balancing the respect for longtime employees and their knowledge with the need to mechanize and change processes and mentalities with the times.
Interview 85b : In an interview with Todd Kellam, Vernon Burkhalter reminisces about growing up in Diboll, going to school, hunting, fishing, and harvesting mayhaws. He also remembers working for Southern Pine Lumber Company during the summers while in high school, cleaning out ditches, cutting weeds, and painting fences. He compares the lives of teenagers today with life when he was in high school and notes positive and negative changes.
Burley, Willie Mae
Bush, E. H. Jr. “Buddy”
Interview 155a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, E.H. "Buddy" Bush, Jr. reminisces about growing up in Diboll and Newton and Lufkin and working for Temple-White, TexLam, and Deep East Texas Council of Governments. He talks about the Believe It Or Not Cafe, working for Paul Durham as photographer and film developer at The Free Press, and running Buddy's Cash Only store.
Bush, E.H. Sr.
Interview 035a: In this interview, former Diboll schoolteacher and Superintendent E. H. Bush, Sr. and former teacher Fenner Roth reminisce about teaching school in Diboll during the 1930’s. They talk about discipline problems, dealing with the Great Depression, teacher and superintendent’s pay, and the heavy workload. Mr. Bush tells stories about disciplining students, coaching the basketball and baseball teams, and trying to keep the hogs away from the children as they ate lunch.
Byrd, Margie Lee Lacy
Interview 241a : In this short self-interview, Margie Lee Lacy Byrd reminisces about taking the train from Lufkin, stopping in the Lacy settlement, which was named for her great-grandfather, Elmer Lacy. She also describes the process to flag down the train so it would stop in Lacy for passengers. Her grandfather, Elmer Lacy, Jr. and her father, Raymond Lacy, both worked for the railroad.
Cade, Harold
Interview 202a : In this telephone interview with Patsy Colbert, Harold Cade reminisces about growing up in Diboll during segregation and attending Diboll's segregated black school. A 1944 graduate of H.G. Temple School, Mr. Cade joined the military and studied at Prairie View A&M University before becoming a life-long educator in other areas of Texas, particularly in cities along the south Texas Coast.
Callager, Emma Jones
Interview 234a : In this interview in front of an audience at the Pinewood Park Apartments with Dickie Dixon and Reverend Bettie Kennedy, Emma Jones Callager talks about her childhood going to school in Lufkin, her experiences with her Ingram family relatives, and her work at her church, Long Chapel CME Church in Lufkin. She also discusses the Black church choirs, the years she spent teaching, her daycare center, Manning and Ewing schools, and her travels. She particularly mentions Will Ingram and several houses he built, the Hackneys, and other African American community leaders during segregation.
Campbell, Gary
Interview 146a : In this interview with Becky Bailey, Diboll Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Gary Campbell talks about his teaching career in various East Texas and Houston area schools and then his progression to the position of Superintendent of Diboll. He talks about the need to work with the teachers, principals, and school board to raise the district's test scores, to update the curriculum and facilities, and utilize the district's money in a way that will benefit the students and teachers. He is especially excited about technology and computer upgrades for the classrooms.
Capps, Billie Jean
Interview 193a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, long-time Diboll teacher Billie Jean Capps reminisces about her 38 years in local education. The interview focuses on the integration of Diboll's schools, and Mrs. Capps discusses her experiences as an elementary teacher during that process. Mrs. Capps talks about Mr. Pate and the other administrator, the details involved with combining classes and teachers, and the attitudes of fellow teachers and parents. She mentions Odyessa Wallace and the Masseys, Valerie Anderson, and Odyessa Bray. Mrs. Capps grew up in the area and graduated from Diboll High School, and offers the perspective of someone who as observed the local schools as a student, teacher, and parent.
Capps, Jewel
Interview 65a : In this interview with her granddaughter-in-law Billie Jean Capps, Mrs. Jewel Capps recalls life in Angelina County from the beginning of the 20th Century. She reminisces about taking care of her siblings, washing clothes outside by the creek, killing and preserving hogs, recreation, school, and discipline.
Capps, Marshall
Interview 189a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, long-time Diboll Independent School District board member Marshall Capps reminisces about his 12-year tenure on the board, including the years of integration. Mr. Capps began his school board position when the Beulah Common School District consolidated with Diboll in 1962. Shortly thereafter, the Diboll board began the integration process with a Freedom of Choice plan. Mr. Capps remembers it to be a relatively painless process in which the board recognized that desegregation would happen and wanted to control the process in their town.
Capps, Shannon
Interview 129a: The following text is not an interview, but commentary accompanying a slide presentation given by Shannon Capps. She describes historical photos of Diboll and then introduces Diboll citizens who tell their memories on various subjects such as housing conditions, schools, recreation, buildings, and the changes in the town over the years. Those giving their memories include Clyde Thompson, Dixie Cook, Willie Massey, O.W. Harrison, Geneva Sides Ard, Dewey Wolf, Jack Webb, Dale Grantham, Ruth Poland, and Opal Franks.
Carr, Earl
Interview 106a : In this interview with student Billy Kujala, Earl Carr recalls going to school in Diboll in the 1940s and 1950s. He talks about his teachers Mrs. Dixie Cook and Mrs. Beatrice Burkhalter, walking to and from school, his favorite subjects, and what he remembers of World War II and the Korean War as a child. He also touches on the differences between schools in the 1940s and the 1980s.
Carrington, Charles
Carrington, Ellis Sr.
Interview 244a : In this interview with R.L. Kuykendall, Ellis Carrington, Sr., reminisces about his life as an African American man in Lufkin, Texas from 1922 to 2002. Mr. Carrington recalls going to school at Dunbar High School, quitting school and getting married, working for Lufkin Foundry and the railroad, surviving the Depression, and raising his family. Mr. Carrington talks about racial discrimination, segregated schools, life in Lufkin's African American Community throughout the 20th century, celebrations, businesses, and community leaders.
Carswell, Martha
Interview 216a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, long-time Diboll teacher Martha Carswell reminisces about her years teaching in Diboll, particularly during the racial integration of the schools. Mrs. Carswell taught for 44 years, starting in Lufkin and then moving to Diboll as a 5th and 6th grade teacher. She started in Diboll during Freedom of Choice and then stayed through full integration, with a few years off when her children were young. Mrs. Carswell remembers fellow teachers Mrs. Sibley, Mrs. Stubblefield, Mrs. Pate, and Mrs. Poland. She also remembers her principals Mr. Gartman and Mr. Porter.
Caton, W.T. Carter
Interview 5a : In this interview with Marge Shepherd, W.T. Carter Caton reminisces about growing up in Camden and working for the Carter Lumber Company until 1970 (with a short stint in Oregon during the late 1920s). He remembers helping the logging railroad convert from narrow gauge to standard gauge and refinishing some furniture for one of the Carter daughters.
Chandler, Annie
Interview 104a : In a short 1954 interview with Clyde Thompson, Annie Chandler reminisces about her early life in Diboll. Her father was involved in Southern Pine Lumber Company's Diboll mill starting in 1895 and Mrs. Chandler spent the rest of her life in Diboll. She married and raised her children there. She remembers getting off the train in Diboll before there was a town. Mrs. Chandler's son, O'Hara was a longtime company executive, and two of her daughters, Rhoda Faye and Finney, worked in the office.
Chandler, O’Hara
Interview 44a : Early Dibollians Fenner Roth, Herbert Weeks, and O'Hara Chandler, each born in or about 1908, tell of life in Diboll during the 1910s and 1920s during a 1984 interview by leaders of the Diboll Historical Society. The men recall railroad travel, eateries, childhood entertainments, early automobiles, alligators in the mill pond, school teachers, yard work, bitter weeds, and the communities of Emporia and Copestown. Persons discussed include Frank Farrington, Watson Walker, George Johnson, and John Oliver.
Interview 148a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, longtime educator O'Hara Chandler reminisces about growing up in and around Diboll, working at the sawmill, going to school, and teaching school all over the state. He recalls swimming in the Emporia millpond, Dred Devereaux and his bridges, and his family's time spent working for Southern Pine Lumber Company.
Interview 148b : In August, 1999, Howard Daniel asked O'Hara Chandler to speak to a meeting of the Diboll Rotary Club about his memories of growing up in Diboll. He talks about going to school in Diboll and leaving town for college, using checks at the company store, attending and participating in a traveling circus that stopped in town each year, and a traveling stack cleaner.
Chandler, Rhoda Faye
Interview 6a : Diboll native Rhoda Faye Chandler tells interviewer Becky Bailey about growing up in Diboll and working for Southern Pine Lumber Company as a young woman. Miss Chandler started working in the accounting office during the Depression for $35/week but was laid off after three months. She was rehired to work by the day (at $3.50/day) and ended up making more money that way than when she was on salary. She recalls the early days of electric service in Diboll, recreation for young people, going to Lufkin for the movies, Depression-era programs like the CCC and the WPA, and the SPLCo. payroll system.
Interview 6b : In this interview with Becky Bailey, Rhoda Faye Chandler, and her brother O'Hara Chandler recall life during the Depression and how Southern Pine Lumber Company took care of its employees and their families when times were hard. Miss Chandler describes going to the homes of Diboll residents in need to asses their situations so that the company could help them out after an accident or death, or when hard times made feeding and clothing a family difficult. She describes the care the company took to ensure that everyone had a home and enough food to eat, and how they worked with local churches and other citizens to care for each other.
Chapman, June Taylor
265a: In this interview with Patsy Colbert, June Taylor Chapman reminisces about life as a junior high and high school student during racial integration at Diboll schools. As the first African American cheerleader, she was part of the integration of sports and extracurricular activities and has a unique the perspective of belonging to two worlds during that time. She recalls life at H.G. Temple before integration, attending the white school for the first time, being accepted by the other cheerleaders and their families, instances of racial discrimination and conflict at school, and how the races interacted in town. She speaks about Mr. and Mrs. Massey, Coach Porter, Mr. Ramsey, Arthur Temple, Jr., and Byrd Davis, in particular.
Chimney, Lacy
Christian, Mary Jane
Interview 67a : In this interview with Diboll teacher Gayle Beene, Diboll native and life-long teacher Mary Jane Christian reminisces about growing up in Diboll, going to college at Stephen F. Austin State University, and teaching for 42 years. Mrs. Christian recalls her teachers and the school buildings, she remembers living through the depression and World War II, and she details how the teaching profession has changed throughout her 4-decade long career.
Interview 67b : In this interview with student Elvia Esteves, Mary Jane Christian recalls racial relations in the Diboll schools throughout her life. She grew up in Diboll when the schools were segregated and also began teaching before integration. Mrs. Christian remembers integration from the perspective of a teacher in the elementary school grades.
Clement, Dr. J.C.
Interview 062a: In this interview with Becky Bailey, former Diboll town doctor J.C. Clement reminisces about his days as Diboll’s physician, moving to Lufkin, and the changes in the medical industry throughout his career. He recounts his early schooling and his introduction to Diboll and mentions many names of prominent citizens. He describes medical care facilities and practices and laments the changes since his career began. He also describes the town of Diboll, its people and buildings, and the changes it has seen over the years.
Coleman, Howard
Interview 240a: In this interview with community leader R.L. Kuykendall, Howard Coleman reminisces about his life in Lufkin. He speaks about the Great Depression, Civilian Conservation Corps, race relations and discrimination, and some of the major families in Lufkin’s African American Community.
Coleman, Sam Sr.
Interview 206a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, Mr. Sam Coleman, Sr. reminisces about his life in Diboll. Mr. Coleman came to Diboll in 1966 and immediately became active in the community. In 1975 he was elected as the first African American member of the Diboll City Council. Throughout his tenure in Diboll, Mr. Coleman worked at the Fiberboard Plant and as a driver for the Temple family and was a manager at Boggy Slough. He volunteered for many community organizations, including Diboll Day, the Boy Scouts, Little League Baseball and the Boys and Girls Club. Mr. Coleman witnessed many changes in Diboll and his leadership helped smooth the integration process in various parts of the community.
Cook, Dixie
Interview 220a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, long-time teacher and Nacogdoches County native Dixie Cook reminisces about her life in the classroom in Diboll and Pasadena. She began teaching in Diboll at the request of Mr. Pate in 1943 before finishing her degree at Stephen F. Austin and continued to teach for 40 years, eventually finishing her bachelor's degree and earning a master's degree. Mrs. Cook talks about teaching in Diboll before racial integration and after integration, but during the process since she lived and taught in Pasadena at the time. She mentions Robert Cook, Lucille Cook, Jack Cook Sweeny, discipline in the classroom, Mr. Ramsey, O'Hara Chandler, Mr. Pate, Joe Paul Stovall, and her work with the American Diabetes Association.
Cooke, Stacy
Interview 188a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Stacy Cooke reminisces about the 14 years he spent as a member of the Diboll Independent School District School Board. The interview focuses on the years 1966-1970, during the integration of Diboll's schools. He credits the board, the school administration, the teachers, the students, the local community, and Arthur Temple, Jr. for ensuring that Diboll experienced desegregation without many problems.
Corder, Rose Frazier
Interview 215a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland and Richard Donovan, sisters Rose Frazier Corder, Wilhelmenia Frazier Hardy, and Arverta Frazier Mosely reminisce about their lives growing up in the southern Angelina County African American settlement of Boykin Settlement in the middle of the 20th century. They all attended the Vernon County Line School (near the Blue Hole) and then went on to have professions and higher education. Mrs. Mosely attended Prairie View College and became a teacher at Camp Nancy and then spent the rest of her career as a County Home Demonstration Agent or County Extension Agent. At first the office was segregated and she only worked with African American women, but in the 1960's and 1970's the offices were racially integrated and she taught all women to can and freeze food and other domestic skills. Mrs. Hardy moved to Houston and then Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, where she attended cosmetology school and real estate school. She talks about the differences in culture and race relations in Milwaukee than in Houston and Boykin Settlement. Mrs. Corder moved to Milwaukee as a teenager to live with her sister Wilhelmenia, where she adapted to life in a school of 3000 students. She continued her education and became a nurse in Milwaukee and California, before returning to Lufkin. The Frazier sisters grew up in this African American community in a family of 13 children that all survived to adulthood. Their ancestors, the Runnels, were former slaves who settled in the area.
Cornick, Ilene
Interview 181a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Ilene Cornick reminisces about her life as a World War II widow, member of the Red Cross, teacher, and member of the United States Army Special Services Branch. Mrs. Cornick's husband, Ray, died when his P-42 crashed in the North Sea in 1944. She joined the Red Cross the following year and traveled to Europe to run service clubs for American soldiers in Luxembourg and Germany. She taught school in San Augustine, Diboll, and Houston, and ran the YMCA in El Paso. Mrs. Cornick also traveled to Korea with the U.S. Army, where she taught at an international school and worked for the Special Services in the service clubs. While in Korea, Mrs. Cornick was acquainted with Syngman Rhee, the eventual President of Korea. She also worked for the Special Services in Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Germany.
Courtney, Ollie Mae
Interview 245a : In this interview with R.L. Kuykendall and an unknown co-interviewer, Ollie Mae Courtney reminisces about growing up in Angelina County during the first half of the 20th Century. She talks about her family, attending Lufkin High School, farming in Lufkin, World War I, the Depression, World War II, and rationing. She also recalls her first ever car ride, and her father's businesses.
Craft, Oleta
Interview 124a : Oleta Craft, owner of the Dress Craft clothing store, recalls working at the Mize Factory in Nacogdoches and opening her store in Diboll. She remembers how she built up her stock and gained loyal customers, dealt with salesmen, kept the store going when times were tough. She also recalls her encounter with a cross dresser who came to buy women's clothing at her store.
Crager, Harold
Interview 117a : Harold Crager recalls his entrance into the Air Force in 1948. He remembers signing up and shipping out to San Antonio, enduring basic training, and the skills he gained in those 13 weeks.
Cryer, George
Interview 266a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland and Richard Donovan, Zavalla, Angelina County native George Cryer reminisces about growing up in southern Angelina County. He talks about his father’s peckerwood sawmill, making crossties, working in the woods cutting timber, and the changes in the lumber industry for small producers in the middle of the 20th century. He talks about growing up in the Zavalla area, working for his father, hunting and fishing, the coming of the dams, the switch to chain saws, and working construction in the Beaumont area.
Currie, Ruth
Interview 95a : Mrs. Ruth Currie reminisces about her life as a railroader's wife in White City, Fastrill, and Diboll. A native of Louisiana, Mrs. Currie followed her husband from one Southern Pine Lumber Company operation to another. In White City she lived in a boxcar house. When the White City camp closed, her family moved to Fastrill, where they lived until 1939. She fondly remembers her time in Fastrill and the closeness of the families that lived there. She also recalls the Depression and how if affected Fastrill.
Daniel, Howard
Interview 228a : In this wide-ranging interview with Jonathan Gerland, native Lufkinite and long-time Love Wood Products employee Howard Daniel discusses his life in the forest products industry and his musical hobbies. Mr. Daniel started at Love Wood Products in 1957 and worked as the bookkeeper, salesman, and eventually the president before the company closed in 1985. He discusses their plants in Diboll, Waco, Teneha, and the Dallas area, as well as the mechanics of making wood flour. He talks about their different products, like wood flour for school desks and roofing products and miracle bark, to name a few. Mr. Daniel also reminisces about his love for music, particularly singing, which began in the 1940's while he was in the Navy and continued with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chorale, the Seagle Colony, and choral training in New York. He also started the Temple choir that performed in Diboll at Christmas. Mr. Daniel also talks about the musical piece he is currently writing and his love of the piano.
Daniel, J. Shirley
Interview 48a : Entrepreneur J. Shirley Daniel came to Diboll in 1937 to open the town's first movie theater. Throughout his association with Diboll, he owned two different theaters, ran the Antler's Hotel, and worked as a pulpwood contractor. His first theater came to be known as "The Tonk" and the second theater was The Timberland Theater.
Darden, Helen
Interview 223a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland and Richard Donovan, East Texas native Helen Darden reminisces about growing up as an African American girl in Deep East Texas before integration and the civil rights movement. Mrs. Darden grew up in an African American community that spanned the Angelina and Jasper County lines, centered around the Blue Hole and the Vernon County Line School. She recalls swimming in the Blue Hole, the mining efforts that took place there, and the nearby turpentine camp and community. She also discusses her relatives the Runnels family and her experiences finishing school in Houston in order to get a high school diploma.
Davis, Marie
Interview 142a : In this speech to the Angelina County Historical Forum, Marie Davis talks about the Diboll Historical Society's research process for finding the old Southern Pine Lumber Company logging camp Lindsey Springs. They eventually found the campsite, and will erect an historical marker.
Interview 137a : In this speech to the Angelina Historical Forum on May 9, 1995, Marie Davis presents the results of her research on Clark's Ferry, Clark's Cemetery, and Renova, all areas to the south of Diboll on the Neches River.
Davis, Marjorie Pickle
Interview 42a : In this interview with Megan Lambert and Edythe Weeks, Marjorie Pickle Davis reminisces about growing up in Diboll at the Star Hotel. Her father worked for the Texas Southeastern Railroad, but her mother, Ruth Estes Pickle, and grandmother, Emily Estes, ran the Star Hotel boarding house. She describes cooking and cleaning for the boarders, mostly Southern Pine Lumber Company workers from the time she was a young child.
Davis, Norman
Interview 282a: In this interview Jonathan Gerland speaks with former Temple Inland hardwood forester Norman Davis about his experiences with the company in the 1990’s. They discuss the condition of the hardwood bottomlands, the process of cutting these bottomlands, and the philosophy for managing hardwood bottomlands in East Texas. Mr. Davis talks about the hardwood management plan, the attitudes of company officials towards hardwood cutting (particularly Arthur Temple, Jr. and Jack Sweeny), the company’s foray into Eucalyptus farming in Mexico, and beaver trapping. They discuss Boggy Slough, in particular.
Davis, Tuey McCarty
Interview 167a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, Tuey McCarty Davis reminisces about growing up in Burke. She mentions attending school in the two-story school building in Burke, driving her father's Model-T car to school in Diboll and Lufkin, visiting the stores owned by Miss Ina McCall, the Courtney', and the Keel's and the Campbell's. She also mentions her grandfather Harvey Belote and his Burke sawmill, which closed before she was born.
Deason, Joe
Interview 254a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Joe Deason reminisces about growing up in the Trinity County African American community of Nigton. He talks about his grandfather, his parents, going to the segregated school, attending Diboll’s segregated H.G. Temple School for high school and race relations. He mentions his brief visits to and experience with segregation in Lufkin, attending Prairie View A&M for college, and time in the military in Vietnam.
Denman, Beth
Interview 93a : In this interview with Marie Davis, long time Diboll resident Beth Denman talks about her life in Diboll from the 1950's to the 1980's. When her husband, Joe Denman, moved to Diboll to work for Southern Pine Lumber Company, she followed him and witnessed the town's change from dusty company town to thriving small city. She recalls the process to sell citizens their homes, paving the roads and fencing the livestock, all of the amenities and services the town had, and the sense of camaraderie and community that led to close friendships for children and adults.
Denman, Joe C. Jr.
Interview 79b : Joe C. Denman, Joe Denman and Carolyn Elmore discuss the origins Diboll Day and the Diboll Booster Club. Mr. Denman also talks about the beginnings of the plywood operations, land and timber management, and the failed Champion merger.
Interview 79a : Longtime Temple executive Joe Denman speaks with Megan Lambert about Temple company history. Mr. Denman recalls how he came to work for Arthur Temple, Jr. after graduating from Texas A&M University with a degree in architecture. He describes his rise through the company ranks, working in the offices, in the plants, and then as an executive. He also discusses the failed merger with Champion, the successful merger and spin-off with TIME, and other companies like Exeter, Sabine investments.
Interview 79c : In this speech to the Angelina County Historical Commission, Joe C. Denman, Jr. reminisces about his time as a Navy pilot during World War II. A member of the Navy football team in 1943, Mr. Denman earned his wings and trained as a Corsair pilot landing and taking off from carriers. He was never sent overseas, but stayed in the Navy after the war, graduating from Texas A&M and participating in Naval Reserve activities until the mid-1950's. Mr. Denman describes his training, his planes, and some of his experiences while in the Navy.
Devereaux, Dred D.
Interview 7a: In this 1954 interview with John Larson of the Forest History Society, Dred Devereaux, longtime head of the Texas Southeastern Railroad Buildings and Bridges Department, talks about the changes in logging practices and railroads during his tenure in the business, from about 1905 to the 1950’s. He talks about the changes in logging – from oxen to mules to machines and the changes in the railroads, from gauge sizes and manual labor to mechanized construction. He talks about working with Clyde Thompson, E.C. Durham, T.L.L. Temple, Arthur Temple, Sr. and Arthur Temple, Jr. of Southern Pine Lumber Company. Mr. Devereaux compares working conditions and pay and the quality of workers from the beginning to the middle of the 20th century. He describes the first crane used on TSE tracks and how he righted a wrecked locomotive with the help of longtime engineer Titus Mooney in 1937.
Devereaux, Frank
Interview 247a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Frank Devereaux reminisces about his life growing up in Diboll and attending high school in Lufkin. He also describes his time in the Army Air Corps during World War II and playing high school football in Lufkin. Although a resident of Diboll, Mr. Devereaux moved to Lufkin in order to play football at Lufkin High School for legendary coach Abe Martin. After a short time in college, Mr. Devereaux joined the Army Air Corps and became a bombardier on a B-25 in the 12th Air Force, 380th Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group based on the island of Corsica and then in Fano, Italy. Returning home from the war, he finished his degree and became a teacher and football coach in south and southeast Texas in the districts of West Columbia, Angleton, and Huffman, eventually becoming a school Superintendent and retiring as the Assistant Superintendent of the Cleveland, Texas schools. He also mentions the racial integration of Cleveland's schools.
Devereaux, Jack
Interview 238a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Diboll native Jack Devereaux reminisces about growing up in Diboll, playing baseball, and attending school. Born in 1915, Mr. Devereaux played baseball as a child, in school for Diboll High School, and for the Diboll Millers. He mentions E.H. Bush, Joe Strauss, Morris Agee, Connie Albritton, Rankin Weatherby, and Frosty Davis. He also talks about his father, Dred Devereaux and his building projects for Southern Pine Lumber Company and the Texas Southeastern Railroad. Mr. Devereaux reminisces about some teenaged adventures in the various cars he owned, working for the TSE, and visiting family in various parts of East Texas.
Diboll, C.C
Interview 72a : Diboll Family descendant C.C. Diboll talks about the Diboll family's lands and the sale of the lands that eventually became Diboll and its mills. He talks about family history, their land ownership, and their interaction with the Temple family.
Dixon, Goldman
285a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Nigton (Trinity County, Texas) natives Leamon Ligon, Cleveland Mark, and Goldman Dixon reminisce about growing up in the Freedman’s community. They discuss family life, school, recreation, sports, race relations, and farming, among other topics. They also talk about their time in the military (Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps) and prominent musicians and sports figures to come out of Nigton and Diboll. Mr. Ligon also recalls his interactions with Diboll figure Jay Boren. People they mention include Willie Massey, Uncle York Ligon, Dogan Dixon, Professor Will Jackson, Arthur Temple, Jay Boren, and Jeff Carter.
Dixon, Johnnie
Interview 199a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, Johnnie Dixon reminisces about growing up in Diboll and attending Diboll Colored School and H.G. Temple School in the 1950's and 1960's before school integration. She remembers several of her teachers, including Inez Smith, Willie Ross, Mr. Jeffero, Mrs. Gilbert, and Mr. Massey. She also recalls Diboll Day and the segregated events, especially in 1964 when she was nominated as one of the Diboll Day Queen candidates for the African American community. After graduation, Mrs. Dixon worked in the Diboll schools for 36 years, starting out as an elementary school P.E. aid and eventually retiring in 2009 as the high school receptionist. Mrs. Dixon recalls going to The Family Affair club, The Timberland Theater, Joe Diamond's Café, and Pavlic's and Powell's grocery stores.
Dolben, David
276a: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, David Dolben recounts his career at Time, Inc., particularly his time spent in Diboll as an assistant to Arthur Temple, Jr. He describes the relationships between the New York and Diboll offices and the Diboll and Evadale operations, the problems they encountered, and the decisions they made, and the unique challenges presented by paper mill, the building products operations, and the media operations based in New York. He explains some of the reasons for Time’s acquisition of Temple and for the eventual spin-off. Mr. Dolben is particularly interested in describing Arthur Temple as a businessman and as a man, recounting stories about his interactions with people from all walks of life and his attitude toward business, his employees, and his family. In addition to Arthur, he mentions Mike Buckley, Andrew Heiskell, Charlie Stillman, Jim Shepley, Kenneth Nelson, Walter Stern, Mike Dingman, Earnest Grossman, Henry Holubec, Joe Denman, Harold Maxwell, and Lottie Temple.
Donovan, Richard
Interview 178a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland during a meeting of the Diboll Historical Society, Richard Donovan reminisces about his life in Angelina County and his work as an advocate for the area's rivers and forests. Mr. Donovan recalls growing up in Zavalla and spending his days hunting and fishing in the Angelina and Neches river bottoms. He also talks about working for Temple in Waco, Pineland, and Diboll and starting his Lufkin real estate business with his wife, Bonnie. Mr. Donovan spends most of the interview talking about his efforts as an advocate for the Neches River and the area's national forestlands. He mentions his canoe trips down the Neches, the need to have it declared a Wild and Scenic River, the damage caused by pollution, clear cutting, and replacing the native trees with non-native plantation trees, and the need for the public's awareness and efforts to stop dams like Fastrill and Rockland.
Interview 178b: In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, long-time Angelina County resident and conservationist Richard Donovan talks about his father, Allen T. Donovan, touching on his early career but focusing on his time at the Xact Clays and Magcobar mining operations near Zavalla. He talks about growing up in Zavalla, spending time at the plant with is father, a childhood accident, interactions with African Americans, and earning money as a child. Mr. Donovan also discusses the changes within southern Angelina County and East Texas at large, as the lumber companies moved in and changed the economy and the landscape and then left again. He talks about farming, hay baling, stock raising and the coming of the stock laws, types of trees, and race relations. Jonathan asks about the current state of the East Texas environment and problems with development and Mr. Donovan discusses these issues as well.
Dover, Carroll
Interview 222a: In this informal interview with Jonathan Gerland, longtime Texas Southeastern Railroad employees and retirees Charles Foster, Gary Mike Smith, Don Harrison, George Honea, and Carroll Dover share memories of working for the shortline railroad in Diboll on the occasion of the railroad turning one hundred years old. Fond memories of working experiences and various personalities are recalled. Some of the people remembered are C.A. Jordan, R.A. “Boots” Jackson, W.J. “Professor” Jackson, Odair Womack, Willard Conner, and Jimmie Beth Durham.
Dover, James
Interview 9a : In an interview with Vivian Holt, Diboll City Manager James Dover explains his job responsibilities and the relationship between the mayor, city council, and city manager. He briefly touches on some of Diboll's problems and his hopes for the city's future.
Dunlap, Jim
Interview 71a : In this interview with Becky Bailey shortly after beginning his tenure as Superintendent of Diboll Schools, Jim Dunlop talks about his educational background, his experience as an educator, and his hopes and plans for Diboll's schools. Mr. Dunlop taught at Central School from 1969 to 1971, when he moved to Diboll as Civics, P.E., and History teacher. He moved through administrative positions, holding the title of "Director of Special Projects" for 15 months, Elementary School Principal, Business Manager, and Superintendent. He was concerned with Diboll's school facilities, the teachers' working conditions, and providing a quality education for Diboll's children with the money he was given.
Durham, Bruce
Interview 212a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, friends Mark Shepherd and Bruce Durham reminisce about their Diboll school days. As 5th graders, Shepherd and Durham experienced the racial integration of Diboll schools. They recall very few problems with integration, and as children, just accepted that it was happening. The sons of community leaders (Mark Shepherds parents were C.H. and Margorie Shepherd; Bruce's parents were Paul and Jimmie Beth Durham), they were expected to behave in school and treat all students and teachers with respect. Both men were involved in sports and played on integrated teams from Junior High through High School. They were especially complimentary of the African American teachers that came into their lives after integration, especially Coach Porter and Mr. Massey.
Eddington, Estelle
Interview 70a : In this interview with Marie Cochran, Estelle Eddington reminisces about her life spent in Angelina County. She was born in Nogalis Prairie in Houston County, but her family moved to Lufkin soon after. Through her growing up years she also lived in Ratcliff and back in Lufkin near Ellen Trout Lake. She recalls life during the Depression and during World War II as a young married woman. In 1960, the Eddingtons moved to Diboll, where she worked for Albrecht's Pharmacy, and she briefly talks about the changes in Diboll from the 1960's to 1980's.
Edwards, Elodie Miles
Interview 122a : Elodie Miles Edwards recalls her life as a child growing up in Diboll and her time teaching in Diboll as a young woman. Mrs. Edwards remembers Fannie Farrington, who gave her a coat and a dress for graduation, and all of her teachers. She also remembers the flu epidemic, riding in a car for the first time, and playing baseball with the boys at school. Mrs. Edwards went to college in Rusk and Huntsville, and eventually taught in Diboll for six years. After her marriage to Grady Edwards, she moved with him to Baytown, where she continued to teach for many years.
Faircloth, Rayford
Interview 226a : In this interview with Jonathan Gerland, Lufkin native Rayford Faircloth reminisces about growing up in Lufkin and working for the Temple Companies throughout his career. He started as the first Temple building material salesman in Arkansas and then went to work for Horace Stubblefield at Sabine Investment Company in the late 1960's. As part of Sabine, Mr. Faircloth helped develop the company's properties in Diboll and Pineland (including the golf course), the area surrounding lakes Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, and most notably, Crown Colony in Lufkin. He was involved in developing all parts of those areas, including business, residential, golf course, and country club. He talks about working for Arthur Temple, Jr., dealing with the Corps of Engineers at the lakes, and developing a master planned golf course community and all that entailed. He also mentions Ben Anthony, Clyde Thompson, and golf course design firm Von Hagge Devlin.
Farley, Eddie
Interview 104a : In a 1954 interview with Clyde Thompson, longtime Temple employee Eddie Farley reminisces about working for Southern Pine Lumber Company and the Temple family in Diboll, Pineland, and Hemphill. Mr. Farley was a shipping clerk and later a shipping superintendent in each of the Temple operations. He speaks about T.L.L. Temple, Arthur Temple, Sr., Henry Temple and Katherine Sage Temple.
Farrington, Fannie
Interview 11a : In this 1954 interview with John Larson of the Forest History Foundation, Fannie Farrington (1876-1967) tells of her experiences in Diboll beginning in 1903, when she and her husband moved there from St. Louis to work in the Southern Pine Lumber company commissary. Mrs. Farrington was extremely active in developing the community's early educational, social, and spiritual life and discusses the Temple family's philanthropy, the schools, churches, and town leaders. She also comments on early recreation and amusements, politics, and World Wars I and II.
Foster, Charles
Franks, Opal
Interview 64a : In an interview with her niece, Deanna Crump, longtime Diboll teacher Diboll teacher Opal Franks reminisces about her life as an educator. Mrs. Franks and her husband moved to Diboll in the late 1940's, and since she had not finished her degree at SFA, she stayed home to raise her children. The school needed a teacher, however, and she came in as a substitute and stayed on until her retirement. She discusses life in a small sawmill town school, her students, their struggles to get supplies, and the changes in discipline and academics from when she started teaching.
Frederick, Josephine Rutland
Interview 45a : In an interview with Becky Bailey, Josephine Rutland Frederick, Marion Fuller, and Jim Fuller reminisce about life in Diboll. All three grew up in Diboll and recall school, games, the Depression, going to Lufkin and Houston, the mill whistles, and the visits from the Klu Klux Klan. Mr. Fuller remembers the beginnings of the fire department and working in the commissary and Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Frederick recall growing up as neighbors supporting World War I efforts as children and going on picnics to Emporia and Ryan's Lake. They also recall Chester Willis, Mr. Rutland, and T.L.L. Temple.
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French actor Omar Sy talks about Diff award-winner Samba and upcoming movies Jurassic World and Chocolat
The winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Dubai International Film Festival in December, Samba, which closes the Francofilm Festival, is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser.
In Samba, Omar Sy is an illegal immigrant who becomes friends with a French woman, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg. Courtesy Alliance Française
It’s hard to imagine a more fitting movie to close this year’s Francofilm Festival than Samba. The winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Dubai International Film Festival in December, which is decided by public vote, it’s a sure-fire crowd-pleaser.
Moreover, Samba’s themes of immigration and identity chime perfectly with the festival’s ethos of celebrating French-language cinema from around the world.
This fifth edition of the annual event showcases six movies from five countries across three continents, which will be simultaneously screened in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from Thursday, March 19,until Saturday, March 21.
Mixing humour, humanity and insight, Samba tells the tale of an illegal immigrant from Senegal, who strikes up a strange friendship with a burnt-out French executive, Alice, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg. We found out more about the film from the famous face behind the film’s lead – the 37-year-old French actor Omar Sy.
As a successful actor, how easy was it for you to relate to Samba’s character and predicament? Did you do much research?
First, let me tell you that I am a son of immigration, although my father arrived in France in the 1960s and my mother in the 1970s – the immigration today is very different to what it was back then. So, yes, I had to prepare myself. I met a lot of people who were in the situation of Samba, or used to be in the same situation.
Charlotte Gainsbourg is also incredible in the film. How was she to work with off-camera?
What is off-camera, stays off-camera [laughs]. More seriously, we had a great relationship. She is an adorable person and there was a great ambience on the set. Charlotte is a great actress, so professional, and that makes things easier for her partners, particularly for me. It was my first love story on screen, so it made things even more interesting as an actor.
On Samba you worked once again with writer-directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, following the success of 2012’s The Intouchables. Do you have plans to collaborate again?
We like working together, we like telling stories the same way and are interested in the same topics. We don’t have any specific plans, but to answer your question, yes, yes, yes – I hope they will make me part of their next project. It is such a thrill to work with them.
The Intouchables also made you a huge celebrity at home. Did that contribute to your decision to move from France to Los Angeles?
I did not move out of France because of the fame. As an actor, you want to be famous, consciously or not. You enjoy being appreciated and recognised. After the huge success of the movie, I wanted to offer myself and my family some time. We decided to move for a year and have been there for three years now. Besides, Los Angeles is great for my kids.
What do you miss about France?
I miss my friends and family. Also, I miss French bread – the French baguette is unique and you can find it only in France.
What can you tell us about the upcoming Jurassic World, which is due out in June? Is it true your character makes it out of the film alive?
What can I tell you about Jurassic World? Well, nothing [laughs] – it is a secret.
The only thing I can tell you is that it was not only an honour to be part of it, but also a great pleasure to film. I remember enjoying the first movie so much as a kid. To find myself in it today is simply phenomenal.
No, I can tell you one other thing – it is a great film.
What else have you got coming up?
I am working in France on a movie directed by Roschdy Zem titled Chocolat. The film is about the first black clown in France, who went from being a slave in Cuba to a star of the circus scene in Paris before the First World War. After Chocolat, I am very excited to start the shoot for Inferno, the third episode of the Da Vinci Code series, in the United States.
Congratulations on Samba winning the Audience Choice Award at Diff last year. Any chance we can tempt you to visit to the UAE soon?
First, let me tell how proud and touched I am to be appreciated in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and in the Gulf in general.
Dubai is a great city, I know the city and I love it. I started to come to Dubai for vacations several years ago, before it became so trendy and popular, with my childhood friend Nicolas Anelka, the football player. It has everything you could wish for, especially for a big kid like me.
I was sincerely hoping to participate in Francofilm in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, but I am currently shooting Chocolat. However, I really look forward to coming soon to present a film to the UAE audience – why not Chocolat?
• Samba, which will have English and Arabic subtitles. closes the Francofilm Festival on Saturday, March 21 at 6pm at Vox Cinema Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi, and Vox Cinemas Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. Tickets, Dh25, from www.voxcinemas.com
rgarratt@thenational.ae
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The Killers and Foo Fighters’ new albums may roll rock to a crossroads
Both releases are likely to prove among the best sellers of the year
Brandon Flowers of The Killers. Rob Loud / Getty Images
September 22, two of the world’s biggest rock bands, get into the ring, with The Killers’ first album in five years, Wonderful Wonderful, released exactly seven days after the Foo Fighters’ latest outing, Concrete & Gold.
These American heavyweights sit alongside a handful of modern, pre-vintage rock groups that are capable of selling out stadiums alone, and both releases are likely to prove among the best sellers of the year.
But in 2017, with the album under assault from all quarters digitally, one wonders if these releases signal a spirited resurgence of the good old LP – or the format’s last dying breath.
Both releases come packed with ceremony. Never afraid of an ambitious conceit, the Foo Fighters appear to have thrown the kitchen sink at this one, bringing in bestselling pop producer Greg Kurstin to add a commercial ear to their brand of anthemic grunge rock.
The writer-producer behind Adele’s comeback smash Hello, Kurstin is credited with selling more than 60 million records for the likes of Sia, Zayn, Ellie Goulding, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson and Kylie Minogue – hardly the Foo’s target audience.
And after teasing the world that Concrete & Gold would feature a guest vocal from “probably the biggest pop star in the world” – prompting understandable speculation that Adele might feature – with clinical PR public relations timing, frontman Dave Grohl revealed, a week before the release, that Justin Timberlake was in fact the record’s mystery star.
Well, one of them, with oddball guest appearances on the band’s ninth LP earlier confirmed by Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman, Alison Mosshart of The Kills, smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and some guy called Paul McCartney on drums.
The fact Grohl himself – who will never be allowed to forget that he was once the drummer of Nirvana – is doubtless a better hard rock percussionist than the bassist in The Beatles, seems to have been lost amid the stardust. By contrast, The Killers’ latest outing was teased with just one banner name, Mark Knopfler, the Dire Straits leader called on to shower his distinctive guitar work on album closer, Have All the Songs Been Written?
