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Each of our pieces is created one at a time using a hand-operated vintage chain stitch embroidery machine. This machine was made in the 1920s and has been creating beautiful items for generations.
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Gladys KNIGHT & THE PIPS
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Cat: CRIMCD 665
已出品: 21 Feb 20
曲风: Soul
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1. "Where Peaceful Waters Flow"
2. "Midnight Train To Georgia"
3. "I've Got To Use My Imagination"
4. "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"
5. "On & On"
6. "The Makings Of You" (From The original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7. "Mr Welfare Man"
8. "I Feel A Song (In My Heart)"
9. "Love Finds Its Own Way"
10. "The Way We Were/Try To Remember" (single version)
11. "Seconds"
12. "The Going Ups & The Coming Downs"
13. "Money"
14. "Part Time Love"
15. "Georgia On My Mind"
16. "You & Me Against The World"
17. "Feel Like Makin' Love"
18. "Alone Again" (From The 2nd Anniversary Recordings Sessions)
1. "Make Yours A Happy Home" (alternate US single mix)
2. "So Sad The Song"
3. "Nobody But You"
4. "Baby Don't Change Your Mind"
5. "Home Is Where The Heart Is"
6. "I Love To Feel That Feeling"
7. "Love Is Always On Your Mind" (12" version)
8. "Little Bit Of Love"
9. "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right"
10. "The One & Only"
11. "Come Back & Finish What You Started"
12. "It's A Better Than Good Time"
13. "All The Time"
14. "It's Up To You (Do What You Do)" (7" version)
15. "I'm Still Caught Up With You" (7" version)
16. "I'm Coming Home Again"
17. "If You Ever Need Somebody"
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2. "Taste Of Bitter Love"
3. "Bourgie' Bourgie'"
4. "Still Such A Thing"
5. "Forever Yesterday (For The Children)"
6. "I Will Survive"
7. "I Will Fight"
8. "Baby Baby Don't Waste My Time"
9. "A Friend Of Mine"
10. "Save The Overtime (For Me)" (12" mix)
11. "When You're Far Away" (12" version)
12. "You're Number One (In My Book)"
13. "Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings)"
14. "Ain't No Greater Love"
15. "My Time" (Body Slam mix)
16. "Till I See You Again"
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Clive Nolan is a British musician, composer, and producer who has played a prominent role in the recent development of progressive and symphonic rock.
Born in Gloucestershire, he was a pupil at Wycliffe College and King's School, Gloucester. He completed his B. Mus and M. Mus degrees at London University where he studied composition, orchestration, and conducting. He has been the regular keyboard player in Pendragon (1986–present), Shadowland (1992–present), Strangers on a Train (1993–1994), Arena (1995–present), and Caamora (2006–present) as well as writing music and lyrics for Arena, Shadowland, Caamora and numerous other projects.
Nolan is the founder member of The Caamora Theatre Company formed to produce and perform the musicals of Clive Nolan. The premiere of 'She' took place in Katowice Wyspianski Theatre in Poland in October 2007. Subsequently, full theatrical performances of 'She' were performed in January 2010 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, followed by the eight-man 'She in Concert' variation in Holland in September 2011. In February 2012 theatrical version of 'She' debuted in the UK in Cheltenham Playhouse Theatre. Recently, the revived theatre shows were performed at the Cheltenham Playhouse in September 2015 during the anniversary event, "The Fire and the Quest" and again in Cheltenham in 2016. 'She in Concert" was also performed in Germany in 2015 and Holland in 2016.
He was voted Best Keyboard Player by Classic Rock Society in the years: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2017. In 2010 the Bolivian government awarded him with the title of Honorary Visitor to Santa Cruz, Bolivia for his theatre work in the city of Santa Cruz. In 2013 he was awarded the Polish MLWZ "Golden Lexicon Award" for Outstanding Achievements in Music for his musical 'Alchemy'.
Nolan released his second musical 'Alchemy', with a libretto based on the composer's original story, early in 2013. In February 2013 the live show was recorded for the DVD at the famous Wyspianski Theatre in Katowice, Poland. The full theatrical shows of 'Alchemy' were performed by the Caamora Theatre Company at the Cheltenham Playhouse Theatre in September 2013. In 2013 and 2014 the concert version of 'Alchemy' headlined musical and theatre events in the UK and Holland. In August 2014 'Alchemy' was performed over a week at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the London Off-West End. In November 2014, 'Alchemy' returned in a concert version to be performed in Reichenbach, Germany. The musical was once more performed at the Cheltenham Playhouse as part of "The Fire and the Quest" festival in 2015, and during "The Fire and the Quest 2" in 2017.
In 2016 the Norwegian branch of Caamora was formed from the initiative of the founder members of 'Hurum Prog', Morten L. Clason, and Ingar Diskerud. Caamora Norway "Alchemy" shows featuring Clive Nolan and the all-Norwegian cast were performed in Norway in 2017. The Show in the Høytorp Fort in Mysen will be released on DVD.
In October 2016 Clive performed a series of concerts in Uruguay and Norway accompanied by the best opera and musical theatre artists. The Norwegian show 'An Evening with Clive Nolan and Friends' was released on DVD in 2017.
Clive's third musical 'King's Ransom' was released on CD and premiered on stage at the Cheltenham Playhouse in September 2017. Live DVD will be released in the near future.
In 2018 Clive signed both ‘Alchemy' and ‘King’s Ransom’ to a film company with a view to bringing these musicals to the silver screen. "The Professor King Chronicles" is planned to be released in cinemas in 2020 and 2021.
Clive is currently working on his new project "Song of the Wildlands".
Song of the Wildlands Album 2021 Buy physical editions.
Veil of Secrets is a new band formed by Vibeke Stene and Asgeir Mickelson.
Their debut album Dead Poetry marks Stene’s return to the scene after leaving Tristania in 2007 and Mickelson’s first outlet as the main songwriter.
Vibeke Stene is known as the singer of Tristania, 1997-2007. With Veil of Secrets, Stene has composed the majority of lyrics and vocals.
Asgeir Mickelson is known for having played drums in Borknagar, Sarke, Ihsahn, Spiral Architect, Vintersorg, Testament, and others. With Veil of Secrets, Mickelson has written all music and recorded drums, guitars, and bass. In live situations, he will handle drums.
Growling vocals on the album were done by Erling Malm (Endolith, Articulus) who will also play guitar live. Violin was done by Sareeta (Ram-Zet, Trollfest, etc), who will also join on live shows. The live line-up will be completed with another guitarist and bassist. This constellation is “the band”, but the creative core is Stene & Mickelson who will also represent Veil of Secrets in photos and all promotion.
The fundament of Veil of Secrets is to make music from the heart – and the belief that honest music is the only way to really captivate and move the listener. It is pure doom metal, still with a niche of its own.
Vibeke Stene Vocals
Asgeir Mickelson Drums, Guitars, Bass
Erling Malm Growling Vocals (Live)
Sareeta Violin (Live)
Dead Poetry Album 2020 Buy physical editions. Buy digital downloads.
The Last Attempt Single 2020 Buy digital downloads.
Vitam Aeternam is an experimental musical project formed by entities known as Jake Rosenberg (Desperate Machines, In Progress), Râhoola (A Flying Fish, ex-Inferzenal), and André Aaslie (Funeral, Profane Burial, Images At Twilight, Abyssic, Gromth, Woodwindz, and Omnia Moritur). It's through chance and shared musical values that such entities were able to create an original album full of complex, emotional, dramatic, haunting, melodic, intense, and cinematic music. An honest work from the subconscious depths, and a prodigious offspring of our interconnected digital zeitgeist.
Jake Rosenberg Keyboards, Piano, Programming, Sampling
Râhoola Vox, Choir, Keyboards, Piano, Orchestration, Programming, and Sound Design
André Aaslie Piano, Orchestration, Moog, Mellotron
The Self-Aware Frequency Album 2020 Buy physical editions. Buy digital downloads.
Human Single 2020 Buy digital downloads.
Infringement is a progressive rock band based in Oslo. The band came together on a cold November evening in 2015, when Stig André Clason, Kristoffer Utby, and Hans Andreas Brandal all met for the first time, to drink whiskey and discuss the idea of forming a new band.
In Springtime 2016, Espen Larsen joined the band on bass, and the band had decided to write a concept album, Transition. Released in May of 2017, it follows the development of a local society through the last couple of centuries. Focusing on one family across different generations, seen through the eyes of an anthropomorphic house.
To complete the lineup, Bård Thorstensen joined the band for the live shows and hasn't left since.
Infringement has been described as playing something in between neo-progressive rock and symphonic rock while flirting with various genres throughout their debut album. They touch on big groovy parts with funky rhythms, other times they clearly visit the 70s. A mix of melodious, symphonic rock with unexpected twists and progressive bar changes.
After spending the last two years writing, fine-tuning, and recording their next album, Infringement is now ready for the next chapter. Alienism, a large sounding, intense concept album peeks into the mind of patients at the Gentmire Institute, an institution at the forefront of psychiatrical innovation. We get the insights of the commissioner of Lunacy himself, and through his journals, we enter the world of The Alienist. So let us all escape reality and seek comfort in our minds.
Hans Andreas Brandal Vocals
Stig André Clason Guitar and Vocals
Kristoffer Utby Drums and Vocals
Bård Thorstensen Keys
Espen Larsen Bass
Alienism Album 2019 Buy physical edition. Buy digital download.
Transition Album 2017 Buy physical edition.
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 20:28
At the end of the year 2017, we decided to gather this crazy collection of good friends and musicians who all share the same passion for powerful music. After years in various bands and projects, we finally had the time and effort to work and create a group together.
We decided to call this band SECRET CHAPTER!
As the year 2018 went by, many hours were spent to rewrite, record, produce and finalize old songs that were mostly written but now has brand new and exciting clothes.
We decided to name our first album, “CHAPTER ONE”!
Working together with Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) at Sonic Train Studios, who did a fantastic job co-producing, mixing and mastering for us, we couldn’t be happier with the result!
At this point, we are stoked, excited, and looking forward to showing you what’s within the secret chapter!
Ole Aleksander Wagenius Vocals
Jon Aarseth Guitars
Magnus Johansen Keyboards
Stian Stensrud Bass Guitar
Ronny Rocken Arntzen Drums
Chapter One 2019 Buy physical edition. Buy digital download at Bandcamp or CD Baby.
Baptized in Ecstasy 2019 Buy digital download at Bandcamp or CD Baby
Blaze 2019 Buy digital download at Bandcamp or CD Baby
Vanora is a synergy of five talented young musicians springing out of Oslo, Norway. With their debut full-length album Momentum hitting the shelves on September 1st, 2017, Vanora will expose the world to its own inventive take on the metal music style. Blending razor-sharp guitar riffing with big synthesizers, sung vocals, screamed vocals and more, this quintet might just be your thing- and if you anyway are a fan of modern metal (i.e. TesseracT, Meshuggah, The Contortionist etc.), you should definitely check them out!
Konrad Sandvik Vocals
André Sørensen Guitar
Christopher Glommen Guitar
Steffen Johansen Bass Guitar
Elias Pellicer Drums
Momentum 2017 Digipack CD Digital Download
Origin 2014 EP (CD)
Photo by: Arve Bjerkåsholmen
Critical Solution is a Norwegian Horror Thrash band ready to release their new concept album Barbara the Witch. This will be Critical Solutions’ 3rd effort since 2013.
The band has toured Europe with bands like W.A.S.P, Marduk, Diamond Head to name a few, and is known for its theatrical themed shows.
Described by some as the child of King Diamond and Testament with influences from Alice Cooper, Arthur Brown etc., the band is also known for having impressive guests on their albums with Michael Denner/Hank Shermann, Andy La Rocque, Arthur Brown, and Whit Crane etc.
Christer Slettebø Vocals/Guitar
Egil Mydland Drums
Eimund Grøsfjell Bass Guitar
Bjørnar Grøsfjell Guitar
Barbara the Witch 2017 Digipack CD Digital Download
Sleepwalker 2015 CD
The Death Lament 2014 EP (CD)
Evil Never Dies 2013 CD
Evidence of Things Unseen 2011 EP (CD)
Out from the infamous west coast of Norway, a young and energetic band emerges: Art of Deception.
They started out practicing original material from day one. The band competed in a contest and got to the national finals in 2013. Meanwhile, they played numerous gigs in 2013 which included Rock Mot Rus’ Rockemønstring and Marked for Musikk 2013. The band also supported Oathbreaker for their gig at Grottene in Stavanger, Norway.
In the fall of 2013, they built a home studio and recorded their first EP and released it by their self. Kraken’s Awakening from this EP got chosen as the song of the week by a national radio station (ukas urørt).
In 2014 they supported Kvelertak and Entombed at Folken, Stavanger (Norway) and they won the crowds favorite award in Sandnes Sparebanks music award.
In 2015 they have been playing both domestic and abroad. In August they supported Toxic Holocaust at Garage in Bergen, Norway.
Sindre Wathne Johnsen Guitar/Vocals
Marius Ofstad Guitar/Vocals
Einar Petersen Drums
Patrick Ivan Rørheim Bass
Shattered Delusions 2016 CD Digital Download
Killing 2016 Digital Download (Single)
Art of Deception 2013 EP (CD)
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Ariel Pink Attended Capitol Protest, Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Stormed the Building
John Maus also attended the protest-turned-insurrection in support of Trump.
by Ben Kaye
on January 07, 2021, 10:54am
Alabama student charged with making a terroristic threat after writing Tyler, the Creator lyrics on school property
The 21-year-old student scribbled “Radicals” lyrics “Kill the people/ Burn shit/ Fuck school” on a flip chart.
by Lake Schatz
on September 17, 2019, 5:37pm
Neil deGrasse Tyson downplays recent mass shootings in tweet, Smash Mouth aren’t having it
“FUCK OFF!!!! There’s your data!!!!” Smash Mouth responded.
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Rihanna to Trump on El Paso, Dayton shootings: “Donald, you spelt ‘terrorism’ wrong”
Singer calls out POTUS for failing to call a spade a spade in the wake of more mass tragedies.
R. Kelly’s former manager turns himself in on charges of terroristic threats
Meanwhile, Kelly’s current manager, Don Russell, is being investigated for similar threats.
Suspected pipe bomb mailed to Robert De Niro
De Niro is the latest critic of Donald Trump to have been targeted.
on October 25, 2018, 8:51am
Teenager who plotted terror attack on Justin Bieber concert sentenced to life in prison
The 17-year old attacker declared himself “a soldier of the Islamic State.”
by Randall Colburn
Las Vegas shooter might have originally targeted Lollapalooza: Report
The shooter is said to have booked hotel rooms overlook Chicago’s Grant Park.
on October 05, 2017, 11:08am
Ariana Grande pens open letter about Manchester attack, promises benefit show
“We won’t let this divide us. We won’t let hate win.”
on May 26, 2017, 2:51pm
Morrissey lambasts UK politicians in wake of Manchester Arena bombing
‘Politicians tell us they are unafraid, but they are never the victims.”
by Eddie Fu
Death toll rises to 22 in Manchester Arena terror attack, 23-year-old man arrested
Many of the victims are believed to have been women and children who had just attended an Ariana Grande concert inside the venue.
on May 23, 2017, 8:35am
Spotify executive killed in Swedish terror attack
Chris Bevington served as the company’s director of global partnerships/business development.
on April 09, 2017, 4:56pm
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Home Geotechnical Engineering Kalimpong Resting on the Himalayan fear
Kalimpong Resting on the Himalayan fear
Studying rain-triggered landslides in Kalimpong, Darjeeling regions
The Himalayas are truly one of the most amazing ecosystems on our planet. But danger lurks in the form of landslides that routinely wreak havoc in the hilly terrains. Landslides affect 15% of India’s land area which is around 0.49 million sq km. It is estimated that 42% of all landslide-prone areas in the country fall in north-east Himalayas, especially Darjeeling and Sikkim regions. Every disaster leads to massive loss of life and property, especially agricultural land.
Studies on the hilly regions have turned international spotlight on the hysteria of urbanization and its increasing impact on socio-economic activities. This calls for better understanding of landslides, estimation of their occurrence potential (or modeling), and formulation of strategies to minimize the impact.
Some of the recent studies on Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas have largely looked at severity zonation, identifying rainfall thresholds and other related aspects. However, need for a comprehensive study of the entire region of Kalimpong has been largely left unattended.
75% cases triggered by rainfall
Landslides are either shallow or deep-seated failure of the soil mass. Majority of the landslides in Kalimpong are categorized as shallow landslides. Such landslides are caused or reactivated or induced primarily by rainfall.
A recent report by Geological Survey of India (GSI, 2016) has identified 75% of the landslide occurrences in the region during 2006-2013 as those triggered by rainfall. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the relationship between landslide incidences and rainfall conditions, primarily in the context of the Himalayan region in Kalimpong.
Due to the extraordinarily broad spectrum of landslide phenomena, no single method exists to identify and map landslides, to ascertain landslide hazards, and to evaluate the associated risks. The GSI study contributed to reducing this shortcoming by providing the scientific rationale, and a set of validated tools for the optimal use of landslide prediction models for Kalimpong region in Darjeeling Himalayas.
The work conducted is broadly categorized in three ways:
1) Determination of minimum rainfall conditions using empirical, probabilistic approach, algorithm-based and mathematical model.
2) Installation of a robust monitoring system using Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) tilt sensor and volumetric water content sensors and validating the thresholds.
3) Use of physical approach for a specific landslide event and understanding its applicability for future landslide events.
To understand the relationship between rainfall and landslide occurrences in the Darjeeling and Sikkim regions two types of methods are used: empirical and physical methods.
Assessing rainfall intensities
Empirical methods study the landslides that are caused by rainfall events – the downpour that triggers instantaneous landslides and the low but continuous antecedent rain that destabilizes the slope. Though this approach is based on a single parameter, precipitation rates, it is significant to note that rainwater is the cause of many changes in soil properties, pressure variations etc, and hence can be approximated to the changes in rainfall. This work makes use of an empirical approach for assessing the landslides in the Kalimpong region by considering the daily rainfall intensities.
As such methods produce only binary results ie, either landslide occurs or do not occur, we have also adopted and evaluated probabilistic methods for the region. The study also focused on the use of algorithm-based model CTRL-T, (Calculation of Thresholds for Rainfall-Induced Landslides-Tool). The tool uses an algorithm to automatically extract rainfall events from daily rainfall series, reconstruct triggering rainfall conditions responsible for landslide occurrences, and calculates rainfall thresholds at various exceedance probabilities.
The input parameters for the tool require the locations and the dates of occurrence of the landslides, coordinates of the rain gauge and hourly rainfall series. The results depict that rainfall conditions necessary for landslides cover a range of 288 h (24 ≤ D ≤ 288 h), which is the range of validity for the thresholds with the range of cumulative rainfall being 10 ≤ E ≤ 226 mm. In addition, the study further explores the relationship between rainfall and landslide occurrences, by using a mathematical model to simulate the potential triggering conditions in Chibo, one of the most active landslide regions in Kalimpong.
Also, it was found that antecedent rainfall of 20 days or more is one of the major causes of rainfall-induced landslides in this region. The results also signify that a rainfall intensity of 60-70 mm/day has the highest probability of landslide occurrence for the Kalimpong region.
Physical process models are based on numerical models which study the relationship between rainfall, pore water pressure, soil type, and volumetric water content that can lead to slope instability. A physical method (TRIGRS) was applied to understand the variation in the factor of safety of every cell for July 1, 2015 landslide event and back analysis for various historical landslide events were also conducted.
The quantification between the actual and predicted landslides was carried out and evaluated using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) technique. The results indicate that the model is capable of predicting landslides from a temporal perspective and correctly predicted 54% of the pixels.
Sensor-based field observations
To validate and assess the empirical model, an IoT sensor-based field observations were carried out. The installed sensors are Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) tilt sensor and volumetric water content sensors in the Chibo area. While the former measures the tilting angle of the instrument at shallow depths and hence the lateral displacement at the slope surface, the latter measures the soil moisture levels.
These were used to assess the model performance. After the initial investigation and identification of unstable slopes, the sensor unit was installed on top of a steel rod and tilt sensor was placed at shallow depths on another steel rod placed adjacently. The sensor unit has a wireless communication module and is powered by four-size C alkaline batteries which can be functional for over a year. It also has a temperature sensor for rectifying any fluctuations on the tilt sensor.
The tilt sensors have dual axis orthogonal to each other of which one is placed along the slope angle. The sensor detects the small changes in the angle and transmits the data wirelessly through radio communication. The data logger gathers the data from all the sensors and is then transferred to a data server via the internet. To power the data logger unit in case of battery drainage scenarios, a solar panel is also installed.
In addition to the sensors, a rain gauge is also installed beside the data logger to acquire the local precipitation data which would help in better understanding of the movement. The cost of one sensor unit is roughly $1000, including installation work.
Of the four approaches tested in this study area, the probabilistic model is closer to reality. The work shows that early warning systems can hence be designed based on these rainfall thresholds as the first line of action.
Apart from the threshold determination and validation, landslide zonation map was developed using weighted overlay analysis. Six landslides affecting maps (Hydrogeological, Land use/Landcover, Elevation, Slope, Proximity to river and Proximity to road map) were used. Thereafter, the above-mentioned maps were converted to raster form and weightage was given to all the parameters.
Eventually, weighted overlay analysis was conducted by providing rank to each class of different parameters based on field study and judgement. The maximum weightage was given to elevation with 40%, followed by proximity to major rivers of 25%, proximity to major roads of 20% and 15% to land use/landcover. The ranking of each triggering factor was based on a common scale of 1-5 with 5 being the lowest and 1 being the highest. The results depict that more than one-third of the area falls under high landslide zone with 43% in moderate zone.
The results signify that an increase in anthropogenic activities may lead to major landslide events especially at plantation region situated at an elevation of 1000-1500m.
Figure 1: Results of threshold and validation analysis
Figure 2: Landslide hazard micro zonation map of Kalimpong town using weighted overlay analysis
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Ryanair Pre-Cancels Under 190 Of 2,400 (8%) Scheduled Flights On Fri 28th Sept
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Ryanair today (25 Sept) advised customers that it has pre-cancelled 190 (8%) of its 2,400 scheduled flights on Fri 28th due to a unnecessary strike by a tiny minority of cabin crew in Spain, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Italy and Germany. All affected customers have received emails and text SMS messages this morning advising them of their flight cancellation 3 days in advance.
Ryanair sincerely regrets these unnecessary customer disruptions, which have been called by unions at the behest of competitor airline employees. In Spain, a Norwegian cabin crew member in Alicante is driving the strike, in Portugal a TAP cabin crew is calling for strikes without the support of our Portuguese cabin crew, and in Italy where Ryanair yesterday signed a CLA agreement with the 3 main cabin crew unions, this threatened strike has been called by a tiny union which has no recognition or support among our Italian cabin crew.
Ryanair has made significant progress in recent weeks with our union negotiations, which include pilot and/or cabin crew agreements in Ireland, UK, Italy and Germany. In the last 2 weeks, Ryanair has written to the pilot unions in Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal and Germany inviting them to negotiate similar agreements to that reached with FORSA in Ireland for both pilots and cabin crew.
Ryanair has also agreed to move to local contracts, local law and local taxation as quickly as possible in 2019, subject to only reaching CLA agreements with national unions in each country. We are therefore disappointed that these unions led by Eurowings pilots in Germany, KLM pilots in Holland, and Aer Lingus pilots in Ireland continue to interfere, and campaign for strikes, to disrupt Ryanair’s customers and damage Ryanair’s business for the benefit of their high fare airline employers.
Ryanair apologises to the 30,000 (out of 450,000) customers who are likely to be affected by these unjustified disruptions on Fri 28th. These strikes are unnecessary when Ryanair has already agreed to the union demands for local contracts and local T&C’s. As these strikes are being promoted and driven by competitor employees, they are regrettably beyond Ryanair’s control. All Ryanair customers flying on Fri 28th who have not yet received an email or text SMS notice today can expect that their flight will operate as scheduled. Over 90% of Ryanair’s 2,400 flights and 450,000 customers on Fri will be unaffected by these unnecessary strikes.
Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:
“We sincerely apologise to those customers affected by these unnecessary strikes on Friday, which we have done our utmost to avoid, given that we have already offered these unions recognition agreements, Collective Labour Agreements, and a move to local contracts/law in 2019.
These repeated unnecessary strikes are damaging Ryanair’s business and our customer confidence at a time when oil prices are rising strongly, and if they continue, it is inevitable that we will have to look again at our capacity growth this winter and in summer 2019. We hope these unions will see common sense and work with us to finalise agreements for the benefit of our pilots and cabin crew over the coming weeks without further disrupting our customers or our flights.
When we can successfully do deals with unions in Ireland, the UK, Germany and Italy, why are some unions in Belgium, Holland and Spain not doing similar deals? ”
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Adariko Michael, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Investigating Officer, on Tuesday, alleged that N2.2 billion was spent by the Federal Government on prayers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, to win the war against Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria,
Michael was giving evidence as the first Prosecution Witness, PW1, in the trial of Sambo Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser, NSA, to President Goodluck Jonathan, in the alleged $2 billion arms deal fraud.
Others charged with Dasuki, are a former General Manager with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Aminu Baba-kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited, and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
The EFCC charged them with 32 counts bordering on misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, dishonest release, and receiving various sums of money, before Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf.
Led in evidence by the EFCC Counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, Micheal said that N750 million was allegedly transferred from the Office of the NSA, ONSA, special account to Reliance Referral Hospital Limited’s account with First Bank.
He added that N650 million was also transferred to Acacia Holding Limited’s account with EcoBank, while another N600 million and N200 million were transferred to the company’s account with UBA.
His words: “Between September 27, 2013, and April 16, 2015, N50 million was credited to Reliance Referral Hospital’s account.
“Based on responses from the Banks involved, as Investigating Officer, we found out that money was transferred to several individuals and companies.
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“He informed us that the money was used to hire Clerics to pray for the nation as regards Boko Haram crisis.
“When we asked him to provide the names, contacts and phone numbers of the Clerics he hired to pray for the nation, he mentioned only two.”
After listening to the testimony, Justice Baba-Yusuf adjourned the matter to November 11, for continuation of hearing.
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Hemp foods containing various components of the hemp plant in their original or processed form are enjoying increasing popularity worldwide.
All over the planet more countries, governments and authorities are deregulating CBD products made from natural hemp and recognising the fact that hemp products and oils have been used by mankind for hundreds of years and thus are not ‘Novel Food’ (meaning new to humans since 1997).
Despite a very positive trend and major deregulation in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and other countries some countries still ban CBD products with less than 0.2% THC.
How are CBD products without THC made?
If you haven’t read this article about it, then we recommend doing so.
From a product perspective, there are two major ways to solve this.
One is to use CBD crystals instead of full spectrum CBD oil in the products. We don’t like this method for several reasons.
First of all, it’s not a natural process.
Second of all, crystal-based products are still illegal in many countries in Europe and would always be considered a Novel Food by the European Food Safety Association (EFSA), which would cause further problems for everyone.
Third, CBD products with only CBD crystals do not contain a natural and full spectrum of cannabinoids. It is proven many times in research studies that it is the combination and the presence of – if not all – then a wide range of cannabinoids and not just the CBD or the THC that creates the many positive effects of the plant and this is what is called the ‘entourage effect‘. So a product containing only CBD, but not the rest of the cannabinoids would have much less positive effects on humans and pets compared to a full spectrum product.
Our mission is to develop quality and premium products that make it easier for our customers to live a healthier lifestyle.
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It is a very costly process and has required substantial investments on our side, but it is worth all the resources invested, because we would likely be the only CBD producer with this technology and with a product offering of full spectrum CBD products with less than 0.0% THC.
We still have to work on our communication and packaging design. The objective is to ensure that every local customs officer can understand why our products are fully legal in countries, where CBD products with less than 0.2% THC are not allowed for import.
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Cannabinoids are a group of chemicals that bind to receptors in the human body and, in turn, modulate the endocannabinoid system (ECS). They can be endogenously produced, synthetic, or derived from the plant Cannabis sativa L. Research over the past several decades has shown that the ECS is a cellular communication network essential to maintain multiple biological functions and the homeostasis of the body. Indeed, cannabinoids have been shown to influence a wide variety of biological effects,…
Cannabinoids are a group of chemicals that bind to receptors in the human body and, in turn, modulate the endocannabinoid system (ECS). They can be endogenously produced, synthetic, or derived from the plant Cannabis sativa L. Research over the past several decades has shown that the ECS is a cellular communication network essential to maintain multiple biological functions and the homeostasis of the body. Indeed, cannabinoids have been shown to influence a wide variety of biological effects, including memory, pain, reproduction, bone remodeling or immunity, to name a few. Unsurprisingly, given these broad physiological effects, alterations of the ECS have been found in different diseases, including cancer. In recent years, the medical use of cannabis has been approved in different countries for a variety of human conditions. However, the use of these compounds, specifically as anticancer agents, remains controversial. Studies have shown that cannabinoids do have anticancer activity in different tumor types such as breast cancer, melanoma, lymphoma and adult brain cancer. Specifically, phytocannabinoids Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) has been shown to induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation of adult cancer cells, as well as modulate angiogenesis and metastasis. Despite increasing evidence that cannabinoids elicit antitumor effects in adult cancers, there is minimal data available on their effects in children or in pediatric cancers despite public and clinical demand for information. Here we describe a comprehensive and critical review of what is known about the effects of cannabinoids on pediatric cancers, highlight current gaps in knowledge and identify the critical issues that need addressing before considering these promising but controversial drugs for use in pediatric oncology.
Keywords: CBD; THC; cannabidiol; cannabinoid; childhood cancer; medical cannabis; pediatric oncology; Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33466435/?utm_source=no_user_agent&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1zmroqAMnEquTZFTfdGx1V1gPEavo-Be3-FKTecJpOlB7LykCL&fc=20200804213506&ff=20210120135252&v=2.14.2
Cannabis sativa L. turned out to be a valuable source of chemical compounds of various structures, showing pharmacological activity. The most important groups of compounds include phytocannabinoids and terpenes. The pharmacological activity of Cannabis (in epilepsy, sclerosis multiplex (SM), vomiting and nausea, pain, appetite loss, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), Parkinson’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome, schizophrenia, glaucoma, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)), which has been…
Cannabis sativa L. turned out to be a valuable source of chemical compounds of various structures, showing pharmacological activity. The most important groups of compounds include phytocannabinoids and terpenes. The pharmacological activity of Cannabis (in epilepsy, sclerosis multiplex (SM), vomiting and nausea, pain, appetite loss, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), Parkinson’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome, schizophrenia, glaucoma, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)), which has been proven so far, results from the affinity of these compounds predominantly for the receptors of the endocannabinoid system (the cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1), type two (CB2), and the G protein-coupled receptor 55 (GPR55)) but, also, for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), glycine receptors, serotonin receptors (5-HT), transient receptor potential channels (TRP), and GPR, opioid receptors. The synergism of action of phytochemicals present in Cannabis sp. raw material is also expressed in their increased bioavailability and penetration through the blood-brain barrier. This review provides an overview of phytochemistry and pharmacology of compounds present in Cannabis extracts in the context of the current knowledge about their synergistic actions and the implications of clinical use in the treatment of selected diseases.
Keywords: Cannabis; multitarget; phytocannabinoids (THC and CBD); receptors; terpenes.
Global cropland expansion over the last century caused widespread habitat loss and degradation. Establishment of protected areas aims to counteract the loss of habitats and to slow species extinctions. However, many protected areas also include high levels of habitat disturbance and conversion for uses such as cropland. Understanding where and why this occurs may realign conservation priorities and inform protected area policy in light of competing priorities such as food security. Here, we use…
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1 National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland, Annapolis, MD 21401; vvijay@sesync.org.
2 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996.
Varsha Vijay et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 .
Global cropland expansion over the last century caused widespread habitat loss and degradation. Establishment of protected areas aims to counteract the loss of habitats and to slow species extinctions. However, many protected areas also include high levels of habitat disturbance and conversion for uses such as cropland. Understanding where and why this occurs may realign conservation priorities and inform protected area policy in light of competing priorities such as food security. Here, we use our global synthesis cropland dataset to quantify cropland in protected areas globally and assess their relationship to conservation aims and socio-environmental context. We estimate that cropland occupies 1.4 million km2 or 6% of global protected area. Cropland occurs across all protected area management types, with 22% occurring in strictly protected areas. Cropland inside protected areas is more prevalent in countries with higher population density, lower income inequality, and with higher agricultural suitability of protected lands. While this phenomenon is dominant in midnorthern latitudes, areas of cropland in protected areas of the tropics and subtropics may present greater trade-offs due to higher levels of both biodiversity and food insecurity. Although area-based targets are prominent in biodiversity goal-setting, our results show that they can mask persistent anthropogenic land uses detrimental to native ecosystem conservation. To ensure the long-term efficacy of protected areas, post-2020 goal setting must link aims for biodiversity and human health and improve monitoring of conservation outcomes in cropland-impacted protected areas.
Keywords: CBD; area-based targets; conservation; food security; protected areas.
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North Texas' Beth Van Duyne Among House Republicans To Send Letter Of Congratulations To President Joe BidenNorth Texas congresswoman Beth Van Duyne was among House Republicans who sent a joint letter of congratulations to now-President Joe Biden, saying it's time to work together.
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HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – Police in Texas have confirmed the body of Alexis Robinault, a 26-year-old Instagram influencer, was found near the Interstate-10 frontage road.
Robinault’s naked body was found Saturday morning on a stretch of road in northwest Houston — about three miles from her apartment. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences identified the body, which they say had no visible injuries.
Houston police say the exact cause of death isn’t known and an autopsy is pending. The department’s homicide division is investigating the case.
UPDATE: Investigators are awaiting autopsy results on the victim, Ms. Alexis Robinault, 26. Detectives say she was found with no clothing & no visible wounds. More info is at https://t.co/6nwBLqgUah
Anyone with info, please contact HPD Homicide 713-308-3600 or @CrimeStopHOU. https://t.co/y3P1ZnhhDc
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) December 1, 2020
Robinault, who used the name “Alexis Sharkey” on Instagram, was admired online by tens of thousands of social media followers. She shared photos from her travels around Texas and beyond with her followers.
In an interview her mother, Stacey Robinault, said she hadn’t spoken to her daughter since Thanksgiving, and believes her daughter’s death is a crime. “I don’t know what happened, but I do know it was not an accident,” she said.
Robinault and her husband moved to the Houston area from West Texas in January.
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Collaborative Research: Analysis of McCall Glacier Ice Core and Related Modern Process Studies
The proposed research addresses two overarching questions related to climate in the eastern Alaskan Arctic: “How has climate, terrestrial ecology, and pollutant transport changed over the past 250 years in this region, based on ice core reconstructions from McCall Glacier?” and “How well can we overcome the challenges of core proxy interpretations from ice cores taken from small polythermal valley glaciers through modern-process studies?” To answer these questions we will conduct an inter-disciplinary analysis of ice core proxies, atmospheric dynamics, modern processes, and numerical ice flow modeling.
This collaborative proposal has several major goals and collaborators from five universities. We will interpret recently completed measurements of 35 chemical-proxies in the ice-core and relate these to similar studies in other Arctic ice cores, such as by using real-world contaminant transport to validate atmospheric circulation models and chemical-signature sourcing. We will analyze pollen in the core and expand on modern process studies in progress on McCall Glacier to capture and identify source regions of modern pollen deposition. We will analyze synoptic-scale weather patterns from global reanalysis models over the past 50 years, utilizing a variety of techniques including self- organizing maps, such that these weather patterns can be tied to variations in core proxies, as well as relate this to ten years (2003-2013) of records from about a dozen automated weather stations located on and near McCall Glacier. We will continue our 3D higher-order flow modeling of the glacier, specifically to help us constrain a depth-age relationship for the core to help assess snow accumulation rates. We will continue to maintain our network of local weather stations and time-series of glacier mass balance, as well as conduct modern process investigations of the impact of meltwater percolation on core proxies in the accumulation area. This project brings together senior scientists from the Desert Research Institute, the University of Colorado, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University Libre de Brussels, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks to tackle these problems as a team to create transformative new approaches to analyzing ice cores from polythermal valley glaciers to create unique records of value to a broad-base of scientists and policy makers.
Elizabeth Cassano
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
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Desert Research Institute
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Time to make humility and respect cool again–and Elizabeth Warren is doing just that
Healing and unity sound “soft” but when you talk FDR or Dr. King or Dolores Huerta or Dorothy Height or Margaret Sanger, that is EXACTLY why they were so beloved to get people through wars and depressions and tough times. It’s always toughest before great change. They didn’t whip people up into an angry, unchanneled frenzy. They didn’t go it alone. They built alliances. They knew how to work with power structures and systems even as they fought to change them. They were painstakingly detailed in their strategy. They knew the power of words and crafted them as much as their plans.
One of the most admirable qualities of Elizabeth Warren is that she LISTENS to others…she LEARNS from others. Warren has rolled into her platform the ideas of Kamala Harris (reproductive rights), Kristen Gillibrand (paid family leave), and Julian Castro (pre K and early childcare) with the permission from and credit to each of them. Her plans are developed through coalitions and teamwork, talking to the actual communities affected as well as the experts.
She knows any human institution, like the Democrat National Committee, is subject to flaws but she believes what’s more flawed is the electoral process (unsafe, based on money, and the outdated electoral college) which she plans on fixing.
She also has hope for the now-defunct GOP which are almost all Trump lackeys. As Sheila Blair wrote, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. with senior appointments in four Republican and Democratic administrations: Elizabeth Warren simply wants the market to work for us all. Right now it’s only working for the top-shelf wealthy and stacked against the working and middle class. In that, Warren is the great unifier.
As fun and deliciously rewarding it was to watch, Sen. Warren’s performance in the debates that I care about. She’s been fierce all along if you recall. She just also possesses the highly underrated quality of discretion as to when and how to bring it out.
I believe in the necessity for humility in leadership. She didn’t “decimate” Bloomberg in the debates to be all badass: she brought up facts that had to be paid attention to then she spoke to him afterward in a real conversation. It speaks volumes that the next day, he didn’t retaliate but grew in his respect for her. This clip about how she engaged with Bloomberg even after pointing out his unworthy candidacy is what leadership looks like. After a crass bully at our helm, our country needs this kind of leadership now more than ever.
I’ve seen her talk to Nobel Prize-winning economists who focus on alleviation of poverty as well as children she got down on her knee to talk to — as well as nonprofit boards, governors, CEOs, homeless families, and celebrities all alike. WHY is that important?
Great leaders like Sen. Warren know when to show their righteous indignation. For those of us who are “tired of being overlooked, dismissed, ignored, and left out,” who are survivors having PTSD every time a family separator, racist predator elected to our highest office shows his face, who watch teenagers get more time in jail as our treasury is emptied through unchecked, public corruption — Warren is here for our anger.
She is also here to show us how to channel our anger — not at each other or those in a different wealth class but so we can create change from the ground up. She knows how to battle so that our fervent hopes can actualize into reality. Anger can destroy us if unchecked. What good is anger unless it provides respite from our suffering, a solution to our problems, or balm for our healing?
Most of all, great leaders know what the public needed. Inspiration. Hope. Caring. Healing. Discretion. Ability to wield words that unite. Connection. Policies and visions are not enough.
The question isn’t how to get rid of Trump; it’s how to get rid of what caused him
New York Times op-ed today asks: Why Don’t We Know Which Democratic Candidate Can Beat Trump? This is not the question to ask. We need systemic change not just a regime change. The question that will get us on track isn’t how to get rid of Trump — which is a band aid until the next Trump in 2024 — but how to get rid of the factors that caused him? From the broken electoral process down to social issues, Trump is the symptom not the cause. The factors that caused him all very much remain. So the next president not only has to move us forward but undo so much that set us back AND address long term solutions at its core which still exist and have worsened.
In terms of political strategy: yes ask how to beat Trump because it’s a numbers game in terms of electoral votes; factors like districting and voter suppression affects numbers, which is why they’re partisan issues; how many people come out to vote etc.
In terms of us: NO. Worry about doing your part. For us, go out and vote for the person you most believe in. Trust me: it’s worse out there than you can think. Much worse. So why am I filled with optimism and continue working for pennies on this? Because the numbers are on our side—if we show up. You just have to show up and urge others to do the same. From the local on up.
Right now, droves of Republican voters are turning out for Trump. Why? “The massive turnout is a reflection of organic enthusiasm among conservatives and a sophisticated effort by Trump’s campaign to rev up its get-out-the-vote machine ahead of the general election. Read: support, enthusiasm, and showing up to vote.
Get rid of this “electability” illness. This “electability” situation is often predicated on what the polls say. “I want to vote for her but I don’t think she can win” is a cop-out and misinformed. The numbers we often hear in relation to “electability” are polls. Who conducted them using how many people in which region at which time asking which questions in a pool from which demographic? No idea, right? Thus: Not to be trusted much less go on as to who to vote for. Even Gallup has been wrong more times than right. JUST DO YOUR PART.
Independents: pick a side. The non-Trump base also suffers from “the independent.” Are you an independent as in Switzerland, who wants everyone’s money and stands for nothing yet has no skin in the game? Because that is not an independent. Or are you an independent in that you don’t want to affiliate with one party but have values you believe in and a candidate who most reflects you and your self-interests? That means: put your teeth into it.
There’s a lot at stake. There’s a sickness caused by our systems. It’s why crimes are now daily committed in our face and nothing is done about it. It’s why we even got to 2016. There is an economic injustice that is suffocating us, and most felt by communities of color and women across the board. Travel around to random counties and you will see. Hell, travel to San Francisco and step over tents of homeless on your way to the $9 coffee. Bernie and Warren get it to the core. As much as we all want to say vote any Dem, yes of course but not any Dem will get to the root problems.
Most people I’ve met live paycheck to paycheck. One diagnosis or accident away from losing it all. No way of coping, no support, no time to get informed as to how to deal with mental issues or whatnot. Fox is their only news. I don’t judge because many factors led up to their lives just as many have led to mine and we each are blinded by our own biases.
Most of all, It breaks my heart because my child will have so much access to basics that their children will not; access to support and healthcare and all of that which enables us to be thoughtful or generous instead of living with constant stress and trauma and fear. What a tragic loss of potential. It’s our loss as much as theirs. You cannot see it if you’re too busy living it.
Yet that’s also where they fight the most. And yes sometimes that fight is for Trump. Who else listened for decades. And like it or not, blame this or that but know this: We will not have any progress on any climate or social justice issue if their desperation is not tended to.
Voting in a Dem is one step in a long haul ahead. No one who benefits from systems—and that includes me and many of my social circle—are afraid of change. It will be a fight even from “good” folks. And def from the power structure. Grand plans will be meted out by legislation and fought in the Supreme Court. We’ll need 8-12 years to see any of it through.
So yes whatever: vote any Dem but know there are only two who get it and will do their level best to fix it at its core. And for me only one with the plans and ability to see a good chunk of it through: Elizabeth Warren.
It’s because I’ve met with so much anger and sadness and desperation I’m so invested in her winning. She not only gets it like Bernie but I’ve seen it. She connects. She can unite. Those qualities can not be underestimated.
Why Elizabeth Warren should be President
Why Elizabeth Warren is our best choice for President
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders may share similar visions of progressive policies but ultimately record, history, political alliances, strategy, skill at navigating legislation and judicial branches are on the side of Warren. She has fought for the working class her entire professional life and as a Senator with agencies, laws, and policies that prove she can bring visions into reality. That’s why she’s the only candidate Wall Street, Silicon Valley tech giants, and mega-corporations who pay $1 in taxes fear.
This country needs structural change. It’s not enough to talk big, you have to actually know the structure. What is the new business plan? No social justice platform can be implemented if the majority of people are struggling to provide for their families.
No one knows it better than a tax and debt lawyer and professor. Warren has plans that appeal to working-class who haven’t had a raise that outstrips inflation in 30 years. She has plans for healthcare, childcare, Medicare, and college debt that has put a stranglehold on the middle and working class.
She has the temperament to guide the country out of years of turmoil while keeping a strong hand to ensure the corruption doesn’t go unanswered to restore faith and eliminate the cynicism and normalization that’s settled in.
She is of our times. She has the endorsements and support of our times from the most powerful and vocal groups of their communities: African American civil rights leaders, Black Women caucus, the LGBTQI community, Latinas especially in relationship to immigration rights, unions, reproductive rights organizations who are thrilled a candidate says “abortion,” even parent organizations are thrilled due to her childcare policies. They all endorse her because her views and platforms are intersectional and comprehensive — and they trust she can get policies through.
Bottom line: she has the plans and experience for sure but as important, she inspires trust, exudes warmth, speaks to women, immigrants, and the working-class and upper middle class with the same confidence-inspiring charisma.
RESTORE TRUST
In order to transform a nation, similar qualities appear time and again. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, for example, needed a vision with plans such as The New Deal, but also had to have the ability to execute, and alliances, political know-how, and a fighting spirit to battle it out whether it was a contentious Congress or Supreme Court. To do any of this you have to be able to foster trust in the government and governance.
Warren can do that better than any candidate because her entire professional life has been about anti-corruption and fighting for the working class, starting with forming the Consumer Protection Agency to combat the rampant housing mortgage corruption and recession of 2008 — that she had predicted as a professor in 2004.
Our nation is again in great turmoil: impeachment, almost daily news of corruption, human rights crises, rampant racism and hate crimes, weekly mass shootings, greater and greater economic insecurity. You must inspire unity and hope in a country battling intense strife. In these times, that is no easy task.
While Bernie Sanders may share some of this vision, he has yet to state how he can do it. He doesn’t have the political base to get it through legislation or navigate a conservative Supreme Court nor the alliances in Congress.
Elizabeth Warren can do it. Vision, policy understanding, political strategy, communication and negotiation skills, all describe a leader like Warren who has the temperament and ability to have a vision and execute it while being able to inspire the public to both heal and forge ahead. We need the temperament of a leader who can heal after these four turbulent years.
“It’s the economies, stupid”
We need a systemic change to address the growing income — and thus education gap. Yes, racism and sexism were at play in 2016 but that doesn’t discount that there is a lot of unrest in impoverished and languishing cities and towns with growing numbers of unemployed or barely surviving families juggling 2 or 3 jobs that foster the worst in people and draws them to candidates who use emotions and false hope to gain support.
As this article on why Warren will win states:
Polls show Warren’s message that the economic system is rigged against ordinary people — and her willingness to unapologetically call for fundamental structural changes in the rules of the economic game — are very attractive to the working-class. Voters don’t want continuity or stability, they want change.
Who better than someone who knows just how to do it because she’s studied tax structure, communicated complex plans in simple terms for the public, and implemented into policies and laws.
Warren continues that fight. Her plans and visions are not socialist by far; they are those of most economists. For one, there is no singular economy in this country. The rural poor and urban poor have different reasons and solutions. And the economy is not booming contrary to Trump.
Since the crash of 2008, 75 percent of new jobs pay less than $50,000 a year, and a large percentage barely pay above minimum wage.
Eighty-five percent of post-recession income growth has occurred among the top 1 percent of earners.
The richest 10 percent of Americans own 84 percent of stocks. Barring a crash, which would reverberate throughout the entire country, the daily rise and fall of Wall Street has no effect on most Americans.
The unemployment rate may be at a historic low, but it does not take into account the millions of laborers who are “underemployed” — working part-time hours when they are in desperate need of full-time, salaried work or the “gig” economy where professionals, like teachers, have to take on night shifts as car drivers.
This doesn’t just create stress, it creates fractured families. With rising costs of childcare, who watches the kids as parents must take on second shifts? Where does the health insurance come from in a gig economy?
Millionaires and billionaires, like Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase who had to pay a fine for their hand in the housing crisis of 2008, Leon Cooperman, a billionaire hedge fund manager; and Microsoft founder Bill Gates all cry about Warren and that should make you suspect. Trump told his friends at Mar-a-Lago after signing a massive tax cut, “You all just got a lot richer.” Why are they crying when in January 2020, most Americans cannot afford a home and are one illness away from bankruptcy?
The public is not just overworked and underpaid but stressed and that means less innovation and more trauma, the kind that stunts national growth and leads to greater societal problems like crime. Jobs are not just about GDP. It’s about a public engaged in work that has a sense of purpose and provides the basics to their families.
Warren understands that deep need and has been a champion for the working and middle class from the start. So much so that as a professor setting up a federal regulatory agency, Warren fought with then-President Obama on his choice for Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Larry Summers.
“It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street.” (Elizabeth Warren, “Unsafe at Any Rate,” 2007, predicting the housing crisis)
“I believe the recovery should have been from the ground up, and people with Geithner’s and Summers’ background would never see the world that way,” she said in an interview with Politico, because above all else she wanted the public to be protected.
In 2007, she predicted the housing crisis. In 2006, when the economy was booming and she was studying consumer debt as a Harvard law professor., she observed, “The great American middle class is fighting a battle for survival — and losing.” And in 2004, in a NOW interview, she predicted the recession of 2008. Each time, she had solutions alongside her simple explanation of complex economic issues.
When she was finally heard by the President, she did in one administration what takes politicians generations: she formed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and she did it her way: with an approach to politics that “joins imaginative policy ideas with a keen instinct for mass communication and a willingness to negotiate.”
Vox does an excellent job outlining just how Warren set up the CFPB and why it was so critical.
No other candidate aside from Warren understands the need for a new business plan for the country at its core, and not just provide band-aids and government programs or handouts, least of all because she lived poverty and single parenting upfront and personal.
It is rare that to have a leader and politician who will not only understand the briefs she is given but probably had a hand in writing them or in the research that underlies today’s policy experts.