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. Sebastian Reuter / Redferns
Following up Battle Born after almost exactly five years – during which time frontman Brandon Flowers found time for a second solo album, 2015’s The Desired Effect – there is a sense of do-or-die surrounding The Killers’ fifth outing. Not least since it was recently revealed two of the Las Vegas quartet – guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist Mark Stoermer – have quit touring duties, leaving their parts to session musicians onstage.
It was hard not to detect a healthy slab of irony in the machismo strut of opening single The Man. “I got money in the bank ... I got a household name,” crows Flowers over an evergreen, mid-tempo, electro-pop stomp.
Yet listening again now, following the fragmentation of his band, one imagines a hidden statement of intent in Flowers’ repeated assertion that “nothing can break me down”.
Driven by a faster beat, the more promising follow-up single Run for Cover sports the same brand of throbbing bass, inflexibly on-the-beat guitar stabs and stadium sized chorus The Killers built their chart-topping, 1980s-aping early sound on. No surprises, then, to find the track dates back close to a decade, an offcut from 2008’s Day & Age – perhaps held over due to a credited quote from Bob Marley’s Redemption Song.
Also teased in advance was the album’s title track, a slow-burning, bass-driven dirge which cascades via chiming bells, screeching strings and electronic warbles into a frenzied climax which sounds like Flowers’ world is anything but “Wonderful Wonderful”.
On the surface, The Killers’ gloss-pop sheen may share little with the Foo Fighters’ relentless rawk-riffing. Yet artistically and professionally, both acts appear to be approaching a similar career crossroads – as much the result of a music industry in flux and on its knees as the personal ardours of being in a band.
When Grohl suffered his infamous injury in 2015 – a broken leg sustained after falling from a stage in Sweden – the Foo Fighters were forced to cancel a career-topping headline set at the United Kingdom’s popular Glastonbury Festival. While Grohl struggled on to later complete the tour, performing atop a theatrical throne, a band hiatus was called soon after.
Unable to walk despite hours of daily therapy, the frontman cut himself off from his band, and pledged to stay away from music for an entire year. Exactly six months later, the myth goes, Grohl began writing the defiant Run – an epic head-banger which became Concrete & Gold’s first single.
Isolated but inspired – “sat there in my underwear with a microphone”, as he told Rolling Stone – Grohl wrote around a dozen more ideas before reaching out to Kurstin, citing his love for The Bird and the Bee, a decade-old indie-pop duo pairing the producer with singer Inara George, who also guests on the latest offering.
Run’s release was followed by the punchy blues-metal plod The Sky is A Neighbourhood and relentless radio-rocker The Line which, if nothing else, assured fans that Kurstin’s presence meant no grand change of direction for the band.
All the elements Foo Fighters fans have known and grown to love over the past two decades – monster truck guitar riffs, strained, single-syllable vocal exertions, sledgehammer percussion and an earnest, chest-thumping delivery – were all present, correct and accounted for.
What seems most remarkable is that however far Grohl steps away from his comfort zone, how uniformly similar the results remain.
The Killers occupy a vastly different sonic territory, with the band’s brand of anthemic indie-pop evolving to take in retro-electro excursions, formulaic classic rock posturing and Springsteen-esque small-town storytelling.
Yet in 2017, both bands find themselves attempting the same sleight-of-hand – selling albums in an age where people no longer feel the need to buy compact discs.
The past decade has seen both acts experience a dramatic drop in sales. In 2004, The Killers emerged as overnight stars, with debut album Hot Fuss selling seven million copies worldwide, with follow-ups Sam’s Town and Day & Age clocking 4.5 million and 3 million, in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Yet 2012’s Battle Born sold just one million copies.
In the same period, the Foos saw domestic US-only sales of 1.5 million for 2005’s In Your Honor, dipping to 900,000 just two years later for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and spiralling to 490,000 for 2014’s album, Sonic Highways.
Yet during this time, both bands’ live audience has only swollen. In 2013 – shortly before their appearance at Dubai’s now-defunct Sandance festival – The Killers headlined London’s Wembley Stadium for the first time, banking more than US$5 million (Dh18m) on a single night playing to 70,000 fans. The Foo’s last world tour took $68m, and this summer the band finally made good on their Glastonbury Festival headline slot.
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The sliding record sales can, of course, largely be attributed to the slow death of CD sales worldwide, with notable newer acts in younger genres often eschewing albums altogether in favour of one-off tracks aimed at the streaming market.
It’s an industry wide concern. One of this year’s other biggest rock releases came from Kasabian – the lad-rock quartet who sold more than 800,000 copies of their first three albums in the UK alone, but clocked just gold certification marking 100,000 sales of For Crying Out Loud.
In an interview with filmmaker Cameron Crowe, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready recently revealed that the iconic grunge band were debating the relevance of recording another album, adding: “I feel like we can go out and tour even if we don’t have a record out.”
In this online-first climate, it is increasingly easy to imagine that, within a decade from now, few rock bands will have the will – or the financial support – to put themselves through the arduous rigmarole of a big-budget conventional album release. The long-prophesised death of the LP as we know it may just finally be nigh.
Which is why much more than the fate of two bands’ fortunes could prove to be at stake right now – in both The Killers’ and the Foo Fighters’ new releases, listeners have a litmus test for the rock album as a viable artform – as do the record companies that bankroll them.
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History of Sacred Heart
The history of Sacred Heart Parish begins in the seventeenth century, when many French-Canadians immigrated to Kankakee county and settled in the Bourbonnais region along the Kankakee River from 1837-1841. Missionary priests from Vincennes, Indiana and from Chicago would stop on their missionary journeys and minister to the spiritual needs of the settlers. With the development of steamboat travel and commerce on the rivers, many pioneers migrated to the area including those from Ireland, France and Germany.
The first settlers were too poor to erect a church, so they would have a missionary priest visit once a month to say mass in their homes. In the 1850’s, Father Mailloux, with his assistant Father Cote, would visit the home of Pierre Paul Caron located about one-half mile north of Route 17 on Warner Bridge Road and the home of Joseph Caron Sr. until a small church was built near Joseph’s home in Section 1, Pilot Township, on the northwest corner of the intersection of the North-South Wagon Road and the present Conrail tracks, the site of Old Lehigh. The pioneers that attended this church were of French, German and Irish descent and lived within fifteen miles. The largest percentage of parishioners at that time were French. The church was known as St. James Mission and was the precursor church of Sacred Heart, Goodrich and St. James, Irwin.
The Reverends Jacque Cote, Joseph Langlois, Pierre Beaudoin, CSV, A Maechael and Peter Paradis served this out-mission.
In 1873, the little church was moved two and one-half miles south to land previously owned by Timothy Fortin. It was more centrally located for those attending and was enlarged to twice its former size.
On December 1, 1894, the Rev. J.C. Simard was appointed pastor of this congregation consisting of 105 families. At this time, there was talk of transferring the location of the church to a place near a railroad station. This arrangement did not have the approval of the entire congregation. After a general parish meeting, held on February 6, 1895, with Fr. Bergeron presiding, the majority favored the Irwin location.
P.S. Feehan, Archbishop of Chicago, approved the decision and authorized Fr. Simard to proceed with the work of building a church as soon as possible at Irwin Station. The first mass was celebrated July 26, 1895, with Fr. Bergeron as celebrant.
The new church location did not meet with the approval of the parishioners living mostly northwest of Old Saint James Church. As a result, they erected a church building 36 feet by 86 feet in the Village of Goodrich, at the cost of $4200. Since the subscription of money and erection of the building was done without the knowledge or approval of the proper church authorities, the new congregation was without a pastor from 1895 to 1896.
Then in 1896, Archbishop Feehan directed Fr. Simard to serve the people of Sacred Heart Church, Goodrich twice a month, since he receieved a deed to the church property signed by the proper people. Mass was celebrated for the first time at Sacred Heart on July 5, 1896. Fr. Simard continued to say mass until Reverend J. Meyer was appointed the first resident pastor on June 20, 1896.
On July 1, 1896, Fr. Meyer said mass for the first time in the Goodrich church. He was also in charge of the mission church, St. Peter and Paul’s, which was located one-half mile south and two miles west of Sacred Heart. Mass was said in both churches every Sunday with alternating hours. The sermons were delivered in French and English at Sacred Heart and in German and English at Sts. Peter and Paul’s. Fr. Meyer was able to celebrate all the masses because he was articulate in many languages.
There were forty families in the parish the first year and Fr. Meyer continued to serve faithfully for 45 years. Not long after his arrival, they erected a new rectory at a cost of $5579.50. It was completed August 30, 1900. In that same year, two acres of ground were obtained for the church cemetery about a mile south of Goodrich. The parishioners then formed the Mount Hope Cemetery Association.
Fr. Meyer planned and organized the first homecoming picnic, which henceforth had been an annual fundraising event until 1987.
Fr. Meyer died May 29, 1944 and is buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee. The Archbishop then asked Fr. Angelo Rinella, CSV, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Kankakee to care for the parish until a resident pastor was installed.
From 1944 to 1946, the Viatorian priests from Kankakee served Sacred Heart.
The Rev. Marion Schuetz, CSV, moved to Goodrich and served the parish until July 1946, when our second pastor, Rev. Francis Moisant, was appointed. Fr. Moisant saw the need for a building which the parishioners could use for business or social functions. The result was the church hall, which is used for religious education class and all of organizations of the parish.
The Rev. E.T. Fitzpatrick, CSV, served the church from 1948-1949. It was during this time, December 11, 1948, that the Joliet Diocese was formed and Sacred Heart Parish became a part of this Diocese under the authority of Bishop Martin D. McNamara.
On February 6, 1948, Rev. Thomas P. O’Brien, CSV, was appointed pastor of the parish and served six years.
The Rev. Eugene F. Hoffman, CSV, came to Sacred Heart in 1955 and served a dual role. He was appointed principal of the new Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee and a resident pastor of Sacred Heart parish. Fr. Hoffman died October 12, 1972.
The Rev. John Foster, CSV, succeeded Fr. Hoffman in September 1961, but because of il health had to be replaced the following summer.
His replacement was Rev. George Dempsey, CSV. Fr. Dempsey served Sacred Heart for eight years. He also had dual responsibilities. He was a teacher at Bishop McNamara High School and pastor at Sacred Heart. In September of 1972, Fr. Dempsey was transferred to St. Lucy Church in Chicago. He died in 1977.
On March 1, 1972, Rev. Thomas G. O’Brien, CSV, had completed twenty years as a chaplain in the United Stated Air Force. He came to Sacred Heart on September 18, 1972 and served until 1978. Fr. Died February 16, 2002.
On July 1, 1978, Rev. Paul Jasinski, CSV, came to Sacred Heart Parish. The accomplishments were many under his direction. A council was formed to help with matters of the church. On May 12, 1982, the Parish Council was officially established, with Carson Cross as president. In 1983, the church hall was remodeled and the Lady of Fatima Outdoor Shrine was completed. Improvements to the cemetery were done in 1985 and in 1987 the rectory was redecorated.
In 1999, Fr. Jasinski celebrated 50 years with the Clerics of St. Viator. During his service to Sacred Ehart, Fr. Used his skills as an industrial arts teacher to act as maintenance man for the church. He built the main wooden altar and the crib for the nativity set, which is still in use. He oversaw the painting and redecorating of the church for the 100th anniversary in 1995. There was scarcely a person in the parish, young or old, that he hadn’t endeared himself to with his dry humor. After serving Sacred Heart so faithfully, Fr. Dies of complications from heart surgery June 28, 2001. The church at that time had approximately 80 families.
Rev. Ronald Hart, the resident pastor of St. Margaret Mary’s Church in Herscher and also the pastor of St. James in Irwin, became pastor of Sacred Heart in 2001. During Fr. Hart’s time, Thomas Henry, the business manager, Rose Renville, the secretary and the Parish Council took on more prominent role in handling the needs of running the church. Fr. Hart was responsible for starting First Friday Devotion and Adoration. On July 13, 2005, Fr. Richard Jacklin became our resident Sacramental Priest. He alternates celebrating mass at the three parishes, so that the pastor may have a chance to minister to all the churches. Fr. Hart was pastor from 2001 to 2008.
The Rev. Michael Pennock was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart, St. James and St. Margaret Mary’s in 2008 but was to stay but one year, due to a need for a bilingual priest to serve the parish of Gilman. Although he was with us for a short time, there was much accomplished. Extensive repairs and remodeling done on the parish hall, which included a new kitchen. He reinstated the religious education program at Sacred Heart and added First Saturday Fatia Rosary and Amss. He commisioned a painter to paint the main altar and ambo to resemble marble.
Rev. Douglas Hauber came to us in the summer of 2009 and was officially installed by Bishop J. Peter Sartain in October. He remained with the three parishes until his transfer in June 2017. Sacred Heart parish at the time had approximately 60 families.
Our current pastor is Rev. Showreddy Allam who began his ministry in June 2017.
We have been blessed with parishioners who have gone on to serve in religious life: Rosella Denault (Sr. St. Vincent de Paul), Miss Mary Evans (Sr. St. Jerome), Miss Loretta Emling (Sr. Loretto Marie), the Rev. William Luby, CSV and the Rev. Ray William Renville, who was ordained June 28, 1980. Also those who have served as permanent deacons, Fr. Ray’s father, John Renville, Andy Yeates and Leon Fritz.
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Forty years of the Iranian Revolution: Referendum on the Islamic Republic
Massoumeh Torfeh
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Part V: Traitors to the Islamic Republic - this is the fifth in a series of articles that looks at how the Iranian Revolution came to be in 1979, and where it has led Iran over the course of four decades.
On April 2, 1979, the Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini proclaimed an Islamic republic after the two-day national referendum on establishing a new system to replace the deposed monarchy.
The liberalising classes and secular groups had promised just a “republic” with parliamentary sovereignty.
But Khomeini would not have it: “Those seeking to divorce the word Islamic from the republic in the referendum are traitors,” he said.
Many of the 98 percent who approved it had no ideas what an 'Islamic republic' might look like. Many feared being labelled “traitors” or facing revolutionary reprisals.
That was just a taste of things to come.
Khomeini’s Islamic Republic has survived over forty years, and perhaps beyond expectations, not so much because it has been popular but primarily because it is based on a hierarchical structure of absolute control, led by an unelected Supreme Leader.
It combines several layers of councils below the leader composed of some 150 hardline clerics who approve all his decisions and whose combined power rests above those of the president and the parliament.
The system is secured and enforced by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) who enjoy far-reaching powers. It remains fiercely revolutionary, anti-American and anti-Israeli with unwavering support for Palestinians, and now with a widening role in the Middle East. These are non-negotiable jewels in its crown.
Iran is widely viewed in the West as a destabilising force in the Middle East, but it boasts its defeat of Daesh in Syria and Iraq as blocking American meddling in the region. The US administration’s confrontational style has moved Iran closer to Russia and China who offer economic and military support.
“Iranians have participated 12 times in electing presidents … voted for 10 Islamic consultative assemblies, five city councils and five Assemblies of Experts,” boasts Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his 40th-anniversary speech.
True, but he forgot to mention that those were all exclusivist elections stage-managed to include only the candidates of the inner circle of the ruling elite.
The opposition has been relentlessly wiped out starting soon after the revolution when Khomeini began removing from power all liberal and leftist politicians. Then came the eight-year Iraq war and the thousands of extrajudicial executions of 1988, followed by one decade of the alleged “chain murders” of dissident intellectuals.
“Since its inception, this Revolution has never been merciless nor has it ever shed blood,” says Khamenei who was in charge as the president in 1988 and then as the supreme leader from 1989.
Iran had a real chance for reform when Mohammad Khatami won an overwhelming majority for two terms 1997-2005. Soon the reform movement was sidelined, and Khatami silenced for his support of the Green Movement.
In thirty years of leadership Khamenei has always stood with the hardliners and even put aside the late powerful centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who advocated pragmatism.
Khamenei’s recent decision to choose Ibrahim Raissi, as the new chief of the judiciary is the latest example of his disregard for human rights violations. Raissi is accused of having helped oversee the execution of thousands of political prisoners as a deputy prosecutor in Tehran in 1988.
Over the course of last year, Khamenei has reshuffled many senior posts in the judiciary and IRGC. The unprecedented extent of some of these changes indicates his anxiety about the future shape of the Islamic Republic. Several terrorist attacks over the past two years: two in Tehran, one in the southern city of Ahwaz and four on Iran’s borders, have all targeted the IRGC.
The economy is set to experience a downward trajectory as oil exports are expected to fall to half of their 2017-18 levels following the reimposition of US sanctions. By August 2018, Iran’s currency, the Rial, had devalued by 172 percent making life unbearable for a majority of Iranians.
Young people, who make up of over 60 percent of the population, have lost their short-lived enthusiasm for JCPOA and for its protagonist, the moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
The US administration, openly admitting its desire to push Iran to the brink of regime-change, is taking advantage of that disillusionment and using elaborate communication campaigns to mobilise opposition.
Yet other than threats the US is not offering a clear policy line and it is doubtful if Iranians will fall prey to US designs. They have seen US failures in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.
Americans would fail in Iran too if they do not choose the path of talks.
As it stands on its 40th anniversary, the Islamic Republic that Khomeini set up in 1979, will no doubt face serious challenges, some of which could be existential. It boasts unity, but through absolutism, it has fragmented its own ranks.
Any change from within, however, such as the passing away of the supreme leader, or the holding of a referendum to reduce power, could change the alignment of factions and power centres and open new doors.
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Dr. Massoumeh Torfeh is a Research Associate at the London School of Economics and Political Science specialising in Iran and Afghanistan. Formerly she was a BBC journalist and UN spokesperson and director of communication.
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Sheriff: Boy found naked, chained in Alabama home; 3 charged
Sep 21, 2018 at 6:30 PM Sep 22, 2018 at 10:48 PM
PRATTVILLE — A 13-year-old boy was found naked and chained at an Alabama home and three of his relatives have been arrested on child abuse charges, authorities said Friday.
The chained boy was discovered Thursday afternoon after deputies responded to an anonymous call of possible child abuse, Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger told news outlets.
The child was naked with chains padlocked around his ankles. The chains were attached to a door, preventing the boy's normal movement. He estimated that the boy had been chained up for several hours.
Sedinger called the case "disturbing."
"I mean, we've never had anything like this in Autauga County," he told the Montgomery Advertiser. "We've had child abuse cases, physical abuse cases that were bad. But nothing like this where a child was left chained up for an extended period of time."
However, he said the boy was speaking with deputies and did not seem withdrawn. He described the teen as fun-loving and sweet.
Records show the boy's mother, stepfather and grandmother have all been arrested on charges of torture/willful abuse of a child under 18. It's unclear if they have lawyers who could comment.
Investigators believe the child had been restrained as punishment.
Two other children were turned over to the Department of Human Resources.
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Here Are The Bookies’ Favourites To Play The Next Bond Girl
By : Alex Mays On : 27 Jul 2016 13:00
With all the constant speculation about who will be taking the coveted role of the next Bond, many are forgetting that its filmmakers are also on the lookout for the next Bond Girl.
And it seems now that Margot Robbie is the hot new favourite- that’s if the bookies are anything to go by anyway.
According to bookmakers Paddy Power, she is 12/1 to bag the role, ahead of Emily Blunt who is at 16/1.
Other names suggested include Emily Ratajkowski, who is third favourite at 22/1, while Harry Potter star Emma Watson’s name is also in the hat, with odds of 40/1.
The 26-year-old could be sharing the big screen with Tom Hiddleston, Aidan Turner or James Norton, if the latest odds are anything to go by to replace current James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
It’d be a pretty big year for the Australian actress if she managed to bag the role, after appearing in the Tarzan reboot and playing a major role in the hotly anticipated Suicide Squad as Harley Quinn, which comes out next Friday.
The 25th outing of James Bond won’t be hitting our screens for at least another two years, so there’s plenty of time for this to change- especially when you take into account how many times the favourites have changed to play the British spy himself.
Whatever happens, we’d be happy with any of these suggestions to be honest.
Alex Mays
The Sun and 2 other
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Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie hot 'favourite' to be next Bond girl
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UQ peace fellows ready to make a difference
The next generation of peace builders and diplomats have graduated from The University of Queensland with a Masters in Peace and Conflict Resolution – the only degree of its type in Australasia.
The graduates are the third group of Rotary World Peace Fellows to complete their studies at UQ – the sole Australian university and one of only six worldwide selected to host a Rotary Centre for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution.
UQ Senior Lecturer and Rotary Centre Director Dr Richard Devetak said the course had been created to inspire and train future leaders.
“The curriculum is particularly designed to educate fellows in the sources of conflict, theories and practices of conflict resolution, and peacebuilding,” Dr Devetak said.
“These are essential in training future generations of diplomats and peace-builders.
“Given that many fellows come from conflict zones themselves, they have an interest in contributing to conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts.”
This year’s graduating class included students from Thailand, Israel, Uganda, Finland and Argentina, whose professional backgrounds were as diverse as journalism, law and the performing arts.
2006 Rotary Peace Fellow Karla Castellanos said the program allowed like-minded people from around the world to focus on building a better future.
“The wonderful thing about this program is that it brings together people of completely different walks of life with completely different aspirations for what they will do as professionals and as individuals, and yet they all come here with the same goal of promoting goodwill, peace and understanding,” Ms Castellanos said.
As a course requirement, students undertake on-the-ground training to complement the research side of their studies.
Among projects this year, the fellows contributed to the United Nations earthquake relief effort in Pakistan, facilitated conflict resolution programs in South Africa, and worked with the Department of Information and International Relations in Dharmsala, Tibet.
An architect from Florida, Ms Castellanos spent three months in Tamil Nadu, India, where she assisted community development projects and participated in an initiative to help children living with HIV/AIDS.
Ms Castellanos said the experience had inspired her to use her skills and studies to help others.
“My dream come true would be to work for an organisation like the one I was working for in India,” she said.
“I cannot describe how great I felt when I was over there, working with the people and interacting, it was gratifying to me.
“I hope my work did something to help their community.”
Dr Devetak said the combination of research and field experience allowed the fellows to assist the global peace process in the long term.
“The aim of the Rotary Centre program is to promote peace through education,” Dr Devetak said.
“My hope for the graduating fellows is that they achieve their ambitions, whatever they may be.
“I know that many aim to put into practice what they have learned here at UQ to make small steps towards a more peaceful and just world.”
Media: Dr Richard Devetak (07 3366 7318) or Cameron Pegg at UQ Communications (07 3365 2049, c.pegg@uq.edu.au)
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U.S. CELLULAR TO SELL SELECT MIDWEST MARKETS TO SPRINT
Enables focus on stronger markets to increase growth and profitability Wireless carrier also to transition operations of Bolingbrook Customer Care Center
CHICAGO – Nov. 7, 2012 – United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE: USM) today announced strategic actions designed to increase focus on markets where it has strong positions and streamline operations to increase overall efficiency and effectiveness.
U.S. Cellular has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Chicago, St. Louis, central Illinois and three other Midwest markets (the "Transaction Markets") to subsidiaries of Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) for $480 million. The sale includes PCS spectrum and approximately 585,000 customers, or about 10 percent of U.S. Cellular's total customer base.
The company also announced that it will transition its Bolingbrook Customer Care Center operations to an existing vendor partner, effective Jan. 1, 2013. "In the dynamic wireless marketplace, we have a clear strategy to accelerate profitable growth and increase return on investment over the long term, and we are taking decisive steps to achieve it," said Mary N. Dillon, U.S. Cellular president and CEO. "Exiting these markets enables us to play to our strengths in markets where we have higher penetration and where we can effectively sharpen our proven strategy to differentiate the U.S. Cellular customer experience from other wireless carriers. Going forward, we will continue to serve more than 5.2 million customers with the unparalleled experience they expect from U.S. Cellular."
Following the market divestiture, U.S. Cellular will continue to have more than 1,400 associates in the Chicago area at its Chicago headquarters and additional facilities in the surrounding suburbs. During the transition period, the company may keep open certain retail locations in the Transaction Markets and will provide certain transition services to Sprint. Over time, both company and agent-owned stores will be closed. Upon completion of the transition services period, the majority of the company's retail, engineering and business support associates in these markets will not be retained.
"Our customer-focused business model is possible because of the dedication of our passionate associates," Dillon said. "Given how these decisions affect associates, they were not taken lightly. We value and appreciate their contributions and we will provide comprehensive support for them as they make their career transitions. We will also continue to deliver outstanding service and support to our customers in these markets during the transition period." As part of this transaction, the parties will enter into a number of related agreements, including Transition Services Agreements for network operations and billing and customer service. U.S. Cellular will retain its direct and indirect ownership interests in approximately 560 towers and other spectrum in the Transaction Markets.
For the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2012, the Transaction Markets generated service revenues of approximately $340 million (11 percent of reported consolidated service revenues) and, after all direct and indirect costs, incurred an operating loss.
The transaction is subject to Federal Communications Commission approval, compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and other conditions. Subject to the satisfaction or (if permitted) waiver of all conditions, the transaction is expected to close by mid-2013.
In connection with the Bolingbrook Customer Care Center transaction, the majority of the company's associates will become employees of the vendor partner, which will continue to provide services to U.S. Cellular through a transition period. Through the Bolingbrook and other Customer Care Center operations, the company will continue to deliver award-winning customer service. After transition and exit costs, the transaction is expected to reduce facilities expenses by more than $3 million annually beginning in 2014.
Upon completion of the transaction, U.S. Cellular will continue to provide its customers with a high-speed nationwide network that has the highest call quality of any national carrier. U.S. Cellular, in partnership with King Street Wireless in certain markets, will offer 4G LTE service to 58 percent of its customers by the end of the year. For more information about the 4G LTE experience, visit uscellular.com/4G.
Falkenberg Capital Corporation of Denver, Colo. represented U.S. Cellular in the transaction.
For information on today's announcement, visit uscellularinfo.com.
Conference Call Information:
U.S. Cellular will hold a conference call to discuss this transaction along with third quarter 2012 financial results on Nov. 7, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. CST.
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Access the call by phone at 877/407-8029 (US/Canada), no pass code required.
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United States Cellular Corporation, the nation's seventh-largest wireless carrier, provides a comprehensive range of wireless products and services, excellent customer support, and a high-quality network to approximately 5.8 million customers in 26 states. The Chicago-based company employed approximately 8,400 people as of September 30, 2012. At the end of the third quarter of 2012, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. owned 84 percent of U.S. Cellular.
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Anarchic Drawings of Sex, Body Image and Womanhood | Heather Benjamin for Huck Magazine
Hank Chinaski
by Hank Chinaski - March 12 2019
For years, artist Heather Benjamin has been at the forefront of New York’s punk scene; creating zines, books and art that explore a range of social taboos.
Sphinxes, chimaeras, dragons and cowgirls – the women in Heather Benjamin’s artwork are mythical and riddled with symbolism. Using different shapes and forms, the New York artist’s avatars represent her emotional landscape and relationship with her body. The result? An array of brutally honest visual representations of the many complex sides of sex, womanhood and physicality – at times difficult to digest, but all undeniably real.
Starting her journey as an artist drawing Sailor Moon fanart for her peers while in school, Heather went on to grow up in the gigs and community spaces of the New York punk scene. Inevitably, this introduced her to the practice of zine-making and self-printing as a way to disseminate information cheaply and on her own terms.
Having spent years working on her own photocopied art zines discussing sex and personal relationships, as well as publishing an array of books, Heather has now expanded her practice to bigger, one-of-a-kind drawings. The artist vouches to never leave self-publishing behind, but she perceives this new format as relatively less restrictive – one that allows her to frame the narrative between the drawings within the larger context of a gallery space, rather than within a booklet that inevitably dictates a beginning and an end.
Now, ahead of the opening of her first Los Angeles exhibition, Cowgirl Dental Floss, we talk self-love, sex and going beyond Insta-friendly body positivity.
Your work is very autobiographical – what does it feel like to deal with a lot of personal journeys through a relatively public medium?
It’s always been such a natural impulse for me to make very personal work, and it does help me. I don’t even know if putting it out there helps, but making the work definitely does.
Only in the last couple of years, since I started having more visibility than before, did I realise that I’m projecting a really intense version of myself. It’s okay, though, because I’m not playing around in my work. That is the way I feel, and I am a blunt person by nature. I’ve always been someone that tells people too much information within five minutes of meeting them. My work is an extension of myself in that way. All my cards are on the table: this is what I’m going through, here’s how I feel.
The larger of an audience I have, the weirder it’s going to get that I am showing all this intimate stuff, it can feel really public at times. But I’m not going to stop doing it. If my personal work resonates and makes people feel less alone and more understood, that’s what I live for. It bounces back and makes your experience seem less isolating.
It’s interesting because your work, which mixes the grotesque with sexuality quite often, is a lot more comfortable for me to see than say, the usual over-simplified “love yourself” version of sex positivity.
There’s a lot of sex-positive “love your body” artwork, especially on Instagram. I think it’s awesome, and it’s great that there’s a platform for that, that there’s an audience for it and that that type of work it’s supported. But it doesn’t resonate with me – it’s too one-dimensional for how complicated I feel about stuff. I feel gross and confused and angry at my body a lot of the time. I think I personally benefit more from seeing complicated representations of what it’s like to inhabit a body, since that’s something I spend a lot of time thinking about and feeling.
Making explicit, graphic artwork – and especially when women make it – seems more accepted right now that it has been in the past. I’m sure it’s obvious through my work, but I have a really complicated relationship with self-perception, my body, sex and intimacy. That’s why I’m making the work I do – because I’m struggling with that and trying to work through it. I hope that by putting out work about a more complicated experience of being in a human body, that can resonate with other people who also have a very multifaceted relationship with themselves, and maybe make that experience feel less isolating.
A lot of the women in your work are almost mythical – I was wondering if there’s any particular mythical story that you particularly love that informs that?
There are so many! A lot of the time it’s not about a specific story, but rather about my gut feeling on representing my protagonist, which is basically always an avatar for some facet of my experience. When I was drawing the sphinxes for a long time, it had so much to do with this silent, strong and regal gatekeeping presence. After that, I switched to drawing the dogs, and that was about feeling feral, but also wanting to be taken care of but not necessarily need that. With the Cowgirls, it’s been about coming back to a human form, but wearing and wielding the symbolism instead of completely being it.
I do read a lot – I’ll often fall into internet hole of like reading about a sphynx from this side of the world, then a similar goddess from the other side. The ones who like, decapitate and triumph over the evil dudes are always the best.
The current work you’re making seems a lot lighter than your previous work – how do you feel it represents the journey you’re in currently?
All my phases of work really run parallel to what’s going on in my life, what I’m thinking about, what I’m going through because that’s why I make work. I wouldn’t necessarily say that the work is “lighter” now, because it’s not like I’m feeling great now. I’m just working through things in a different way than I did when I was younger. Maybe with a bit less severity, because that feels less productive to me than it did before.
Now, I’m trying to figure out exactly who I am, and what direction I’m going in. I think drawing non-human forms had a lot to do with not feeling in touch with my body – and I think starting to draw the human form again had to do with trying to relate to myself more viscerally in the real world again. I think sometimes I’m drawing what’s already going on in my mind, what already exists, but at other times I feel like I’m trying to guide myself somewhere by drawing, manifest something.
You’ve worked independently for a very long time – what is your advice for someone who might be doubting themselves?
I think that the most important thing is to not think too much about how people are going to receive your work. I know it’s really hard, and I struggle with that too, but I try to remember how I felt when I was younger – less concerned – and embody that now. When I was first starting out, I would make drawings on printer paper, photocopy them and hang them up anywhere I thought people might see them, or go up to people I admired at book fairs and give them my zines all the time – and I still do. Just putting yourself out there is good.
My advice is just to make the work that you feel good about, put it out there in as many ways as you can. Be confident that it’s going to resonate with somebody, somewhere, and put it out there. Not to oversimplify it, but it is that simple: you just need to go for it.
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Trudeau says he won’t negotiate in public on future of LGBTQ rights in USMCA
By Jordan PressThe Canadian Press
Sun., Nov. 18, 2018timer2 min. read
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t saying what he is willing to do to keep a provision protecting labour rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer workers inside a renewed North American free trade pact.
More than 40 Republican lawmakers wrote U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday demanding the removal of language in the agreement pledging all three countries to support “policies that protect workers against employment discrimination on the basis of sex, including with regard to pregnancy, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, gender identity.”
The legislators urged Trump not to sign the agreement unless the language was removed.
The three countries are expected to sign the deal, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA for short, at the G20 meeting in Argentina at the end of the month.
Trudeau says the deal Canada negotiated has some of the strongest labour and environmental provisions of any trade deal the country has signed.
He also says he is not going to negotiate in public when asked how far he would go to keep the provision in the agreement.
Unions and Democrats raise concerns about USMCA
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“We got to a good agreement that I think represents Canadian values, Canadian approach, but also values that are broadly shared amongst citizens of our three countries,” Trudeau said Sunday at the end of a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.
“In any trade deal, there are going to be people who would like this or like that or not want this or not want that,” he said, adding that moving forward with a strong agreement is in the interest of all three countries.
In a letter to the White House flagged Friday by the U.S. website Politico, the coalition of 40 members of Congress said the United States “has the right to decide when, whether and how to tackle issues of civil rights, protected classes and workplace rights” as a sovereign nation.
“A trade agreement is no place for the adoption of social policy. It is especially inappropriate and insulting to our sovereignty to needlessly submit to social policies which the United States Congress has so far explicitly refused to accept,” reads the letter, released Friday.
Signatories to the letter include Iowa Republican Steve King, who made headlines in Canada last month when he tweeted his support for the controversial Toronto mayoral campaign of alt-right anti-immigration champion Faith Goldy.
Another signatory, Republican Doug Lamborn, has expressed concern congressional approval for USMCA could set a precedent “for activist courts” and he said in a statement Friday that Trump needed to remove the “troubling language ... adopted behind the scenes.”
The deal must make its way through Congress, and the letter sent Friday to Trump suggests he could lose some Republican support for the agreement unless changes are made.
Trudeau said Sunday that every country will go through its own ratification process.
“Canada will, the United States will,” he said. “But we’re going to let the American officials and administration focus on their ratification process while we focus on ours.”
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Dow Trades Lower After Momentum From China Rally Fades, Nasdaq Rises
Stocks are mixed after rising earlier in the session following a rally in China that saw stocks soar to their biggest single-day gain in nearly three years.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded lower Monday after closing last week with a gain of 0.4%.
The S&P 500 also fell into negative territory. The S&P 500 has closed lower in 10 of the past 12 sessions.
Hasbro Inc. (HAS - Get Report) tumbled 3.1% after the toymaker posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that missed expectations.
Wall Street Overview
Stocks traded mixed on Monday, Oct. 22, losing a boost from equities in China that soared to their biggest single-day gain in nearly three years following government pledges on tax and liquidity.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.5%, to 25,316, the S&P 500 slipped 0.43% and the Nasdaq rose 0.26%.
The People's Bank of China said Monday that tax cuts floated over the weekend by government leaders in Beijing could be worth as much as 1% of GDP in the world's second-largest economy, or $1.2 trillion, a move officials hope will help ignite growth and steady financial markets as they grapple with efforts to reduce risky lending and reach a settlement in the ongoing trade war with the United States.
The pledge helped the Shanghai Composite close with a gain of 4.09%, its best gain since 2015.
Halliburton Co. (HAL - Get Report) reported third-quarter earnings of 50 cents a share, beating forecasts by 1 cent. Revenue in the quarter was $6.17 billion and topped forecasts of $6.1 billion. The stock declined 3.14%.
Hasbro Inc. (HAS - Get Report) posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations, and shares of the toymaker fell 4.5% in premarket trading. The company also said it would record a fourth-quarter restructuring charge of $50 million to $60 million. The stock tumbled 3.1%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB - Get Report) reported earnings and revenue for the third quarter that beat Wall Street's expectations. The owner of such brands as Kleenex and Huggies also named Michael Hsu as CEO. He has served as chief operating officer since Jan. 1, 2017. Shares fell 3.47%.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCAU - Get Report) sold its auto components division, Magneti Marrelli, to Japanese automotive component supplier Calsonic Kansei Corp. in a deal valued at €6.2 billion ($7.1 billion).
Fiat Chrysler said the sale would create the world's seventh-largest components maker. It will have revenue of €15.2 billion. The stock rose 3.7%.
FCA Sells Magneti Marelli to KKR's Calsonic
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY - Get Report) fell 6.3% Monday after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration extended the approval date for a combination-drug treatment for lung cancer patients.
Bristol-Myers said the marketing application for its Opdivo plus Yervoy cancer therapy combination will be delayed by three months, until May 2019. European Union regulators asked for more information on the therapy, which is being tested as part of a trial the company calls "CheckMate -227," including an overall survival analysis for certain types of patients. Bristol-Myers said an OS analysis for the same patient sub-group also was submitted to the FDA.
Bristol-Myers Slides After FDA Delays Marketing Approval for Cancer Therapy
CBS Corp. (CBS - Get Report) said Richard Parsons, the media company's interim chairman, resigned from the board because of illness. Parsons was named interim chairman in September following the ouster of chief Les Moonves amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment.
Strauss Zelnick, who currently serves as CEO and chairman of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO - Get Report) , will serve as interim chairman, the company said. CBS shares fell 1.6%.
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KongZhong's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
KongZhong Corporation ( KONG)
Q4 2011 Earnings Call
February 21, 2012 7:30 PM EST
Jay Chang – CFO
Leilei Wang – Chairman and CEO
Adam Krejcik – ROTH Capital Partners
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Q4 2011 KongZhong Corporation Earnings Webcast.
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At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. There will be a presentation followed by a Q&A session, at which time, if you wish to ask a question, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. I must advise you that this conference is being recorded today, 22 February, 2012.
I would now like to hand the call over to your speaker today, CFO, Mr. Jay Chang. Please go ahead.
Jay Chang
Thank you operator. This conference call may contain forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based on our own information and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance upon that. For additional discussions of risks and uncertainties relating to the forward-looking statements and other factors, please see the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements which apply only as of the date of this conference call.
Thank you for your continued interest in KongZhong. I will first review our fourth quarter results before handing over the call to our CEO, Mr. Wang Leilei.
Total revenues, for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $39.3 million, a 1% increase from 3Q and a 9% increase from the same period last year. As we continue to transition our business to become a cross-platform visual entertainment company, Mobile Games made up 90% of total revenues and Internet Games contributed 34%, with gaming revenues now making up 53% of total revenues.
Total gross profit was $16.7 million compared to $14 million in 3Q, while gross margins improved to 42% compared to 36% in 3Q. Total fourth quarter OpEx was $12.3 million.
GAAP net profit was $5.7 million and comparing to $0.14 per ADS while non-GAAP net profit was $7.5 million and compared to $0.18 per ADS exceeding the company’s guidance range of $5 million to $6 million.
At the end of 2011, the company had $154.5 million in cash and cash equivalents including short-term instruments or $3.8 per ADS in cash and cash equivalents, compared to $143.7 million at the end of the 3Q. However, cash and cash equivalents as well as other short-term estimates exclude the $22.3 million loans with third party. It’s including the value of this renminbi/dollar loan, which was made solely for the purposes of treasury management, total cash and third-party loans amounted to $176.6 million at the end of 2011 or equivalent to $4.3 per ADS.
In addition, the company also began to repurchase our ADSs and open market as of September 30, 2011. As of the end of January 31, 2012 we’ve purchased over $800,000 ADS and the average price of roughly $4.43 per ADS.
Also recently we announced our Acquisition of Noumena for a total of $15 million in cash, which is payable over three years from closing of the transaction as well as $1 million ADS which are all subject to about roughly three year lock-up period. The board of directors helped the company has approved this transaction and we expect this – we expect to close this transaction sometime during the end of the first quarter.