For the moderates: She’s not out for your money
We do not need a watered-down Obama 3.0. Warren is not what so many Biden supporters fear: a democratic socialist. In a nutshell, her tax plan for the wealthy is: a 2 percent levy on assets more than $50 million, and higher rates on billionaires. Warren is merely saying that the tax system as it now stands benefits the 1% and many in the 1% endorse that they need to pay their fair share. That alone could provide the funding needed for programs such as greater healthcare coverage and student loan debt forgiveness.
Since when did Americans like to be taken for a ride? We are the kings of wanting everything to be fair! In sports like deflate-gate. In “American Idol.” We love underdogs and second acts, Robert Downey Jr!
So how is it we stand for the fact that Amazon paid $1 in taxes? Then gripe we don’t have money to pay teachers and fund schools? The richest 10% of U.S. households represent 70% of all U.S. wealth in 2018, according to a recent study by researchers at the Federal Reserve. How is it that as we watch our paychecks shrink and pay our fair share, more than our share as per statistics, while the 1% saw their fortunes increase from 23% to 32% in 2018? Home ownership is at its lowest since the 1960s; income is falling as the number of jobs Americans must work increase as wealth is consolidated into fewer hands.
Evening the playing field is not radical or progressive. It is 100% American.
For the Progressives: Visions need execution
If Warren and Bernie Sanders share a similar vision to restructure our economy, why Warren? For one, she can execute and two, the woman’s been obsessed. Her entire career has been fighting corruption through an obsessive analysis of power, taxation, systems, and the forces that keep the status quo. That’s why Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Business are frightened. Warren gets it. And has successfully fought them and won.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., greet each other before the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Visions are great. They will all be modulated by legislation regardless. So, what makes the great stand out? Execution.
As a lifelong social justice activist who has studied movements, from the Civil Rights movement to the suffragists and others, the one thing to be gleaned from all of this is that everything which was a win was planned. Behind every vision coming to life is hard work and a strategy executed by a team. There had been other people to board the bus before Rosa Parks. She was not a happy accident.
If you were hiring for a senior-most position in a company, would you want to take someone on who has knowledge of the policies and politics that underlie the job at hand, has the allies and know-how to navigate politics, and the experience to show all of that or a person who talks the same talk but has nothing to show for it?
That may sound harsh towards Sanders yet the proof is in their history. Sanders as per the nonprofit watchdog on politicians, has served over 30 years yet has one major bill to show for it, has the fewest co-sponsored bills (1) and was an Independent until political expediency made him a Democrat. That’s fine however what that shows is an inability to compromise or negotiate, especially with Congress, and it doesn’t do is give you any allies. Warren started a brand new, highly controversial regulatory agency with a Republican Congress to protect consumers while she was a university professor.
As economist Dean Bakers said, “Warren was able to navigate around the opposition from some Democrats and from the Republican Congress to get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created, and to ensure that it would have real power to protect people from the financial industry.”
As Iowa’s largest newspaper, The Des Moines Register said when they endorsed her, “she is not radical. She is right.”
She will be a social justice President
Mass shootings are weekly in America. Warren wants to reduce gun deaths by 80% with reforms that a majority of this country already support.
Warren is the candidate for LGBTQ by far, the only candidate to consistently poll in double digits.
She has an ally in Julian Castro and even earlier made it clear she will make unifying families and addressing the abuse that has led to family separations.
She talks about women’s issues that other candidates do not. For too long, more than half the population must suffer through horrific statistics like 1 in 3 girls will be sexually assaulted by 18. Maternal deaths in the US are rising. With the Trump administration, the overt sexism has reached all the way to the Supreme Court.
She deftly addresses major issues like “electability,” the silencing of women (“she persists!”), domestic violence (“you are not alone”), and reproductive rights (“abortion rights are human rights”). She reflects a nuanced understanding of the range of issues all women must face, like childcare citing her own aunt’s assistance when she was working as a single mother.
She’s a woman, mother, and progressive–and that matters.
It does make a difference when a woman is in charge—the right woman. Warren is that right woman out of the candidates. She’s the first to go to college in her lower-income Oklahoma family; a single mother for a time who credits her aunt’s childcare support as being critical to her success. As Justice Sotomayer said: it may not define you but it influences you. Ethnic identity like gender identity impacts how you see the world. Warren’s campaign is offering childcare on caucus night. Childcare wouldn’t be on the radar for most men—unless you’ve been a mother, and a single mother like Warren had once been.
Childcare costs have soared. So many parents have to choose to stay at home and have one paycheck or drop off kids at suspect but affordable care. With a widening income gap, that leaves millions of kids already behind their more well off peers. Warren has been doing this on her campaign trail to show she’s committed to this cause in practice as a candidate and it’s not just an off the cuff campaign promise.
Warren’s campaign introduced a universal childcare plan last February, along with a calculator that allowed voters to see how much they would save if the program were enacted. Warren has said she wants to use a “wealth tax” to fund subsidies that would cover the entire cost of child care for families who make below 200% of federal poverty-level income (about $51,200 for a family of four). The proposal would also pay for care for families who earn more, capping the cost at 7% of a family’s income.
“The difficulty of accessing affordable and high-quality child care puts parents in a bind — forcing them to choose between breaking the budget, cutting back work hours, or settling for lower-quality care,” Warren wrote in a Medium post.
The countries right now with the most systemic humane and progressive policies from climate change to education to immigration are led by women: Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Iceland. (While we here don’t even believe women can lead as per half the country.) Such a long way to go—but this is the year we can do it.
On the pulse of the times
This is not the Obama years or 2016. MeToo, Time’s Up, climate change, mass shootings, trans rights and pronouns and gender fluidity– our world is changing and needs a cohesive approach to its solutions. Warren always has been and is intersectional. When speaking about gender violence, she mentions trans violence. When speaking about wage gaps, she reminds the public that black and Latina women face an even greater gap than their white counterparts. Black women are heard even less than white mothers when it comes to prenatal care.
As we bury black young adults, children in mass shootings, a migrant child, or another woman who has died from childbirth, we must remember social justice is not a nice-to-have. It’s a necessity for a progressive society and it’s time we had a President that embraced and will champion such reforms. Warren is the leader we need.
For the country: a reset
Warren’s first priority taking office: an anti-corruption package. Why? Because this country has been besieged by corruption from Trump’s Day 1. And given the lawsuit of him funneling funds from his inaugural committee to private family benefits, it’s even before his first day in office.
The Trump Organization has been involved with over 19 conflicts of interests, securing business deals using the Presidency, using the Presidency to secure access and meetings for money — for starters.
More importantly than bringing justice to Trump is healing the country and regaining public trust. Before we can forward any progressive policy, like healthcare for all, we need to have a public that trusts governance again otherwise they will not back any plan if it doesn’t believe in the executors of that plan and who better than Warren, someone who has emerged a consistent winner against corruption?
Three Warren-aligned groups—the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, the Working Families Party, and Black Womxn For—of a list of more than 3,000 progressive elected officials, economists, and activists all end on one note: her temperament, her experience, her plans, her vision and most of all who she is and what she represents is what this fractured country needs in response to the ignorance, sexism, and xenophobia of the Trump administration.
Personally, I can attest that she is inspiring and elicits loyalty and kind words on her authenticity from staff and supporters I rarely encounter.
She calmly talks to a protester angry about her opposition to a war with Iran and to a father angry at her for her school loan debt forgiveness plan because he had to pay for his daughter’s tuition. (Her response was spot-on: a lot of things didn’t exist for a lot of people, say colored, queer girls for instance, that exist today. Doesn’t mean everyone in that boat going forward should get screwed.)
You can imagine Obama responding as calmly as she did. You can’t imagine Biden or Sanders. That matters. In these contentious political times when the leader of this country would threaten civilians, mocks them, or turns them over to angry, violent crowds, empathy and calm matter.
The leader in LGBTQ rights
Who supports you matters.
No need to foment discord but suffice to say we’ve already had toxic supporters of a male cult personality with questionable, or no support or endorsements of progressive and powerful organizations. Rather than go into that, there’s a long list of impressive endorsements that reflect who Warren is and what she stands for.
Warren has the most comprehensive platform dedicated to the protection of LGBTQI rights . She has been supported by the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization; by Out, Advocate; by Black Womxn For, a collective of black women and gender-nonconforming organizer.
We can’t afford to be moderate.
Right now, America is not where it was in 2016. That could be a good thing. There are more women and diverse Congressional members than ever before. The sexism and racism that pervaded society can no longer be hushed away. The ugly can come out but so can the forces against it. As the founder of a civics nonprofit, civic engagement can only be a good thing. Democracy dies in the darkness.
However: America is not where it was in 2016.
There have been significant civil and human rights rollbacks from the Muslim ban to a 216% increase in hate crimes to a UN human rights crisis at the border with family separation and unhygienic, inhumane jail-like conditions for asylum seekers.
Workers’ rights have been slashed from a higher threshold for overtime-eligible pay to a 2020 budget proposal with significant cuts for Medicare, Social Security, and SNAP.
95 environmental deregulations through reversals, cutbacks, and rollbacks, including the biggest setback to the Clean Water Act since it was passed in 1972. This allows industries to do as they wish, including infesting our drinking water. This fattens the pockets of corporations at the expense of public health.
What Warrens will bring is not a moderate or progressive or Democrat presidency. She offers what Vox called a transformative presidency.
We don’t need bandaids. We need transformation.
Is your 2020 Presidential candidate good enough?
It can get confusing at times whether or not a candidate is for you or not. There had been a Washington Post quiz going around to see which candidate you’re most aligned with, like an e-harmony between voter and candidate. This isn’t that.
Here’s a simple list of how to judge candidates given who has been President since 2016.
If any candidate passes the muster then remember to vote even if it’s not your absolute favorite person! If treason, corruption, and erratic behavior that endangers national security is A-OK with you — as is possibly sending off your young adult to war and ensuring you never have social mobility as you wait for billionaires good fortune to trickle down not to mention living with sticky moral issues like children in cages torn from their families — then, by all means, vote for that candidate or don’t vote at all!
The Mueller Report makes it clear that: i.) the Russian government tried to help Trump win; ii.) the Trump campaign was eager to benefit from hackings targeting Democrats; and iii.) Trump’s campaign advisers had a lot of troubling ties to Russia.
See all articles and news clips dealing with “Trump Impeachment.” At televisions near you.
Trump paid a $2 million settlement to 8 charities admitting that he misused funds from Trump Foundation for his campaign and settle business debts.
25 cases of sexual assault and harassment and counting.
Trump faced two lawsuits in California and one in New York against fraud allegations that were wrapped into one civil suit against Trump University. A federal court approved a $25 million settlement with students who said they were duped by Trump and his now-defunct Trump University.
a) The US Department of Justice under the Nixon administration sued the Trump Management Corporation for violating the Fair Housing Act. Federal officials found evidence that Trump had refused to rent to black tenants and lied to black applicants about whether apartments were available, among other accusations. He signed an agreement in 1975 agreeing not to discriminate to renters of color. There’s a lot more where that came from! Here’s a full timeline.
b) Senior advisor to Trump and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Saturday told a crowd of far-right French politicians to let people label them as “racist,” and to consider it “a badge of honor.” Bannon was the founder and once executive editor of Breitbart News, which he “proudly” told a Mother Jones reporter at the 2016 Republican National Convention is “platform for the alt right,” referring to Breitbart News. The alt right is a loose network of individuals and groups that promote white identity and reject mainstream conservatism in favor of politics that embrace implicit or explicit racism, anti-Semitism and white supremacy. Bannon was only let go by Trump due to seemingly disparaging remarks he made in a book about Trump and his family.
c) Stephen Miller is a Trump senior adviser and architect of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda as well as a far-right political activist. In November 2019, over 900 emails were made public that reveal him to be a supporter of white nationalism. 59 civil rights groups cited Miller as a promoter of “white supremacy, violent extremism, and hate,” and demanded Trump fire him. Given the revolving door of his staff and inner circle, this should’ve been easy. Miller has yet to be fired.
I mean, how important is it to vote? It’s not like you’re marrying the person. That person will only be in charge of your health, like whether you die from diabetes or can afford insulin or are ever able to see a doctor or go broke trying to; if you can ever afford a home or watch as Jeff Bezos buys his tenth home paying a $1 in taxes as you fork over half your paycheck; whether you have clean water or fresh air to breathe; if your children can get a fighting chance in this world with a good education (if they aren’t traumatized due to school shootings or chronically ill due to an inability to pay for health insurance); and whether we are embroiled in a world war. So it’s not to the level of marriage but it does bear some importance.
Stop saying Trump will win
An admirable quality of Trump supporters and enablers is their unflagging faith, whether due to fear, ignorance, or bullying, there is a resoluteness that Democrats lack. The sky can be blue, and yet if Trump says it’s green, so say they. What I am hearing as of December 2019, before even the primaries kick-off is a “woe-is-me” cry that Trump will win. “I don’t want him to but…”
But what? It is entirely within your control. The outcome may not be but let’s not forget three very important factors:
1. It’s not over until it’s over. Just ask Al Gore. Politics is an endurance game and you have to be like Serena Williams fighting down to the last point of the last game in the last set.
Part of me wants to scream and curse because WHY? There’s no hard data that he’ll win. It seems so obvious that if you are so against something then why believe something that will make it come true? Up until a month, even two weeks before the election, Hillary Clinton seemed a “shoo-in” even by the Trump campaign internally.
There will always be doubt as to an outcome, so fight to the tooth for the candidate you believe in — or do your values mean so little? Does a candidate have to razzle and dazzle with oratory flair in order for there to be groundswell of support? Doubts weaken your candidate. In either case:
Stop Saying He’ll Win.
2. In February 2017, Ezra Klein wrote the “real reason” Hillary Clinton lost which applies today. She lost due to us. Put aside the numbers and Wikileaks and emails and Russia. Swing states, electoral votes, and scandals aside, Trump was Trump. The candidate who said that the Mexicans are rapists, made fun of the disabled, was heard saying “grab’em by the pussy,” rife with sexual assault allegations and corruption lawsuits, links to white supremacists on his team, riddled Russia and mafia ties, and with zero qualifications (almost as an aside). None of that was fake news. He said it. There’s footage. We all heard all of the above. And half of us didn’t. And he won.
Republicans aside, it’s not that Clinton lost due to a narrow margin that should give us pause. It’s that Trump won due to a narrow margin.
Much of that was due to half the country not voting. Nonchalance. The kind of thinking then fueled by “she’ll win but I don’t like her for some vague reason,” that pervades to this day.
Whether sexism is involved or not (it is as polls and data show but that aside), that senseless purity for candidates had once been fueled by “I don’t like her” to now “I don’t want Trump to win, but I don’t like any of the others. No one can win.”
Well, progressives and any champion of sanity, due to that thinking in 2016 we not only threw the baby out with the bathwater but we burned the house down. If we still insist on having “tests,” here’s a list of qualities candidates to judge candidates by since 2016 , ex. have any of the other candidates been found guilty of less than 3 corruption cases? DING! Better than Trump! Less than 25 sexual assault cases? DING! Whiffs of treason? DING! White supremacist ties? DING!
If anyone you like has any of those qualities, then Stop Saying Trump Will Win.
3. Even if Trump is in the lead: what will you do to stop it?
Here’s a guide as to what you can do to be proactive in getting a Democrat elected. Think what you will of Dems, but as our current 2020 party system stands, it will either be a Republican or Democrat as a winner so given all you know of Trump and the GOP, if they don’t sit well, then do what you can. This guide shows you how and what with links, everything from how to submit a vote to actively campaigning, there’s a wealth of options to choose from based on your resources, time, and level of involvement. Choose ONE.
And Stop Saying He’ll Win.
4. Politics is a number game: voters, electoral votes, gerrymandering, districting. I’ve outlined this in another post but this ties into “it’s not over until it’s over.”
Rail against the electoral college all you want but it’s here for 2020. Nothing at the systemic level, like the electoral college, will change unless we have the right judgeships which can only happen if they are appointed, which takes a steady stream of progressives in the Executive and Congressional branches. Why do you think Mitch McConnell is so focused on judgeships? Voter suppression, gerrymandering, the electoral college have all worked in the GOP favor so they won’t make any changes.
To make any of that happen, we need the votes. For the votes, we need voter turnout. For voter turnout, we have to fight for every vote — at the mass media, social media, mailbox, door knock, phone call levels.
And we have to Stop Saying He’ll Win.
5. The data does not support that Trump is a shoo-in winner. Not only do I firsthand speak to thousands of voters and know it not to be true from my slice of life but national and state polls do not bear this up. By the way, merely three weeks prior to the 2016 election, Trump’s own team told him that he had a 15% chance of winning based on polls. It’s not over until it’s over.
More importantly, we need to go forward with steadfast resolution. What has happened — whether it’s climate change, the environmental policy deregulation, the corruption, the inhumane immigration policies — pick one that most resonates and fight for it.
I don’t believe much of this country is Trumpland. I don’t believe most of this country is seething with racism and predators. I believe any country can bring out its ugly with the right cocktail at the top and we now have that cocktail of hate and vitriol, shaken not stirred. Don’t drink it.
Go into this election year holding your values close and speaking out loud for those values with the confidence of a rich, white man or Lizzo.
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1. Yield of the Reservoir.
It is the amount of water that can be supplied by the reservoir in a specified interval of time.
The specified time interval may vary from a day for a small distribution reservoir to a month or year for large conservation reservoirs.
If we say that three million cubic metres of water can be supplied from a reservoir in a year then its yield is 3000000 m3/year.
The yield of the reservoir is dependent upon the inflow and thus varies from time to time.
2. Safe Yield.
It is also known as firm yield.
It is the maximum quantity of water that can be supplied from the reservoir with full guarantee during the worst dry period.
3. Design Yield.
The critical period for a reservoir is generally considered, when natural flow in the reservoir is minimum.
There is possibility that sometimes the minimum natural flow in the reservoir may even fall short of guaranteed yield.
Hence a lower value than the guaranteed yield or safe yield may be taken for design purpose.
This yield whose value is smaller than the safe or firm yield is known as design yield.
The value of design yield for a reservoir to be used for water supply is taken less than the safe yield.
In the case of reservoirs used for irrigation purpose the design yield may be taken slightly more than the safe yield as crops can tolerate some deficiency of water during exceptionally dry season.
4. A Secondary Yield.
The quantity of water available in excess of safe yield is known as secondary yield.
This yield is available during period of high inflows.
This secondary yield of the reservoir can be used either to generate extra hydroelectric power or for irrigation of extra lands.
5. Average Yield.
The arithmetic average of the safe yield and the secondary yield considered for a number of years is known as average yield.
The storage capacity of the reservoir and its yield are very much interdependent.
The water is stored in the reservoir to fulfill the safe yield requirements.
If capacity of the reservoir is more it can certainly provide more water and hence yield is more.
The reservoirs are designed to meet a specific demand of water.
The capacity of the reservoir and the yield are governed by the following storage equation:
Inflow – outflow = Increase in storage.
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Ag for Life is a champion for Alberta agriculture. Our primary goal is to educate the next generation of Albertans on the opportunities that agriculture affords for a safe and sustainable future.
Founded in 2011 Agriculture for Life (Ag for Life) is a charitable organization that seeks to foster a deeper appreciation and understanding of the value of the agriculture sector to our health and to our future. We accomplish our mission through the development and delivery of impactful educational programs and awareness raising activities. Through these efforts, we envision healthier communities, a sustainable and safe agriculture sector and a world that has a stable and healthy food supply.
It has been said that Canada should be a world food superpower leading the way in overcoming problems related to food production and land management, including health and nutrition, land use planning and natural resource conservation. In a rapidly changing world, with an ever growing population, the need for sustainable agriculture is imperative.
At Ag for Life we believe innovative solutions to these problems lie within the grasp of the next generation and as such we are committed to delivering impactful and thought-provoking agriculture-based educational experiences for K to 12 students in rural and urban settings throughout the province designed to stimulate thinking, problem-solving and collaboration.
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Do you know where your food comes from? Many people don’t. Know Your Food showcases Alberta’s agriculture and agri-food industries and their commitment to safe and nutritious food production. The intent is to champion and address many of today’s public trust issues concerning food production and origin of food, targeting consumers, educators, and students.
Know Your Food brings together factual information pertaining to agriculture and food sources and origins. This collaboration will involve others in the food and agriculture industry. This collaboration will aim to curate information in all areas to create a collaborative, authentic and dedicated atmosphere to ensure unbiased information around agriculture and food production. Themes include an agriculture in Alberta overview; Science, Technology & Innovation; Careers in Agriculture; Food Security & Food Waste; Animal Welfare; Climate and Environment.
The Know Your Food Education Trailer brings food knowledge and awareness directly to communities, schools, fairs, rodeos and other events. A series of self-guided stations will address visitors’ most frequently asked questions relating to sustainable food production, Alberta agriculture and general food production.
Your donation helps educate Alberta to make informed and healthy food choices!
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The all-new, much anticipated Rural Safety Unit travels to rural schools, communities, fairs, and other events throughout Alberta to educate, encourage and promote safety. The program is aimed at rural grade 4 to 12 students, volunteers, teachers, young farm workers and farm families, who live on, work, play, or visit farms and ranches.
The Rural Safety Unit has seven interactive stations that include hazard identification, large animals, equipment, utilities, chemicals and personal protective equipment. The stations are hands-on, offering users the opportunity to learn while they engage with digital, tactile and mechanical interactive displays.Modularity has been built into the content so that it can be tailored for various audiences and expanded as needed to meet additional targets and topics. Such topic includes distracted driving and rural road safety. With our focus on youth, these topics are not only relevant, but lifesaving.
Your generous gift helps keep rural youth, families, and communities safe!
Helping teachers and students understand the fundamentals and future of agriculture and food production, health and sustainability is the focus of Agriculture for Life’s education program philosophy. Each year our programs attract hundreds of volunteers who represent all aspects of agriculture in the province, from farmers and ranchers to scientists and industry experts. These volunteers help us deliver our programming in schools and at special events across the province to over 50,000 Albertans annually helping to build a greater understanding and awareness of agriculture and its fundamental connection to life.
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Agriculture is critical to every aspect of life, whether you are a city-dweller, a canola-grower, rancher, or tend to a backyard garden. It is the foundation of Alberta’s society and economy, and it is our mission to help Albertans understand the incredible depth and opportunity that agriculture affords.
Since 2011, Agriculture for Life (Ag for Life) has played a vital role in educating Albertans about agriculture, food, farming and safety. Working in collaboration with agriculture and education communities, Ag for Life develops, expands and offers hands-on educational programming to children, youth and adults throughout the province and beyond via virtual learning classrooms and other digital assets.
We believe everyone should understand and appreciate where their food comes from, and that those farm families working hard to produce our food stay safe and injury free.
Ag for Life supports the agriculture community by providing agriculture education throughout Alberta.
If you eat, wear clothes, or live in a house, you are a part of agriculture. Agriculture plays a critical role in everyone’s lives and we believe everyone should understand this connection and their influence on the industry as consumers. This is agriculture literacy.
Agriculture literacy is about understanding the connections between agriculture and the environment, food, energy, animals, society, economy, science, and technology. We are ALL agriculture.
To increase agriculture literacy, Ag for Life supports and delivers educational programming to children, youth, and adults across the province with the goal of building a genuine understanding of agriculture and where food comes from.
We believe anyone who gets to work, grow up on or visit a farm is blessed. Agriculture is full of possibilities. However we know it can be a dangerous occupation for primary producers and their families.
The goal of Ag for Life is to greatly reduce the number of farm injury and fatalities by providing educational safety programming to rural Albertan’s of all ages.
At Ag for Life, we deliver hands-on rural and farm safety education programs to children, youth and farm families across Alberta to help raise awareness and understanding about the importance of implementing safe practices on the farm.
Each year, we reach thousands of farm families through our programs, encouraging them to have more conversations about the hazards on their farm and to manage those risks by implementing safety measures.
Together, we can create a culture of safety on the farm and ensure that farm families who work hard to grow our food remain safe and injury free.
Reaching over 90,000 Albertans last year in over 300 communities, Ag for Life continues to expand its programming.
We bring agriculture to life.
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Agriculture is Alberta’s number one renewable industry. Given its importance, the agriculture industry deserves corporate and community support in order to realize the economic opportunity it represents. It needs to fulfill its responsibility to Albertans and the world as a food producer.
With your support, Ag for Life programs can continue to expand and reach communities across Alberta. Proceeds will be invested directly into Ag for Life’s rural and farm safety and educational programming initiatives.
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Clay Bonnyman Evans is a freelance writer who lives in South Carolina and Colorado. In his career as a journalist, he wrote for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register and Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) His book, "Bones of My Grandfather," will be published by Skyhorse Publishing in July 2018. It is the story of his grandfather, First Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., who was killed in the battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Since 2010, Evans has been involved with efforts to recover Marine remains from Tarawa with nonprofit History Flight, Inc. He was present in May 2015 for the discovery and exhumation of his grandfather, who was reinterred in Knoxville, Tennessee in September 2015. More.
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Now, thirty years later, those lies are coming back to haunt Richard, because someone knows who he really is—and they’re out for revenge. Inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and the Satanic Panic of the ‘80s, the critically praised author of The Remaking delivers a nuanced portrait of parenthood and mass hysteria.
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What would you say if you stepped into the phone booth and pulled the curtain closed behind you? Think of Black Telephone Magazine as the astral phone booth where you deliver your dark transmissions into the ether. Between these covers you will find haunting unconventional narratives that push the boundaries of genre & form in poetry, fiction & essays. This is our first transmission. Welcome to Black Telephone Magazine. Features the short story “room with a boo,” written by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves February 2021. For more info click here.
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Darkness is just across the street
Welcome to 34 Orchard, the literary journal that delights in exploring what haunts us all. In our biannual issues, we will bring you tales of terror, tales of unrest, tales of sadness. If you enjoy dark stories with a subtext, then you’ve reached your destination. All you’ve left to do is walk up the rickety porch steps and knock on the door. Features the short story “fairy ring” written by Clay McLeod Chapman, available online on November 10, 2020.
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The Dread Machine is an online magazine and podcast specializing in dread-inspiring works of fiction. Features the short story TAKE ME, written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Both print or audiobook versions are now available for free at The Dread Machine.
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Come Join Us By The Fire showcases a wide collection of horror stories from emerging voices in the genre as well as longtime fan favorites. Horror has always taken many shapes, and season 2 focuses on the endless and complex ways it manifests itself in stories – whether through inexplicable holes in reality, creatures that go bump (and worse) in the night, or the sinister ways our own minds can twist against us.
Features the story “the fireplace” written and performed by Clay McLeod Chapman. Available on October 15, 2020.
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Black Telephone Magazine #3 features new work by Lisa Grgas, Maria Greer, Elliot Harper, Michael Chang, Cynthia Pelayo, Jacques Debrot, Emelia Steenekamp, and Clay McLeod Chapman. Includes the new short story “room with a boo,” written by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves September 1, 2020. For more info, click here.
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Featuring stories by: Aron Beauregard, George Alan Bradley, Cardigan Broadmoor, Scot M. Carpenter, Myna Chang, Clay McLeod Chapman, Nick Dinicola, Jude M. Eriksen, Michael Martin Garrett, Gerri R. Gray, Christopher Hamel, Carlton Herzog, B.T. Joy, A.L. King, Daryl Marcus, Jeremy Megargee, Donna J.W. Munro, Hari Navarro, Trevor Newton, Drew Nicks, C.C. Parker, Wolfgang Potterhouse, J.L. Shioshita, J.J. Smith, Henry Snider, J.B. Toner, and Sheldon Woodbury.
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Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years—with terrifying results.
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Ella Louise has lived in the woods surrounding Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, for nearly a decade. Publicly, she and her daughter Jessica are shunned by their upper-crust family and the Pilot’s Creek residents. Privately, desperate townspeople visit her apothecary for a cure to what ails them—until Ella Louise is blamed for the death of a prominent customer. Accused of witchcraft, both mother and daughter are burned at the stake in the middle of the night. Ella Louise’s burial site is never found, but the little girl has the most famous grave in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin surrounded by a fence of interconnected white crosses.
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Transcendent: An Anthology
Literary horror anthology, edited by Anthony S. Buoni & Alisha Costanzo
A parallel dimension exists below the surface of reality. Its doors swing open every time we sleep, allowing us passage into the land of DREAMS, a plane rich with exotic fantasy and limitless bliss. Within this wonder world, however, lurk dark corridors and terrible creatures—some unfortunate travelers never escape the NIGHTMARES waiting in the shadows. Many have tried bridging our worlds. Seekers and wise men have meditated for VISIONS and ingested intoxicants for HALLUCINATIONS in hopes that the veil between our realms will thin, allowing access to all the thrills, joys, and horrors beyond our senses. TRANSCENDENT is an open gate, a gangway linking our realm to the sphere where nothing is certain and anything is possible.
Features the story 'coatroom' written by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves November 2018.
Strange Aeons Magazine
Amazing Stories. Bizarre Adventures. Weird Tales.
Strange Aeons has been described as the illegitimate love-child between Heavy Metal and Weird Tales! 64 pages of gorgeous B&W and Color Comics by Rob Corless, Eric York, and SA alumns John Fulton and K.L. Young! FOUR fantastic Fiction Stories by John C. Foster, Alan Baxter, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Brian Evenson! Articles, Columns, Reviews and so much more can also be found waiting inside! Our amazing cover is by our Head Art Creep, the one and only Nick “The Hat” Gucker! And as an added bonus we've included another collectible Art Card!
Features the short story “HOCUS FLOTUS” by Clay McLeod Chapman. Click here to purchase.
This Book Is Cursed
New horror anthology edited by Howard Rachen
The curse is as old as folklore itself. They are the malediction of gods and witches, protections of the pharoh’s tombs, the warnings for would-be thieves. Before the days of Hollywood, the werewolf was the victim of a curse. Today they linger with sports teams and in the theatre.
Features the short story “stump speeches,” written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Out Fall 2018.
7/31: Ink Stains hits the shelves! »
Ink Stains Anthology: volume 9
A Dark Fiction Literary Anthology
Ink Stains Anthology is a literary journal filled with dark tales of fiction from Dark Alley Press, under the direction of Senior Managing Editor N. Apythia Morges. Featuring the short story “cyan, magenta, yellow and key,” written by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves July 2018.
6/3: NYC: Nothing Untoward at BookCon! »
NYC: 4/20: Reading/signing at Drama Book Shop! »
NYC: 3/8: NOTHING UNTOWARD book release party »
3/7: NOTHING UNTOWARD hits the shelves! »
2/21: RVA: NOTHING UNTOWARD reading »
Interview at Daily Dead! »
Read ‘buffet of the damned’ for free at the Daily Dead! »
Richmond Magazine interview! »
NOTHING UNTOWARD is on shelves now! »
“...One of the darkest collections of short stories since H.P. Lovecraft.”
– The Abstract
Nothing Untoward
Stories from the Pumpkin Pie Show
In Rest Area, Clay McLeod Chapman offered a view into the lives of Southern Gothic monstrosities. Now, the 40 tales of Nothing Untoward delve into the depraved minds of those madmen and women who drift along the periphery of humankind. Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, these stories explore the domestic horrors of the everyday, finding terror within our own households.
Haunting and hilarious, these sharply tuned diatribes are more than simple horror stories in the traditional sense. These offbeat psychological portraits are presented from the perspectives of the very monsters themselves. The heroes of these tales are murderers, loners, and drifters.
Spanning over 20 years of the rigorous storytelling session “The Pumpkin Pie Show,” the tales collected here are to be read out loud – or to yourself, if you're brave enough. The oral tradition is alive and well with these stories, captured on the page for you to share around the campfire, or flip through in bed late at night. These are ghost stories for people who don't believe in ghosts, haunted by their own crumbling minds and wounded hearts.
A perfect mixture of tongue-and-cheek gallows humor, psychological terror, and character-based storytelling, Nothing Untoward focuses on the darker side of domesticity and won't let go.
On shelves March 7, 2017. From Applause Books.
New short story “the fireplace” at Hello Horror! »
Hello Horror
Winter 2017 Volume 5, Issue 27
Hello Horror is an online literary magazine dedicated to finding true fear. The Winter 2017 edition features the story “The Fireplace” by Clay McLeod Chapman. Read it for free here.
5/28: NYC: The Evil One at Tilt »
1/20: Evil One hits the shelves! »
The Evil One now available for pre-order! »
The Evil One: An Anthology
Inspired by Roky Erickson's 'The Evil One,' edited by Andrew Blossom
Roky Erickson is a musician best known for his work with psychedelic rock pioneers The Thirteenth Floor Elevators. In the late 1960s, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Shortly thereafter he was arrested on a trumped-up drug charge and remanded to a maximum security mental institution. After his release in the 70s he began writing songs inspired by horror movies he'd seen as a child. The result was The Evil One—an album both emotionally devastating and incredibly fun, upbeat and ponderous, monster-movie geeky and deadly serious.
The Evil One is a literary cover version. Fiction from X.C. Atkins, Tom Batten, John Beckman, Andrew Blossom, Belle Boggs, Brian Castleberry, Clay McLeod Chapman, Taryn Chesshire, Matthew C. Crady, Dennis Danvers, Tom De Haven, Phillip Feger, Katy Resch George, David Gordon, Smith Henderson, Julie Karr, Greg Koehler, Chad Luibl, Lauren Maas, Tyler Magill, Muki Mahan, Lauren Sullivan McCarty, J.W. Morison, Shannon O'Neill, Howard Owen, Conrad Ashley Persons, Amira Pierce, Hermine Pinson, Mike Powell, Sarah Elaine Smith, April Sopkin, Matthew Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Merve Thomas, Rebecca Wadlinger & Nate Waggoner.
Featuring the story 'B-Side' written by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves February 2017.
6/25: Audience Revolution release »
Audience (R)Evolution: Dispatches from the Field
Essay anthology edited by Caridad Svich
A collection of thoughtful and provocative reflections on how theatre practitioners think about and engage with audiences, as well as define and explore sites for performance. Through shared experience and ritual, live performance functions as a catalytic medium for progress and evolution. In the hands of artists and audience, the stage is set for the re-makings of commonwealth, or necessary revolution.
Includes the essay “I'll Be Your One-Way Mirror: Crossing the 4th Wall” by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves September 13, 2016.
11/24: THE TRIBE: ACADEMIC ASSASSINS hits the shelves! »
The Tribe: Academic Assassins
Part three of the Tribe trilogy
Once the Tribe laid siege to Camp New Leaf, Spencer was left with no choice but to call in the reinforcements: their parents. But when he sees that his own mom and dad have left him high and dry, Spencer runs into the woods and never looks back. After months of hiding away, he is found and sentenced to spend time at the Kesey Reclamation Center, where kids are placed under strict surveillance. He knows he has to escape, but where can he go? If Spencer isn’t careful he might be punished and sent to the “Black Hole,” and it only takes one visit to change you—for better, or worse.
To learn more about Academic Assassins, check out the Tribe's own website here: http://thetribebooks.com/
Makeout Creek #7
The Lonesome Foghorn Blows
featuring Tom Batten, Clay McLeod Chapman, Adam Day, Brad Dukes, Harriet Hayward, Julie Karr, Tony Mancus, Carson Mell, Noah Scalin & more.
Featuring “any jane” written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Out April 2015.
The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014
Edited by William W. Demastes
For 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, it has identified cutting-edge playwrights – Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and others – who have gone on to establish award-winning careers. The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 takes a look at our changing times. “Uncertain” seems to be the watchword of today's world, full of surprises, shocks, and even a few delights. Uncertainty brings with it fear and insecurity, as well as nostalgic longing for the good old days, but for some, uncertainty means opportunity and along with it the prospect of change for the better. This volume includes short plays by Neil LaBute, John Guare, Laura Shaine Cunningham, Daniel F. Levin, Quincy Long, Halley Feiffer, Caridad Svich, and Clay McLeod Chapman.
Featuring “the wet echo” written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Out October 2015.
Best Monologues from the Best American Short Plays: Volume Two
This second volume of the best monologues from the Best American Short Plays series features a diverse selection drawn from the outstanding works from many of today's best American playwrights. In these monologues, the playwrights capture much of the flavors, feelings, and thoughts of American culture over the past several decades. The result is a collection of taught, engaging monologues offering fascinating perspectives. They are written with an eye toward the stage that makes them excellent source material for actors young and old alike. And they offer a freshness and directness that make them excellent companions for readers attracted to good, often quirky, and always engaging contemporary literature.
Included in this volume are monologues by Billy Aronson, Bruce Bonafede, Victor Bumbalo, Clay McLeod Chapman, Yussef El Guindi, Steve Feffer, Catherine Filloux, Daniel Gallant, Madeleine George, Willy Holtzman, Paul Kuritz, Neil LaBute, Dano Madden, Theodore Mann, Donald Margulies, Susan Miller, Lavonne Mueller, Joyce Carol Oates, Carey Pepper, Joe Pintauro, Michael Roderick, Murray Schisgal, Paul Selig, and Nicky Silver.
Featuring the story “undertow,” originally published in Best American Short Plays 2009-2010.
4/21: Barnes and Noble Chesterfield Town Center! »
Books on Market: Author Spotlight »
Bay Ridge Library Workshop »
5/8: Reading in Bethesda, Maryland! »
4/26: Camp Cannibal in Coloradooooooooo! »
4/30: CAMP CANNIBAL BOOK RELEASE PARTY! »
5/11: Books of Wonder: Terrific Teens Panel »
5/5: Black Males Emergent Readers »
5/3: Reading at Chop Suey Books! »
5/3: Twin Hickory Public Library »
5/1: The All Ages Show: RU’s 1st Annual YA & Juvenile Fiction Conference »
4/22: Camp Cannibal hits the shelves! »
CAMP CANNIBAL “EAT ‘EM ALL” BOOK TOUR! »
Yummy Yummy CANNIBAL in the Tummy! »
The Tribe II: Camp Cannibal book trailer! »
New cover for Camp Cannibal! »
The Tribe: Camp Cannibal
Part two of the Tribe trilogy
Since being expelled for giving the Greenfield Middle School student body an “explosive” case of food poisoning and sent to live with his father, Spencer Pendleton hasn't exactly been doing his best to put the past behind him and settle into his new life. What with losing the girl-of-his-dreams, Sully, and gaining a there-but-still-absentee father, his life still has a few kinks to work out. And when his single-minded quest to track down the Tribe and reunite with Sully lands him at Camp New Leaf, Spencer is convinced things can't get much worse. WRONG!
Not only is Camp New Leaf no ordinary camp, but it appears that the Tribe hasn't laid the past to rest, either. And what better place to catch up with an old member-or recruit a few new ones-than a secluded camp for “troubled” boys. With rebellion in the air, Spencer must find a way to stop the Tribe's plans to put down roots and expand its ranks before someone gets seriously hurt-or worse.
To learn more about Camp Cannibal, check out The Tribe's own website here: http://thetribebooks.com/
Birdfeeder is the Best of the Best! »
Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays
Volume One, Edited by WIlliam W. Demastes
Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays, Volume One is a must for actors of all ages beginners as well as seasoned veterans and belongs in the libraries of all theater teachers looking for new and exciting material for their students. The monologues in this volume are excerpted from the outstanding series Best American Short Plays, an archive of works from many of the best playwrights active today, presenting taut, engaging single-character pieces that range from zany comedy to poignant tales of love and loss. Each monologue includes a short introduction and a reference identifying where to locate the entire play, should anyone choose to pursue production beyond the monologue. Long or short, serious or not, this collection is must-have material for anyone interested in acting. The monologues also succeed as excellent companions for the casual reader.
Featuring the story “birdfeeder,” originally published in Best American Short Plays 2007-2008
5/25: Write to Read Day »
3/15: bbgb book signing! »
3/21: Author Visit: Bay Ridge Library »
5/6: Bay Ridge Public Library »
5/30: Kids Author Carnival »
4/21: bbgb books signing »
2/27-2/28: 34th Annual Writers Conference @ Christopher Newport University »
4/1: Homeroom Headhunters in paperback! »
1/26: ALA Midwinter Meeting »
6/18: Books On Broad »
9/28: Alexandria Story Festival! »
10/23: The Tribe comes to DC! »
7/16: Reading at Chop Suey! »
6/1: MA: Reading at Wit and Whimsy Books! »
5/9: NYC: Book release paaaaaaaartay! »
5/4: CO: Reading at the Stanley Film Fest/Estes Valley Library! »
5/21: VA: Reading & Meeting & Greeting! »
5/20: VA: Reading for the Boys & Girls Club! »
5/21: VA: Reading at the Petersburg Public Library! »
4/9: Reading at Rutgers! »
6/8: Courtelyou Library Friends »
5/19: VA: Reading at Chop Suey Books! »
5/18: VA: Reading at the Twin Hickory Public Library! »
5/7: Book Release: Homeroom Headhunters »
Dear Book Nerd Podcast at Book Riot! »
Five Questions, One Drawing »
Video Interview at Author Feast! »
The TRIBE has a book trailer! »
The Tribe takes over Rutgers University »
It’s a booooooook! »
Kirkus gives HOMEROOM HEADHUNTERS a rave! »
“An engaging, over-the-top tale with much to say about how schools treat individuals and outsiders.”
The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters
Part one of the Tribe trilogy
School is in session, and today's lesson is how to stay alive. Spencer Pendleton better take notes. He'll have to learn the Law of Claw and Fang to survive not just the bullies, but those who bully the bullies: the Tribe, a group of academic headhunters who don't play by anyone's rules except their own. They live off cafeteria food and wield weapons made out of everyday school supplies. They've made Greenfield Middle their hunting ground… and they're looking for new blood.
With a darkly candid sense of humor, author Clay McLeod Chapman reveals the wilder side of middle school, where students embrace their inner animal and go native.
To learn more about Homeroom Headhunters, check out The Tribe's own website here: http://thetribebooks.com/
6/25: Book Release: Breakfast On Mars »
Paperback for Breakfast on Mars out now! »
Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays
Edited by Rebecca Stern and Brad Wolfe
Your favorite authors take a stab at the dreaded essay assignment!
This book came directly out of one teacher's experience in the classroom. Rebecca Stern’s fifth grade students were bored to death with essay writing, and the one thing Rebecca needed to inspire them—great examples appropriate for kids—was nowhere to be found. Inspired by a challenge, Rebecca joined forces with her friend, social entrepreneur Brad Wolfe, and the two came up with a terrific proposal—gather together a collection of essays that don’t suck by some of the best writers around, many of whom kids already love reading.
Essays by NICK ABADZIS, STEVE ALMOND, GIGI AMATEAU, KHALID BIRDSONG, STEVE BREZENOFF, CECIL CASTELLUCCI, CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, LISE CLAVEL, JOE CRAIG, SLOANE CROSLEY, CHRIS EPTING, ALANE FERGUSON, ALAN GRATZ, MICHAEL HEARST, CHRIS HIGGINS, CRAIG KIELBURGER, SARAH DARER LITTMAN, JENNIFER LOU, MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS, WENDY MASS, MAILE MELOY, KIRSTEN MILLER, JOSHUA MOHR, MARY-ANN OCHOTA, SARAH PRINEAS, RANSON RIGGS, LENA ROY, MARIE RUTKOSKI, CASEY SCIESZKA AND STEVE WEINBERG, APRIL SINCLAIR, LAUREL SNYDER, ELLEN SUSSMAN, NED VIZZINI, SCOTT WESTERFLED, DAISY WHITNEY, RITA WILLIAMS-GARCIA, ELIZABETH WINTHROP
Featuring "Showering with Spiders" by Clay McLeod Chapman. Release date: June 2013.
1/28: 15-Second Plays anthology release party »
15 Seconds of Fame »
“They’re tiny, vivid bursts of theatrical imagination. They’re crystalline distillations of theatrical essence. They’re candid snapshots of 17 distinct theatrical souls. I love this tiny book.”
– Lisa Kron
15-Second Plays
Curated by The Debate Society
The Debate Society asked a group of fellow playwrights and friends to contribute to a chapbook. The stipulation: Write a play intended to last 15 seconds.
Contributors include: Annie Baker, Mike Batistick, Adam Bock, Joshua Conkel, Jason Craig, Lisa D’Amour, Ann Marie Healy, Kyle Jarrow, Lally Katz, Kristen Kosmas, Kirk Lynn, Clay McLeod Chapman, Itamar Moses, Donna di Novelli, Sylvan Oswald, Reggie Watts
Featuring "A Priest Remembers His Grandmother" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
Published by Ugly Duckling Presse. For more info, click here: http://bit.ly/TBwIF2
“Editor Barbara Parisi thankfully saved the best for last... The writing shows average human beings at their weakest points, leading to the horrible capabilities some people are pushed to in certain situations.”
– Chicago Stage Style
The Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010
Edited by Barbara Parisi
Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. This volume of the new millennium includes "Seven Card Draw," by Clay McLeod Chapman, John Guare, Neil LaBute, among others, tackling complex human issues through diverse theatrical styles and a wide range of character perspectives.
Features the short story "undertow" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
6/15-6/16: COMMENCEMENT in Tasmania! »
Microphone check, one two, one two… »
“'Commencement' is an absolutely astounding piece, that delves deeper into a disaster then any media outlet could, or would for that matter. It shows that there are more than two sides to a story, how 'victim' is not a black-and-white term, how quick we are to blame and how fast we are to forget.”
– Uptown Magazine
One actress plays three women drawn together in the grim aftermath of a high school shooting—the mother of the shooter (staph infection), one of the shooter's victims (early release), and the mother of that victim (keynote speaker). It is a deep exploration of the lives of three women that, according to SEE Magazine “... will leave you wringing your hands in helpless empathy.”
For production rights and a copy of the script, go to Orginal Works here.
Awkward Two: Brevity
The villains at Awkward Press are at it again with Awkward Two, a collection of tales so inventive they can barely be contained by the boundaries of their wood-pulp prison. The experience begins with the cover, a charming take on the theme of "Brevity" that has been lovingly hand penciled by illustrious illustrator Baarbarian. Peel back the cover and find yourself transported to an unexpected world in which pirates hold court over human resources departments, house painters become religious leaders, and ants show up in the most unlikely of places.
Awkward Two features thirty-three original short works by twenty-five of the modern world's finest scribes in a package that is at once sophisticated and refreshingly humble. Awkward Two is brimming with stories guaranteed to shock and amaze.
Features the short story "grand marshal" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
“...Like a hard blow to the reader's solar plexus.”
– Virginia Living
Richmond Noir
Edited by Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry & Tom De Haven
Launched by the summer ’04 award-winning, best seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.
The River City emerges as a hot spot for unseemly noir…
With a forward by Tom Robbins. Brand new stories by Dean King, Laura Browder, Howard Owen, Yazmina Beverly, Tom De Haven, X.C. Atkins, Meagan J. Saunders, Anne Thomas Soffee, Clint McCown, Conard Ashley Persons, Clay McLeod Chapman, Pir Rothenberg, David L. Robbins, Hermine Pinson, and Dennis Danvers.
Features the short story "the battle of belle isle" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
““birdfeeder” is a darkly poetic monologue... Chapman's prose is haunting, beautifully written, poignant, and elegiac... I cannot spoil the plot of the monologue without ruining any element of surprise. I can tell you that it's about a love between two people that transcends the body and is truly moving and disturbing. ”
– nytheatre.com
Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 60 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. Our editor Barbara Parisi has selected fourteen playwrights Daniel Gallant, John Guare, Neil LaBute, Quincy Long, Laura Shaine Cunningham, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Daniel Frederick Levin.
Features the short story "birdfeeder" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
Awkward One
Who let the WORDS out? Who indeed! This gorgeous collection of five imaginative fiction pieces makes an elegant conversation starter whether you're riding the rails or immersed in your morning bath. Each piece has been lovingly handprinted and -crafted by machines at G & H Soho Inc., in the United States of America. The highly-framable cover of Awkward One features an eye-catching illustration from the pen of universally-beloved artist James Moore, printed in vibrant red ink on a bone-white background. Designed by the internationally-exalted New York graphic-artistry firm Rumors, the book has been precisely engineered to withstand years of the repeat readings that you're certain to crave once you've sampled the arresting fiction contained within.
Be prepared to tumble headfirst into five unique and engrossing new worlds from the minds of Clay McLeod Chapman, Jeffrey Dinsmore, Kyle Jarrow, Honor Rovai, and Michael Cipra.
Features the short story "staph infection" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
Selected Yiddish Plays: Vol. I
Works by Sholem Aleichem, Sholem Asch, I.D. Berkowitz and Peretz Hirshbein
The book contains modern English adaptations of six plays by turn-of-the-century Yiddish playwrights that have never before been available in English.
Translated by Ellen Perecman. Adapted by Perecman and Clay McLeod Chapman.
At the Sign of the Snowman’s Skull
2006 Rolling Darkness Revue anthology
Tales from the 2006 Rolling Darkness Revue tour. Includes first-time-in-print stories by Peter Atkins, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dennis Etchison, Glen Hirshberg, Lisa Morton, and Norman Partridge. Published by Earthling Publications.
Perfectbound softcover containing stories from authors who toured with Rolling Darkness Revue in October 2006: Original tales from Peter Atkins, Glen Hirshberg, Clay McLeod Chapman, Lisa Morton, and Norman Partridge, and the first print appearance of a story from RDR alumnus Dennis Etchison. The bulk of the 250-copy print run was made available for sale at stops during the ROLLING DARKNESS REVUE tour; for those people who couldn’t attend the shows, approximately 50 were available for sale directly through Earthling. The copies sold through Earthling were signed by as many of the contributors as possible; at a minimum by Rolling Darkness Revue co-founders Hirshberg and Atkins.
Features the short story "late bloomer" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
“Clay McLeod Chapman’s wonderful “Half and Half,” about a happy hermaphrodite, is worthy of composers Kander and Ebb.”