Now I would like to turn to each business unit’s financial performance, namely, Internet Games, Mobile Games and WVAS.
Net Game revenues were $13.2 million in the fourth quarter, a 50% increase from 3Q and 123% increase compared to the same period last year. Net Game revenues were driven by the continued strong performance of World of Tanks.
Domestic Internet Game revenues were $12.3 million, a 58% increase from 3Q and a 240% increase from the same period last year.
Overseas Internet Game revenues were $0.94 million, a 10% increase from the third quarter. Total overseas revenues as a percentage of total Internet revenues in 4Q were 7%.
For the fourth quarter, domestic Mainland Chinese Online Game operations achieved average concurrent users or ACUs of 194,000, aggregate paying accounts of 570,000, with a quarterly average ARPU of roughly renminbi 137.
Internet Games gross profit in the fourth quarter was $6.85 million, a 61% increase from 3Q and a 43% increase from the same period last year. Internet Game gross margins in the fourth were 52%.
Now, turning to our Mobile Games. Total Mobile Game revenues in the fourth quarter were $7.6 million, a 24% decrease from 3Q and a 40% decrease from the same period last year. However, with the recently announced Acquisition of Noumena, the company will begin new efforts to develop our mobile game business, our new, mobile operator kind of, smartphone mobile game platforms and those closing we plan to break out feature phone and smartphone mobile games revenues separately in a mobile game business.
Mobile Game gross profit in the fourth quarter was $2.92 million, a 19% decrease from 3Q and a 34% decrease compared to the same period last year. As policies from China Mobile and our Mobile Game monthly subscription business achieved really the higher term and lower profitability. Mobile Games gross margins in the fourth quarter were 38% compared to 36% in the third quarter.
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Dairy Market Volatility Seen Continuing In Near Term
Jun 27, 2013 10:29 AM EDT
CHICAGO, June 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global weather, supply issues in the feed markets and strong demand from developing countries will all combine to keep dairy prices volatile for the near future, according to speakers at INTL FCStone's Dairy Outlook Conference, held in Chicago June 20 and 21.
Experts from around the world offered their views on macro-economic issues affecting the dairy markets as well as the impact of global supply and demand. Presentations covered the influence of markets like Ireland, New Zealand and India on the production and consumption of dairy products around the globe and the changing tastes of consumers and how they are shaping the dairy industry.
"We're seeing milk production increase in the U.S. with fewer cows and we're estimating total U.S. production reaching nearly 201 billion pounds in 2013," said Robert Chesler, Vice President of FCStone, LLC's Food Division. "Through April of this year, the majority of our exports were bound for Mexico followed by Southeast Asia. Oceania has increased their imports of U.S. dairy products 43% over last year."
"In terms of production, I project world milk production to increase by 170 MT in 2022 vs. current. The majority of that milk production (70%) should come from developing countries such as India. But keep in mind that water remains the greatest threat to growing dairy production and those developing countries need to solve some of their infrastructure issues before realizing those gains. This forecast calls for a growth rate of 1.8% per annum, well below the 2.3% growth rate of the previous decade resulting in higher prices. Consumption will increase at an average of 2.1% per annum based on robust international income growth, population growth and further westernization of diets."
2013 marked the tenth year the dairy industry gathered in Chicago to hear INTL FCStone's outlook for the dairy market. Speakers included Gene Epstein, Barron's Magazine's Economics Editor, climatologist Drew Lerner and commodity technical analyst Peter Ullrich as well as INTL FCStone's Sagiv Shiv, Ben Parks and Michael Ortiz.
About INTL FCStone Inc.
INTL FCStone Inc. (Nasdaq:INTL) provides execution and advisory services in commodities, currencies and international securities. INTL's businesses, which include the commodities advisory and transaction execution firm FCStone Group, serve more than 20,000 customers in more than 100 countries through a network of offices in twelve countries around the world.
Further information on INTL is available at www.intlfcstone.com.
CONTACT: INTL FCStone Inc. Kent Coughlin Director of Public Relations +1-615-234-2756 kent.coughlin@intlfcstone.com
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Top Ten Famous Celebrities that are Probably Going to Be Forgotten in the Next Decade
Arcxia I'm not like the others making a list saying how much I hate this celebrity. This list is about celebrities I feel that aren't going to be remembered. I do not hate these people. Please don't take it the wrong way. Anyways, as the 2010s start to wind down I decided to make a list about celebrities who are at their biggest right now that won't last. If they do well ain't that something.
1 Jacob Sartorius Rolf Jacob Sartorius, born October 2, 2002 is an American singer and internet personality, who rose to fame via social media from posting lip-syncing videos on musical.ly and TikTok. In 2016, he released his debut single "Sweatshirt", which reached the Hot 100 charts in the United States and Canada.
It's pretty hard to forget someone when they are added on lists such as these. - ParasN2000
I hope so - BreakFastBeast2005
I didn't know who this guy was until I looked at this list. What's so significant about him? Then again, it's probably for that reason that he'll be forgotten in the next decade. - ModernSpongeBobSucks
It will probably be the opposite. People will probably keep complaining about him, even after he becomes irrelevant, like they did with Justin Bieber. - RalphBob
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2 Silento Richard Lamar Hawk, better known by his stage name Silentó, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is best known for his debut single "Watch Me", which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
He already is forgotten - DarkBoi-X
He's literally a one hit wonder. - AnonymousChick
One hit wonders are usually forgotten. Maybe the song will be remember (I doubt it), but the singer won't be remembered. Also his song is already old, so I think he and probably his song will soon be forgotten. - FiaFlora
He's already a 1 hit wonder... - moonwolf
3 Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian West is an American reality television personality, actress, socialite, businesswoman and model.
In a few more years, all the brain dead teenagers who watch The Kartrashians will see that show and those people the way my generation sees slap-on bracelets and Ernest P. Warhol movies.
A talentless hack that will be forgotten in about... years
Jeez, this girl DOES NOT have any talent. All she's famous for is because of her BIG AND FAKE butt! Not only her, but the whole Kardashian family has a plastic surgery!
Many people, myself included, don't even really know what she is famous for, just that she is famous. Because she is not really known for that many things that she does, I think she will soon be forgotten. - FiaFlora
4 Jojo Siwa
5 Danielle Bregoli
Yea go away peace of trash slut can!
6 Matty B Matthew David Morris (born January 6, 2003), better known as MattyB or MattyBRaps, is an American children's artist, known for posting remix videos of popular music on YouTube. ...read more.
Freak this dud
I don't know him...
7 Tyga Micheal Ray Stevenson, known by his stage name Tyga, is an American hip hop recording artist. In 2011, Tyga signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records.
Really only famous for having underage, bareback, back door sex with an extremely underage Kardashian/Jenner sister, and then bragging about it in a song.
So ugly and his songs are horrible.
Ugly as heck
Who? - D0S
8 Aubrey Plaza Aubrey Christina Plaza is an American actress, comedian and producer. She is known for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
9 Peer Van Mladen Peer van Mladen (born May 3, 1989 in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia) has more than 8 million dollars in annual revenue and one of the most influential music producers.
Who’s this? - Oxymoron15
10 Meghan Trainor Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer and songwriter. Trainor's work has been recognized with several awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award, Music Business Association's Breakthrough Artist of the Year accolade and two Billboard Music Awards.
Already forgotten - DarkBoi-X
Yup a forgotten cow - Ananya
My interest in her is "No"
Meghan who? >
11 Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He currently resides in Ontario, Canada and is Christian. He is the son of author Pattie Mallette. ...read more.
Justin Bieber haters will be forgotten.
No he wont.People will still remember how a bad singer he was - zxm
Unfortunately, he won't be forgotten. Even people who weren't born when Baby came out will probably keep the hatred going even in the 2030s.
12 Khloe Kardashian
Kardashian family's popularity won't last forever. They all popular because of Kim and her stupid sex tape. I bet if today people knew who Khloe maybe later in 2020, nobody will be don't know about she and her stupid talent family. *PEOPLE, KARDASHIAN FAMILY HAVE A TALENT WHICH IS BEING STUPID IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND THE STUPID REALITY SHOW KEEPING UP WITH KARDASHIAN. - BeaM456
13 Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian American rapper/pop music artist. Nicki is most known for songs like "Anaconda", "Only", "Truffle Butter", "Super Bass" and "Stupid Hoe" . Her real name is Onika Tanya Maraj. She was born on December 8, 1982 in Saint James Trinidad and Tobago. ...read more.
This ugly doll - Userguy44
14 Lucas Cruikshank Lucas Alan Cruikshank is an American actor and YouTube personality who created the character Fred Figglehorn and the associated Fred series for his channel on the video-sharing website YouTube in late 2005. These videos are centered on Fred Figglehorn, a fictional six-year-old who has a dysfunctional ...read more.
He isn't anywhere nick anymore thankfully.
The guy who did Fred on YouTube, no longer doing it, so he'll pretty much be forgotten before then.
15 Kourtney Kardashian Kourtney Mary Kardashian is an American reality television personality, actress, socialite, businesswoman and model.
16 Lil Pump Gazzy Garcia (Known professionally as Lil Pump, born August 17th, 2000) is an American rapper, producer and songwriter. Gazzy began his career in 2016 with a collaboration freestyle with Smokepurpp, which was eventually posted in Soundcloud to popular success. He broke out to mainstream the following ...read more.
17 6IX9INE Daniel Hernandez, known by his stage name 6ix9ine, also known as Tekashi69 or simply Tekashi, is an American rapper.
No no no. He's not going to be forgotten. He's going to be VERY forgotten. - LightningStrike
18 Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer. He was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. After West's parents divorced, him and his single mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 10, West temporarily moved to Nanjing, China, because his mother was teaching ...read more.
If he keeps making albums and doing crazy stuff on camera, then I don't think people will be forgetting this guy for a while. - Mcgillacuddy
Save me from him. Normally I don't wish anybody anything bad, but he really deserves some for how over-confident and egoistic he is.
Well unless he becomes president in 2020. Then we're all dead.
19 Ted Cruz Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
I've already began to forget
Yeah - FiaFlora
20 Amy Schumer Amy Beth Schumer is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and producer. She is the creator, co-producer, co-writer and star of the sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, which debuted on Comedy Central in 2013 and has received a Peabody Award.
21 Jake Paul Jake Joseph Paul is an American actor and YouTube personality who rose to internet fame on the now-defunct video application Vine. Paul is known for playing the role of Dirk on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark.
22 Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. is an American hip hop artist and is often referred to as one of the worst rappers of all time. He was signed to Cash Money Records by Birdman at a young age. Before he became a household name and the artist he is today, he was 1 quarter of the southern rap group The Hot Boys, ...read more.
23 Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Hemsworth (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), known as Miley Cyrus, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus. Her voice type is Mezzo-Soprano and has 4 octaves. She became a teen idol starring as the ...read more.
24 Shia LaBeouf Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor, performance artist, and director who became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens.
I haven't heard of this guy since his 2015 meme, so I bet he's forgotten now. - Mumbizz01
25 Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She is best known for writing break up songs and for having more than 5 Grammys. She became interested in country music when she was around 9 years old and after watching a documentary about ...read more.
Go away you singing Barbie doll
I think she won't - Martinglez
That look...can't stand her.
No place for sluts - Ananya
26 Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.
Considering how he's made constant box office bomb after bomb, there's just no hope for this guy.
Wait who? - InsertCleverName
27 Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005.
Honestly, let's put every reality show "singer" while we're at it.
28 Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian-American pop singer. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning ...read more.
29 Ariana Grande Ariana Grande-Butera, known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer and actress. She was born on June 26th 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande and Edward Butera. She is best known for her role as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious and its spin-off show Sam & Cat. ...read more.
Even the ripoff of Ariana, Camilla Cabello had better songs than her. 7 rings is the day the music industry crashed for me but was saved by Ava Max's So am I.
30 Camila Cabello Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, or professionally Camila Cabello (born March 3, 1997) is an American-Cuban musician. Camila was best known for being part of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony are known for songs like Worth It, Work From Home, All In My Head (Flex), Bo$, and Sledgehammer. Camila ...read more.
Her pose in this photo makes her look like she's possessed lol - Ananya
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World Cup QF: Both Brazil, Belgium battling bad vibes
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To get past Belgium in the quarter-finals at the World Cup, Brazil has to do something it has not been able to do since it last won the tournament in 2002: overcome European opposition in the knockout stages.
Since beating Germany 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup final, the five-time winner has been eliminated by European sides in the three subsequent competitions. Brazil lost to France and the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and was humiliated 7-1 by Germany in the semifinals four years ago at home.
Fortunately for the Selecao, Belgium has a poor record against South American sides at the World Cup. Not only has Belgium not won any of its games against South American teams in the knockout stages, it hasn’t even managed to score a goal. Most recently, Belgium lost 1-0 to Argentina in the 2014 quarter-finals.
The core of that side remains in place in Russia, where Belgium has won all four of its matches, including coming back from 2-0 down to beat Japan in the round of 16 with a thrilling counterattack in the final seconds of injury time.
Everything you need to know ahead of Brazil and Belgium’s quarter-final match on Friday. 1:00
Everyone knew about the array of talent running through the Belgium side, from Thibaut Courtois in goal to Kevin De Bruyne in midfield and Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku up front. The main questions following disappointing defeats in the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 European Championship centred on the team’s character.
That 3-2 victory over Japan was the first time a team has overcome a two-goal deficit to win outright since West Germany beat England in 1970, and the first to do it in regulation since Portugal came from three down to beat North Korea in 1966. It has fueled confidence inside the Belgium camp that it can deal with adversity and make the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1986.
“Maybe it’s this sort of match that we needed for the future,” said Hazard, the captain.
England hasn’t won the World Cup since 1966, but Rob Pizzo shows that the road ahead looks pretty favourable. 1:46
Coach Roberto Martinez won praise for his substitutions, with both Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli scoring, the latter with practically the last kick of the match.
“You have to find solutions, you have to find reaction but what you have to find more than anything is the desire and togetherness of a group of players, that they are desperate to perform,” Martinez said.
Unlike the game against Japan, Martinez said, Belgium will be the underdog Friday in the quarter-final in Kazan, and as such, should play with a certain amount of freedom.
“I think it’s a game that when you are a little boy, you dream of being involved in a World Cup, facing Brazil in a quarter-final,” he said, “so from our point of view we can enjoy from the first second.”
Brazil coach Tite dismissed talk that his team is the favourite to win the match against Belgium, let alone the World Cup.
“Everything is open, up for grabs,” he said.
The winner will play France or Uruguay in the semifinals in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
Romelo Lukaku leads Belgium with four goals so far in the tournament. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Belgium is the competition’s top scorer with 12 in its four games, with the goals spread around the team. Lukaku has four but seven of his teammates have scored, too.
Though Brazil has yet to hit the heights on the attacking front, it and Uruguay have been the meanest defences in the competition, conceding just one goal apiece in four matches.
There is a worry for Brazil heading into the Belgium match: The team will be without midfielder Casemiro, who is suspended after picking up a second yellow card in the 2-0 win over Mexico in the round of 16. Casemiro has provided a strong shield in front of the Brazilian defence. One option could see Fernandinho come into the side for a role he is accustomed to playing at Manchester City.
As has been the case throughout this World Cup, Brazilian forward Neymar will likely garner much of the attention during the match, both for his skills and speed as well as his on-field theatrics. Neymar will have to be careful not to pick up another booking as he would miss a semifinal should Brazil prevail. Others walking a tightrope are midfielder Philippe Coutinho and defender Filipe Luis.
For Belgium, defender Jan Vertonghen and De Bruyne are carrying yellow cards as well.
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Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report published on Wednesday, Zacks.com reports.
According to Zacks, “Sterling Bancorp, Inc. is a unitary thrift holding company with its primary branch operations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. The company through its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Sterling Bank and Trust, F.S.B., Sterling offers loan products to the residential and commercial markets, as well as retail banking services. Sterling Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. “
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SBT has been the subject of a number of other reports. Piper Jaffray Companies initiated coverage on Sterling Bancorp in a research report on Tuesday, March 19th. They set an overweight rating and a $14.00 target price for the company. ValuEngine downgraded Sterling Bancorp from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 23rd.
SBT opened at $9.78 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $9.77. The company has a market cap of $504.72 million, a P/E ratio of 8.15 and a beta of 1.24. Sterling Bancorp has a 1 year low of $6.65 and a 1 year high of $13.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.21.
Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 29th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $34.13 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.60 million. Sterling Bancorp had a return on equity of 19.55% and a net margin of 33.72%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Sterling Bancorp will post 1.13 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Saturday, May 25th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 23rd. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.41%. Sterling Bancorp’s payout ratio is 3.33%.
Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SBT. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA raised its holdings in shares of Sterling Bancorp by 938.4% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA now owns 4,652 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 4,204 shares in the last quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Sterling Bancorp during the 4th quarter worth $90,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sterling Bancorp during the 4th quarter worth $108,000. Denali Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sterling Bancorp during the 1st quarter worth $138,000. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in shares of Sterling Bancorp by 61.2% during the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 26,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $184,000 after buying an additional 10,025 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 29.19% of the company’s stock.
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Is the 32nd Senator Ready to Come Out of the Closet For Marriage Equality? | Village Voice
Is the 32nd Senator Ready to Come Out of the Closet For Marriage Equality?
by Steven Thrasher
It’s been nearly a week since same-sex marriage supporters announced they have 31 out of 32 pledged votes toward passing the Marriage Equality Bill. However, Capital Tonight just tweeted that a 32nd, unidentified Senator has been confirmed. Others, like the NYCLU, are claiming there is a 32nd phantom vote, but no one is confirming who this Senator is.
A resolution to the standoff in Albany might be welcome on both sides, as pro and anti-marriage equality activists have been camped out in Albany for days now and tensions have been growing. Gay activists have been pushing that a perfect storm is brewing this week, with a vote on marriage equality imminent — today being the 42nd anniversary of Judy Garland’s death, President Obama coming to town to make a withdrawal from the GayTM tomorrow, the Pride Parade happening on Sunday, and the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots coming next week. (We can only imagine how awkward it will be for Obama to address a roomful of homosexual donors, possibly on the day the Senate finally votes, and have to explain to them why he was for gay marriage in 1996 and against it in 2011.)
Meanwhile, the anti same-sex marriage side, led by Rev. Senator Ruben Diaz (subject of this week’s Voice feature story), has been leading the crowds on his side in religious songs and chants, alongside National Organization for Marriage’s Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher. But they’re not the only one’s trotting out religious spokespeople.
“We live in a country that automatically grants 1,138 Federal rights and responsibilities to married couples. The denial of these rights to persons often living for decades in a loving, committed relationship is unloving, unfair, and unjust. Marriage equality is an affirmation of the sanctity of love, an affirmation of the sanctity of fairness, and an affirmation of the sanctity of justice,” wrote the Rev. Freeman L. Palmer of the United Church of Christ, in a statement signed by multiple religious leaders supporting the Marriage Equality Bill.
According to multiple witnesses, the pro same-sex marriage advocates in Albany have been serenading for the Lord, too, and the dueling religious singing between the pro-and-anti sides are making the Capitol hallways sound like an old-time gospel sing-off.
Despite the fact that the Marriage Equality Bill is about civil, not religious, marriage, religion seems to be at the heart of the stalemate. The still undecided Senators are trying to get more religious exemptions caved out in the language of the bill. If they are successful, that bill would have to pass the Assembly yet again (for a fifth time) and be voted on in the Senate, where it hasn’t come up for a vote since 2009.
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Vasher knocked out with new hand injuries
Matt Trowbridge
Nov 27, 2008 at 12:01 AM Nov 27, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Nathan Vasher’s newest hand injuries have sidelined the Bears’ cornerback for Sunday night’s NFC North first-place showdown at Minnesota, and probably for the season
Nathan Vasher’s newest hand injuries have sidelined the Bears’ cornerback for Sunday night’s NFC North first-place showdown at Minnesota, and probably for the season.
Vasher missed three games earlier this year with injuries to his right wrist and thumb. He suffered a new fracture in that hand last week in St. Louis and re-aggravated the thumb injury.
Coach Lovie Smith said Vasher wouldn’t be put on injured reserve, which would make him ineligible to play again this season. But Smith also didn’t sound hopeful of a return.
“Whenever you have a fracture and you re-injure the same hand you had trouble with, you can go from there,” Smith said. “Right now, I just know he’s out this week.”
Vasher missed all but four games because of a groin injury last year and had not been playing up to his 2005 Pro Bowl level this year. Vasher had 16 interceptions his first three years, earning the nickname “The Interceptor.” But he has had only two the last two years and split time the last couple of weeks with Corey Graham.
“He was injured a few times,” Smith said. “It’s hard to get into the flow when that happens.”
Graham, a second-year, fifth-round draft choice, now becomes a full-time starter. When Vasher was healthy, Graham had been playing nickel back or alternating on the outside with Vasher.
“If I get to play more, that’s great,” Graham said, “but I’ve been playing already. It’s not like it’s a big difference. I was already getting the opportunity, now I’ll just get a few more reps.
“Nathan’s a big play-maker. He intercepts a lot of passes. He’s a big-time corner. You don’t want to lose a guy like that. I will just come in and do the best I can.”
Graham has been Chicago’s most pleasant defensive surprise this year. He had 33 tackles starting the three games that Vasher missed, but the Bears lost when he had a career-high 12 tackles against the Falcons and gave up 41 points in a 48-41 win over the Vikings when he had 11 tackles and an interception.
“I was happy that I went out there and did my job,” Graham said, “but when you are not winning games or the defense is not playing good as a whole, you can’t take too much satisfaction out of it.”
Smith said he had confidence in both Graham and Trumaine McBride, another second-year, low-round (seventh) draft choice who has played well in spot duty, Sunday when the Bears (6-5) and Vikings (6-5) play for the NFC North lead.
“It’s still hard when you lose a starter,” Smith added, “but it’s a long year. Injuries happen.”
Graham said he’s more prepared to step in now than he was earlier in the season.
“The more you watch film, the more you learn offenses,” Graham said. “And the more you learn what the defense is trying to accomplish. When you know what everyone else is doing, it helps you play a lot faster.”
Assistant sports editor Matt Trowbridge can be reached at: 815-987-1383 or mtrowbridge@rrstar.com
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dhr. dr. C.G. (Christian) Olesen
Kamernummer: 1.16
C.G.Olesen@uva.nl
Film History in the Making
Biography and Current Research
Christian Gosvig Olesen (b. 1985) is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam affiliated with the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA). He holds a PhD degree in Media Studies (cum laude/with distinction) from the University of Amsterdam, an MA degree (cum laude/with distinction) in Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image from the University of Amsterdam, and has studied film history and theory at the universities of Copenhagen and Bologna.
Currently, Christian Olesen is Postdoctoral Researcher in the project The Sensory Moving Image Archive: Boosting Creative Reuse for Artistic Practice and Research (2017-2019) led by Professor of Film Heritage and Digital Film Culture and Chief Curator at EYE Filmmuseum Giovanna Fossati. In 2017-2018 he was Principal Investigator of the NWO CLARIAH project MIMEHIST: Annotating EYE's Jean Desmet Collection. The project aimed at embedding the Jean Desmet Collection of the EYE Filmmuseum in the Dutch digital national research infrastructure CLARIAH's Mediasuite. In addition, the project developed annotation functionalities for the CLARIAH Mediasuite which allow researchers to link films and related materials from the Desmet Collection. In 2017-2018, he has also been invited as the first Scholar-in-residence at the EYE Filmmuseum in the museum's new residency program.
PhD Project (2012-2017)
Christian Olesen's PhD project Film History in the Making: Film Historiography, Digitised Archives and Digital Research Dispositifs (2012-2017), supervised by Professor of Heritage and Digital Culture Julia Noordegraaf, investigated the implications which digitization in film archives bears upon film historical research in primarily academic settings. It addressed the need for understanding the consequences of digitization for film historical methodology to develop a critical framework for evaluating and conceptualizing digital archives-based scholarship. From this point of departure, it produced both a historical account of digital film historical scholarship and suggestions for further developments of digital research methodology, discussing in a historical perspective, how the conception of film archives as a source of film history has developed - from the ”first wave” of scientific film archives founded in the 1910s, filmic appropriation art in the 1970s to scholarly Hyperkino presentations of silent cinema a century later.
Julia Noordegraaf
PhD Media Studies (cum laude/with distinction), Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2017.
MA Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (cum laude/with distinction), Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2012.
BA Film-og Medievidenskab, Københavns Universitet, 2009 (10 months Erasmus exchange at the Università di Bologna, Italy).
Fields of expertise and interest
Film historiography and theory of history
Film archiving and digitization
Media archaeology
Digital Humanities and Digital Heritage
Documentary and experimental cinema
Sound theory and auditory culture
Association of Moving Image Archivists, AMIA
Society for Cinema and Media Studies, SCMS
European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, NECS
The International Society for the Study of Early Cinema - DOMITOR
NECS
Publications and conference papers
C.G. Olesen, "I-Media-Cities, europæisk (film-)historieskrivning og den digitale humaniora", in Kosmorama, No. 272 (2018)
P.D. Keidl and C.G. Olesen, “Introduction”, Synoptique, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2018)
P.D. Keidl and C.G. Olesen (guest eds.) Synoptique, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2018), special issue “Institutionalizing Moving Image Archival Training: Analyses, Histories, Theories”
L.M. Estrada, Hielscher, E., Koolen, M., Olesen, C.G., Noordegraaf, J., & Blom, J, "Film analysis as annotation: Exploring current tools and their affordances", in The moving image, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2017): 40-70.
C.G. Olesen, “Towards a ‘Humanistic Cinemetrics?”, in K. Es and M. Schäfer (eds.), The Datafied Society. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
C.G. Olesen, E. Masson, J. Gorp, G. Fossati & J. Noordegraaf "Data-Driven Research for Film History: Exploring The Jean Desmet Collection" in The Moving Image, Vol. 16, No. 1 (2016) - Forthcoming
C.G. Olesen, "Formalising Digital Formalism: An Interview with Adelheid Heftberger and Matthias Zeppelzauer about the Vienna Vertov Project" in Miriam de Rosa and Ludovica Fales (eds.), Shifting Layers. New Perspectives in Media Archaeology Across Digital Media and Audiovisual Arts. Milan: Mimesis International, 2016. - Forthcoming.
C.G. Olesen, 'Film History 'in the Making': On Fact Production and Film Historiography in Digital Humanities Laboratories', in Alberto Beltrame, Giuseppe Fidotta and Andrea Mariani (eds.), At the Borders of (Film) History. Temporality, Archaeology, Theories. Udine: Forum Editirice Universitaria Udinese SRL, 2015.
C.G. Olesen, 'Panoramic Visions of the Archive in EYE's Panorama: A Case Study in Digital Film Historiography' in Cinema & Cie, Vol. XIV, No. 22/23 (2014)
C.G. Olesen, 'Found Footage Photogénie: An Interview with Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi and Mark-Paul Meyer', NECSUS - European Journal of Media Studies, 4 (Autumn 2013).
C.G. Olesen, 'Jean-Luc Godard. Cinema Historian' in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 34, Issue 4, 2014.
C.G. Olesen, 'Behind the Scenes at the BBFC. Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age', in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 34, Issue 1, 2014.
C.G. Olesen, (2018, 21 June), “AI in het digitale archief: wat kunnen we vandaag?: SEMIA”, AVA_Net Symposium, Hilversum.
C.G. Olesen (2018, 3 may), “Perspectives on computer-assisted film style analysis in the MIMEHIST and SEMIA projects”, Workshop „Computer-based Approaches for the Analysis of Film Style”, ZeM, Potsdam.
C.G. Olesen, (2018, 23 April), “MIMEHIST: Annotating EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection”, Symposium of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), Prague.
G. Fossati and C.G. Olesen, “The Sensory Moving Image Archive (SEMIA) Boosting Creative Reuse for Artistic Practice and Research” (2017, 23 November), NWO Smart Culture Conference: Exploring Integrated Arts & Culture Research, Amsterdam.
E. Masson, C.G. Olesen, J. van Gorp, G. Fossati and J.J. Noordegraaf (2015, June 22), “Reconstructing Colour Palettes in Early Dutch Film Distribution: The Case of EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection”, What Is Cinema History?”, Glasgow.
C.G. Olesen, E. Masson & J. van Gorp (2015, 29 March), “ Chromatic Experience in Early Cinema Distribution as Visualized Through EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection”, The Colour Fantastic - Chromatic Worlds of Silent Cinema, Amsterdam.
C.G. Olesen, J. van Gorp (2015, March 27), “Data-driven Film History: a Demonstrator of EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection”, SCMS, Montréal.
J. van Gorp, C.G. Olesen, G. Fossati, J.J. Noordegraaf & E. Masson (2014, October 24), “Digital Tools for Archives: Linking EYE's Jean Desmet Collection”, FIAT/IFTA World Conference, Amsterdam.
J. van Gorp, C.G.Olesen, G. Fossati & J.J. Noordegraaf (2014, July 8), "Emerging Cinema/Emerging Methods: Developing a Tool for EYE's Jean Desmet Collection", Digital Humanities 2014, Lausanne.
C.G. Olesen (2014, June 21), " Dispositifs in Digital Film Historiography". Luxembourg, Luxembourg, " Dispositif: Theory, Methodology, Practice", Université du Luxembourg.
C.G. OIesen (2014, April 3) "Film History 'in the Making': On Scholarly Practice and Film Historiography in the Digital Humanities Laboratory". Udine, Italy, XXI FilmForum International Film Studies Conference.
C.G.Olesen (2014, March 19) "From Film Historiography to Videography: Film Historical Video Essays as Scholarly Research Practice". Seattle, WA, USA, 55th annual conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS).
C.G. Olesen (2013, March 18). "Digitizing an "Aesthetic of Film History - Philosophy of Film History in EYE's Panorama". Gorizia, Italy, XI MAGIS - Gorizia International Film Studies Spring School, Universita degli studi di Udine.
C.G. Olesen (2013, February 23). "Historical Notes on Contemporary Silent Film Music- Cinémix and the Case of Radiomentale". Kiel, Germany, Silent Film Sound - History, Theory & Practice, Christian-Albrächts-Universität zu Kiel.
C.G. Olesen (2012, December 2). "The Difference Between Bits and Bits - Film History and Archiving Philosophy in EYE's Digital Panorama". London, UK, Besides the Screen Conference, Goldsmiths College.
C.G. Olesen (2011, November 19). "Against the Grain - Teaching AV Preservation Issues through Found Footage Film". Austin, TX, USA, Association of Moving Image Archivists conference (AMIA).
C.G. Olesen (2010, August 20). "Que l'embarras du choix? - quelques aspects éthiques de la modernisation de l'accompagnement musical." Zürich, Switzerland, Conference of the Association suisse de conservation et restauration (SKR/SCR).
MA Heritage Studies: Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image
MAGIS Spring School (2013/2014)
Research Seminar and Thesis (2012/2013, 2013/2014)
MA Thesis Supervision: five theses supervised between 2013-2016. Topics: film restoration and archive theory, experimental film preservation and digital video activism.
refereed (6)
Melgar Estrada, L., Hielscher, E., Koolen, M., Olesen, C., Noordegraaf, J., & Blom, J. (2017). Film analysis as annotation: Exploring current tools and their affordances. The moving image, 17(2), 40-70. https://doi.org/10.5749/movingimage.17.2.0040
Olesen, C. G., Masson, E. L., van Gorp, J., Noordegraaf, J. J., & Fossati, G. (2016). Data-Driven Research for Film History: Exploring the Jean Desmet Collection. The moving image, 16(1), 82-105.
Olesen, C. G. (2015). Film History 'in the Making': On Fact Production and Film Historiography in Digital Humanities Laboratories. In A. Beltrame, G. Fidotta, & A. Mariani (Eds.), At the Borders of (Film) History: Temporality, Archaeology, Theories: XXI Convegno Internazionale di Studi sul Cinema: XXI International Film Studies Conference (pp. 157-166). Udine: Forum. [details]
Olesen, C. G. (2014). [Review of: E. Lamberti (2012) Behind the scenes at the BBFC: film classification from the silver screen to the digital age]. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 34, 135-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2013.872475 [details]
Olesen, C. G. (2014). [Review of: M. Witt (2013) Jean-Luc Godard, cinema historian]. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 34(4), 631-633. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2014.943959 [details]
Olesen, C. (2013). Found Footage Photogénie: An Interview with Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi and Mark-Paul Meyer. NECSUS, 2(2), 555-562. https://doi.org/10.5117/NECSUS2013.2.OLES [details]
Fossati, G., Masson, E. L., & Olesen, C. G. (2019). The Sensory Moving Image Archive Project. Paper presented at Association of the Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Conference, Portland, United States.
Masson, E. L., Fossati, G., & Olesen, C. G. (2018). Visual Analysis as a Means of Tactical Subversion in the Exploration of Digitized Moving Image Collections. Paper presented at Media tactics and engagements. , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Olesen, C. G., Masson, E. L., & Fossati, G. (2018). Feature Extraction in the Sensory Moving Image Archive (SEMIA) project. Paper presented at Digital Humanities Benelux Conference 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Blom, J., Koolen, M., Melgar Estrada, L., Boot, P., Dekker, R. H., Olesen, C., ... Wegter, R. (2017). A Demonstration of Scholarly Web Annotation Support Using the W3C Annotation Data Model and RDFa. Abstract from Big Video Sprint 2017, Aalborg, Denmark.
Noordegraaf, J. J., Woodfin, L., Olesen, C. G., Masson, E. L., Fossati, G., & van Gorp, J. (2017). Mapping Desmet: Testing a New Cinema History Tool on Film Distribution in the Netherlands and Belgium, 1914-1918. Paper presented at HoMER conference Circuits of Cinema: Histories of Movie & Media Distribution. , Toronto, Canada.
Olesen, C. G., van Gorp, J., Masson, E. L., Noordegraaf, J. J., & Fossati, G. (2016). A New Cinema History Research Tool: The Case of Mapping Desmet. Paper presented at Creativity & the City, 1600-2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Masson, E. L., & Olesen, C. G. (2015). Reconstructing Chromatic Experience in Early Dutch Film Distribution through EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection. Paper presented at The Colour Fantastic: Chromatic Worlds of Silent Cinema conference, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, .
Masson, E. L., & Olesen, C. G. (2015). Reconstructing Chromatic Experience in Early Dutch Film Distribution: The Case of EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection. Paper presented at What is Cinema History? A HOMER Network Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, .
Olesen, C. G. (speaker) (2012). The Difference Between Bits and Bits - Film History and Archiving Philosophy in EYE's Digital Panorama, Besides The Screen, London, UK.
Olesen, C. G. (organiser), Masson, E. (organiser) & Fossati, G. (organiser) (7-2-2018). SEMIA workshop 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
Olesen, C. G. (2017). Film history in the making: Film historiography, digitised archives and digital research dispositifs. [details]
Thesis (complete)
0.0 Film historiography, digitised archives and digital research dispositifs
1.0 Film archives and film historiography
2.0 Film heritage digitisation in Europe between europeanisation and cinephile, curatorial agendas
3.0 Microscopic visions of the film-text: Stylometry, archival DVD editions and film philology
4.0 Writing film history from below and seeing it from above: Data mining, GIS and socio-economic history
5.0 From figures to figurations – The subjective projections of cinephilia and data art
6.0 Conclusion and further perspectives
English Summary / Nederlandse samenvatting
Docent (mediastudiies)
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Retirement Reception Set for UWPD Sgt. Anthony Johnson
UWPD Sgt. Anthony Johnson assists student Karissa McNiven from Riverton during a 2008 Alcohol Awareness Week activity. A retirement reception for Johnson will be held Thursday, July 8, from noon - 2 p.m. at the UWPD facility located at 15th and Flint streets. (UW Photo)
The All-America guard, Danny Ainge, pounded the court in anguish after his BYU Cougars had lost in double overtime to the UW Cowboys, 86-84, on Feb. 26, 1981, in War Memorial Fieldhouse.
Two days later, the Cowboys defeated Utah, 53-50 to clinch the Western Athletic Conference championship and earn a spot in the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time in more than a decade. It launched an unprecedented successful run for Cowboy basketball.
A member of that team, sharp-shooting guard Anthony (AJ) Johnson, remembers those games well. But those victories aren't his most significant memory of his years playing for Coach Jim Brandenburg.
"My twin sons were born right after I arrived home after playing a game against CSU," says the well-liked Johnson, who is retiring from the UW Police Department. Everyone is welcome to a reception in his honor scheduled Thursday, July 8, from noon-2 p.m. at the UWPD facility, located at 15th and Flint streets.
After earning a degree in criminal justice (1983), Johnson worked as a UW security guard for Western Research Institute, then served as a UWPD security guard position from 1984-1986. He accepted a peace officer position after graduating from the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in 1986 and was promoted to sergeant in 1999. He also served one year in the detective division.
During that time, Johnson had to keep current on the continuing advances in law enforcement technology that were taking place. Reports that were hand-typed are now done by computer, and the UWPD vehicles are all equipped with ICOP, a modern video and audio recording system. The UWPD, housed in the basement of the old Ivinson Building, recently moved into its new, well-equipped facility.
"UW has been a part of my family since I first set foot on campus in 1979, and I am grateful to all the past and present UW staff, faculty and students for being a part of my life," he says fondly. "My family and I intend to continue to be involved in this community and campus."
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Turkey: Dr. Serdar Kuni sentenced to more than 4 years despite the absence of concrete evidence
On 24 April 2017, War Resisters' International joined a group of international organisations to observe the second hearing of Serdar Küni, a doctor and veteran human rights defender from Turkey imprisoned last October. The charges against Dr. Küni were based on allegations that he provided medical treatment to individuals who were said to belong to a terrorist organisation during the clashes in Cizre between 2015 and 2016. The court sentenced him to four years, two months despite the lack of any concrete evidence, as reported by the international delegation of observers including Andreas Speck from WRI. The delegation members, who issued a statement following the court, said “the trial proceedings ignored the most basic of international fair trial standards, and failed to take into account the arbitrary nature of the charges against Dr. Küni.”
Read the statement on Dr. Küni's trial here.
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Sales tax returns continue to rise
AUSTIN � The state collected $1.7 billion in sales tax revenue in April, up 10.3 percent compared to April 2006, according to the state Comptroller�s Office.
�Sales tax revenue continues to show steady growth,� Comptroller Susan Combs said. �This is true at both the state and local levels, and it indicates that our Texas economy is in good health.�
Combs said local governments will receive $542.5 million in May sales tax allocations, up 8.1 percent compared to May 2006. So far this calendar year, sales tax allocations to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts are up 6.8 percent compared to a year ago.
Combs sent May sales tax allocations of $372.6 million to Texas cities, up 8.2 percent compared to May 2006. Calendar year-to-date, city sales tax allocations are up 7.4 percent compared to the same period last year.
Texas counties received sales tax payments of $32.1 million, up 10.9 percent compared to one year ago. Calendar year-to-date, county sales tax allocations are 8.9 percent higher than last year.
In addition, $16.3 million went to 116 special purpose taxing districts throughout the state, up 12.4 percent compared to last May. Ten local transit systems received $121.4 million in sales tax allocations, up 6.4 percent compared to a year ago.
Locally, the city of Waxahachie received $1,012,543.33 for the month of May, compared to $935,594.03 last year, an increase of 8.22 percent. For the year, Waxahachie has received $4,093,754.58, an increase of 2.64 percent over last year�s receipts of $3,988,186.29.
The city of Ennis received $364,683.70, compared to $375,444.87, a decrease of 2.86 percent. For the year, Ennis has received $1,627,937.35, a 4.55 percent increase over last year�s receipts of $1,557,023.02.
The city of Midlothian received $344,508.12, compared to $295,610.31, an increase of 16.54 percent. For the year, Midlothian has received $1,354,989.57, an increase of 5.2 percent over last year�s receipts of $1,287,935.95.
The city of Red Oak received $174,254.52, compared to $193,192.98, a decrease of 9.8 percent. For the year, Red Oak has received $662,265.17, an increase of 1.46 percent over last year�s receipts of $652,675.72.
Other municipalities receipts included (May 2007, May 2006, percent increase/decrease, 2007 to date, 2006 to date, percent increase/decrease):
Alma - $4,069.60, $3,946.81, 3.11 percent, $19,302.37, $19,625.21, -1.64 percent
Bardwell - $1,014.35, $914.03, 10.97 percent, $3,799.96, $3,955.91, -3.94 percent
Ferris - $28,724.66, $29,848.31, -3.76 percent, $111,995.07, $113,499.79, -1.32 percent
Garrett - $141.69, $337.46, -58.01 percent, $765.27, $1,026.51, -25.44 percent
Italy - $21,105.27, $19,073.47, 10.65 percent, $80,545.99, $86,729.52, -7.12 percent
Maypearl - $5,428.67, $3,950.74, 37.40 percent, $22,829.40, $15,398.19, 48.26 percent
Milford - $1,694.15, $1,906.03, -11.11 percent, $4,975.17, $12,597, -60.4 percent
Oak Leaf - $2,183.57, $1,906.61, 14.52 percent, $10,512.20, $10,020.15, 4.91 percent
Ovilla - $14,412.53, $12,215.42, 17.98 percent, $38,757.12, $33,944.83, 14.17 percent
Palmer - $18,202.74, $19,136.22, -4.87 percent, $64,622.05, $73,156.82, -11.66 percent
Pecan Hill - $882.40, $230.49, 282.83 percent, $1,916.59, $1,439.44, 33.14 percent
The county-wide totals saw the comptroller rebate $1,993,849.30 in sales tax for May, a 5.31 percent increase over the May 2006 total of $1,893,307.78. For the year-to-date, the county-wide total is $8,098,967.86, a 3.07 percent increase over the 2006 year-to-date total of $,857,214.35.
May�s sales tax allocations to local governments represent March sales that were reported to the comptroller in April by monthly tax filers and January, February and March sales reported to the comptroller in April by quarterly tax filers.
For details of May sales tax payments to individual cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts, locate the Monthly Sales and Use Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports on the comptroller�s Web site at www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/allocsum/compsum.html.
The comptroller�s next sales tax allocation will be made Friday, June 8.
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Battle over Livingston Parish gravel pit continues
1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago Friday, November 17 2017 Nov 17, 2017 November 17, 2017 6:55 PM November 17, 2017 in News
By: Earl Phelps
WATSON - After years of fighting against a gravel pit near the Oak Hills subdivision, a judge who originally stopped construction said it can resume.
The 50 acre gravel pit is right next to the subdivision, and residents claimed it's caused noise and traffic problems for years.
"It gets very noisy," "Save the Hill" orgainzer Jim Norred said. "You can't hear the birds. People came out here for the quiet and peacefulness. It's always been a peaceful subdivision, until now."
Earlier this year, a judge ruled environmental and economic studies had not been completed, so construction came to a halt. Southern Aggregate appealed the decision and was allowed to continue.
"I would hope that at the very least they would not be allowed to work while the environmental impact and economic impact study was done," Norred said.
Southern Aggregate did not return our request for a comment.
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MV Book Festival: Chelsea Handler In Conversation With Seth Meyers
Friday, August 2, 2019, 6:00 pm
Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center100 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven RoadOak Bluffs, MA 02577Open in Google Maps
WBUR is proud to be a media sponsor of the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival. Join us at the opening night of the festival for a conversation with comedians Chelsea Handler and Seth Meyers, who will discuss Handler's latest memoir, "Life Will Be the Death of Me."
Ticket price includes an autographed copy of "Life Will Be the Death of Me."
About Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler is the author of five consecutive New York Times bestsellers, a comedian, producer, TV host and activist. Her books include "My Horizontal Life," "Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea," "Uganda To Be Kidding Me," "Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me" and "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang." She hosted the late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately" on E!, released a documentary series, "Chelsea Does" and hosted the talk show "Chelsea" on Netflix. Handler is at work on a documentary about white privilege that will be released by Netflix in 2019.
About Seth Meyers
Seth Meyers is an Emmy Award-winning writer and the host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers." He began his TV career with "Saturday Night Live" in 2001, serving as head writer for nine of his 13 seasons. Myers hosted the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards and the 75th Golden Globe Awards, which was Emmy nominated for Outstanding Variety Special, and he headlined the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
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New President Leads Westport Woman’s Club 2018-2019
The Westport Woman’s Club welcomes Christina McVaney as its new President as the Club enters its 112th year of service, fundraising and philanthropy. A Westport resident since 2007, Christina places great importance on giving back to her community. She has served the WWC as co-chair of several fundraisers, including the club’s largest fundraiser, The Yankee Doodle Fair, for the past five years.
While balancing her career as a residential realtor, Christina has consistently carved personal time for her commitment to volunteerism. Christina is a current board member for “Neighbors and Newcomers of Westport” and was an active PTA parent while her three children attended Westport Public Schools. As WWC president, Christina’s schedule will include overseeing Westport Woman’s Club operating budgets, annual grant awards, need-based scholarship awards, food closet collaboration with the town’s Human Services Department, board meetings, social gatherings, holiday giving, and club fundraisers throughout the year.
Born in Michigan, Christina spent most of her childhood in Beirut, Lebanon before returning to Michigan for high school, and then graduating from the University of Michigan. She speaks French, Arabic, and Spanish and had lived in Illinois, California and Massachusetts before arriving in Connecticut with her husband, Keith, and their family. They enjoy hiking, movies, and traveling together as a family.
“I’m happy and proud to take on the position of President of the Westport Woman’s Club. My mother and grandmother were both involved in Woman’s Clubs in Michigan and I’m looking forward to continuing that family tradition of community involvement and philanthropy. I hope that over the next two years I will continue the great work of past presidents and I’m eager to introduce innovations and new ideas of my own,” Christina McVaney said.
Join Christina and The Westport Woman’s Club to make a difference in the lives of others this year; Westport residency is not required. On Wednesday, September 26th, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, women of all ages, interested in learning more about the WWC, are invited to a Wine and Cheese Prospective Member Mixer at our historic Clubhouse (44 Imperial Avenue, Westport, CT). Prospective members wishing to learn more about membership or to have a tour of our Clubhouse may also contact Membership Director, Robin Clark, at rclark@westportnational.com, or the WWC Office at 203-227-4240, to register.
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August 20, 2018Robert Fontaine
Richard Hines Gallery, Seattle
Art Form: Prints
Medium: Offset-Lithograph on heavy paper
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Edition Notes: Edition of 100
Status: Available For Sale
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Born Milton Ernest Rauschenberg in 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas, Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Academie Julian in Paris, France. In 1948 Rauschenberg and his wife Susan Weil decided to attend Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he studied under Josef Albers. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. While the Combines are both painting and sculpture, Rauschenberg also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and performance. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1993. He also won a Grammy Award for his album design of 'Talking Heads' album, Speaking in Tongues. Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York City and on Captiva Island, Florida until his death, May 12, 2008. Robert Rauschenberg has had internationally acclaimed shows in numerous parts of the world. His major exhibitions include: "Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective," the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1997) (traveled to the Menil Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, through 1999); "Combines," the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2005) (traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, through 2007); and "Gluts," the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (2009) (traveled to the Tinguely Museum, Basel, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese in 2010.)
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Damages, Succession, Contract and Company Law
Register of Floating Charges Report
Much of company law is reserved to the UK Parliament. The Scottish Government is in touch with the UK Government as it progresses the implementation the Companies Act 2006 and a revision of Part 25 of that Act. The Scottish Government also liaises with the UK Government as regards the on-going development of EU legislation on company law.
Responsibility for 'floating charges' in Scotland is devolved and the Scottish Government is currently considering how best to take forward Part 2 of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007, which modernises the law on floating charges and provides for the establishment of a Scottish Register of Floating Charges. To assist with this Registers of Scotland led a Technical Working Group to map out the practical foundation work for moving towards the establishment of a Scottish Register of Floating Charges. The Group's Report was presented in August 2011 and is under consideration.
Separately, the Scottish Government consulted in 2010 on the efficacy of Section 51(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986, which makes provision for the power to appoint a receiver where there is a floating charge in existence. The Scottish Government issued a consultation paper; responses to this consultation and a summary analysis are now available. The subsequent Insolvency Act 1986 Amendment (Appointment of Receivers) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/140) amended section 51 of the 1986 Act, in relation to the appointment of receivers to enforce floating charges, to clarify that the holder of a floating charge granted by a borrowing company which does not have its 'centre of main interest' or an 'establishment' in the UK may appoint a receiver in respect of the property of that company situated in Scotland.
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Please Sir! - Complete Series Box Set [Repackaged] [10DVD]
An astounding success for ITV on its original transmission (and fondly remembered to this day), Please, Sir! featured John Alderton (Upstairs Downstairs) as Bernard Hedges, a newly qualified teacher thrown in at the deep end when he is assigned to sort out the unruly class 5C at Fenn Street Secondary Modern School. Alby helped (and sometimes hindered) by his fellow teachers Doris Ewell (Joan Sanderson - Fawlty Towers) and Mr. Price (Richard Davies - Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt), he has to combat the wiles of school caretaker Norman Potter (Deryck Guyler - Sykes) and the full might of Class 5C.
Please, Sir! was one of the first series to be written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, who would go on to create successes like God Some In!, The Good and Ever Decreasing Circles. This complete-series box set contains all 55 episodes alongside the feature film version made in 1971., An astounding success for ITV on its original transmission (and fondly remembered to this day), Please, Sir! featured John Alderton (Upstairs Downstairs) as Bernard Hedges, a newly qualified teacher thrown in at the deep end when he is assigned to sort out the unruly class 5C at Fenn Street Secondary Modern School. Alby helped (and sometimes hindered) by his fellow teachers Doris Ewell (Joan Sanderson - Fawlty Towers) and Mr. Price (Richard Davies - Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt), he has to combat the wiles of school caretaker Norman Potter (Deryck Guyler - Sykes) and the full might of Class 5C.
Please, Sir! was one of the first series to be written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, who would go on to create successes like God Some In!, The Good and Ever Decreasing Circles. This complete-series box set contains all 55 episodes alongside the feature film version made in 1971.
John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Richard Davis
Mark Stuart, Howard Ross, Alan Wallis
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From Concealed Carry To Pregnant Workers’ Rights, New Kentucky Laws Go Into Effect Thursday
By Ryland Barton • Jun 27, 2019
Originally published on June 27, 2019 12:54 pm
Nearly 200 bills passed out of the Kentucky legislature this year and most of them will go into effect on Thursday.
The new laws include a “constitutional carry” provision that allows people to concealed carry guns without a license, job protections for pregnant workers and an expansion of Kentucky’s expungement law that allows people to get some low-level felony convictions cleared from their criminal records.
Laws generally go into effect 90 days after the conclusion of the annual legislative session.
Measures that include “emergency” clauses went into effect immediately when they are signed by the governor — such laws this year include a $106 million package of tax breaks and a ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
There were 786 bills introduced during this year’s legislative session. Only 198 made it across the finish line.
Next year’s legislative session starts on January 7 and lawmakers will be tasked with writing Kentucky’s two-year budget.
Here are some of the new laws that go into effect on Thursday:
‘Constitutional Carry’
Kentuckians won’t need to take an eight-hour training course or undergo a background check in order to carry concealed firearms anymore with the passage of Senate Bill 150. Previously, the state only allowed individuals to carry firearms in public without a permit if they were openly displayed.
According to the Giffords Law Center, Kentucky is the 15th state that allows people to carry concealed weapons in public without a permit.
Abortion ‘Reversal’
Doctors will be required to tell patients seeking a medically-induced abortion that the procedure could be reversed if they take the hormone progesterone under Senate Bill 50. The measure was added to a bill that requires doctors to report all medically-induced abortions to the state.
Research on the effectiveness of a so-called abortion a reversal is inconclusive.
Pregnant Worker Protections
Employers will be required to provide “reasonable accommodations” to pregnant workers under Senate Bill 18 unless doing so would be an undue hardship or if they have fewer than eight employees.
Reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees can include temporary light duty for, more frequent or longer breaks and private space to express breast milk that isn’t a bathroom.
Expungement Expansion
More Kentuckians who have low-level felony convictions will be able to have their records cleared under Senate Bill 57.
Previously, only 61 Class D felonies were eligible for expungement, but the new law expands eligibility to all Class D felonies with exceptions for crimes like stealing while in public office, and sex and child abuse.
The new law requires people to wait five years after they have completed their sentences to apply for expungement. It also reduces the application fee from $500 to $250 application fee and allows prosecutors to object to clearing records.
Strangulation will be added to Kentucky’s list of Class D feloniesunder Senate Bill 70, similar to the minimum standard that’s already on the books in 45 other states.
Senate Bill 67 makes it a Class D felony to have sex with an animal. The law requires people convicted of bestiality to attend a treatment program and allows courts to take away violators’ animals for up to five years.
Kentucky is one of the last states to explicitly ban bestiality. West Virginia, Wyoming, New Mexico and Hawaii and Washington, D.C. still don’t ban it.
Solar Panel Changes
Senate Bill 100 changes how people with solar panels on their houses get compensated for putting energy back onto the power grid. Currently, households receive credits equal to the retail rate of power. Under the changes, the Public Service Commission will set the rates. Those already participating in the program — and those who sign up in the next year — get to keep their rates for the next 25 years.
Caller ID Fraud
Telemarketers will be banned from misrepresenting their name or phone number on caller ID under House Bill 84. The law also creates increasing fines for subsequent violations and allows people to file lawsuits against violators.
This story has been corrected. It previously included Senate Bill 85, which will expand Kentucky’s DUI interlock device program. That law won’t take effect until July 1, 2020.
Copyright 2019 WKMS. To see more, visit WKMS.
Gov. Bevin's Office: Special Pension Session Will Come After Costly Deadline
With Kentucky’s regional universities and other agencies facing a massive spike in pension costs starting July 1, Gov. Matt Bevin’s office says he won’t call a special legislative session to address the issue until later in July or August.
Erlanger Continues Discussions On Lowering Number Of Council Members
By Patricia A. Scheyer • Jun 24, 2019
Courtesy of River City News
The City of Erlanger has the largest elected municipal government in Northern Kentucky, with 12 members of city council and a mayor, and a population of about 18,000.
Trump Administration Proposal Could Boot Some Low-Income Kentuckians Off Health, Food Aid
By Lisa Gillespie (KPR) • Jun 20, 2019
The Trump administration is proposing a change to what income level is considered “poverty,” which could result in thousands of Kentuckians losing food stamps, health insurance and other programs that serve people with low incomes.
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Dot Common
Ever see a street mime perform?
Ever watch a parade?
Ever peruse a bulletin board?
Even listen to a friend bitch about the President or Congress?
Ever read a blog?
According to a Pew Research Center study, a tipping point occurred last year: more people in the U.S. got their news online for free than paid for it by buying newspapers and magazines. Who can blame them? Even an old print junkie like me has quit subscribing to the New York Times, because if it doesn't see fit to charge for its content, I'd feel like a fool paying for it. This is not a business model that makes sense.
--Walter Isaacson
The Internet is turning economics inside out. For example, everybody on the Internet now wants stuff for free, and there are so many free services available.
--Uri Geller (I wonder if he now bends spoons for free.)
Ever draw a picture?
Ever play a musical instrument?
Ever compose a poem?
Ever sign a petition?
Ever write a blog?
The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values. By Andrew Keen
--Book title
My problem is that it fundamentally undermines the authority of mainstream media. We think two things going on simultaneously, the rise of the user-generated content, which is unreliable enough and corrupt, and a crisis in professional journalism, professional recorded music, newspapers, radio stations, television and publishing. And that is the core of our culture. Once we undermine the authority and expertise and professionalism of mainstream media, all we have is opinion chaos, a cacophony of amateurs.
--Andrew Keen, in an interview on National Public Radio
In recent years, there's been two charges leveled against the Internet and the blogosphere. One, that it's free, and two, that it's dominated by amateurs.
Let's take the first one first (duh). Is the Internet really free? According to Time Warner Cable of NE Ohio, it's "only" $34.95 a months for a full year. Cox Cable is $32.99 a month. Comcast is "as low as" 19.99 for 6 months, but you have to be an existing customer. AT&T offers $19.95 for a full year. Why is Time Warner and Cox so much more than the other two? I think maybe they have monopolies in certain areas. Of course, you don't need cable or even a telephone if you want access to the Internet. Just go to Starbucks. But they do expect you to at least by a latte. Buy one everyday for a month, and you've spent at least twice as much as if you had gone with Time Warner! Finally, there's the, ahem, library. Even that's your taxpayers dollars at work.
Anyway, getting things for free is not completely unheard of in our capitalistic system. I mentioned some goods and services you don't have to pay for at the very beginning of this essay. However, I left out two of the most significant. You don't have to pay for non-satellite radio (well, you have to buy the actual radio, but you know what I mean), and, if you're willing to settle for just six or seven channels, TV is free as well. Of course, nowadays most of us do pay for TV, and, if you want something "on demand", you pay even more. There was a movement afoot about a year ago to get people to pay even more for specific sites on the Internet, usually those originating in print, but it never went anywhere. More about paying for content at the end of this piece.
The second charge leveled against the Internet, and, more specifically, the blogosphere, is that it's dominated by amateurs. Really? You don't say! Let me peruse the "List of Blogs" at the left to see if this is true. Be right back...
...OK, not counting The Huffington Post, which is more of an online newspaper, only five of the 24 blogs are by professionals, meaning at one time or another these folks have drawn a paycheck for their writing (though not for their blogs, which are free.) I can't say for sure that the other 19 blogs are written by amateurs, since most are using assumed names. There's maybe four I'm not quite sure about. Of the fourteen blogs I'm pretty confident are by amateurs, what will you find? Photography, poetry, essays, autobiography, theology, visual art, travelogues, comic archives, philosophy, and even an occasional short story.
Now, I want you to reexamine the two quotes by Andrew Keen. They're easy to find.
Before the advent of the Internet, amateur photography, amateur poetry, amateur essays, amateur autobiography ("Dear Diary..."), amateur theology ("Now I lay me down to sleep..."), amateur art, amateur travelogues ("Want to see some slides from our trip to Bermuda?") amateur archives ("I'll trade you my 1964 Daredevil with the Wally Wood story for that 1966 Spiderman with the Johnny Romita cover."), amateur philosophy ("Ever wonder if you're the only being that exists and everything else is in your imagination?" "Sorry to interrupt, bub, but you want another?"), and amateur fiction, weren't considered corrupt, chaotic, or a fundamental threat to our values. Instead, they were called hobbies.
Politics isn't usually thought of as a hobby, but people sometimes approach it that way, as Billy Joel once noted ("and the waitress is practicing politics"). It's why campaigns depends so much on volunteers. And some people just like to talk about politics. I'll grant you there's a lot of harsh opinions about politics on the Internet. But you can also find similarly harsh opinions about politics in a bar, (actually, you can find harsh opinions on just about anything in a bar.) Maybe if we'd stop comparing the Internet to older media such as TV or newspapers and instead to Earth as a whole, we might have a better understanding of it. It's not called the World Wide Web for nothing.
On my profile page, I call myself a writer, but it's not my profession. Would I like it to be my profession? Sure. Would I like to make a lot of money writing? You bet. Would I like to achieve such heights of success and renown through writing that I'm asked to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on American Idol? Damn right I would! But if none of that comes to pass, if writing can't be my profession, I still want it as a hobby, even at the risk of undermining the authority of the mainstream media.
Speaking of that mainstream media, just what is it that makes the likes of Andrew Keene so hostile to the lowly amateur? Wouldn't simple indifference be enough? It was before the Internet. Maybe it's just frustrating to climb up the media ladder, only to have it seemingly kicked out from under you by a temp with a laptop.
There's now a consensus that the mainstream media's big mistake was putting its' wares on the Internet at no extra charge. Doing so blurred the distinction between the professional and the amateur. Does Howard Stern broadcast on ham radio? Does Jonathan Franzen leave 100,000 words on the bathroom wall? Does Plácido Domingo join in when you sing in the shower? No to all of these. Yet on the Internet, the Aristocracy--print newspapers and magazines--live on the same block as the Great Unwashed, aka amateur bloggers.
I first wanted to write about this over a year ago, but couldn't quite get my mind around it (a recent post by fellow blogger Elisabeth made me want to revisit the subject.) At that time it looked like newspapers and magazines might go extinct. Since then, however, an unlikely savior has emerged: Steve Jobs. I understand that those who own and control the mainstream media are excited by that new iPad of his. As consumers aren't accustomed to getting things for free on such devices, media titans can now charge for subscriptions to such formally printed material as The New York Times , or Better Homes and Gardens.
So it looks like the professionals might get to keep their cherished hierarchy after all, while leaving the rest of the Internet to the amateurs, the proletariat, the teeming masses.
Labels: blogosphere, hobbies, Internet
In Memoriam: Leo Cullum 1942-2010
Cartoonist. The New Yorker.
"When I'm not cartooning, I'm wrestling, and then showering, with my demons."
Labels: cartoons, Leo Cullum
A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.
--Chuck Jones.
Labels: behavior, Chuck Jones
Corruption Eruption
The following post is a review of a drama currently playing in Cuyahoga County, where this blogger lives. But I'd like those of you who don't live in Cleveland's home county to read it anyway. Combine politics with some of the more unsavory aspects of human nature, and this production could someday open at a theater near you.
For the past three years, the people entrusted to run Cuyahoga County have been the target of a wide-ranging corruption investigation. There doesn't seem to be one, overarching political scandal. It's just seemingly every elected official in the area getting away with whatever shit they think they can get away with. According to indictments, search warrants, and other FBI reading material, various public figures, some of them with numbers instead of names, have accepted free improvements to their homes, trips to Vegas, massage therapy in Vegas, wide-screen TVs, meals, booze, campaign contributions stuffed in envelopes, and other assorted non-birthday and non-Christmas gifts, in exchange for lower taxes, contracts steered to particular businesses, and county employment (the last seems particularly weird to me. Bribing an employer to give you a job? C'mon, they're supposed to pay YOU!) Elected officials were also occasionally bribe givers rather than bribe takers, enticing people not to run against them in exchange for nonelective government positions. Beats kissing babies.
One of those indicted, known for the longest time as "Public Official Number Two", turned out to be the County Auditor, a familiar face to Cuyahogans as it's plastered on all the county's gas pumps. That's what the auditor does, he regulates gas pumps. He also appraises houses. I'm not exactly sure the connection between gas pumps and houses other than that if you own a home in the suburbs you need a lot of petroleum to get around. Anyway, one of the many charges against the Auditor is that he lowered property appraisals for certain homeowners in exchange for free goods and services. Why did they want the price of their homes devalued? So they could pay less taxes on it (if these homeowners really wanted their property values decreased, all they had to do was hire a couple of hookers to walk up and down the street.)
Public Official Number One turned out be the County Commissioner, a man who resembles Boss Tweed, physically and, according to the indictment, non-physically as well. Except Boss Tweed never went to Las Vegas. Re-read the second paragraph. What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas. But that's the least of the commissioner's problems. He allegedly had sex with a job seeker, and received free kitchen appliances, a new roof on his house, limo rides, and free appliances from those wanting to do business with Cuyahoga County. Amazingly, he's allowed to keep his job as long as he's out free on bail. He's just not allowed to talk to any county employees or make any decisions involving taxpayers' money. He might as well buy himself a pair of crutches and start quacking.
Once the County Commissioner was indicted, many felt the investigation had gone as far as it could go. But according to the Cleveland Scene , an alternative weekly, the County Prosecutor, whose office wasn't involved in a single arrest (it's all been an FBI production), may now be in the G-men's cross hairs. Not literally, of course. Unless he resists.
The above paragraph was written about 24 hours before the one you're reading right now (you didn't think I write this stuff in one sitting, did you?). In that interim, the aforementioned Prosecuter appeared on the front page of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Something about getting a friend a job at the county morgue. Story broke in time for Halloween.
Nice county I live in, huh?
Yet it's hard to say what effect all this has on the average Cuyahogan. I suspect a decision by the CEO of Ford or GM to close an auto plant or two would have a greater impact on the lives, and livelihoods, of people living in the county. And if such a decision was made, it wouldn't be local political chicanery but because there's some poor, desperate people in some Third World country willing to do the same work for the price of a Big Mac.
But if these politicians weren't doing any real harm, nor were they doing any real good, and good is what they're pretty much expected, and paid, to do. If they really believe personal gain is their main job function, they should at least tell us so when they're campaigning:
"As your next County Potentate, I promise I'll have a new patio addition built on to my house. I need that much more than my opponent needs that waterproofed basement!"
A couple months ago an election was held to restructure county government. It passed, and we'll soon have a county executive and council rather than three commissioners. I voted for the change, basically to send a message, but I wonder, why would an executive be any less likely than a commissioner to accept an enveloped stuffed with money? Will he have a smaller mailbox?
Every November the stuffed-shirt editorialists lay out a major guilt trip over voter apathy ("people died at Omaha Beach so you could help pick the next domestic relations court judge!") OK. Fine. We all should do our civic duty. But in exchange, the politicians shouldn't regard the average voter as nothing more than a coat check clerk at an orgy.
Labels: corruption, Cuyahoga County, politics
In Memoriam: Stephen J. Cannell 1941-2010
TV writer-producer. The Rockford Files, and some 40 other shows that I didn't like quite as much as that one.
"Jim Rockford was the Jack Benny of private eyes."
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Entries in Republicans National Convention (1)
John Boehner Worries More for Gulf Coast Than GOP Convention
Brett J. Oronzio/ABC NEWS(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Fears that the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla., would be washed out by Tropical Storm Isaac have taken a backseat to concern for neighboring Gulf Coast states and New Orleans, House Speaker John Boehner said Monday during an exclusive interview with World News anchor Diane Sawyer.
"It's going to be a question of how strong does this storm build in this water out in the Gulf of Mexico," Boehner said. "After what they've been through with Katrina, to have another big hurricane come there, it's a cause for concern."
Meteorologists expect Isaac to gain strength and be upgraded to hurricane status in the next 24 hours as it cuts north-northwest on a path that could put it on a collision course with New Orleans and other low-lying areas in the region. The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida have all declared states of emergency in preparation for the storm's arrival on their shores, and they've all canceled plans to attend the convention.
In Tampa, though, Republicans are hoping that Isaac's brooding clouds give way to a sunny new day for the Romney campaign, which has been bogged down in the past week by assorted controversies and intra-party hand-wringing.
Not that there's anything but "love" between Boehner and Romney, who recently made a joke about the speaker's tendency to go red in the face and shed tears in tender moments.
"I am emotional," Romney said. "People don't think I am, but I am emotional," but "I'm not as emotional as John Boehner."
"It's OK," Boehner said. "Listen, you only tease the ones you love. I was at Birdie's for the Brave event this morning, to help raise money for wounded soldiers and their families and, you know, there were some emotional moments."
As comfortable as he is with "emotion," Boehner hopes for relative calm in the convention hall, as delegates who have at times clashed over the party platform join together before a national audience.
"We're always going to have divisions in the party, but our divisions pale in comparison to our friends across the aisle," he told Sawyer. "But we've done a pretty good job of holding our team down."
The Ohioan, 62, also said that Republicans, including a Tea Party contingent that makes up 28 percent of conventioneers, are ready to line up behind Romney, who goes from "presumptive" to official GOP presidential nominee this week.
"After a brutal, year-long [primary] campaign amongst Republican candidates, 90 percent of the Republicans were already behind him," Boehner said. "And you know why? Because it's all about the economy."
If Romney has, indeed, won over the party, Boehner concedes that he still has work to do with undecided voters.
Twice he stressed the need for Romney to "reintroduce" himself during the public parts of the convention.
"Governor Romney has an opportunity to basically reintroduce himself. Talk about his values and his plan to fix our economy," Boehner said. "Because the American people are still asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?'"
Convention-goers and television viewers are also likely to ask about the clock: the "national debt clock," that is, that the RNC has mounted inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum. There are two tickers actually, one counting the total debt, which now exceeds $15.9 trillion, and another that started running at 2 p.m. Monday, designed to show how much the figure increases during the Tampa convention.
"This is going to be the burden of our kids and grandkids if we don't deal with it," Boehner told Sawyer. "And instead of getting smaller, it's getting bigger."
Monday, August 27, 2012 at 10:22PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged GOP, John Boehner, RNC, Republicans National Convention in 2012 Election, Politics General, Republican Party
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Harrison Ford urges voters to 'stop electing leaders who don't believe in science'
Harrison Ford made a few requests Thursday at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
The event brings together leaders from around the world to discuss tackling climate change, and while onstage, the actor begged voters to know where candidates stand on the matter before filling out their ballots. "For God's sake, stop electing leaders who don't believe in science," he said. "Or even worse, pretend they don't believe in science. Never forget who you're fighting for."
If humanity can't protect nature, "we can't protect ourselves," Ford continued, and while people work to "meet the challenge of climate change, I beg of you, don't forget nature. Because today the destruction of nature accounts for more global emissions than all the cars and trucks in the world." Watch part of his speech below. Catherine Garcia
An impassioned- and very serious Harrison Ford- tells the crowd here at the Moscone Center— “I’m here, you’re here, because we *care...if we can’t protect nature, we can’t protect ourselves.” #GlobalClimateActionSummit pic.twitter.com/f5iTjP0Yca
— Sam Brock (@SamNBCBayArea) September 13, 2018
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Brutalized Nun Flown Out Of Bengal
Ranaghat, March 20: The 74 year old nun who was allegedly raped was taken out of Ranaghat Sub-divisional Hospital today late on Thursday midnight and flown out of Bengal in an early-morning flight from Dumdum airport, Church sources in Ranaghat said.
The sources refused to disclose where she had been taken.However, insiders at the school claimed that she has been taken to Delhi.
A hospital official said that around 2.10am today, nuns from the convent arrived with an ambulance and a car and submitted an application to the nurse on duty, seeking the release of the elderly lady.
The nuns were accompanied by S. Monica Joseph, the superior-general of the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary stationed in Rome, sub-divisional officer Rajarshi Mitra and sub-divisional police officer Indrajit Basu.
"A gynaecologist, Sanchita Roy, examined her and found her fit to travel," a hospital official said.
The nun took the stairs to the ground floor from her first-floor cabin and walked to the ambulance, which was waiting in the portico.
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Stephanie Allain
Stephanie Allain is an accomplished film producer and former studio executive who has been an advocate for visionary filmmakers for more than two decades. As a Columbia Pictures executive, Ms. Allain was instrumental in the making of John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood, which garnered Singleton two Academy Award nominations and set the bar for contemporary urban dramas. She spent a decade at the studio launching the careers of first time filmmakers including Singleton, Robert Rodriguez and Darnell Martin. Several of the films she supervised, including El Mariachi and I Like It Like That garnered awards at Cannes, Telluride and the Sundance Film Festivals. During her tenure at Columbia Pictures, Stephanie rose through the ranks to become Senior Vice President of Production – the highest creative production position for an African American for over a decade. Between 1996-2000, as President of Jim Henson Pictures, she produced brand movies Muppets From Space, Elmo In Grouchland and Caroline Thompson’sBuddy. In 2000, she headed production at 3Arts Entertainment, producing Biker Boyz and Good Boy! She formed her own production company, Homegrown Pictures, and in 2004 produced Craig Brewer’s Hustle & Flow, which won the Audience Award at Sundance in 2005, an Academy Award for Best Original Song and earned a Best Actor nomination for Terrence Howard. In 2005, she produced Sanaa Hamri’s directorial debut, Something New for Focus Features (nominated for two NAACP Awards) as well as Brewer’s Black Snake Moan, starring Sam Jackson and Christina Ricci. In 2008, Ms. Allain traveled to her native New Orleans to produce Hurricane Season, starring Forest Whitaker and Taraji P. Henson for The Weinstein Company. Most recently she produced Tina Gordon Chism’s directorial debut, We The Peeples, starring Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington, which was released by Lionsgate in 2012. Ms. Allain is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Producers Guild of America and Women In Film. She sits on the board of directors of Film Independent, has chaired the Spirit Awards Nominating Committee, juried numerous festivals and is an Adjunct Professor at USC’s Peter Stark Program. She lives in Los Angeles with her composer husband, Stephen Bray, and their teenagers, Jesse and Milena. Her oldest son, Wade Allain-Marcus, is an actor.
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Season 2: Historical Context January 4, 2019 June 8, 2019 by eglankler
210: Political Gridlock or, “Do Something, Congress!”
http://media.blubrry.com/antisocialstudies/p/content.blubrry.com/antisocialstudies/Episode_110-Political_Gridlock_.mp3
As I record this, the US Congress has just begun its 116th session and is, in theory, getting to work. Although, I don’t know who they got to swear in the new members because the government is shut down. I guess the guy reading the oaths is an “essential employee”…
How does one “shut down” the American government?
What does it mean when the government “shuts down?” Basically, civilian federal employees who are deemed “non-essential” are furloughed, many without the guarantee of being paid. Employees who are still expected to come in and work do so without pay – but they will get paid retroactively. So, TSA agents, for example – all those people who had to put up with crying babies, smelly feet, and asking us to take out our liquids 300 times a day – they still had to work through the holidays without pay. They’ll get back pay eventually, once the government gets up and running, but still.
Every year Congress passes the annual budget – an insanely boring process that mostly maintains funding for federal programs from year to year. When Congress can’t agree and pass a budget before the funding for the year ends, those parts of the government “shut down” until an agreement is reached. Of course, Congresspeople still get paid during a government shutdown, even when they’re not in session – like this one over the holidays. How nice for them.
This shutdown has now become one of the longest in American history. The two longest occurred under Obama – 17 days – and Clinton – 21 days. And it’s not a coincidence that some of the most notable shutdowns have all occurred within the last 25 years. Because shutting down the government – using the annual budget as a bargaining chip for something a politician wants – is actually a fairly new tactic. But we’ll get to that in second.
Today, I want to look back at those mythical times when Congress actually got stuff done. Imagine: people doing their jobs. And I also want to look at what has changed: why do we have so many “Do Nothing” Congresses nowadays that our most important governing body is a national punchline? How have we veered so far away from each other that “compromise” is a dirty word? And why does the government of the most powerful nation on Earth keep shutting itself down like an old orange Apple iMac gathering dust in a school library somewhere?
Today’s episode is called Political Gridlock, or “Do Something, Congress!” This is Anti-Social Studies; I’m Emily Glankler; settle in and let’s get some historical context…
Act 1: Let’s Make A Deal
The irony, of course, is that the entire framework of Congress was built on a compromise. Anti-Federalists were fearful of a new tyrannical monarch and so Congress was given many exclusive powers to check the president. And small states and large states fought over representation in Congress, to which the Founding Fathers responded with the Connecticut Compromise, or Great Compromise: representation in the House would be based on state population, making larger states happy; while each state would get two Senators, making small states less fearful of being overpowered or ignored. Good for you, Rhode Island!
But, let’s be honest, as soon as you put a bunch of powerful men into one room there is going to be conflict. We shouldn’t ever get too misty-eyed about the “good old days” when Congress all worked together for the greater good of the nation because: 1. That didn’t happen. One episode in 1857 comes to mind when South Carolina representative Preston Brooks beat abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with a cane so brutally that he was sidelined from the Senate for years. So, you know. It wasn’t all Congress sitting around singing “Kumbaya.”; and 2: We should always be hesitant when reminiscing about the “good old days” because, if my podcast has taught you anything it should be that those days weren’t “good” for very many people.
But, it is true that we are living in a time of division more extreme than most other times in US history. Some statistics show that we are the most politically polarized we’ve been since the Civil War which… can’t be good? And in this age of division and gridlock, a few names keep popping up as examples of what has been lost: decency, respect, and willingness to compromise to get the job done. Today they’re like political unicorns.
The first name that I’ve been hearing a lot about is Bob Michel. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives for 38 years and he was the Minority Leader throughout the 1980s and into the early 90s. Michel was famous for his decency, bordering on cartoonishness. He refused to swear – when he would get really angry he would say things like “Doggone it!” and “By Jiminy!” And he was friends with Democrats, playing golf with them, and even carpooling to DC with his fellow Illinois Representative, Democrat Dan Rostenkowski.
But don’t let this sweetness fool you. Michel was a World War Two vet who participated in the invasion of Normandy, earning two Bronze Stars, four battle stars, and the Purple Heart. This is important. Because in the last twenty five years or so, a shift has occurred in Congress. In the 1970s and 80s, Congress was dominated by men who had served in World War II or Korea. Regardless of party affiliation, they seemed to come to the job with a shared sense of purpose and a higher loyalty to the nation as a whole, as opposed to their political party. This is, possibly, one of the reasons why we saw more bipartisanship in this era. By the 1990s, Congress was filled with people who had grown up in the much more divisive Vietnam era and less of them had served in the military. But more on this in a minute…
Bob Michel died in 2017 and when he did, politicians everywhere mourned the loss of a great statesman. His successor Ray LaHood, who also worked for Michel, had this to say: “Bob always had respect for everyone and treated everyone respectfully. And as a mentor to many of us, what we learned was, respecting people’s point of view even when you don’t agree with it, really is an important lesson in life.” Preach.
The other famous example of bipartisanship that gets referenced more and more these days is the frenemy relationship between Republican President Ronald Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Now let’s be clear: by all accounts, these two were not close friends. But they were famously friendly even as they ruled their embattled parties and fought each other for their respective platforms.
The two often had drinks when the work day had finished, musing that they were, “friends after 6 [o’clock].” When President Reagan was shot, O’Neill visited him in the hospital, kissed him on the forehead, and prayed with him. But, with this respect for each other, came a respect for the debates they were having over the fate of the nation. Both men intensely disagreed with the other – Reagan believed the Democrats were over-regulating individuals, making it harder for them to succeed and creating citizens dependent on government handouts; while O’Neill believed Republicans were focusing too much on the needs of the wealthy while ignoring what he believed was the government’s obligation to help those less fortunate. O’Neill once called Reagan a “cheerleader for selfishness” while the president compared O’Neill to Pac-Man – “a round thing that gobbles up money.” They didn’t hold any punches, but they also focused their attacks on policies more than personalities. And they understood the other’s viewpoint and respected his right to fight for it.
For example, when President Reagan took office and began pushing for cuts to taxes and spending, O’Neill fiercely disagreed with this proposal. But he also believed in his opponent’s “time at bat,” as it were. He didn’t filibuster or shut down the government. They both wanted to win, but they wanted to win in a fair fight.
And both men were willing to compromise to get some of what they want. This is a lost art, it would seem. Politicians today are living in a world of extremes – they want everything or nothing. The idea of an in-between seems impossible. Reagan and O’Neill worked together to pass an agreement that essentially saved Social Security for another generation. And they agreed to increases on gas taxes to pay for infrastructure that both parties agreed was necessary. Neither side got everything they wanted but they all got something – and something got done along the way.
But does it all just come down to Congresspeople who are willing to be friendly? If we just make Ted Cruz and Nancy Pelosi carpool to work will they agree on healthcare? Definitely not, but I would totally watch that car ride every day like a reality show. I don’t know that it’s fair to compare today’s Congress to the Congress of the past because so much has changed. For one, Congress is way more visible today. Every Tweet provides fodder for the other side to pick apart and attack. And we are much more connected to and aware of the personal lives and personalities of our Congresspeople. It makes sense that as things get more personal, it’s harder to set politics aside at 6 o’clock.