– Portland Tribune
As Smart As We Are
One Ring Zero's "Author Project" album
Eighteen of North America's most significant contemporary writers, including many bestselling authors, have written lyrics specially for The Author Project, a CD of songs composed and performed by the NYC-based band One Ring Zero. Imagine the finest anthology of writing possible including winners of the Booker Prize, National Book Award, the Pulitzer, the National Book Critics Circle Award; authors with real cult followings - Neil Gaiman, Denis Johnston, Paul Auster, and then imagine that writing put to music and expect an onslaught of media attention.
Features Clay McLeod Chapman's "Half and Half," sung by Pumpkin Pie Show's Hanna Cheek!
Hunger Mountain
The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters (Spring 2006 #8)
Hunger Mountain is a print journal of the arts that publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, young adult and children’s writing, writing for stage and screen, interviews, reviews, and craft essays. Hunger Mountain was started in 2002 by founding editor Caroline Mercurio through a generous donation from a Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing alumnus. The journal has thrived since then with the assistance of MFA in writing faculty and ongoing support from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, VCFA alums, and friends of Hunger Mountain.
Featuring the short story "the suitors' ward" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
“Volume of Smoke succeeds in its ability to offer an affecting meditation on tragedy in a post-Sept. 11 context... For a play steeped in history, Volume of Smoke manages to offer some surprising insight into our own times. ”
– Backstage
volume of smoke
Original play published at Blackbird Journal
Volume of Smoke was an original play commissioned for The Firehouse Theater (Carol Piersol, Artistic Director) in Richmond, Virginia. Premiere: February 2005. Directed by Isaac Butler and Chapman. Original music by Erik Sanko. Sections adapted from John F. Watson's “Calamity at Richmond, Being a Narrative of the Affecting Circumstances Attending the Awful Conflagration of the Theatre in the City of Richmond, on the Night of Thursday, the 26th of December, 1811.”
The original text for Volume of Smoke is available online at Blackbird Journal: http://bit.ly/H2FB2s
Streamside Day Follies
Pierre Huyghe: Streamside Day Follies
Pierre Huyghe is known for smudging the line between reality and fiction, intervening in familiar narrative structures to investigate the construction of collective and individual identities. His 2006 exhibition at Tate Modern in London included a film of his puppet musical on Le Corbusier's struggles with a commission from Harvard (and Huyghe's similar troubles at the same institution), and premiered work shot on location in Antartica and Central Park.
For the Dia-commissioned Streamside Day Follies, the basis of this publication, Huyghe invited the public to celebrate the founding of a new community, Streamside Knolls, in Fishkill, New York, with a parade, costumes, music, hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, pumpkin pies, ice cream, lemonade and green cotton candy. The resulting murals and short, fictional film refer back to a dizzying whorl of references including nineteenth-century utopian social projects, Hollywood films, Disney animation, contemporary writing and romantic landscape painting.
This book documents the project, and includes contributions by Tacita Dean, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Clay McLeod Chapman and Huyghe. Born in Paris in 1962, Pierre Huyghe has had solo exhibits at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, among others. In 2001, he was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Biennale.
“Readers drawn to Flannery O’Connor and the young Cormac McCarthy’s pitch-perfect Southern grotesques will find Miss Corpus a page-turner that’s often oddly moving.”
– Orlando Sentinel
Miss Corpus
This hugely imaginative first novel that traces the road trips of two complete strangers on a dramatic collision course with fate.
Will has just returned home from sea to find his wife lying dead on the kitchen floor. Four states away, Phil has been waiting for his son to return home, only to discover his body decomposing at the bottom of a nearby swamp. Will’s wife always wanted a highway-bound honeymoon. Phil’s son always wanted to see the country. In an attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives, both Will and Phil load up their cars and hit the road. An imaginative first novel tracing the fateful collision of two complete strangers, miss corpus floors the accelerator from the first page and never brakes. At once poignant, horrifying, clever and unnerving, miss corpus is a feat of literary acrobatics from an astoundingly gifted new voice in fiction.
8/5-8/10: Southern Gothic Retreat »
2/12: Jabberwock Club reading! »
Inside the Writers House »
10/15: An Evening at the Poe Museum »
3/4: Grace’s Smile »
6/27: The Talent Show presents: SUMMER CAMP! »
Drunk Monkeys Interview »
“Chapman’s hauntingly poetic tales display traces of Roald Dahl’s freakish perversity…”
An edgy, darkly humorous debut collection of chilling stories that will take hold of your imagination without letting go.
Clay McLeod Chapman’s characters don’t turn heads or perform dramatic feats of heroism. They aren’t highly educated or well-traveled. Their backgrounds and circumstances are unexceptional. Their stories, however, are anything but. Originating as a series of enthusiastically received monologues that this twenty-four-year-old author has performed around the country and abroad, Rest Area leads us into the minds of characters as real as they are original, and through a series of domestic horror stories that will leave readers breathless with amazement.
A man waits for his daughter outside the bathroom of a highway rest stop where she disappeared—months ago. A deaf teenager reveals the hidden drama of her daily bus ride to school. A lonely old woman romances a rabid fox with tales of her past. The owner of a traveling carnival takes colorful revenge on a group of ten-year-olds. A ventriloquist and his dummy “discuss” their growing dissatisfaction with their relationship.
Surprisingly comic and wonderfully tender, shockingly brutal and cleverly twisted, these are tales of ordinary people caught up in more-than-ordinary events. They herald the arrival of a unique talent—and of an arsenal of powerfully authentic voices that will echo long after the last page is turned.
© 2021 Clay McLeod Chapman
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McLean et al respond and the saga heats up
Posted on March 24, 2010 by ovehblog
Following this weeks earlier revelations of data fudging, the authors (John McLean, Chris de Freitas and Bob Carter) have responded to the debunking of their paper by Foster et al (Grant Foster, James Annan, Phil Jones, Michael Mann, Jim Renwick, Jim Salinger, Gavin Schmidt and Kevin Trenberth). The paper was shown to be rubbed and a good example of statistical trickery nearly immediately after it was published (more on the background at Climate Shifts and Skeptical Science).
Oddly, the response was posted to the ICECAP website (click here for a direct link to the pdf) and not on either authors hompages. In fact McLean’s web site still says “The informal nature of the Foster et al critique makes it inappropriate for me to respond in detail to it here, but should the criticisms be published in the normal manner we authors will respond as appropriate”.
The document is titled “Censorship at AGU: scientists denied the right of reply”. Is there a “right of reply” in academic science? No. There is a tradition to allow authors whose work is being criticized to respond – a tradition that was followed in this case. However, the response has to go through peer review; you don’t have any kind of right to publish in any journal.
The McLean et al response was peer-reviewed and was rejected. Looking at it, or at least what they claim was what they submitted as a response, we can see why. The response contains the same errors as the original article. The point of a reply isn’t simply to repeat the statements in your original paper. McLean et al largely miss the nature of the debunking by Foster et al 2010. Contrary to blog science, this is not a mere difference of opinion; the original McLean at al 2009 paper was shown to be fundamentally flawed and the analysis was likely intentionally skewed to produced the desired result. The paper should be retracted by the authors. In scientific publishing, when your work is show to be flawed (and in this case probably fraudulent), there is no automatic “right of reply”.
One thing worth noting: this whole affair is hosted on the “IceCap” blog; AKA International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project. Interestingly, the people listed on experts page include de Freitas and Carter, and wait, also Sallie Baliunas of the notorious (and debunked) Soon and Baliunas paper. Wasn’t de Freitas the editor of that much-maligned paper? Sure enough. So he edited Baliunas’ paper even though they are members of the same small ideologically-oriented organization? Isn’t that a conflict of interest? Yup. And it is ironic given McLean et al‘s complaints about Foster et al suggesting a reviewer whose name shows up in an (illegally obtained) email of one of the authors:
In response to this request, the Foster et al. group suggested the following persons as possible reviewers for their submitted critique: Ben Santer, Dave Thompson, Dave Easterling, Tom Peterson, Neville Nicholls, and David Parker (with Tom Wigley, Tom Karl and Mike Wallace also mentioned but regarded as doubtful). Phil Jones commenting “All of them know the sorts of things to say – about our comment and the awful original, without any prompting.”
A search of the Climategate emails for each of the names suggested above shows that all six of these persons were reasonably well known to Phil Jonesm
At the end of the day, the truth of the matter largely rests with AGU and we look forward to their perspective on all this.
Despite all the song and dance about how:
Science is best progressed by open and free discussion in which all participants have equal rights of contribution.
(which is complete nonsense: all participants, don’t have equal right of contribution in any science), McLean et al seem to have spent more time documenting how they were wronged by AGU and criticising the scientific process than they did trying to rebut and correct the errors highlighted out by Foster et al (which are still valid).
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6 thoughts on “McLean et al respond and the saga heats up”
William T on March 25, 2010 at 4:01 pm said:
… And they’re still pushing their dodgy Figure 7 with their “trick” of changing the baseline between panels to hide the incline…
Jimmy Nightingale on March 26, 2010 at 11:26 am said:
Ove,
Great work, as usual, but is it McLain or McLean? Might need to correct your title. The same goes for ‘idiologically’. Should be ‘ideologically’, unless this is a Freudian slip, combining illogically, ideological idiocy that we’ve come to expect from this bunch. If that’s the case, good one Ove.
OveHG on March 26, 2010 at 7:39 pm said:
Thanks Jimmy. I think the team must have been a little tired at the end of the week! All fixed now though.
John McLean on March 27, 2010 at 12:42 am said:
What’s the problem with your comprehension, Ove? As our response said, the derivative method was only used to determine the period of the time-lag, a period that was very similar that determined by Phil Jones, one of our critics. Once we’d established the time lag, the Discussion and Conclusions are based only on applying that time lag to the raw data.
It’s quite true that our response didn’t spend a lot directly rebutting Foster et al. That was because those criticisms were misdirected and on some issues downright mendacious.
John Bruno on March 27, 2010 at 4:46 pm said:
John, Regardless of how you justify the data filtering you used, the fact remains that it washed away long-term temporal correlations and greatly exaggerated short-term (year to year) co-variance. Everybody knows ENSO has an influence on global weather and temperatures, but your technique greatly exaggerated this effect.
But most importantly, you incorrectly interpreted your results as indicating a majority of the longer-term observed global warming was driven by ENSO, which is obviously not the case. You can dither about all you want about why you did what, who said what to who in private emails you have illegally obtained, who posted their manuscripts in their web site, etc. But the only fact the world cares about is that the conclusion of your manuscript is wrong, has been proven so, and the more you refuse to accept this, the more your meager credibility shrinks.
OveHG on March 28, 2010 at 11:10 am said:
Nothing wrong with my comprehension, John. I’ve read your paper and the Foster et al paper, and am quite shocked by either your poor understanding of how to analyse climate data or your complicity in deliberately hiding what you didn’t want to find. The latter would be consistent with your membership of the ideological group, the Australian Climate Science Coalition.
Putting that aside, and seeing that you have not been able to counter the fatal errors found in your paper by Foster and colleagues, can you answer the following questions:
1) Will you and Bob Carter retract the paper and admit the errors publicly?
2) Given that Bob Carter has actively spread these errors and misinformation far and wide, will Bob Carter now apologise to Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Barnaby Joyce, Nick Minchin and the many other politicians that he has misled.
(I note that Bob Carter was featured talking about this study on the recent Four Corners episode)
3) Given that Bob Carter wants to “Kill the IPCC” because it made a couple of relatively minor errors (out of 3000 pages), do you think that Bob Carter should be made to resign from James Cook University? Afterall, this is not the first time that adjunct Professor of Bob Carter has been caught out perpetrating a misinformation campaign on the issue of climate change.
4) Do you support a full investigation of you, Bob Carter, Ian Pimer and other sceptics/denialist scientists that have been found to be in such serious error? Or should different standards be applied to these individuals as opposed to the IPCC?
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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Rochester June 28/54 Dear Mrs. Voorhees The Woman's Rights Cause, already greatly indebted to you for last Winter's Service, solicits another favor of your hands, - the which you will learn from the enclosed plan for presenting the present campaign. - May I not hope that you will solicit contributions for the purchase of Mrs. Stanton's Address to distribute generally throughout your Village & Vicinity - by so doing, Iam quite sure you will do much good to the Cause. The...
Show moreRochester June 28/54 Dear Mrs. Voorhees The Woman's Rights Cause, already greatly indebted to you for last Winter's Service, solicits another favor of your hands, - the which you will learn from the enclosed plan for presenting the present campaign. - May I not hope that you will solicit contributions for the purchase of Mrs. Stanton's Address to distribute generally throughout your Village & Vicinity - by so doing, Iam quite sure you will do much good to the Cause. The Slavery question is the All-absorbing one of the day, still we must do our work of preparing to besiege our next Legislature - Give my love to Mrs. Brunson when you see her, please, & tell her I hope she too will help on this work. Yours with Hope Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection Rochester June 28/54 Dear Mrs. Vorhees The Woman's Rights Cause, already greatly indebted to you for last winters service, solicits another favor at your hands, - the which you will learn from the enclosed plan for prosecuting the present campaign -- May I not hope that you will solicit contributions for the purchase of Mrs. Stanton's Address to distribute generally throughout your village and vicinity -- by so doing I am quite sure you will do much good to the Cause. The Slavery question is the All-absorbing one of the day. Still we must to our work of preparing to besiege our next Legislature -- Give my love to Mrs. Brunson when you see her, please, & tell her I hope she too will help on this work. Yours with Hope Susan B. Anthony (To Betsey Voorhees
Susan B. Anthony Dec. 25, 1855 Rochester Dec. 25/55 Dear Mr. May Do you think Frances D. Gage of Missouri, & Susan B. Anthony of Rochester would draw an audience in Syracuse, if announced, to speak on Woman's Rights - Do you think more people would go out to hear of "Kansas & Slavery" than Woman's Rights - If you think it advisable for us to try to have a meeting in Syracuse please let me know soon, I should like to be in Syracuse the 2d week in January - Don&apos...
Show moreSusan B. Anthony Dec. 25, 1855 Rochester Dec. 25/55 Dear Mr. May Do you think Frances D. Gage of Missouri, & Susan B. Anthony of Rochester would draw an audience in Syracuse, if announced, to speak on Woman's Rights - Do you think more people would go out to hear of "Kansas & Slavery" than Woman's Rights - If you think it advisable for us to try to have a meeting in Syracuse please let me know soon, I should like to be in Syracuse the 2d week in January - Don't say come, unless you really think a meeting would pay - Mrs. Gage has been lecturing in the State for one month - & has raised just enough to defray her expenses - I now wish to hold meetings where there is some prospect of raising money to pay her - Wouldn't it be a good idea to call a Free meeting, at the City Hall or some other place, on Slavery, & thus give the Syracusans a chance to hear "Aunt Fanny" - if they hear her once I should think they would go again. Yours Truly Susan B. Anthony Copy Susan B. Anthony Dec. 25, 1855 Rochester Dec.25/55 Dear Mr. May Do you think Prances D. Gage of Missouri, & Susan B. Anthony at Rochester would draw an audience in Syracuse, if announced, to speak on Women's Rights- Do you think more people would go out to hear of "Kansas& Slaver" than Woman's Rights- If you think it advisable for us to try to have a meeting in Syracuse please let me know soon, I should like to be in Syracuse the 2d week in January- Don!t say come, unless you really think a meeting would pay- Mrs, Gage has been lecturing in the State for one month- & has raised just enough to defray her expenses- I now wish to hold meetings where there is some prospect of raising money to pay her- Wouldn't it be a good idea to call a Free meeting, at the City Hall or some other place, on Slavery, & thus give the Syracusans a chance to hear "Aunt Fanny"- if they hear her once I should think they would go again Yours Truly Sus an B. Anthony
1855 Well Mr. May,I am really at my own Farm Home, all nestled down in a blessed quiet - And as I live open the experiences of the past six months, I can but acknowledge to myself - that Anti Slavery has made me richer & braver in spirit - & that it is the school of schools for the full & true development of the nobler elements of life - I find my Raspberry field looking finely - also my strawberry bed - The prospect for Peaches, cherries, plums apples & pears is very...
Show more1855 Well Mr. May,I am really at my own Farm Home, all nestled down in a blessed quiet - And as I live open the experiences of the past six months, I can but acknowledge to myself - that Anti Slavery has made me richer & braver in spirit - & that it is the school of schools for the full & true development of the nobler elements of life - I find my Raspberry field looking finely - also my strawberry bed - The prospect for Peaches, cherries, plums apples & pears is very promising - Indeed all nature is clothed in her most hopeful dress - It really seems to me that the treesand the grass & the large fields of waving grain did never look so beautifully as now - It is more probable, however, that my soul has grown to appreciate Nature more fully, than that she has taken to herself new charms- I have just received a note from Lucy Stone, relative to the place of holding our next Woman's Rights Con. She names Worcester, Providence & Newark - It seems to me Boston is a better place than either of those - My mind, as to that National Con. is to turn it over to Anniversary Week, in N. York - & just have one day - Merely to hear our testimony on the question - When you write, please say what is your judgement as to place for this Fall - Yours Truly Susan B. AnthonyCopy Well Mr. May, I am really at my own Farm Home, all nestled down in a blessed quiet- And as I live over the experiences of the past six months, 1 can but acknowledge to myself-that Anti Slavery has made me richer & braver in spirit -& that it is the school of schools for the full & true developement of the nobler elements of life- I find my Raspberry field looking finely- also my strawberry bed- The prospect for Peaches, cherries, plums apples & pears is very promising- Indeed all nature is clothed in her most hopeful dress- It really seems to me the trees and the grass & the large fields of waving grain did never look so beautifully as now- It is more probable however, that my soul has grown to appreciate Nature more fully, than that she has taken to herself new charms- 1 have just received a note from Lucy Stone, relative to place of holding our next Woman?s Rights Con., She names Worcester, Providence & Newark- It seems to me Boston is a better place than either of those- My mind, as to that National Con, is to turn over to Anniversary Week, in N. York - & just have one day - merely to hear our testimony on the question- When you write, please say what is your judgement as to place for this Pall- that it Yours truly Susan B. Anthony
(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony to ELizabeth Cady Stanton) Rochester May 26/56 Dear Mrs. Stanton: Taking It for granted that you are at home once more, I'll say a word to you by way of "exhortation and prayer". I ought to be more pious than formerly, since I travelled all the way from Seneca Falls to Schenectady in company with President Finney & Lady - & heard Garison Parker & all of us Woman's Rights actors duly denounced as "Infidels". I told...
Show more(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony to ELizabeth Cady Stanton) Rochester May 26/56 Dear Mrs. Stanton: Taking It for granted that you are at home once more, I'll say a word to you by way of "exhortation and prayer". I ought to be more pious than formerly, since I travelled all the way from Seneca Falls to Schenectady in company with President Finney & Lady - & heard Garison Parker & all of us Woman's Rights actors duly denounced as "Infidels". I told him our cause was Infidel to the popular Theology & popular interpretation of the Bible - Mrs. Finney took me to another seat & with much earnestness enquired all about, what we were doing & the growth of our Movement - said she you have the sympathy of a large proportion of the educated women with you - In my circle I hear the Movement much talked of & earnest hopes for its spread expressed - but these women dare not speak out their sympathy - What a shame that you don't live where I can run in & tell you all I know in five minutes & be back to my work again - I saw Lucy and almost made her promise to call on you - she has left Cincinnati for all - was going to look at Orange, Chapaqua & other places in the vicinity of N. Y. for a home & if not suited, going to Wiscon to look - but I can't bear to have her & Nette settle in the far West - they ought to be at the Centre of Civilization - The Anniversary Meeting was good - though the weather was very rainy - I attended the Anniversary of the "American Woman's Educational Association" headed by Catharine E. Beecher - it was at(Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton -2-) Prof. Webster's (?) 14 Lexington Avenue - some parts of the secretary's report were very fine - I said to Mrs. W. I would rather see the weight of your influence exerted to open the doors of the existing colleges to Woman - far greater good would be done for woman by such work, than by the establishment of separate Colleges, said she that is my mind exactly - isn't it strange that such women as those, Miss Barrker, Mrs. Kirkland Mrs. Stevens, S. G. Hall &c, are so stupid, Yet so false as to work for any thing secondary - any thing other than their highest conviction - but of those women are all bound by the fashionable Church & dare not take sides with the unpopular - Mrs. W. said she knew one of our leaders very well, Mrs. Stanton of Seneca Falls. I am now just done with house fixing and ready to commence operations on that Report.- Don't you think it would be a good plan to first state what we mean by educating the sexes together - then go on to show how the few institutions that profess to give equal education fail in the Physical, Moral & Intellectual departments & lastly that it is folly to talk of giving to the sexes, equal advantages, while you withhold from them equal Motive to improve those advantages - Do you please mark out a plan & give me as soon as you can - Oh, that I had the requisite power to do credit to Womanhood in this emergency - why is nature so sparing of her gifts - When will you come to Rochester to spend those days, I shall be most happy to see whenever it shall be - only let me know a few days before - that I may be as much at leisure as may be - Amelia & the two babies of course & as many more as convenient - With Love Susan B. Anthony
June 17, [1856]
(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony et al. to Elizabeth Cady Stanton) Rochester NY June 17 Mrs. E. C. Stanton Dear Friend, We are in Council about the Anti-Slavery picnic for July 4. We decide it will be an addition to the value and interest of the occasion for you to speak. You can easily be heard out of doors, for a half hour or so, at least - as the crowd will not be vast. Therefore, we have put your name on the handbills, doubting not you will be ready and willing to help, on an...
Show more(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony et al. to Elizabeth Cady Stanton) Rochester NY June 17 Mrs. E. C. Stanton Dear Friend, We are in Council about the Anti-Slavery picnic for July 4. We decide it will be an addition to the value and interest of the occasion for you to speak. You can easily be heard out of doors, for a half hour or so, at least - as the crowd will not be vast. Therefore, we have put your name on the handbills, doubting not you will be ready and willing to help, on an occasion which partly at least, grew out of your suggestion at first. Should you shrink from the post Miss Anthony has just been telling how, in Albany, you induced your friend Gerritt Smith to make an excellent speech in an Anti Slavery meeting by urgent solicitations, which he even called "scolding". It would not be pleasant to try the same process with you, it will be needless probably;- but we are prepared for such an emergency. Trusting you will be with us, and be heard, we remain Yours friends truly - G. B. Stebbins Amy Post Catharine A. F. Stebbins Susan B. Anthony
[Albany, N. Y.] [March 8, 1859] Dear Mr. Garrison Enclosed is a hastily written word for the Liberator, if you think it worthy & have room for it - I went to Hudson a week ago to see and hear Mr. Phillips and the result was that no letter of Dr. Cheever went to Boston as promised - We could discover evidence of Burleighs & Phillips speeches having done a good work with our members - I have written Greely & asked him if he would not publish the petition & tell the readers of...
Show more[Albany, N. Y.] [March 8, 1859] Dear Mr. Garrison Enclosed is a hastily written word for the Liberator, if you think it worthy & have room for it - I went to Hudson a week ago to see and hear Mr. Phillips and the result was that no letter of Dr. Cheever went to Boston as promised - We could discover evidence of Burleighs & Phillips speeches having done a good work with our members - I have written Greely & asked him if he would not publish the petition & tell the readers of the Tribune of the fact that their noises should be heard at the Capitol - I read your powerful speech, aloud to Lydia on Sunday evening - I shall leave Albany Thursdaymorning - intend to be in Rochester by Saturday - We do so need Men, Women and Money here at this Political Centre - A truly great work might be done here every year for the cause, in a quiet way - - We must have some working centre here in New York - Gerit Smith says he has been giving time & money, in a quiet way - & so have others, but the trouble is it is so very quiet, no body knows or feels it - We have the Material to be worked up into genuine anti Slavery - We lack only the faithful, earnest home workers - Love to Mrs. Garrison & the dear children all - I see you & Parker Pillsbury advertised every Sunday - remember these spring months are most trying to health - and don't over do - S. B. AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Colelction [March 8 1859] (Albany N. Y.) Dear Mr. Garrison Enclosed is a hastily written word for the Liberator if you think it worthy & have room for it- - I went to Hudson a week ago to see and hear Mr. Phillips and the result was that no letter of Dr. Cheever went to Boston as promised- We could discover evidences of Burleighs & Phillips speeches having done a good work with our members- I have written Greely & asked him if he would not publish the petition & tell the readers of the Tribune of the fact that their voices should be heard at the Capitol- I read your powerful speech, aloud to Lydia on Sunday evening. I shall leave Albany Thursday morning- intend to be in Rochester by Saturday- We do so need Men, Women and Money here at this Political Centre- A truly great work might be done here every year for the cause in a quiet way-- we must have some working centre here in New York- Gerit Smith says he has been giving time & money, in a quiet way- & so have others, but the trouble is it is so very quiet, no body knows or feels it- We have the Material to be worked up into genuine anti Slavery- We lack only the faithful, earnest home workers- Love to Mrs. Garrison & the dear children all- I see you & Parker Pillsbury advertised every Sunday remember those spring months are most trying to health - and don't overdo S. B. Anthony
(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton) Worcester, Aug. 25, 1860. Dear Mrs. Stanton I learn through Stephen Foster and Lydia Mott of your Invitations to attend political Anti-Slavery Conventions is Cleveland and Worcester - I would be delighted to (?) Women attend, and speak and act with them - but of course it can be only these who really feel that it is best for men, even, at this moment, to stop to organize the mere handful of voters, who would cast their ballots...
Show more(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton) Worcester, Aug. 25, 1860. Dear Mrs. Stanton I learn through Stephen Foster and Lydia Mott of your Invitations to attend political Anti-Slavery Conventions is Cleveland and Worcester - I would be delighted to (?) Women attend, and speak and act with them - but of course it can be only these who really feel that it is best for men, even, at this moment, to stop to organize the mere handful of voters, who would cast their ballots for principle - and not for what they deemed the"least of the two evils", one of which the nation must surely have in the presidential chair - You see Stephen is but repeating the Liberty Party Experiment - Men who cannot or will not hear their testimony against the two great Political Parties, by non voting, can not & will not by voting for a man for principles sake whoso election is not possible. It requires precisely the same material to make a true Political abolitionist that it does to make a Non voting Disunion Abolitionist - the only difference is the mode of expressing opposition to the prevailing pro Slavery action. Antoinette Brown is the only woman who could go into Foster's Movement with right good Will - for she is a politician in philosophy - while you and I & others are agitators to make public sentiment - So it seems to me - But if you feel right for the work go ahead - Stephen wants you to read an address on the true government at one of their evening sessions, & to act on their business Committee - Parker Pillsbury, in the Money Committee, when Stephen asked an appropriation to pay your expenses to his Convention - Said,(Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S. Aug. 25, 1860. -2-) "I have great faith in Mrs. Stanton, & would vote her expenses to any place where there was an audience for to address, no matter by whom or for what called together - sure that her word would be true & grand anywhere -" Why don't you go to the Liberty Party Convention at Syracuse - Stephen expects to be there, to try & get Goodell & Gerritt Smith & all to join him - they make nominations & the Worcester Convention endorse their Nominees - I wish Henry would go & report to the Tribune & the World, without scandal prejudice or irony - just what they propose & do - I hope they may unite - Stepehen thinks Frederic Douglas will unite with him - I hope he will - for he stands so isolated alone now - If you go to Syracuse, you'll get an idea of what Stephen's plan is & can then decide whether you had better go to Worcester. If you see your way clear to help both Woman & the Negro, or only the Negro - then go by all means - Write me at Albany, Care Lydia Mott - We got the Money voted for our Albany Depository. Love to All - S. B. Anthony.
[February 1861]
(Letter from Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S. probably about February, 1861.) Dear Mrs. Stanton Your note came yesterday - most sincerely do I regret that your household must give you such greeting on your return - it is a shame that those large boys, Young Men - do not begin to feel a pride in helping to keep good order - But I will only rejoice that you & the cause have had the little you have of this Winters experience - I have sent you the Utica Papers - & hope you get them - We had...
Show more(Letter from Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S. probably about February, 1861.) Dear Mrs. Stanton Your note came yesterday - most sincerely do I regret that your household must give you such greeting on your return - it is a shame that those large boys, Young Men - do not begin to feel a pride in helping to keep good order - But I will only rejoice that you & the cause have had the little you have of this Winters experience - I have sent you the Utica Papers - & hope you get them - We had two excellent meetings in Zions (Colored) Church, Rochester, on Sunday - Mrs. Stanton - The Hon. Phelps of Boston is determined to execute the law on me - I pray you impart nothing of my action to the sister Mrs. Garnsey - I'd like you to get her account of the whole affair, reveal her whereabouts - Moreover tell her, if anything - that I know it not - I have a letter from Mr. Garrison, begging me to reveal her hiding place - he says there is not spot or blemish on Phelps character - get Mrs. Garnsey's opinion on his chastity to his Marriage Vow - You will of course slip over to Auburn one of the days - It is a shame that you can never be released from constant presence at your home - I shall make a contract with the Father of my children to watch & care for them one half the time. I cannot write much - Mr. Green was down yesterday - bright & pure as ever and fresh for the Wars Spiritual - Garrison is clearly with us says they expect a severe time - but shall go on as if there was nothing but sunshine in prospect -(Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S. Feb. 1861) & such is more & more clearly our duty - Poor dear Mr. Mays philosophy, is just the one to best please his Satanic Majesty - & we can even spare the test for Syracuse - No, No, that city of loudest pretentions must be put to the test - I hope you may steal down there one day -. S. B. A. P. S. (On upper margin of first page) I have asked Lydia to see Ramsey about the Divorce hearing before the Judiciary -
(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S.) Rochester, Feb. 27, 1862. Dear Mrs. Stanton Well, here I am at home, without a call at Auburn or Seneca Falls - When I got to Albany last Friday - I found letter from Phillips, wishing me to arrange a lecture for him here on Wednesday next - There was no time to be lost - I spent Saturday writing letters to all the neighboring County Weekly Papers - Last night I got letter, asking me to arrange lecture here for Dr. Cheever the 18 or 19 March ...
Show more(Copy of letter from Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S.) Rochester, Feb. 27, 1862. Dear Mrs. Stanton Well, here I am at home, without a call at Auburn or Seneca Falls - When I got to Albany last Friday - I found letter from Phillips, wishing me to arrange a lecture for him here on Wednesday next - There was no time to be lost - I spent Saturday writing letters to all the neighboring County Weekly Papers - Last night I got letter, asking me to arrange lecture here for Dr. Cheever the 18 or 19 March - he, the Dr. is going to address the Military Committee of our Legislature - March 20th - and we hope to get a Second hearing & Gerritt Smith to address them - on the duty of Emancipation - I got your letter & Valentine - I reckon Gatt must have perpetrated the latter - we all laughed over it - Do you see, the Tribune calls on all lovers of order & decency to roll up their names to Petitions against the Divorce Bill - and a friend writes there is an amendment of the New Married Women's property bill before the Legislature - Do you keep watch of the State, as well as the National Legislature - & keep them strait - Think of Gen. Grant returning those 13 slaves to their Masters - such gratuitous outrage should be met with instant death - without judge or jury - if any offense may - But the action of the House, & the talk of the Senate, looks a little hopeful - it was in Wednesdays Tribune -(Susan B. Anthony to E. C. S. Feb. 27, 1862 -2-) I had two meetings in Western Massachusetts - capital ones - got my speech finished up pretty good - - Did you read Fred Douglas Cooper Institute speech - it is a grand thing - Do you see Garrison has not published Parkers Albany speech, nor nothing but your letter - that shows where you stand with him - May be, he will give more this week - Oh, there are always so many things to talk over - pen & paper are no go - I enclose Petition put your own name to it, & get a few more and send it to Albany without delay - to help agitate - I hope to give you a few days yet this Spring - for you to slip out & breathe the soft air of Peterboro - Lydia has taken a nice house - for about six boarders - two nice rooms- parlors with bedrooms - & two single rooms - It is a good deal of a risk - but I hope she will get two good peoples - You will see Mr. Greens speech in this weeks Standard I expect - I thought it very fine - Brother Merritt gone to Leavenworth - alone - his wife still in New York - Truly & Affectionately S. B. Anthony
Office of the Women's Loyal National League, ROOM No. 20, COOPER INSTITUTE. New York, July 1, 1863. Dear Friend May I have written Joseph A. Howland, and sent to his address, by Express, copies of our Petitions, Pledge and letter of instruction - asking him to take them to the Framingham Meeting to put in the hands of persons who will circulate them-also asked him to have statement of our Movement made and a Collection taken in its behalf - It is so late now, that I feared the package...
Show moreOffice of the Women's Loyal National League, ROOM No. 20, COOPER INSTITUTE. New York, July 1, 1863. Dear Friend May I have written Joseph A. Howland, and sent to his address, by Express, copies of our Petitions, Pledge and letter of instruction - asking him to take them to the Framingham Meeting to put in the hands of persons who will circulate them-also asked him to have statement of our Movement made and a Collection taken in its behalf - It is so late now, that I feared the package might not reach you - butI write to several of the friends to make sure that it may reach some one who will attend the meeting. Our Machinery is now fairly in Motion - and we find Money to be the grand desideratum, the one item of Postage is tremendous - Our first mail is six thousand copies of each of the documents I send you by same Mail. - §180.00 Postage then the paper fully another $100. I hope you will confer with Mr. Garrison & the friends and see if the best work & word for the hour be not for the work of securing a public and unmistakeable expression of the entire extinction of Slavery— Sincerely Yours Susan B. Anthony Sec'y Womens L. N. LeagueCopy Alma Lutz Collection Office of the Women's Loyal National'League, Room No. 20, Cooper Institute New York, July 1, 1863. Dear Friend May I have written Joseph A. Howland, and sent to his address, by Express, copies of our Petitions, Pledge and letter of instruction asking him to take them to the Framingham Meeting to put in the hands of persons who will circulate them-also asked him to have statement of our Movement made and a Collection taken in its behalfIt is so late now, that I feared the package might not reach you but I write to several of the friends to make sure that it may reach some one who will attend the meeting. Our Machinery is now fairly in Motion•and we find money to be the grand desideratum the one item of Postage is tremendous- Our first mail is six thousand copies of each of the documents. I send you by some a mail §180.00 Postage then the paper is fully another $100. I hope you will confer with Mr. Garrison and the friends and see if the best work and word for the hour be not for the work of securing a public and unmistakeable expression for the entire extinction of Slavery— Sincerely Yours Susan B. Anthony Sec'y Womens Lo. N. League
Office of the Women's Loyal National League, ROOM No. 20, COOPER INSTITUTE. New York, July 1, 1863. My Dear Friend I send you blank headings of Petitions & Pledge, and letter of instruction, to hand to persons who shall interest themselves in the work of Emancipation. Will you make Statement of the work of the "Women's Loyal National League" - ask all the friends to cooperate with us in their localities - - get signatures to Petitions form Auxilliary Leagues, &...
Show moreOffice of the Women's Loyal National League, ROOM No. 20, COOPER INSTITUTE. New York, July 1, 1863. My Dear Friend I send you blank headings of Petitions & Pledge, and letter of instruction, to hand to persons who shall interest themselves in the work of Emancipation. Will you make Statement of the work of the "Women's Loyal National League" - ask all the friends to cooperate with us in their localities - - get signatures to Petitions form Auxilliary Leagues, & hold meetings - and send in to the Central League in N. Y. both names & money Will you take measures to have a Collection taken at the Framingham Celebration in aid of our Movement- Money is the great desideratum with us- We are Mailing six thousand copies of the enclosed - in three cent packages- Postage $180. - and this is but the smallest fraction of the number we intend to send out - Gerritt Smith has given us $100 - We hoped for $1000. From him -- Our work is to roll up the largest Petition ever seen since the World began - and we want every body to join us in the undertaking - Each envelope contains the papers necessary for each individual who circulates the Petition - I send Package by Express - Sincerely Yours Susan B. Anthony Sec'y W. L. N. League P.S. - If you can't attend to this, or think it better for Mr. May to do it - please hand all to Mr. May - I feared it was too late to reach himCopy Alma Lutz Collection Office of the Women's Loyal national League, Room No. 20, Cooper Institute. New York, July 1, 1865. My Dear Friend I send you blank headings of Petitions & Pledge, and Circular letter of instruction, to persons who shall interest themselves in the Work of Emancipation. Will you make Statement of the work of the "Women's Loyal National League"- ask all the friends to cooperate with us in their respective localties - - get signatures to Petitions- from Auxilliary Leagues, & hold meetings- and send in names to the Central League in N. Y. both names & money. Will you take measures to have a Collection taken at the Framingham Celebration in aid of our Movement- Money is the great desideratum with us- We are mailing six thousand copies of the enclosed- in three cent packages- Postage $180.- and this is but the smallest fraction of the number we intend to send out- Gerritt Smith has given us §100- We hoped for $lOOO from him- -Our work is to roll up the largest Petition ever seen since the world began- and we want every body to join us in the undertaking- Each envelope contains the papers necessary for each individual who circulates the Petition- I send Package by Express- Sincerely Yours Susan B* Anthony Sec'y W. L. N. League P.S.- If you can!t, attend to this, or think it better for Mr. May to do it- please hand all to Mr. May- I feared it was too late to reach him.
OFFICE OF THE WOMEN'S LOYAL LEAGUE Room 20 Cooper Institute New York, Sept.18, 1863 Dear Mrs. Drake Both Parker Pillsbury and Sam'l May Jr. mention your name to me and I remember, too, our visit on the cars a year ago - - I enclose your Credential that will empower you to collect monies for our League - by Petition, membership fees, & sale of badges - The penny contribution with the names is not imperative - leave it optional - many will pay five & 10 cts., others nothing -...
Show moreOFFICE OF THE WOMEN'S LOYAL LEAGUE Room 20 Cooper Institute New York, Sept.18, 1863 Dear Mrs. Drake Both Parker Pillsbury and Sam'l May Jr. mention your name to me and I remember, too, our visit on the cars a year ago - - I enclose your Credential that will empower you to collect monies for our League - by Petition, membership fees, & sale of badges - The penny contribution with the names is not imperative - leave it optional - many will pay five & 10 cts., others nothing - Full voting membership is $1.00 Honorary members any contribution they choose, less or more - not excluding men & boys -Our badge a breast pin - the centre figure is a slave breaking his last chain - the inscription is "In Emancipation is National Unity" - Price as follows pure solid silver $5.00 Silver filled $2.00 Britania $1.00 From the amount thus collected - your expenses & such compensation as you feel will make you whole, should be paid - I can do no more today - the documents were sent you yesterday - Let me hear from you Truly yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection G 0 P Y OFFICE OF THE WOMEN'S LOYAL LEAGUE Room 20 Cooper Institute New York, Sept.18, 1863 Dear Mrs. Drake: Both Parker Pillsbury and Sam'l May Jr. mention your name to me and I remember, too, our visit on the cars a year ago -I enclose your Credential that will empower you to collect monies for our League - By Petition, membership fees, & sale of badges - The penny contribution with the names is not imperative - leave it optional - many will pay five & 10 cts.,othersnothing - Full voting membership is $1.00, Honorary members any contribution they choose, less or more - not excluding men & boys. Our badge a breast pin - the centre figure is a slave breaking his last chain - the inscription is "In Emancipation is National Unity" - Price as follows pure solid silver $5.00 Silver filled $2.00 Britania $1.00 From the amount thus collected - your expenses & such compensation as you feel will make you whole, should be paid - I can do no more today - the documents were sent you yesterday. Let me hear from you Truly yours Susan B. Anthony
Office of the Women's Loyal National League, Room 20 Cooper Institute. New York, Sept. 21st 1863 Dear Friend May Your letter with names and one dollar came duly - Thank you for all- We, the League, are alive and planning a most vigorous prosecution of our war of ideas - not bullets and bayonets. I have decided to go to Boston by Wednesday nights boat - and would like to meet the Anti-Slavery men and women of the Several Committees — the American Society- the Massachusetts, the Honey and...
Show moreOffice of the Women's Loyal National League, Room 20 Cooper Institute. New York, Sept. 21st 1863 Dear Friend May Your letter with names and one dollar came duly - Thank you for all- We, the League, are alive and planning a most vigorous prosecution of our war of ideas - not bullets and bayonets. I have decided to go to Boston by Wednesday nights boat - and would like to meet the Anti-Slavery men and women of the Several Committees — the American Society- the Massachusetts, the Honey and Jackson - & as many not of those committees, as may be -on Friday morning at such hour as you thinkthe friends can be at the Anti Slavery Office— Mrs. Stanton and I are writing several to be there, Angelina Grimpke, Mrs. Child and others - We must have concert of action-— in some one practical direction. The honest, earnest people of the country are asking what can we do to help save the Nation to freedom - the hour of adjustment - of reconstruction is coming, and it is our duty to educate the people to demand justice as the first- the chief corner stone — I want to see you all together - Will you notify such of the friends as are earnest to be at work and can help point out the most efficient way -- All the lecturing agents need to be of the circle too, they have felt the pulse of the people and will be able to advise as to ways and means.— But you know all the live workers in and out of the lecture field-and will I know call them around the council board at 221 Wash. St. I write Stephen and Abbey Foster- If you know where Parker Pillsbury is will you please inform him- All this seems presuming in me-but surely our Leagues aim and purpose cannot be understood or it would be more heartily responded to by the true and tried. I am not after money, settle that point, but tosecure cooperation - Truly yours, Susan B. AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Collection Office of the Women's Loyal National League, Room 20 Cooper Institute. New York, Sept. 21st 1863 Dear Friend May Your letter with names and one dollar came duly-Thank you for all- We, the League, are alive and planning a most vigorous prosecution of our war of ideas-not bullets and bayonets. I have decided to go to Boston by Wednesday nights boat-and would like to meet so many of the Anti-Slavery men and women of the Several Committees—the American Society- the Massachusetts, the Hovey and Jackson-and as many not of those committees, as may be-on Friday morning at such hour as you think the friends can be at the Anti Slavery Office— Mrs. Stanton and I are writing several to be there, Angelina Grimpke, Mrs. Child and others - We must have concert of action-— in some one practical direction. The honest, earnest people of the country are asking what can we do to help save the Nation to freedom-the hour-of adjustment-of reconstruction is coming, I and it is our duty to educate the people to demand justice as the first- the chief corner stone — I want to see you all together-will you notify such of the friends as are earnest to be at work and can help point out the most efficient way. All the lecturing agents need to be of the circle too, they have felt the pulse of the people and will be able to advise as to ways and means.— But you know all the live workers in and out of the lecture field-and will I know dall them around the council board at 221 Wash. St. I write Stephen and Abbey Foster- If you know where Parker Pillsbury is will you please inform him- All this seems presuming in me-but surely our Leagues aim and purpose cannot be understood or it would be more heartily responded to by the true and tried. I am not after money settle that point, but to secure cooperation Truly yours, Susan B. Anthony
Office of the WOMEN'S LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Room No. 20 Cooper Institute. New York, Dec. 14, 1863 Edmund G. Galin, Dr Sir, Your letter with petition signed by 205 persons & with $2,08 in money enclosed has been received. We thank you truly for what you have done for us as well as for your cordial sympathy. We shall not forward the petition to Congress till the middle of Jany as we think from present appearances we shall have a large addition to our members by that time, after that...
Show moreOffice of the WOMEN'S LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Room No. 20 Cooper Institute. New York, Dec. 14, 1863 Edmund G. Galin, Dr Sir, Your letter with petition signed by 205 persons & with $2,08 in money enclosed has been received. We thank you truly for what you have done for us as well as for your cordial sympathy. We shall not forward the petition to Congress till the middle of Jany as we think from present appearances we shall have a large addition to our members by that time, after that time, if other petitions are sent in as we hope there will be, they will be forwarded to Washington during the whole of the Session of Congress. The work is indeed going bravely on in our Country, but it will notdo for the friends of freedom to slacken in any of their efforts. The President is firm & holds by his Proclamation, we must create such a public sentiment that Congress cannot resist recognizing it as the voice of the people, therefore we think our petition not unnecessary. We thank you for the money enclosed, our expenses have been very heavy in the start for stationery, office rent, printing, postage & c. & we looked to the returns of the penny subscriptions to help us in this way. All have not responded but many have & to them we owe our thanks. Yours in the hope of universal freedom Susan B. Anthony. (COPY) New York, Dec. 14, 1863. Edmund G. Galin Dear Sir, Your letter with petition signed by 205 persons & with $2,08 in money enclosed has been received. We thank you truly for what you have done for us as well as for your cordial sympathy. We shall not forward the petition to Congress till the middle of Jany as we think from present appearances we shall have a large addition to our members by that time, after that time, if other petitions are sent in as we hope there will be, they will be forwarded to Washington during the whole of the Session of Congress. The work is indeed going bravely on in our Country, but it will not do for the friends of freedom to slacken in any of their efforts. The President is firm & holds by his Proclamation, we must create such a public sentiment that Congress cannot resist recognizing it as the voice of the people, therefore we think our petition not unnecessary. We thank you for the money enclosed, our expenses have been very heavy in the start for stationery, office rent, printing, postage & c. & we looked to the returns of the penny subscriptions to help us in this way. All have not responded but many have & to them we owe our thanks. Yours in the hope of universal freedom Susan B. Anthony. (A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages.)
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
1866 Ludlow Patton Esq. Dear Sir The undersigned members of the American Equal Rights Association Executive Committe - ask you to pay Mrs. Abby H. Patton's pledge- fifty dollars- to Mr. R. J. Johnston, to go to his account for printing report of proceedings of the May Meetings - Susan B. Anthony E. Cady Stanton Edwin A. Studwell-Copy Alma Lutz Collection (1866) Ludlow Patton Esq. Dear Sir: The undersigned members of the American Equal Rights Association Executive Committe- ask you to pay...
Show more1866 Ludlow Patton Esq. Dear Sir The undersigned members of the American Equal Rights Association Executive Committe - ask you to pay Mrs. Abby H. Patton's pledge- fifty dollars- to Mr. R. J. Johnston, to go to his account for printing report of proceedings of the May Meetings - Susan B. Anthony E. Cady Stanton Edwin A. Studwell-Copy Alma Lutz Collection (1866) Ludlow Patton Esq. Dear Sir: The undersigned members of the American Equal Rights Association Executive Committe- ask you to pay Mrs. Abby H. Patton's pledge- fifty dollars- to Mr. R. J. Johnston, to go to his account for printing report of proceedings of the May Meetings Susan B. Anthony E. Cady Stanton Edwin A. Studwell-
HE NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, New York, March 1st 1866 Dear Miss Assing I got your address from Mr. Douglass when here a month ago - meaning to write you - but the days and weeks have gone by. I enclose the Standard's appeal - hope you will feel that you need it - I send you the copies containing the report of the Massachusetts A. S. Society and Mr. Phillip's Academy of Music speech - I spend most of my time at this office 48 Beekman St. and usually stopnights with my friend...
Show moreHE NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, New York, March 1st 1866 Dear Miss Assing I got your address from Mr. Douglass when here a month ago - meaning to write you - but the days and weeks have gone by. I enclose the Standard's appeal - hope you will feel that you need it - I send you the copies containing the report of the Massachusetts A. S. Society and Mr. Phillip's Academy of Music speech - I spend most of my time at this office 48 Beekman St. and usually stopnights with my friend Mrs. Stanton - I should be very glad to meet you - but at any rate I thought you would like now to give your mite to help sustain the only anti-slavery paper left - You see how slightily our women's Petitions are treated by the Senators - but so were petitions for the Negroes in the olden days - We have at least saved the Nation from disgracing the Constitution by inserting the word Male - we can hardly estimate the value of that - Truly yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection COPY THE NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, New York, March 1st 1866 Dear Miss Assing I got your address from Mr. Douglass when here a month ago - meaning to write you - but the days and weeks have gone by. I enclose the Standard's appeal - hope you will feel that you need it - I sent you the copies containing the report of the Massachusetts A. S. Society and Mr. Phillip's Academy of Music speech - I spend most of my time at this office 48 Beekman St. and usually stop nights with my friend Mrs. Stanton - I should be very glad to meet you - but at any rate I thought you would like now to give your mite to help sustain the only anti-slavery paper left - You see how slight/ingly our women's Petitions are treated by the Senators - but so were petitions for the Negroes in the olden days - We have at least saved the Nation from disgracing the Constitution by inserting the word male - we can hardly estimate the value of that - Truly yours Susan B. Anthony (14th Amendment presented to Congress April 14, passed June 13, sent to States for ratification June 13, 1866, with the word "male." May 10, 1866, American Equal Rights Association formed.)
Stowe, Harriett Beecher
My dear Miss Anthony We will give our names as corresponding Editors for your paper for one year and agree to furnish at least six original articles apiece during the year - and also to furnish an original article from some friend which we shall have read and revised if in our judgment necessary, every other week during the year - said articles to take the place of our own contributions on the weeks not covered by them. We agree to do this without promised compensation - but on the condition...