Also, if I can be cynical for a second – which is the thing I love to be – I would argue that we saw more bipartisanship in the 1980s, for example, because the Republican party didn’t really have a choice. Democrats had controlled the House of Representatives, with very few exceptions, consistently since the New Deal in the 1930s. The last time Republicans controlled the House was in 1952. Throughout Bob Michel’s entire 38 year career, for example, his party was never in the majority. So there was a clear incentive to work with Democrats. I’m not saying Michel would have been a cursing, belligerent, party hardliner if Republicans had ever won control of the House when he was there – I’m just saying that we need to be clear on the context. These famous examples of Republicans and Democrats working together for the greater good occurred both because there were some good people in Congress who believed in compromise, but also because compromise was just about the only thing they could hope for.
But the most important reason why it’s difficult to look back on Congresses past for examples for the future is that political parties have changed. Democrats and Republicans in 2019 are vastly different than Democrats and Republicans were throughout most of the 20th century. They have the same names, but in many ways they are new entities for the 21st century. So, what happened?
Act 2: A House Divided
Political parties are a confusing thing. I have a chart in my classroom that shows the evolution of American political parties since the beginning of our nation and I swear it looks like an insane braided snake with the two main parties swinging left and right and back again. In the 19th century, Republicans were the party of big government and Lincoln while Democrats were the party of small farmers and states’ rights. For our purposes, it’s pretty much useless to talk about political parties before the 1930s… so let’s just not.
In the 1930s, political parties became – essentially – what they are today with one major exception. During the Great Depression, FDR’s New Deal policies – including things like Social Security, jobs programs, and infrastructure projects – created a massive collection of people supporting his Democratic party. This is known as the New Deal coalition and it provided a stable, massive base of support for the Democratic party throughout the rest of the 20th century. When I mentioned before that Republicans didn’t control the House of Representatives for around 50 years – it’s because of this New Deal coalition. Basically everyone but rich white dudes supported FDR’s Democratic party. Farmers got support from the government, workers were put back to work, women and minorities got opportunities they hadn’t had before, labor unions were legitimized. For the first half of the 20th century, most Americans chose their party affiliations based on what made the most financial sense – which is reasonable, considering the first half of the century was dominated by economic depression and wartime uncertainty.
So, you ended up with a weird collection of Democrats that included, often, both African Americans and white segregationists in the South. Or small rural farmers and liberal college students. Obviously there were huge cultural differences within the party but those took a backseat to fiscal policy – the thing that the government had been the most involved in for the last few generations. The Democratic Party was this behemoth that included so many conflicted ideologies but they were united by their desire for economic security and a safety net provided by the government.
What this means is that it was easier for Republicans to “reach across the aisle” and work with Democrats, or vice versa, because party alliances were a lot more fluid. There were conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans who saw eye to eye on a lot of issues and it wasn’t such a huge leap to pair up to create legislation. For example, the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 was, on paper, the poster child for “reaching across the aisle.” It was supported by 153 Democrats and 136 Republicans; and it was opposed by 91 Democrats and 35 Republicans. That’s a pretty even split down the middle of both parties. This is because in the early 1960s you had southern white Democrats who were happy with government supports for farmers, for example, but also believed in segregation. These “Dixiecrats” paired up with similarly-minded Republicans to oppose the bill, while liberal Republicans, who hated Democratic economic regulations, were happy to support an issue like civil rights. But, as with many things in our country, the 1960s changed everything. And, in a way, the Civil Rights Act itself could be seen, ironically, as the beginning of the end for bipartisan politics.
OK so I can’t emphasize this enough, but if all Americans only have enough room in their brain to learn 10 years of history, they should learn about the 1960s. Almost everything we’re dealing with today stems from that decade, both good and bad. For our story today, we’re going to focus on the beginning of what many call the “Culture Wars.” This is the moment when politics became personal and people began making decisions about their party allegiance based on other factors beyond fiscal policies and their day-to-day reality. People began voting based on their metaphorical vision for American society and their idea of what it meant to be “American.”
Basically, the extreme divisions that rose to the surface in the 1960s caused a massive resorting of the political parties. Civil rights, the feminist movement, the Vietnam War, race riots and a call for “law and order,” and eventually Watergate all propelled social and cultural issues to the forefront of politics. Whereas before, most of Congress’s time was spent on boring things like fiscal policy – seriously, just saying the word “fiscal” puts me halfway in a coma – beginning in the 1960s we started to see Congress talking about more interesting – and more divisive – topics.
The 1960s saw Congress take on civil rights and desegregation, shining a harsh light on the Southern “Jim Crow” era. The Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. Protests turned to violence at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968 over issues like Vietnam and race relations. White rural southerners and midwesterners left the Democratic Party in droves in favor of the Republican Party that began using barely-veiled language to stoke their fear of “urban culture” – meaning, young hippies, feminist women, and people of color. The parties began to sort themselves geographically, as well, with the conservative Republican Party taking control of the South and Midwest with their calls for “law and order” and a return to “traditional” American values; while the Democrats gained dominance in urban areas along the coasts.
What this means is that politics became about more than politics: your choice of a political party also represented your culture. This makes it a lot harder to “reach across the aisle” because you now see the other party as exactly that: an “other.” Someone who doesn’t just support different policies, but someone who has entirely different beliefs from your own. Conservative Christians look at Democrats and see a party that is trying to legislate away their religious freedom while LGBTQ people see Republicans as a party that wants to deny them their rights as citizens. Politics has become deeply personal and politicians have learned how to capitalize on this polarization.
The divisions that became apparent in the 1960s provided ample fodder for politicians to grab new voters, especially the beleaguered Republican Party that had been a minority party in Congress for a long time. Politicians, especially Republicans who were struggling to overcome the Democrat’s massive New Deal coalition and the new challenges put on the party after Watergate, began coordinating to take down the Democratic Party once brick at a time. The most coordinated attack on the Democratic coalition was what historians now call “the Southern Strategy.” This was a clear cut attempt to win white voters in the South away from the New Deal coalition by appealing to racism. Southern whites had been fine with big government when it was providing jobs and supporting farmers during the New Deal – but now big government had gone too far. By desegregating their communities, allowing women to have abortions, etc. – the federal government was legislating away their worldview and way of life.Politicians used the deepening racial tensions in the South that were exposed during the Civil Rights Movement to bring many southern whites – fearful of all of the changes occurring in the country and the decline of their “way of life” – to the Republican Party.
This strategy also had the effect of moving the Republican Party further to the right – so some liberal Republicans who felt out of step with candidates like Barry Goldwater moved to the Democrats. By the end of this realignment in the 1980s, you had a Republican Party that represented “traditional” American values, “law and order,” and small government. And you had a Democratic Party that represented a desire for change, mostly from those groups who had not historically benefited under the “traditional” American way of life. Cue: the Culture Wars.
The 1970s is also when we really started to see politicians escalating their rhetoric. Leaders began using labels to paint the other side as the enemy. Democrats were called “soft on communism” while Republicans were portrayed as cutting funds for the poor to throw massive parties for the rich. And polarization didn’t just hit Congress: According to a recent study, 56% of Americans say they prefer politicians who are willing to compromise. But, in that same study they found that people who identify as across-the-board conservatives or liberals say the end result of compromise should be that their side gets more of what it wants. Which… isn’t really how compromise works.
And no one has done more to demonize compromise and to create our current “Do Nothing Congress,” than a guy named Newt…
Act 3: “She turned me into a Newt!”
“…I got better”
Like I’ve mentioned, in the 1970s the Republican Party was struggling. They were a consistently minority party in the House; they had just been through Watergate; and in walks Newt Gingrich. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Georgia in 1979, just at the cusp of the Reagan era – a glory decade for conservatives – but he had his sights set on his party controlling more than the White House. His primary goal in life was to flip the House of Representatives and bring Republican control back to Congress. Spoiler: he did.
The re-rise of the Republican Party in Congress is now known as the “Republican Revolution” and it was engineered primarily by Newt, using strategies he gleaned from the animal kingdom. Seriously. One of his favorite books is Chimpanzee Politics, which goes into great detail about the complex rivalries and coalitions that govern the chimp world. Think about this for a second: the guy who did more to mold Congress in his vision idealized chimpanzee politics. Congress today makes so much more sense, doesn’t it?
Gingrich believes that politicians, especially Republicans, had become too nice, too conciliatory. As he told a group of College Republicans in the 1970s before his election: “One of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don’t encourage you to be nasty.” He looked to the competitive and brutal nature of the animal world and saw it as “part of our evolutionary heritage that we share with our close relatives.” When pressed on his sometimes vicious tactics in politics he declared, “It’s not viciousness… It’s natural.” He is a Social Darwinist in the most literal sense.
His basic strategy was this: exploit tensions and create confrontations at every chance you get. Because when Congress is prone to infighting and ineffectiveness, voters blame the party in power: which, again, had been Democrats for decades. It was kind of ingenious if you think about it. He knew that voters pay enough attention to Congress to get annoyed if they’re constantly fighting and not getting anything done (Check!) but he also predicted that voters weren’t paying enough attention to really understand who to blame. So, we just blame whoever’s in the majority, which makes sense – “ You have control of the House, do your job!”
Gingrich’s main idea was that the Republicans needed to stop campaigning individually to each separate district; they needed a national strategy, unified behind one message: his. Gingrich offered up what he called the “Contract with America,” a document outlining his vision for a Republican Congress, filled with typically conservative promises like shrinking the size of the government and cutting taxes. The platform wasn’t especially new – Bob Michel’s voting record looked very similar to Newt’s – , but the way the traditional platform was presented was revolutionary.
Newt set out to increase the visibility of Republican Congressmen and to nationalize Congressional elections using tactics that are now pretty standard fare in politics: name calling, controlling the story, and gridlock. Gingrich encouraged Republicans to label their enemies with catchy nicknames, typically involving alliteration: “Daffy Dukakis” and the “loony left.” He actually sent out cassette tapes to Republican candidates across the country teaching them how to “speak like Newt”. One of his memos was entitled “Language: A Key Mechanism of Control” and it included a list of recommended words to use when describing Democrats: “sick, pathetic, lie, anti-flag, traitors, radical, corrupt.”
The general idea was to reframe every boring day-to-day policy debate in Washington as an epic battle of worldviews. He capitalized on the rising Culture Wars and created a Congress that reflected those tensions on the national stage. By the early 1990s, when Democrats discussed immigration, Republicans became the protectors over the safety and security of our nation. When Democrats brought up healthcare, the Republican Party was the only thing standing in the way of a communist revolution. It was really effective – especially to the new voters that had just swung over to the Republican Party in the wake of the chaos of the 1960s: rural, white, devout and generally less educated. These messages all resonated with them loud and clear.
Another tool that Gingrich realized was far more useful than most other politicians in the 1980s was the media. C-SPAN started airing government proceedings in 1979, the year Newt took office. And CNN – the first 24-hour news channel – went on the air one year later in 1980. Gingrich took advantage on a level that no other politician did. As a young representative, he would deliver tirades about the state of the nation to an empty chamber, knowing that the C-SPAN cameras were picking up everything and transmitting his words across the country. As he once put it, “If you’re not in The Washington Post every day, you might as well not exist.” He recently told an interviewer proudly, “Noise became a proxy for status.” In his view: any press is good press, as long as you spell his name right.
He was helped along by a new Democratic Speaker of the House who was much less amiable than Tip O’Neill. Texas Congressman Jim Wright appeared gruff and power-hungry and he was much less interested in working with Republicans than previous Democratic leadership had been. Even Republican moderates were outraged by his dismissal of their minority party’s views. Mickey Edwards, a Republican representative from Oklahoma remembered it this way when his party started strategizing how to take on Wright: “People started asking, ‘Who’s the meanest, nastiest son of a bitch we can get to fight back? And of course, that was Newt Gingrich.’” High praise. It worked, of course. Newt launched a smear campaign against Wright, circulating rumors about a scandal with a teenage congressional page and trying to tie him to foreign lobbyists. Eventually, Newt got lucky and something stuck: Wright had used $60,000 in book royalties to get around limits placed on outside income. It wasn’t an eye-popping news story like Watergate had been, but it forced Wright to resign as Speaker of the House and was an early win for the rising Republican Revolution.
It should definitely be noted that there were a lot of Republican Congresspeople who were not a fan of Newt. Many moderate Republicans were very unhappy to see this new direction for their party – not necessarily the policies, but the way those policies were going to be achieved. And it was especially symbolic that in 1995, when Gingrich’s Republican Revolution won out, he took over as leader of the Republicans in the House from Bob Michel, retiring after 38 years compromising and carpooling with Democrats.
The last tactic that Gingrich revolutionized was gridlock. Remember his original strategy for winning control of the House? As a political scientist who knew Newt in the 70s put it, “His idea was to build toward a national election where people were so disgusted by Washington and the way it was operating that they would throw the ins out and bring the outs in.” And so, with this, in the year leading up to the 1994 election he used every piece of legislation in Congress as an opportunity to show voters just how ineffective their current representatives really were. According to Thomas Mann, a scholar of Congress: “Gradually, it went from legislating, to the weaponization of legislating, to the permanent campaign, to the permanent war. It’s like he took a wrecking ball to the most powerful and influential legislature in the world.”
This wrecking ball, of course, was meant to destroy what Gingrich saw as the Democratic stranglehold on Congress. Remember: Republicans hadn’t controlled the House since 1952. The idea was to break down what he saw as one-party rule and build up a new, more conservative replacement. The problem was that he had created a monster. The paralysis instigated gleefully by Newt’s practices didn’t stop once Republicans took control of the House; they became its signature.
During his time as speaker, Newt passed very little of the legislation he had outlined in his Contract for America but he did revolutionize campaigning. As Speaker, he reorganized the congressional schedule, for example, shortening the official work week to just three days, so that Congresspeople could spend more time raising money for their next campaign. During his four years as speaker, Republicans raised an unprecedented $1 billion.
Finally, Newt weaponized what had once been a fairly routine procedure each year in Congress: passing the annual budget. Sure, there had been shutdowns before, but mostly very short lasting only a day or two, with even less resulting in furloughed workers. And never before had the threat of a shutdown been used as such a targeted, political bargaining chip. The first massive government shutdown and still the longest in American history occurred within a year of Newt becoming Speaker of the House. From 1995-1996, the federal government under President Clinton was brought to a halt for 21 days. The move backfired in the midterms, with Republicans losing seats in the House. You would think Gingrich would have predicted this, right? His whole understanding of voters was that they hate paralysis and gridlock so much that they’ll vote out whoever’s in power.
The other mainstay of Newt’s time as Speaker was his crusade for the impeachment of Bill Clinton. This is a whole different topic that would take more time than we have to get into – honestly, you should just listen to Season 2 of the podcast Slow Burn; it’s amazing. But, for our story, we need to know two things: Newt’s last vote as a congressman was a vote to impeach the president for lying under oath about an affair. And as he cast this vote, he was at that moment carrying on a secret relationship with his own young congressional aide named Callista, cheating on his second wife. Oh and, by the way, Newt’s first wife was his high school geometry teacher – they got married when she was 26 and he was 19, just one year out of school. And apparently when Newt decided that he wanted to divorce her to marry his second wife (who – keep up – he would go on to cheat on with a congressional aide who would become his third wife), he decided to bring up the issue of divorce while his geometry teacher/first wife was in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove a tumor. So that’s Newt.
He eventually resigned from the House in 1999, claiming – and here’s a hilarious quote for you – “I’m willing to lead but I’m not willing to preside over people who are cannibals.” Remember his earlier quote: “It’s not viciousness… it’s natural.” This guy is a piece of work.
Gingrich’s legacy in politics has been huge and it’s only becoming clear just how huge during the era of Trump. Gingrich understood that his voters were more likely to be energized by a common enemy than a pristine leader. “It doesn’t matter what I do,” he once said, “People need to hear what I have to say. As McKay Coppins put it in a recent article in The Atlantic, “If he had taught America one lesson, it was that any sin could be absolved, any trespass forgiven, as long as you picked the right targets and swung at them hard enough.”
Since leaving the House, Gingrich has built a career as a Republican strategist. He was there at the dinner with Republican leaders the night Obama was elected. Supposedly, this was the night they decided on their Newt-esque strategy to essentially just oppose everything Obama would try to do in the next four years. Apparently House Republicans came out of that dinner with a clear strategy: to make Obama a one-term president.
Later, when Senator Ted Cruz would pick up where Newt left off, leading a Tea Party crusade to shut down the government over Obamacare; Newt went on TV to argue that shutdowns “are a normal part of the constitutional process.” And, to be fair – because I know this episode has been an onslaught of not-so-great facts about the modern Republican Party – Democrats haven’t been shy about using shutdowns, either. Most recently, Democrats were willing to shut down the government over DACA and so-called “dreamer” immigrants. Democrats are slow learners, but they have also realized that “hope” and “change” only get you so far in chimpanzee politics.
And when Trump first started thinking about running for president, he went to Newt for advice. The Gingrich family, after all, was a member of Trump’s golf club in Virginia. Apparently over breakfast at a Marriott in Iowa, Trump asked Newt how much it would cost him to fund his campaign through the South Carolina primary – long enough to get him some attention before he, presumably, had to drop out. Gingrich estimated that it would cost $70-$80 million to which Trump replied, and this pains me to say out loud: “Seventy to 80 million – that would be a yacht. This would be a lot more fun than a yacht!” Is it still more fun than a yacht, Trump?
Oh yeah – last side note, I promise – Newt’s wife Callista (the third wife – the congressional aide from the affair that made Newt resign – is now the ambassador to the Holy See. Apparently she is really popular in Rome as the face of the US government; meanwhile, Newt is behind the scenes chatting with the Pope about God knows what. Something tells me Francis isn’t as big of a fan of chimpanzee politics.
So what does it all mean?
So, as the new Congress starts their first day at work, they inherit an approval rating of 21%. But hey, that’s the highest it’s been in years – so way to go, Congress! Voters have done what Newt said they would do – they voted out the party in power, frustrated with the political scene. But, in this case, of course, that means that Democrats are in control of the House for the first time since 2011.
But, just for a second, let’s look back at the most recent Congress. Were they really a “Do Nothing” Congress? Did they really accomplish nothing. Well, no, of course not. Republicans passed a massive overhaul of the tax system that they had been promising, kind of, since Newt’s “Contract for America” in the 90s. And they also enacted 388 new laws, most of them co-sponsored by representatives from both parties. The news, for its part, has fed into Newt’s strategy by reporting on explosive, divisive issues more than boring bipartisan policy making. A few examples of laws that were passed by the most recent Congress, with hopefully self-explanatory titles are: “The Improving Access to Maternity Care Act” sponsored by four Republicans and four Democrats and the “Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act” sponsored by 14 Democrats, 10 Republicans, and 1 Independent.
But… a lot of those new laws were essentially symbolic. For example, Congress voted to confer its highest civilian honor on former Senator Bob Dole, ironically a principled conservative who pushed for compromise and civility, at the same time they were preparing to shut down the federal government.
And, I scrolled through a list of every single law passed by this last Congress on an awesome website called GovTrack.us. It’s amazing and every voter should have this page bookmarked, but we don’t because Buzzfeed is more interesting. But I looked at all 388 laws enacted by this last Congress – and 95 were laws to rename government buildings, most of them post offices.
Seriously, a full quarter of them were things like my personal favorite: “To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the ‘Merle Haggard Post Office Building.’” Good job, Congress.
Now, I know that’s a little unfair. I get it that this is how government works and, hey, someone’s gotta name all those post offices. But wouldn’t it be nice if they could also, I don’t know, keep the government running for more than one year?
Welcome to Congress newly elected officials – the bar officially couldn’t be set any lower! I sincerely hope you can get some stuff done. But, if nothing else, here’s one new law that everyone can get behind: that the Post Office around the corner from my house be designated “The Anti-Social Studies Post Office Building.”
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Parker’s commentary suggests that the deal is good news for all parties, but she touches on something in passing that shouldn’t be overlooked: end-users are “growing fatigued with the dizzying number of choices they have for watching multiple video services over a myriad of devices.” At one point, switching from traditional television to streaming was a simple proposition that involved one or two online subscriptions, with Netflix and Hulu as the hubs for the majority of available content.
After 2009, over the air TV signals became digital and old analog tuner TVs stopped working. Did you know that you could still get over the air signals? In fact, you can watch local channels without cable, and they are available free and in a clear beautiful high definition picture. Those signals are bouncing off your house as you read this. If you own a TV sold in the U.S. made after March 1st, 2007, it has a digital tuner as mandated by law.
The first thing you may want to consider is an HD antenna. This doesn't provide a way to watch streaming videos, but if you want to watch live TV, it's the cheapest and simplest solution. You may remember having rabbit ears on your hand-me-down TV as a kid — an HD antenna is basically the modern-day version of that. You hook the device into your TV, put it somewhere near a window and watch as the free channels roll in.
As you would probably know, getting an internet service subscription through cable is actually a cost-effective and simple way to gain access to a high-speed internet connection at your home or office. Most of the leading cable internet service providers in the country make use of the existing cable TV lines in your home or office to deliver a fast and reliable high-speed internet. This means that customers who subscribe to a cable internet service will be able to browse the web and watch their favorite TV shows at the very same time over a single cable connection.
I had called my cable company once to see if I could get a better deal after being a loyal subscriber for three years. For many months, I loved the service that I got for the price I paid. Then one day, that price wasn’t so great anymore. All of these fees started showing up on my bill. The customer service rep I spoke with on the phone listened as if a grave matter of national importance was being discussed.
The best way to pick the right TV package is to first set your budget. Next, ask yourself which channels you'd like to be included in your package. Most providers offer a similar set of core channels for every plan. With each plan upgrade, the provider adds either more HD or premium channels to justify the added cost. Some of these channels may be foreign networks that you can't normally get in the U.S. or even commercial-free movie channels. None of us want our favorite movie to be interrupted by an annoying commercial break. Most providers also offer access to On-Demand libraries filled with hundreds or even thousands of titles for you to enjoy at any time. Make sure to check out the free perks included in your chosen package. For example, Spectrum gives its subscribers free HD channels on some of its plans. Premium packages from Spectrum also include movie channels like HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, TMC, and STARZ, as well as the NFL Network and NFL Redzone at no extra cost. Now that's what we call a deal!
Maybe you first heard the term whispered in hushed corridors at work or in a back-alley near your house, but now there’s no escaping the fact that “cord cutting” has gone mainstream. And it’s no wonder why. The monthly cost of cable TV in this country now averages more than ever before: a whopping $123 per household. But thanks to à la carte streaming services and the disruptive technology that’s taken over the living room in recent years, it’s easier than ever to save serious cash. Cancel your cable subscription, and join the growing ranks of cord-cutters streaming their shows.
In terms of subscriptions, Acorn is an absolute must for anyone who wants to spend hours every day touring around quaint villages and gritty British city streets, enjoying gentle comedy and hard-hitting crime stories alike. But Netflix is also well-stocked with great BBC, ITV and Channel 4 productions, and Sundance Now has been expanding its overseas catalog. Get those three and stay diligent with your PBS app, which makes a lot of its “Masterpiece” productions available for free for a limited time after they air. You could also try BritBox, a streaming service from the BBC and ITV.
No cable service truly offers a la carte cable TV. However, through VUDU, iTunes and Amazon (even if you’re not a Prime Instant Video subscriber) you can buy episodes of entire seasons of shows a la carte. This includes shows currently airing. At first, that might seem expensive, but shows are $1.99 an episode and you can get a discount on the season pass. I saved a ton of cash this way when my family cut the cord. My family purchases only 3-4 season passes a year, keeping it under $10 a month.
I like new Roku Streaming Stick+ quite a bit and have one set up on the TV in my bedroom. I spent several days testing it out with a couple of TVs around my house. The Streaming Stick+ is geared for 4K HDR, but can be used with TVs that only stream 1080p. I found it to be really solid with streaming Netflix and Amazon Video even when far away from my WiFi router. If you’re looking for lower priced streamer, then check out the new line of Roku media players. If any of them are out of stock at Amazon, you can buy them directly from Roku. Roku is currently offering a free trials of DirecTV Now and HBO Now with an activation of a new Roku device.
When deal searching, be sure to inquire about the data download caps of your potential internet service provider. They will typically indicate this in the gigabytes (GB) you can transfer in a month. In this case, your video quality is an important factor. For example, a cap of 250 GB will allow for about 280 hours of standard definition streaming, but only 83 hours of high definition at 1080p. So be mindful and aware of the fine print.
Initial installation may be more expensive with satellite service than initial installation with cable TV. Satellite dishes can be costly, so if your plan doesn’t include a satellite dish and installation, you can end up paying a good deal extra for these services. However, a lot of companies will include a satellite dish and installation for no extra cost, so just be sure to read the fine print.
If streaming is, indeed, just New Television — or, perhaps more accurately, Old Television Again But Arguably More Expensive And More Complicated — then what benefit does that actually have for the end-user? The material has migrated to platforms where the audience already exists, but in a more unwieldy fashion that all but eliminates the free-view option of broadcast television, limiting its potential audience and penalizing low-income customers.
My question on “cutting the cord” is how do I do this when I have 4 tv’s in my house? I understand that I might have to purchase 4 wireless antenna’s, and that’s no big deal as I know I can get a good one for about $40, so that’s $160 total. Can 1 antenna be purchased and connect it to my wireless router to work for all 4 tv’s? And what if I purchase Playstation Vue, how do I or can I make that work for 4 tv’s? And what about purchasing a dvr to record 4-5 shows at once, is this possible?
Step 3: Cancel your pay TV subscription. Even if you are unsure that you have all your shows covered without cable, cancel anyway. Like me, you will realize a lot of the stuff we watch is simply because it’s on. You’ll also discover there is a lot higher quality TV shows are not on traditional TV. Cancel now and start saving today. If you don’t like being a cord cutter, your pay TV company will gladly take you back.
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Cardinal John O’Connor and the ‘Power of One’
FAMILY MAN—Delivering the keynote address at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life at Georgetown University Jan. 19, Cardinal Dolan called the late NYPD Det. Steven McDonald a prime example of the “power of one” for the peace and reconciliation work he accomplished after he was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty in 1986. Det. McDonald, who died in January 2017, is shown with his wife Patti Ann and young son Conor in this 1988 photo.
Photo by Chris Sheridan
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2019 3:15 pm
Cardinal John O’Connor was a powerhouse of faith during his 16 years as Archbishop of New York and 54 years of priesthood. His legacy is keenly felt in many arenas, but nowhere more so than the pro-life movement and ministry he lived to his core.
Cardinal Dolan delivered the keynote address at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, the day after the annual March for Life. The conference was held four days after the late cardinal’s 99th birthday.
Cardinal Dolan regaled his listeners at the sold-out conference with stories about Cardinal O’Connor, one of his predecessors as Archbishop of New York. He shared quick comments from ordinary New Yorkers, who have told him over and over during the past decade about their personal exchanges with Cardinal O’Connor.
One was a 22-year-old senior at Fordham University, who introduced himself as “John Joseph.” He told Cardinal Dolan “his mom was considering aborting him until she heard (Cardinal O’Connor) speak so tenderly and compellingly about the sanctity of pre-born life at a Sunday sermon.” So, she had the baby and named him after Cardinal John Joseph O’Connor.
Cardinal Dolan went on to quote J.R.R. Tolkien, writing in “The Fellowship of the Ring”: “Even the smallest person can change the course of history.”
The cardinal said conference attendees were gathered to salute “the power of one.”
“One baby in the womb of His mother, born at Bethlehem; and the civil rights of the tiniest today, the baby in the womb, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
“I look out in admiration at a hall of ‘ones’ who have become one, inspired by one who believed the one true God had lifted her up to give a human nature to one who would be called the Son of God. The power of one.”
Cardinal Dolan lamented he had not focused more on philosophy instead of “practical” courses during his student days. The cardinal said he has since tried to compensate by reading the classics of philosophy.
He said he wished he were better versed in the wisdom of Aristotle, Plato, St. Augustine, St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas Aquinas, and even the empiricism of Comte, the utilitarianism of Bentham and the pragmatism of Mill and James.
“Those philosophers we thought irrelevant, both those who had given us the moral, political, economic and spiritual coherence we call civilization, and those who were dismantling it, were expounding ideas that would shape what we today think of the true nature of the human person.”
Catholic author and CNY columnist George Weigel, who has written extensively on St. Pope John Paul II, said that the late pontiff believed every problem we currently face comes from a faulty understanding of the human person, which he called a “flawed anthropology.”
“Is it any wonder St. John Paul, himself a philosopher, would commence the project to reclaim the truth of the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life, as revealed by God, evident in our nature, discoverable by enlightened reason, a project advanced by his successors, Benedict XVI and Francis, a project of which we are part, as this flawed understanding of the human person reached a tragic but logical outcome in Roe v. Wade?”
Cardinal Dolan said that if truth is reduced to what can be scientifically verified, or what is useful and productive, or what we want or need, then “the Divine is no longer ‘Thee’ but me.”
If that is the case, the cardinal said it is no surprise “an innocent baby in the womb could be deemed useless and inconvenient, that grandma dying slowly yet naturally would be thought a burden and annoyance, that a refugee would be caricatured as a rapist and terrorist.”
As a prime example of the “power of one,” Cardinal Dolan cited the example of Detective Steven McDonald, who was paralyzed by the bullet of a teenage assailant in Central Park in 1986. He was never again able to breathe, eat, drink or move without assistance. After three months in the ICU, his first public words, proclaimed by his wife Patti Ann, were addressed to his assailant: “I forgive you!”
Those words set the tone for Det. McDonald’s 29-year journey of peace and reconciliation, which brought him across the world. To fellow officers, he was a true “officer of the peace,” accompanying wounded fellow cops, encouraging the families of officers killed in the line of duty and holding reconciliation sessions between victims and perpetrators.
The actions of Det. McDonald, who died two years ago this month, were grounded in a living faith “which he insisted only came from a soul in daily union with Jesus, nurtured by prayer, the Eucharist, confession, devotion to the Mother of Jesus and the fortification of his Catholic faith,” the cardinal said.
“Behold the ‘power of one,’” said Cardinal Dolan, pointing to Det. McDonald. “Behold the consequences of ideas translated to beliefs, grounded in faith. Behold a life many today would consider a waste, an inconvenience, a burden, transformed into an icon of reconciliation and love.”
Quoting Det. McDonald’s own words, the cardinal said, “The value of life depends not on what you have or what you can do, but on who you are: A child of God, made in His image, destined for eternity, put here for a purpose, an identity made the stronger the more it is tested.”
Cardinal O’Connor, in the first years after Det. McDonald was shot, became like a family priest for the McDonalds and their then-young son, Conor.
The following words of Cardinal O’Connor resound now as much as they did when he spoke them two decades ago.
“If all the marches, all the prayers, all the vigils, the lectures, articles, debates and encyclicals saved but one tiny, fragile life, would not the Lord of Life say to us, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. For you not only fed me and clothed, encouraged and consoled, visited me in prison and welcomed me a stranger. You saved my life.’”
From a pro-life perspective, the passage of the Reproductive Health Act makes this a very discouraging time in New York state. It’s important for Catholics and other people of faith to remember for whom we fight. Also, it must be learned that the ultimate power is not in Albany or even Washington, D.C. It comes from good people who believe in “the power of one” uniting to make their voices heard.
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Sheila Gish
Sheila Gish (23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was a British stage and screen actress. For her role in the 1995 London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical. Her screen appearances included the films A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972), Quartet (1981), Highlander (1986) and Mansfield Park (1999), the 1969 BBC series The First Churchills, the 1992 TV miniseries of Danielle Steel’s Jewels and the short-lived ITV sitcom Brighton Belles (1993-1994).
Sheila Gish in That Uncertain Feeling
Sheila Gish in Tales of the Unexpected
Sheila Gish in Small World
Sheila Gish in Resnick Rough Treatment
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Blog/NewsJuly 31st 2017
There are bad horror movies, and then there are wonderfully bad horror movies. Watching these movies at home with friends is fun, but did you know that there is a community of like-minded individuals in Hamilton that screen Trash / B-movies on a monthly basis?
Hamilton’s Trash Cinema is a free monthly event that takes place at The Doors Pub and is hosted by Ben Ruffett. Trash Cinema started in 2014 and has gained a dedicated following of bad movie fans. The events are typically free, casual, and you’re guaranteed to see some of the strangest movies imaginable. Trash Cinema has nurtured a community of fans of odd, rare, and weird films and is genuinely one of the coolest recurring events in Hamilton. You never know what to expect but you can be sure that it will be fun and memorable.
Ben was kind enough to answer some questions to shed some light on Trash Cinema.
What drove you to start Trash Cinema?
The event started at The Baltimore House in 2014. For a couple of years leading up to that, my girlfriend and I would have our friends over to our house to have movie nights in the basement. I was always trying to find a weird or gory movie to top the last one we showed and that led to me finding some pretty oddball stuff over the years. I eventually decided to try making the event public because lots of the movies we were watching were pretty obscure slices of cinema that most people weren’t aware existed, and I felt they deserved to be seen.
How do you select the movies that are shown?
There are several criteria that movies can have that immediately make me interested in them. I absolutely adore almost anything that was shot on video. It was a format that allowed anyone with a home video camera to make a movie and it demanded practical effects and lots of creative thinking. I also really enjoy tracking down movies that were independently released on VHS as they’re often fairly scarce by this point in time. And movies that have never transitioned into another format other than VHS get bonus points as well.
Can you give us a few notable examples for reference?
Some of my favourite movies that we’ve screened lately have been, NeighborHoodz (A.K.A. Devil Snow), a shot on video movie about a young woman who becomes addicted to crack cocaine. When she smokes it she turns into a murderous, green demon that kills whoever is around her at the time. It is magical.
Another one I really enjoy is called The Boy God. It is a Filipino movie that might have been marketed towards children? It’s about a young boy whose parents are murdered. He has superhuman powers and has to defend his village against werewolves and witches and eventually fights several different Gods. The effects in it are fairly ridiculous and the story arc is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen on film.
What do you have planned for trash cinema for the summer / fall?
I’m hoping to rent the Star-lite drive-in again this fall to show two more movies, hopefully in mid to late October. I’m in the process of confirming the date right now and hope to lock that in shortly. We did it last year and it was a lot of fun. We also may try to make another horror movie ourselves to screen this year. (Check out ‘Eviction Notice’ from earlier this year)
Do you have any advice for someone who wants to take their hobby or passion project and bring it to the public through an event like yours?
The best advice I could give for someone wanting to start their own event is to just ask for help. There are lots of people that are willing to give a hand if you let them know it is needed. I am generally pretty shy in that regard so I was impressed with the amount of positivity I’ve received over the years from different directors, venues and people when I have just asked for help.
If you’re interested in these types of films you may also be interested in reading about Trash Palace. Keep an eye on the Hamilton’s Trash Cinema Facebook page for event listings and details for the next few screenings. The next screening is August 28th for Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls (9pm) at The Doors Pub.
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3/31/2015 - Bluefish Announce ‘Heroes for Heroes’ Legends Game
Bluefish to host ‘Heroes for Heroes’ Legends Game to support Homes for the Brave as part of 2015 All-Star Week
(Bridgeport, Conn. – March 31, 2015) – The Bridgeport Bluefish today announced that they will host a ‘Heroes for Heroes’ Legends Game to support Homes for the Brave on Thursday, July 9th, as part of the team’s 2015 All-Star Week festivities.
In this historic game, former Red Sox will take on former Yankees in a seven-inning charity contest. The Red Sox team will feature Ellis Burks, while the Yankees team will include Charlie Hayes. More players will be announced in the coming weeks.
Ellis Burks made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1987. In his debut season, at age 22, he became the third player in Red Sox history to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in one season. The same year he was also selected to both the Baseball Digest and Topps “All-Rookie” teams. In 1993, Burks joined the Chicago White Sox as a free agent. The next year, he signed a five-year deal with the Colorado Rockies. He then played with the San Francisco Giants and the Cleveland Indians for three seasons each, before returning to the Red Sox in 2004 and winning the World Series. During his 18 years in the Majors, Burks recorded a batting average of .291 with 1,206 RBI and 352 home runs. In both 1990 and 1996, Burks played in the MLB All-Star Game and won a Silver Slugger Award. In 1990, he also won the Gold Glove Award.
Charlie Hayes began his Major League career with the San Francisco Giants, making his debut in 1988 after being picked in the fourth round of the 1983 MLB draft. The next season, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies where he spent three seasons. Hayes spent his first season with the New York Yankees in 1992, before being traded the following year to the Colorado Rockies, back to the Phillies, and then to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He again joined the Yankees in 1996 where he helped lead the team to a World Series championship title. In 1998, he was again traded to the San Francisco Giants, then to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2000, before ending his Major League career in 2001 with the Houston Astros. During his 14 seasons in the majors, Hayes collected a batting average of .262 with 144 home runs and 740 RBI. His best season came with the Rockies in 1993, where he hit .305 with 98 RBI and 25 homeruns.
“We are honored to partner with Homes for the Brave to present the 2015 Heroes for Heroes Legends Game,” says Bluefish general manager Jamie Toole. “The Red Sox/Yankee rivalry is electric here in Southwestern Connecticut and we look forward to hosting these Heroes from baseball’s greatest rivalry to benefit our local Heroes.”
Proceeds from the Heroes for Heroes Legends Game will benefit ABRI/Homes for the Brave, a nonprofit based right here in Bridgeport that is dedicated to improving the lives of homeless individuals, especially Veterans.
“We have been looking forward to collaborating with our neighbors the Bridgeport Bluefish, and see this event as the perfect start to a lasting and meaningful relationship,” says Joy Kiss, CEO and Director of Homes for the Brave.
“I’m the son of a veteran,” says Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. “I recognize the importance of protecting our freedoms. I can’t thank those who served – and continue to serve – our country enough. The City of Bridgeport is committed to serving our veterans as well as they have served us. Homes for the Brave is an outstanding organization helping in our efforts to serve the veterans of the Park City. Thank you to the Bridgeport Bluefish for bringing together legends of baseball’s greatest rivalry for such an important cause. I encourage everyone to come to Bridgeport for an exciting night at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.”
Game time on Thursday, July 9th will be 7:00 p.m. General Admission tickets will be sold for $15.00 in advance or $20.00 at the gate on the day of the game. Tickets are available by CLICKING HERE, calling (203) 210-BLUE, or going to www.bridgeportbluefish.com.
Sponsorship packages are available and include the opportunity to play on one of the Legends teams. For more information on becoming a sponsor, contact Bluefish General Manager Jamie Toole at jtoole@bridgeportbluefish.com or (203) 345-4800.
About ABRI/Homes for the Brave - Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. (ABRI), DBA Homes for the Brave, is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit whose mission reads “With an emphasis on Veterans, we provide the housing and services necessary to help homeless individuals return to a productive and meaningful life.” ABRI currently operates three programs, Homes for the Brave, a 42 bed transitional living facility for male Veterans and non-veterans who are homeless, the Waldorf Supportive Housing Program, a 9-unit permanent supportive housing program for male Veterans, and Female Soldiers: Forgotten Heroes, a 15 bed transitional living facility for homeless female Veterans and their children under ten years of age. ABRI provides housing, supportive, and vocational services to help individuals leave homelessness behind. To date, the organization has served over 930 homeless individuals. For more information about Homes for the Brave please visit www.homesforthebrave.org.
The Bridgeport Bluefish are members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and play their home games at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard. For further information, call 203-210-BLUE (2583) or visit BridgeportBluefish.com.
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Searching for the Full Moon: Magic and Fantasy in Shoujo
by eternal on May 29, 2010
Suspension of disbelief is a tricky phenomenon. It isn’t always easy to willfully suspend one’s disbelief, especially not at the whim of the writer. It’s for reasons like this that the use of fantasy elements in otherwise realistic stories can be jarring. What does it take for a work of non-fantasy fiction to use fantasy to its advantage, and where do you draw the line between acceptable plot twists and flat-out deus ex machine?
Full Moon o Sagashite is a perfect example of fantasy in manga done right. As opposed to getting in the way of the plot, the magic weaves itself into the story, working itself into the symbols and plot devices. It provides thematic structure to an otherwise simplistic tale, and it makes the presentation that much more – you guessed it – magical.
(Note: this post is on the manga version of the story, which is apparently different from anime adaptation. Read with caution.)
I will never, ever tire of Tanemura’s art.
Thematically, Full Moon tells a simple but heartwarming story. I suppose you could look at it in two ways. At face value, it’s a tragic love story with an uplifting conclusion. Eichi is effectively the anchor that holds Mitsuki prisoner in her childhood; her classic, Narcissu style tragic illness and her life in the orphanage cast her as a typical broken heroine who lives for only one purpose. It’s no surprise that the Eichi of her childhood was the single most important person to her. After all, what else did she have to live for? Eichi can be seen as both a big brother and a lover. I suppose only the most idealistic readers could see their relationship as purely romantic, but even I accept that buried beneath her love was a sense of respect and dependence that she would have for an older sibling. From this starting point, the rest of the story flows logically: Mitsuki pursues her last option left as a living person – becoming a pop star and living her life to the fullest – before joining her beloved in the safety of death.
From another perspective, Mitsuki’s journey is less about her conflicting love between Eichi and Takuto and more about herself. 12 year old Mitsuki has only one beacon of light – the boy who was her object of affection and her closest friend. However, 16 year old Full Moon is a (comparatively) mature girl with her own life and her own happiness. Eichi and Takuto are the past and present – her decision between living on and pursuing her singing career is the same as her decision to search for Eichi in the safety of death or to challenge life and find a new happiness.
As you can see, the story is already dependent on an important fantasy-rooted plot device: Mitsuki’s ability to transform from 12 years old to 16 years old. It’s a clever way of allowing her to experience life from two angles, to see what she might still become. The issue of Shinigami and the souls of the dead also adds dramatic effect in that Eichi’s figurative presence in Mitsuki’s heart can be portrayed as literal. It’s hard to not cry when the truth of his presence is revealed in the end.
On a related note, I love the fact that Mitsuki begins the story by explaining that she sings in the hope of literally “reaching” Eichi with her songs, and that she will always be connected with him by the light of the full moon. It turns out that she technically wasn’t lying; it’s just that her words were meant to be taken figuratively. The full moon analogy is referenced often enough and extrapolated on to the point that it can hardly be taken as a hidden symbol, but it instinctively reminds me of the four-leafed clover from Honey and Clover. In this case, an important aspect of Mitsuki’s growth isn’t just finding the full moon, but learning to have faith in it even when it vanishes.
Moving on, the conflicts of the Shinigami are also explored in a more interesting manner thanks to the story’s fantasy elements. The Shinigami recollect their memories of their past lives in bits and pieces, allowing the reader to see what their personalities are like in the present before they can compare them to the past. Aside from the fact that it twists the order around to make things more interesting, it also allows for some clever plot twists, like when the reader eventually realizes how closely tied Takuto and Meroko are to Mitsuki’s family.
Speaking of which, the plot device of the Shinigami being “created” as a result of suicide ties nicely with Mitsuki’s unconscious desire to give up her own life, which is an important part of her growth from a dependent child to a confident young adult.
At any rate, if the plot of Full Moon relies to heavily on fantasy, the inevitable question is whether or not the use of fantasy “cheapens” the tragic elements. I can see where this train of thought comes from, but it works in this case simply because Full Moon is not a tragedy or a tear-jerker. It might jerk some tears, but the story contains a distinctly optimistic and uplifting theme about gaining the courage to live and finding happiness. For that reason, the intricacies of the plot, which could easily be called plot holes, feel irrelevant in the face of the theme that was established from the use of these fantasy elements.
After all, the story simply wouldn’t fit together without the use of magic. Mitsuki begins the series as a psychologically wounded 12 year old, hopelessly attached to the memory of the one person who cared for her. Throughout the course of the series, she’s forcibly removed from the safe confines of her memories and thrown out into the world, in which she faces the reality behind Eichi’s death and, ultimately, finds a happiness worth living for. In order for this concept to be enforced by the plot, allowances have to be made – Mitsuki needs to literally escape from the confines of her 12 year old self to understand all that life has to offer, and her illness has to disappear when she gains the confidence to live. She even managed to erase her name from a Shinigami’s death list, changing her fate by changing her heart – if that doesn’t say heart-warmingly dramatic symbolism, I don’t know what does.
Full Moon o Sagashite is a magical story, figuratively and literally. It takes all of the wonderful shoujo themes of facing tragedy with a courageous smile and weaves them dramatically into a story that reaches the heart. It’s incredible to think of how the fantasy elements help the series, and how much more memorable it is because of it. The magic underscores the straightforward, human theme of finding the will to live in a manner that can only be described as beautiful. Thanks to that, I am now one of the many whose heart was moved by a story that comes off as a children’s comic. Whether I like it or not, shoujo manga will always remind me of that rainy night under the full moon – the moon that always watches, even when it seems to have disappeared.
Tagged as: Arina Tanemura, Full Moon o Sagashite, Manga, Review, Shoujo
V May 29, 2010 at 10:47 am
Thank you for the enjoyable and nostalgic post. As a side note, I personally found Mitsuki’s pervasive determination and optimism to be extremely appealing and productive; contrary to the typical emo-fest.
$tranger May 29, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Personally I also don’t think that putting fantasy in a story would generally ruin it. After all, inserting logically impossible elements like this is one of the trademarks and (at least for me) also one of the most appealing features of anime and manga.
That being said, I also agree that there are situations where a suddenly introduced fantasy twist will ruin the credibility of the story (even as a die-hard fan of it, the Clannad After Story anime still comes to mind). However, if the fantasy-part is neatly woven into the story from the very beginning I don’t have the slightest problem with it.
Btw: Thanks for pointing out that particular title – I always wanted to give it a try, but never really got around to read it :)
Right now might be a good time to pick it up, since I just finished Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo and the Fandisk (which I both liked quite a bit, especially Houzuki’s Route) and don’t really have anything else on my radar at the moment .
FuyuMaiden May 29, 2010 at 11:25 pm
This has to be one of my favorite manga, probably only second to CardCaptor Sakura. It was my introduction to Arina Tanemura and probably had a lot to do with me becoming such an avid shoujo fangirl. Sadly, I read it so early that not much measures up, not even other Tanemura works. It’s sad when a manga-ka hits a noticeable peak, because you can’t help but feel disappointed in what would otherwise be a good story.
It really is a rare shoujo though, most of them are quite lacking, especially when they try to go for tragedy. And I want to thank you for describing it all so wonderfully. Fantasy here fascilitates the story, it doesn’t become the overriding element, whereas in something like Fushigi Yuugi, it eclipses all of the characters. Which is kind of awkward, because shoujo is always about characters and relationships over story. It’s why 90% have a “where they are now” epilogue (Another thing I think Full Moon does best).
Anyway thanks again for writing this lovely post. Mitsuki in particular is one of my favorite characters ever and seeing someone else treat her actions and thoughts as logical (it doesn’t seem like quite the right word, but it’s all my mind can think of right now) makes me happy. Perhaps because I’m around so many shoujo fans who expect super genki heroines, I come across a lot of people who dislike her in the manga.
ETERNAL May 31, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I can see why this would be a dangerous starting point in the medium. I think everyone “ruins” a genre or two by getting introduced to it by a series so close to the top. It’s even more dangerous if you experience it early on in your fandom because then the nostalgia factor kicks in.
Anyway, I’m glad you liked the post :)
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Unchangeable?
But I have yet another question for my Mormon friends. The question is on Brigham Young's doctrine of atonement. Brigham Young's doctrine of atonement said that the doctrine of atonement cannot be changed. Now don't get me wrong. I agree with mainstream Mormons that the fundamentalist Mormons, the Temple Lot Mormons and the other ones, are bizarre in what they believe and say and do. However, in reading the original writings of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, they do seem to be the true Mormons – the bigamists and the polygamists. They are actually doing what Brigham Young did. Brigham Young had 23 wives thereabout?
When I met these fundamental Mormons in Manti, Utah, one had 8 wives. He walked up the street with them – completely illegal in that state – and I wondered what kind of a woman would share her husband with 7 other women. I discovered what kind would: An underage women from a fundamentalist Mormon family herself. They were engaging in acts that were legally considered pedophilia by the mainstream Mormons. When they were challenged – not by me but by other Mormons, the other Mormons challenged them – they said, "What are we doing that Brigham Young didn't do?" That was a fair question. But my concern was not their bigamy or their polygamy – some even had polyany, multiple husbands – my concern was the doctrine of atonement.
Bigamy and polygamy were outlawed after the leadership of the Church of Latter-day Saints said they had a new revelation and they shouldn't do it anymore at a time when the institution of bigamy and polygamy was preventing Utah from becoming a state in the United States. It"d only been a territory after it tried to become an independent republic and the military came and there was a war – a shoot-out. So all of the sudden now it became monogamous. In the 1960"s when the civil rights movement came along, all of a sudden black people could now be Mormon priests. Previously they couldn't. It seems they have a revelation at convenient times in history when the social pressures, or political ones – legal ones, demand it. But the doctrine of atonement was one that your Brigham Young said could not be changed.
Do you really believe as Mormonism teaches, that black people are the descendents of fallen angels cast out of heaven? And do you believe what Brigham Young said in the doctrine of atonement, that black people are ugly, mischievous, depraved, of low intelligence (and a number of other things too rude to mention), and that any Mormon who marries one must be killed, and this doctrine of atonement cannot be changed? Black people are ugly, mischievous, depraved, etc. and by "black" not only people of African descent, anybody that"s dark-skinned, and any Mormon who marries one must be killed. That is the Mormon doctrine of atonement. Brigham Young said it, you believe it, that settles it?
Do you really believe he was right? Do you believe black people are the descendants of angels cast out of heaven because they wouldn't choose between Christ and Satan? Do you really believe that there"s something wrong with them inherently, that they"re ugly, mischievous, depraved, and that if a Mormon marries one they should be killed? Brigham Young said this doctrine can never be changed. Well if he said it, that should settle it, you should believe it. Do you really believe it? Is that settled in your mind? And do you really think I should believe it? Do you really believe the doctrine of atonement and do you really think that I should believe it? That is my question. I think it's a fair one and a necessary one.
So far I"m asking you when mitochondrial DNA says "no Lamanites", Middle Eastern Semitic or Jewish origin, rather the anthropological origins are from Siberia of North American and Central and South American Indians, and your own scientists admit it, if they don't believe then why should I and why should you? That's my first question.
My second question is reading things in The Journal of Discourses that I"ve only given you one example of something that seemed strange, do you really believe there"s Quakers on the moon and on the Sun, and do you really expect me to believe it? Do you really, really expect me to believe a funeral rite mistranslated into something else by Joseph Smith, that has no relation to what it actually says in the Bible. The Bible is specific about nations, kingdoms and when the archeologists have dug – and I"ve lived in Israel for a number of years – they have found these cities, many of them. They"ve found Meggido, they"ve found Timnah, they found Tel-Hazor where the Bible says they were, and they find coins. Where is one single coin from any of these ancient civilizations given the fact that the coins of these ancient American civilizations are named in the Book of Mormon; where are they? The pre-Columbian history department of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the national museum of the United States, says there is no, absolutely no, archaeological evidence for the claim of the Book of Mormon. But I"m expected to believe it. Please tell me why. The archeological record supports the Bible.
Now I know the Book of Mormon is written in the language of the King James Bible, only the King James Bible is a translation of Greek and Hebrew. In fact, it"s a translation of a translation. What language is the King James? It"s 17th Century English. It"s not the original. TheBook of Mormon is made to look like the King James and that kind of language. but where is the evidence?
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Energy storage is a collection of methods used to store electrical energy on an electrical power grid, or off it. Electrical energy is stored during times when production (especially from intermittent power plants such as renewable electricity sources such as wind power, tidal power, solar power) exceeds consumption, and returned to the grid when production falls below consumption. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is used for more than 90% of all grid power storage. Costs of lithium ion batteries are dropping rapidly, and are increasingly being deployed as fast acting sources of grid power (i.e. operating reserve) and for domestic storage.
In 2007, General Electric's Chief Engineer predicted grid parity without subsidies in sunny parts of the United States by around 2015; other companies predicted an earlier date:[85] the cost of solar power will be below grid parity for more than half of residential customers and 10% of commercial customers in the OECD, as long as grid electricity prices do not decrease through 2010.[81]
Currently, flying manned electric aircraft are mostly experimental demonstrators, though many small unmanned aerial vehicles are powered by batteries. Electrically powered model aircraft have been flown since the 1970s, with one report in 1957.[186][187] The first man-carrying electrically powered flights were made in 1973.[188] Between 2015–2016, a manned, solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, completed a circumnavigation of the Earth.[189]
^ Jump up to: a b c d Alsema, E.A.; Wild – Scholten, M.J. de; Fthenakis, V.M. Environmental impacts of PV electricity generation – a critical comparison of energy supply options Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. ECN, September 2006; 7p. Presented at the 21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Dresden, Germany, 4–8 September 2006.
We've had our system running for about 6 months now, whole process took a little over 2 months, other than submitting a form to our HOA and reviewing/signing some docs, Brio took care of the whole thing. The system works great, one month after it was running our power bill with Duke went to $0! Even in the summer when it's usually really high, honestly we were kinda skeptical but it's worked as promised. We're in NC and mainly worked with Brendan, he explained everything clearly and has been very responsive whenever we had questions.... read more
Wind power first appeared in Europe during the Middle Ages. The first historical records of their use in England date to the 11th or 12th centuries and there are reports of German crusaders taking their windmill-making skills to Syria around 1190.[6] By the 14th century, Dutch windmills were in use to drain areas of the Rhine delta. Advanced wind turbines were described by Croatian inventor Fausto Veranzio. In his book Machinae Novae (1595) he described vertical axis wind turbines with curved or V-shaped blades.
These high strength magnets are usually made from rare earth materials such as neodymium iron (NdFe), or samarium cobalt (SmCo) eliminating the need for the field windings to provide a constant magnetic field, leading to a simpler, more rugged construction. Wound field windings have the advantage of matching their magnetism (and therefore power) with the varying wind speed but require an external energy source to generate the required magnetic field.
As of 2018, American electric utility companies are planning new or extra renewable energy investments. These investments are particularly aimed at solar energy, thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 being signed into law. The law retained incentives for renewable energy development. Utility companies are taking advantage of the federal solar investment tax credit before it permanently goes down to 10% after 2021. According to the March 28 S&P Global Market Intelligence report summary, "NextEra Energy Inc., Duke Energy Corp., and Dominion Energy Inc.’s utilities are among a number of companies in the sector contemplating significant solar investments in the near-term. Other companies, including Xcel Energy Inc. and Alliant Energy Corp., are undertaking large wind projects in the near-term, but are considering ramping up solar investments in the coming years."[96]
Solar electricity is inherently variable and predictable by time of day, location, and seasons. In addition solar is intermittent due to day/night cycles and unpredictable weather. How much of a special challenge solar power is in any given electric utility varies significantly. In a summer peak utility, solar is well matched to daytime cooling demands. In winter peak utilities, solar displaces other forms of generation, reducing their capacity factors.
Some of the second-generation renewables, such as wind power, have high potential and have already realised relatively low production costs. At the end of 2008, worldwide wind farm capacity was 120,791 megawatts (MW), representing an increase of 28.8 percent during the year,[30] and wind power produced some 1.3% of global electricity consumption.[31] Wind power accounts for approximately 20% of electricity use in Denmark, 9% in Spain, and 7% in Germany.[32][33] However, it may be difficult to site wind turbines in some areas for aesthetic or environmental reasons, and it may be difficult to integrate wind power into electricity grids in some cases.[10]
In 2010, the International Energy Agency predicted that global solar PV capacity could reach 3,000 GW or 11% of projected global electricity generation by 2050—enough to generate 4,500 TWh of electricity.[40] Four years later, in 2014, the agency projected that, under its "high renewables" scenario, solar power could supply 27% of global electricity generation by 2050 (16% from PV and 11% from CSP).[2]
Those not satisfied with the third-party grid approach to green energy via the power grid can install their own locally based renewable energy system. Renewable energy electrical systems from solar to wind to even local hydro-power in some cases, are some of the many types of renewable energy systems available locally. Additionally, for those interested in heating and cooling their dwelling via renewable energy, geothermal heat pump systems that tap the constant temperature of the earth, which is around 7 to 15 degrees Celsius a few feet underground and increases dramatically at greater depths, are an option over conventional natural gas and petroleum-fueled heat approaches. Also, in geographic locations where the Earth's Crust is especially thin, or near volcanoes (as is the case in Iceland) there exists the potential to generate even more electricity than would be possible at other sites, thanks to a more significant temperature gradient at these locales.
Construction of the Salt Tanks which provide efficient thermal energy storage[103] so that output can be provided after the sun goes down, and output can be scheduled to meet demand requirements.[104] The 280 MW Solana Generating Station is designed to provide six hours of energy storage. This allows the plant to generate about 38 percent of its rated capacity over the course of a year.[105]
A study of the material consumption trends and requirements for wind energy in Europe found that bigger turbines have a higher consumption of precious metals but lower material input per kW generated. The current material consumption and stock was compared to input materials for various onshore system sizes. In all EU countries the estimates for 2020 exceeded and doubled the values consumed in 2009. These countries would need to expand their resources to be able to meet the estimated demand for 2020. For example, currently the EU has 3% of world supply of fluorspar and it requires 14% by 2020. Globally, the main exporting countries are South Africa, Mexico and China. This is similar with other critical and valuable materials required for energy systems such as magnesium, silver and indium. In addition, the levels of recycling of these materials is very low and focusing on that could alleviate issues with supply in the future. It is important to note that since most of these valuable materials are also used in other emerging technologies, like LEDs, PVs and LCDs, it is projected that demand for them will continue to increase.[53]
The stator is the “stationary” (hence its name) part of the machine and can have either a set of electrical windings producing an electromagnet or a set of permanent magnets within its design. The rotor is the part of the machine that “rotates”. Again, the rotor can have output coils that rotate or permanent magnets. Generally, generators and alternators used for wind turbine generators are defined by how they make generate their magnetism, either electromagnets or permanent magnets.
Wind power is widely used in Europe, China, and the United States. From 2004 to 2014, worldwide installed capacity of wind power has been growing from 47 GW to 369 GW—a more than sevenfold increase within 10 years with 2014 breaking a new record in global installations (51 GW). As of the end of 2014, China, the United States and Germany combined accounted for half of total global capacity.[83] Several other countries have achieved relatively high levels of wind power penetration, such as 21% of stationary electricity production in Denmark, 18% in Portugal, 16% in Spain, and 14% in Ireland in 2010 and have since continued to expand their installed capacity.[105][106] More than 80 countries around the world are using wind power on a commercial basis.[76]
These include E-glass/carbon, E-glass/aramid and they present an exciting alternative to pure glass or carbon reinforcements. that the full replacement would lead to 80% weight savings, and cost increase by 150%, while a partial (30%) replacement would lead to only 90% cost increase and 50% weight reduction for 8 m turbine. The world currently longest wind turbine rotor blade, the 88.4 m long blade from LM Wind Power is made of carbon/glass hybrid composites. However, additional investigations are required for the optimal composition of the materials [50]
Since you are working hard to read this rather lengthy article, here is some entertainment. The ‘intermission’ if you like. So, put your feet up and enjoy the next picture: It’s a prime example of much that is wrong with the small wind world. The fact that an installer would even consider installing in a place like that. Customers that are too uninformed to know better (and their installer clearly is not interested in educating them). Turbine manufacturers that deliver standard towers that are much too short to be effective; this tower plus turbine is just 23 feet tall! Then there is the claim by the manufacturer (dutifully parroted by the installer) that this turbine will offset “up to 30%” of their electricity bill. The last one is not really a lie I suppose: If in reality it offsets just 2% of the owners bill, technically that still falls within that “up to 30%”…
Wind turbines are generally inexpensive. They will produce electricity at between two and six cents per kilowatt hour, which is one of the lowest-priced renewable energy sources.[72] And as technology needed for wind turbines continues to improve, the prices will decrease as well. In addition, there is no competitive market for wind energy, as it does not cost money to get ahold of wind.[72] The main cost of wind turbines are the installation process. The average cost is between $48,000 and $65,000 to install. However, the energy harvested from the turbine will offset the installation cost, as well as provide virtually free energy for years after.[73]
Micro-hydro configured into mini-grids also provide power. Over 44 million households use biogas made in household-scale digesters for lighting and/or cooking, and more than 166 million households rely on a new generation of more-efficient biomass cookstoves.[26] Clean liquid fuel sourced from renewable feedstocks are used for cooking and lighting in energy-poor areas of the developing world. Alcohol fuels (ethanol and methanol) can be produced sustainably from non-food sugary, starchy, and cellulostic feedstocks. Project Gaia, Inc. and CleanStar Mozambique are implementing clean cooking programs with liquid ethanol stoves in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Mozambique.[139]
Besides the greening of fossil fuel and nuclear power plants, another option is the distribution and immediate use of power from solely renewable sources. In this set-up energy storage is again not necessary. For example, TREC has proposed to distribute solar power from the Sahara to Europe. Europe can distribute wind and ocean power to the Sahara and other countries. In this way, power is produced at any given time as at any point of the planet as the sun or the wind is up or ocean waves and currents are stirring. This option however is probably not possible in the short-term, as fossil fuel and nuclear power are still the main sources of energy on the mains electricity net and replacing them will not be possible overnight.
What? You are still reading? If we did not talk you out of a wind turbine by now there may still be hope! There certainly are situations where a small wind turbine makes perfect sense: If you are off-grid you should definitely consider adding a wind turbine. Wind and solar tend to complement each other beautifully; the sunny days tend to be not very windy, while the windy days tend to have little sun. Wind turbines generally produce most energy in the winter, when solar panels fall short.
Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth. Included in the definition is electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, biomass, geothermal resources, and biofuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources.
A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell (PV), is a device that converts light into electric current using the photovoltaic effect. The first solar cell was constructed by Charles Fritts in the 1880s.[5] The German industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens was among those who recognized the importance of this discovery.[6] In 1931, the German engineer Bruno Lange developed a photo cell using silver selenide in place of copper oxide,[7] although the prototype selenium cells converted less than 1% of incident light into electricity. Following the work of Russell Ohl in the 1940s, researchers Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin created the silicon solar cell in 1954.[8] These early solar cells cost 286 USD/watt and reached efficiencies of 4.5–6%.[9]
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Girl With Gun
Penny Kenny
What Looks Good for 1/6/16: Marvel and DC
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Cinebook: The Story So Far
Cinebook: The Story So Far, Columns
We all know people who have given up reading comic books, not because they disliked the format, but because the content no longer appealed to them. They didn’t give up reading though. They just moved on to books by Tom Clancy, John Grisham, J.D. Robb, and Robert Jordan. For those people, who don’t dislike the combination of words and pictures, Cinebook’s translations and reprints of popular European graphic novel series might be just the thing to reintroduce them to the comic format and its possibilities. The idea behind this column is to look at some of the series available and introduce them to readers who might not be aware of them. First up is Largo Winch.
Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq’s series has sold 12 million copies, launched a fairly good TV series, and recently had two movies starring Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Sharon Stone based on it. It’s an easily accessible story, offering intelligent plots, action, and cheesecake and beefcake.
The first four volumes of the series, The Heir, Takeover, Dutch Connection, and The Hour of the Tiger, were double-sized, giving a complete story in one book. Beginning with volume five, See Venice, each storyline is divided into two volumes.
While the volumes can be read and enjoyed in random order, it is best to begin with The Heir and follow through, as Van Hamme further develops the character of Largo and his relationship with his friend Simon in each story.
Largo is a young man who’s seen the seamier side of life. An orphan, he’s wandered around the world and been inside more than a few jails. He makes no secret of the fact that he likes women and they like him in return. He follows the beat of his own drummer and his own definition of justice. He’s not afraid of a fight and he’ll do what he has to to win. At the age of twenty-six, he inherits the W Group, worth ten billion dollars. Becoming a billionaire changes Largo’s life very little. He’s still fighting; he’s just fighting on a different level. If you think about it, Largo isn’t that dissimilar to Christopher Nolan’s take on Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, only Largo doesn’t need to wear a batsuit to get the job done.
The regular supporting cast is limited mainly to Simon and Penny, Largo’s secretary. Like Largo, Simon has seen the underside of life. While he’s not as intelligent as Largo, Simon has a better sense of humor and he’s more willing to shoot or fight his way out of a situation. Penny is an older woman who’s part den mother/part kick butt action heroine. As Simon says at one point “Are you sure she didn’t work as a CIA agent?”
The Largo Winch stories are power fantasies with a realistic foundation. They’re written for men and women who come home after a long day of trying to make ends meet only to be confronted with more bills. Losing themselves in the pages of See Venice, they can tour the city and try to recover a kidnapped woman or make their way through the jungles of Southeast Asia and aid rebels in The Hour of the Tiger.
In the series’ latest volumes Golden Gate and Shadow
Largo uncovers a plot to take over his TV station. In trying to stop it, he discovers a human trafficking ring in Reno, is thrown in prison, and later buried in the desert with scorpions and fire ants for company.
But no matter how exotic the location or adventure, Van Hamme keeps it all this side of believable with stories that read like they come straight from Yahoo headlines. Corruption, graft, coups, and company takeovers are all part of Largo’s world. A former student of economics and management, Van Hamme grounds these aspects of the stories in authentic economics, while making them easy enough for the lay reader to understand. He also makes his heroes human. They get hurt. They bleed. They faint from exhaustion.
Philippe Francq creates a real world for the characters to inhabit. While the books are full of “pretty people,” they come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and nationalities. They smile, smirk, and express worry and fear. Backgrounds are rendered with detail, but never overwhelm the action in the foreground.
The action sequences are dynamic. Adhering to the grid format, Francq creates clear, easy to follow scenes. Without using extreme shots, he varies the angle and point of view on the individual moments in each scene to create a sense of movement. There’s a two and half page sequence in Shadow that begins with the killer breaking into the house, leads to a motorcycle-car chase that looks as good as the classic chase in Steve McQueen’s Bullitt, and ends on an understated moment of tragedy.
Those tired or disappointed with recent superhero stories might want to check out Largo Winch. It’s power fantasy adventure of a different sort.
Cinebook: The Story So FarPenny Kenny
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For the past thirteen years, Penny Kenny has been an elementary library paraprofessional in a rural school district. For the seven years prior to that, she headed a reading-math program designed to help first grade students with learning difficulties. Her book reviews regularly appeared in Starlog from 1993 to the magazine’s unfortunate demise in 2009 and she has published several e-novellas under a pen name. She has been a reviewer with Comics Bulletin since 2007.
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Chasing the Dragon
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I’m an American author, editor and consultant based in Hong Kong, with deep knowledge of Asia’s three largest economies: China, India and Japan.
I've spent most of my career covering business and economics in the US and Asia as senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and Fortune magazine. I also worked for many years at McKinsey & Company helping senior partners develop and share firm knowledge, insight and ideas.
In 2017, I returned to Time Inc as Executive Editor for the company's international division. In the wake of Time Inc's acquisition by Meredith Corporation, I remain Executive Editor, International for Time Inc Brands, and have happily reclaimed my old job as Asia Editor for Fortune. In addition to contributing feature articles for both Fortune and Time, I write the special "Sino-Saturday" edition of Alan Murray's influential Fortune CEO Daily newsletter. I'm also deeply involved with Fortune conferences, including the Fortune Global Forum, Brainstorm Tech and two newly launched events, Fortune Brainstorm Tech International (held annually in Guangzhou, China) and Brainstorm Design (held annually in Singapore).
My work has taken me to every major Asian economy. I have lived in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong and speak Japanese and Mandarin. I write and speak frequently about the region. For inquiries about speaking engagements, please contact my agent, Raleigh Addington, raleigh@chartwellspeakers.com
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NIGERIANS URGED TO LOOK UP TO GOD FOR THE COUNTRY’S TRANSFORMATION
The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and Archbishop of Benin City, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze has called on Nigerians to look up to God for the transformation of the Nigerian nation; as trusting in the ability of the country’s political leaders instead of putting their trust in the country’s political leaders.
Archbishop Akubeze made the call in the Christmas message issued to all Nigerians on behalf of the country’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The Archbishop asserted: “Yes, we must learn to trust in Christ to help us confront our challenges. This is why we call on all Nigerians to continue to say the prayer for Nigeria in distress. Let all Nigerians cry to God to transform Nigeria into a land where opportunities are actualized and where there is harmony and peace.”
Recanting the challenges facing the country since the past years, the Local Ordinary of Benin City stated: “God has been kind to us. If not for God, our condition in Nigeria would have been worse.” Along with the issue of political tension and other challenges, Archbishop Akubeze added: “We are witnessing significant challenges in our educational sector; the increase in poverty of our people; the insecurity of lives and property and the invasion of some of the farm lands of our people by some armed herdsmen who think it is their right to lead their cows to graze on the crops of others.”
He continued: “Many Nigerians both Christians and Muslims have condemned the invasion of innocent people’s farmlands by herdsmen. Some of our people have questioned what is the need to celebrate when some of our priests, consecrated men and women are kidnapped while going about their pastoral work? A significant number of our lay faithful have also been victims of these crimes. Sadly, though, some have lost their lives during this terrible ordeal which is becoming too frequent in Nigeria.”
Justifying the need for the celebration of Christmas as a sign of gratitude for the goodness of God, the CBCN President expressed optimism for a better future for the country in 2019; premising his believe in the re-consecration of the Nigerian nation into the hands of “Our lady of Fatima who is the queen of Nigeria on 13 October, 2017 in Benin City, at the celebration of the third National Marian Congress, held in the Edo State capital.
Expressing hope for a peaceful general elections in the new year, Archbishop Akubeze declared: “We hope for a Nigeria where our leaders will bring the dividends of democracy to all Nigeria irrespective of whether they voted for them or not. This is so because every Nigerian tax payers’ money is used to fund Government irrespective of whether the Nigerian voted for the leader or not. We hope for a Nigeria where politicians will no longer seek prophetic prediction of their political futures from priests and other pastors. Our politicians should seek prayers from priests and pastors to get the grace to fulfil their electoral promises to the electorate. They should win the hearts of Nigerians through meaningful and substantial campaign rooted in realistic promises that will better the lives of Nigerians.”
The CBCN President also used the occasion to call on the country’s politicians to stop going to priests and pastors to seek their political feature and success in the elections, but rather go to the church “to seek prayers from priests and men of God to help them fulfill political manifestoes that will bring peace, justice and prosperity to all Nigerians”; adding: “The pulpit is not the place to insult or praise politicians”; while the Church must remain non-partisan,
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Home Oral History Collection Fred Haynes oral history interview transcript
Fred Haynes oral history interview
Fred Haynes oral history interview transcript
Title Fred Haynes oral history interview
Subject United States. Marine Corps
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th. Marines, 28th.
Allied occupation, Japan, 1945-1952.
United States. Marine Corps. Division, 2nd
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Description The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Haynes. Haynes was born in Dallas 5 January 1921 and upon graduation from Southern Methodist University, he joined the Marine Corps, training at Quantico in February 1942. Upon completion, he spent two years training incoming junior officers at Quantico. His next duty assignment was as an infantry member of the 28th Regiment, 5th Marines, conducting training at Camp Pendleton and on Hawaii. Haynes� regiment was sent to Iwo Jima in February 1945. He observed the original flag-raising on Mount Suribachi and describes the machinations that resulted in the second flag-raising. He describes the battle in great detail until it ended in late March and his regiment was sent back to Hawaii to train for the invasion of Japan. When the war ended, his division was sent to Nagasaki and Sasebo as part of the occupation force. When the 5th Marine Division went back to the States in October 1945, Haynes was transferred to the 2nd Marine Division, where he served as a member of the occupation force on Kyushu. After a few months, he returned to Washington and decided to remain in the Corps. He was assigned to intelligence at Marine Corps Headquarters. His next assignment was as an instructor in the Naval ROTC program until 1952 when he was sent to Korea as executive officer of an infantry battalion. He then describes the remainder of his career continuing through the Vietnam War. Haynes retired as a major general.
Creator Haynes, Fred
Contributors Graham, Eddie
Cook, Wanda
Title Fred Haynes oral history interview transcript
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Brexit and its implications (28 Jun 2016)
Brexit and its implications
By LEUNG Kin Pong, Research Associate, European Union Academic Programme Hong Kong
Source: Arend Van Damen Le Figaro
On 23rd June 2016, a historical referendum took place in the United Kingdom on whether the country should remain or leave the European Union. Despite the widespread optimism of the polls indicating that the Remain camp would win, the final result shocked the whole world with 52% voting leave against 48% choosing remain. The outcome of the referendum will involve the country invoking Article 50[1] of the Lisbon Treaty to begin its withdrawal procedure from the EU.
Political Turmoil
The exit of Britain immediately triggered political turmoil in the country. Following the voting result, British Prime Minister David Cameron, re-elected in the 2015 general election, announced his resignation in October this coming year. Consequently, his Conservative party are now split over who will succeed him to become the next Prime Minister, with potential candidates Boris Johnson and Michael Gove from the Brexit camp alongside Theresa May of the Remain camp. The opposition Labour Party is also in chaos following the resignation of a large number of shadow ministers protesting the party leader Jeremy Corbyn for his lukewarm campaign in making the country remain in the EU. In the public arena, a serious rift is now markedly dividing the richer and the poorer, the elderly and the younger as well as the pro-EU and anti-EU. The rupture has also extended to the sub-national level when the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announced that Scotland would consider a second referendum on Scottish Independence. Sturgeon said it was “democratically unacceptable” that Scotland would be taken out of the EU against its will when 62% of Scottish voters chose to remain in the European Union[2].
Economic Shocks
Brexit has also cast doubt on the future of the British economy. Before the conclusion of the negotiation of Brexit with the EU, huge uncertainty remains concerning two main issues. Firstly how the UK can gain access to the Single Market and secondly the question of freedom of movement of people. The two issues will have significant impact on whether UK businesses will continue to enjoy the same preferential trade arrangement with other EU countries; whether the financial sector, the most important economic sectors in the UK, will be able to “passport” in the whole EU; and whether the UK will become a less favorite destination for foreign direct investment due to restricted access to the EU’s market. The funding from the EU for research and higher education, involving numerous schemes such as Erasmus and Horizon 2020, will potentially halt in some years’ time. Given the anti-immigration rhetoric of the Leave campaign, it is not likely that the UK would accept free movement of workers into the UK and reciprocally the EU would restrict the UK citizens working in the EU countries. A lot has to be dependent on the upcoming negotiation between the country and the EU but one thing is sure: the UK will most likely lose all its rule-making power within the EU.
Domino effect in Europe
Moreover, the British leave vote is also seen as a great stimulus for the populist movement across Europe. In France, the far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen has recently pushed forward for a similar referendum in France. Although it is not likely that her plan would succeed, her rising popularity will have some significant influence in the 2017 Presidential election in France. Furthermore, the rise of populism is also changing the political landscape of some major European countries. In Spain, the rise of the left-wing and anti-establishment party Podemos party in the recent general election on 26 June has continued to hinder the formation of a new government. In Italy, the popular Five-Star Movement won two positions in Rome and Turin in the mayoral elections in June this year and a referendum of constitutional reform in Italy will take place in the coming months. In addition, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi also said he would resign if the vote failed. The Austrian presidential election in May 2016 also experienced a similar political phenomenon where the anti-EU FPO candidate Norbert Hofer got almost 50% of the total votes. The Netherlands also held a referendum in April 2016, initiated by the Eurosceptic activists with an internet petition of 400,000 signatures, with a result of 61% voting to reject the EU-Ukraine partnership deal. The turnout was around 32% low but above the 30% threshold for it to become valid. Widespread euroscepticism across the EU will make the negotiation between the EU and the UK more complicated as accommodating Brexit might possibly encourage more domino effect. It will also be a daunting task for the EU leaders to rebuild public confidence in the EU.
Concerning the EU’s economic policies, the British leave from the EU threatens the prospect of the ongoing negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in which the UK is the strongest partisan. Since its introduction in 2013, the negotiation received far-flung opposition in countries such as Germany and France over the issues of agriculture, culture, investment protection and others. The withdrawal of the UK from the negotiation will also be a huge blow to the deal. In addition, instead of the non-interventionist approach preferred by the UK, a more static approach will emerge in formulating the EU regulations in the areas of competition, technology, financial services as well as other business sectors. Big companies from Silicon Valley such as Google will face even stronger scrutiny of the EU Competition regulatory arm. Cross-border merger and acquisitions might also face stronger resistance at the EU level.
The UK and the world
In terms of the UK’s international relations with other countries, although US president Obama said that the special relationship between the US and the UK would remain unchanged, the loss of influence of the UK in the EU affairs will most certainly drive the US towards Germany and France. In recent years the UK has made itself the most important Western ally of China and signed a number of important bilateral cooperation agreements with China. The UK was even criticized by other G-7 countries in Japan in May 2016 for its “constant accommodation” towards China. Indeed, China regards the UK as the most important partner in Europe and relies heavily on the UK in its outbound investment in Europe as well as internationalization of the RMB. The referendum result is also likely to propel Beijing to rethink its relationship with the UK.
[1] http://www.lisbon-treaty.org/wcm/the-lisbon-treaty/treaty-on-European-union-and-comments/title-6-final-provisions/137-article-50.html
[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results
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Cranwell et al. (2016). Alcohol and Tobacco Content in UK Video Games and Their Association with Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Young People
Authors: Jo Cranwell, Kathy Whittamore, John Britton & Jo Leonardi-Bee
Title: Alcohol and tobacco content in UK video games and their association with alcohol and tobacco use among young people
Journal: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2016; 19 (7): 426 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0093
To determine the extent to which video games include alcohol and tobacco content and assess the association between playing them and alcohol and smoking behaviors in adolescent players in Great Britain. Assessment of substance in the 32 UK bestselling video games of 2012/2013; online survey of adolescent playing of 17 games with substance content; and content analysis of the five most popular games. A total of 1,094 adolescents aged 11–17 years were included as participants. Reported presence of substance content in the 32 games; estimated numbers of adolescents who had played games; self-reported substance use; semiquantitative measures of substance content by interval coding of video game cut scenes. Nonofficial sources reported substance content in 17 (44 percent) games but none was reported by the official Pan European Game Information (PEGI) system. Adolescents who had played at least one game were significantly more likely ever to have tried smoking (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.70, 95 percent confidence interval [CI] 1.75–4.17) or consumed alcohol (adjusted OR 2.35, 95 percent CI 1.70–3.23). In the five most popular game episodes of alcohol actual use, implied use and paraphernalia occurred in 31 (14 percent), 81 (37 percent), and 41 (19 percent) intervals, respectively. Tobacco actual use, implied use, and paraphernalia occurred in 32 (15 percent), 27 (12 percent), and 53 (24 percent) intervals, respectively. Alcohol and tobacco content is common in the most popular video games but not reported by the official PEGI system. Content analysis identified substantial substance content in a sample of those games. Adolescents who play these video games are more likely to have experimented with tobacco and alcohol.
The article (full text) can be downloaded via this link in the Liebert Library.
Posted in: Peer Pub Cross-sectional, Scientific publications ⋅ Tagged: Adolescent, video games, youth exposure
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Martin Schulz elected new president of the European Parliament
Tuesday morning MEPs elected German Socialist Martin Schulz as president. He will lead the EP until the next European elections in June 2014.
Martin Schulz was born 20 December 1955 in Hehlrath - a small German city close to the German-Dutch-Belgian border. After high school he apprenticed as a bookseller and opened his own store in Würselen in 1982, which he ran for 12 years.