Show moreMy dear Miss Anthony We will give our names as corresponding Editors for your paper for one year and agree to furnish at least six original articles apiece during the year - and also to furnish an original article from some friend which we shall have read and revised if in our judgment necessary, every other week during the year - said articles to take the place of our own contributions on the weeks not covered by them. We agree to do this without promised compensation - but on the condition that youwill change the name of the paper to the True Republic or some name equally satisfactory to us - and on the condition that you will pay us equally for this service according to your ability, you yourself being sole judge of that ability. H . B. Stowe I.B. Hooker N. York Dec. 1869To Susan B AnthonyOriginal In Alma Lutz Collection COPY My dear Miss Anthony We will give our names as corresponding Editors for your paper for one year and agree to furnish at least six original articles apiece during the year - and also to furnish an original article from some friend which we shall have read and revised if in our judgment necessary, every other week during the year - said articles to take the place of our own contributions on the weeks not covered by them. We agree to do this without promised compensation - but on the condition that you will change the name of the paper to the True Republic or some name equally satisfactory to us - and on the condition that you will pay us equally for this service according to your ability, you yourself being sole judge of that ability. H . B. Stowe I.B. Hooker N. York Dec. 1860 1869
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Parker Pillsbury, Editors. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor. The Revolution, 37 Park Row, Room 20. New York, Jan. 4, 1869 Dear Sir If you will pay me $25, - or give me 25 subscribers to The Revolution - I will speak for you any day of the week after Tuesday - in the month of February - If you decide to pledge the25 Revolution subscriptions - I will help you with my word in that direction - at the close of my lecture - but my whole thought and time are, and must be denoted...
Show moreElizabeth Cady Stanton, Parker Pillsbury, Editors. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor. The Revolution, 37 Park Row, Room 20. New York, Jan. 4, 1869 Dear Sir If you will pay me $25, - or give me 25 subscribers to The Revolution - I will speak for you any day of the week after Tuesday - in the month of February - If you decide to pledge the25 Revolution subscriptions - I will help you with my word in that direction - at the close of my lecture - but my whole thought and time are, and must be denoted to the cause of Woman's emancipation - and the means to hasten that day - lies very much in the work of establishing a Medium of communication in every house hold - and such we mean to make The Revolution - If you decide to have me speak - My subject will be - "Woman, her work & wages and & enfranchisement" -Respectfully Yours Susan B. AnthonyThe Revolution, The organ of the National Party of New America, based on Individual Rights and Responsibilities; Devoted to Principle not Policy, Justice not Favors ; Men, their Rights and Nothing More; Women, their Rights and Nothing Less. Demands Educated Suffrage, irrespective of sex or color. Eight Hours Labor, with equal pay ^o Women for equal work. Practical Education—every girl as well as boy-rich as well as poor—trained to some useful and profitable employment. Cold Water—not Alcoholic Drinks or Medicines—Declines all Immoral or Quack Medicine Advertisements. An American System of Finance— Greenbacks for Money. Gold, like our Cotton and Corn, for Sale. A Penny Ocean Postage. Published weekly at $2.00 a year. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. PARKER PILLSBURY. Editors. All business letters should be addressed to SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Proprietor, 37 Park Row, (Room 20,) New York.
THE REVOLUTION 37 Park Row, Room 20. New York, Jan. 9th 1869 To The Special Commitee of The A. E. R. A, Association E. A. Studwell & Margaret E. Winchester When you shall bring me receipts for payment in full from R. J. Johnston, Henry Parkhurst, A. McDonald, Mary E. Gage & Bessie BisherI will give you a paper contributing to you all the money I have advanced and the six months salary due me - Susan B. AnthonyThe Revolution, The organ of the National Party of New America, based on...
Show moreTHE REVOLUTION 37 Park Row, Room 20. New York, Jan. 9th 1869 To The Special Commitee of The A. E. R. A, Association E. A. Studwell & Margaret E. Winchester When you shall bring me receipts for payment in full from R. J. Johnston, Henry Parkhurst, A. McDonald, Mary E. Gage & Bessie BisherI will give you a paper contributing to you all the money I have advanced and the six months salary due me - Susan B. AnthonyThe Revolution, The organ of the National Party of New America, based on Individual Rights and Responsibilities; Devoted to Principle not Policy, Justice not Favors ; Men, their Rights and Nothing More; Women, their Rights and Nothing Less. Demands Educated Suffrage, irrespective of sex or color. Eight Hours Labor, with equal pay ^o Women for equal work. Practical Education—every girl as well as boy-rich as well as poor—trained to some useful and profitable employment. Cold Water—not Alcoholic Drinks or Medicines—Declines all Immoral or Quack Medicine Advertisements. An American System of Finance— Greenbacks for Money. Gold, like our Cotton and Corn, for Sale. A Penny Ocean Postage. Published weekly at $2.00 a year. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. PARKER PILLSBURY. Editors. All business letters should be addressed to SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Proprietor, 37 Park Row, (Room 20,) New York.Alma Lutz Collection (COPY) THE REVOLUTION 37 Park Row, Room 20. New York, Jan. 9th 1869 To The Special Commitee Of The A. E. R. A, Association E. A. Studwell & Margaret E. Winchester When you shall bring me receipts for payment in full from R. J. Johnston, Henry Parkhurst, A. McDonald, Mary E. Gage & Bessie Bisher I will give you a paper contributing to you all the money I have advanced and the six months salary due me Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Parker Pilsbury, Editors. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor. The Revolution, 37 Park Row, Room 20. New York, February 8th, 1869 Mr. Denton You note here- It will be impossible for me to go to Armein the 16th or 17th am to leave in A.M. for Chicago- shall be absent two or three weeks- if then you have a spare eveningwe will see if I can find one to match it- My time is marvelously full - Respectively yours Susan B. Anthony
The Revolution, Devoted to the discussion of SUFFRAGE, The only means by which EQUAL RIGHTS can be secured to WOMAN is the STATE, the CHURCH, the HOME and the World of WORK. AN AMERICAN MONETARY SYSTEM— Greenbacks for money, as well for Bondholders and Capitalists, as for the Working Classes. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, PARKER PILLSBURY, Editors. Terms— Dollars a year in advance. Five names ($10) entitle the sender to one copy free, New York City subscribers, $2.50. All Communications should be...
Show moreThe Revolution, Devoted to the discussion of SUFFRAGE, The only means by which EQUAL RIGHTS can be secured to WOMAN is the STATE, the CHURCH, the HOME and the World of WORK. AN AMERICAN MONETARY SYSTEM— Greenbacks for money, as well for Bondholders and Capitalists, as for the Working Classes. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, PARKER PILLSBURY, Editors. Terms— Dollars a year in advance. Five names ($10) entitle the sender to one copy free, New York City subscribers, $2.50. All Communications should be addressed to the Proprietor, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Revolution Office, No. 49 East 23d St., (Woman's Bureau,) New York. To be had of the American News Co. and the New York News Co.,New York ; the Western News Co., Chicago, and the St. Louis Book and News Co., St. Louis. The Revolution New York, Aug. 20th 1869 My Dear Friends I surely am not able to tell you the things you wish to know - To reform is a needful & good work - but to form rightly is the only lasting good - you see the one point you state - that if they can get good wages - work they stay reformed - tells the exact thing to do - that is toto open the doors to all profitable & honorable work to woman - I will put your letter into the hands of a friend of mine whose whole life has been devoted to fallen women - & ask her to give you counsel. But alas - alas - the first thing needful is to reform the fallen men - & their name is legion - while even the very, elect of men feel it no crime to despoil any woman's virtuethey meet - it will be very, very hard work to lift poverty stricken homeless girls above their seductive reach - nothing, but to make woman's work easy, profitable, honorable - can, do it - and that can't be done while no woman ever washes her own dishes who can find a man either in or out of marriage to pay for the doing it for them - If the ballot in the hands of women shall fail to do the desired work of elevating women - then I shallnot despair - but look in some other direction for help - I am glad you wrote me - & do try & get as many of John Stuart Hill's "Subjection of Women read in Leavenworth as possible - Women must not eat the bread of man's earning if they would not be subject unto his lusts & passions - Cordially yours Susan B. Anthony P.S. Can you not get some one to act as agent for The Revolution in Leavenworth ?Alma Lutz Collection (COPY) The Revolution New York, Aug. 20th 1869 My Dear Friends I surely am not able to tell you the things you wish to know - To reform is a needful & good work - but to form rightly is the only lasting good - you see the one point you state - that if they can get good wages - work they stay reformed - tells the exact thing to do - that is to open the doors to all profitable & honorable work to woman - I will put your letter into the hands of a friend of mine whose whole life has been devoted to fallen women - & ask her to give you counsel. But alas - alas - the first thing needful is to reform the fallen men - & their name is legion - while even the very, elect of men feel it no crime to despoil any woman's virtue they meet - it will be very, very hard work to lift poverty stricken homeless girls above their seductive reach - nothing, but to make woman's work easy, profitable, honorable - can, do it - and that can't be done while no woman ever washes her own dishes who can find a man either in or out of marriage to pay for the doing it for them - If the ballot in the hands of women shall fail to do the desired work of elevating women - then I shall not dispair - but look in some other direction for help - I am glad you wrote me - & do try & get as many of John Stuart Hill's "Subjection of Women read in Leavenworth as possible - Women must not eat the bread of man's earning if they would not be subject unto his lusts & passions -Cordially yours Susan B. Anthony P.S. Can you not get some one to act as agent for The Revolution in Leavenworth ?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Editor. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor. THE REVOLUTION. 49 East 23d Street, (Woman's Bureau) Jan.1, 1870 Dear Friend Redpath Your proofs positive that Mrs. Stanton is pledged to your engagements from or after Jan. 25th 1870 adhere-—and I have letter-—St. Louis 28th Dec. says she is coming east for the Washington Convention the 19 and 20 of Jan - - And also I write Mr. Carter that your engagement must prevail over his. - I told him Dec. 10th to communicate with you...
Show moreElizabeth Cady Stanton, Editor. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor. THE REVOLUTION. 49 East 23d Street, (Woman's Bureau) Jan.1, 1870 Dear Friend Redpath Your proofs positive that Mrs. Stanton is pledged to your engagements from or after Jan. 25th 1870 adhere-—and I have letter-—St. Louis 28th Dec. says she is coming east for the Washington Convention the 19 and 20 of Jan - - And also I write Mr. Carter that your engagement must prevail over his. - I told him Dec. 10th to communicate with you at once and see that there should be no collision-—for my impression was that Mrs. was pledged to you after the Washington Convention -I will write Mrs. S. also - The West is crazy over her, commanding her second appearance everywhere - Mr. Redpath, why don't you send The Rebel Rev. an nice thing about suffering Women now and then - You are a good deal of a Rebel as well as Yours Sincerely Sus an B. Anthony P.S. Real Woman - You mustn't suffer from the woman Mrs Stanton - I'll command Carter and she'll obey.Copy Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Editor. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor. THE REVOLUTION. 49 East 23d Street, (Woman's Bureau) Jan.1, 1870 Dear Friend Redpath Your proofs positive that Mrs. Stanton is pledged to your engagements from or after Jan. 25th 1870 adhere-—and I have letter-—St. Louis 28th Dec. says she is coming east for the Washington Convention the 19 and 20 of Jan. and also I write Mr. Carter that your engagement must prevail over his. I told him Dec. 10th to communicate with you at once and see that there should be no collision-—for my impression was that Mrs. was pledged to you after the Washington Convention. I will write Mrs. S. also. The West is crazy over her, commanding her second appearance everywhere - Mr. Redpath, why don't you send The Rebel Rev. an nice thing about suffering Women now and then - You are a good deal of a Rebel as well as Yours Sincerely Sus an B. Anthony P.S. Real Woman You mustn't suffer from the woman Mrs Stanton I'll command Carter and she'll obey.
Revolution Office New York Nov. 9, 1870 T. B. Pugh Esq. Dear Sir Yours of the 7th inst- is handed me- Sorry for the delay- I shall prefer Dec. 12th for Philadelphia- Subject- "The False Theory"- I like the best- I speak in Washington the 8th Dec. Where is Anna D.How I would like to be presented to a Philadelphia Audience by her little Queenly self- Monday De. 12th shall be the night- Respectfully yours Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony Nov 9 1870Alma Lutz Collection (COPY) Revolution...
Show moreRevolution Office New York Nov. 9, 1870 T. B. Pugh Esq. Dear Sir Yours of the 7th inst- is handed me- Sorry for the delay- I shall prefer Dec. 12th for Philadelphia- Subject- "The False Theory"- I like the best- I speak in Washington the 8th Dec. Where is Anna D.How I would like to be presented to a Philadelphia Audience by her little Queenly self- Monday De. 12th shall be the night- Respectfully yours Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony Nov 9 1870Alma Lutz Collection (COPY) Revolution Office New York Nov. 9, 1870 T. B. Pugh Esq. Dear Sir Yours of the 7th inst- is handed me- Sorry for the delay- I shall prefer Dec. 12th for Philadelphia- Subject- "The False Theory"- I like the best- I speak in Washington the 8th Dec. Where is Anna D. How I would like to be presented to a Philadelphia Audience by her little Queenly self- Monday De. 12th shall be the night- Respectfully yours Susan B. Anthony
Watertown N. Y. Dec. 23 1870 Dear Man "Who dares"!! One thing don't you dare not to do again, that is when a Lecture Committee write you to engage S.B.A - don't dare not to tell them her Post Office address - I learned you did this dare not to do - to the Sowville Com. and they wrote me to New York and to Philadelphia and had their letters returnedunopened - and here I am today by the N.J. Bureau's order and the Com. here have no Notice from them of my coming — You...
Show moreWatertown N. Y. Dec. 23 1870 Dear Man "Who dares"!! One thing don't you dare not to do again, that is when a Lecture Committee write you to engage S.B.A - don't dare not to tell them her Post Office address - I learned you did this dare not to do - to the Sowville Com. and they wrote me to New York and to Philadelphia and had their letters returnedunopened - and here I am today by the N.J. Bureau's order and the Com. here have no Notice from them of my coming — You found out two women who knew how to do business I am finding some men who know as little as all the others of Womankind save those two — I'll tell you a little private opinion of mine - "I think the Bureaus an real humbug that is, my dealings with them doesn't give me much faith — "The dog In the manger" principle" - The "rule or ruin" idea is their basis of action - If there were a co-operative Bureau it might greatly help — But as now Boston against both New York and Brooklyn and they against each other - each and all trying to defeat the success of every lecturer in the hands of any but self - Why you send the poor things an ground to founder between the Mill Stones. I'll tell you what I I've done thrown such and all overboard - until I see them in brighter lightthan now — I like my own self no business Management best Oh Redpath - it was so funny — I never thought what you meant - by the man who dares - until after I started that half sheet back to Boston-rich Please give me Anna's Dates the first two weeks of January - also wasn't it Mr, Phillips - I want to meet one and both of them, heard Phillips In Rochester last week - and called on him a few minutes. I now want a long talk - and hope I may be able to run across his track in the West Somwhere - I am at Washington 11th & 12th Jan. and hope to hit Anna E.D. before this, then at Ann Arbor, Colawater and Grand Rapids Mich and at Chicago Jan 20th - Kansas City Mo Jan 22d - Now If you have western Invitations for me and will pass them along to meat Rochester N.Y. - I shall be hoping to pay you your percentage and every dollar I make out of them - Redpath, do tell me how to keep on the right side of you terribly true business fellows - & oblige Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection (COPY) Watertown N. Y. Dec. 23 1870 Dear Man "Who dares"!! One thing don't you dare not to do again, that is when a Lecture Committee write you to engage S.B.A - don't dare not to tell them her Post Office address - I learned you did this dare not to do - to the Sowville Com. and they wrote me to New York and to Philadelphia and had their letters returned unopened - and here I am today by the N.J. Bureau's order and the Com. here have no Notice from them of my coming — You found out two women who knew how to do business I am finding some men who know as little as all the others of Womankind save those two — I'll tell you a little private opinion of mine - "I think the Bureaus an real humbug that is, my dealings with them doesn't give me much faith — "The dog In the manger" principle" - The "rule or ruin" idea is their basis of action - If there were a co-operative Bureau it might greatly help — But as now Boston against both New York and Brooklyn and they against each other - each and all trying to defeat the success of every lecturer in the hands of any but self - Why you send the poor things an ground to founder between the Mill Stones. I'll tell you what I I've done thrown such and all overboard - until I see them in brighter light than now — I like my own self no business Management best Oh Redpath - it was so funny — I never thought what you meant - by the man who dares - until after I started that half sheet back to Boston-rich Please give me Anna's Dates the first two weeks of January - also wasn't it Mr, Phillips - I want to meet one and both of them, heard Phillips In Rochester last week - and called on him a few minutes. I now want a long talk - and hope I may be able to run across his track in the West Somwhere - I am at Washington 11th & 12th Jan. and hope to hit Anna E.D. before this, then at Ann Arbor, Colawater and Grand Rapids Mich and at Chicago Jan 20th - Kansas City Mo Jan 22d - Now If you have western Invitations for me and will pass them along to me at Rochester N.Y. - I shall be hoping to pay you your percentage and every dollar I make out of them - Redpath, do tell me how to keep on the right side of you terribly true business fellows - & oblige Susan B. Anthony
BROWN'S HOTEL E. L. Eno, Proprietor. 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, & 17, North Commercial Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 9th 1871 Dear Mr. Grover Your letter enclosing the $25 check from the dear Mrs. Bennett of whom I have heard so much through you and your good wife and Parker Pillsbury has reached me via Rochester and my best of sister's Mary - It was so good of the dear old lady to remember me thus—and it is a real help too— I, with tonights receipts, shall be able to pay up thelast...
Show moreBROWN'S HOTEL E. L. Eno, Proprietor. 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, & 17, North Commercial Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 9th 1871 Dear Mr. Grover Your letter enclosing the $25 check from the dear Mrs. Bennett of whom I have heard so much through you and your good wife and Parker Pillsbury has reached me via Rochester and my best of sister's Mary - It was so good of the dear old lady to remember me thus—and it is a real help too— I, with tonights receipts, shall be able to pay up thelast dollar of my interest money for 1871-and my next check will be a pull down of the pile of thousands. I am sorry enough not to be in Chicago yesterday and today-to help swell the Chorus for "Women already Voters under the 11 and 15 Amendments" Oh I am so glad Mrs. Woodhull has power to compel Congress to heed that point— Mrs. Stanton & all of us failed to do it last winter. Best love to Mrs. Grover and many thanks to you for your many good words and works for this cause yourself and myself specially Sincerely yours Susan B. AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Collection BROWN'S HOTEL E. L. Eno, Proprietor. 7,9,11,13,15 & 17, North Commercial Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 9th 1871 Dear Mr. Grover Your letter enclosing the $25 check from the dear Mrs. Bennett of whom I have heard so much through you and your good wife and Parker Pillsbury has reached me via Rochester and my best of sister's Mary - It was so good of the dear old lady to remember me thus—and it is a real help too— I, with tonights receipts, shall be able to pay out the last dollar of my interest money for 1871-and my next check will be a pull down of the pile of thousands. I am sorry enough not to be in Chicago yesterday and today-to help swell the Chorus for "Women already Voters under the 11 and 15 Amendments" Oh I am so glad Mrs. Woodhull has power to compel Congress to heed that point— Mrs. Stanton & all of us failed to do it last winter. Best love to Mrs. Grover and many thanks to you for your many good words and works for this cause yourself and myself specially Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
Cedar Rapids Iowa Feb. 9, 1871 My Dear & Venerable Friend Mrs Oliver Bennett My Sister forwards me letter from A. J. Grover of Ill — enclosing Check of $25. from you with many kind and approving words of my work for woman from yourself — For this testimonial, so every way welcome, I would love to convey to you something of the feeling of thankfulness that fills me - It is comparable only to that I felt last December when in Philadelphia - The A. M.after my lecture in the "Star Course...
Show moreCedar Rapids Iowa Feb. 9, 1871 My Dear & Venerable Friend Mrs Oliver Bennett My Sister forwards me letter from A. J. Grover of Ill — enclosing Check of $25. from you with many kind and approving words of my work for woman from yourself — For this testimonial, so every way welcome, I would love to convey to you something of the feeling of thankfulness that fills me - It is comparable only to that I felt last December when in Philadelphia - The A. M.after my lecture in the "Star Course" of that City - which the dear and venerated Lucretia Mott had introduced me to a vast audience. She, Mrs. Mott came around to the house of Anna E. Dickinson -and slipped into my hand a $20 bill and said "Susan I couldn't feel easy to let thee go without giving thee this little mite-to it wont help thee much in paying the large debt-but it will express my good will and high appreciation of thy efforts"- and now comes this rich testimonial from another loved-though personally unknown friend of three score years and three-surely to have the blessing of two such venerable, loving and loved spirits is a joyunspeakable. May God and all of this world make-smooth the remaining days of you both. My own dear Mother a widow, like yourself and the precious Lucretia Mott is now 77 years old and fully in sympathy with me & and my work and this testimonial of yours to her daughter is a joy to her loving soul for which I am doubly grateful to you. Every appreciative work and token that reaches my mother and gladdens her heart makes me a thousand times more happy for her than for myself_such is my feeling for her anxiety on my behalf. Though I have never seen you, dear Mrs. Bennett, I have long heard of you throughthe friends Mr. & Mrs. Grover have often told me of you also my friend and co-worker in "The Revolution" Parker Pillsbury so that in spirit I do not feel you a stranger to me. With many, many thanks to you-and the prayer that my future work may be worthy your approval as well as that of all the good and true I am Sincerely and affectionately yours Susan B. AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Collection Cedar Rapids Iowa Feb. 9, 1871 My Dear & Venerable Friend Mrs Oliver Bennett My Sister forwards me letter from A. J. Grover of Ill — enclosing Check of $25. from you with many kind and approving words of my work for woman from yourself — For this testimonial, so every way welcome, I would love to convey to you something of the feeling of thankfulness that fills me - It is comparable only to that I felt last December when in Philadelphia-the A. M. after my lecture in the "Star Course" of that City - which the dear and venerated Lucretia Mott had introduced me to a vast audience. She, Mrs. Mott came around to the house of Anna E. Dickinson -and slipped into my hand a $20 bill and said "Susan I couldn't feel easy to let thee go without giving thee this little mite-to it wont help thee much in paying the large debt-but it will express my good will and high appreciation of thy efforts"- and now comes this rich testimonial from another loved-though personally unknown friend of three score years and three-surely to have the blessing of two such venerable, loving and loved spirits is a joy unspeakable. May God and all of this world make-smooth the remaining days of you both. My own dear Mother a widow, like yourself and the precious Lucretia Mott is now 77 years old and fully in sympathy with me & and my work and this testimonial of yours to her daughter is ajoy to her loving soul for which I am doubly grateful to you. Every appreciative work and token that reaches my mother and gladdens her heart makes me a thousand times more happy for her than for myself_such is my feeling for her anxiety on my behalf. Though I have never seen you, dear Mrs. Bennett, I have long heard of you through the friends Mr. & Mrs. Grover have often told me of you also my friend and co-worker in "The Revolution" Parker Pillsbury so that in spirit I do not feel you a stranger to me. With many, many thanks to you-and the prayer that my future work may be worthy your approval as well as that of all the good and true I am Sincerely and affectionately yours Susan B. Anthony
Yes, young man, you shall have my autograph and with it the hope that you will do all in your power to help establish the just principle of equality to woman, civil and political;- for it is only through civil & political equality with man that woman can possibly attain pecuniary and social equality, and more desirable than all else, moral equality - Moral power to bring man up to her ideal standard of purity - Let your first vote, therefore, be for woman suffrage- Susan B. Anthony...
Show moreYes, young man, you shall have my autograph and with it the hope that you will do all in your power to help establish the just principle of equality to woman, civil and political;- for it is only through civil & political equality with man that woman can possibly attain pecuniary and social equality, and more desirable than all else, moral equality - Moral power to bring man up to her ideal standard of purity - Let your first vote, therefore, be for woman suffrage- Susan B. Anthony Rochester - N. Y. Aug. 19/71Aug. 19, 1871 Copy of original in Alma Lutz Collection 22 River Street,Boston,Mass. (COPY) Yes, young man, you shall have my autograph and with it the hope that you will do all in your power to help establish the just principle of equality to woman, civil and political;- for it is only through civil & political equality with man that woman can possibly attain pecuniary and social equality, and more desirable than all else, moral equality - Moral power to bring man up to her ideal standard of purity - Let your first vote, therefore, be for woman suffrage- Susan B. Anthony Rochester - N. Y. Aug. 19/71
New York Sept 28/72 Dear Mrs. Livermore Can you give Friday Get. 4th to speak in our Women's N. Y. Meeting in Cooper Institute. Mrs. Stanton will be the other speaker - We do not want but two hence I ask you first. Please answer me immediately by telegraph—if you have not already done so - Oct. 4th is the day address care ofH B. Stanton No. 4 Warren st New York. The cut off of the Associated Press is a most grievous stop of our work beyond the immediate locality. But the New York Papers...
Show moreNew York Sept 28/72 Dear Mrs. Livermore Can you give Friday Get. 4th to speak in our Women's N. Y. Meeting in Cooper Institute. Mrs. Stanton will be the other speaker - We do not want but two hence I ask you first. Please answer me immediately by telegraph—if you have not already done so - Oct. 4th is the day address care ofH B. Stanton No. 4 Warren st New York. The cut off of the Associated Press is a most grievous stop of our work beyond the immediate locality. But the New York Papers will do more for us than all other Cities put together. Say yes or no promptly please Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony Copy Alma Lutz Collection New York Sept 28/72 Dear Mrs. Livermore Can you give Friday Get. 4th to speak in our Women's N. Y. Meeting in Cooper Institute. Mrs. Stanton will be the other speaker - We do not want but two hence I ask you first. Please answer me immediately by telegraph—if you have not already done so - Oct. 4th is the day address care of H B. Stanton No. 4 Warren st New York. The cut off of the Associated Press is a most grievous stop of our work beyond the immediate locality. But the New York Papers will do more for us than all other Cities put together. Say yes or no promptly please Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
if7% Original in Alma Lutz Collection ,vr„. i/f A 141 I (COPY) Card with the following inscription: A person, citizen & voter-Susan B♦ Anthony Rochester B.Y, Nov^ 15, 1872 This was written after Susan B. Anthony had attempted to vote in Rochester, New York, on November 5, 1872♦
NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Ch'n Ex. Com. MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, JANE GRAHAM JONES, 910 Prairie Ave., Chicago, Ill. For. Cor. Sec'y, LAURA CURTIS BULLARD, 85 East Thirty-ninth St., New York. Rec. Sec'y, MARY F. DAVIS, Orange, New Jersey. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, Washington, D. C. Rochester Nov. 19th, 1872. Yes, young man, you shall have the autograph of the woman citizen of the State...
Show moreNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Ch'n Ex. Com. MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, JANE GRAHAM JONES, 910 Prairie Ave., Chicago, Ill. For. Cor. Sec'y, LAURA CURTIS BULLARD, 85 East Thirty-ninth St., New York. Rec. Sec'y, MARY F. DAVIS, Orange, New Jersey. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, Washington, D. C. Rochester Nov. 19th, 1872. Yes, young man, you shall have the autograph of the woman citizen of the State of New York who first registered and voted for national and state officers under the guarantees of the 14th Amendment - and yesterday was arrested for illegal voting by United States officers - Marshall Henry serving the warrant!!---- Thus the question of the equal political rights of women citizens is in fair way to be decided by the judicial powers of the Nation. Respectfully yours Susan B. AnthonyCONSTITUTION OF THE National Woman Suffrage Association ARTICLE 1. —This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage Association. ARTICLE 2. —The object of this Association shall be to secure STATE and NATIONAL protection for women citizens in the exercise of their right to vote. ARTICLE 3. -All citizens of the United States subscribing to this Constitution, and contributing not less than one dollar annually, shall be considered members of the Assocition, with the right to participate in its deliberations. ARTICLE 4. —The officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice-President from each of the States and Territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee of not less than five, and an Advisory Committee consisting of one person from each State and Territory. ARTICLE 5. —All Woman Suffrage Societies throughout the country shall be welcomed as auxiliaries; and their accredited officers or duly appointed representatives shall be recognized as members of the National Association. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Vice-Presidents, Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia, Penn. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tenafly, N. J. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Ct. Martha C. Wright, Auburn, N. Y. Jane Voorhees Leslie, New Castle, Del. Lavinia S. Dundore, Baltimore, Md. Paulina W. Davis, Providence R. I. Sarah A. Yibbard, East Boston, Mass. Mrs. E. W. Willard, Montpelier, Vt. Abbie P. Ela, Rochester, N. H. Lucy A. Snowe, Rockland, Me. Elizabeth Coit, Columbus, Ohio. Catherine F. Stebbins, Detroit, Mich. Mary F. Thomas, Richmond, Ind. Harriet S. Brooks, Chicago, Ill. Mathilde Anneke, Milwaukee, Wis. Fannie Eldridge Russell, Silver Lake, Minn. Annie C. Savery, Des Moines, Iowa. Frances Miner, St. Louis, Mo. Eliz. Avery Meriwether, Memphis, Tenn. Ruth C. Denison, Washington, D. C. Anna W. Bodeker, Richmond, Va. Ada Gregg, Wheeling, West Va. Mary Brown, Ashville, N. Carolina. Frances Anne Pillsbury, Charleston, S. C. Emma Barber, Lexington, Ky. Flora McMartin Wright, Pulatki, Fla. Mary Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. P. Holmes Drake, Mt. Hope, Ala. Emily P. Collins, New Orleans, La. Mrs. W. V. Tunstall, Palestine Texas. Elizabeth B. Schenck, San Francisco, Cal. Hannah H. Clapp, Carson City, Nevada. Julia Brown Bemis, Omaha, Nebraska. Clarinda I. H. Nichols, Wyandotte, Kan. Mary McCook, Denver, Colorado. Sarah Stenhouse, Salt Lake, Utah. Mary P. Sawtelle, Salem, Oregon. Mary O. Brown, Seattle, Wash. Ter. Mary B. Post, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter. Advisory Committee. Ernestine L. Rose, New York. Helen P. Jenkens, Pittsburg, Penn. Deborah W. Butler, Vineland, N. J. Ellen M. Harris, Baltimore, Md. M. Victor, Sturgis, Mich. Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. C. Ann T. Greely, Ellsworth, Me. Mary B. Moses, Great Falls, N. H. Emma Farrand Elkin, Fairfield, Vt. Sarah Southwick, Grantville, Mass. Lucy R. Elmes, Derby, Ct. Mrs. W. F. Channing, Providence, R. I. Susan A. Richardson, Earlville, Ill. Eliza D. Stewart, Springfield, O. Mrs. Dr. Wilhite, Crawfordsville, Ind. Mrs. J. W. Allen, Ripon, Wis. Mrs. E. Berger Stearns, Rochester, Minn. Belle Mansfield, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Mrs. J. C. Underwood, Alexandria, Va. Mrs. E. J. Kirby, Pendleton, S. C. Phoebe W. Couzens, St. Louis, Mo. Ann L. Quinby, Newport, Ky. Mrs. N. H. Cramer, Nashville, Tenn. Hannah M. Rogers, Magnolia, Florida. Mrs. A. Millspaugh, Washington, La. Mrs. S. N. Wood, Montague, Texas. Lizzie C. Aughey, Dakotah City, Neb. Helen E. Starrett, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. M. H. Arnold, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mary Godbe, Salt Lake, Utah. Emily Pitts Stevens, San Francisco, Cal. Charlotte Baker, Virginia City, Nev. Mrs. J. Hayford, Laramie City, Wyoming. Mrs. W. A. Whiting, Central City, Col. Amelia Giddings, Olympia, Wash. Ter. Secretaries. Corresponding—Jane Graham Jones, Chicago, Ill. Foreign Corresponding—Laura Curtis Bullard, New York. Recording—Mary F. Davis, Orange, N. J. Treasurer, - - - - - - - - - Ellen C. Sargent, Washington, D. C. Executive Committee. MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Chairman, Fayetteville, N. Y. Mathilde F. Wendt, New York. Laura De Force Gordon, Stockton, Cal. A. Jane Dunning, Portland, Oregon. Sarah Pugh, Germantown, Pa. Nannetta B. Gardner, Detroit, Mich. Lillie Deveraux Blake, New York. Charlotte B. Wilbour, New York. Elizabeth E. Loomis, Chicago, 111. We propose to make a vigorous campaign of WOMAN SUFFRAGE MASS MEETINGS, with our ablest speakers, during September and October, and earnestly solicit our members and friends to forward contributions in aid thereof to the Chair. Ex. Committee, MRS. M. JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., N. Y.Copy Alma Lutz Collection NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Ch'n Ex. Com. MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, JANE GRAHAM JONES, 910 Prairie Ave., Chicago, Ill. For. Cor. Sec'y, LAURA CURTIS BULLARD, 85 East Thirty-ninth St., New York. Rec. Sec'y, MARY F. DAVIS, Orange, New Jersey. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, Washington, D. C. Rochester Nov. 19th, 1872. Yes, young man, you shall have the autograph of the woman citizen of the State of New York who first registered and voted for national and state officers under the guarantees of the 14th Amendment - and yesterday was arrested for illegal voting by United States officers - Marshall Henry serving the warrant!!---- Thus the question of the equal political rights of women citizens is in fair way to be decided by the judicial powers of the Nation. Respectfully yours Susan B. Anthony
Tenafly, N.J. Jan.12/75 Dear Sir I have ordered the Express to leave two packages of books with you - Will you please pay the charge on them - & I will settle with you on my arrival on Wednesday - I will also make a payment on the hall rent. - Now as to the Hall - Please be sure & have it thoroughly heated - to go into a cold hall just chills & kills a meeting -So dont fail to give us a well warmed room to begin with. Then, without fail - please - give us a carpet on the platform ...
Show moreTenafly, N.J. Jan.12/75 Dear Sir I have ordered the Express to leave two packages of books with you - Will you please pay the charge on them - & I will settle with you on my arrival on Wednesday - I will also make a payment on the hall rent. - Now as to the Hall - Please be sure & have it thoroughly heated - to go into a cold hall just chills & kills a meeting -So dont fail to give us a well warmed room to begin with. Then, without fail - please - give us a carpet on the platform - With a dozzen easy chairs & a sofa - if possible -and three or four small tables along the front - Not that great long one - put that please, on the floor in front of the platform for the Reporters - Then can you not give us a flag or two over the platform ~ & make the hall wear a lady-like appearance generally - - for though we are strong-minded we do not wish to have things about us look Manish ~ Especially - Do have the hall floor cleaned thoroughly -also the anterooms - They were simply filthy last year - We had them just after some sort of tobacco spitting performance -So please give us everything clean as silver, and all in real woman housekeeping order - & we will not only pay our rent promptly - but say a thousand thanks beside - Respectfully yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection (COPY) Tenafly, N.J. Jan.12/75 Dear Sir I have ordered the Express to leave two packages of books with you - Will you please pay the charge on them - & I will settle with you on my arrival on Wednesday - I will also make a payment on the hall rent. - Now as to the Hall - Please be sure & have it thoroughly heated - to go into a cold hall just chills & kills a meeting -So dont fail to give us a well warmed room to begin with. Then, without fail - please - give us a carpet on the platform - With a dozzen easy chairs & a sofa - if possible -and three or four small tables along the front - Not that great long one - put that please, on the floor in front of the platform for the Reporters - Then can you not give us a flag or two over the platform ~ & make the hall wear a lady-like appearance generally - - for though we are strong-minded we do not wish to have things about us look Manish ~ Especially - Do have the hall floor cleaned thoroughly -also the ante rooms - They were simply filthy last year - We had them just after some sort of tobacco spitting performance -So please give us everything clean as silver, and all in real woman housekeeping order - & we will not only pay our rent promptly - but say a thousand thanks beside - Respectfully yours Susan B. Anthony
National Woman Suffrage Association President, MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Vice Presidents, LUCRETIA MOTT, Philadelphia, Pa. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Tenafly, N.J. and others. Rec. Sec'y, HENRIETTA PAINE WESTBROOK, New York. Cor. Sec'y, ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, Hartford, Ct. For. Cor. Sec'y, MATHILDE F. WENDT, New York. Ch'n Ex. Com., SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, 308 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. McGregor Iowa Dec.8th...
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association President, MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Vice Presidents, LUCRETIA MOTT, Philadelphia, Pa. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Tenafly, N.J. and others. Rec. Sec'y, HENRIETTA PAINE WESTBROOK, New York. Cor. Sec'y, ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, Hartford, Ct. For. Cor. Sec'y, MATHILDE F. WENDT, New York. Ch'n Ex. Com., SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, 308 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. McGregor Iowa Dec.8th 1875 Dear Sir Away out west on the banks of the great Father of Waters - your request for Autograph finds me - working to persuade the men of Iowa to vote Yes on the question of Women's voting, at the Election of 1876 - And may your first vote be forEqual Eights - civil and political - to your Mother and Sisters, and to all Women - Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony Rochester N.Y.Alma Lutz Collection (COPY) national Woman Suffrage Association McGregor Iowa Dec.8th 1875 Dear Sir Away out west on the banks of the great Father of Waters - your request for Autograph finds me - working to persuade the men of Iowa to vote Yes on the question of Women's voting, at the Election of 1876 - And may your first vote be for Equal Eights - civil and political - to your Mother and Sisters, and to all Women - Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony Rochester N.Y.
National Woman Suffrage Association President, MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Vice Presidents, LUCRETIA MOTT, Philadelphia, Pa. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Tenafly, N.J. and others. Rec. Sec'y, HENRIETTA PAINE WESTBROOK, New York. Cor. Sec'y, ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, Hartford, Ct. For. Cor. Sec'y, MATHILDE F. WENDT, New York. Ch'n Ex. Com., SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, 308 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. National Woman Suffrage...
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association President, MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y. Vice Presidents, LUCRETIA MOTT, Philadelphia, Pa. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Tenafly, N.J. and others. Rec. Sec'y, HENRIETTA PAINE WESTBROOK, New York. Cor. Sec'y, ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, Hartford, Ct. For. Cor. Sec'y, MATHILDE F. WENDT, New York. Ch'n Ex. Com., SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer, ELLEN C. SARGENT, 308 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. National Woman Suffrage Association, West Liberty Iowa Feb 10th 1876 Dear Mr. Garrison First, a Chicago Tribune notice, then the Card in affectionate memory, and now the Woman's Journal with report of the death and the last loving tribute of Wendell Phillips and other friends, to the sweet and noble nature of your hearts beloved, met my eye here in the far West hard at work to help on thegood cause she loved so well. How beautifully serene she was that last November evening when I last saw her in your hitherto unbroken home- And how, with her bright face and cheerful voice did she ever welcome me to that home for every friend of the slave in Dix Place- I can remember as if but yesterday. She was to me, in Boston, what our dear friend Lydia Mott was in Albany- ever ready to second every plan forwork- and to start out with me to help execute it. She was truly a blessed & blessing spirit here- and how much more so may she be in the beyond- I knew, more than thirteen years ago, what it was to see my noble Father lain away to rest- and the world has seemed less to me ever since- but my dear Mother still lives to bless us with her loving presence- in her 83rd year- and makes to us, my sister Mary & I- all we have of home centre- May your children long have the pleasure of their Fathers presence in the body- For however strong our faith in the future life- it does not fill the vacant places at our hearth stones- With affectionate sympathy for dear Frank & William & Ellen & George & Wendell-& yes the dear Fannie - far away I fear- I am as of old- Yours with almost Veneration- Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection Copy National Woman Suffrage Association, West Liberty Iowa Feb 10th 1876 Dear Mr. Garrison First, a Chicago Tribune notice, then the Card in affectionate memory, and now the Woman's Journal with report of the death and the last loving tribute of Wendell Phillips and other friends, to the sweet and noble nature of your hearts beloved, met my eye here in the far West hard at work to help on the good cause she loved so well. How beautifully serene she was that last November evening when I last saw her in your hitherto unbroken home- And how, with her bright face and cheerful voice did she ever welcome me to that home for every friend of the slave in Dix Place- I can remember as if but yesterday. She was to me, in Boston, what our dear friend Lydia Mott was in Albany- ever ready to second every plan for work- and to start out with me to help execute it. She was truly a blessed & blessing spirit here- and how much more so may she be in the beyond- I knew, more than thirteen years ago, what it was to see my noble Father lain away to rest- and the world has seemed less to me ever since- but my dear Mother still lives to bless us with her loving presence- in her 83rd year- and makes to us, my sister Mary & I- all we have of home centre- May your children long have the pleasure of their Fathers presence in the body- For however strong our faith in the future life- it does not fill the vacant places at our hearth stones- With affectionate sympathy for dear Frank & William & Ellen & George & Wendell-& yes the dear Fannie - far away I fear- I am as of old- Yours with almost Veneration- Susan B. Anthony
CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS National Woman Suffrage Association, 1431 Chestnut Street Pres., ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, N. J. First Vice-Pres., LUCRETIA MOTT, Pa. Chair, Ex. Com., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa., July 18th 1876 My Dear Friend Mrs. Mott will "be present in our. Parlors on Thursdy A. M. from 10 to 12—- I make a morning reception to give the friends an opportunity to meet with dear Mrs. Mott socially-celebrate the 28th...
Show moreCENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS National Woman Suffrage Association, 1431 Chestnut Street Pres., ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, N. J. First Vice-Pres., LUCRETIA MOTT, Pa. Chair, Ex. Com., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa., July 18th 1876 My Dear Friend Mrs. Mott will "be present in our. Parlors on Thursdy A. M. from 10 to 12—- I make a morning reception to give the friends an opportunity to meet with dear Mrs. Mott socially-celebrate the 28th Anniversary of the first W. P. Convention with Mrs. Mott- at the Citizen Suffrage Meeting- at her Son in law- E. M. Davis- office- 333 Walnut St- Which place will be the W. P. head-quarters of the City- after our Parlors are closed- S.B.A.If Mrs. Parker is with please extend invitation to her- it will be the last reception- for the present the rooms will be closed- Hoping to see you- Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony P. S. Our usual reception will be this Tuesday evening - & tomorrow at 2 P. M. - We shallAlma Lutz Collection Copy CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS National Woman Suffrage Association, 1431 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa., July 18th 1876 My Dear Friend Mrs. Mott will "be present in our. Parlors on Thursdy A. M. from 10 to 12—- I make a morning reception to give the friends an opportunity to meet with dear Mrs. Mott socially- If Mrs. Parker is with please extend invitation to her- it will be the last reception- for the present the rooms will be closed- Hoping to see you- Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony P. S. Our usual reception will be this Tuesday evening - & tomorrow at 2 P. M. - We shall celebrate the 28th Anniversary of the first W. P. Convention with Mrs. Mott- at the Citizen Suffrage Meeting- at her Son in law- E. M. Davis- office- 333 Walnut St- Which place will be the W. P. head-quarters of the City- after our Parlors are closed- S.B.A.
CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS National Woman Suffrage Association, Pres., ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, N. J. First Vice-Pres., LUCRETIA MOTT, Pa. Chair, Ex. Com., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, N. Y. 1876 Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876 Thomas C. Powell Dear Sir Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that...
Show moreCENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS National Woman Suffrage Association, Pres., ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, N. J. First Vice-Pres., LUCRETIA MOTT, Pa. Chair, Ex. Com., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, N. Y. Cor. Sec'y, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, N. Y. 1876 Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876 Thomas C. Powell Dear Sir Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that Territory- not equally good & urgent in this state & entire nation- The true position is Suffrage a National right - guaranteed to the U. S. citizen by the Constitution as a U. S. citizen's right, not to be denied by any state, or Territory, except for crime, idiocy, lunacy or infancy-Because of my United States citizenship I am entitled to a voice in the government of the nation, the state, the county, the town & the city in which I chance to reside- We citizens right to vote as well his right to vote as well as his right to freedom must be guaranteed by the National Constitution - and I hope you will see this point & thus urge it in your debates- - and when you shall see a form of petition to Congress for a 16th Amendment I hope you will circulate it and collect a great many names- Respectfully yours Susan B. AnthonyCONSTITUTION OF THE National Woman Suffrage Association ARTICLE 1. —This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage Association. ARTICLE 2. —The object of this Association shall be to secure STATE and NATIONAL protection for women citizens in the exercise of their right to vote. ARTICLE 3. -All citizens of the United States subscribing to this Constitution, and contributing not less than one dollar annually, shall be considered members of the Assocition, with the right to participate in its deliberations. ARTICLE 4. —The officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice-President from each of the States and Territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee of not less than five, and an Advisory Committee consisting of one person from each State and Territory. ARTICLE 5. —All Woman Suffrage Societies throughout the country shall be welcomed as auxiliaries; and their accredited officers or duly appointed representatives shall be recognized as members of the National Association. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y. Vice-Presidents, Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia, Penn. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tenafly, N. J. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Ct. Martha C. Wright, Auburn, N. Y. Jane Voorhees Leslie, New Castle, Del. Lavinia S. Dundore, Baltimore, Md. Paulina W. Davis, Providence R. I. Sarah A. Yibbard, East Boston, Mass. Mrs. E. W. Willard, Montpelier, Vt. Abbie P. Ela, Rochester, N. H. Lucy A. Snowe, Rockland, Me. Elizabeth Coit, Columbus, Ohio. Catherine F. Stebbins, Detroit, Mich. Mary F. Thomas, Richmond, Ind. Harriet S. Brooks, Chicago, Ill. Mathilde Anneke, Milwaukee, Wis. Fannie Eldridge Russell, Silver Lake, Minn. Annie C. Savery, Des Moines, Iowa. Frances Miner, St. Louis, Mo. Eliz. Avery Meriwether, Memphis, Tenn. Ruth C. Denison, Washington, D. C. Anna W. Bodeker, Richmond, Va. Ada Gregg, Wheeling, West Va. Mary Brown, Ashville, N. Carolina. Frances Anne Pillsbury, Charleston, S. C. Emma Barber, Lexington, Ky. Flora McMartin Wright, Pulatki, Fla. Mary Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. P. Holmes Drake, Mt. Hope, Ala. Emily P. Collins, New Orleans, La. Mrs. W. V. Tunstall, Palestine Texas. Elizabeth B. Schenck, San Francisco, Cal. Hannah H. Clapp, Carson City, Nevada. Julia Brown Bemis, Omaha, Nebraska. Clarinda I. H. Nichols, Wyandotte, Kan. Mary McCook, Denver, Colorado. Sarah Stenhouse, Salt Lake, Utah. Mary P. Sawtelle, Salem, Oregon. Mary O. Brown, Seattle, Wash. Ter. Mary B. Post, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter. Advisory Committee. Ernestine L. Rose, New York. Helen P. Jenkens, Pittsburg, Penn. Deborah W. Butler, Vineland, N. J. Ellen M. Harris, Baltimore, Md. M. Victor, Sturgis, Mich. Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. C. Ann T. Greely, Ellsworth, Me. Mary B. Moses, Great Falls, N. H. Emma Farrand Elkin, Fairfield, Vt. Sarah Southwick, Grantville, Mass. Lucy R. Elmes, Derby, Ct. Mrs. W. F. Channing, Providence, R. I. Susan A. Richardson, Earlville, Ill. Eliza D. Stewart, Springfield, O. Mrs. Dr. Wilhite, Crawfordsville, Ind. Mrs. J. W. Allen, Ripon, Wis. Mrs. E. Berger Stearns, Rochester, Minn. Belle Mansfield, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Mrs. J. C. Underwood, Alexandria, Va. Mrs. E. J. Kirby, Pendleton, S. C. Phoebe W. Couzens, St. Louis, Mo. Ann L. Quinby, Newport, Ky. Mrs. N. H. Cramer, Nashville, Tenn. Hannah M. Rogers, Magnolia, Florida. Mrs. A. Millspaugh, Washington, La. Mrs. S. N. Wood, Montague, Texas. Lizzie C. Aughey, Dakotah City, Neb. Helen E. Starrett, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. M. H. Arnold, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mary Godbe, Salt Lake, Utah. Emily Pitts Stevens, San Francisco, Cal. Charlotte Baker, Virginia City, Nev. Mrs. J. Hayford, Laramie City, Wyoming. Mrs. W. A. Whiting, Central City, Col. Amelia Giddings, Olympia, Wash. Ter. Secretaries. Corresponding—Jane Graham Jones, Chicago, Ill. Foreign Corresponding—Laura Curtis Bullard, New York. Recording—Mary F. Davis, Orange, N. J. Treasurer, - - - - - - - - - Ellen C. Sargent, Washington, D. C. Executive Committee. MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Chairman, Fayetteville, N. Y. Mathilde F. Wendt, New York. Laura De Force Gordon, Stockton, Cal. A. Jane Dunning, Portland, Oregon. Sarah Pugh, Germantown, Pa. Nannetta B. Gardner, Detroit, Mich. Lillie Deveraux Blake, New York. Charlotte B. Wilbour, New York. Elizabeth E. Loomis, Chicago, 111. We propose to make a vigorous campaign of WOMAN SUFFRAGE MASS MEETINGS, with our ablest speakers, during September and October, and earnestly solicit our members and friends to forward contributions in aid thereof to the Chair. Ex. Committee, MRS. M. JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., N. Y.Alma Lutz Collection Copy CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS National Woman Suffrage Association, 1876 Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876 Thomas C. Powell Dear Sir Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that Territory- not equally good & urgent in this state & entire nation- The true position is Suffrage a National right - guaranteed to the U. S. citizen by the Constitution as a U. S. citizen's right, not to be denied by any state, or Territory, except for crime, idiocy, lunacy or infancy- Because of my United States citizenship I am entitled to a voice in the government of the nation, the state, the county, the town & the city in which I chance to reside- We citizens right to vote as well his right to vote as well as his right to freedom must be guaranteed by the National Constitution - and I hope you will see this point & thus urge it in your debates- - and when you shall see a form of petition to Congress for a 16th Amendment I hope you will circulate it and collect a great many names- Respectfully yours Susan B. Anthony
NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Tenafly N.J, Nov. 20th 1880 My Dear Mrs. Gray In returning from New York tonight, I mat dear Mrs. Taylor of Wyandotte, who told me you now lived in that City -I gave her my wish that the women of Kansas should now make a testimonial to dear Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols - in this wise - Make up a purse of $150. to pay for a steel engraving (& 2000 copies of it for our first edition) - of Mrs. Nichols to go into our history of Woman Suffrage - - Mrs. N. is not...