He began his political career at 19, joining the German Social Democratic Party. At 31 he became the youngest mayor of Germany’s most populous Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, when he was elected mayor of Würselen, a post he held for 11 years. “This time shaped my enthusiasm for Europe and the conviction that I wanted to help build and advance the European project,” he says of his time as a local politician.
Elected to the EP in 1994, Schulz has served on a number of committees, including the sub-committee on Human Rights and the Civil Liberties Committee. He led the German delegation of the Socialist group (SPD members) from 2000 and was also a vice-chair of the Socialist Group in the EP. He was elected group leader in 2004, a position held until he was elected EP president. Since 2009, Schulz has also acted as representative for European Affairs for Germany’s SPD party and his views have deeply influenced his party’s pro-European politics.
He is known as a man of convictions who is not afraid to speak his mind. This once provoked a now famous insult from the former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi during a plenary session in Strasbourg in 2003.
A well known face in European politics, he nevertheless maintains a strong link with his constituency. “For many years, I served as mayor of my town and listening to people’s concerns and answering their questions was my daily business. This still remains a very important part of my job,” he said.
A passion for books…and football
His wife is a gardener and landscape architect and they have two children. His hobbies include reading, history and football – he roots for his local club 1. FC Köln. Among his favourite books is “The Leopard” by Tomasi di Lampedusa and all the books of Eric Hobsbawm.
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Articles > Know > In the rhythm of jazz. The Ambassador of Norway has invited guests to the musical evening
In the rhythm of jazz. The Ambassador of Norway has invited guests to the musical evening
Author: OUTLOOK 26.06.2018 | music, Norway, diplomacy
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Ukraine Ule Terje Horpestad has invited guests to the residence to enjoy a summer evening with subtle jazz tunes.
Especially for this event from Oslo in the Ukrainian capital Eirik Bergene's Trio arrived. Led by Eirik Bergen, the team consists of young talents who are excellent instrumentalists. The team has numerous performances with famous Norwegian and foreign musicians. The performers also visited Kiev quite often, where they played in the framework of a jazz festival.
For the Kyiv public, Eirik Bergene Trio together with Ukrainian colleagues performed music in the traditions of Chicago and Texas blues, classical boogie, Louisiana music, jamp-blues and swing, and jazz.
To enjoy fine music, his colleagues - Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands, Japan, Estonia, representatives of Ukrainian authorities, Ukrainian musicians, diplomats, and public community arrived to the Ambassador on this evening.
Look in our gallery how the evening was going.
Photo by: OUTLOOK
Ambassador of Egypt to Ukraine Hossam Eldin Mohamed Ahmed Ali held a diplomatic reception
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Ukraine Hossam Eldin Mohamed Ahmed Ali on July 11 met the guests on the occasion of the national holiday. Representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps in Ukraine, members of the Government, heads of non-governmental organizations and embassy partners came to greet Egypt.
Ambassador Anica Djamić: "The numerous ties have linked the Croatian and Ukrainian peoples for centuries, and in the new time they connect our two countries - Croatia and Ukraine"
Diplomatic reception on the occasion of Croatia Statehood Day took place in the capital of Ukraine. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Croatia to Ukraine, Anica Djamić, welcomed colleagues from the diplomatic corps, government officials and embassy partners.
Independence Day of Belarus. Ambassador Igor Sokol held a diplomatic reception in Kyiv
On June 20, a diplomatic reception on the occasion of Independence Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Republic of Belarus from the Nazi invaders was held in the Column Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration.
Press conference for the International Day of Yoga at the GDIP Media Center
On June 18, 2019, at the GDIP Media Center, a press conference was organized by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Ukraine Partha Satpathi to celebrate of the International Day of Yoga and the Festival which will take place this Saturday in the Mariinsky Park.
The Ambassador Elena Leticia Teresa Mikusinski held a diplomatic reception, the world-famous Argentine singer Gerónimo Rauch became an honored guest
The Column Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration on June 11 welcomed guests of the Embassy of the Argentine Republic to Ukraine on the occasion of a national day. The Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, representatives of the government and its agencies, partners of the embassy, the business community and the media lined up to congratulate the head of a foreign diplomatic institution and express their greetingss to friendly Argentina.
Indian tea. The Ambassador of India talks about the traditions of tea drinking
On May 29, 2019, under the auspices of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Partha Satpathi, an evening dedicated to Indian culture, cuisine and tea took place. The purpose of the event was the popularization of Indian traditions.
Turkmenistan initiative and UN support for the preservation of the Aral Sea
On the 28th of May 2019, the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in the headquarters of the United Nations with participation of plenipotentiary representatives of the Organizations’ member-states.
Official Iftar of DUMU 2019. The slogan of this Radaman month is "Mercy"
According to many years of good tradition, especially to the beginning of the Holy Month Ramadan, the Clerical Board of Ukraine's Muslims organized a gala dinner - Iftar in the capital of Ukraine. The purpose of the evening was to emphasize the importance of the most important month for all Muslims...
Diplomats joined the charity golf tournament
The international Golf Tournament "Diplomatic Golf for Good by Volvo" was held on May 18, 2019, on the territory of Kiev Golf Club "GolfStream".
One more "Diplomatic Greetings" project. The Ambassador of Afghanistan to Ukraine welcomes!
Students of the "School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat" at the Institute of International Relations of the Kyiv National University Taras Shevchenko and the National University of Ostroh Academy maid a visit to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Ukraine. The event took place within the framework of the OUTLOOK and GDIP project "Diplomatic Greetings".
GDIP celebrates its 27th anniversary and the Diplomats offer congratulations!
On May 16, 2019, Embroidery Day and the 27th anniversary of the founding of the State Enterprise “Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions” were celebrated at the Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre.
Grunnlovsdag. Ambassador Ole Terje Horpestad met guests on the occasion of a national holiday
The celebration of the Norwegian Constitution Day was held in the heart of the capital! The Embassy was the initiator of the reception.
Charitable dance. Foreign diplomats attended the annual ball in the IIR
The Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and personally the director Valerii Kopiika invited everyone to support the student initiative of the Charity Ball IIR-2019.
Jazz from Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine traditionally in May presents a music evening to Kyivites
The annual jazz festival on the initiative of the Azerbaijani Embassy was held in the Heydar Aliyev Park in Kyiv. The best musicians arrived in the capital to please the Ukrainians who enjoy jazz art.
The Embassy of the Argentine Republic celebrates the ninth anniversary of Malbec World Day
On April 24, the official celebration of Malbec World Day, the most famous Argentine wine, was held in Kyiv. On its ninth anniversary, Malbec Day was celebrated under the motto: "Elegance does not require perfection".
Within the framework of the Diplomatic Greetings project students from the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat from Kharkiv and the School for Young Ukrainian Diplomat from Kyiv talked with the Ambassadors of Georgia and the Kingdom of Norway to Ukraine
On April 23, 2019, OUTLOOK and the Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions (GDIP) organised a meeting for students and youth with diplomats, Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia and the Kingdom of Norway to Ukraine Gela Dumbadze and Ole Terje Horpestad.
Wives of foreign diplomats attended the lecture dedicated to Ukrainian traditions
On Wednesday, April 9, 2019, on the initiative and organizational support of the SE "Directorate General for Rendering Services for Diplomatic Missions", the international women's club ASCK in the National Centre of Folk Culture "Museum of Ivan Gonchar" a lecture dedicated to the traditional Ukrainian women's dress was held.
Public Lecture of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine Gela Dumbadze at the GDIP Media Center
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, a public lecture by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine, Permanent Representative for GUAM - Gela Dumbadze, was held at GDIP Media Center of the Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions. The lecture was devoted to the events that took place in Georgia 30 years ago, April 7-9, 1989.
The evening of jazz and art from the Embassy of Georgia in Ukraine
Georgia is associated with constant hospitable people, rich history and traditions. Today, Georgian culture is at its peak, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia is sincerely proud of this, and he invited fellow diplomats, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities, representatives of the Georgian diaspora and partners to enjoy an evening of jazz and art on April 11, 2019.
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Addressing Climate and Peace in Paris and Minnesota
December 11, 2015Megan ButlerETL Blog, FeaturedComments Off on Addressing Climate and Peace in Paris and Minnesota
Energy Transition Lab executive director Ellen Anderson and two seniors from Macalaster College explored connections between global climate change and peace at in this editorial which originally appeared as an article on the MINNPOST
Written by: Ellen Anderson, Laura Humes and Kayla Walsh
As world leaders work to negotiate a global climate treaty at the United Nations COP21 summit in Paris this week, they do so in the midst of a city grieving from recent terrorist attacks. From the flower-lined public memorials to the security dogs and vest-wearing police officers at the conference, we are reminded that this historic conference takes place at a crucial moment for the global community. The Paris attacks force us to see the convergence of our two biggest global challenges — security and climate change — and has awakened leaders to the importance of integrating peace, security, sustainability and climate solutions.
Along with some 45,000 delegates from 196 nations, we are among the dozens of Minnesotans at COP21 in Paris, a multigenerational mix from colleges and universities, government bodies, and business. This is a unique opportunity for the global community, and for us as Minnesotans, to collaborate on shared solutions.
Dual objectives
The decision to continue COP21 in the wake of terrorist attacks demonstrated solidarity in the face of events that threaten to divide the global community. Now more than ever, politicians must formally acknowledge the inextricable link between climate change and global peace and stability. Both delegates to the United Nations as well as our local Minnesota leaders should design policy that incorporates these dual objectives within a unified framework. At both the local and global level, it starts with being a good neighbor, caring for the place you call home, and engaging those who live around you.
French President François Hollande set the stage at the opening of COP21 earlier this week with his powerful statement: “What is at stake at this climate conference is peace.” President Barack Obama called the decision to continue the negotiations in Paris an “act of defiance.” He asked, “What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it?” When Jordan’s King Abdullah II shared the podium, he reminded the world that his country receives the most Syrian refugees, and stated that conflict and climate change are the dual wars of our generation. All of the 150 leaders assembled in Paris shared a single sentiment: that climate solutions at the Paris conference must simultaneously secure a peaceful, sustainable, and equitable future for humanity.
Professor Jack Dewaard, a University of Minnesota expert on population and migration and one of our delegates to COP21, said that increasing evidence demonstrates a link between climate change and human migration patterns. Whether they are “shocks” — destructive, rapid-onset events — or processes that emerge gradually over time, climate change cannot be separated from other causes (economic, political, sociocultural, etc.) of migration. National migration policies often fail to recognize these complex dynamics.
Dayton’s leadership
Our state leaders get this, and take responsibility for our role as global citizens. Gov. Mark Dayton signed the Under2MOU, joining 6 other states and 64 different jurisdictions from 20 countries and 5 continents, collectively representing the largest economy in the world, in a pledge to limit emissions to a level necessary to keeps warming to under 2 degrees C. Minnesota also has a history of welcoming refugees fleeing hardship and seeking opportunity. When 22 governors announced last month they would turn away migrants fleeing Syrian violence, Dayton announced a contrary stance. “The terrorists would have us walking around our streets eyeing people who don’t look like us, who have different color, different nationality, different religion, different language, and feeling like everyone is a threat to us,” Dayton said. “That’s ultimately the greatest threat to our civilization.”
If COP21 is successful at finally getting the nations of the world to agree on the imperative of shifting to clean and renewable energy, it will not end there. Whatever is decided in Paris will only take effect if cities, states, regions, and individuals take action. We call on Minnesotans to protect their families, communities, and quality of life by taking on this challenge. We also expect that Minnesotans will do the right thing when it comes to supporting people around the world who want the same things we do: stability, safety, and opportunity for their families and communities. As the world is trying to come together despite our differences, so must each of us in our own communities.
Minnesota has been a leader in embracing refugee communities and ushering in renewable energy and successful climate solutions. Here in Minnesota, let’s strive to be the best neighbors possible, both as stewards of our planet and as welcoming and inclusive community members.
Featured Photo Credit: DUC (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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China allocates 100m yuan to support rescue work in quake-hit province
BEIJING — The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management on June 19 allocated 100 million yuan ($14.51 million) to Southwest China’s Sichuan province to support rescue operations after the province was hit by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake.
The government has supplied 5,000 tents, 10,000 folding beds and 20,000 quilts to the quake-hit areas for the victims.
As of 4 pm on June 19, around 243,880 people had been affected by the earthquake. Thirteen people died and 220 were injured. More than 52,000 people were relocated from quake-hit areas. Over 20,000 houses collapsed or were severely damaged, the updated statistics showed.
China takes precautions against secondary disasters after quake
Search operation continues in China earthquake
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North, South Korean musicians hold rare joint performance
South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon performs at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. South Korean violinist Won and his North Korean soprano partner, Kim Song Mi perform in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)
South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner Kim Song Mi perform at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. Won, a South Korean, performed together with Kim, a North Korean, in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
North Korean soprano singer Kim Song Mi performs at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner, Kim perform in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
A makeup artist applies make-up for North Korean soprano singer Kim Song Mi next to South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon at backstage before their performance at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai, Sunday, May 12, 2019. Won, a South Korean, performed together with Kim, a North Korean, in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)
North Korean soprano singer Kim Song Mi performs at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. South Korean Violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner, Kim perform in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)
South Korean Violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner, Kim Song Mi perform at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. Won, a South Korean, performed together with Kim, a North Korean, in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)
South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner, Kim Song Mi perform at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. Won, a South Korean, performed together with Kim, a North Korean, in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
SHANGHAI — South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon took the stage, nodded once to his North Korean soprano partner, and placed his instrument on his shoulder. With a flick of the conductor's wrist, she began to sing, and he began to bow — the beginning of a rare joint performance Sunday that they hope will bring the Koreas closer amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy.
"Until today, I was thinking, will this really happen? Will it suddenly be canceled?" Won said. "Today was the day my dream finally came true."
Won, donning a white shirt, and Kim Song Mi, sporting a sparkling red dress, performed Antonin Dvorak's "Songs My Mother Taught Me" together with a Chinese orchestra at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. After the last notes, they held hands and bowed to thunderous applause from the mostly Chinese audience.
Kim later reappeared in a traditional multicolored Korean dress to sing "Arirang," a Korean traditional folk tune beloved in both countries.
The concert came three days after South Korea said North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea, the second such weapons test by Pyongyang in less than a week.
For both Won and Kim, it was their first concert with a musician from the other side of the Korean border, the world's most heavily fortified. They met several times last year in Beijing and agreed to perform together to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula.
"My heart is too full for words," Kim said in a dressing room after the concert, her first-ever interview with a foreign media outlet. "For the moment, at least, I feel like unification has come."
It's extremely rare for musicians from both Koreas to perform together. Contact between the two sides is so restricted that North and South Koreans can't exchange phone calls, letter or emails without special government approval.
Last year saw an unusual wave of cross-border exchanges after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly agreed to begin talks over the future of his nuclear arsenal. A group of North Korean dancers and singers performed in South Korea during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and South Korean K-pop stars later flew to Pyongyang and sang in the presence of Kim and his wife, Ri Sol Ju. Both events were the first of their kind in over a decade.
But such exchanges are now becoming rare again as North Korea resumes provocative weapons tests, an apparent protest against stalled nuclear negotiations with the United States. Kim returned home empty-handed from his second summit with President Donald Trump in Vietnam in February after Trump rebuffed his calls for major sanctions relief in return for his promise to conduct partial disarmament measures. There have been no public high-level meetings between Pyongyang and Washington since then.
While Sunday's concert is unlikely to cause a diplomatic breakthrough, it could still "establish an environment" that could make it easier to improve ties between the Koreas, said Cho Han Bum, an analyst at Seoul's Korea Institute for National Unification.
Inspired by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which was founded in 1999 to bring together Arab and Israeli musicians to promote mutual understanding, Won, 42, has been pushing for the establishment of an inter-Korean orchestra for nearly a decade, contacting both governments on numerous occasions.
But his push for a Korean orchestra performance had never been realized and was often scrapped at the last minute due to the delicate nature of ties between the Koreas, which are still technically at war because an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty.
This time, Won and Kim, 33, spent days together in Shanghai rehearsing and chatting, sharing meals, coffee and even a foot massage before the performance finally happened.
"I really felt then we were part of the same nation, because we like the same foods and speak the same language," Kim said.
Won hopes that the fact that the performance was held despite the stalled talks shows the desire for better relations.
"We couldn't have had this kind of music concert if politics hadn't helped," he said. "It was a small performance, but I hope people will look at the meaning it has."
Sunday's performance appeared less difficult to achieve because it involved just one person from each Korea, not dozens of musicians required for an orchestra, and it happened in China — the North's major ally but also the South's biggest trading partner. Won said that the U.S. took notice, and that he had talks with high-level State Department officials before the performance.
The Shanghai City Symphony Orchestra, the biggest amateur symphony orchestra in China, performed with the two Koreans. Kim and Won's performance was part of the orchestra's annual charity concert, "Love in the City, Pyongyang Shanghai Seoul," held to raise awareness for autistic children.
In response to questions by The Associated Press last week, South Korea's Unification Ministry said it approved Won's contact with Kim as part of efforts to support civilian exchanges between the rivals. The South Korean government is led by President Moon Jae-in, a liberal who espouses greater rapprochement with North Korea and has shuttled between Pyongyang and Washington ahead of the two summits between Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Kim Song Mi, a graduate of Pyongyang's prestigious Kim Won Gyun University of Music, is the Korean Association for Art Exchange's North Korean representative in China, where she has lived since 2010. Known for her classical crossover singing technique, she has also released several music albums with North Korean and well-known pieces of classical music. South Korea media reported that she is the first North Korean sent abroad as a singer.
Won said that when he first met Kim last spring, he felt it was easier for him to bond with her and explain his dream than when he dealt with North Korean diplomats.
"When I talked about music with the diplomats, I had to explain why we need music and why music is good," Won said. "But I didn't need to do that when I met Kim, and we could just get to the point."
Won said he's hopeful he can continue to work together with Kim to organize larger concerts in cities across the world — in Pyongyang, Seoul or perhaps even Washington.
"Although today's performance was only for a short while, at least it's possible to come together to play music for this moment," Won said. "I can't help but think maybe, just maybe, it'll bring more opportunities like this in the future."
Kim reported from Seoul, South Korea.
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The REAL Crime of the Century
by mxsquid » 29 Jun 2008, 14:59
My uncle Harry is the boy on the far left as Auschwitz was being liberated by soldiers of the Ukrainian Front of the Soviet Red Army January 27, 1945. He was 17 years old.
The mission of liberating the city of Oswiecim and the Auschwitz camp fell to the soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front, who advanced along the left bank of the Vistula from Cracow towards Upper Silesia. The 100th Lvov Infantry Division, under General-Major Fyodor Krasavin, was directly involved in the Oswiecim operation.
Soldiers crossed the Vistula on January 26. The next day, Saturday morning, division reconnaissance entered the grounds of the Monowitz sub-camp. They liberated the center of Oswiecim at noon. After a brief skirmish with the retreating Germans, they simultaneously entered the grounds of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, about 3 kilometers away, at 3:00 p.m.
Soviet losses in the liberation of Auschwitz, Birkenau, Monowitz, and the city of Oswiecim amounted to 231 officers and men, including Lt. Col. Semen Byesprozwanniy, commander of the 472nd Battalion, who was posthumously awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic by Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski in 2000.
A total of about 7,000 prisoners were liberated in Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz. The Red Army also freed about 500 prisoners in several sub-camps.
The last general roll call in Auschwitz held on January 17, 1945 (10 days before liberation) reported 67,012 prisoners
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/
Of the more than 230,000 children whom the Germans deported to Auschwitz, 700 were alive at liberation.
General Fyodor Krasavin, commanding officer of the 100th infantry division which took Auschwitz on January 27, 1945 is on the right.
Sweet Revenge! A Russian soldier threw my uncle a rifle and asked what he wanted to do to an SS guard who had beaten him.
Truth of Life By Tatiana Kosterova, age 16 Moscow, Russia PDF
Recent Russian article on the liberation and cover-up
My uncle Harry Lawsky (born Chaskel Wroclawski) may be one of the last survivors of the Chaim Rumkowski orphans.
The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Chaim_Rumkowski_and_the_Jews_of_Lodz
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/lodz/video/
Re: The REAL Crime of the Century
Auschwitz Killers at Play
A recently discovered photo album reveals Auschwitz killers (including Josef Mengele and camp commandant Rudolf Hoess) relaxing with fun and singalongs, not far from the gas chambers and ovens. A sobering reminder of the banality of evil. Yakov Smirnov
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An Alfred Hitchcock Documentary on the Nazi Holocaust
by mxsquid » 22 Dec 2009, 02:49
When I was a kid, Dwight Eisenhower was president. I couldn't ever imagine why he was so popular. Maybe this has something to do with it:
My Uncle Harry Lawsky appears in the picture below at the far left. See also the top of this thread.
General Eisenhower Warned Us
Although soldiers had witnessed all the horrors of war, the condition of the prisoners was even more shocking. It was beyond any war scene that the soldiers had experienced. There were rows upon rows of bodies stacked up like cordwood. Liberators struggled to make sense of the scenes they witnessed. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, wrote a letter to the Chief of Staff George Marshall dated April 1945: " I have never felt able to describe my emotional reaction when I first came face to face with indisputable evidence of Nazi brutality and ruthless disregard of every shred of decency. I visited every nook and cranny of the camps because I felt it my duty to be in a position from then on to testify at first hand about these things in case there ever grew up at home the belief or assumption that the stories of Nazi brutality were just propaganda." Eisenhower's comment shows his foresight in thinking that we must preserve documentation and photographs to remind the world of the horrors that took place in the concentration camps. Nobody can deny the vivid scenes and descriptions of the Holocaust. Nobody can forget.
(Lewin, Rhoda G. The Last Days of the War. New Hampshire: Literary History. 1962.)
65 years after World War II, this post memorializes 6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests Who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beat, experimented on and humiliated' while the German people looked the other way!
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has gone way beyond rhetorical attacks on the United States and Israel when, on December 14, 2005, he suggested that the Holocaust was a myth. In fact, to this day the Iranian Foreign Ministry continues to promote Holocaust denial. This must stop! NEVER AGAIN
Holocaust Memorial Day – Jan 27, 2010
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by mxsquid » 08 Jan 2013, 22:35
Perceptions of Jews by renowned Gentiles
"Indeed it is difficult for all other nations of the world to live in the presence of the Jews. It is irritating and most uncomfortable. The Jews embarrass the world as they have done things which are beyond the imaginable. They have become moral strangers since the day their forefather, Abraham, introduced the world to high ethical standards and to the fear of Heaven. They brought the world the Ten Commandments, which many nations prefer to defy. They violated the rules of history by staying alive, totally at odds with common sense and historical evidence. They outlived all their former enemies, including vast empires such as the Romans and the Greeks. They angered the world with their return to their homeland after 2000 years of exile and after the murder of six million of their brothers and sisters.
They aggravated mankind by building, in the wink of an eye, a democratic State which others were not able to create in even hundreds of years. They built living monuments such as the duty to be holy and the privilege to serve one's fellow men.
They had their hands in every human progressive endeavor, whether in science, medicine, psychology or any other discipline, while totally out of proportion to their actual numbers. They gave the world the Bible and even their "savior."
Jews taught the world not to accept the world as it is, but to transform it, yet only a few nations wanted to listen. Moreover, the Jews introduced the world to one God, yet only a minority wanted to draw the moral consequences. So the nations of the world realize that they would have been lost without the Jews... And while their subconscious tries to remind them of how much of Western civilization is framed in terms of concepts first articulated by the Jews, they do anything to suppress it.
They deny that Jews remind them of a higher purpose of life and the need to be honorable, and do anything to escape its consequences... It is simply too much to handle for them, too embarrassing to admit, and above all, too difficult to live by.
So the nations of the world decided once again to go out of 'their' way in order to find a stick to hit the Jews. The goal: to prove that Jews are as immoral and guilty of massacre and genocide as some of they themselves are.
All this in order to hide and justify their own failure to even protest when six million Jews were brought to the slaughterhouses of Auschwitz and Dachau; so as to wipe out the moral conscience of which the Jews remind them, and they found a stick.
Nothing could be more gratifying for them than to find the Jews in a struggle with another people (who are completely terrorized by their own leaders) against whom the Jews, against their best wishes, have to defend themselves in order to survive. With great satisfaction, the world allows and initiates the rewriting of history so as to fuel the rage of yet another people against the Jews. This in spite of the fact that the nations understand very well that peace between the parties could have come a long time ago, if only the Jews would have had a fair chance. Instead, they happily jumped on the wagon of hate so as to justify their jealousy of the Jews and their incompetence to deal with their own moral issues.
When Jews look at the bizarre play taking place in The Hague , they can only smile as this artificial game once more proves how the world paradoxically admits the Jews' uniqueness. It is in their need to undermine the Jews that they actually raise them.
The study of history of Europe during the past centuries teaches us one uniform lesson: That the nations which received and in any way dealt fairly and mercifully with the Jew have prospered; and that the nations that have tortured and oppressed them have written out their own curse."
--Olive Schreiner, South African novelist and social activist
by mxsquid » 07 Mar 2013, 08:32
"Man of History" by Samantha Rose Lawsky is available through Lulu Books as of March 7, 2013. Please support her work by clicking the image below. This takes you to the Lulu Book publishing site.
Heniek Wroczlawski, a survivor of Auschwitz, had kept most memories of the Holocaust to himself until two events occurred in 2006. First, his family showed him a photograph, newly culled from archives, of Heniek with a group of children behind a fence at Auschwitz just before liberation. Secondly, a very curious granddaughter began asking questions, and Heniek decided to talk.
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1576: "I Could Care Less"
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Re: 1576: "I Could Care Less"
Postby Znirk » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:34 am UTC
Pfhorrest wrote:
xtifr wrote: Language and grammar have rules. You determine those rules by examining the evidence. The evidence is what people say and write. Like most sciences, you have to examine the evidence, form hypotheses, test those hypotheses by gathering and examining further evidence, and gradually form theories, and so on.
That is evidence of what people think is wrong, not evidence of what is wrong.
...? It's evidence of what people do, not what people think. There are also scientists looking at speaker attitudes to language features, but that's not what xtifr describes at all.
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Postby xtifr » Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:01 am UTC
xtifr wrote: Linguistics is a science. The science of language. Language and grammar have rules. You determine those rules by examining the evidence. The evidence is what people say and write. Like most sciences, you have to examine the evidence, form hypotheses, test those hypotheses by gathering and examining further evidence, and gradually form theories, and so on.
That is evidence of what people think is wrong, not evidence of what is wrong. That's all descriptive investigation and so can't say anything about what's right or wrong, which are prescriptive notions.
No, what people think is wrong is very different from what is actually wrong. Prescriptivists regularly say "do not do X", but then in the introduction to their book of prescriptivist poppycock*, they do X several times. Because X isn't actually wrong, and they instinctively know that even though they falsely believe that it is wrong. Prescriptivists, more often than not, aren't even capable of following their own nonsensical rules.
Scientists (I think it's a more appropriate term than descriptivist) can tell what's right and wrong in language usage by examining the evidence. And yes, they can most definitely determine what is wrong. Maybe not perfectly, but more perfectly than any other known approach!
In fact, I prefer the terms "scientist" and "priest" to "descriptivist" and "prescriptivist". It's a lot more accurate. And I'm not particularly interesting in listening to someone spout dogma at me, when that dogma clearly contradicts what science shows. As far as I'm concerned, prescriptivists are about as interesting as creationists. And about as useful to society.
Pfhorrest wrote: It's like trying to tell what's morally right or wrong by examining what behaviors get people censured or punished. That tells you what people's opinions are, but not which (if any) of them are correct.
I partly agree with what you say here, but I suspect I don't agree in the way you want me to. Determining what's morally right or wrong cannot be determined solely from examining what behaviors incur punishment. You also have to look at the behaviors of other animals, consider payoffs from game theory, and compare different cultures to find common elements. And probably a lot more. Science shouldn't limit itself. It's not as simple as you suggest, but it's not magic either. It is wholly amenable to a scientific approach. And religion is only useful in this determination insofar as it provides more data for scientific analysis.
Likewise, learning the rules and grammar of languages is wholly amenable to a scientific approach, and cannot be aided or improved by inserting invented nonsensical rules that are mostly BS—rules which the promulgators typically do not even follow themselves!
Pfhorrest wrote: I think there's kind of a false dichotomy there, which reminds me of Gould's "non-overlapping magisteria", where science is called the approach of describing reality by means of reason and evidence, and religion the approach of prescribing it by dogma and faith. And on that matter I say no, first of all that religion makes plenty of descriptive claims (still appealing to dogma and faith), but more importantly that you can approach prescription with reason and evidence as well (though I'd hesitate to call it "science" for the descriptive connotations that carries).
Um, I side with Gould on this. I have some minor points of disagreement with him, but this isn't one of them. And I don't think the fact that religion makes descriptive claims contradicts the idea at all. The fact that religion makes claims outside of its proper domain doesn't mean those claims are useful or valid or relevant or worth the time of day.
But then you lost me. I may regret this, but can you give me a concrete example of "prescriptivism with reason and evidence"? Because to me, that sounds like an actual contradiction in terms. And I'm really getting the feeling you don't know what prescriptivism is, but I don't have enough evidence to confirm or deny that hypothesis.
And if you can't give me a concrete example, or something a whole lot more solid than "well maybe there's something useful there I think, possibly, perhaps, kinda", then why is your notion worth wasting even a second of my own precious brain processing time on?
Just what, exactly, do you think prescriptivism is?
* Prescriptivist poppycock is a technical term in linguistic jargon, as the link demonstrates. And this may or may not be a joke.
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Postby gmalivuk » Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:52 am UTC
I'm confrontational because I've been arguing with the brick wall of Pfhorrest's "descriptivists say anything goes!" on and off for years. It gets increasingly frustrating when I and others have explained a thing *repeatedly* and someone continues to act like the incorrect understanding they started with is the only correct one.
For the record, I do thing there are right and wrong in language, and if I explain it only as "(stated to be) thought wrong", then that's an oversimplification and I apologize for any confusion it has caused. What I actually believe is that right and wrong are determined by actual usage, as well as by the response to that usage (which includes but is by no means limited to whether people think something is wrong).
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Postby Copper Bezel » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:15 pm UTC
I tend to lump it in with "things that are like aesthetics," which, given my interest and partial training in graphic design, quite well includes the possibility of things that are insultingly wrong despite the rightness of things itself being based on conventions and norms of practice.
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Postby gmalivuk » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:42 pm UTC
In case anyone's interested in forum history, here are a couple of threads I just dug up:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=79851 - The thread from early 2012 where I first recall Pfhorrest bringing up their odd account of what descriptivism and prescriptivism are.
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=37789 - A thread from 2009 where I remember arguing pretty strongly against the position that there are (or should be) no rules of English. (I reread the last bit of the first thread and know I still believe the same things, but I didn't reread any of this twice-as-old thread, so it's possible some of my ideas have changed since then.)
Regarding "thought wrong", I think perhaps being perceived as wrong is necessary but not sufficient for being actually an incorrect use of language.
I have a hard time making sense of the idea that some unique construction is wrong despite no one thinking it's wrong, but I have a very easy time making sense of the converse, where a construction is not wrong despite a group of pedants believing otherwise.
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Postby Apeiron » Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:14 pm UTC
This should be called "Randall is a better person than you #7".
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Postby thepauly » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:40 pm UTC
slinches wrote: If caring were a quantitatively measurable positive scalar quantity, the value which mine would take in this regard is precisely zero.
This is the crux of the argument for people (such as myself) who claim there is ambiguity in the statement, "I could care less." First, the understanding of "I could care less" depends on an assumed clause: "than I do." That is, most people take the statement to be, "I could care less (than I do)," which, of course, is nonsense. If I don't care, then "care value" = 0.
"Care" has several meanings in English, including "to feel concern or interest; attach importance to something." (the 'I give a shit' definition) and "to show concern". If the speaker is using the word "care" to mean, "to show concern," the statement is intended as "I could care less (than I already have)." We're already discussing the subject of concern. I've shown some minimal interest or concern, I've shown the courtesy of addressing your pointless whine,which is demonstrated by the fact that the subject is being discussed. In this context, there is some level of care. Therefore, the "caring value" > 0. To say, "I could care less" could be taken as "be grateful I'm even acknowledging this crap, because I don't need to."
This is how I picked up the meaning of "I could care less" as a kid, because that's how my dad used it.
Me: Can I have ice cream?
Dad: Nope, you don't need it.
Me: But I've been good, I haven't had ice cream in hours
Dad: You haven't been that good, you had ice cream 20 minutes ago
Me: But dad ...
Dad: Hey, I could care less
TL;DR: I'm not saying "I could care less" is totally legit, but it isn't quite as clear cut as some people think.
Postby xtifr » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:20 pm UTC
gmalivuk wrote: Regarding "thought wrong", I think perhaps being perceived as wrong is necessary but not sufficient for being actually an incorrect use of language.
This is, at least in part, because of the existence of dialects and regional variations. One thing you quickly learn when studying linguistics is that your instincts are generally a good first approximation of whether something is right or wrong. But not always. Which is why linguists, in casual discussions about usage, often say things like "This seems wrong to me. Does it work for anyone else?" For online discussions in particular, where you can get a broad and diverse audience, this can be a really useful question to ask.
And a useful answer includes a mention of which regions are likely to have influenced your own speech, and possibly your age, since usage can change over fairly short periods of time. Even if your answer is "no, that doesn't work for me either."
The simple fact is that grammar is something we all internalize. And it's not actually very hard—if it were hard, we'd find some easier mechanism of communication. Grammar exists because it works, for us, a pack of moderately intelligent social apes. And it works because it's relatively easy to share with our neighbors and our children.
The problem arises when people begin telling you that the grammar you've naturally internalized is "wrong." In moderation, this can be useful, since it enforces consistency and norms that do facilitate communication. But taken too far—especially when criticizing constructions you've internalized because they really are widely used—this can lead to a false perception that grammar is hard. The worst case—which is actually the case we have now—is when you have large numbers of self-appointed experts publishing mutually contradictory books about usage and style, filled with inconsistent "rules" that the authors themselves routinely ignore. This leads to whole nations of nervous nellies who are terrified of being wrong, but can't quite figure out what wrong is, and who, when they spot some rule (real or imaginary) that seems to make sense to them, are so proud of their achievement that they want to lord it over those who have the temerity to ignore the supposed rule. Hence the whole "grammar nazi" phenomenon this comic indirectly raises.
I won't even get into the classist and even racist assumptions inherent in many prescriptivist works. Prescriptivists actively make the world a worse place.
thepauly wrote: We're already discussing the subject of concern. I've shown some minimal interest or concern, I've shown the courtesy of addressing your pointless whine,which is demonstrated by the fact that the subject is being discussed. In this context, there is some level of care. Therefore, the "caring value" > 0. To say, "I could care less" could be taken as "be grateful I'm even acknowledging this crap, because I don't need to."
Heh, that's an interesting analysis. It's similar to the sarcasm theory, or the "[as if] I could care less" theory, but different enough to be worth considering on its own, since we really don't know where the idiomatic "could care less" version came from.
Personally, I'm starting to lean towards the theory that it derives from "I couldn't give a shit". That phrase means the same thing when rephrased as "I could give a shit." But if you start to say, "I couldn't give a shit", and then realize that "shit" is not appropriate term for your current audience, you can cast around for a more polite rephrasing, and easily come up with "I couldn't care less." And now that you've established that this is an easy way to politely say what you really mean, you may find yourself using it even when you've started to say "I could give a shit" instead of "I couldn't".
But really, there could be multiple factors in the rise of this admittedly counterintuitive idiom. So I'm always happy to hear new suggestions.
Postby Copper Bezel » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:29 pm UTC
I would guess that the aural qualities actually drove the choice to drop the n't, and then all of these alternative interpretations came afterward, but it really is just a guess. I've always preferred the assumed-implied "but it'd be hard" sort of interpretation, myself, but it seemed artificial. Suppose it's just as possible that we started with some form of deadpan or sarcastic "I could care less" and others adjusted it to "couldn't" and we'd still end up where we are now - a question mark or emphasis pattern could have been lost even before the idiom sort of fully ossified into the language.
Postby gmalivuk » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:37 pm UTC
xtifr wrote:
I feel like self-censorship of "I could give a shit" is a less likely explanation than that we lost the negative by analogy to "I could give a shit".
(Interestingly, the Corpus of Global Web-Based English suggests "I could give a shit" is also much more common in the US than the UK, just like "I could care less". So now I wonder which affirmative version became popular first.)
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Postby lgw » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:16 pm UTC
I used "I could care less" as a form of nerd sniping for years, but these days I like "I give approximately 0 fucks about that" better.
gmalivuk wrote: For the record, I do thing there are right and wrong in language, and if I explain it only as "(stated to be) thought wrong", then that's an oversimplification and I apologize for any confusion it has caused. What I actually believe is that right and wrong are determined by actual usage, as well as by the response to that usage (which includes but is by no means limited to whether people think something is wrong).
I like this. Your definition of "right usage" is very similar to "successful communication" (causing the person who receives the communication to think what you intended, which may have everything or nothing to do with the content of the communication). I hadn't thought of it that way before, but I like it.
For example, correct usage depends a lot on how formal the context is. If your listeners expect formally-correct usage and style, and you don't deliver that, they may be too distracted by that fact to pay attention to your message. OTOH, in a very informal context, playing with the language can be half the point - "correct usage" is a very different animal if you're chatting to pass the time, and not to communicate some detailed idea.
Poetic language is another good example: wonderful in a context where it's appreciated, horribly distracting where it's not.
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lgw wrote: I used "I could care less" as a form of nerd sniping for years, but these days I like "I give approximately 0 fucks about that" better.
You've still got prepositions at the end of sentences, countable "less", restrictive "which", and using the object pronoun after "than" to snipe pedants with, at least.
Yeah, and I think I do have Pfhorrest to thank indirectly for that way of putting it, since I believe it was in this thread that I really solidified that particular explanation.
In the last post of that thread, I wrote: What I mean to convey to people with a speech act is never solely the barest literal logical proposition denoted by the words I use. If one has any goals beyond the audience understanding a simple logical proposition, which I contend is always the case, then those other goals are also relevant in judging the "correctness" of an utterance.
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Postby rmsgrey » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:39 pm UTC
An interesting model is one where caring is non-quantised and non-zero - there, no matter how little you care, it's always possible to care half as much. In that model, "I could care less" is technically more correct than "I couldn't care less" though the interpretation as "I care very little" is still fairly non-literal.
Postby Copper Bezel » Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:10 am UTC
I think any attempt to extend the "more" and "less" concept into a number line metaphor is doomed to failure.
Postby xtifr » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:02 am UTC
William Gibson did one of the best takes I've seen on that, in his novel The Peripheral:
William Gibson wrote: “Look like you’ve come up short on the number of fucks you need to not give,” Janice said, appearing out of the crowd with a beer of her own.
Just wrap your head around that for a bit. I'll wait.
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Postby orthogon » Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:52 am UTC
rmsgrey wrote: An interesting model is one where caring is non-quantised and non-zero - there, no matter how little you care, it's always possible to care half as much. In that model, "I could care less" is technically more correct than "I couldn't care less" though the interpretation as "I care very little" is still fairly non-literal.
In that model, though, "I could care less" conveys no information. It's only technically correct in the sense of being true of any amount of caring. It could be the most or the least important thing to you. Not to mention that open intervals are pretty unintuitive. (To me, at least!)
When it comes to the giving of shits, there's an additional subtlety. Whereas "care less" constructions are always in the conditional, shit-giving can also be phrased in the simple present indicative. In fact my guess, without access to a desktop computer, is that "I don't give a shit/damn" is the original, and "I couldn't give a shit" has been influenced by "couldn't care less". Also, "I don't give a shit" is a proper negative whose meaning is inverted if the "not" is omitted. At least in the 90s you could describe that fellow student who runs the university branch of Amnesty and spends all her time organising charity events as "someone who gives a shit".
xtifr wrote: ... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
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orthogon wrote:
xtifr wrote: People say, "I am here", but nobody ever says "he am here" except with humorous intent or [...]