Show moreNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Tenafly N.J, Nov. 20th 1880 My Dear Mrs. Gray In returning from New York tonight, I mat dear Mrs. Taylor of Wyandotte, who told me you now lived in that City -I gave her my wish that the women of Kansas should now make a testimonial to dear Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols - in this wise - Make up a purse of $150. to pay for a steel engraving (& 2000 copies of it for our first edition) - of Mrs. Nichols to go into our history of Woman Suffrage - - Mrs. N. is not able to pay for the plate & 2000 copies herself - and the sum given me to print the history, is not large enough to do more than pay the bare printing - So that the persons whose pictures are put into our history will have to pay the cost thereof - If you can't raise the §150 - get as near to it as you can - for I want Mrs. Nichols sweet face to go down to posterity in our book together with that of dear Lucretia Mott, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Rose - & the rest of the early workersI hope you have taken the "National Citizen & Ballot Box, published by Mrs. M. Joslyn Gage Syracuse, N.Y. * price $1 a year - and read all of Mrs. Nichols reminiscences of Kansas - If none of you take it - don't fail to send on your dollar, at once - so you can see from time to time how we get on with the history. And wont you good friends of Mrs. Nichols & of our cause, put on your thinking caps and recall every funny incident you can, and write everything down and send to me - to help us in history. I met Gov. Crawford in New York, and he thought Gen. Adams of the State Historical Society would see that money was raised for the engraving of Mrs. Nichols - And I should think Gov. Robinson would contribute - Will you look over the ground & tell me what can be done - - I am spending the winter with Mrs. Stanton, working on our history, which is now in progress - Mrs. S. Is correcting proof this evening - Thus you will see that I want to know immediately what you women of Kansas & men too - will do to help us to have Mrs. Nichols picture in it - I sent ever so much love by Mrs. Taylor to you and to Dr. & Mrs. Root - & to the Judge & to "bairns" - Sincerely yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection (copy) NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Tenafly N.J, Nov. 20th 1880 My Dear Mrs. Gray In returning from New York tonight, I mat dear Mrs. Taylor of Wyandotte, who told me you now lived in that City -I gave her my wish that the women of Kansas should now make a testimonial to dear Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols - in this wise - Make up a purse of $150. to pay for a steel engraving (& 2000 copies of it for our first edition) - of Mrs. Nichols to go into our history of Woman Suffrage - - Mrs. N. is not able to pay for the plate & 2000 copies herself - and the sum given me to print the history, is not large enough to do more than pay the bare printing - So that the persons whose pictures are put into our history will have to pay the cost thereof - If you can't raise the §150 - get as near to it as you can - for I want Mrs. Nichols sweet face to go down to posterity in our book together with that of dear Lucretia Mott, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Rose - & the rest of the early workers - I hope you have taken the "National Citizen & Ballot Box, published by Mrs. M. Joslyn Gage Syracuse, N.Y. * price $1 a year - and read all of Mrs. Nichols reminiscences of Kansas - If none of you take it - don't fail to send on your dollar, at once - so you can see from time to time how we get on with the history. And wont you good friends of Mrs. Nichols & of our cause, put on your thinking caps and recall every funny incident you can, and write everything down and send to me - to help us in history.I met Gov. Crawford in New York, and he thought Gen. Adams of the State Historical Society would see that money was raised for the engraving of Mrs. Nichols - And I should think Gov. Robinson would contribute - Will you look over the ground & tell me what can be done - - I am spending the winter with Mrs. Stanton, working on our history, which is now in progress - Mrs. S. Is correcting proof this evening - Thus you will see that I want to know immediately what you women of Kansas & men too - will do to help us to have Mrs. Nichols picture in it - I sent ever so much love by Mrs. Taylor to you and to Dr. & Mrs. Root - & to the Judge & to "bairns" - Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
National Woman Suffrage Association 1880 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? Tenafly, N.J. Jan. 7, 1881 Dear Mrs. Blake: I meant to be over for last evening - but alas - wasn't - nor do either the Sun or Tribune give a line of your meeting that I can find. But now, you don't say to us if you are surely goingto Washington - I hope you are going - Our idea is to have...
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association 1880 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? Tenafly, N.J. Jan. 7, 1881 Dear Mrs. Blake: I meant to be over for last evening - but alas - wasn't - nor do either the Sun or Tribune give a line of your meeting that I can find. But now, you don't say to us if you are surely goingto Washington - I hope you are going - Our idea is to have our Opening Session - Tuesday A.M. devoted to addresses on Lucretia Mott especially, and other great women who have passed on - also - - Mrs. Stanton is getting ready hers on Lucretia - which will deliver first - and then each of the rest of us follow with 5 or 10 or 15 minutes as the spirit moveth - Then I want you to makeyour splendid citizenship speech at the say Tuesday eveg session - the best I ever heard you was at Terre Haute- last spring - that fearfully slim audience to !! - Now if you are going - write to Mrs. Lockwood - at once- 619 - F Street- N.W.- Washington, D.C. - that she may announce you as one of the speakers in the city papers - Please, also, if you know - tell her that Mrs. Slocum & Dr. Lozier will be there too- Mrs. Lockwood thinks The National Hotel - is the best place - on the whole- I wish we could all be at The Riggs - together - but only Mrs. Stanton & self are invited as guests - and their very lowest - for two or four in a room is $3. a day - while The National is not half of that I think - only $1. a day last year. Mrs. S. & I will go on to W. Saturday - so as to be on hand to see to preliminaries a little — Sincerely yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection National Woman Suffrage Association 1880 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? Tenafly, N.J. Jan. 7, 1881 Dear Mrs. Blake: I meant to be over for last evening - but alas - wasn't - nor do either the Sun or Tribune give a line of your meeting that I can find. But now, you don't say to us if you are surely going to Washington - I hope you are going - Our idea is to have our Opening Session - Tuesday A.M. devoted to addresses on Lucretia Mott especially, and other great women who have passed on - also - - Mrs. Stanton is getting ready hers on Lucretia - which will deliver first - and then each of the rest of us follow with 5 or 10 or 15 minutes as the spirit moveth - Then I want you to make your splendid citizenship speech at the say Tuesday eveg session - the best I ever heard you was at Terre Haute- last spring - that fearfully slim audience to !! - Now if you are going - write to Mrs. Lockwood - at once- 619 - F Street- N.W.- Washington, D.C. - that she may announce you as one of the speakers in the city papers - Please, also, if you know - tell her that Mrs. Slocum & Dr. Lozier will be there too- Mrs. Lockwood thinks The National Hotel - is the best place - on the whole- I wish we could all be at The Riggs - together - but only Mrs. Stanton & self are invited as guests - and their very lowest - for two or four in a room is $3. a day - while The National is not half of that I think - only $1. a day last year. Mrs. S. & I will go on to W. Saturday - so as to be on hand to see to preliminaries a little — Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
Tenafly N. J. Feb. 9/81 Dear Friend We very much hope you will remember some other points of those Temperance meetings- & send them on at once- We are making a fine paragrah on your meetings for our history-- Do you remember about a Temp. meeting in Phila. Feb. 7, 1852 addressed by Rev Albert Barnes, John Chambers & others-specially inviting the Ladies- And then the Women calling a Women's Mass Temp. Con. right after it- held Feb. 21st 1852- ? - If you do- please tell us about it...
Show moreTenafly N. J. Feb. 9/81 Dear Friend We very much hope you will remember some other points of those Temperance meetings- & send them on at once- We are making a fine paragrah on your meetings for our history-- Do you remember about a Temp. meeting in Phila. Feb. 7, 1852 addressed by Rev Albert Barnes, John Chambers & others-specially inviting the Ladies- And then the Women calling a Women's Mass Temp. Con. right after it- held Feb. 21st 1852- ? - If you do- please tell us about it-Then, most - & first- Can you tell who has Ann Preston's papers? She gave a report of the insults & persecution of the Women Students of the Medical College at our W. R. Convention in Phila. Oct. 18 & 19. 1854- and of course among her papers must be accounts of those insults- If you know- will you make an effort to get them looked over & send us such accounts- and send us at once- We have Penn. Chapter almost done- 1st- The Phila. Temp. Meetings- Feb, 7th and 21st 1852- 2d- Ann Preston's account of the Medical Students persecutionsYou see "one good turn deserves another" is still the fashion- Sincerely yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection Copy Tenafly N. J. Feb. 9/81 Dear Friend We very much hope you will remember some other points of those Temperance meetings- & send them on at once- We are making a fine paragrah on your meetings for our history-- Do you remember about a Temp. meeting in Phila. Feb. 7, 1852 addressed by Rev Albert Barnes, John Chambers & others-specially inviting the Ladies- And then the Women calling a Women's Mass Temp. Con. right after it- held Feb. 21st 1852- ? - If you do- please tell us about it- Then, most - & first- Can you tell who has Ann Preston's papers? She gave a report of the insults & persecution of the Women Students of the Medical College at our W. R. Convention in Phila. Oct. 18 & 19. 1854- and of course among her papers must be accounts of those insults- If you know- will you make an effort to get them looked over & send us such accounts- and send us at once- We have Penn. Chapter almost done- 1st- The Phila. Temp. Meetings- Feb, 7th and 21st 1852- 2d- Ann Preston's account of the Medical Students persecutions You see "one good turn deserves another" is still the fashion- Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
National Woman Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governd;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayettville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office...
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governd;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayettville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office, Washington, D. C. RACHEL G. FOSTER, Corresponding Secretary, 1909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JANE H. SPOFFORD, Treasurer, Riggs House, Washington, D. C. 39 West 26th Street -New York May 5, 1882 Dear Mr. Weinheimer Your note is here - It is my own delay in part -but you shall have the last proof of the chapters as far as we have them - - Should there be a failure - please send to my printer for them - Mr. E. O. Jenkins - 90 North William Street - Thanks for the papers you have so kindly sent me - I got the one via Tenafly - also - I note the Tribune's Editorial on the Legislature's note of 77 - the day before yesterday - When we women actually have the ballot the tone of talk about it will suddenly change!!I wish the Tribune could be turned into advocating the demand - but time and necessity, only, can do it !! Sincerely yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection COPY NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION 1881 1882 39 West 26th Street -New York May 5, 1882 Dear Mr. Weinheimer Your note is here - It is my own delay in part -but you shall have the last proof of the chapters as far as we have them - - Should there be a failure - please send to my printer for them - Mr. E. O. Jenkins - 90 North William Street - Thanks for the papers you have so kindly sent me - I got the one via Tenafly - also - I note the Tribune's Editorial on the Legislature's note of 77 - the day before yesterday - When we women actually have the ballot the tone of talk about it will suddenly change!! I wish the Tribune could be turned into advocating the demand - but time and necessity, only, can do it !! Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governd;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayettville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office, Washington, D. C. RACHEL G. FOSTER, Corresponding Secretary, 1909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JANE H. SPOFFORD, Treasurer, Riggs House, Washington, D. C. 39-West 26th Street New York May 26, 1882 Dear Mr. Weinheimer It just occurs to me that you might like to be one of our party to see Mrs Stanton off tomorrow - She sails on the Chateux Leovelle - at the foot of Laight Street at 3 Oclock P. M - (May 27th) - I shall be very happy introduce our Editor in Chief of the Woman Suffrage Party - to our Indexer She is receiving letters and telegrams of greeting and good bye from many sources showing the estimate a portion of the world of women have of her Since's yours - Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection (COPY) NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;11 the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? 39-West 26th Street New York May 26, 1882 Dear Mr. Weinheimer It just occurs to me that you might like to be one of our party to see Mrs Stanton off tomorrow - She sails on the Chateux Leovelle - at the foot of Laight Street at 3 Oclock P. M - (May 27th) - I shall be very happy introduce our Editor in Chief of the Woman Suffrage Party - to our Indexer She is receiving letters and telegrams of greeting and good bye from many sources showing the estimate a portion of the world of women have of her Since's yours - Susan B. Anthony
National Woman's Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l&apos...
Show moreNational Woman's Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office, Washington, D. C. RACHEL G. FOSTER, Corresponding Secretary, 1909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JANE H. SPOFFORD, Treasurer, Riggs House, Washington, D. C. Rochester,N.Y. Aug. 22, 1882 Dr. J. D. Buck My Dear Sir Sometime since I had sent to you, by order of our mutual friend, Parker Pillsbury, a leather bound copy of Vol. I of Our History of Woman Suffrage and I have now given order to the publishers to forward a similar copy of Vol. II to your address - by similar request from Mr. Pillsbury - I shall hope to hear that you have received both in good shape. From the fact, Doctor, that you are the friend of Mr. P. I take it for granted that you are a friend, too, of the great movement for the enfranchisement of women - And hence - that I may askof you a letter to be read at our coming National Convention, to be held in Omaha - Nebraska-September 26, 27, 28- where I intend to be & not only there - but in the state lecturing from the 10th of September to the day of their election - The current of feeling seems setting very rapidly in the direction of woman suffrage & I am not without hope that we may gain it in Nebraska the 8th of November - Will you not also send us your name and contribution & allow us to reckon you a member among us of the National ? Very sincerely yours, Susan B. Anthony PS I shall remain here until Sept. 1. Then after that my address will be - Omaha, Neb. - care of U.S.Senator A. Saunders - & I shall hope for a letter there to be read at our Con. that will rouse the men of Nebraska, everyone who sees or hears it to vote for woman suffrage.Original in Alma Lutz Collection. National Woman's Suffrage Association 1881 1882 Rochester,N.Y. Aug. 22, 1882 Dr. J. D. Buck My Dear Sir Sometime since I had sent to you, by order of our mutual friend, Parker Pillsbury, a leather bound copy of Vol. I of Our History of Woman Suffrage and I have now given order to the publishers to forward a similar copy of Vol. II to your address - by similar request from Mr. Pillsbury - I shall hope to hear that you have received both in good shape. From the fact, Doctor, that you are the friend of Mr. P. I take it for granted that you are a friend, too, of the great movement for the enfranchisement of women - And hence - that I may ask of you a letter to be read at our coming National Convention, to be held in Omaha - Nebraska-September 26, 27, 28- where I intend to be & not only there - but in the state lecturing from the 10th of September to the day of their election - The current of feeling seems setting very rapidly in the direction of woman suffrage & I am not without hope that we may gain it in Nebraska the 8th of November - Will you not also send us your name and contribution & allow us to reckon you a member among us of the National ? Very sincerely yours, Susan B. Anthony PS I shall remain here until Sept. 1. Then after that my address will be - Omaha, Neb. - care of U.S.Senator A. Saunders - & I shall hope for a letter there to be read at our Con. that will rouse the men of Nebraska, everyone who sees or hears it to vote for woman suffrage.
London Nov. 5, 1883 My Dear Mrs. Mellen This is to extend formal invitation to you and your entire household of faith to honor Mrs. Stanton & myself and the lonely home of Miss Muller with a call on Friday Nov-9th from 2 to 5- -No 58 Cadagan Place-W- is the place- I have seen dear Mrs Lucas to-day-and she insists that Mrs Stanton & I shall take a 7 o'clock substantial tea with her on Thursday evening- & we are to finish at Miss Muller's with Mrs Garrett Fawcett on...
Show moreLondon Nov. 5, 1883 My Dear Mrs. Mellen This is to extend formal invitation to you and your entire household of faith to honor Mrs. Stanton & myself and the lonely home of Miss Muller with a call on Friday Nov-9th from 2 to 5- -No 58 Cadagan Place-W- is the place- I have seen dear Mrs Lucas to-day-and she insists that Mrs Stanton & I shall take a 7 o'clock substantial tea with her on Thursday evening- & we are to finish at Miss Muller's with Mrs Garrett Fawcett on Thursday at 1- Hence your day for dinner must be Wednesday - unless you can make change of nights with Mrs Lucas- Tomorrow morning I visit Westminster!! -and will be at Mrs Rose's- 32 Petersburgh Place- Bayswater-four o'clock- That is- I shall go to Westminster- if Miss Muller doesn't call for me to go to the photographers! - I have written 40 notes today & more- telling the friends that Mrs S. & I were to be at Miss Muller's on Friday- Can't you be one of this party to see us off- at Liverpool- Mrs Lucgs will be there- Lovingly yours Susan B. Anthony Copy Alma Lutz Collection London Nov. 5, 1883 My Dear Mrs. Mellen This is to extend formal invitation to you and your entire household of faith to honor Mrs. Stanton & myself and the lonely home of Miss Muller with a call on Friday Nov-9th from 2 to 5- -No 58 Cadagan Place-W- is the place- I have seen dear Mrs Lucas to-day- and she insists that Mrs Stanton & I shall take a 7 o'clock substantial tea with her on Thursday evening- & we are to finish at Miss Muller's with Mrs Garrett Fawcett on Thursday at 1- Hence your day for dinner must be Wednesday - unless you can make change of nights with Mrs Lucas- Tomorrow morning I visit Westminster!! -and will be at Mrs Rose's- 32 Petersburgh Place- Bayswater-four o'clock- That is- I shall go to Westminster- if Miss Muller doesn't call for me to go to the photographers! - I have written 40 notes today & more- telling the friends that Mrs S. & I were to be at Miss Muller's on Friday- Can't you be one of this party to see us off- at Liverpool- Mrs Lucgs will be there- Lovingly yours Susan B. Anthony
The Rigg's House Washington-Jan. 7, 1884- My Dear Mrs. Hutchin's Your very kind note asking me to dine with you some evening this week came last evening. I shall be very happy to accept your invitation for any day, except Saturday,- I have never met your husband, I believe, though his paper had done many a kind service to our good cause of Equal Rights for women, and I shall therefore be glad to know him personally, as well as his wife! But let me disabuse your mind of the idea that...
Show moreThe Rigg's House Washington-Jan. 7, 1884- My Dear Mrs. Hutchin's Your very kind note asking me to dine with you some evening this week came last evening. I shall be very happy to accept your invitation for any day, except Saturday,- I have never met your husband, I believe, though his paper had done many a kind service to our good cause of Equal Rights for women, and I shall therefore be glad to know him personally, as well as his wife! But let me disabuse your mind of the idea that Mrs. Spofford took me to call on you for other that Social purpose- Long before I received Mrs. Hooker's letter telling me she was to visit you In February- Mrs. Spofford had several times said to me- " I received Mrs. Hutchin's wedding cards when I was in the country- and I must call on her very soon"- Therefore it was Mrs Spofford's Social call on the bride- and as a compliment I was permitted to accompany her- But the fact is- that I have for a whole life time so worked for woman's enfranchisement that no one can see or hear of my going or coming but they at once know women suffrage must be the main spring. And really- it is- for I neither see nor hear but with a thought of the great end I so long to attain. Therefore instead of displeasing me to be thus suspected- it ratherproves to me that I have not worked in vain- Since my very name has become the synonym, of "Perfect equality of rights for women, Civil and Political- Thanking you for your great kindness- I am Very sincerely yours Susan B AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Collection The Rigg's House Washington-Jan. 7, 1884- My Dear Mrs. Hutchin's Your very kind note asking me to dine with you some evening this week came last evening. I shall be very happy to accept your invitation for any day, except Saturday,- I have never met your husband, I believe, though his paper had done many a kind service to our good cause of Equal Rights for women, and I shall therefore be glad to know him personally, as well as his wife! But let me disabuse your mind of the idea that Mrs. Spofford took me to call on you for other that Social purpose- Long before I received Mrs. Hooker's letter telling me she was to visit you In February- Mrs. Spofford had several times said to me- " I received Mrs. Hutchin's wedding cards when I was in the country- and I must call on her very soon"- Therefore it was Mrs Spofford's Social call on the bride- and as a compliment I was permitted to accompany her- But the fact is- that I have for a whole life time so worked for woman's enfranchisement that no one can see or hear of my going or coming but they at once know women suffrage must be the main spring. And really- it is- for I neither see nor hear but with a thought of the great end I so long to attain. Therefore instead of displeasing me to be thus suspected- it rather proves to me that I have not worked in vain- Since my very name has become the synonym, of "Perfect equality of rights for women, Civil and Political- Thanking you for your great kindness- I am Very sincerely yours Susan B Anthony
Let woman's opinion be counted at the Ballot-Box precisely as man's is!! Susan B. Anthony Rochester N.Y. Jan. 18, 1884[COPY) * * * * * Let woman's opinion be counted at the Ballot-Box precisely as man's is!! Susan B. Anthony Rochester N.Y. Jan. 18, 1884
The Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 18-84 My Dear Sir: Will you kindly tell me if you would have voted for the resolution for a Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, had you been in the House when the vote was taken Dec. 20? Or rather- would you vote for a Committee if another motion were brought before the House? By answering the above questions you will greatly oblige- Yours Most Respectfully Susan B. AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Collection The Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 18-84 My Dear Sir: Will you...
Show moreThe Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 18-84 My Dear Sir: Will you kindly tell me if you would have voted for the resolution for a Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, had you been in the House when the vote was taken Dec. 20? Or rather- would you vote for a Committee if another motion were brought before the House? By answering the above questions you will greatly oblige- Yours Most Respectfully Susan B. AnthonyCopy Alma Lutz Collection The Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 18-84 My Dear Sir: Will you kindly tell me if you would have voted for the resolution for a Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, had you been in the House when the vote was taken Dec. 20? Or rather- would you vote for a Committee if another motion were brought before the House? By answering the above questions you will greatly oblige- Yours Most Respectfully Susan B. Anthony
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governd;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayettville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office, Washington, D. C. RACHEL G. FOSTER, Corresponding Secretary, 1909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JANE H. SPOFFORD, Treasurer, Riggs House, Washington, D. C. Riggs House, Washington, D.C. Feb. 21st 1884 Dear Mrs. Blake You will probably or can speak Wednesday ev'ng the 5th - I have taken the refusal of the Hall for the 7th. There are so many of the speakers who must have their time in the evening - by gaslight - we will have four evenings! Mrs. Sewall is to reach here the 28th inst - when we will put our heads at work on the program - We have fourteen of our best speakers engaged!! & I shall be disappointed if we do not have the best Con. we ever had! I note what you say of room & shall hope to get one for you - but if there doesn't come a lull in the Washington visiting mania - exactly where or how - I cannot see - Mr. Spoffordhas to turn away a score or more every night - such is the jam here now - But I shall hope to find room for our speakers & delegates when the time comes - Sin'ly yours Susan B. AnthonyOriginal in Alma Lutz Collection National Woman's Suffrage Association 1884 "Governments Derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"; the ballot is consent. Why should woman he governed without her consent? Riggs House Washington, D.C. Feb. 21st 1884 Dear Mrs. Blake You will probably or can speak Wednesday ev'ng the 5th - I have taken the refusal of the Hall for the 7th. There are so many of the speakers who must have their time in the evening - by gaslight - we will have four evenings! Mrs. Sewall is to reach here the 28th inst - when we will put our heads at work on the program - We have fourteen of our best speakers engaged!! & I shall be disappointed if we do not have the best Con. we ever had! I note what you say of room & shall hope to get one for you - but if there doesn't come a lull in the Washington visiting mania - exactly where or how - I cannot see - Mr. Spofford has to turn away a score or more every night - such is the jam here now - But I shall hope to find room for our speakers & delegates when the time comes - Sin'ly yours Susan B. Anthony
NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION 1384 March 22d- 1884 My Dear Mrs Thomas We were all very much disappointed at your misfortune that kept you from us- It was the most splendid four days protracted meetingI If you are well enough I wish you would write me your good word to go into our pamphlet report- From all we no?/ have- we shall simply say that at last momentyou were detained by illness! Mrs Stanton- too- and Olympia now is- three- gone out at the last moment- I hope you are fully rested...
Show moreNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION 1384 March 22d- 1884 My Dear Mrs Thomas We were all very much disappointed at your misfortune that kept you from us- It was the most splendid four days protracted meetingI If you are well enough I wish you would write me your good word to go into our pamphlet report- From all we no?/ have- we shall simply say that at last momentyou were detained by illness! Mrs Stanton- too- and Olympia now is- three- gone out at the last moment- I hope you are fully rested- thank dear Mrs Soule1 for me- It was good of her to write of & for you- Lovingly yours Susan B. Anthony
National Woman Suffrage Association. "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, president, Johnstown, n.y. Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, n. y. ■ Matilda Joslyn Gage, fayetteville, n. y. Phcebe W. Couzins, St. Louis, mo. Rev! Olympia Brown, racine, wis. Abigail Scott Duniway, Portland, Oregon. vice-presidents at large. May Wright Sewall, chairman ex. com., 405 n. Penn St., Indianapolis ind. Ellen H. Sheldon,...
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association. "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, president, Johnstown, n.y. Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, n. y. ■ Matilda Joslyn Gage, fayetteville, n. y. Phcebe W. Couzins, St. Louis, mo. Rev! Olympia Brown, racine, wis. Abigail Scott Duniway, Portland, Oregon. vice-presidents at large. May Wright Sewall, chairman ex. com., 405 n. Penn St., Indianapolis ind. Ellen H. Sheldon, rec. seg., Q.m.-Genl's Office, Washington, d. C. Rachel G. Foster, cor. sec., Philadelphia, pa. Jane H. Spofford, treas., riggs house, Washington, d. c. Johnstown Fulton Co. -N.Y. Aug. 21, 1884 My Dear Mrs. Bowles I see by the Woman's Journal- that you are preaching but 10 miles from birth place- South Adams- and I write you to say that I want you to set down in your note book- Washington National W.L. Convention- for 1885- date last of Jan. or early in Feb !!!- And prepare yourself for two speeches-one to women and the people- and one to our official Committees - a Congress! I have long wanted you to be present at one of our Wash. Cons- and if you cannot afford the cost of this journey- we will help you on that- & pay your local expenses
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governd;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayettville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office, Washington, D. C. RACHEL G. FOSTER, Corresponding Secretary, 1909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JANE H. SPOFFORD, Treasurer, Riggs House, Washington, D. C. Rochester N. Y. July 21/85 Dear Mr Weinheimer As I wrote you on Monday the 19th I am at home, and greatly disappointed that the Index copy is not in hands of my printer! Do, I pray you finish it up at your very earliest moment - - the delay in getting out my book is going to interfere with all my plans for Fall Work - Can you not get any one to help you? - Is there anything that I can do to forward the work? Very Sincerely yours Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection (COPY) NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;" the ballot is consent. Rochester N. Y. July 21/85 Dear Mr Weinheimer As I wrote you on Monday the 19th I am at home, and greatly disappointed that the Index copy is not in hands of my printer! Do, I pray you finish it up at your very earliest moment - - the delay in getting out my book is going to interfere with all my plans for Fall Work - Can you not get any one to help you? - Is there anything that I can do to forward the work? Very Sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony
Show moreNational Woman Suffrage Association 1881 1882 "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governd;" the ballot is consent. Why should woman be governed without her consent? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres., Tenafly, N. J. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Fayettville, N. Y., Vice Pres. at Large. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Chair. Ex. Com., 405 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind. ELLEN H. SHELDON, Recording Secretary, Q. M. Gen'l's Office, Washington, D. C. RACHEL G. FOSTER, Corresponding Secretary, 1909 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JANE H. SPOFFORD, Treasurer, Riggs House, Washington, D. C. Tenafly N.J. Oct. 11/85 Dear Frank After mailing the letter of Mr Adams to John I found this with the imprint of the medal he found- I have just read the Tribune!s word, on your first two volumesI have just read the Tribune!s word, on your first two volumes of your glorious Fathers life- by yourself & Wendell- - Perhaps it is as good as can be expected from a political stand- point- and from a paper that perchance has not wholly forgotten how its founder Horace Greely used to come in for a share of the non-resistant flagellation of those olden times— Of course the descendants of those who were subjects of the Liberators rebukes- will quail for their parents— as the children of the great hero glory in their ancestor- With best love Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz Collection Copy NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. Tenafly N.J. Oct. 11/85 Dear Frank After mailing the letter of Mr Adams to John I found this with the imprint of the medal he found- I have just read the Tribune!s word, on your first two volumes of your glorious Fathers life- by yourself & Wendell- - Perhaps it is as good as can be expected from a political stand- point- and from a paper that perchance has not wholly forgotten how its founder Horace Greely used to come in for a share of the non-resistant flagellation of those olden times— Of course the descendants of those who were subjects of the Liberators rebukes- will quail for their parents— as the children of the great hero glory in their ancestor- With best love Susan B. Anthony
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Religious Motifs in Chekhov's "Muzhiki" George Pahomov* The acceptance or denial of the concept, suggested by some anthropologists and psychologists, that art is rooted in mankind's attempt to commune with the sacred becomes of no consequence if the work of art at hand contains explicit religious themes. Thus; in Chekhov's "Muzhiki," without any a priori commitment to its meaning or evaluation, one notes, as pure recurring phenomena, the rich resonance of Easte
Perceptions of the Trinity: Bakhtin and Co-being in Russian Literary Culture George Pahomov* It may be asserted that an implicit task of Orthodoxy is to keep human beings from becoming isolated. Isolation, to the Orthodox mind, is the road that leads to self-absorption and solipsism, to self-idolatry, the creation of an absolutely sovereign self, and has a pernicious effect on human behavior. In his writings Dostoevsky was keenly aware of this tendency. His demonic characters do not have the wil
Valentine Tfcchebotarioff-Bill. Chekhov: The Silent Voice of Freedom. New York: Philosophical Library, 1987. 277 pp. The book is presented in the essayistic tradition of Isaiah Berlin and George Steiner, and its contemplative approach is meant to engage the educated reader as well as the specialist. It succeeds rather well in the task it sets for itself. The author recapitulates the moral/didactic tradition of Russian literature exemplified by Dostoevslcy and Tblstoy, by die various ideological
Nature and the Use of Paradox in Hirgenev George Pahomov* Hirgenev has been traditionally cited for his placid and languid, if not torpid, style. Nowhere has this been more true than in his set-piece descriptions of nature. It is here that the absence of dynamic elements which energize the prose of other writers is most keenly felt. Time, plot, character development, action and counter-action, climax and resolution are suspended as the dynamic is eschewed in favor of the static. Yet the need to
Chekhov: Beyond Determinism George Pahomov* Though Chekhov's middle and later works seem to take an increasingly somber and pessimistic view of life, most critics agree that his early writings are the vibrant, even frolicsome, product of a happy sensibility.1 The years 1888-1889 have been widely accepted as a period of spiritual crisis for Chekhov and pointed to as a watershed, the downward slope of which, though marked by occasional rises, ineluctably banks into a darkening valley.3 Yet th
ZHUKOVSKY AND PUSHKIN: TRUE BELIEVER AND SKEPTIC by George Pahomov * The present paper will mark some of the similarities and differences in the treatment of love by Zhukovsky and Pushkin as found in their lyrics. On the basis of the theme of love it will attempt to evaluate the nature of Pushkin's contribution to Russian literature on this 175th anniversary of his birth. The two poets' conception of love cannot be understood without understanding something of the nature of romanticism
Bunin: Loss and Remembrance George Pahomov* The significance of memory and nostalgia in shaping Bunin's art has been acknowledged by critics through time and across ideological gulfs. Soviet critics tended to see emigration as the prime cause of Bunin's nostalgia and the wellspring of his art. Thus, typically for his school, Afanas'ev asserts that Bunin's "lyrical prose" which is the direct expression of the author's feelings is determined by «тоска писателя...
George (Юрий Григорьевич) Krugovoy 1924-2012 George Krugovoy died in Springfield, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, on December 22, 2012. He was born in 1924 in Kharkov, then in the Soviet Union, and grew up in a time of famine and political terror to which his father fell victim. Toward the end of World War II he made his way westward, part of an enormous stream of displaced persons. He found refuge in Austria where he lived for some twelve years, working and studying at the University of
CHEKHOV: CATEGORIES OF TIME AND ENTROPY GEORGE PAHOMOV Bryn Mawr College In the nineteenth century, as perhaps in no other era, science provided models to be borrowed for the understanding and assessment of individual human beings and of human society. Darwin's theorizing on evolution was readily applied by social critics and theoreticians to their realms. The physical sciences were similarly reverenced. Entropy, a concept engendered in the study of the dissipation of heat in steam engines
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Oracle wins case against Library of Congress over cloud contract that asked for Google, AWS, or Azure
Oracle wasn't even considered
The US Government Accountability Office has ruled in favor of Oracle against the Library of Congress for restricting a public contract after asking resellers to provide Google, AWS, and Azure cloud services.
First reported by The Register, the decision took place on September 9.
The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, located in Washington DC – Wikimedia Commons
Branded mess
The drama began on May 1 when the contract documents were first issued by the LoC. In the details, the library requested resellers to pitch for the contract where they would be providing around 13 applications ranging from cloud computing, storage, and software - all services had to be derived from the above cloud providers.
Oracle took issue with this and followed up with a suit, on June 1, along with its tech reseller Mythic. The GAO decided Oracle had a case against the LoC after the contract proved the library had effectively squeezed them out of any bid. The term of the contract would cover around five years and comprise up to $150m in services.
The LoC is the research arm of the US Congress, storing and recording aspects of American culture and gives citizens access to government texts (bills).
By specifying the brands, the library, according to the GAO, Mythic, and Oracle breached the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which governs how public contracts have to be open and competitive. The complainants argued the contract listed the brands without proper justification or reasoning.
FAR does allow public agencies to use brands in its contracts for purchase descriptions or specifications, but prioritizes performance specifications as “preferred over the use of brand-name or equal-specifications." The GAO document says this is because performance specifications encourage innovative solutions.
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Throughout the trial, the library maintained that the contract was purely for resellers and not restrictive. On June 15, the LoC submitted a request to dismiss Oracle's complaint, arguing the company was not an interested party since it wasn't a reseller. Three days later, on June 18, the GAO refused the motion after ruling the company was an interested party due to its economic interest in the outcome. The next day, on June 19, the agency filed another motion for dismissal claiming it was going to take corrective action.
Such action proved to be irrelevant, due to the LoC not providing sufficient detail or explanation on what changes it intended to make. The GOA then upheld the protests regardless of any amendments after the LoC revealed it was still going to solicit software-as-a-service, on a brand name basis, from Microsoft.
In its final ruling, the GAO recommended the LoC amend the contract in a manner that is consistent with FAR requirements and provide bidders another opportunity to respond. However, the LoC may still issue the contract as is, but, must provide the necessary documentation to support its decision. Regardless of the LoC’s actions, the GAO also said the agency should reimburse the legal costs of both Oracle and Mythic.
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In silencing President Donald Trump, two tech giants show where power now lies
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In silencing President Donald Trump, Twitter and Facebook show who's boss
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US violence: Videos show fatal shooting during rampage at the Capitol
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At $29 billion, holiday stock spending shows no trace of fatigue
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U.S. navy says China unreliable after meeting no-show; Beijing says U.S. twisting facts
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The nine months of the pandemic have shown that in a modern state, capitalism can save the day — but only when the government exercises its power to guide the economy and act as the ultimate absorber of risk. The lesson of COVID capitalism is that big business needs big government, and vice versa.
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Edmonton restaurateur asks Premier Kenney for lockdown, financial support
Sean Amato CTV News Edmonton
Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 9:28PM MST Last Updated Wednesday, November 25, 2020 8:18PM MST
EDMONTON -- A local chef and business owner is asking Premier Jason Kenney to lock down his business and others like it - citing safety and financial concerns.
“As much as I don’t want a lockdown, I feel like it’s the right thing to do at this point,” Chef Paul Shufelt said Tuesday night.
Kenney announced new restrictions on social gatherings and businesses Tuesday as the province tries to control the spread of COVID-19.
Alberta restaurants and pubs are restricted, but still allowed to serve customers indoors who are unmasked while eating and drinking.
Shufelt, who owns and operates The Workshop Eatery and Robert Spencer Hospitality, feels the best thing for everyone is to close dining rooms for 30 days.
“We’re not doing enough at this point to make change...these half-measures are putting lives at risk and making it more likely that more people are going to be sick and more people are going to be hospitalized and unfortunately more going are going to die,” Shufelt said.
Kenney argues he’s using data to make targeted restrictions in an effort to protect “lives and livelihoods” - but provincial figures show Alberta doesn’t know where the vast majority of new transmission is occurring because most cases haven’t been contact traced.
“So, the reality is, while we have seen some people who work in the hospitality sector test positive, of course, my recollection is that the last data I've seen we identified 18 outbreaks over the past nine months, in Alberta’s 13,000 hospitality businesses, meaning that something like 99.8% of those businesses did not have outbreaks,” Kenney said Tuesday defending his decision to allow in-person dining to continue.
Kenney argued he had nine months of coronavirus data to make his decisions - but Opposition Leader Rachel Notley criticized his moves Tuesday.
“When it comes to restaurants and bars, they make no change to what they announced 12 days ago, but let’s be clear, in the last 12 days our case count has spiraled out of control and restaurants and bars are one of the few places left where people can gather, many of them together, inside, without masks,” Notley said.
RESTAURANTS GOING BEYOND RESTRICTIONS
Other local restaurants Northern Chicken and Cartago have previously decided to suspend in-person dining due to rising coronavirus cases, and Shufelt is considering doing the same.
“I feel like that’s the safest thing to do for our staff and our community,” Shufelt said, although he acknowledged the province’s effort in trying to allow him to stay open.
“I really do think (Kenney’s) trying for small business, but I think it’s too little too late,” he added.
Shufelt suggested the province could better combat the virus by closing in-person dining and offering struggling restaurants rent support and bill freezes instead.
Restaurants Canada - a group representing more than 40,000 members, disagreed in an October statement though - saying that sweeping lockdowns were not needed.
“Restaurants have invested over $750 million in training, sanitizer stations, PPE, air purification systems, and other protective equipment, all designed to provide the highest levels of safety for our customers,” a statement on the organizations website read.
A full list of current restrictions, including those of restaurants and pubs can be found online.
A local chef is asking for restaurants to be locked down to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. (CTV News Edmonton)
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Never has The Topps Company executed such a long-term deal with any athlete.
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Coen Brothers Share 6 Wild Wild West Tales for Netflix
April 19, 2019 Life & Culture Film & TV
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by the Cohen brothers is a disjointed absurdist romp through a wild wild west that is as funny as it is violent.
I am giant Coen brothers fan. Blood Simple is a masterpiece and Raising Arizona is one of the absurdly funny films of modern cinema. So it was a strange experience, finishing The Ballad of Buster Scruggs—their first film for Netflix—and coming away disappointed.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a weird anthology film, made up of six stories that vary in length – all set in the days of a lawless west. Because of this anthology format, the stories that the legendary directing duo decide to tell, are fun—and often hilarious—but also disjointed and cold.
If you read about the production of the film, this disjointed feeling makes sense, given that the Coens originally tapped Scruggs as an episodic series. But seeing that Netflix is marketing this and a few other films (Roma, Outlaw King) as prestige, Oscar bait, I suppose it makes sense that it’s been chopped down to a two-hour journey.
Dusty violence with a singsong twang
The film begins with the titular Buster Scruggs, singing his way across the open plain and breaking the fourth wall – addressing the audience in a way that feels very Coen-esque. Scruggs is beautiful, as a character and a film. Longtime character actor Tim Blake Nelson, who plays Scruggs, brings a sweet innocence to the character. From his spotless white button up, to the lilt in which he addresses rough-looking bar patrons, everything about Scruggs is unassuming.
That is until he starts murdering everyone in sight. And it’s here where the classic Coen atmosphere comes to life. Amidst the beautiful landscapes and sun drenched colour palette, is the violence that borderlines on the absurd. The various duels that take place are from 80 feet away – and of course Scruggs has perfect aim. It’s hard not to laugh when Nelson is able to shoot down six men before one is able to reach for his gun.
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Wandering narratives uneven in pace
There are a few different types of Coen brothers films and they all border on the absurd. Whole books have been written about the duo and their style of writing and directing so I won’t go to in-depth here. But Scruggs is a mix of the absurdist comedy that permeates throughout most of their films, mixed with the ultra violence that punctuates their visuals.
The first and last stories in the film are the longest, acting as bookends if you will. The other four are shorter and alarmingly so. For example, there’s one vignette with James Franco robbing a bank in the middle of nowhere. Of course things go hilariously wrong and suddenly he’s facing a bank manager wearing pots and pans as armour. It’s probably the shortest of the bunch and it felt a little pointless.
My favourite of the six narratives is “All Gold Canyon” featuring a Tom Waits that’s both surprising and emotionally resonant. Waits is a gold prospector working what seems to be the Yosemite valley. What begins as a lonely and beautiful experience quickly devolves into violent absurdity – because of course.
Then there’s “The Girl Who Got Rattled,” which deals with a band of settlers making their way across the midwest for California. The story focuses on Zoe Kazan’s Alice Longabaugh and the trial and tribulations she goes through. It combines everything we love about Coen brothers filmmaking. It also seems like a final note to the Scruggs story, but it’s not the final story which is a tad disheartening.
Beautiful and lonely vistas
With Bruno Delbonnel helming cinematography, the Coens have once again crafted a beautiful looking film. It’s breathtaking really, and maintains that sense of cartoonish-ness that permeates throughout the rest of the film. There’s no way the west ever looked this good and the way Scruggs is shot, the Coens know this.
Colours pop off the screen and everything is vivid. The Coens have always been masters at visual storytelling and that’s certainly the case with Scruggs. The film looks so good in fact, that I wanted to spend more time in the worlds they’ve created, which is another reason why I wish this was a Netflix series instead of a two-hour jaunt through the Coen’s “best of” repertoire.
Overall, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a good entry in the Coen brothers filmography, but a disjointed feeling holds it back from being one of their greats.
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It is almost time to head back to Riverdale! The series ended its fourth season prematurely in March, and we can’t wait to resume the madness from where we left off. In the episode that became the Season 4 finale, the gang was sent a creepy video of “themselves” killing Principal Honey (Kerr Smith). That disturbing ending was not the originally intended finale for Season 4, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was forced to shut down early. The season wrapped three episodes early with Episode 19, “Killing Mr. Honey,” depriving us of the anticipated prom and graduation episodes.
The Season 4 episodes we didn’t get to see will kick off the new season, which is now premiering this year. As Hollywood is slowly getting back to work, more details are being revealed about what to expect from Season 5. Here’s everything we know so far…
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We have a premiere date: Riverdale Season 5 will officially premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 at 8/7c and will lead into a new season of Nancy Drew.
Filming began in September, but had to pause: After a long hiatus, Riverdale is back in production in Vancouver. Mädchen Amick posted her annual first episode of the season table read selfie. While everyone was socially distanced and remote for the read-through, show creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed with a very steamy photo that filming began on Sept. 14.
However, Riverdale, along with several other Vancouver-based productions, were forced to pause production less than a month in when British Columbia reported a backlog in COVID-19 tests. Production resumed again in October, keeping the show on track for its January premiere.
Senior year will continue in Season 5. The Season 4 finale was supposed to see Archie and his friends graduate from high school and plot their futures together, but due to the production shutdown, a few senior year rites of passage still needed to be filmed — and we will get them in Season 5.
“We’ll do prom as our season premiere next year,” Aguirre-Sacasa told TV Guide. “I love that we’re not short-changing things like prom and graduation. We’re saving them to do them next year.”
A big time jump is happening. Mädchen Amick revealed to TV Guide that Riverdale was “planning on a bit of a time jump, after [the teens had] all gone off to college and something brings them back to the town,” but those plans were put on hold with the abbreviated season.
“We’re talking about what we can do [in the writers’ room],” Aguirre-Sacasa told TV Guide. “Usually, time jumps are the best when they happen in between seasons, but we’re definitely talking about all of our different options.”
Aguirre-Sacasa told TVLine that the plans for a time jump are still in the works, saying, “What we’re doing is picking up right where we left off for the first three episodes, and then doing a time jump… after those three episodes.”
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That means we won’t be saying goodbye to FP or Hermione just yet. In February, news dropped that both FP Jones (Skeet Ulrich) and Hermione Lodge (Marisol Nichols) would both lose their series regular status in Season 5, which makes a lot of sense given the time jump. However, since we’ll still be in the kids’ senior year when Season 5 kicks off, we will get to see both of the adults again and give them a proper goodbye.
“Marisol already knew what we had planned for Hermione and really loved it, and wanted to make sure we weren’t going to change that [in light of the shutdown] — which we weren’t,” Aguirre-Sacasa explained. “Skeet was completely down…Neither character dies. My hope is that they’re a part of Riverdale as long as there’s a Riverdale. Even as we talk about stories for Season 5, if Hermione and FP fit into those stories, we’re writing them that way and hopefully, we’ll be able to use them, depending on what other commitments they have.”
Veronica has a new man in the future: Veronica (Camila Mendes) will have a new man in the future. According to Deadline, Chris Mason (Broadchurch) has been tapped to play Veronica’s husband beginning in Episode 4 when the show will time jump seven years ahead. His character is named Chad Gekko, a “controlling and jealous” Wall Street banker — related to Gordon, perhaps? — who is not a fan of Veronica’s friendship with Archie and her life in Riverdale.
Pop’s granddaughter is coming to town: The Resident alum Erin Westbrook will be joining Season 5 as Tabitha Tate, Pop Tate’s granddaughter who has big plans to franchise the iconic chock’lit shop even as Riverdale struggles to survive around the establishment, per Deadline.
More Fangs, please!: We will also be seeing a lot more of Fangs in Season 5. Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed via Instagram that Drew Ray Tanner had been promoted to series regular for the upcoming season, writing: “Thrilled with this news!! @drewraytanner is a series regular on #Riverdale starting this season!!! Fangs Fogarty has come a LOOOOONG way from the comic books!!!”
Jughead and Veronica will find out about Barchie. Season 4 had Bughead and Varchie shippers’ heads spinning when Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Archie started getting closer. They pretended to date to save Jughead from the Stonewall preppies, but then actually cheated on their significant others during the musical episode. That illicit kiss will not stay secret for long in Season 5.
“Neither Veronica nor Jughead have found out about [Betty and Archie in Season 4],” Aguirre-Sacasa said. “I don’t know if this is a spoiler, but I can tell you that they definitely will find out in very different ways. I don’t think it’s the end of the drama, or it’s the end of the love quadrangle by any stretch of the imagination.” The Riverdale ship war continues.
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The voyeur has a “personal” reason for videotaping everyone. A lingering mystery from Season 4 is the mysterious voyeur sending disturbing videotapes to everyone in town. Aguirre-Sacasa says the identity of the voyeur will be revealed in Season 5, and that they will have a personal reason for making the tapes and forcing the teens to face all the trauma they’ve experienced over the past three years before they move on to college.
Riverdale returns next season on The CW.
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Artists: Saori Kuno, Cornelia Herfurtner & John MacLean, Shahar Binjamini, Asaf Elkalai, Björn Kämmerer
Over the past six months, six different artists were invited to live and work in Appiano. With this year's exhibition in Lanserhaus Appiano with Saori Kuno (Japan), Cornelia Herfurtner (Germany), John MacLean (Germany), Björn Kämmerer (Germany), Asaf Elkalei (Israel) and Shahar Binjamini (Israel), the first cycle is now complete.
Saori Kuno's work is inspired by everyday materials from industrial mass production. These properties are determined by their function and at the same time they reflect aesthetic ideas. Building materials are arranged into organic shapes, or tactile paper work into geometrical re-orderings. By creating an aesthetic action space for the objects, she raises the question of how human beings are determined and controlled by objects.
Cornelia Herfurtner and John MacLean's work deal with the way in which beliefs and thought systems manifest themselves in cultural products, without having been properly reflected upon in their original function. In a dialogue, at times an intertextual working method, pieces are appropriated, expropriated, rearranged and interpreted. It remains between the parts but a pronounced unbridgeable gap that invites to more spontaneous and chaotic associations.
Shahar Binjamini studies the interactions between the body and technology: to turn on the light, we have to operate the light switches, to use our mobile phone, we have to touch the display. Thereby connections arise which have sensory and mechanical qualities. His focus is on the use of everyday technical devices.
The work of Asaf Elkalai researches physical interrelations between bodies and surfaces. His works speak to the organs of touch. In the visualisation of images, the special relationship between eyes and hands comes to light, displaying a recurring element in his work.
Björn Kammerers' medium of choice is film. On the basis of short film sequences he studies the structuring effects of the medium itself. The arrangements of settings result in a specific temporality and dramaturgy, in which arise meditative sequences as well as humorous narrations. Striking is how he deals with spatial experience in movies: in his work "TURRET" only after some time a feeling of space emerges, however, with "TRIGGER" it is formed between the images, through the montage.
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The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918
For nearly 30 years, George Herriman’s hilarious, poetic masterpiece Krazy Kat graced the Sunday pages of America’s newspapers. Featuring the love triangle of “kat,” “mice,” and “pupp,” each of Herriman’s pages is a work of transcendent art, crackling with verbal wit and graphic brilliance, earning the moniker from many as the best comics strip ever created.
This new hardcover collection of all the full-sized Sunday pages from 1916 through 1918 brings back into print the inventive language, haunting vistas, and beguiling brick throwing that makes this strip so special. Perfect for Herriman connoisseurs or brand-new readers, this collection provides you with the joy of joining the lovelorn Krazy Kat, the ill-tempered Ignatz Mouse, the stalwart Officer Pupp, and many more of the inhabitants of surreal Coconino County in the strip that originally elevated the comics medium into a celebrated art form.
Fantagraphics, November 27, 2019
11.25″ x 13.75″, 176 pages, hardcover
Order online: Amazon, Indigo
The complete Krazy Kat Sunday strips from 1916-1918 in a gorgeous hardcover presentation.
Herriman in general and Krazy Kat, in particular, have garnered praise almost since the strips’ inception. It’s a relatively simple premise of the two main characters, a cat and a mouse, and the sizeable supporting cast. Krazy is a kind-hearted cat in love with Ignatz, a mouse that is a complete jerk.
I’ve made several attempts at reading Krazy Kat, but always seem to lose my way. Bill Blackbeard notes in his introduction readers were complaining 100 years ago about the same thing.
Complaints about “this weird stuff nobody can understand” began to arrive regularly in the mail.
Bill Blackbeard
It was only through an open mind and a break between each strip that I began to appreciate what Herriman was offering. Wit, charm, and personality in a relatively simple yet enveloping artistic presentation. And very much an acquired taste.
Fantagraphics has previously published all Sundays in a series of softcover volumes and then collected those in three hardcovers. For some reason, they were printed out of sequential order. Now we’re getting the material in sequential order right from the beginning, in hardcover format. We can only hope the dailies will be collected this time around.
It’s hard to discuss this new volume without referring back to the previous run of softcovers from Fantagraphics. Mostly because this new hardcover uses all the same material from the earlier softcover. All strips, essays and supplementary material from that 2010 softcover are included.
There is one change. A swap, old for new. The original publisher’s note by Kim Thompson has been removed, and an essay by Michael Tisserand is included. Since I now own both comparison photos are included.
Part of what makes this “upgrade” so exciting is the wonderful design by Keeli McCarthy. With a book of black and white content, McCarthy has added colour, visual appeal and overall whimsy. The cover, title page and table of contents all receive this special attention, while the chapter dividers are relatively bare.
Production has also been stepped up. The hardcover treatment is well deserved, as is the upgrade in paper. But the standout feature is the size: at 11.25″ x 13.75″ it’s a significant increase and one that allows the reader to become immersed in each strip. Because Herriman was very freeform with dialogue and text, and we’re not fortunate enough to experience the strips as they were originally published, this increased size is very welcome.
With a title like “The George Herriman Library” we hopeful readers look to the future for other strips to be presented in this wonderful format. The Library Of American Comics have already published Baron Bean, but I’m crossing my fingers for Stumble Inn.
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Carolina on the Minds of the Irish – A Weekend Preview
October 10, 2014 Kevin Leave a comment
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Notre Dame looks to remain undefeated this weekend as the welcome the Tar Heels of North Carolina to South Bend Saturday in the second of four games against ACC opponents this season. Fresh off an excited comeback win over Stanford last weekend in the cold and rain, the Irish will look to avoid a letdown against a North Carolina team that has underperformed preseason expectations. North Carolina comes into the matchup with Notre Dame with a 2-3 record and having dropped their last three games by a combined score of 154 to 93 and allowing 70 points to East Carolina University. Meanwhile the Irish are 5-0 and are continuing to exceed the expectations that many people had for the 2014 Notre Dame Football team prior to the season, and that was before five Irish players were suspended for academic fraud. The main task for the Irish this weekend is to make sure they are not looking past this game to next week when Notre Dame travels to play top ranked Florida State in Tallahassee. While North Carolina has not played well this season, they do have weapons on offense and have the ability to score points. As most have come to know from past experiences, opposing teams that come to Notre Dame Stadium tend to play their best games of the season against the Irish and it will be key for Notre Dame to stay focused on the task at hand.
If there was ever a defense that a team would want to play the week before playing the number one team in the nation, North Carolina’s defensive unit would be at the top of the wish list. Simply put, North Carolina’s defense is just flat out bad. The Tar Heels rank 121st in the nation in scoring defense allowing an average of 42 points per game and rank 117th in total defense giving up an average of 505.8 yards per game. Everett Golson and the entire Notre Dame offense has to be salivating at their chance to carve up a defense that really has no strengths to speak of. The Tar Heels are 92nd nationally in rushing defense allowing 186.2 yards per game on the ground and 121st nationally in passing defense allowing 319.6 yards per game through the air. With the Irish offense struggling a bit last week against Stanford (the weather didn’t help either), this is the perfect matchup to get the Irish offense firing on all cylinders before the big game with FSU next weekend. Look for the Irish to turn to the running game early and often in an effort to get a rushing attack going early, something that Notre Dame has had trouble with all season long. The offensive line looked much better in the second half against Stanford last weekend and if they can build off of their success against a tough and physical Stanford front and replicate that this week, not only will the running backs have lanes to run through but Everett Golson will has plenty of time to stand in the pocket and make throws downfield. Notre Dame’s passing offense, which is averaging 276.6 yards per game and is ranked 36th nationally, is the most dangerous part of the Irish offense and I fully expect Golson to have plenty of time to throw and pick apart the Tar Heel defense.
Notre Dame’s defense has really been the surprise of the season so far. While it was know that the unit had a lot of pure talent, it was also seen to be a young an inexperienced unit that would have growing pains throughout the season. After last weeks performance against Stanford, it sure looks like the Notre Dame defense, which ranks 3rd nationally in scoring defense allowing only 12 points per game, has matured much faster than anyone could have expected and has shown to be one of the elite defenses in the country. Cole Luke has really stood out in relieve of suspended All American corner Keivarae Russell and young players like Andrew Trumbetti and Kolin Hill are thriving in Brian VanGorder’s defensive scheme that the players describe as “really fun”. The rejuvenated Irish defense will face their toughest challenge of the season going up against a North Carolina offense that is very capable of scoring points in bunches. The Tar Heels are 33rd nationally in scoring offense averaging 36 points per game and get most of the their offense by means of their passing attack. Quarterback Marquise Williams has show the ability to make big plays in the passing game and he also leads the Tar Heel’s offense in rushing. The outcome of this game is really going to depend on Notre Dame’s ability to contain North Carolina’s passing game. Like Notre Dame, North Carolina has had trouble running the ball this season, averaging 138.6 yards per game putting them 89th nationally. The Irish running defense has been outstanding all season long ranking 9th nationally allowing only 95.8 yards per game. So basically if North Carolina is going to try to run the football, they are going to have a very tough time moving the football against the Irish defense. We have all been waiting to see if the defense will relax a bit after gaining tons of confidence over the first 5 games of the season and if they don’t play their best, North Carolina will be able to throw the ball and put some points on the board. However if the defense comes out with the same intensity it has shown all season long it should be a long day for the Tar Heels.
The question for me this week is not whether Notre Dame will win this week but by how much they will win by. I do not see any excuse for Notre Dame to not score at least 40 points against this abysmal North Carolina defense and anything less than 40 points will be a disappointment in my mind. The bottom line is that Notre Dame has far to many playmakers on offense to score points at will. The North Carolina defense is so bad that I will be a bit disappointed if Notre Dame punts more than one time on Saturday. The main thing I will be watching for this weekend is the intensity level of the defense to see if they may be looking ahead a bit to Florida State. While the players have been saying all the right things, it has got to be difficult to not at least think about it throughout the week with the amount of attention the matchup is already receiving. Notre Dame should take control of this game early on and never look back. The defense plays well again but gives up some points later in the game after the offense has already provided a large lead. Notre Dame 51 North Carolina 20
Other Games Around the Country
2 Auburn at 3 Mississippi State- After a big win against Texas A&M last weekend Mississippi State hopes to keep the momentum going as they welcome Auburn to town. While beating Texas A&M was a good win for the Bulldogs, the Aggies are not the same Aggies we are used to seeing. Their big win over South Carolina looks less impressive by the day and they were very close to losing to an unranked Arkansas team. The party ends this weekend in Starkville. Auburn 34 Mississippi State 24
3 Ole Miss at 14 Texas A&M- Speaking of Texas A&M, the Aggies will look to rebound this weekend after getting beat down by Mississippi State last week. Texas A&M has the ability to score bunches of points in a hurry and Ole Miss may still be riding a bit high after beating Alabama. Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace is always due to have a bad game or two and this weekend will be one of them. Texas A&M 31 Ole Miss 27
9 TCU at 5 Baylor- I rode with TCU last week against Oklahoma and it paid off. This week TCU travels to take on Baylor who has an outstanding offense yet again this season. However Baylor hasn’t played any team that is even close to respectable this season and TCU will be their first test of the season. Baylor’s offense didn’t look as good as it has been against a bad Texas team last week which doesn’t bode well going against a much much better TCU squad. TCU 28 Baylor 24
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Championship Weekend Preview.
December 5, 2013 Kevin Leave a comment
– Sgt Shamrock
Notre Dame is not playing this weekend, but there are some really good games to watch this weekend as we all wait to see where the Irish will play their bowl game. Its conference championship week and there are some really good games that have huge implications on the National Championship game as well as the other BCS bowl games. What makes the games this weekend even more interesting, is that there is a very real possibility that when its all said and done, there will be NOT be an SEC team in the championship game which will make everyone not living in the southeast very happy.
20 Duke vs. 1 Florida State- Duke has been one of the surprise stories in college football this season. For a school that is known as a basketball school, the Blue Devils were able to win 10 games and earn a spot in the ACC championship game. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Duke has to play Florida State. The Seminoles are playing for a spot in the National Championship and will have Heisman favorite Jameis Winston as news broke today that he will not charged in the sexual assault case. Florida State has an insane amount of talent on both sides of the ball. Their offense has been rolling for the majority of the season and its not going to stop this weekend. Florida State 45 Duke 14
10 Michigan State vs. 2 Ohio State- Besides the SEC championship game, the Big 10 title game is one of the best games on the slate for this weekend. Its a game that puts Michigan State’s top notch defense against the Buckeye’s explosive offense. Ohio State has one of the best rushing attacks in the nation behind Carlos Hyde and Braxton Miller but they are going to have a tough challenge running on the Spartans front 7 who have been outstanding against the run all season long. This is going to be a very close game and probably low scoring but Michigan State’s offense has been the weak part of this team all year and this weekend it will cost them again as Ohio State will pullout a victory en route to the Nation Championship. Ohio State 21 Michigan State 17
5 Missouri vs. 3 Auburn- After two straight miracle games, Auburn finds themselves in the SEC championship game, only one season removed from a 3-9 season and the firing of Gene Chizik who lead Auburn to a National Championship. Auburn has found their success in running an offense that is very similar to the Cam Newton days. The Tigers are one of the nations best rushing teams and were able to continue their success in rushing the football against Alabama’s stout defense last weekend. Missouri is going to be another tough opponent for Auburn. Mizzou’s only loss came to South Carolina without their starting quarterback James Franklin, who was out with a shoulder injury. Mizzou also has a tough defensive front, however I don’t think they are better than Alabama. If Auburn runs the ball well again, they should win. Auburn 31 Missouri 21
17 Oklahoma vs. 6 Oklahoma State If not for a very bizarre loss to a horrid West Virginia team, Oklahoma State would be playing for a shot at the National Championship. The Cowboys have been known for their high octane offense under Mike Gundy and this year is no different. The defense for the Cowboys has also played above expectations this season, with their best game being against Baylor. Oklahoma has switched from Blake Bell to Trevor Knight at quarterback and have had trouble finding an offensive identity this season. The Cowboys are playing for the Big 12 championship and a trip to the Fiesta bowl. They should have no trouble this weekend. Oklahoma State 38 Oklahoma 24
11 Arizona State vs. 7 Stanford- Another example of where good defense meets good offense in this years PAC 12 Championship. Arizona State has an outstanding offense that is led by their quarterback. Since the Sun Devils lost to Notre Dame, they have bounced back and gotten their offense clicking on all cylinders. Stanford brings a tough defense to this matchup, however they seem to have some issues against the passing game, which is not a good weakness to have against a team like Arizona State. Arizona State 30 Stanford 24
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Irish go Panther hunting. A Pittsburgh Preview
November 7, 2013 Kevin Leave a comment
By Sgt. Shamrock
Another college football weekend is upon us. This week Notre Dame travels to play the Pitt Panthers at Heinz Field Saturday night. But don’t tell Pitt that, since they are oddly treating this game like it’s being played at Notre Dame. Confused? Don’t worry, if you missed Pittsburgh and their ultimate derpness I’ll catch you up. To start things off, Pitt TE JP Holtz said this gem to the media,
“I don’t like Notre Dame at all…I just think they’re really cocky and their coaches are really cocky. It’s awesome up there, but just not somewhere I would want to go to school.”
So somebody says they don’t like Notre Dame. IM SO SHOCKED!!! What I find really hilarious is that Pitt is going to need a lot of help from the Irish to win so they really had to hope that Notre Dame would come out flat in this game. Safe to say these comments won’t help their case there. Thanks buddy. Now I know what this kid said was probably pretty stupid, but what Pitt did next really takes the cake. During practice this week, the Panthers, were actually blaring the Notre Dame Fight Song over loud speakers during their practice AND had a student manager dress up as the leprechaun. You can’t make this stuff up. Not only is this game at Pitt, but the Irish band isn’t even traveling for the game! To quote ESPN 8 the ocho dodgeball announcer Pepper Brooks, “It’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for ’em.”
The Irish are coming off of a very sloppy win over Navy last week where the defense played their worst game of the season against the triple option. With the triple option behind them and a hopefully healthy defensive line, I expect the Irish defense to have a much better game against Pitt which ranks 103rd in the nation in total offense. I guess you could say that the Panther passing attack, lead by quarterback Tom Savage, is the strength of the Pitt offense, but that only ranks 70th in the nation while the running game is an abysmal 104th nationally. This bodes well for the Irish as they matchup well with the Panthers passing game with the 23rd ranked passing defense. The Irish defense has struggled against the run last week against the triple option but that’s a completely different animal than most teams rushing attacks. With Louis Nix, Stephon Tuitt, and Sheldon Day all expected to play together on the D-line, the Irish defense should start looking like it did against USC again.
The Irish offense however could be in for a tougher road. While Pitt may being having an bad year on the offensive side of the ball, their defense has played pretty well at times. Their defense is ranked 34th in total defense and is anchored by stud defensive lineman Aaron Donald, who Brian Kelly called a “one man wrecking crew”. The Panther defense specializes in defending the pass, ranking 18th nationally, while having trouble defending the rush ranking in the bottom half of the country at 63rd. The Irish running attack, led by Cam McDaniel and Tarean Folston, had a breakout game last week with the help of tremendous offensive line play, so look for the coaching staff to again work to running game on the road early and often.
Overall Notre Dame SHOULD win this game by a pretty good margin. There is just too big a talent gap and to be quite frank Pittsburgh is just not a very good team. They are coming into this game at 4-4 and riding a two game losing streak including a loss to Navy. The Panthers best win this season would be over Duke (yes Duke), 58-55 earlier in the season. The two best teams they have played to date have been Florida State and Virginia Tech, which were both losses. But as I do recall, I said a lot of the same things last week about Navy, and we all know how that turned out. Pittsburgh has always played Brian Kelly coached teams very well. Since losing to Pitt while coaching at Cincinnati in 2007, Brian Kelly has beaten Pitt five straight times but all by 7 points or less including last years 3OT thriller in South Bend. Pittsburgh always plays Notre Dame very well, and this year will be no different. However, no matter how many times Mark May picks Pitt this week, Notre Dame will be too much for the Panthers.
Offense- After facing two straight defensive lines that were undersized, the Irish offensive line gets back to going against a more normal sized front seven. The offensive line played very well last week and contributed to the breakout game for the Irish rushing attack and I am eager to see some consistency this week against a much tougher defensive line.
Defense- With the recent injuries to the defensive line, Jarron Jones found himself on the two deep for the Irish this week. A former 5 star recruit, Jones was recruited as defensive lineman but many believed he would play offensive line at Notre Dame. He will get a sufficient amount of snaps this week and I am very eager how he plays.
Notre Dame 31 Pittsburgh 21
2 Oregon at 5 Stanford- This is a battle of two completely different styles of football. Stanford plays a hard nosed old school brand of football based on a strong running game and tough physical defense while Oregon spreads the field and uses their speed. Stanford won the matchup last year but this years Oregon team is better on both sides of the ball. Oregon 35 Stanford 20
10 Oklahoma at 6 Baylor- This is Baylor’s first big test of the year and it comes at home on Thursday night. Bryce Petty has placed himself in the Heisman race and could be looking at a possible invite to New York at the end of the season. Baylor has not had much luck against the Sooners in the past but this time they pull it off. Baylor 41 Oklahoma 28
13 LSU at 1 Alabama- Pretty much the first big test for Bama this season unless you count their win over an overrated Texas A&M team that lacks defense. LSU will be a much stiffer challenge and while most don’t give them a chance, I do. LSU 20 Alabama 17
Upset Special
Virginia Tech at 11 Miami- Miami came crashing down to earth after being embarrassed by Florida State. Even worse for the Canes, star running back Duke Johnson was lost for the season. Virginia Tech is coming into this game following an awful loss to Boston College and will be eager to get back on track and their defense will help them do it. Virginia Tech 21 Miami 20
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Oral History Interview with Charles Houston, 2000 August 23
Identifier: OH1Houston
Abstract Interview begins with Charles Houston describing his personal life and his childhood, including travelling as a child with his family. Houston detailed his pranks as a child and punishments. Also discussed his fascination with the American Civil War. Discussed academic career at Harvard and medical school at Columbia. In 1937, American Alpine Club asked Houston to organize an expedition to K2. Detailed a few stories from his time practicing medicine. Houston explained how he enlisted in Navy...
Dates: 2000 August 23
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Iolcus, Greece -- "Aand a young man with but one sandal!" the announcer announced as yet another attendee from the countryside entered the courtyard that had been decorated for the festivities. One sandal? King Pelias, seated at the dias, said to himself, as he examined the newcomer. He looked about the right age to fit the prophecy. Pelias frowned.
"Why does that man come wearing only one sandal?" he asked an aid
"I don't know sire" the aid foolishly responded,
"Well find out!" Pelias angrily admonished him, adding as an afterthought as the aid began to turn away "but don't tell him I asked." He strummed his fingers irritably on the table, barely paying attention to his wife and courtiers around him.
"It seems sire, he lost it helping an old woman cross the river Anaurus, which is currently in flood." The attendant reported upon his return. Pelias frowned and picked at his food.
"That's silly" Pelias said grumpily. "Why doesn't he take it off?"
"Sire?" asked the attendant, as if this sentiment required some action. Pelias disgustedly waved him away.
His mood didn't improve as the youth won the wrestling competition, and the foot race, and the swim race... and all the other competitions. It was like he couldn't be beaten. No one knew where he had come from, some whispered that he had been raised by the centaur Chiron himself. Finally with the games over, there was no avoiding talking to the young man.
The young man stood before the dias in his simple tunic as all the gathered crowd watched how the king would congratulate this unexpected champion. The youth had a serious, almost defiant expression on his face. Pelias, eating grapes languidely, bestowed upon him the minimum of congratulations he felt were due.
"Tell me, young man, you have bested all the other young men gathered here today, I wonder, what would you do if you were confronted by the man destined to be your downfall?" he asked.
The young man thought a moment and then responded "I would tell him to retrieve the golden fleece they say is guarded by a dragon in Colchis"
The king raised an eyebrow. "A thing probably you yourself couldn't even do!"
"Oh, I could" responded the youth. The impertinence! But Pelias saw he had him now!
"Well then! I command you to bring me the golden fleece!" declared Pelias with a triumphant grin.
"I shall." responded Jason, with a confidence that unsettled the king a bit even in his triumph.
Jason and the Argonauts is a tale known to just about everyone but modern retellings seem to exist almost exclusively as oversimplified children's tales. There doesn't appear to be a serious modern prose retelling of it (the original is a bit tedious to follow), so I've had a hankering to work on it for awhile.
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 12, No. 347, December 20, 1828
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XII, NO. 347.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1828. [PRICE 2d. EUROPEAN CITIES.—NAPLES.
In our last volume we commenced the design of illustrating the principal Cities of Europe , by a series of picturesque views—one of which is represented in the above engraving. Our miscellaneous duties in identifying the pages of the MIRROR with subjects of contemporary interest, and anxiety to bring them on our little tapis —(qy. Twopence?)—will best account for the interval which has elapsed since the commencement of our design—with a View of London; but were all travellers as tardy, the Grand Tour of Europe would occupy
many years, and leave fashion-mongers but little more than rouge, wrinkles, and bon-bons to delight their friends at home. The proximity of Naples to Rome may, perhaps, impair the interest of the former city, especially as it presents nothing in architecture, sculpture, or painting that can vie with the Imperial Mistress. Nevertheless, Naples is one of the most beautiful and most delightful cities on the habitable globe. Nothing can possibly be imagined more unique than its coup-d'oeil , on whatever side the city is viewed. Naples is situated towards the south and east on the declivity of a long range of hills, and encircling a gulf of 16 miles in breadth, and as many in length, which forms a basin, called Crater by the Neapolitans. The city appears to crown this superb basin. One part rises towards the west in the form of an amphitheatre, on the hills of Pausilippo, St. Ermo, and Antiguano; the other extends towards the east, over a more level territory, in which villas follow each other in rapid succession, from the Magdalen Bridge to Portici, where the king's palace is situated, and beyond that to Mount Vesuvius. The Neapolitans have a saying, Vedi Napoli e po mari , intimating that when Naples has been seen, every thing has been seen; and its congregated charms of situation, climate, and fertility almost warrant this patriotic ebullition. "On the northern side, Naples is surrounded by hills, which (says Vasi , in his ' Picture ,') form a kind of crown round the Terra di Lavoro , the Land of Labour." This consists of a district, in the language of ancient Rome, ———Lecos laeros, et amoena vireta Fortunatorum nemorum, sedesque beatas— and fertilized by a river, called Sebeto, which descends from the hills on the side of Nola, and falls into the sea after having passed under Magdalen Bridge, towards the eastern part of Naples. The ancient history of Naples is involved in much obscurity. According to some, says Vasi , Falerna, one of the Argonauts, founded it about 1,300 years before the Christian era; according to others, Parthenope, one of the Syrens, celebrated by Homer in his "Odyssey," being shipwrecked on this coast, landed here, and built a town, to which she gave her name; others attribute its foundation to Hercules, some to Eneas, and others to Ulysses. These are mere freaks of fiction and fable; and it is more probable that Naples was founded by some Greek colonies; this may be inferred from its own name, Neapolis , and from the name of another town contiguous to it, Paleopolis. Strabo speaks of these Greek colonies, whence the city derives its origin. The city of Naples was formerly surrounded by very high walls, about 22 miles in circumference; but on its enlargement, neither walls nor gates were erected. It may be, however, defended by three strong castles. Naples is divided into twelve quarters, or departments, and contains about 450,000 inhabitants. It is consequently the most populous city in Europe, except London and Paris. The streets are neither broad nor regular, and are paved with broad slabs of hard stone, resembling the lava of Vesuvius. The houses are, for the most part, uniformly built, being about five or six stories high, with balconies and flat roofs, in the form of terraces, which are used as a promenade. The churches, palaces, and public buildings are magnificent; but they suffer in comparison with the other architectural wealth of Italy. Vasi states there are about 300 churches; and among the other public buildings he mentions 37 conservatories, established for the benefit of poor children, and old people, both men and women. The environs of Naples possess many attractions for the classic tourist, as well as for the strange flies of fashion. Among these is Virgil's Tomb, which is, indeed, holy ground. The temples, aqueducts, and arches of olden time are likewise stupendous records of the sumptuousness of the ancient people of this interesting district; and, apart from these attractions, the contemplative philosopher may read in the volcanic remains, and other phenomena on its shores, many inspiring lessons in the broad volume of Nature; as well as amid the neighbouring relics of Art, where Man marks the earth with ruin.
LEICESTER ABBEY.—DEATH OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. ( For the Mirror .) Few periods of English history are more pregnant with events, or more interesting to the antiquary, and general reader, than that which comprised the fortunes of Wolsey. The eventful life of the Cardinal, checkered as it was by the vicissitudes of fortune, his sudden elevation, and finally his more sudden fall and death, display an appalling picture of "the instability of human affairs." This prelate and statesman, who even aspired to the Papal throne itself, "was an honest poore man's sonne in the towne of Ipswiche," 1 who having received a good education, and being endowed with great capacity, soon rose to fill the highest offices of the church and state; in 1515 he was created Lord High Chancellor, and in three years afterwards was appointed legate à latere by the Pope, having previously received a Cardinal's cap. Leicester Abbey was rendered famous as being the last residence of the unhappy Wolsey; "within its walls," says Gilpin, "was once exhibited a scene more humiliating to human ambition, and more instructive to human grandeur than almost any which history hath produced. Here the fallen pride of Wolsey retreated from the
insults of the world, all his visions of ambition were now gone; his pomp and pageantry and crowded levees! On this spot he told the listening monks, the sole attendants of his dying hour, as they stood around his pallet, that he was come to lay his bones among them, and gave a pathetic testimony to the truth and joys of religion, which preaches beyond a thousand lectures." 2 On his road to London, whither he had been summoned, from his castle of Cawood , by Henry, to take his trial for high treason, he was seized with a disorder, which so much increased as to oblige his resting at Leicester, where he was met at the Abbey gate by the Abbot and his whole convent. The first ejaculation of Wolsey, on meeting these holy persons, plainly shows that he was fully aware of his approaching end: "Father Abbot," said he, "I am come hither to lay my bones among you;" 3 and it was with great difficulty that they could get him up the stairs, which it was fated he was never again to descend alive. A short time previous to his death, he thus addressed the Constable of the Tower, who was appointed to convey him to the metropolis:—"Well, well, Master Kingstone, I see the matter how it is framed; but if I had serued God as diligentlie as I haue done the king, he would not haue giuen me ouer in my gray haires; 4 but this is the iust reward that I must receiue for the diligent paines and study yt I haue had to doe him seruice, not regarding my seruice to God, but onely to satisfie his pleasure; I praie you haue me most humblie commended vnto his royal maiestie, and beseech him in my behalfe to call to his princelie remembrance, all matters proceeding between him and mee, from the beginning of the worlde, and the progress of the same, and most especialle in his weightie matter, and then shall his grace's conscience know whether I haue oflended him or no." 5 Thus sunk into the grave a man, who was a victim to tyranny, but to a tyranny which he had himself formed; that he was a person far enlightened beyond the period in which he lived no one can presume to doubt. He tended greatly to promote the arts and learning of his country. His personal character displayed as great a variety of opposite qualities, as the fortunes to which he had been exposed; his magnanimity was oftentimes clouded by the greatest meanness, and with an urbanity of manners, he combined an intolerable degree of pride and arrogance; he was frank and generous, but his overwhelming ambition greatly tended to obscure these nobler qualities of his mind, and as he rose, he became haughty and overbearing. His character has been obscured by the envy and partiality of his contemporaries, who have generally endeavoured to load his memory with reproaches. "This Cardinall," says Holinshed, "was of great stomach, for he compted himselfe equall with princes, and by craftie suggestion got into his hands innumerable treasure; he forced little on simonie, and was not pittiful, and stood affectionate in his owne opinion; in open presence he would lie and saie vntruth, and was double both in speech and meaning; he would promise much and performe little; he was vicious of his bodie, and gaue the clergy euill example; he hated sore the Citie of London and feared it. It was told him that he should die in the waie toward London, wherefore he feared lest the commons of the citie would arise in riotous maner and so slaie him, yet for all that he died in the waie toward London, carrieng more with him out of the worlde than he brought into it, namellie, a winding sheete, besides other necessaries thought meet for a dead man, as a Christian comelinesse required." 6 The remains of the Cardinal were interred in the Abbey Church at Leicester, after having been viewed by the Mayor and Corporation, (for the prevention of false rumours,) and were attended to the grave by the Abbot and all the brethren. This last ceremony was performed by torchlight, the canons singing dirges, and offering orisons, at between four and five o'clock of the morning, on St. Andrew's Day, November the 30th, 1530. Leicester Abbey was founded (according to Leland) 7 in the year 1143, in the reign of King Stephen, by Robert Bossue, Earl of Leicester, for black canons of the order of St. Augustine, and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is situated in a pleasant meadow, to the north of the town, watered by the river Soar, whence it acquired the name of St. Mary de Pratis , or de la Pré . This monastery was richly endowed with lands in thirty-six of the neighbouring parishes, besides various possessions in other counties, and enjoyed considerable privileges and immunities. Bossue, with the consent of Lady Amicia, his wife, became a canon regular in his own foundation, in expiation of his rebellious conduct towards his sovereign, and particularly for the injuries which he had thereby brought upon the "goodly towne of Leycestre." At the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. the revenues of this house were valued according to Speed at £1062. 0s. 4d., Dugdale says £951. 14s. 5d.; and its site was granted in the 4th of Edward VI. to William, Marquess of 8 Northampton. S.I.B.
ANCIENT OATHS.
( To the Editor of the Mirror .) It will be recollected, that in a former volume I gave you the form of the oath taken by the appellee in the ancient manner of trial by battle. The appellee, when appealed of felony, pleads not guilty and throws down his glove, and declares he will defend the same by his body; the appellant takes up the glove, and replies that he is ready to make good the appeal body for body; and thereupon the appellee, taking the book in his right hand, makes oath as before mentioned. To which the appellant replies, holding the Bible and his antagonist's hand in the same manner as the other, "Hear this, O man, whom I hold by the hand, who callest thyself Thomas by the name of baptism, that thou art perjured; and therefore perjured, because that thou feloniously didst murder my father, William by name. So help me God and the Saints, and this I will prove against thee by my body, as this court shall award." And then the combat proceeds.
There is a striking resemblance between this process and that of the court of Arcopagus, at Athens, for murder, where the prisoner and prosecutor were both sworn in the most solemn manner—the prosecutor, that he was related to the deceased, (for none but near relations were permitted to prosecute in that court,) and that the prisoner was the cause of his death; the prisoner, that he was innocent of the charge against him. In time I hope to be able to furnish you with other specimens of our curious ancient oaths. W.H.H.
SONNET.
( For the Mirror .) Whose heart is not delighted at the sound Of rural song, of Nature's melody, When hills and dales with harmony rebound, While Echo spreads the pleasing strains around, Awak'ning pure and heartfelt sympathy! Perchance on some rude rock the minstrel stands, While his pleased hearers wait entranced around; Behold him touch the chords with fearless hands, Creating heav'nly joys from earthly sound. How many voices in the chorus rise, And artless notes renew the failing strains; The honest boor his vocal talent tries, Approving love beams from his "fair one's eyes," While age, in silent joy, forgets its pains.
THE DEATH OF SALADIN. 9 ( For the Mirror. ) The angel of death hath too surely prest His fatal sign on the warrior's breast— Quench'd is the light of the eagle-eye, And the nervous limbs rest languidly— The eloquent tongue is silent and still, The deep clear voice again may not chill The hearers' hearts with its own deep thrill. Ah, who can gaze on death, nor inward feel A creeping horror through the bosom steal, Like one who stands upon a precipice, And sees below a mangled sacrifice, Feeling that he himself must ere long fall, With none to save him, none to hear his call, Or wrest him from the agonizing thrall? And yet it is but sleep we look upon! But in that sleep from which the life is gone Sinks the proud Saladin, Egyptia's lord. His faith's firm champion, and his Prophet's sword; Not e'en the red cross knights withstand his pow'r, But, sorrowing, mark the Moslem's triumph hour, And the pale crescent float from Salem's tow'r. As the keen arrow, hurl'd with giant-might, Rends the thin air in its impetuous flight, But being spent on earth innoxious lies, E'en its track vanish'd from the yielding skies— So lies the soldan, stopp'd his bright career, His vanquish'd realms their prostrate heads uprear, And coward kings forget their servile fear. Ere yet stern Azrael 10 cut the thread of life, While Death and Nature wag'd unequal strife, S oke the ex irin hero:—"Hither stand,
D.A.H.
Receive your dying sovereign's last command. When that the spirit from my frame is riven, (Oh, gracious Alla! be my sins forgiven, And bright-eyed Houris waft my soul to heaven,) Then when you bear me to my last retreat, Let not the mourners howl along the street— Let not my soldiers in the train be seen, Nor banners float, nor lance or sabre gleam— Nor yet, to testify a vain regret, O'er my remains let costly shrine be set, Or sculptur'd stone, or gilded minaret; But let a herald go before my bier, Bearing on point of lance the robe I wear. Shouting aloud, 'Behold what now remains Of the proud conqueror of Syria's plains, Who bow'd the Persian, made the Christian feel The deadly sharpness of the Moslem steel; But of his conquests, riches, honours, might, Naught sleeps with him in death's unbroken night, Save this poor robe.'"
BANQUETTING HOUSE, WHITEHALL. ( For the Mirror. ) This splendid pile which is at present under repair, was erected in the time of James I. Whitehall being in a most ruinous state, he determined to rebuild it in a very princely manner, and worthy of the residence of the monarchs of the British empire. He began with pulling down the banquetting rooms built by Elizabeth. That which bears the above name at present was begun in 1619, from a design of Inigo Jones, in his purest style; and executed by Nicholas Stone, master mason and architect to the king; it was finished in two years, and cost £17,000. but is only a small part of a vast plan, left unexecuted by reason of the unhappy times which succeeded. The ceiling of this noble room cannot be sufficiently admired; it was painted by Rubens, who had £3,000. for his work. The subject is the Apotheosis of James I. forming nine compartments; one of the middle represents our pacific monarch on his earthly throne, turning with horror from Mars, and other of the discordant deities, and as if it were, giving himself up to the amiable goddess he always cultivated, and to her attendants, Commerce, and the Fine Arts. This fine performance is painted on canvass, and is in high preservation; but a few years ago it underwent a repair by Cipriani, who had £2,000. for his trouble. Near the entrance is a bust of the royal founder. Little did James think (says Pennant) that he was erecting a pile from which his son was to step from the throne to the scaffold. He had been brought in the morning of his death, from St. James's across the Park, and from thence to Whitehall, where ascending the great staircase, he passed through the long gallery to his bed-chamber, the place allotted to him to pass the little time before he received the fatal blow. It is one of the lesser rooms marked with the letter A in the old plan of Whitehall. He was from thence conducted along the galleries and the banquetting house, through the wall, in which a passage was broken to his last earthly stage. Mr. Walpole tells us that Inigo Jones, surveyor of the works done about the king's house, had only 8s. 4d. a day, and £46. a year for house-rent, and a clerk and other incidental expenses. The present improvements at Whitehall make one exclaim with the poet, Pope— "I see, I see, where two fair cities bend Their ample brow, a newWhitehall ascend. " Again,
"You too proceed, make falling arts your care, Erect newwonders, and the old repair; Jones and Palladio to themselves restore , And be whate'er Vitruvius was before." P.T.W.
THE UNIVERSE.
(For the Mirror.) O light celestial, streaming wide Through morning'd court of fairy blue— O tints of beauty, beams of pride,
That break around its varied hue— Still to thy wonted pathway true, Thou shinest on serenely free, Best born of Him , whose mercy grew In every gift, sweet world, to thee. O countless stars, that, lost in light, Still gem the proud sun's glory bed, And o'er the saddening brow of night A softer, holier influence shed— How well your radiant march hath sped. Unfailing vestals of the sky, As smiling thus ye weed from dread The soul ye court to muse on high. O flowers that breathe of beauty's reign, In many a tint o'er lawn and lea, That give the cold heart once again A dream of happier infancy; And even on the grave can be A spell to weed affection's pain— Children of Eden, who could see. Nor own His bounty in your reign? O winds, that seem to waft from far A mystic murmur o'er the soul, As ye had power to pass the bar Of nature in your vast control, Hail to your everlasting roll— Obedient still ye wander dim, And softly breathe, or loudly toll, Through earth and sky the name of Him . O world of waters, o'er whose bed The chainless winds unceasing swell, That claim'st a kindred over head, As 'twixt the skies thou seem'st to dwell; And e'en on earth art but a spell, Amid their realms to wander free— Thy task of pride hath speeded well, Thou deep, eternal, boundless sea. O storms of night and darkness, flung In blackening chaos o'er the world, When thunderpeals are dreadly rung, Mid clouds in sightless fury hurl'd, Types of a mightier power, impearl'd With mercy's soft, redeeming ray, Still at His voice your wings are furl'd, Ye wake to own and to obey. O thou blest whole of light and love, Thou glorious realm of earth and sky, That breath'st of blissful hope above, When all of thine hath wander'd by, Throughout thy range, nor tear nor sigh But breathes of bliss, of beauty's reign, And concord, such as in the sky The soul is taught to meet again. O man, who veil'd in deepest night This beauty-breathing world of thine, And taught the serpent's deadly blight Amid its sweetest flowers to twine, Thou, thou alone hast dared repine, And turn'd aside from duty's call, Thou who hast broken nature's shrine, And wilder'd hope and darken'd all. ANNETTE TURNER.
A half-pint of wine for young men in perfect health is enough, and you will be able to take your exercise better,
and feel better for this abstinence.— Dr. Babington.
THE SKETCH BOOK.
COLLEGE LOVE. We had gone into Devonshire, for the purpose of being more retired, that we might study more attentively, and with less chance of interruption, than in a town. We chose, accordingly, for our residence, one of the most beautiful and retired cottages we ever saw. It was situated very near the sea; and, oh! what thoughts used to steal over us, of romance and true love, as we gazed upon that quiet ocean, from the vine-covered window of our quiet, sweet, secluded home! Day after day, we wandered among the woods in the neighbourhood, and rejoiced, at each successive visit, to find out new beauties. This continued for some time; till at last, on returning one day, we saw an unusual bustle in the room we occupied. On entering, we found our landlady hurrying out in great confusion, and, along with her, a beautiful, blushing girl, so perfectly ladylike in her appearance, that we wondered by what means our venerable hostess could have become acquainted with so interesting a visiter. She soon explained the mystery; this lady, who seemed more bewitching every moment that we gazed on her, was the daughter of a 'squire in whose family our worthy landlady had been nurse. She had come, without knowing that any lodger was in the house, and was to stay a week. Oh! that week! the happiest of our life. We soon became intimate; our books lay fast locked up at the bottom of our trunk: we walked together, saw the sun set together in the calm ocean, and then walked happily and contentedly home in the twilight; and long before the week was at an end, we had vowed eternal vows, and sworn everlasting constancy. We had not, to be sure, discovered any great powers of mind in our enslaver; but how interesting is even ignorance, when it comes from such a beautiful and smiling mouth! We had already formed happy plans of moulding her unformed opinions, and directing and sharing all her studies. The little slips which were observable in her grammar, we attributed to want of care; and the accent, which was very powerful, was rendered musical to our ear, at the same time as dear to our heart, by the whiteness of the little arm that lay so quietly and lovingly within our own. And then, her taste in poetry was not the most delicate or refined; but she was so enthusiastically fond of it, that we imagined a little training would lead her to prefer many of Mr. Moore's ballads, to the pathos of Giles Scroggins; and that in time, the "Shining River" might occupy a superior place, in her estimation, to a song from which she repeated, with tears in her eyes—, "But like the star what lighted Pale billion to its fated doom, Our nuptial song is blighted, And its rose quench'd in its bloom. " And then, she seemed so fond of flowers, and knew so much about their treatment, that we fancied how lovely she must look while engaged in that fascinating study; and often, in our dreaming moods, did we mutter about "Fair Proserpine Within the vale of Enna gathering flowers, Herself the fairest flower."— But why should we repeat what every one can imagine so well for himself? At last, the hour of parting came; and, week after week, her stay at the cottage had been prolonged, till our departure took place before hers. And on that day she looked, as all men's sweethearts do at leaving them, more touchingly beautiful than ever we had seen her before; and after we had torn ourself away, we looked back, and there we saw her standing in the same spot we had left her, a statue of misery and despair,—"like Niobe all tears." Astonishment occupied the minds of all our friends on our return to college. The change which took place on our feelings and conduct was indeed amazing; our mornings were devoted to gazing on a lock of our—she was rather unfortunate in a name—our Grizel's hair, and to lonely hours of musing in the meadow on all the adventures of our sojourn in Devonshire. No longer we stood listlessly in the quadrangle, joining the knots of idlers, of whom we used to be one of the chief; no longer had even Castles' Havannahs any charms for our lips; and our whole heart was wrapt up in the expectation of a letter. This we were not to receive for three long weeks; and by that time she was to have returned home, consulted her father on the subject of our attachment, and return us a definitive reply. We wrote in the meantime—such a letter! We are assured it must have been written on a sheet of asbestos, or it must infallibly have taken fire. It began, "Lovely and most beautiful Grizel!" and ended, "Your adorer." At last the letter that was to conclude all our hopes was put into our hands. We had some men that morning to breakfast; we received it just as they were beginning the third pie. How heartily we prayed they would he off and leave us alone! But no—on they kept swallowing pigeon after pigeon, and seemed to consider themselves as completely fixtures as the grate or the chimney-piece. We wished devoutly to see a bone sticking in the throat of our most intimate friend, and, by way of getting quit of them, had thoughts of setting fire to the room. At last, however, they departed. Immediately as the skirt of the last one's coat disappeared, we carefully locked and bolted our door, and, with hands trembling with joy, we took out the letter. Not very clean was its appearance, and not over correct or well-spelt was its address; and, above all, a yellow, dingy wafer filled up the place of the green wax we had expected, and the true lover's motto, "Though lost to sight, to memory dear," was supplied by the impression of a thimble. We opened it. Horror and amazement! never was such enmanshi beheld. The lines were com lete exem lifications of the
line of beauty, so far as their waving, and twisting, and twining was concerned; and the orthography it was past all human comprehension to understand. "My deerest deere, dear sur,"—this was the letter,—"i kim him more nor a wic agon, butt i cuddunt right yu afore ass i av bin with muther an asnt seed father till 2 day. he sais as my fortin is 3 hundurd pouns, he sais as he recomminds me tu take mi hold lover Mister Tomas the gaurdnar, he sais as yu caunt mary no boddi, accause you must be a batseller three ears. if thiss be troo i am candied enuff to tell you ass i caunt wate so long my deerast deer, o yu ave brock mi art! wy did yu sai al ass yu sad iff yu cud unt mary nor none of the scolards at hocksfoot Kolidge. father sais as ther iss sum misstake praps yu did unt no ass mother is not marid 2 father butt is marrid to the catchmun and father is marad to a veri gud ladi ass gove me a gud edocasion. mi deerest deere it brakes my art all from yu for tu part, i rot them lines this marnin. mister tomas sais as i gov im mi prumass befor i cum to ave the apiness of see yu. butt i dant thinc i giv mor promass to him. nor 2 manni uthers. mi deerest deer and troo luv cuppid! i feer our nutshell song is blitid and its ros kwencht in its blum. them was plesent ours when the carnashuns and tullups was all in blo, wasunt them mi deer luv. mister tomas sais ass he can mari me in a munth and father sais i hot tu take im. iff so be as yu caun't du it beefor i thinc i shal take im ass father sais there is sum mistake, mi deerest deere mi art is brock butt i thinc i shall take im iff so bee as I dant ear frum yu. gud nite my troo luv i shal kip your lockat for a kipsic an yu ma kiss my luck off air for the sack of your brockan arted "GRIZEL." It is astonishing how the perusal of this cured us of our affection. At the first line we recollected that she had a tendency to squint, and long before we came to the conclusion, we remembered that her ancles were rather thick, and her feet by no means of diminutive size. Thus ended our love adventures at the University. Our heroine we have never heard of since, and we have resisted the most tempting offers from the loveliest of her sex; and in spite of sighing heiresses and compassionate old maids, we are still a bachelor; and a bachelor, in defiance of all their machinations, we are firmly determined to remain.— Blackwood's Magazine.
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS IN THE NETHERLANDS.
( For the Mirror .) Many singular customs are observed in the Netherlands at Christmas, and as they materially differ from those known in England, a brief notice of one of them may probably prove acceptable to the readers of the MIRROR. In almost every Dutch town, and in every considerable village, the following custom prevails:—At a little after two o'clock in the morning of Christmas-day, a number of young men assemble in the market-place, and sing some verses suited to the occasion. One of the young men bears an artificial star, which is fixed to a pole, and elevated above the heads of the people; it is very large, and is rendered beautifully transparent when a light is placed in the inside. This artificial luminary is intended to represent the star of the east, which directed the wise men to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ. At a little distance, the appearance is exceedingly brilliant, for there is no other light among the populace to diminish its lustre, and the whole scene is singularly picturesque. The resplendent light issuing from the star strikes powerfully upon the countenances of the principal actors, while those more remote receive only a faint and subdued gleam. The silvery effulgence of the moon, the sombre and deserted look of the buildings around, and the general stillness that pervades every object, save the scene of action, might inspire the mind of a Rembrandt, or introduce to the mere casual beholder feelings at once new and poetical. After parading through the town, the youths repair in a body to the residence of some opulent inhabitant, where their arrival is welcomed with shouts and clapping of hands, and where they are entertained with a plentiful repast. G.W.N.
THE JEWS. Their present actual numbers may, perhaps, not exceed six millions—numbers, however, probably greater than those over which Solomon reigned; and of these six millions there may be resident in the contiguous countries of Moravia, Ancient Poland, the Crimea, Moldavia, and Wallachia, above three millions. Except within the countries which formed Poland before its partitions, their population contained in any one European kingdom, cannot, therefore, be great. Yet so essentially are they one people, we might almost say one family; and so disposable is their wealth, as mainly vested in money transactions, that they must be considered as an aggregate, and not in their individual portions.
The Jews in France are perhaps from thirty to forty thousand; they abound chiefly at Metz, along the Rhine, and at Marseilles and Bordeaux. In Bonaparte's time they were imagined to amount to at least twice that number.—They are relieved from civil restraints and disabilities in France, and in the Netherlands also. The Jews in Holland, of both German and Portuguese origin, are numerous; the latter are said to have taken refuge there when the United Provinces asserted their independence of Spain; they have a splendid synagogue at Amsterdam. Infidelity is supposed to have made more progress amongst them than amongst the German Jews in Holland. The Italian Jews are chiefly at Leghorn and Genoa; and there are four thousand of them at Rome. In speaking of the religion of the Jews, it is not necessary to particularize those who assumed the mask of Christianity under terror of the Inquisition, although much has been said of their wealth and numbers, and of the high offices they have filled in Spain, and especially in Portugal. But it is curious to see, in a very distant quarter, a like simulation produced amongst them by like causes. There are at Salonica thirty synagogues, and about twenty-five thousand professed Jews; and a body of Israelites have been lately discovered there, who, really adhering to the faith of their fathers, have externally embraced Mahomedanism. The Barbary Jews are a very fine people; but the handsomest Jews are said to be those of Mesopotamia. That province may also boast of an Arab chief who bears the name of the Patriarch Job, is rich in sheep, and camels, and oxen, and asses, abounds in hospitality, and believes that he descends from him; he is also famed for his justice. The Jews at Constantinople, forty thousand in number, and in the parts of European Turkey on and near the Mediterranean, speak Spanish, and appear to descend from Israelites driven from Spain by persecution. The Bible Society are now printing at Corfu the New Testament, in Jewish-Spanish, for their benefit. In truth, little appears to be known of the state of the Jews during some hundreds of years after the destruction of Jerusalem. The first body of learned Jews which drew attention after that disastrous event was that settled in Spain; and from it all Jewish learning descends. As in accomplishment of the prophecy, the Jew is found over the whole surface of the globe; he has been long established in China, which abhors the foreigner; and in Abyssinia, which it is almost as difficult to reach as to quit. The early Judaism of that country, and in later days the history of the powerful colony of Jews established in its heart, which at one time actually reigned over the kingdom, are matters so curious, that we regret that we can do no more than advert to them; we must say the same as to the evidence existing of Jewish rites having extended themselves very far southward along the eastern coast of Africa; the numerous Jews of Barbary; and the black and white Jews, who have been established for ages, more or less remote, on the Malabar coast. It may be here observed, that all the Israelites hitherto discovered appear to be descendants of those who held the kingdom of Judah. The Jews in Great Britain and Ireland are not supposed to be more than from ten to twelve thousand, very many of whom are foreigners, and migratory — Quarterly Rev. .
EGYPTIAN RATIONS. The rations of the Egyptian soldiers were, according to Herodotus, five pounds of baked bread, two pounds of beef, and half a pint of wine daily.
In the barbarous ages it was usual for persons who could not write, to make the sign of the cross in confirmation of a written paper. Several charters still remain in which kings and persons of great eminence affix "signum crucis pro ignoratione literarum," the sign of the cross, because of their ignorance of letters. From this is derived the phrase of signing instead of subscribing a paper.
COLUMN IN BLENHEIM PARK ( To the Editor of the Mirror .) You have lately directed the attention of the readers of the MIRROR to the park of Blenheim, in Oxfordshire, one of the most beautiful England can boast of, and likewise, according to Camden, the first park that was made in this country. I can bear witness to the correctness of your delineation and description of Rosamond's Well, which you gave in a recent number; but there is no trace whatever of the bower or labyrinth, the site of which is only pointed out by tradition. The park of Blenheim, besides the interest which attaches to it from the circumstance of its having been the residence of the early kings of England, and the scene of "Rosamond's" life, has in more modern times acquired additional interest from having been bestowed by the country upon the Duke of Marlborough, in testimony of the gratitude of the nation for the brilliant services he had rendered his
country, particularly at the battle of Blenheim. It was a reward at once worthy of the English nation and of the illustrious hero on whom it was bestowed; and as it is at least pleasing, and perhaps useful, to recall to the mind the epochs of England's greatness amongst nations, I have sent a sketch of one of the most prominent objects in the park of Blenheim, which our forefathers deemed (in the language of the inscription) would "stand as long as the British name and language last, illustrious monuments of Marlborough's glory and of Britain's gratitude." This is an elegant column, 130 feet in height, and surmounted by a statue of the warrior in an antique habit. On three sides of the building there are nearly complete copies of the several Acts of Parliament by which the park and manor of Woodstock were granted to the Duke of Marlborough and his heirs; and on the fourth side is a very long inscription, said to have been penned by Lord Bolingbroke, which concludes thus:— These are the actions of the Duke of Marlborough, Performed in the compass of a few years, Sufficient to adorn the annals of ages. The admiration of other nations Will be conveyed to the latest posterity, In the histories even of the enemies of Britain. The sense which the British nation had Of his transcendant merit Was expressed In the most solemn, most effectual, most durable manner. The Acts of Parliament inscribed on the pillar Shall stand as long as the British name and language last, Illustrious monuments Of Marlborough's glory and Of Britain's gratitude.