I wanted to link to a sketch from Series 4 Episode 4 of Absolutely but Channel 4 are exercising their rights and you have to watch it on 4 On Demand. Anyway, I have used the phrase "What in Swansea are going on here?" regularly since watching it in the 90s. (Perhaps that could become an idiom?)
If only we could watch it on vide-o (No, it's vi-day-o)
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Postby oauitam » Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:31 am UTC
This is an aside to the debate, but put here where I imagine xtifr will find it;
xtifr wrote: If you don't want descriptivists to criticize you, go out and prescribe things that are true. Subject-verb agreement is a good one. There's hardly any exceptions at all to that. Heck, I can't name one, and tracking down bizarre language quirks is a major hobby of mine!
Have a listen to the Black Country dialect, found in the centre of England.
I encounter lovely forms of the common verb "to be" whenever I work there. Here are examples of the present, indicative;
I am, you am, he am, her am, it am, we am, you am, they am
Add in some other features of the dialect and you can get things like the beautiful phrase I was lucky enough to hear for myself once; "Her'm giving it to she."
It took me a second or two to translate into my dialect equivalent, "She's giving it to her."
I suppose I could add data to the debate by letting you know that my listening train of thought suffers a similar, but briefer, stumble as I consciously inwardly translate hearing "I could care less" into my equivalent "I couldn't care less".
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Postby CharlieP » Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:17 pm UTC
oauitam wrote: I encounter lovely forms of the common verb "to be" whenever I work there. Here are examples of the present, indicative;
Yorkshire English is similarly restricted when it comes to the simple past tense:
I wa', you wa', he wa', she wa', it wa', we wa', you wa', they wa'.
Postby Copper Bezel » Wed Sep 16, 2015 2:36 pm UTC
Well, yeah, "I give a shit" implies "unlike others who do not, I care a little." A shit is a modicum of caring. "I could care less" also indicates that a modicum of caring is granted, but emphasizes how trivial it is as opposed to its difference with an implied sea of people who care still less.
Postby orthogon » Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:24 pm UTC
oauitam wrote: Have a listen to the Black Country dialect, found in the centre of England.
My mum's family are from Worcestershire, and a friend of my grandmother's used to say something that sounded like "youm". At the time I assumed it was his second person pronoun, but now i read this, I wonder whether he might have been saying "you'm", a contraction of "you am". He also talked once about "a hundred hundred". I don't know whether that was a dialect thing or whether he was mathematically and linguistically eccentric. I have no idea what happened to him, though he probably left the scene when my gran remarried. Now, decades later, he's become a caricature in my memory, a kind of grotesque like some ludicrously implausible Archers character.
Postby gmalivuk » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:02 pm UTC
orthogon wrote: At the time I assumed it was his second person pronoun, but now i read this, I wonder whether he might have been saying "you'm", a contraction of "you am".
If he was saying "you am", wouldn't you have noticed the missing "are" you were expecting?
If you didn't, it seems it could indeed have been a pronoun, either to mark plural (the way some people use "y'all" or "yins" or "yous"), or to mark objects (by analogy with he/him and they/them).
Postby thepauly » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:18 pm UTC
Copper Bezel wrote: I would guess that the aural qualities actually drove the choice to drop the n't, and then all of these alternative interpretations came afterward, but it really is just a guess.
I find your idea totally plausible. In my case, my youthful mind found a way to reconcile my father telling me he could care less, when it was readily apparent he didn't care at all (about the subject, that is. I'm pretty sure he did give a shit about me).
This. Thanks for the brevity, and the maths.
Postby xtifr » Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:39 pm UTC
orthogon wrote: When it comes to the giving of shits, there's an additional subtlety. Whereas "care less" constructions are always in the conditional, shit-giving can also be phrased in the simple present indicative. In fact my guess, without access to a desktop computer, is that "I don't give a shit/damn" is the original, and "I couldn't give a shit" has been influenced by "couldn't care less". Also, "I don't give a shit" is a proper negative whose meaning is inverted if the "not" is omitted. At least in the 90s you could describe that fellow student who runs the university branch of Amnesty and spends all her time organising charity events as "someone who gives a shit".
"Care less" constructions were always in the conditional. There evidence of a growing tendency to say things like "he didn't care less about that", meaning, literally, he didn't give a damn. I even saw a case using parallel construction that I cannot imagine was meant to be interpreted any other way: "he didn't give a damn about X, he didn't care less about Y; he was going to do Z."
I suspect you're correct about the historical order of events, though.
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Postby GuesssWho » Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:24 pm UTC
Yeah, this is a pet peeve of mine. If you could care less you obviously fucking care.
Postby orthogon » Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:35 pm UTC
gmalivuk wrote:
You're right; I was going to go on to say that it would require further nonstandard syntax to explain why it could be followed by an auxiliary verb, as in the particular utterance I'm remembering. Unfortunately "you" was the subject pronoun in that case, otherwise the idea of it being an object case pronoun would be very exciting. I think it was probably just a phonological thing. The lips following "you" are extremely close to the position for "m" already.
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Postby ManaUser » Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:53 am UTC
It's a perfectly valid phrase, as long as you mean that you could care less.
Postby gmalivuk » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:04 pm UTC
Every word in that sentence has changed meaning since its origin, but somehow the words "could care less" can only have one meaning ever?
Postby Copper Bezel » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:45 pm UTC
It really doesn't have to be correct or incorrect. It can be economic and useful or inelegant and to be avoided regardless of which of those things someone wants to say it is.
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Postby Whizbang » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:46 pm UTC
I couldn't care more or less.
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Postby doogly » Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:24 pm UTC
"I could care less" is perfectly reasonable. Other fuckers are bad at sarcasm, we are not bad at grammar.
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I don't think it's sarcasm as stated (the intonation seems like it would be different), but it is if you assume an elided "like" or "as if" before.
One can use this phrase without acid disapproval? Or a dismissive eyeroll?
Like, my point is that of course it means the opposite of what is literally denoted by the text. That is the point, you are doing a language thing. See also: literally! If someone is literally confused about what this word means and not just doing a playful language thing, there could be some gentle reminders in order. If someone gets pissy whenever they hear it, they get a >:(
But is the disapproval and dismissiveness because of sarcasm, or because of not caring at all about the thing?
I don't generally buy the sarcasm account (of either the origin or the present widespread use) because it seems like sarcasm requires conscious and intentional use of a phrase that literally means the *strong* opposite of what the sarcast means. "I could care less," I believe, fails both prongs: It isn't uttered with the intentional understanding that it means the opposite, and it isn't a strong opposite.
(Where the strong opposite of "I care zero amount" would be "I care a very large amount", whereas in this case we just have "I care a nonzero amount".)
When I want to be sarcastic about not caring, I say things like, "Oh yes, this is definitely the most important thing we should be worrying about right now." I say, "I could care less" when I'm not really thinking about it (since it's the more natural alternative in my dialect), or when I am thinking about it and I want to piss off prescriptivist hacks.
I am with you, of course, on the more general fact that people who object to "could care less" fail to understand some pretty basic things about how language works. I just don't think sarcasm has to be one of the things they don't understand, because I don't think sarcasm is gpthe best explanation for how most people actually use the phrase.
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Restricting sarcasm to strong opposites is amateurish. But it probably is more likely population-wide that people just miss that they are missing a not.
Well yeah, I'm not necessarily talking about people as expert about sarcasm as you and I are, just about the general population of "could care less" speakers.
Postby orthogon » Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:19 pm UTC
Damn, now I don't know whether to take what either of you is saying at face value;-)
You totally can, I have a very expressive face
I have to admit that with the phrase already existing as an ossified idiom, attempts to jerry-rig literal sense into it by intonation or whatnot annoy me a little (where I don't notice the idiom used in its vanilla form at all.)
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Postby Ermes Marana » Sat Sep 19, 2015 12:23 am UTC
I don’t give a damn.
I could give a damn.
I could give a damn (but I don't).
I couldn't give a damn.
These all mean the same thing. My guess is that people started using "I could care less" because they knew it meant the same thing in other phrases, but didn't realize that it was stupid in the new phrase.
I couldn't care less.
I couldn't care less if I tried.
I could care less.
I could care less if I tried.
These don't mean the same thing. The rationalizations are more annoying than the phrase itself. I have almost never heard it said sarcastically or in the form of a question. Such attempted justifications instead serve as admissions of stupidity.
However, let's take it for granted that it is used sarcastically or in the form of a question. Now it makes sense, sure. But it still doesn't mean the same thing. Because this usage is aimed at the person you are conversing with, rather than at the subject.
I couldn't care less = I don't care about the subject.
I could care less (if genuinely used in the manner people claim) = I don't care about you, including not caring enough to tell you if I care about the subject.
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Diner moments
How local places become fixtures on the presidential retail politics circuit
By Ryan Lessard news@hippopress.com
Presidential campaigns stick to a safe formula when it comes to their New Hampshire visits, making pit stops at popular restaurants and diners to chat with regular people, shake a lot of hands — and potentially earn a few votes.
Neil Levesque, the executive director of Saint Anselm’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the chair of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Centennial Anniversary Commission, says there are several familiar restaurants, stores and other businesses that candidates for president will frequent during an election cycle. They include places like the Red Arrow Diner, the Puritan Backroom and Chez Vachon in Manchester.
“If you’re at the Backroom for lunch, it’s not gonna take very long before you see someone who’s a high-rank elected official or presidential candidate, and that’s kind of exciting,” Levesque said.
So far this year, Robie’s Country Store in Hooksett has already been visited by candidates like former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Diners are particularly popular. In addition to the Red Arrow and Chez Vachon, candidates will visit Joey’s Diner in Amherst, the Pink Cadillac Diner in Rochester, MaryAnn’s Diner in Derry and the Airport Diner in Manchester. And up until its closing in 2008, the Merrimack Diner in Manchester had racked up an impressive list of candidate visits.
MaryAnn’s owner Christina Andreoli thinks campaigns like diners because of the type of people they find there.
“I think it’s just because you get a lot of ... variety. If you were to go to a steakhouse, you’re just gonna have people that can afford that,” Andreoli said. “In a diner type of atmosphere, you get everybody. You get mothers, you get senior citizens, you get people who are working that are on their lunch break.”
She said campaign visits began at her diner about 10 years ago.
“It started originally because somebody who was campaigning, and I can’t remember who it was, but they had called the chamber of commerce and asked for a good place to go that would have a lot of different types of people and a lot of people around that they could come in and shake hands with,” Andreoli said. “They were told that MaryAnn’s was a good place, and it seems everyone’s followed suit. It becomes a bigger deal every year, and now we’re just kinda known for it.”
So far, Andreoli said, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Christie and Graham have visited the diner.
“Funny story is, nobody that’s been in has actually won,” Andreoli said. “We did have Bill Clinton in, but it was after he had already been president.”
Candidates also pay visits to breweries in the state and tour small factory floors or the chic office spaces of tech companies like Dyn in Manchester. Last July, Graham even visited the Bedford town dump. As far as anyone knows, that was a first for a presidential candidate.
But, for the most part, candidates stick to small to medium-sized businesses. And that’s not by mistake. When asked in a recent Gallup poll which institutions people have the most confidence in, respondents scored small businesses very highly. That category received the second-highest score after the military with 67 percent saying they had either a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in it. To put that in perspective, it scored higher than the church or organized religion, police, the medical system and the presidency.
Planning visits
Levesque has worked in politics for more than 15 years. He says some visits or public events require more planning than others. He has a personal hand in planning the popular Politics & Eggs events that attract presidential candidates or, between election seasons, other politicians and academics to give keynote speeches. Rand Paul’s appearance at the event on Aug. 11 marks the 11th Republican candidate out of nearly 20 to use the event as a platform for both media exposure and connecting with the who’s who of New Hampshire. So far, the only Democrat to appear this year has been former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
A new event organized by the Concord City Republican Committee called Politics & Pie has already gained national recognition. Six candidates for president, plus one potential candidate who decided not to run, have already appeared and eaten pie while meeting with voters. Kerry Marsh, the chair of the committee, said they took the summer off but plan on inviting more candidates soon.
House parties are another common campaign stop and some homes seem to be more popular than others. BAE executive and former candidate for Congress Rich Ashooh and his wife Lori have invited candidates like Bush and Graham to their home along with members of the public and the media to see the candidates in a more intimate setting.
Levesque says retail politics require somewhat less deliberate planning but that doesn’t mean campaigns leave everything up to chance.
“The campaign managers are risk-averse, so they’ll call the diner and say, we’re gonna come by at this time and keep it a secret, and then sometimes they’ll tip off a bunch of supporters so they’ll kinda be sitting there,” Levesque said. “But you’re gonna get regular people too.”
And those regular people can often lay waste to a candidate’s carefully laid plans. Levesque recalls one infamous stop by Mitt Romney at Chez Vachon in 2011. He sat with a veteran who asked Romney about his stance on gay marriage. Romney, of course, said he believed marriage was between a man and a woman. Little did Romney realize that the veteran next to him was gay and the man sitting across from him was his partner. The whole episode was recorded by a flock of reporters.
“That was a sort of diner moment,” Levesque said.
Usually, a candidate doesn’t stay too long at one place or talking to a single person. The faster they move, the less chance of embarrassment.
“What usually happens is a candidate goes through, shakes a few hands, there’s a lot of media that usually follows behind, and you can see them doing retail politics,” Levesque said. “But there’s a lot of places that say, ‘We don’t allow politicking going on here.”
That’s why Levesque said it’s usually a good idea to get permission from proprietors first.
“You don’t want to have a candidate walk through the door and then be told to leave,” Levesque said.
Generally speaking, big-name politicians don’t get turned away, Levesque says. Store and restaurant owners often like having the gravitational pull of celebrity in their midst.
As far as how campaigns know which places to target, that’s when the expertise of the local party committee comes into play.
“Usually, your town chairs will be very helpful in organizing that,” Levesque said. “If you are coming in through Amherst, you’ll know that Joey’s Diner is a place that is usually friendly to this and ... the town chair sometimes will go in and check with the owner and make sure it’s OK.”
Levesque says most places are not exclusively open to particular political parties, but some are. He believes some apple orchards lean more Democratic, and NHPR recently reported that Geno’s Chowder and Sandwich shop in Portsmouth is considered a haven for Republicans amid an otherwise Democratic city. But even though the Backroom is owned by Chris Pappas, a Democratic Executive Councilor with higher political aspirations, both Democrats and Republicans are welcome to come in and mingle with patrons.
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Who exactly would a two-tiered senior football championship benefit?
Leitrim's manager Terry Hyland. ©INPHO/James Crombie.
by Gerry Robinson
Evidently, a two-tiered intercounty football championship is imminent, but it certainly won’t be a pill for every ill.
Advocates of tiering the SFC point to how it would give more counties a chance to compete for major silverware but, for starters, this simply isn’t true as the new competition won’t be a major one. It’ll be effectively a second-rate championship, which will be treated as another second-class citizen on the packed GAA calendar.
There will be no attempt made to promote it properly. Because, let’s face it, how do you promote a secondary competition? Look at the hurling championships (which are also offered forth as a great example of how a tiered system in football would apparently be best) for an example of how this works in practice as opposed to theory. The Joe McDonagh Cup final wasn’t televised. The second-tier hurling championship is largely ignored (never mind the other three tiers) and the same would be the case in football. Do the powers that be not remember the Tommy Murphy Cup? Nobody cared about it.
The irony here is incredible: the best way to promote the weaker counties is to not promote them at all.
Proponents of the new “fairer” system argue that there are too many teams going into the championship without a chance of winning anything. Winning what exactly? The All-Ireland? One could counter claim that even if you took half of the teams out you’d still have ten or twelve with no chance! Also, in the second tier, at least half of the teams in there will have no chance.
So apparently it’s all about the winning now. There’s no point in having Offaly or Antrim or Leitrim in the senior championship any more if they can’t win it or at the very least compete for it. When did this happen in our Association? Why the sudden need to remove the also-rans? To show them scorn because they lose more games than they win. To patronise.
Every county deserves the opportunity to go out and play in the main competition. It’s a unique, historic characteristic of the All-Ireland. Naturally, when you get hammered by one of the big guns it’s not ideal but at least there’s the chance to play on that stage - an honour in itself.
And what’s the difference between Derry V Westmeath in the second tier and Derry V Westmeath in the senior Qualifiers? The main difference is that it’s a much bigger game when you’re playing in the senior championship … irrespective of whether or not you can go on to win silverware later in the year.
Let’s get one thing straight: the win-at-all-costs mentality is destroying football. The negativity, cynicism, fear, gamesmanship and generally poor fare that follows is a plague on the game. By suggesting that teams should be removed from a competition because they realistically can’t win it is adding fuel to this ignominious inferno. It will further strengthen managers’ resolve to base results above all else and curb expressive and expansive football.
The message is clear: it’s a results business and winning is everything. What’s so wrong with a county just taking part and playing their own brand of football and giving it a go? A wholesale shift in people’s mentalities is required. We need to encourage attacking football and individual skills rather than promoting this notion that our games are only for winners. For the elite teams.
Of course, none of the counties who are culled from the senior championship if a two-tiered system does materialise will be Sam Maguire Cup contenders. But it’s still a significant blow to the standing of a county to be denied entry and the chances are high that most of them will languish and deteriorate rather than improve as a direct consequence of playing in an inferior competition. We’ll probably never again see a team come from nowhere like Down did in the ’60s and Offaly did in the ‘80s.
A new format is clearly needed but two tiers is not the way to go. The gulf between the haves and the have-nots will increase. Whose interest is that in? Certainly not the counties that we are apparently trying to assist! Out of sight, out of mind … the underdogs will be neutered. There’ll be more and more big games for the big teams in the main competition and the appeal of the lesser counties will diminish even further.
Football in some of the so-called weaker counties could go backwards. Perhaps dramatically so. Failing to make an impression in the second tier will be even more demoralising than coming up short in the senior championship. But it won’t matter because it’s all in your best interest and nobody will be watching anyway.
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Cost concerns weigh heavy on hotel deals
A panel of executives speaking at the NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference said worries about costs are having a demonstrable effect on the transactions environment.
By Sean McCracken
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NEW YORK—Increasing costs are defining the outlook for hotel investors more and more, said a panel of experts speaking during the recent NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference.
During the “Leaders perspective: Current cycle realities: Transactions and money” panel, Michael Medzigian, chairman and managing partner of Watermark Capital Partners, said his firm has cut down significantly due to rising costs and slowing revenue growth.
“We’ve slowed our pace of investing,” he said. “We were buying at $1 billion a year or a little more. We’re probably at half that today, and that’s the result of flattish (revenue per available room). … It’s hard to underwrite when the top line is moving at a pace below labor-costs growth.”
He noted his company remains an active buyer, but is focusing more closely on properties in markets with “real barriers to entry” and those with “hyper growth” like Nashville, Tennessee; Austin, Texas; and Denver.
But Medzigian noted the current environment has completely changed the nature of how people discuss the hotel industry.
“A few years ago, we would’ve been talking about interest rates, the economy, consumers, (revenue per available room),” he said. “I think the majority of our discussions now are around other things, like costs. It’s all costs.”
Mit Shah, CEO of Noble Investment Group, said there’s a lot to like in the hotel industry right now, including a prolonged period of “unprecedented demand,” but the cost issues are making it more difficult to get to a point where the bottom line gets better.
“We never expected 2.5% RevPAR growth to turn into flat (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization),” he said, noting investors will keep a close eye on second-quarter numbers in determining their outlook for the hotel industry.
Gilda Perez-Alvarado, CEO of JLL’s Americas Hotels & Hospitality group, said real estate investors continue to be drawn hotels because of their high yields.
“To people looking for that above-inflationary type of return, hotels are an amazing asset class,” she said.
But Kevin Jacobs, CFO for Hilton, and Leeny Oberg, EVP and CFO for Marriott International, said the outlook remains strong for their businesses and other asset-light hotel brands. Both noted their companies have been focusing on share buybacks of late.
“Buybacks are always in play. … We’re a simplified fee business model,” Jacobs said. “We generate a lot of free cash flow that doesn’t require a lot of capital.”
Oberg noted companies like Marriott and Hilton “have a very different profile than real estate ownership.”
“We’re very cash-rich,” she said. “We have arguably three times what we need to invest in growth, so the rest we return to shareholders.”
Jacobs said he sees bid-ask spreads widening in hotel deals as more companies “want to chase deals but it’s getting harder to underwrite.”
Oberg said when developing in higher-cost markets and in the luxury space, pairing hotels with a residential components is “still key to getting a deal done,” but financing is still strong even late in the cycle. On the select-service side, she said dual-brand projects are more and more en vogue to counteract increasing construction costs.
Who’s investing?
Medzigian said historically the biggest competition for the high-end properties Watermark buys have been publicly traded real estate investment trusts and foreign capital, but those two groups have been moving in different directions in the past couple of years.
While there is still foreign capital active in U.S. deals, he noted it’s “not as active” or aggressive in the deals he’s chasing. Conversely, REITs seem to have had new life breathed into them of late.
“A couple years ago, they were not as active,” he said. “Now they’re more active, and most have capital.”
He said private equity groups seem to have “a ton of dry powder out there, but they’re not buying the kind of assets we buy,” and there has been a relative explosion in non-traded REITs after Blackstone started one.
“There was just us for a while, then Blackstone; now there are a few,” he said.
Shah said state public pension funds have been particularly active investors of late with a “veracious desire to put direct dollars” into the business.
Perez-Alvarado noted the overall trend in foreign investment is positive, and even though outflowing capital from China took a hit, there are many other source markets for capital.
“We’re now seeing new types of European and Latin American investors coming to the U.S., and that capital is a little more entrepreneurial,” she said.
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What we love about Andy Griffith
(CNN) - It's been said that when he was younger, Andy Griffith had aspirations to become an opera singer, but fans of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock" are undoubtedly happy that he wound up pursuing acting.
The actor, who died at 86 on Tuesday, is most beloved for his portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on the timeless '60s favorite "The Andy Griffith Show," as well as for his role as defense attorney Ben Matlock on the late '80s-mid '90s series "Matlock."
1. The example he set:
"The Andy Griffith Show," with its unforgettable theme song, gave the actor a landmark role in Sheriff Taylor. The widowed father to a young Ron Howard's Opie, Griffith's portrayal of the Sheriff, who oversaw Mayberry, North Carolina, still resonates decades later.
Time magazine's TV critic James Poniewozik nominates the show, which ran from 1960-1968, as one of the cultural touchstones that shaped America.
"This gentle small-town comedy gave us Mayberry's quirks without ridiculing or patronizing them," Poniewozik writes. "And Griffith's Sheriff Taylor, who'd rather wield a wry comment than a gun, was a weekly example of Americans talking through their problems. "
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SEC Extends Compliance Date for “Brochure Supplement,” Part 2B of Form ADV
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On December 28, 2010, the SEC issued a four-month extension for the Part 2B compliance dates. The new compliance dates for Part 2B are as follows:
New IAs – All newly registered IAs filing their applications for registration with the SEC from January 1, 2011 through April 30, 2011, have until May 1, 2011 to begin delivering Part 2B to new and prospective clients. These advisers have until July 1, 2011 to deliver Part 2B to existing clients. The compliance dates for delivering Part 2B for newly-registered IAs filing applications for registration after April 30, 2011 remain unchanged.
Existing registered IAs – All IAs registered with the SEC as of December 31, 2010, and having a fiscal year ending on December 31, 2010 through April 30, 2011, have until July 31, 2011, to begin delivering Part 2B to new and prospective clients. These advisers have until September 30, 2011 to deliver Part 2B to existing clients. The compliance dates for delivering Part 2B for existing registered IAs with fiscal years ending after April 30, 2011 remain unchanged.
The compliance dates for Part 2A remain unchanged. More information about the compliance dates initially set by the SEC are available here.
For the full SEC release, please see SEC Extends Compliance Deadline for ADV Part 2.
Other related articles:
New Form ADV Part 2
Bart Mallon Esq. is a hedge fund attorney and provides hedge fund compliance services through Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP. He can be reached directly at 415-868-5345.
This entry was posted in SEC and tagged brochure supplement, form ADV, form adv part 2 on December 31, 2010 by Hedge Fund Lawyer.
New York LLC Publication Requirement
Fund sponsors who have established a limited liability company in New York to serve as the management company for their hedge fund should be aware of the New York publication requirement. Pursuant to Section 206 of the New York Limited Liability Company Act, within 120 days after the effective date of the initial articles of organization, a LLC must publish a copy of the articles of organization or a notice related to the formation of the LLC in two newspapers. After publication, the sponsor will need to submit additional paperwork to the New York Department of Corporations to complete the publication requirement process. This article provides an overview of the process as well as the consequences for not fulfilling the requirement.
Publication in Newspapers
The notice required under the act must be printed in two different newspapers once each week for six successive weeks. The sponsor does not choose the newspapers in which the notice will be published; instead, the newspapers are predetermined for the LLC.
The first newspaper will be the same for all LLCs – the New York Law Journal. [Information on the New York Law Journal to be forthcoming.]
The second newspaper will be different for each LLC. In order to determine the second newspaper, the fund sponsor will need to contact the county clerk of the county in which the LLC’s office is located (as stated in the articles of organization). After the county clerk provides the sponsor with the information as to which newspaper to publish the notice, the sponsor will need to contact the newspapers for instruction on the manner in which to cialis in the united kingdom submit the materials for publication.
Submitting the Certificate of Publication
After the publication notices have run for six weeks in the two newspapers, the printer or publisher of each newspaper will provide the sponsor with an affidavit of publication. The sponosor will then need to submit (1) a Certificate of Publication (2) the affidavits of publication of the newspapers, and (3) a filing fee of $50, to:
Department of State, Division of Corporations
Failure to Satisfy the Publication Requirement
According to the law, if an LLC fails to satisfy this requirement, the LLC will be “suspended” from carrying on, conducting or transacting business in the state. However, a suspension will not invalidate any contract or act of the LLC or the limited liability of the members. It is therefore unclear exactly what “suspended” means, as the law and the courts have failed to elaborate. In the future, the New York legislature or courts could institute more serious repercussions, such as the inability to open bank accounts or enter into certain transactions, but presently, the law explicitly states that a suspension does not invalidate the LLC’s contracts or acts and a suspension can be lifted if the LLC substantially complies with the publication requirement.
More information about the LLC publication requirement is available here and here.
Other related articles include:
Bart Mallon, Esq. is a hedge fund attorney and provides hedge fund compliance services through Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP. He can be reached directly at 415-868-5345.
This entry was posted in Legal Resources and tagged new york LLC, NY LLC, NY LLC Publication Requirement on December 26, 2010 by Hedge Fund Lawyer.
New BVI Hedge Fund Regulations Start 01/01/2011
Transition Period for BVI Mutual Funds Act of 1996 Ends on December 31, 2010
Sponsors with funds located in the BVI should be aware that at the beginning of next year there will be a new regulatory regime. Starting on January 1, 2011, all funds must comply with the requirements of the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 (“SIBA”) instead of the current Mutual Funds Act, 1996 (“MFA”).
The new laws are much stricter than the previous laws and continue the push by the BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC) to maintain greater oversight of funds located in the BVI. Managers with BVI funds should pay careful attention to the new laws and make revisions to their documents or operations accordingly.
Below is an overview of the major new requirements under the SIBA:
Disclaimer on Offering Documents – in the event a fund offers interests or shares on or after December 31, 2010, the fund offering documents must be amended to include the prescribed investment warning under the new law. The subscription agreements must also include an acknowledgement from any new investor that it has received, understood and accepted the investment warning.
Note: these documents must be filed with the Financial Services Commission (“Commission”) within 14 days of their issue.
2 Directors viagra canada – all private funds must at all times have at least 2 directors (at least 1 of which is an individual).
Note: a change of the board (and auditor) must be filed with the Commission within 14 days.
Manager, Administrator, and Custodian – all private funds must have a manager, an administrator, and a custodian which is independent from the manager and administrator.
Note: funds may apply to the Commission from an exemption from the requirement to have a custodian or a manager.
Appointing a new custodian, administrator, prime broker, or manager must be reported to the Commission at least 7 days prior to the appointment.
Audited accounts must be filed within 6 months of the financial year end.
14 days notice to the Commission is also required for change in place of business and amendments of constitutional or offering documents.
Annual returns must be filed by June 30 of each year.
Offshore Hedge Funds Overview
Offshore Hedge Fund Timeline
Bart Mallon, Esq. is a hedge fund attorney and works with a variety of domestic and offshore hedge fund manager. He can be reached directly at 415-868-5345.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged bvi hedge fund, bvi regulations, offshore hedge fund on December 14, 2010 by Hedge Fund Lawyer.
Rule 203(m)-1 – Private Fund Adviser Exemption
SEC Proposed Rule 203(m)-1 under Investment Advisers Act
The SEC has proposed certain new rules as well as amendments to existing rules under the Investment Advisers Act as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act. New Advisers Act Section 203(m)-1 provides an exemption from registration with the SEC to those groups who only advise one or more qualifying private funds and manages less than $150 million in private fund assets. The proposed new rule 203(m)-1 essentially exempts smaller fund managers from SEC registration.
Managers should note, however, that they may still be required to either:
Register as an investment adviser pursuant to state law
Become a reporting adviser subject to proposed Rule 204-4
The proposed rule also provides that the exemption is available for managers who are based outside of the United States and manage funds which are domiciled in the U.S. provided that the funds have less than $150 million in assets.
§ 275.203(m)-1 Private fund adviser exemption.
(a) United States investment advisers. For purposes of section 203(m) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80b-3(m)), an investment adviser with its principal office and place of business in the United States is exempt from the requirement to register under section 203 of the Act if the investment adviser:
(1) Acts solely as an investment adviser to one or more qualifying private funds; and
(2) Manages private fund assets of less than $150 million.
(b) Non-United States investment advisers. For purposes of section 203(m) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80b-3(m)), an investment adviser with its principal office and place of business outside of the United States is exempt from the requirement to register under section 203 of the Act if:
(1) The investment adviser has no client that is a United States person except for one or more qualifying private funds; and
(2) All assets managed by the investment adviser from a place of business in cheapest perscription for xenical the United States are solely attributable to private fund assets, the total value of which is less than $150 million.
(c) Calculations. For purposes of this section, private fund assets are calculated as the total value of such assets as of the end of each calendar quarter.
(d) Transition rule. With respect to the calendar quarter period immediately following the calendar quarter end date that the investment adviser ceases to be exempt from registration under section 203(m) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80b-3(m)) due to having $150 million or more in private fund assets, the Commission will not assert a violation of the requirement to register under section 203 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80b-3) by an investment adviser that was previously exempt in reliance on section 203(m) of the Act; provided that such investment adviser has complied with all applicable Commission reporting requirements.
(e) Definitions. For purposes of this section,
(3) Principal office and place of business of an investment adviser means the executive office of the investment adviser from which the officers, partners, or managers of the investment adviser direct, control, and coordinate the activities of the investment adviser.
(4) Private fund assets means the investment adviser’s assets under management attributable to a qualifying private fund.
(5) Qualifying private fund means any private fund that is not registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C 80a-8) and has not elected to be treated as a business development company pursuant to section 54 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-53).
(6) Related person has the meaning set forth in § 275.204-2(d)(7) of this title.
(7) United States has the meaning set forth in § 230.902(l) of this title.
(8) United States person means any person that is a “U.S. person” as defined in § 230.902(k) of this title, except that any discretionary account or similar account that is held for the benefit of a United States person by a dealer or other professional fiduciary is a United States person if the dealer or professional fiduciary is a related person of the investment adviser relying on this section and is not organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States.
This entry was posted in new hedge fund regulations and tagged hedge fund registration, investment adviser registration, private fund adviser exemption, rule 203(m)-1, SEC registration on December 12, 2010 by Hedge Fund Lawyer.
Investment Adviser and IA Representative Registration Renewal
If your firm is registered as an investment adviser (IA) then you have probably received notice to renew your firm’s registration for 2011. If you have not received the notice or have not paid the renewal fees, the following provides an overview of the process.
IA firms and IA representatives (RA) should be aware that registrations expire annually on December 31. In order for an IA firm to maintain their active registrations and/or notice filing statuses and for RAs to maintain active registration statuses, the IA firms must pay applicable renewal fees annually. The IARD Renewal Program facilitates the annual renewal process. Generally, a Preliminary Renewal Statement will be made available via the IARD system during the latter half of November. The Preliminary Renewal Statement will include an amount that must be paid to FINRA by December 13, 2010. Online payments made via E-Pay should be made by December 9, 2010 in order for the funds to be posted by December 13, 2010.
Submitting Payment
The Preliminary Renewal Statement will be available online generally during the latter half of November. This year, it was made available on November 15, 2010. IA firms can access this statement via IARD by following these steps:
Log onto IARD at (https://accountmgmt.finra.org/auth/ews_logon.jsp?CTAuthMode=BASIC&login_form_location_basic).
Enter your firm’s ID and password.
Review and accept the terms and conditions.
Under the “Accounting” tab at the top of the page, select “Renewal Account.”
One the left column, select “Renewal Statement.”
The bottom of the page provides an itemized list of all applicable fees.
Payment by Check
If you choose to submit payment by check, print the statement and mail it, along with the check to the following address:
P.O. Box 7777-8705
(Note: this P.O. Box address will not accept courier or overnight deliveries.)
Mellon Bank Room 3490
The check should be made payable to: FINRA. Be sure to write your CRD Number and the word “Renewal” on the face of the check.
Payment via CRD/IARD E-Pay
Payment can also be submitted online via CRD/IARD E-Pay. To do so, follow these instructions:
Go to the E-Pay website.
Enter your login and password.
On the left column under “Payments,” click “Pay my accounts.”
Select the account and click “Continue.”
Enter the total Payment Amount and check “Renewal” under Account Type. female viagra alternative Then enter the payment method and click “continue.”
Review the information and click “Make Payment.”
Log out and the money should post within about 2 days.
Automatic Daily Account-to-Renewal Account Transfer
If your firms has sufficient funds in the Daily Account to cover the total renewal amount, FINRA will automatically process the renewal payment by the payment deadline.
Other Payment Methods
Wire payments sent by 2 p.m. (ET), should post the next business day. Wire payments sent after 2 p.m., ET, may take up to 2 business days to post. Instructions for initiating a wire can be found here.
Confirming Payment
After payment is submitted, you will be able to retrieve your firm’s online Final Renewal Statement on IARD on or after January 3, 2011. These statements will reflect the final registration status of the IA firm and RAs. To do so, follow the instructions above to log onto IARD. Under the “Renewal Statement” link in the “Accounting” section, you can retrieve the Final Renewal Statement, which will state “Paid in Full” or “Amount Due.” If an amount is due, the balance must be paid by February 4, 2011.
More information about the Renewal Program can be found on the IARD website. FINRA has also posted a bulletin on the 2011 IARD Renewal Program, available here.
Bart Mallon, Esq. is a hedge fund attorney and provides investment adviser registration and renewal services through Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP. He can be reached directly at 415-868-5345.
This entry was posted in Investment Advisor and tagged Finra E-Pay, IA Registration Rewewal, IA Renewal, investment adviser on December 9, 2010 by Hedge Fund Lawyer.
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by brad · December 4, 2015
Back in 1996 an adventurous lady named Lara Croft made her debut in the game Tomb Raider, and it made quite the impact. Whilst Lara didn’t help the Sega Saturn much, Tomb Raider is recognised as one of the major games that help Sony go on to sell over 100 million PlayStation consoles. She’s come a long way since her debut, and despite being mesmerised by her stunningly rendered self, I suspect I’d be scratching my head wondering what I ever saw in the game if I went back to play the original today.
Lara has come a long way, and she’s now being looked after by Crystal Dynamics who launched a major reboot, Tomb Raider on the last generation of consoles, and re-released it on the current gen. Now it’s time for the continuation of the re-boot with Rise Of The Tomb Raider.
Rise begins shortly after the events of Tomb Raider, and introduces us to Lara’s dad and her relationship to him through flashbacks. Whilst the storyline is simple (shadowy organisation calling itself Trinity is racing her to find the key to immortality) it’s also engaging enough to drive the game.
If you’ve played Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider you pretty much know what you’re in for. It’s much of the same, only refined, and with a heck of a lot more stuff to find, and a nicer emphasis on crafting. Lara is of course looking as stunning as ever. Infact she’s never looked better. And the environments that we get to play with Lara in go from stunning to breathtaking at times.
Rise has so much to do, it’s easy to miss out on a lot of the interesting stuff. An awful lot of the actual tomb raiding is done in side missions and through exploring rather than completing the main mission. So in other words, don’t rush through Rise. Explore, explore, explore. This is the heart of Rise. And it’s what makes games like this stand out from the crowd. Whilst it’s not as open word as true open world games, it’s refreshing to play a game that doesn’t rush you along a per-defined path as quickly as possible, wanting nothing more that to catapult you to the multiplayer as quickly as humanly possible.
In fact with Rise, Crystal Dynamics have made the wise choice to forego multiplayer in order to focus on the immersive single player experience. How you play the game is up to you, stealthily sneaking around the place, or homicidal maniac bent on destroying all life forms, the choice is up to you.
Slow and steady is how I would recommend things, taking time to enjoy the experience. Crafting is better than ever, and you’ll want to explore and gather as much as possible so you can craft on the go, creating everything from poison arrows to medi kits on the fly.
Of course, experience points will have to be used carefully to created your version of Lara Croft giving her the capabilities that she will need to ultimately complete the game. How you do this is up to you and your style of gameplay.
Back in 2006 Lara Croft wowed us with a new type of game and a very capable female character. Now in 2015 Lara once again blows our minds with the best Tomb Raider game yet.
Reviewed on: XBox One
Rating: R16 Violence and offensive language.
Reviewed by: Jonathan
Source: Gameguide
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Home Middle East Iran Iranian Speaker: Iran Ready for Anti-Terror Cooperation with Muslim Nations
Iranian Speaker: Iran Ready for Anti-Terror Cooperation with Muslim Nations
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stressed the need for strong economic and security cooperation among Islamic countries, voicing Tehran’s readiness to work with Muslim nations in the battle against terrorism.
In an address to the closing of the 13th conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States (PUIC) in Tehran on Wednesday, Larijani said parliaments of all Islamic nations are duty bound to join hands in the fight against terrorism.
Denouncing the “instrumental” use of terrorism by certain countries, the speaker expressed Iran’s preparedness to help Muslim countries fight against terrorism in the same way that it provided advisory support for the governments of Iraq and Syria in their war on terrorist groups.
The Iranian speaker further emphasized the need for closer trade and economic interaction among Muslim nations, calling for plans to interconnect political issues and economic activities of the Islamic countries.
The conference, attended by representatives from the parliaments of 43 Muslim countries and officials from 16 observer organizations, came to an end with a final statement on Wednesday evening.
In the statement, the participants condemned US President Donald Trump’s move to declare the city of al-Quds (Jerusalem) capital of Israel as a threat to global peace and a violation of the Palestinian nation’s rights.
“We consider this measure a threat to international peace and security and an all-out violation of the unalienable rights of the Palestinian nation and a futile measure which distressed Muslims, Christians and all free-thinking human beings across the world,” the statement added.
The OIC parliaments also expressed support for the Palestinian resistance movement in all forms until the people of Palestine can return to their homeland and form an independent government with Quds as its capital.
The statement then called on the Inter-Parliamentary Union to revoke the membership of Israel’s Knesset as a punitive measure against the regime’s violation of international law.
The Muslim parliamentarians also called on the OIC governments to establish a new economic system based on Islamic unity and lay the groundwork for promotion of financial and economic ties among all the member states.
: Iran Ready for Anti-Terror Cooperation
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