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MEMOIRS OF VIDOCQ. The French Thief-taker This is as full-charged a portrait of human depravity as the gloomiest misanthrope could wish for. But it has much wider claims on public attention than the gratification of the misanthropic few who mope in corners or stalk up and down leafless and almost solitary walks during this hanging and drowning season. Nevertheless, all men are more or less misanthropes, or they affect to be so; for only skim off the bile of a true critic, or the minds of the hundred thousand who read newspapers, and look first for the bankrupts and deaths. Sugar and wormwood and wormwood and sugar are the standing dishes, but as we read the other day, "there is a certain hankering for the gloomy side of nature, whence the trials and convictions of vice become so much more attractive than the brightest successes of virtue." People with macadamized minds , and their histories (scarce as the originals are) are mere nonentities, and food for the trunk-maker; whereas a book of hair-breadth escapes, thrilling with horror and romantic narrative will tempt people to sit up reading in their beds, till like Rousseau, they are reminded of morning by the stone-chatters at their window. To the last class belong the Memoirs of Vidocq , an analysis of which would be "utterly impossible, so powerful are the descriptions, and so continuous the thread of their history." The original work was published a short time since in Paris, and republished here; but, we believe the present is the first translation that has appeared in England. The newspapers have, from time to time, translated a few extracts, when their Old Bailey news was at a stand, so that the name of Vidocq must be somewhat familiar to many of our readers. 11 Eugene Francois Vidocq is a native of Arras, where his father was a baker; and from early associations he fell into courses of excess which led to the necessity of his flying from the parental roof. After various, rapid, and unexampled events in the romance of real life, in which he was everything by turns and nothing long, he was liberated from prison, and became the principal and most active agent of police. He was made Chief of the Police de Surete under Messrs. Delavau and Franchet, and continued in that capacity from the year 1810 till 1827, during which period he extirpated the most formidable of those ruffians and villains to whom the excesses of the revolution and subsequent events had given full scope for the perpetration of the most daring robberies and inquitous excesses. Removed from employment, in which he had accumulated a handsome
independence, he could not determine on leading a life of ease, for which his career of perpetual vigilance and adventure had unfitted him, and he built a paper manufactory at St. Mandeé, about two leagues from Paris, where he employs from forty to fifty persons, principally, it is asserted, liberated convicts, who having passed through the term of their sentence, are cast upon society without home, shelter, or character, and would be compelled to resort to dishonest practices did not this asylum offer them its protection and afford them opportunity of earning an honest living by industrious labour. One additional point of interest in the present volume is, that the author is still living. [We cannot follow Vidocq through his career of crime, neither would it be altogether profitable to our readers; but the links may be recapitulated in a few words. He must have been born a thief, and perhaps stole the spoon with which he was fed; but the penchant runs in the family, for Vidocq and his brother rob the same till of a fencing-room, but his brother is first detected, and sent off "in a hurry," to a baker at Lille. Of course Vidocq soon gets partners in sin, and on the same day that he has been detected by the living evidence of two fowls which he had stolen, he sweeps from the dinner table ten forks and as many spoons, pawns them for 150 francs, spends the money in a few hours, and is imprisoned four days. He is then released; one of his pals gives a false alarm to Vidocq's mother, and during her temporary absence, Vidocq enters his home with a false key, steals 2,000 francs from a strong chest, with which he escapes to Ostend, (intending to embark for America,) where he is decoyed by a soi-disant ship-broker, and loses all his ill-gotten wealth. He then resolves to betroth the sea, though not after the Venetian fashion, by giving her a dowry; the "sound of a trumpet" disturbs his attention, as it would of any other hero. But this proves to be the note of Paillasse, a merry-andrew. The "director," as the opera bills would say, was Cotte-Comus, belonging to a troop of rope-dancers. He next joins a player of Punch, to whose wife he enacts Romeo with better grace, and during one of the representations, the married people break each others heads, and Vidocq runs off during the affray. He then becomes assistant to a quack doctor, and the favoured swain of an actress; gets into the Bourbon regiment, where he is nicknamed Reckless, and kills two men, and fights fifteen duels in six months. His other exploits are as a corporal of grenadiers, of course, a deserter, and a prisoner of the revolution. He then marries, but does not reform. Of course a wife is but a temporary incumbrance to a man of Vidocq's dexterity. In chapter iii, we find him at Brussels, where he joins a set of nefarious gamblers at the Cafes , and has a most romantic adventure with a woman named Rosine. But we can follow him no further, except to add that his other comrades in Vol. I, are gipsies, smugglers, players, galley-slaves, drovers, Dutch sailors, and highwaymen. We must, therefore, confine ourselves to a few detached extracts from the most interesting portion of the volume. At Lille, Vidocq meets with a chere amie , Francine; he suspects her fidelity, thrashes his rival, gets imprisoned, and is betrayed as an accomplice in a forgery. His "reflections" during his imprisonment in St. Peter's Tower, bring on a severe illness.] I was scarcely convalescent, when, unable to support the state of incertitude in which I found my affairs, I resolved on escaping, and to escape by the door, although that may appear a difficult step. Some particular observations made me choose this method in preference to any other. The wicket-keeper at St. Peter's Tower was a galley-slave from the Bagne (place of confinement) at Brest, sentenced for life. In a word, I relied on passing by him under the disguise of a superior officer, charged with visiting St. Peter's Tower, which was used as a military prison, twice a week. Francine, whom I saw daily, got me the requisite clothing, which she brought me in her muff. I immediately tried them on, and they suited me exactly. Some of the prisoners who saw me thus attired assured me that it was impossible to detect me. I was the same height as the officer whose character I was about to assume, and I made myself appear twenty-five years of age. At the end of a few days, he made his usual round, and whilst one of my friends occupied his attention, under pretext of examining his food, I disguised myself hastily, and presented myself at the door, which the gaolkeeper, taking off his cap, opened, and I went out into the street. I ran to a friend of Francine's, as agreed on in case I should succeed, and she soon joined me there. I was there perfectly safe, if I could resolve on keeping concealed; but how could I submit to a slavery almost as severe as that of St. Peter's Tower. As for three months I had been enclosed within four walls, I was now desirous to exercise the activity so long repressed. I announced my intention of going out; and, as with me an inflexible determination was always the auxiliary of the most capricious fancy, I did go. My first excursion was safely performed, but the next morning, as I was crossing the Rue Ecremoise, a sergeant named Louis, who had seen me during my imprisonment, met me, and asked if I was free. He was a severe practical man, and by a motion of his hand could summon twenty persons. I said that I would follow him; and begging him to allow me to bid adieu to my mistress, who was in a house of Rue de l'Hôpital, he consented, and we really met Francine, who was much surprised to see me in such company; and when I told her that having reflected, that my escape might injure me in the estimation of my judges, I had decided on returning to St. Peter's Tower, to wait the result of the process. Francine did not at first comprehend why I had expended three hundred francs, to return at the end of four months to prison. A sign put her on her guard, and I found an opportunity of desiring her to put some cinders in my pocket whilst Louis and I took a glass of rum, and then set out for the prison. Having reached a deserted street, I blinded my guide with a handful of cinders, and regained my asylum with all speed. Louis having made his declaration, the gendarmes and police-officers were on the full cry after me; and there was one Jacquard amongst them who undertook to secure me if I were in the city. I was not unacquainted with
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Scots brought together by Erasmus+ youth exchange
The breakdown of barriers between Scots was one of the positive unexpected outcomes of the CY.B.RU.S. youth exchange as young people with different backgrounds from across the nation came together for a week in Cyprus.
The Erasmus+ funded youth exchange, in which EPIC Assist participated in November, intended to bring young people from four countries together to break down barriers between cultures. One of the more surprising unintended outcomes was nevertheless the fact that barriers were broken down between the 10 Scottish participants themselves.
The Scots, who together with 20 other young people from across Europe spent a week in the mountain village of Agros, came from a variety of geographical, political and social backgrounds. The areas represented places such as Clydebank, Fort William, Inverness and Edinburgh and the participants ranged from students to storytellers, youth workers, ski instructors and builders. Coming together made them realise how diverse Scotland really is.
‘It was great to meet people from across Scotland. It is not often you get the chance to sit down together and talk about what it means to be Scottish. It was really enlightening in understanding what it means to be Scottish’, said Niall Moorjani, 25, himself a London-based Scot with both Indian and English heritage.
The diversity of the Scottish participants seemed to be an exclusive positive experience for the young people.
‘I had never met any of the others before we met at Edinburgh Waverley Station [to start the trip], but the silence broke right away’, said Jason Smith, 23, from Clydebank.
He emphasised how different people brought different qualities.
‘We can use each other as contacts going forward. This has given me a network and personal development,’ added Jason.
Niall also agreed that the Scots had benefitted from each other.
‘There have been engaging and respectful conversations about what being Scottish is. We come from a politically volatile environment at the moment so it has been great and really rewarding’, he underlined.
The connections made between the Scots did not come at the expense of the more formal objective of breaking down barriers between people from different countries, however. Through icebreaker activities, workshops, intercultural nights, attending a football game between Cyprus and Scotland, day trips to Nicosia and Limassol and spending time together in general, the young people increased their intercultural and interhuman understanding.
‘I definitely learned not to trust stereotypes’, was the first thing Michelle-Domonique Bell, 22, from Clydebank, said when asked about what she had taken away from the trip.
Another Scottish participant who agreed to this statement was Rachel Moreno. The 21-year-old spent many of her childhood years in Inverness but is now based in Dundee.
‘I learned to have a lot more tolerance for different perspectives and I gained more understanding of cultural differences. I realised that differences are important and at the same time not important. The culture you are used to is important but it is not a barrier. That awareness was important’, she said.
The conversations with Russian participants were particularly fascinating for the Scots.
‘We cannot get a clear picture [about Russia] from our media so when you talk to people from that country, it is really intellectually engaging and exciting. It was nice to have some stereotypes dispelled and to have interesting conversations with the Russians about their politics’, said Niall.
Eoghann Gollan, 19, from Edderton in the Highlands, also appreciated how stereotypes about Russians were broken.
‘I learned a lot about Russians. People make them out to be grumpy but that is completely wrong. They are just really nice and normal people’, he highlighted.
Wallace Hastings, 25, from Fort William, talked about how important it is to realise that the politics of a country is not necessarily a representation of an individual’s views.
‘When you actually meet people from other countries, you break barriers and you break this idea that Russia is that big, perverted, scary country. The people within the country might not agree with the politics going on and there is something wonderful to that,’ said Wallace.
Rachel also said she increased her understanding for opinions she did not agree with as a result of the youth exchange.
‘There were some of the Russian opinions which I did not understand or agree with but when they explained why they had those opinions, I understood their logic. It starts to make sense when the opinions are explained and I don’t feel that it comes from a bad place,’ she emphasised.
There is therefore no doubt that the CY.B.RU.S. youth exchange achieved the goal of changing young people’s attitudes towards diversity. EPIC Assist Charity Scotland would like to thank all the participants and the participating organisations in the project, the hosts Youth Dynamics and the funding from Erasmus+ for making this project possible. A special thanks also goes to the village of Agros for its hospitality. We hope to be able to participate in more EU-funded projects in the near future!
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Heartbroken mum loses baby after being hounded by hate-filled leaders of Britain First
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Kelli Best was devastated when daughter Skylah was stillborn at 25 weeks amid a campaign of intimidation by the far-right group – banned from Facebook last week
Kelli Best with her daughter Skylah, who was stillborn at 25 weeks (Image: SWNS)
Kelli Best was devastated when daughter Skylah was stillborn at 25 weeks.
The tragedy happened amid a campaign of intimidation by the far-right group – banned from Facebook last week.
Its founders Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding harassed Kelli and her two young sons while her Muslim partner was remanded in custody awaiting trial for rape.
The pair filmed 23-year-old Kelli, abused her at home and handed out leaflets about the case to neighbours.
Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen
One night the mum was bathing her two young sons when they arrived at her house and shouted through the letterbox: “Dirty Muslim rapist.”
Kelli recalled: “My son kept saying, ‘I’m not dirty Mummy. I’ve just got out of the bath.’
“I was so scared. I didn’t know what they were going to do. I thought they were going to come in and attack me.
“It was just me and my boys. I took them into the back room and we hid in the dark.”
Just 36 hours after the attack, Kelli – who was six weeks pregnant at the time – suffered a haemorrhage.
She said: “I had three panic attacks within an hour of them leaving.
“My whole body was shaking uncontrollably. It must have been under immense pressure. I’ve had two healthy children and no complications before.”
After being given a police panic alarm she was in and out of hospital and suffered repeated bleeding before Skylah was stillborn last September.
She said: “Even the day I gave birth I was convinced she was still alive. “The funeral took a long time to arrange so I went to see her for two weeks every day.
“When she was born I kissed her head. She was a beautiful angel and was buried in a white coffin.
“I carried her into the church.”
Her boys have been left scarred by Britain First’s thuggish harassment at their home in Ramsgate, Kent.
Kelli said: “My son still gets scared if anyone knocks at the door.
“He tells everybody about the naughty people that came to the house. He would say, ‘I’m not dirty,’ for a long time. He still has nightmares.” Kelli dumped her partner, Tamin Rahmani, 38, a pizza boss, when he was convicted at Canterbury crown court and jailed for 14 years last September.
The Afghan – who is the father of her two boys – raped a 16-year-old white girl above his takeaway in Ramsgate with two other Muslim pizza workers and an unnamed youth.
Kelli said: “I got back home after a weekend away to see the police had raided my home. I didn’t know what was going on.
“I couldn’t believe it when I heard what he’d done.”
The case attracted the attention of Britain First founders Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding. They handed out leaflets and posted online videos about the case and were jailed by Folkestone magistrates earlier this month for religiously aggravated harassment.
Fransen, 32 – who is Britain First’s deputy leader – was sentenced to 36 weeks. The group’s co-founder and leader Golding got 18 weeks.
Kelli gave evidence behind a curtain during the case because she was petrified to be in the same room.
Kelli said: “Jayda just wanted people to hate me and be in fear for my life.
“She posted leaflets round the street with a picture of my ex-partner explaining the crimes along with my address.
“He didn’t even live there. She was knocking on people’s doors to get a witch hunt going. But I was a victim. I didn’t do anything wrong.
“Me and my boys are innocent. They are babies.”
Kelli has been too scared to leave her home for fear of being killed and is moving house. She said: “I’m constantly worried someone will break in. I have to check every room in the house to make sure no one is there. I try not to go out on my own.
“I get panic attacks just picking up my son from nursery.” Kelli was horrified when US President Donald Trump catapulted Fransen to fame by sharing her notorious Twitter posts with his 23 million followers in November.
She said: “Trump gave her a platform to millions of people. That scared me even more. When I saw Trump had retweeted her on the news I was shocked.
“I thought with his backing I would be harassed even more. It felt like everyone was on her side.”
Fransen and Golding founded Britain First in 2011 and run it from their £400,000 home in Penge, South East London. Last Wednesday Facebook banned the group from using the site to spread its messages of hate and racism.
Its Facebook page – which included a picture of its leaders captioned “Islamaphobic and proud” – had more than two million likes.
Prime Minster Theresa May welcomed the ban, which came after the group repeatedly posted twisted anti-Muslim videos despite repeated warnings.
There have been calls for Britain First to be listed as a terror organisation.
Kelli said: “Jayda and Paul should have been locked up for longer.
“But no matter how long they got, it would never be enough.
“That day has changed me forever. Jayda had the opportunity to say sorry but she didn’t. She just wanted fame.”
Britain First leader Paul Golding has begged governors to move him to the SAME unit for vulnerable prisoners as the Muslim rapists he protested against.
Golding, 36, feared for his life when he arrived at HMP Elmley, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, earlier this month, said a source.
But the three rapists were already in the segregated unit so his request was turned down over fears they could attack him.
And last Wednesday, less than a week after he arrived, two other lags beat him up and broke his nose in the main prison.
The source said: “As soon as Golding arrived at the jail he requested to be housed in the vulnerable prisoner unit.
“With around 100 Muslims here, the last thing Golding wanted was to be put on one of the ordinary wings. He would rather mix with sex offenders and other vulnerable inmates. He really fears for his life.”
Golding, who is serving 18 months for religiously aggravated harassment, has decided to stay in his cell.
Tamin Rahmani, 38, Shershah Muslimyar, 21, and Rafiullah Hamidy, 24, and a boy of 17 got a total of 49 years for rape.
Britain First supporters launch tirade after leaders jailed
Leader and deputy leader Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen were found guilty of religiously-aggravated harassment.
Far-right group Britain First leader Paul Golding (front right), and deputy leader Jayda Fransen at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on 7 March PA
Supporters of far-right group Britain First hurled abuse at a “left-wing” press and justice system as their leaders were jailed for launching a “political campaign” in which Muslims were branded paedophiles and rapists.
Leader and deputy leader Paul Golding, 36, and Jayda Fransen, 32, both of Penge, south east London, were found guilty at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday of religiously-aggravated harassment.
They were arrested on May 10 last year in an investigation into the distribution of leaflets and online videos during an on-going trial at Canterbury Crown Court.
Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen with Britain First supporters (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Three Muslim men and a teenager were later jailed for raping a 16-year-old girl in a flat above the 555 Pizza takeaway in Ramsgate, Kent.
Judge Justin Barron, jailing Fransen for 36 weeks for three charges and Golding for 18 weeks for one charge, said the crimes were “deliberately planned against targeted victims”.
The court descended into chaos as he attempted to continue, but Fransen, dressed in a black suit, spoke over him and said: “This is a very sad day for British justice. Everything I did was for the children of this country and they are worth it.”
This caused cheers and applause to erupt from the public gallery as the pair were led away and Judge Barron temporarily left the court room before concluding his directions.
As supporters left the court room, they hurled abuse at court staff and members of the press, branding the proceedings a “shambles” and shouting: “Left-wing twats, scumbags, no surrender” and adding: “If we say anything these days we get sent to prison.”
The pair visited the 555 Pizza takeaway on May 5. Golding was filming while Fransen banged on the windows and doors, screaming “paedophile” and a “foreigner” as two children played in the middle of the shop and Jamshed Khesrow, a friend of the owners, was inside.
Mr Khesrow said Fransen was shouting: “Come out you paedophile. You’re a rapist. Come outside, I want to talk to you.”
He said he was “so scared” and she was “aggressive and angry”.
Later, she shouted out: “I’m not scared of the police. I don’t care about the police.”
Mother-of-two Kelli Best blamed Fransen for her daughter being stillborn after she was subjected to racist abuse in her home.
Fransen shouted through the front door of defendant Tamin Rahmani’s home when Miss Best, who was pregnant, was alone with their two children – aged three and 18-months-old – on May 9.
Giving evidence from behind a screen, she said: “She (Fransen) was making racist remarks: ‘Dirty Muslim rapist, come out, we’re not going to leave until you’re gone, come out. Dirty scumbags’.
“It was directed at Tamin because she thought he was in there but he wasn’t.”
She said two days later she started to bleed heavily and her daughter was stillborn, adding: “I blame Jayda Fransen because there was no other reason for it to happen.”
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Miss Best said she was “traumatised” by the ordeal and had panic attacks. She said her three-year-old son was still scared when someone came to the door and would follow her around the house.
Judge Barron said it was “impossible” to find Britain First responsible for the stillbirth based on the evidence he saw, but accepted their actions caused further stress to those associated with the defendants who had been on trial at the time.
Ikram Safai was told to move house by social services after Fransen mistakenly targeted his home, believing it to be that of Sershah Muslimyar – another defendant in the trial.
Mr Safai, originally from Afghanistan, found a video on the Britain First website which showed Fransen knocking on his door, identifying it as the home of Muslimyar – but he had moved out some two years earlier.
In the video she shouted: “Come out dirty Muslim. Rapist Muslim. Come out and speak to me face-to-face if you’re man enough.”
The group distributed leaflets wrongly identifying Faiz Rahmani, the brother of defendant Tamin Rahmani, as Muslimyar.
Golding was cleared of his involvement in this incident.
Judge Barron said their words and actions “demonstrated hostility” towards Muslims and the Muslim faith, adding: “I have no doubt it was their joint intention to use the facts of the case [in Canterbury] for their own political ends.
“It was a campaign to draw attention to the race, religion and immigrant background of the defendants.”
Restraining orders were granted to stop the pair contacting victims and witnesses in the case. Fransen was ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation to those affected and Golding was told to pay £500.
Another charge against the pair, based on allegations Fransen told Faiz Rahmani that Muslims were “bastards and rapists” when approaching him outside Canterbury Crown Court, was dismissed.
Britain First leaders jailed for anti-Muslim hate crime
The leaders of far-right extremist group Britain First have been jailed for anti-Muslim hate crimes after targeting people they incorrectly believed were involved in an ongoing rape trial.
Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen were convicted on several counts of religiously-aggravated harassment following a trial at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court, which heard their actions could have caused rapists to walk free.
Fransen was sentenced to 36 weeks imprisonment and Golding for 18 weeks.
Judge Justin Barron said their words and actions “demonstrated hostility” towards Muslims and Islam, adding: “I have no doubt it was their joint intention to use the facts of the case for their own political ends.
The judge said the court had received a number of emails both in the defendants’ support and against them, but the verdict was based ”solely on admissible evidence heard in court”.
Golding, 36, was convicted of one count of religiously aggravated harassment and acquitted on two others.
His deputy, 31-year-old Fransen, was found guilty of three counts of the same offence and cleared of one.
They were arrested in May after distributing leaflets and posting of videos during a rape trial at Canterbury Crown Court, where three Muslim men and a teenager were later convicted and jailed.
In one incident, Fransen went to the home of one of the defendants, Tamin Rahmani, and shouted racist abuse through the front door.
His pregnant partner Kelli Best was alone with their two children, aged three years and 18 months, at the time of the incident on 9 May.
In a video played in court, Fransen could be seen banging on the door and shouting: “Come out and face me you disgusting rapist, come on.”
Prosecutors said it was one of several incidents of Fransen and Golding “filming and harassing people” they incorrectly believed were involved in the trial.
“In each case, they instead targeted innocent members of the public,” a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
“They filmed the abuse and then released it on social media and through the Britain First website.
“They also posted offensive leaflets through the letterboxes of houses in the area where the rape trial defendants lived.”
Fransen denied all charges and claimed she did not use the phrase “Muslim bastards”, or say that all Muslims are rapists.
Golding also denied the charges and said he was only acting as Fransen’s cameraman.
The defendants, both of Beeches close in Penge, will be sentenced later in the afternoon.
Their actions endangered the trial of three men and a 17-year-old boy who were jailed in September for raping a drunk 16-year-old girl who had asked them for directions, after taking her to a flat above a kebab and pizza restaurant in Ramsgate.
Jaswant Narwal, from the CPS, said: “The prosecution case demonstrated these defendants were not merely exercising their right to free speech but were instead aiming religiously-aggravated abuse at innocent members of the public.
“The victims suffered the distress of the abuse followed by additional stress when the footage was uploaded to the internet.
“This offending also related to an ongoing criminal trial and the actions taken by Fransen and Golding could easily have derailed the justice process.”
The “campaign” was one of a series of similar stunts by Britain First, which selectively highlights crimes it believes to be convicted by defendants from Muslim backgrounds.
The group gained international notoriety when Donald Trump shared several of Fransen’s Twitter posts last year, sparking a diplomatic row after Theresa May condemned the action.
Both Fransen and Golding have since been banned from Twitter in a crackdown on extremism and hate speech, but Britain First continues to have a large following on Facebook, were its official page is “liked” by more than 2 million people.
They are due to stand trial in Northern Ireland next month over separate allegations of inciting hatred at the “Northern Ireland Against Terrorism” rally in Belfast.
Britain First, which started as a splinter group from the British National Party, is believed to have fewer than a hundred active members.
It has forged links with extreme nationalist movements across Europe, seeing Fransen attend a march in Poland where she called Islam a “cancer moving through Europe”, adding: “Our children are being bombed, our children are being groomed and our government does nothing.”
The Finsbury Park terror attacker, Darren Osborne, read Britain First posts before his attempted massacre of Muslim worshippers, while neo-Nazi Thomas Mair repeatedly shouted the group’s name while murdering Labour MP Jo Cox.
Britain First is among the organisations perpetuating the idea of a cultural “war against Islam”, a report found last week after police revealed that four far-right and 10 Islamist terror plots have been foiled in the last year.
“Fascist organisations are growing, particularly when mainstream politicians such as Trump and others in Europe ape far right rhetoric,” said Weyman Bennett, joint secretary of Unite Against Fascism. “It is high time that they be held responsible for hate speech.“
Britain First leaders found guilty of anti-Muslim hate crime
Prosecutors say harassment could have let rapists walk free by endangering ongoing trial
The leaders of far-right extremist group Britain First have been found guilty of anti-Muslim hate crimes after targeting people they incorrectly believed were involved in an ongoing rape trial.
‘Lion of London Bridge’ spared jail for racist rant at Labour MP’s office
Roy Larner was filmed shouting at the photographer and calling him a ‘black c***’ (Picture: Newsflare/Indefilmsdotnet)
A man dubbed the ‘Lion of London Bridge’ has been spared jail for a racist rant at a Labour MP’s office.
Roy Larner, 48, shouted ‘fuck you, I’m Millwall’ was stabbed repeatedly by Islamic terrorists during the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack on June 3.
Eight people died and another 48 were injured in the terror attack and Larner was the last one to be attacked before they were shot dead.
But as her recovered from his injuries a video emerged of him spitting at a black photographer and shouting abuse in Elephant and Castle last February.
A little over a month after his heroics during the London Bridge attack, the Millwall fan launched into a racist outburst at his local MP’s office in Brixton.
Prosecutor Carol Summers, said: ‘On 13 July last year, it was around about midday that the defendant entered the office of his Labour MP, Neil Coyle.
‘He then spoke with a member of staff at the front door and said, “Sadiq Khan shouldn’t even be in the country,” and called him “a pile of sh-t”.
‘The staff member said, “I’m a Muslim”. The defendant went on to say that, “All Muslims are the same – scum,” he then referred to Muslims as being “pig eating c**ts”.
‘He made a shotgun shooting gesture with a rolled up newspaper towards the ground.’
Defence lawyer, Christopher Surtees-Jones, said Larner accepts ‘the words are disgusting and it is very, very wrong and he feels shame for his behaviour on these two occasions.’
Larner was hailed worldwide for his bravery on June 3 and there was a petition online to award him the St George’s Cross.
But shocking footage showed him racially abusing anti-capitalist protestors and spitting on a black photographer, Inner London Crown Court heard.
Ms Summers said: ‘On 20 February last year between midday and two o’clock there was a peaceful protests at Elephant and Castle, consisting mainly of students from the London College of Communication.
‘This march was anti-Brexit and anti-Trump and as the march passed this defendant, there was a confrontation between all of them.
‘Last year a video emerged of this incident and that showed this defendant shouting abuse and he was identified because he was recognised.
‘His abuse was, in particular, directed to a photographer and he shot this video and came forward to the police, reporting the matter on 7 July.
That video shows Roy Larner with two dogs on leads and protestors chanting can be heard in the background.
‘He seems to be on the pavement and he says, ‘Fucking foreign c**ts.’ ‘He then leans towards the black photographer and spits at him; his head is seen to thrust forwards.
‘The photographer says, ‘Don’t spit at me,’ about three times and the defendant is saying, ‘Don’t take a picture of me, you c**t.’
‘The defendant then walks away to St Georges Road and turns back, shouting, “People like you stink, foreign c**ts, fuck off”.
‘As he is saying this he appears very aggressive and is struggling with his dogs pulling him in the other direction.
‘Another protester is heard to shout, “We fight back when racists attack”. ‘The defendant shouts, “National Front”.
‘The photographer follows him taking pictures, the defendant turns back towards him and says to him, “I fucked your mum”, he runs towards a different photographer and then he turns away to the road.
‘That photographer then goes face to face with the defendant and it looks like he tries to head-butt the defendant.
‘The defendant then thrusts his left arm out and pushes him away, he was heard to say, “National Front, National front,” and walks back towards the black photographer.
‘He seems to thrust his hand towards the camera and the protesters are shouting, ‘Racist, racist.’
‘The last thing he can be heard saying is, “Black c**t”.
The protestors can be heard to chant, “Hey-hey, ho-ho, Trump and May have got to go”, as well as, “No Trump, no Brexit, no racist EU exit”.
Explaining the night of the terror attack, Mr Surtees Jones said: ‘Mr Larner was enjoying a convivial drink when three armed terrorists ran amok.
‘The three individuals came into the proximity of Mr Larner, and he immediately ran forward and endeavoured to prevent them causing harm to others.
‘The police accept that his very swift and brave actions prevented further injury and loss of life.
‘As a consequence of his bravery he sustained very severe injuries and was taken directly by the police to the hospital, as they would not risk waiting for an ambulance.
‘I am sure your honour will be shocked to hear, that from June up until today he has spoken to counselling services just twice.
‘He is involved in charity fundraising for the London Bridge incident and the Manchester Arena bombing, he is involved through the local community and football fans.
‘The local Millwall community group ran a program to increase racial awareness, Mr Larner attended voluntarily on that course.’
The court heard that Larner receiving benefits and doing his best to support a 15-year-old daughter.
The judge said: ‘You are entitled to express your views, as they are entitled to express theirs and they cannot expect everyone to agree with them.
‘But nobody should be subjected to the kind of racist abuse, also involving spitting, that this complainant was.
‘But then, ironically, you showed that you can bring great benefit because before you were arrested you became a national hero on 3 June.
‘And of course you cannot use that for the rest of your life, but it is a side of your character that I must – and do – take into account.
‘As you heard me say to your counsel, it is no excuse that you were a victim of a Muslim attack for you to behave in that way to people of the Muslim faith.’
Larner, of Ferndale Road, Brixton, admitted racially aggravated common assault, in respect of the incident on 20 February and religiously aggravated harassment on 13 July.
He was sentenced to eight weeks, suspended for 12 months, for spitting on the photographer and fined £50 for his anti-Islam abuse.
In addition he will submit to a rehabilitation requirement for anger management and diversity awareness and he is banned from attending his local MP’s office for two years.
Right-wing radio host Tim Burton jailed for ‘vile Islamophobic’ trolling of anti-racism campaigner
‘It was pre-meditated, it was determined, it was deeply unpleasant, and it was part of a campaign by you and your associates to tar all Muslims as Islamists’
Tim Burton outside Southwark Crown Court before the start of his trial for racially aggravated harassment Rex
A right-wing radio host who trolled an anti-hate crime campaigner with “Islamophobic” tweets and emails has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Timothy Burton, 64, branded Islam a “backwards, misogynistic, seventh-century” ideology in a series of emails to Tell Mama founder Fiyaz Mughal OBE between 4 April and 26 April 2016.
Burton also sent Mr Mughal links to far-right blogs containing “vile slurs” against Muslims including a petition called “renounce, reform, or get the hell out of my country”.
The radio presenter for the anti-immigration group Liberty GB was convicted of one count of religiously aggravated harassment in March following a week-long trial at Southwark Crown Court.
Burton, who says he has resigned from the group following his conviction, had denied the charge and claimed he was exercising his right to free speech.
He said he insulted Mr Mughal after reading articles suggesting Tell Mama had exaggerated figures about anti-Muslim incidents.
Mr Mughal said in a statement: “The defendant’s actions have led to endless nights of anxiety and fear and a sense of being targeted to my core.”
Judge Alex Gordon said Burton had been on a campaign to tar all Muslims as violent extremists as he jailed him for 12 weeks at Inner London Crown Court on Friday.
He said: “The defendant was found guilty by jury following a trial in March of religiously aggravated harassment.
“He sent a series of grossly offensive emails to Tell Mama with the obvious intention that they would be, as they were, received by Mr Mughal.
“Not only were these emails offensive, they provided links to deeply offensive material involving a petition called ‘renounce, reform, of get the hell out of my country’.
“He also linked to articles with vile slurs to Mr Mughal.
“He was broadcasting the harassment to the world.”
The judge said the emails “continued after the defendant was asked to stop sending them, and after it was threatened that he would be reported to the police”.
He continued: “It was obvious that these emails were designed, carefully designed to harass Mr Mughal by causing him distress.
“Your extreme antipathy towards Muslims is what led you to harass Mr Mughal.
“You are seemingly incapable of distinguishing between Muslims and violent Islamists. Your offending behaviour was obviously motivated by a religious hostility and aggravated the harassment.
“You were at the time, [though you have] apparently now resigned, a member of a group Liberty GB which promotes antipathy based on religious adherence.
“It was pre-meditated, it was determined, it was deeply unpleasant, and it was part of a campaign by you and your associates to tar all Muslims as Islamists.”
Judge Gordon accepted that Burton had “expressed some limited remorse”.
Burton was previously cleared of racially aggravated harassment in 2014 after calling Mr Mughal a “mendacious grievance-mongering taqqiya artist” and a “Muslim scumbag” on Twitter.
He told him Liberty GB members “raised a glass in your honour, and toasted you with a bacon sandwich” in an email referencing the second anniversary of his acquittal on 26 April 2016.
Jurors were told the obscure theological term “taqqiya” provides persecuted Shia Muslims with an option to deny their faith “if their life is at stake”.
Mr Mughal said far-right extremists use the term to “blacken all Muslims”.
He told the trial: “Within far-right circles they say don’t trust Muslims because ‘taqqiya’ means they will lie – one to spread Islam, two to take over the state by insidious means, and three to promote Sharia.”
Judge Gordon jailed Burton for 12 weeks and imposed a restraining order barring him from contacting Fiyaz Mughal, Faith Matters, Tell Mama, or any employee of those groups.
He added: “A breach of that order is quite rightly taken by the courts as an extremely important matter and may well result in a custodial sentence.”
Racist thug draped himself in England flag scrawled with ‘f*** Islam’ – just 24 hours after Brexit vote
Thomas Johnstone, 29, also reportedly chanted anti-Muslim slogans during a protest organised by the English Defence League
Thomas Johnstone waved an England flag scrawled with ‘f*** Islam’ across it just 24 hours after Britain voted to leave the EU
A racist thug waved an England flag scrawled with ‘f*** Islam’ across it – just 24 hours after Britain voted to leave the EU.
Thomas Johnstone also chanted anti-Muslim slogans during an English Defence League protest on Saturday.
The 29-year-old’s chants got louder as Asian drivers or pedestrians passed him while he took part in the demonstration, a court heard.
Around 30 members of the far-right group had gathered outside the Manarat Foundation mosque in Birmingham.
The court heard that on the flag was written ‘no more mosques,’ ‘English ’till I die’ and ‘f*** Islam’.”
Johnstone yesterday admitted two counts of causing religiously aggravated harassment alarm or stress under the Public Order Act at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court.
He also pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer after giving police his brother’s name when arrested.
Johnstone, of Luton, was handed a £400 fine but was told he would not have to pay because of the time he had spent in custody since Saturday.
He remained in custody after being recalled to prison on licence on other matters.
Helen Shipley, prosecuting, said demonstrators were herded by police to one side of the Coventry Road in Birmingham.
Johnstone had a St George’s flag draped around his neck.
Miss Shipley said: “He appeared to film police because he wanted their opinion on a new mosque.
“He removed the flag and was holding it up towards motorists.
“On the flag was written ‘no more mosques’ and ‘English ’till I die’ and ‘f*** Islam’.”
Miss Shipley said Johnstone was also chanting offensive anti-Muslim slogans and got more vocal when Asian drivers or pedestrians passed by.
After being arrested Johnstone gave police the name of his brother but was found out when fingerprint tests revealed his true identity.
Ben Galletti, defending, said Johnstone had been recalled on licence to prison on other matters and was not due for release until June 1 next year.
District Judge Robert Zara fined Johnstone £150 for each of the religiously aggravated offences and £100 for obstructing an officer.
He said: “The maximum penalty for public order offences is only a fine whatever view I may take of your conduct.
“Because you are now a serving prisoner I will deem the time spent in custody since your arrest should serve in default of payment.”
On a Facebook profile page Johnstone appears to be connected to the Coventry branch of the EDL.
A status update from May said: “Before ny1(sic) forms an opinion of what I believe in please google what the EDL fight for.”
Knowle man to be sentenced after admitting involvement in Totterdown mosque bacon attack
A convicted football hooligan has admitted his involvement in an attack where a bacon sandwich was thrown at a Bristol mosque.
Kevin Crehan, 34, of Stockwood Crescent, Knowle, was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence following the incident at Jamia Mosque in Green Street, Totterdown, last month.
In a five minute hearing at Bristol Crown Court he pleaded guilty to the charge, accepting a religiously aggravated offence to cause Nasir Ahmed harassment, alarm or distress.
Judge Martin Picton adjourned his case, pending a probation report, until March 24.
He bailed Crehan on condition he co-operates with the probation service.
Crehan’s bail also prevents him from going on the pavement outside, or within the boundaries of, any mosque in England and Wales.
The judge told him: “You have to understand this case carries custody.”.
On Sunday, January 17, a flag was said to be hung on a fence outside the mosque stating: “No mosque wanted here” and “Bristol United Patriots”.
Elderly worshippers attending the mosque were abused and bacon was thrown.
Self-styled anti-Muslim group, Bristol United Patriots, operate across the city but have publicly denied having anything to do with the attack.
It is not Crehan’s first brush with the law, which has included assaulting a police officer.
In 2010 he was sentenced to seven months in prison for breaching a three year football banning order.
At the time Bristol Crown Court heard the then 28-year-old was caught with a sawn-off pool cue down his trousers.
Crehan admitted four breaches which included failing to report to a police station during the World Cup and being inside an exclusion zone before a Bristol City versus Milwall match.
The court heard he had been banned from being within a mile of Bristol City’s Ashton Gate ground.
Crehan pleaded guilty to having an offensive weapon and stealing a DVD.
Regarding the mosque attack Alison Bennett, 46, Mark Bennett, 48, both of Spruce Way, Patchway and Angelina Swailes, 31, of West Town Avenue, Brislington have all been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.
The Bennetts and Swailes have been released on bail with a condition not to enter or go within 100 metres of any mosque.
They are due to appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on February 25.
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Constituent pleads guilty to antisemitic attack on Jon Trickett MP
Darren Mark Lumb, who has previous links to the BNP and EDL, verbally attacked the MP in January this year in West Yorkshire
A constituent has pleaded guilty to mounting an antisemitic verbal attack against Labour MP and shadow communities secretary Jon Trickett.
On 23 January 2015, Darren Mark Lumb, 47, stopped the the MP for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire in the street and launched into an antisemitic tirade against him.
During the trial on Thursday at Leeds crown court, Lumb changed his plea to guilty to one count of religiously aggravated harassment and stalking with fear of violence, and one count of breaching an asbo.
umb – who has been known to Trickett’s office for a decade – was released on bail on the condition that he did not approach the MP or any member of his staff and he will return to court on 3 March for sentencing.
Lumb has previously had links to the British National Party (BNP), the English Defence League (EDL) and the National Front, and served as BNP organiser for Wakefield and later West Yorkshire.
He has previous convictions for assault and disorder and was convicted in 2011 of using racially aggravated threatening or insulting words and behaviour after he reportedly called a petrol station worker “a black bastard”.
Lumb, who lives in South Elmsall, stood as a BNP candidate for South Elmsall and South Kirkby in the Wakefield Metropolitan district council election in 2011, where he won 441 votes, 2.6% below the Conservative candidate.
A friend of Trickett’s said the MP had been left shocked and shaken by the incident and that “he hasn’t experienced rage like it in his life”.
Jon Trickett has been MP for Hemsworth since 1996. He served as the parliamentary private secretary to prime minister Gordon Brown from 2008 to 2010 and was then promoted to the shadow cabinet by Ed Miliband in 2011.
Trickett was one of 36 MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election and was made shadow secretary of state for communities and local government in the shadow cabinet reshuffle following Corbyn’s landslide victory in September 2015.
Six admit charges after Sunderland mosque protest violence
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Darren Stokoe and Stephen Brown leaving Sunderland Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to offences commited at an anti-mosque protest in Millfield, Sunderland
SIX men have admitted charges after left and right-wing groups clashed at a demonstration in Sunderland.
They were arrested following a protest against plans to covert a former council depot in Millfield into a mosque.
Prosecutor Glenda Beck told Sunderland magistrates that demonstration began at 12.30pm on October 6, with both sides shouting at each other.
“The right-wing group was the most hostile,” she said. “Trying on several occasions to breach the police line to get at the left-wing demonstrators.
“The demonstration lasted about one hour before both groups moved away.”
Three Wearsiders were arrested following the clash.
Stephen George Brown, 32, of Palmerston Road in Pennywell, admitted a public order offence and religiously-aggravated harassment.
Mrs Beck said that at about 3pm, after the main demo had ended, he drew his first back and ran at a group of between 30 to 40 Asian men in Stewart Street.
He was charged with the second offence in November, after police viewed CCTV from the incident and heard him using anti-Muslim abuse.
Defending, Heather Bolton said Brown had friends and family living near the site of the mosque and he had aired his concerns about it at public meetings.
She added: “Both groups were chanting at each other and it appears that the other group made threats of violence and were making gestures of throat cutting.
“He accepts that he did retaliate in reaction to that and did make a comment in relation to Allah.”
Darren Stokoe, from Patrick Road, Pennywell, also pleaded guilty to a public order offence.
Mrs Beck said he was spotted by officers throwing an object at supporters of the mosque.
Mitigating, Mrs Bolton said Stokoe had been drinking in Millfield, came across the demonstration and decided to join in.
“He cannot recall throwing any object,” she added. “But accepts that he has.”
Both cases were adjourned for sentencing until April for Probation Service reports.
Anthony Farrer, 37, of Cleveland Road, was given a six-month conditional discharge after admitting throwing an egg at anti-fascists.
Also involved was Ronald Wood, 39, of Lonnen Drive in Swalwell, Gateshead, who was fined £110 after admitting racially-aggravated harassment.
Dean Spence, 23, of Yew Close, Spennymoor, admitted disorderly conduct, but denied throwing a firework, and was fined £73.
Shaun Bunting, 34, of Fenhall Green, Newton Aycliffe, was fined £133 after refusing to comply with a police notice to leave the area.
His solicitor, Jason Smith, said the offence took place outside The Chesters pub after the protest.
l Three men yesterday denied charges against them relating to the protests.
Simon Bigg, 47, of Todd’s Nook, Elswick, Newcastle; and William Smith, 44, of McLurian Crescent, Renfrewshire, Scotland, will stand trial in May accused of committing a public order offence.
Gary Biggar, 41, of Clarke Street, Kilmarnock, Scotland, denied racially-aggravated harassment and was released on bail until May.
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Moon Duo reveal new artist residency in Manchester
Moon Duo share new single 'Slow Down Low'
Far Out Staff· January 28, 2019
Moon Duo have unveiled plans to take part in a new artist residency hosted in Manchester.
Emmanuel Biard, a Manchester-based visual projection artist who already curates Moon Duo’s live visuals, is again teaming up with Erik “Ripley” Johnson and Sanae Yamada for the art event.
The band become Samarbeta’s fourteenth artist residency and the show will take place at Regents Trading Estate in Salford in April.
“When we make an album we tend to approach the process with a specific conceptual underpinning in mind – the residency offers the chance to apply this approach to our live show as well,” the band said in a statement. “While we have always sought to have some kind of transformative visual component to our live performances, to change the space of the room we’re in, we have not in the past attempted to tie the components of the stage show to a specific album or concept.”
They added: “When we started working with Emmanuel he brought new depth and breadth to that aspect of our show; through the residency, we’re hoping to deepen that artistic relationship by collaborating on a specific conceptual framework for a live show to reflect and interact with the ideas at work on our upcoming album.”
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Mytheresa confidentially applies for New York IPO
By Huw Hughes
German luxury fashion e-tailer Mytheresa has confidentially applied for a New York IPO.
Its parent company, MYT Netherlands Parent B.V., announced Tuesday it has “confidentially submitted a draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the proposed initial public offering of American Depositary Shares representing its ordinary shares”.
The number of American Depositary Shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined, it added.
The float is expected to take place after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions.
Media reports earlier this month suggested Mytheresa could be seeking a valuation of 1 billion to 1.5 billion dollars for an IPO.
The business has performed well in recent years, even amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Its consolidated net revenue from its online platform and physical stores in Munich increased 19 percent to 450 million euros in 2020, up from 377 million euros in 2019. Its online business grew by 20 percent over the year.
Mytheresa was acquired by Neiman Marcus in 2014 after years as a small luxury e-commerce player. Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and handed over part of Mytheresa to its creditors as it left Chapter 11.
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New Delhi: As the world economies, shaken by COVID-19, look to relocate their manufacturing facilities from China, India today urged the member-states of a Bay of Bengal regional group to seize the opportunity to drive the industry shift to the region.
“The shock of the pandemic has, paradoxically, presented us with opportunities. One such opportunity has arisen due to the discourse, gathering momentum, of the requirement of diversification of manufacturing locations,” India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said.
He was speaking at a webinar on ‘Revisiting Economic Cooperation in BIMSTEC in Post-Covid-19 Era‘ organised by a think-tank Research and Information System for Developing Countries. Muraleedharan did not name China directly.
BIMSTEC, which stands for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, turned 23 this month. The regional grouping comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The region brings together 1.5 billion people, around 21 percent of the world population, and a combined Gross Domestic Product of over $2.5 trillion.
The Coronavirus, which originated from Wuhan in China last year has caused the world economies to sink into a global recession, considered to be even worse than the great depression of the 1930s. According to a United Nations estimate, the loss to global output due to COVID-19 would be worth $8.5 trillion.
As nations strive to recover from the pandemic, a discussion about the New World Order, where China is no more the global manufacturing hub, has already begun.
India is locked in a bitter turf war with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh and while it is trying to resolve the border dispute through negotiations, discussions around how to counter the Asian giant in the long-term through non-military measures is gathering pace.
Experts estimate that hydrocarbon and commodity dependent economies will be hit as badly as manufacturing, services, agriculture, mining and tourism dependent economies. Global poverty and unemployment levels will rise and remittances will be impacted due to the pandemic.
Noting that trade routes, supply chains and business plans are being redrawn across the globe keeping these factors in mind, India reminded the BIMSTEC countries that there is an increasing demand for alternate production locations in several supply chains and the grouping is ideally placed to attract shifting industries and gain a foothold into these value chains.
This will allow the BIMSTEC nations an opportunity to move up the global value chain as well as provide jobs in their respective countries in the post-COVID world, the minister said.
Pointing out that the post-depression period is usually marked by growth, India urged the BIMSTEC nations to be on the right side of recovery and work together to ensure an equitable development for the populations in the region.
Muraleedharan, in his address, said India was ready to provide leadership to the grouping and help the member countries.
“As the largest country and economy in the grouping, India has been keen to partner with the countries of BIMSTEC on various initiatives over the years. In the recent years, we have successfully implemented various multilateral projects to bring our countries together,” he said.
He cited connectivity projects including the Kaladan transport project, the Trilateral Highway Project, an East-West corridor connecting India’s Northeast with Myanmar and Thailand, the Rhi-Tiddim road in Myanmar, construction of India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline and dredging of inland waterways in Bangladesh, the Biratnagar integrated check post with Nepal, reconstruction of railway tracks in Sri Lanka and road projects and power transmission lines in Nepal.
Talking about the opportunities, India also apprised the BIMSTEC nations about the need to ramp up its systems and have an adequate policy and operational environment for global businesses.
This would require revitalising the BIMSTEC Business Forum, BIMSTEC Economic Forum to further strengthen government–private sector cooperation for the promotion of trade and investment, and tasking the Expert Group on BIMSTEC Visa Matters to finalize the modalities for the BIMSTEC Visa Facilitation, said Muraleedharan.
India offered to share its experience of a vibrant start-up culture with the BIMSTEC members besides knowledge and best practices in the field of Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services and urged them to establish a legal framework to enable use of such infrastructure.
In this line, early conclusion of the BIMSTEC Coastal Shipping Agreement and BIMSTEC Motor Vehicle Agreement would provide for seamless transport of goods across our borders, the minister noted, while stressing the need to integrate digital networks like affordable and high-speed internet and mobile communications and power grids.
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Rape Culture and Muslims by Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente
By Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente on October 26, 2017 • ( 19 )
There is no doubt that Rape Culture is installed within religions and Islam is not an exception. Lately, “honorable Islamic scholar,” Nouman Ali Khan (NAK) was exposed as sexual predator, causing a battle in social media. NAK is only one more in the list of sexual offenders operating in religious spaces, on many occasions with the support of opinions leaders, or the silence and blind eye of the community of believers.
During my months in Cape Town, as you know, I engaged in critical education in Gender and Islam through workshops with Muslim women from the Cape Flats, where the rigid dynamics of researcher-object of study, gave way to an equal interaction of “people talking.” A recurrent theme, as I said in a previous article, was sexual violence and the discursive tenets that facilitate it.
In the light of the controversy aforementioned, I want to share excerpts that I recorded during our sessions of the sincere statements of Muslim women between 25 and 60 years old from different suburbs of Cape Town on Rape Culture and religion as they live it.
“They say that if I refuse to have sex with my husband, I’m cursed by the angels until dawn. But sometimes I do not want to. I’m tired or I just prefer another form of intimacy, like cuddling. I don’t get why for Muslim women, being sexually subservient to a man has to do with being a good believer.”
“Why am I the one locked up in a perimeter marked with a red ribbon at the mosque? It’s a huge hypocrisy. Outside they flirt and chase women; once inside they demand that you be held in the corner of the prayer hall like an infected animal.”
“Every time he wants sex, he asks me to make him a ‘service.’ I am his wife and he talks to me like a prostitute. A few weeks after our wedding, things changed in bed. He skips foreplay and everything, just wants to come, wash and go. He doesn’t even look at my face during sex. If I complain, he says his mother was the perfect Muslim woman, always in silence and obedient to his dad. I feel trashed by my own husband.”
“I am tired of being told that my presence in the mosque distracts men from their religious duties, that I prevent them from being good men. If they want to be pious, then stop trying to guess my body shape under the abaya!”
“People put religion above our dignity as women. They prefer throwing everything under the carpet and the neighbors will continue seeing them as good Muslims.”
“How are you going to accuse someone? You will have the whole community on your back! The woman who talks about the violence she suffers, is treated as a nuisance, period.”
MANNENBERG
“My niece was raped by her father between the ages of 6 and 14. My sister asked him to leave, only that, no one denounced him. I was too young to do anything. The Sheikh told my sister that according to Islam, her duty as a Muslim was to cover her husband’s faults. Then she said nothing. Recently, the man asked her to live together again. In the mosque they told her that she should receive her husband back, because Allah had forgiven him and he was her husband. She accepted him back.”
“You’re the one to blame. You are a failure if you are raped or sexually abused. There’s something wrong with you or your faith. This is the worst part for me; you’re the victim. What happens to you, it’s your responsibility and maybe it happened because you need a test like this to strength your faith.”
HANNOVER PARK
“I now know that your husband can rape you. This is something I experienced in my marriage. Maybe one of my pregnancies was the result of forced sex. I saw it as normal — sometimes this happens, men are complicated — that kind of stuff.”
“I was molested by my cousin. When I told my mother, she said that must be a secret for my own sake and it was time for me to start wearing the hiyab.”
Which Culture is Yours?
If you think my intention in writing this post was to upsetting, you would be right. If you’re a Muslim that genuinely believes that Islam contains an ethic of social justice, then you should be outraged to know what some of our sisters experience. Now, ask yourself: What’s your culture? One that believes and supports victims or one that plays the bystander and excused sexual predators?
This question is not an obvious one. Muslims often react myopically to these cases. Many resort to what I would call the Lazy Brain’s Emergency Kit: “Not all Muslims,” “Women exaggerate,” “Zionist conspiracy,” “Feminist plot,” “They aren’t Muslims,” or “Islam honors women….”
Sexual violence occurring within Islam is a continuum in the ways it preys on feminine bodies that is sustained by religious narratives and social practices whose prevalence legitimizes Rape Culture and evidences the lack of courage in a community to approach the problem with the necessary honesty and determination.
“Islam honors women” must be turned into actions — strategies of prevention for sexual violence and a stronger position against Rape Culture, and the promotion of an ethic of consent aligned with Islamic teachings based in truth, equality, respect for human dignity and social justice.
The only cause for sexual violence is someone who DECIDES to perpetrate it. Religion should not be used to justify it or manipulated to hide or excuse the felons who commit such acts. Fame, intelligence, public reputation, academic degrees, charisma, the personal or cultural fondness we have for them cannot be equated with or used to replace morals and ethics. It is not enough to repeat wearily that Islam doesn’t endorse sexual violence. As long there are sexual predators among us, as long as we refuse to take action, we will be an active part of the problem.
Note: I decided not to reveal the names of the women whose testimonies are quoted here because I am aware that speaking up and revealing your identity is a privilege they are not yet entitled to because of their community’s attitudes towards sexual violence.
Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente is Muslim who is an international journalist and writer, community educator and awarded women’s rights activist. Independent scholar and lecturer in Religion, Gender and Politics.
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Categories: Gender and Sexuality, General, Islamic feminism, Rape Culture, Sexual Ethics, Sexual Violence
Tags: Muslim women, patriarchy, Rape Culture, Sexual Abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, sexuality and spirituality
October 26, 2017 • 1:32 am
This made me feel sick :(. I also know of a woman who was assaulted by a cousin and was told to remain silent. I think one of the underlying problematic assumptions is that sexual needs are seen as normal for men and that we should expect that they will act out on them, but that anything sex related is damaging to a woman’s worth, spoils her “purity”, and makes her less valuable on the marriage market. So yeah, we really need to get rid of this one-sided notion of purity. And start to reclaim sexual needs as women, since while there is a lot of talk about the sexual needs of the husband, there is little of it when it comes to the needs of wives.
I think what we need to do first is to examine and change our own rape culture… Rape is endemic to all cultures as far as I can see.
I don’t understand what you mean. I am talking about this issue as a muslim and community educator who worked for Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust. Also, as a survivor. So, I don’t know where is that “Another” Rape Culture I haven’t noticed.
October 26, 2017 • 10:14 am
Sorry, I misunderstood. I too worked for a rape crisis center and I too am a survivor. I will however repeat the obvious, rape is endemic to ALL cultures.
Sara, rape is not endemic in all cultures. In many indigenous societies rape is unknown.
Thank you for contributing this piece, Vanessa. Your writing reflects the fact that all faith traditions exist within the social context of patriarchy–the core of which is domination. Religions don’t exist in a vacuum but absorb the values of the culture in which they exist. Addressing and eradicating the power structures that make rape “acceptable” is essential. It starts at the grass roots level, giving women a place to voice their own experience and reality as you did in your work in Cape Town. Thank you, again.
Juliana Lightle
You are absolutely correct. Is there any major religion on Earth that is non-patriarchal? No. How will we ever change this to a non-patriarchal world?
All faiths do exist within the social contest of Patriarchy – that was the point I neglected to make clear to Vanessa. And rape is endemic to all.
The Moso/Mosuo of western China are primarily a matriarchal society (they live near the border of Tibet in the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces). I would say the same of the the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia. I think there are others too, but I haven’t researched this topic recently. I’m not sure you could call the Hopi “patriarchal.” And these societies of course have religions, which would not exist in the social context of Patriarchy. And they do not have rape.
I have Native American roots, and have spent time in Hopiland where rape is a reality. Yes of course there are pockets of matrifocal societies but the dominant cultural perspective is Patriarchal. And Patriarchy holds the power.
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Reblogged on kommonsentsjane/blogkommonsents.
All religions have to accept the fact that women or just as important in daily life as men AND ARE NOT SLAVES to anyone.
Kaukab Siddique
November 1, 2017 • 8:30 pm
Replace the word ISNA with “secularists and Ms. Fuente.”
Why is Nouman Ali Khan under Attack by ISNA supporters and Imam Magid et al? [Secularists & Ms. Fuente.]
NAK is boring and middle-of-the-road. That could be why ISNA feels Threatened.
Go to solutions at the end of the article.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
ISNA [the so-called Islamic Society of North America] has launched an all out attack on Nouman Ali Khan, a popular teacher of the Qur’an in America with worldwide influence. The attack is coming through Ms. Mattson, “imam” Magid, Altaf and others.
The question arises why is this well funded organization making this big effort to discredit Nouman Ali Khan?
What is not widely known about ISNA is that it has NEVER expressed concern about the suffering of Muslims who are not liked by the US power structure.
Consider these facts:
Ms. Mattson came from a Christian missionary organization. She was suddenly made president of ISNA though few in the organization knew about her credentials as a Muslim.
“Imam” Magid is known as a notable worker for the FBI. He claimed outright that he would hand over any Muslim to the FBI whom he considered an “extremist.”
His services were recognized with a plaque from the FBI which he proudly put up in his office.
Some of ISNA’s conventions have been directly sponsored by the White House.
ISNA has never protested the mistreatment of Muslims by the American power structure.
Think of THREE invasions of Gaza by Israel. ISNA response: Zero.
Bombing of Iraq, followed by invasion and occupation. ISNA response: Zero
Droning of Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia by USA. ISNA response: Zero.
Police shootings of unarmed Black men in America: ISNA response. Zero
Arrest, show trials and long prison sentences of Muslims whom the US does not like. ISNA response: Zero
Abuse and extreme mistreatment of Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and Bagram by USA: ISNA response: Zero
Muslim women killed and/or raped by US troops in Iraq and by India in Kashmir. ISNA: Zero
US Air Force bombing causing slaughter of Muslim women and children [families of Islamic State members] in Mayadin and Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq. [Human Rights watch just listed 84 such victims in Tabaqa, Syria. ] ISNA: Zero
The brutalization and extensive imprisonment of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and the murder of US citizen Anwar Awlaqi and his son in Yemen. ISNA: Zero
So the question arises: On what basis is ISNA – related crowd attacking Nouman Ali Khan? Obviously ISNA’s record shown above indicates that this group’s leaders are not moral agents.,
Has ISNA come up with any evidence against Nouman Ali Ali Khan? NO!
In fact Nouman Ali Khan teaches what is taught in ISNA conventions: Morality and study of the Qur’an and relevance of the Qur’an and the miracles and values of the Qur’an.. However, his quality of teaching and ability to explain in modern terminology is higher than any of the ISNA speakers I have heard.
Like them, he teaches against EXTREMISM.
Therein lies the reason for their attack on Nouman Ali Khan. He was TAKING AWAY ISNA’s CONSTITUENCY: Middle Class, well to do American Muslims.
Instead of becoming a part of ISNA, he set up his own independent institute called Bayyinah.
In America it is quite common for women to attack established figures. Non-Muslim women have become quite aggressive. Charges against Cosby were brought 10, 20 even 30 years after the alleged incidents.
It could be catching on with Muslim women too. Most Muslim women do not approach a man through a Wali, or they ignore the Wali after the conversation has begun.
Often these conversations begin “on line” [which can be interpreted in a number of ways] or they are by phone or skype and can be re-interpreted if the proposal fails.
The women then bring the allegations which work in Muslim countries which are still very conservative but usually unthinkable in America.
For instance, if the woman says:
Do you like this dress?
And he replies:
You look beautiful in it.
If the proposal fails, she can claim that he made “inappropriate” comments.
In non-Muslim organizations, read the rules about sexual harassment. A Muslim male who is tempted by a bold woman could ruin his entire career by expressing his feelings.
I would urge men to be strict. Be modest. Islam teaches men to be modest. The most modest companion of the Prophet, pbuh, was a male: Usman, r.a.
While living in a non-Muslim society, we should be aware that the devil is rampant. However chaste one might be, the sin might emerge in the mind and soul and the devil might urge its expression in real life.
Allah forgives till actual sin is committed. Even then there is scope for tazkia and istaghfar and renewal of faith.
There is no evidence against Nouman Ali Khan. He is a good teacher. Let him continue his work. Bayyinah is a blessing. ISNA supporters and government camp followers are indulging in slander, abuse and character assassination.
Jokuvaan
November 14, 2017 • 11:35 pm
Muhammad himself was a rapist and out of his companions all but one kept sex slaves.
You can have gender equality or Islam but you can’t keep your cake and eat it.
Haalah
December 9, 2017 • 11:03 am
Im a South African. I’m a Muslim women. And I’ve never experienced this.
But I can tell you one of the biggest roots to the problem. Why? Because I myself am like this.
We live in a bubble. I know many may not agree with me but it’s true. Most of the Muslims that I know, including myself, are undeniably blessed. Contentment, because following our religion fills us with it, safety, financial security, amazing families… I could go on and on… We’re spoilt, there’s not much that we don’t have.
But because of this, we live in a bubble. We happy to live our lives in our happy bubble, not bothering about outsiders and their problems.
Its sounds incredibly selfish but I promise you, it’s not. Its just… Self-absorbed. Everyones so busy with their own lives that no one bothers much about others problems unless they’re closely related to them or close friends.
Its definitely not something restricted to Muslims. All religions n cultures have it… But we have it bad.
Thing is… Even if Muslims decided to go out there and help those Muslim women who need it… Most of us would never know where to start… Thats our problem.
December 9, 2017 • 12:44 pm
I agree. You live in a Bubble. However, as an outsider I perceive there is always time to waste thinking what will be the dress for Eid about never to reflect on our duty in improving our communities. Being spoiled is not an excuse, as well ignorance is not an excuse, especially in Cape Town, where there is the largest organization fighting against Rape and helping survivors like Rape crisis. As Muslim, we can’t hide behind lack of time or information, we have a duty about. I write once per month in The Muslims Views about issues pertaining women’s rights and my conclusion is always the same: Muslim are more concerned in looking for excuses for how they don’t take care of these issues, instead to use that time to do something to solve the issue. It seems God gave a religion of wisdom to people who don´t want to make the effort to reflect. Salam
Sorry for my little rant. What I meant to say is that most women are afraid to speak out, one reason is for fear of censure… But the other is because unless they have close friends or family… Most Muslims will just give them a sympathetic smile and carry on with their lives….
Its the worst thing ever but besides trying to be a change themselves, how does one go about changing it?
The women I work with will never speak up to other Muslims they know because they will be listened for the sake of gossip or for the sake of judgement. But they trust in a foreigner because I won’t betray them, I don’t follow cliques, I don’t define myself among them for my race or class and at the end of the day I am as outsider as they are.
Just goes to show how messed up society is…
May Allah make it easy for all those women and help them out of their problems
Well, society is not a being. Where does she live, eat, work? In which desk she sits to damage vulnerable people? “Society” is each one of us. If society is messed up, you are messed up, I am messed up, etc. So, instead of praying to Allah, rather we ACT upon His commands about to take over our duty over His Creation and stand up for justice, even if we have to make ourselves uncomfortable
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A One-Size-Fits-All Villain
October 16, 2019 in Deities of the Underworld, Uncategorized | Tags: Attica, bed, bureaucracy, children of Poseidon, criminal, myth, one-size-fits-all, Procrustean, Procrustes, Theseus | by Wayne | Leave a comment
Greek mythology is filled with horrors. There are poisonous monsters with super regeneration/multiplication powers. There are child-eating cannibal gods (in charge of everything, no less). There are gods of pure fear and anguish. And this is to say nothing of giant dragons, impenetrable lions, three headed demon dogs, and haughty musically-inclined deities. Yet the scary Greek antagonist that I find most alarming (as an adult) was merely a renegade blacksmith and petty bandit. According to classical myth, Procrustes was a bastard son of Poseidon who lived in Attica. He had a hideout on the sacred road running from Athens to Eleusis and he would rob and murder unlucky pilgrims.
Yet it was the imaginatively metaphorical way which Procrustes utilized to dispatch his victims which makes him so dreadful. Procrustes had an iron bed which he would force his victims to lie on. If they were longer than the bed, he would lop off all of the surplus bits until they fit perfectly. If they were shorter, he would take his hammer and tongs and stretch them and pound them until they fit.
This all seems like standard horror fare which would make for a fine Cary Elwes movie, except for the fact that Procrustes’ OCD methodology became such a profound inspiration for bureaucracies and institutions everywhere. I suspect this story is the underlying motivation for half the management classes in business school, and anybody who has ever filled out an art show application will be shuddering with recognition. Everyone has had to deal with a one-size-fits-all situation which did not fit them at all: it seems like industrialized society takes its greatest inspiration from Procrustes.
Of course the story is redeemed by its satisfying conclusion. Theseus, the thinking man’s Greek hero, cleaned up Attica (before making his way to the throne, via Crete and the labyrinth). When Procrustes tried to mug Theseus, the young hero was ready and he violently defeated the smith. Then Theseus bound the giant to the infamous murder bed and rectified the situation by giving Procrustes a taste of his own medicine. The story takes on a certain tragic aspect though if you believe that Theseus was also a demi-god who was born of Poseidon (the wine-soaked conception of Theseus makes his parentage unclear….and yet, come on, his father was clearly Poseidon).
Anyway, this is where we get the word “Procrustean” which is extremely useful for describing numerous unhappy situations where the protagonist (i.e. you) are made to fit into the wrong sort of station, position, or circumstances. Thanks for the concept, Greek mythology! This will give us something to think about while falling asleep.
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Film Score Friday 12/18/20
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt on December 17, 2020 - 10:00 PM
Intrada has announced two CDs -- Mark Mothersbaugh's score for the just-released animated sequel THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, and (shipping next week) a three-disc, remastered edition of Jerry Goldsmith's stirring score for the 1982 Korean War epic INCHON, featuring the original soundtrack sequencing, the expanded sequencing featured on the 2006 score assembly, and a new seqencing of the complete score plus alternates.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Croods: A New Age - Mark Mothersbaugh - Intrada
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Branford Marsalis - Milan
News of the World - James Newton Howard - Backlot
Total Recall [re-release] - Jerry Goldsmith - Quartet
Un Sceriffo Extraterrestre...Poco Extra e Molto Terrestre - Guido & Maurizio DeAngelis - Digitmovies
IN THEATERS TODAY
Monster Hunter, the latest videogame adaption from star Milla Jovovich and director Paul W.S. Anderson, with a score by Paul Haslinger, is opening...somewhere.
Inchon - Jerry Goldsmith - Intrada Special Collection
Film Music 1976-2020 - Brian Eno - Astralwerks
Rams - Brian Eno - Universal
No Time to Die - Hans Zimmer - Decca
Civilta Del Mediterraneo - Bruno Nicolai - Kronos
Gaza Mon Amour - Andre Matthias - Kronos
The Gerald Fried Collection Vol. 1 - Gerald Fried - Dragon's Domain
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Vol. 1 - Marlin Skiles, Leith Stevens - Dragon's Domain
John Williams in Vienna [CD/BluRay] - John Williams - Deutsche Grammophon
L'Uomo Europo - Francesco DeMasi - Kronos
Patrick - Brian May - Dragon's Domain
The Shepherd - Arthur Valentin Grosz - Kronos
Sostiene Pereira - Ennio Morricone - Caldera
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous - William Ross - Dragon's Domain
The Twentieth Century - George Antheil, Paul Creston, Gail Kubik, Darius Milhaud, Harold Shapero - Kritzerland
Viking Women and the Sea Serpent - Albert Glasser - Kronos
Wonder Woman 1984 [CD-R] - Hans Zimmer - WaterTower
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
December 18 - Joel Hirschhorn born (1937)
December 18 - Jean Musy born (1947)
December 18 - Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark (1979)
December 18 - Out of Africa opens in New York and Los Angeles (1985)
December 18 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Datalore" (1987)
December 19 - Paul Dessau born (1894)
December 19 - Robert B. Sherman born (1925)
December 19 - Galt MacDermot born (1928)
December 19 - Herbert Stothart begins recording his score for Northwest Passage (1939)
December 19 - The Thief of Bagdad premieres in London (1940)
December 19 - Recording sessions begin for Frederick Hollander’s score for The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
December 19 - Walter Murphy born (1952)
December 19 - Duane Tatro’s score for The Invaders episode “Counter-Attack” is recorded (1967)
December 19 - Fred Karlin begins recording his score to The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1973)
December 19 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Going Ape (1980)
December 19 - Michel Magne died (1984)
December 19 - David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Past Tense, Part II” (1994)
December 19 - Roger Webb died (2002)
December 20 - Aaron Copland begins recording his score to The Heiress (1948)
December 20 - Cyril Mockridge records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Questing Beast" (1966)
December 20 - Alex North begins recording his score to The Devil's Brigade (1967)
December 20 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Planet of the Apes (1967)
December 20 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Red Pony (1972)
December 20 - Ned Washington died (1976)
December 20 - Jerry Goldsmith records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Boo!" (1985)
December 20 - Richard Hazard died (2000)
December 20 - David Bell records his score for the Enterprise episode “Dawn” (2002)
December 20 - Arlon Ober died (2004)
December 21 - Derek Scott born (1921)
December 21 - Franco Micalizzi born (1939)
December 21 - Frank Zappa born (1940)
December 21 - Recording sessions begin for Miklos Rozsa’s score to The Man in Half Moon Street (1943)
December 21 - David Michael Frank born (1948)
December 21 - Matthieu Chabrol born (1956)
December 21 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Something of Value (1956)
December 21 - Eric Coates died (1957)
December 21 - Goldfinger opens in New York (1964)
December 21 - Thunderball opens in New York (1965)
December 21 - Frank Cordell begins recording his score to Mosquito Squadron (1968)
December 21 - Barry DeVorzon begins recording his score for The Warriors (1978)
December 21 - Waldemar Kazanecki died (1991)
December 21 - Dominic Frontiere died (2017)
December 22 - Alfi Kabiljo born (1935)
December 22 - Guido De Angelis born (1944)
December 22 - Michael Bacon born (1949)
December 22 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Tribute to a Bad Man (1955)
December 22 - Dominic Frontiere records his score for The Invaders episode “The Experiment” (1966)
December 22 - Fred Steiner's scores for the Star Trek episodes "By Any Other Name" and "The Omega Glory" are recorded (1967)
December 22 - Gordon Zahler died (1975)
December 22 - James Horner begins recording his score for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1988)
December 22 - Joe Strummer died (2002)
December 23 - Georg Haentzschel born (1907)
December 23 - Ross Edwards born (1943)
December 23 - Daniele Amfitheatrof begins recording his score for Devil's Doorway (1949)
December 23 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his replacement score to Saddle the Wind (1957)
December 23 - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad opens in New York (1958)
December 23 - Corey Allen Jackson born (1968)
December 23 - Walter Greene died (1983)
December 23 - Devonte Hynes born (1985)
December 23 - Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Sin of Innocence (1985)
December 23 - Jeff Alexander died (1989)
December 24 - Franz Waxman born (1906)
December 24 - Carlo Rustichelli born (1916)
December 24 - Mike Curb born (1944)
December 24 - Recording sessions begin for Hugo Friedhofer’s score for Bride of Vengeance (1948)
December 24 - Ray Colcord born (1949)
December 24 - Richard LaSalle records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “The Secret City of Limbo” (1969)
December 24 - Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for It’s Alive (1973)
December 24 - Bernard Herrmann died (1975)
December 24 - Alec Wilder died (1980)
December 24 - Richard Rodney Bennett died (2012)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
THE BAY OF SILENCE - John Swihart
"Kurylenko plays Rosalind, a French beauty in love with Bang’s Will. After some outdoor rumpy-pumpy, Will proposes to Rosalind. Fast-forward eight months, we discover not only a pregnant Rosalind but her twin daughters as well. We’re also introduced to Milton (Cox), a shady looking maid of Eastern European descent and later, Candy (Shalisha James-Davis), the nanny who will take care of baby Amadeo after he’s born prematurely. Amadeo’s early arrival occurs after Rosalind suffers an accidental fall from a balcony. In the hospital, Rosalind is convinced that her Caesarian resulted in two babies, one of whom died or had been taken away. 'Why did you let them take my baby?' she accuses Will as mysterious, 'something sinister is afoot' music plays."
Odie Henderson, RogerEbert.com
THE GRIZZLIES - Garth Stevenson
"Cinematographer Jim Denault and de Pencier, making her feature-length directing debut, bring artistic panache to a locale audiences don’t often see. The grey overcast skies provide a good sense of mood, instilling this portrait with a crisp, somber shading. There’s electricity in the training montage, utilizing wide shots of the team in the harsh snow choreographed in sync with the driving drums and chants of the soundtrack. They also echo 'Rocky II's' charming chicken chase sequence as the team races against Maggie the dog."
Courtney Howard, Variety
HIS HOUSE - Roque Banos
"He displays a solid grasp of craft, too, providing the level of dimness required for a horror movie with plenty of shadow play, while still keeping his main players lit well enough to showcase their features (and horrified expressions). It seems like a simple task, but cinema has a history of poorly lighting its dark-skinned subjects to the point of campfire uncanniness. Cinematographer Jo Willems wonderfully composes evening scenes so that the eye is drawn exactly where it needs to go, and neutral colors and blues further emphasize the language of warmth and coldness depending on the region. On the downside, composer Roque Baños’ score, while surely solid on its own, competes with the film’s most tender moments to the point of distraction -- a confusing choice for a movie whose actors prove more than capable of investing the audience in the emotional plight of the characters. (Speaking in both Dinka and English, Dìrísù and Mosaku expertly oscillate between subtlety and hysteria.) In the end, 'His House' is an intimate tale that externalizes an inner battle of wills within two traumatized people determined to start anew. Sure, there are bumps in the night -- good ones. The scares are well-constructed because Weekes does the work of establishing dread, keeping the pace tight with a 93-minute runtime, and applying the jump-scares in a few unexpected places, yielding some surprises even for the seasoned horror fan. But setting aside the banging in the walls, the odd substances, and the jarring sightings, what we’re really watching is a couple of people who have had a rough go of it and are barely hanging on. Although their grief is specific, Bol and Rial are also stand-ins for all asylum seekers who’ve lost someone on their journey to peace and safety -- and for those still burdened by the expectation of playing the 'good,' docile, indebted immigrant. Weekes interweaves the survivor’s guilt of harrowing immigration stories with an anxiety and a guilt specifically rooted in the Black, British, and African experience. Wonky score aside, he’s twisted the time-honored haunted house yarn into something unique and surreal."
Anya Stanley, The Onion AV Club
LET HIM GO - Michael Giacchino
"Composer Michael Giacchino -- usually associated with superheroes, animation and larger-than-life spy adventure -- provides just the right scoring to this material, gently accompanying the flat terrain at some points while amping up the tension at others. And if 'Big Eden' made Montana look friendly and hospitable, director of photography Guy Godfree ('Plus One') gives us sprawling vistas and shadowy sunsets that always seem to hide an undercurrent of menace beneath the natural splendor."
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
"It’s a theme that Manville cottons to in a delightful way, her performance risking a cartoonish tinge to help bridge the gap between the movie this is, and the movie it wants to be. 'Let Him Go' aspires to feel like a born-again Western -- and thoroughly understands what that entails on an intellectual level -- but Bezucha isn’t always able to wrap his mind around how they work. He’s right to be focused on the fact that Margaret and George are in over their heads, but even after sh*t hits the fan and the story embraces certain genre conventions, it’s still told with a slack touch far too casual for its underlying fatalism. You can see that in the haphazard framing of the various family confrontations, and hear it in the way that Michael Giacchino’s score cuts lame violin spirals into scenes that have no clear shape."
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
"About three years later, the Blackledges watch as their son's widow Lorna (Kayli Carter) marries Donnie Weboy (Will Brittain) in a Town Hall ceremony whose chilliness seems apt. They love their grandson Jimmy, but seem never to have truly bonded with Lorna, and have no cause for faith in the man who'll now be caring for her. We're not very surprised (though Michael Giacchino's score is) when Margaret accidentally witnesses Donnie hitting both Lorna and the child on the street one day. Before she can decide how to address the situation, though, the newlyweds have moved out of town with no forwarding address."
John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
MADE IN ITALY - Alex Belcher
"But in no time, jaunty music accompanies their journey into the sunny Italian countryside. As they loosen up and get reacquainted with each other, Robert reveals himself as gruff and randy, while Jack is sweet and romantic. The extremely watered-down shtick Neeson and Richardson are stuck doing is vaguely reminiscent of (and inferior to) the fun friction Sean Connery and Harrison Ford perfected in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.' 'I don’t think I know how to grieve,' Jack says, his brow furrowed, Richardson’s go-to device. But when the eventual breakthrough comes for both father and son -- when they finally hug and cry and release years of pent-up despair -- there’s enough inherent emotion in that moment that D’Arcy didn’t have to smother it with a dramatic score and needless edits. This scene in particular highlights that while Richardson may have a fine screen presence, he’s not nearly up to Neeson’s level of technique and experience, and the disparity is distracting. Then again, Richardson doesn’t have a lot to work with because there’s not much to his character."
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
"In his debut outing as a feature filmmaker, actor James D'Arcy ('Hitchcock,' 'Dunkirk') doesn't hide his admiration for the setting's picture-postcard light and small-village conviviality. Mainly, though, he's concerned with the tug of emotion that the place provokes for his central characters. Chirpy songs on the soundtrack set an upbeat mood, but the score by Alex Belcher often pulses at a lower frequency -- one that the narrative can only gesture toward, falling within familiar lines in ways that are far too tidy."
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
THE PALE DOOR - Alex Cuervo
"On a comprehensive level, an overall scarcity of focus sinks 'The Pale Door,' a flaw that includes Alex Cuervo’s score, which forcibly inserts emotion when silence is needed, and the unfocused plot -- a story that eventually forsakes all narrative integrity for scare-centric set-pieces. The ideas presented are interesting but remain drastically underdeveloped due to the film’s emphasis on genre. A film like 'The Pale Door' knows exactly what it is, as does its target audience, but its efforts to rise above traditionality further showcases its glaring setbacks."
Jordan Christian, The Playlist
"As a B-horror movie, 'The Pale Door' holds its own. As a Western, however, the film struggles. Missing from the movies are the sweeping landscapes we associate with the genre. This may be a necessary tradeoff on the part of the production team, but there is still something maddening about watching a Western comprised entirely of medium shots. Even more frustrating is the soundtrack. More than any other mode of filmmaking, Westerns open the door for iconic and adventuresome scoring. 'The Pale Door' is Exhibit A on how hard a film has to work to make up for a shapeless soundtrack."
Matthew Monagle, The Austin Chronicle
PROJECT POWER - Joseph Trapanese
"The '8 Mile' thread of Robin's ambitions as a spoken-word artist is a little undernourished, but her freestyling complements the pounding techno pulse of Joseph Trapanese's score and the soundtrack's liberal sprinkling of hip-hop and R&B. Robin's lyrics are written (and performed in the catchy end-credits song) by rising-star rapper Chika, who makes an amusing appearance as her high-school classmate."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
SPINSTER - Daniel Ledwell
"One does occasionally wish the filmmaking in 'Spinster' were as singular as its star or as crisp as its defining character arc. Save for one wittily nightmarish composition, in which DP Stéphanie Weber Biron’s low-angle camera allows a swelling camping mattress to swamp Gaby’s comparatively deflated figure in the frame, the film is shot and cut with bright, clean, get-the-job-done proficiency, while Daniel Ledwell’s score strays into whimsy that doesn’t especially suit these straight-talking proceedings. What’s most conventional about Dorfman’s film does, however, serve to highlight what’s quietly, breezily subversive about it: 'Spinster' won’t change the world, but like its put-upon title character, it won’t change itself for the world either."
SPREE - James Ferraro
"Under the pleasant and paradoxically cheerful blips and bloops of James Ferraro’s electro score, 'Spree' adheres to a found-footage ethos by which all the action is recorded and spliced together from Kurt’s dash cams or people’s iPhones or CCTV cameras. The visual cacophony accurately mimics the cluttered, picture-in-picture, split-screen, scrolling-comment-bar aesthetic of our extremely online lives -- exactly the kind of shallow, scattershot, attention-annihilating maximalism that many of us come to the cinema in the hopes of escaping."
Jessica Kiang, Variety
SPUTNIK - Oleg Karpachev
"'You have 90% access to the facility,' says the ferociously icy army officer in charge (Fedor Bondarchuk). What the military is getting up to in the remaining 10% turns out to be horrifying. Scarier than the alien in fact, which is the big letdown of the film, a generic part-reptilian part-arachnid model that drips slime as it scutters and pounces. Which might be the point that Abramenko is making – that the remorseless cruelty of human beings, with all their moral murk and compromise, is more to be feared than the alien. He has made a smart and satisfying movie, although the crashy-bashy deafening score is so loud you can probably hear it in space."
Cath Clarke, The Guardian
"Often, you get a heartening sense that the filmmakers might have different fish to fry here. But the film’s political ambitions around critiquing bureaucratic control don’t coalesce. For starters, we never feel sure about how the authorities plan on harnessing the power of the extraterrestrial creature once it’s separated from the human body it occupies, or what exactly they plan to do with it. In the midst of various dark cat-and-mouse sequences deafeningly scored with Hans Zimmer-esque bombast, an underdeveloped outside world and a slapdash backstory revealed about Akinshina, the era-specific secrets and motivations of the film’s tarnished heroes and single-minded antiheroes feel all too broad and pedestrian. The script also takes half-baked stabs at ideas around class and toxic masculinity, but these thematic efforts don’t really go anywhere either."
Tomris Laffly, Variety
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Notre Dame de Paris (Jarre), Charlie's Angels (Tyler), Buone Notizie (Morricone), Hellboy (Wallfisch), Home (Balfe/Stargate), Far and Away (Williams), The Wrong Man (Herrmann), Terminator: Dark Fate (Holkenborg), Conan the Destroyer (Poledouris), The King and I (Rodgers), Symphony No. 2/Suite Algerienne/Phaeton (Saint-Saens), Star Trek: Voyager Collection Vol. 2 (various), The Kick Inside (Bush), Bombshell (Shapiro), Letters from Iwo Jima (Eastwood/Stevens), Dark Waters (Zarvos), The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (Jarre), Windows (Morricone), Air Force One (Goldsmith/McNeely), The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann (Schurmann), RoboCop 2 (Rosenman), Wiliamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (Herrmann), Rooster Cogburn (Rosenthal), The Miklos Rozsa Collection: Music for Guitar (Rozsa), The King (Britell), Wonderful Town (Bernstein), Invisible Life (Schiefer), The Firebird (Stravinsky), Just Mercy (West), Uh-Oh (Byrne)
Read: Cop Killer, by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Seen: Not to suggest that going to movies is the only thing I've been missing in 2020. I miss riding the commuter train from my brother's house in Menlo Park up to San Francisco. I miss killing time at my favorite Peet's Coffee in San Francisco's Marina district. The list is endless. I miss a lot of things, to quote the score from Into the Woods. Looking forward to 2021. I think. If I had known what 2020 would be like at the start of the year, all I could do would be to see every movie I could, and I pretty much did that anyway. So happy I caught up on all the new movies before the shutdown (which as I mention incessantly, never ended, theater-wise, in Los Angeles), and especially that I was finally able to see The Last of Sheila in a theater -- in 35mm!.
Watched: 30 Rock ("Believe in the Stars"); The Tin Star; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ("The Village of Guilt"); Torchy Blane in Panama; Star Trek: Discovery ("Brother"); Westworld ("Journey into Night"); Allez Oop! [1934]; What We Do in the Shadows ("Pilot"); The Thing with Two Heads; The Wild Wild West ("The Night of the Dancing Death"); The Woman in Green; Star Trek: Discovery ("New Eden")
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Battle of the Genres at Literary Deathmatch NYC #43
1. From left: Lianne Conroy, psychotherapist; Jeanine Chapin, Mom; Squa Leader, writer; and John Chapin, Software Dude. They were rooting for Mr. Sumell. Yes! 2. Courtney Maum focusing on Pin The Moustache On Ernest Hemingway.
I’ve seen many a good reading at Greenwich Village’s Le Poisson Rouge. From fiction heavyweights Edmund White and Michael Cunningham to a personal anecdote by Nerd Jeopardy founder Ryan Chapman, but never did I see a bloodier battle than Thursday’s 43rd episode of Literary Deathmatch. Host and founder Adrian Todd Zuniga hosted an epic battle of the genres in LPR’s big room, with four of New York’s best fiction and non-fiction writers to duke it out. For fiction, BOMB Magazine and Electric Literature sent Courtney Maum and Matt Sumell to defend our fine genre. They were pitted against non-fictioneers Tina Rosenberg (for The Atavist) and Jason Diamond (respresenting his own Vol. 1 Brooklyn). With Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats), Touré (Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?) and Jamie Lee (Last Comic Standing) as judges, it was a miracle no one lost an eye.
A quick run-down for anyone unsure of how LDM works: Four writers compete in two rounds of duel, the winners of both rounds go head-to-head in a final, non-reading competition for eternal fame and glory. Based on Literary Merit, Performance, and Intangibles, three judges decide who moves onto to the final round. Zuniga, punctual as ever, initiated the ceremonies near 7:02 P.M. with a briefer introduction to LDM than mine: “Less Hunger Games, than Alfred Lord Tennyson walking into a fireplace.” Zuniga is also a T.V. star in Ljubljana, apparently.
1. Host and Founder Adrian Todd Zuniga talking about Ljubljana. 2. Matt Sumell: “That’s a stapler, bro. Vintage.”
Zuniga then turned to the judges for introductions. Jon Ronson, judging Literary Merit, read from a notebook of past LDM judges: “This type of sex wasn’t made for furniture.” Touré (Performance) imagined the ideal polygamist marriage to defeat Mitt Romney would be “Sarah Silverman, Joni Mitchell, and Dorothy Parker.” Comedian Jamie Lee (Intangibles) owes her success to fellow comedian Kevin Wilson.
Matt Sumell went first, who confessed that he just wanted to “make his dad proud,” and launched into a story about “birds and rape.” I was excited to see Sumell read, and not because he was waving the EL banner. Because of these lines: “I miss my mother like it’s anaerobic.” “Dudes’ dicks are in danger, Dad, and if you don’t believe me you can get the fuck out of my bedroom.” “Sparrows are the Toyota Camry of birds.” I love a story about adolescent bravado and questionable activity spiraling towards total emotional release, and Sumell does it damn well.
1. From left: Liz Hohenadel, publicist at Riverhead Books; Brian Scott, teacher in Park Slope; and Joel Ronson, who’s in the son of that dude Jon Ronson. Is there a relation? 2. Judges Jamie Lee, Toure, and Jon Ronson discussing the finer points of Matt Sumell’s hair.
Next was Jason Diamond, who read us a story about being reminded that once, you went to college. And that college wants you to come back. “I had to lie to Google,” Diamond read, “that I wanted to see all e-mails from my alumni association.” Seeing such an e-mail reminded Diamond of his twentysomething days, milling about in Boca Raton. “This was the end of the road, believing what Boyz II Men told me… Even the Rastafarian made jokes about how much pot I was smoking.” A far cry from now: “31, married, two cats.” Diamond won’t be going to his reunion, unless Boyz II Men are there.
1. The Vol. 1 Brooklyn table, from left: Jen Vafidis, Deputy Editor; Emily Goldsher-Diamond, digital strategist and wife to Jason Diamond, Founder; Tobias Carroll, Managing Editor at Vol. 1 Brooklyn. 2. This time it’s about Jason Diamond’s loafers.
Now, the judging. On Matt Sumell:
Jon Ronson empathized with animal sex.
Toure liked Matt’s “swagger hair” and “very Dragnet” reading style, and complimented his likeness to Chris Isaak. “Points deducted for Bud Light.”
Jamie Lee noted that her Natural History Museum trip would now be plagued. “I’m just gonna look at all the taxidermied birds and think ‘Oh, they’re gonna get their fuck on.’”
1. Laura Curren, a grad student at Columbia studying clinical psychology, and Elizabeth Hermann, a freelance journalist.
Jason Diamond:
Jon Ronson deeply empathized with Diamond. Ronson had been thrown into a river in Cardiff when he was sixteen, and e-mailed that bully much later to tell him “I make more money than you.” (That full story appears on This American Life here).
For Toure, Diamond’s jeans were better than Matt’s. Points deducted for Diamond’s loafers.
Jamie Lee also empathized with Diamond. “A bully put toothpaste in my hair on a class trip. Molly L — — . Real name. Socio/psychopath.”
And the winner of Round One? Jason Diamond. Kudos to Matt Sumell, who will be forever known as Chris Isaak to me now.
1. Courtney Maum: “Nasdaq! Nasdaq! Nasdaq!” 2. Tina Rosenberg, who just finished shouting something in German.
After a break, Round Two kicked off: Maum vs. Rosenberg. Maum’s moving story, “Dispatches From the Fetal Reduction,” was told from the perspective of a “reduced” fetus (conceived with two others): “The tree house would have proved instrumental during the year I took off to support Fertinex through his crippling addiction to a particularly low-grade form of Opium known on the street as ‘Block.’”The narrator’s other sibling, Clomig, doesn’t have a brighter future. “Being absorbed back into your own mother’s body gives you a real sense of perspective: I’ve seen great things and Clomig’s future isn’t one of them.”
Next, Tina Rosenberg read a story about one Dennis Wheatley, an English spy novelist whose fictional spies became a real asset to the British war effort. “Wheatley went home with this assignment to sit down and think like a Nazi.” After 15,000 words, 200 cigarettes and three magnums of champagne Wheatley had finished one of the most important plans of the British Strategic Deception Team: the D-Day invasion. The BSDT had helped divert German attention away from the Normandy beach to another French locale, and was able to break into Nazi-occupied France. Amidst Rosenberg’s excellent German accent and singing voice, Wheatley’s story came from left field but dazzled nonetheless.
1. Round Two competitors Courtney Maum and Jason Diamond getting judged.
Here’s the judgment. Courtney Maum:
All three judges were a little confused about the perspective of Maum’s story, but Jon Ronson thought it was “wonderfully haunting” regardless.
Toure: A “delightfully weird” story. Courtney Maum also scored performance points for being “beautiful.”
Jamie Lee: “First and foremost, I want your bangs.”
Tina Rosenberg:
This was right up Ronson’s alley, and he expressed his enthusiasm by telling Rosenberg about another unorthodox military intelligence program. “Project Jedi.”
Toure praised Rosenberg’s vocal abilities in singing and German.
Jamie Lee: “Wish you were my teacher, I would’ve listened to you … plus you have great boobs.”
1. One of Jason’s audience teammates feeling around for Ernie’s face. 2. Literary Deathmatch #43 champion Jason Diamond. I’d like to note none of the judges mentioned his eyeglasses. They’re wonderful.
Round Two went to Courtney Maum, and the Final Round of competition kicked in: “Pin the Moustache on Ernest Hemingway.” Each writer was paired with two brave audience members to pin the moustaches of George Orwell, Salman Rushdie, William Faulkner, and others on a giant poster of Ernie while blindfolded. Diamond, hopped up on cold meds, landed Conan Doyle’s moustache firmly on the upper lip. How this happened, the LDM gods will only know. Diamond was crowned champion.
Non-fiction may have won this round of Literary Deathmatch, but the fight moves forward, and soon to TV. Todd Zuniga is on a mission to put “literature on TV, motherfuckers” with a pilot of his ever-popular reading series. He has a Kickstarter here. Insert-battle-cry-for-fiction-here.
— Ryan Chang [text] is Events Editor at The Outlet. His work has appeared in Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Art Faccia, and elsewhere. He tweets here and tumbles here.
— Kai Twanmoh [photos] is a sometimes contributor to Electric Dish. You can find here here.
“The Rumpus Loves New York” and New York loves The Rumpus
Sep 13 - Electric Literature Read
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Recommended Reading opens its doors for submissions today, April 1, for one month only.
Recommended Reading is the weekly fiction magazine of Electric Literature, and with 75,000 subscribers in just over two years, it’s the fast growing literary magazine around. Every four weeks, we publish a piece of original fiction: two-thousand to eight-thousand-words long, with no other constraints except quality. We’re looking for short stories that are bold, affecting, and presented with a distinct style. But the best way know what we want is to dig into our extensive archives.
Recommended Reading launched in May 2012 and has since published 150 issues, including original work by Stephen Millhauser, A.M. Homes, Helen DeWitt, Jim Shepard, Ben Marcus, and Mary Gaitskill. We also pride ourselves in championing new voices, and have been early supporters of writers such as Maggie Shipstead, Rebecca Schiff, Diane Cook, and Matt Sumell.
Recommended Reading is digital-only, available for free online and in ePub, and for $1.99 and issue on Kindle and through ourApple Newsstand App. We pay writers $300 per story. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please submit only one story at a time.
To submit, click here.
Wifey Redux
by Kevin Barry, recommended by Graywolf Press
Apr 1 - Kevin Barry Read
Electric Lit Seeks a Part-Time Assistant Editor for Our Literary Magazines
The deadline to apply is June 28, and remote applicants will be considered
Jun 15 - Electric Literature
Electric Literature Is Seeking Spring/Summer Interns for 2020
Come join us and learn about writing, editing, and digital publishing
Mar 9 - Electric Literature
Meet Electric Lit’s Newest Board Member, Kima Jones
We're incredibly excited to welcome Jones—publicist, advocate, poet, writer, and founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts—to the Electric Literature board
Feb 3 - Electric Literature
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Columbia Care Opens its First Dispensary in Virginia
First Dispensary Opening for Patients will Serve Hampton Roads/Norfolk Region, One of Most Densely Populated Regions in Virginia
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Stephen Amell reveals COVID-19 diagnosis, discusses 'mental fear' of ruining show Heels because of it
The Arrow alum is finally returning back to film Heels after weeks of isolation.
By Nick Romano
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Arrow alum Stephen Amell revealed that he recently contracted the novel coronavirus, though he's now been cleared to go back to film his new Starz series Heels after weeks of quarantine.
Amell, 39, recorded an interview with actor Michael Rosenbaum for the Inside of You podcast on Tuesday, Oct. 20. As of that time, he said he stopped work on the wrestling drama, which now films in Atlanta, and went into isolation three weeks earlier after a crew member tested positive. Amell then tested positive "for whatever reason" the following Monday, though he's not sure where he could've gotten it from.
"When it happened, when I got the positive test, for me it became, 'Holy f---! I just destroyed this show because I'm No. 1 on the call sheet and I work every day, more or less…" Amell explained of dealing with the "mental fear" that a positive diagnosis brings. "I'm in my head going, 'S---! They're going to have to shut down the production. We're not yet done with the first block of two episodes. Did I just ruin this?'"
Amell didn't ruin it, however. The actor said "the show shut down for one day" while the crew has been shooting other material around Amell so he can recover. "What they were able to do is mind boggling, quite frankly," he said. "It just goes to show that they were prepared for it, but not everyone has the luxury of taking two weeks off."
Describing his symptoms, Amell said he "never ran a fever," but first noticed he woke up with a plugged ear. "For two nights, I was up every couple of hours vacillating between freezing cold and boiling hot," he continued. "And I would be freezing cold because I sweat through all my stuff. So, I get up, dry off, change my clothes, get back into bed, warm up, and then start sweating again, and the cycle would just [on] repeat."
The actor also describes a loss of appetite that resulted in him losing 15 lbs. over three weeks, and a feeling of dizziness akin to vertigo when he rose into a standing position too fast.
"I've always been really good about mask wearing about social distancing, just following the rules, not going to a huge house party or… super large gatherings where people aren't wearing masks," he said. "But I also haven't been totally afraid of it, which I know certain people are and certain people have the absolute right to be, whether you have a preexisting condition or you're elderly."
The "most difficult part about it," which is also "one of the reasons" Amell wanted to talk about his condition, "is there is a lot of fear-mongering going on about it, and there's a lot of conjecture and there's a lot of people that are basically trying to scare the s--- out of you a little bit."
Heels, from Community's Michael Waldron, stars Amell as Jack, who plays the villain role (the "heel") of the family-owned Duffy Wrestling Association productions. Amell says he went back into the gym prior to his Oct. 20 interview and is hoping to get back to looking like he "can bodyslam James Harrison on our cast who's 285 lbs."
For the latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19), including how to protect yourself and what to do if you think you are sick, please visit coronavirus.gov.
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Cochrane and Gotzsche
Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Hamlet 1.4.5)
These words, spoken to Horatio and Hamlet as they look upon wanton and drunken behavior, which has destroyed the nation’s reputation, are apt to the sacking of Danish Prof Gotzsche by the Cochrane Collaboration – the gold standard in medical evidence. Archie Cochrane founded an independent scrutineering of medical trials in 1993, so as to impartially evaluate claims of drug efficacy. Rules and tools for trainsmashing data from systematically gathered results are intended to provide an overview of pros and cons. Peter Gotzsche was an early appointee, directing the Nordic Centre of six neighbouring countries. The last half a dozen years has seen increasingly vocal criticism of commercial influence, and doubters of the Cochrane ideal often focused on mental health solutions. Gotzsche was stubbornly strident in criticism of psychiatry, disregarding my advisory sent 5th Nov ’14 that his condemnation of the profession as being the most lucrative for industry kickbacks was wrong – per his reference it was actually 4th most (in Australia 2009), with rheumatology #1. The download of a chapter ‘Pushing children into suicide with happy pills’ , linked in the flyer for his 2015 Mentalaz tour, concludes thus: Our citizens would be far better off if we removed all the psychotropic drugs from the market, as doctors are unable to handle them.
Followon book to ‘Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime’
Not that the rheumies were off the hook. Peter’s 1989 ‘Methodology and overt and hidden bias in reports of 196 double-blind trials of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in rheumatoid arthritis’ warned that “the quality of RCT trials in rheumatology may be so weak that it may be impossible to place any confidence in the … conclusion“. And on pg84 of Deadly Medicines “A rare admission that doctors’ opinions are for sale to the highest bidder was provided by Canadian rheumatologist Peter Tugwell, who wrote a letter to several major companies soliciting funds for CME conferences on behalf of an organisation called OMERACT: We think that support for such a meeting would be very profitable for a company with a worldwide interest in drugs targeted in these field.” Gotzsche aint a team player. Tugwell co-authored with Gotzsche, as well as 19 times with revered Cochrane founder Dave Sackett, whose HARLOTplc article at least gave humour to the reality that their business is for profit.
This month Cochrane’s Governing Board sacked Gotzsche, sparking outcry and protest resignations by 4 other of its 13 members. Six weeks earlier he’d written a critique of a Cochrane review for the HPV vaccine’s efficacy against cervical cancer. Peter’s team had worked on this since Jan 2017, when their analysis protocol was published. Points of disagreement raised were uncontroversial and moot, other than that the outcome of concern only developed after such a long time that surrogate indicators of lesions were instead analysed as being predictive of protection. Rather than dismissal being an exasperated or last straw reaction, the timing was merely coincidental. The Board’s statement informs us that lawyers had been on Gotzsche’s case since March, with a QC conducted independent review underway a month before publishing of the HPV challenge caused contention.
I suggest coincidence, rather than ruse, since the February trigger was possibly a letter attacking a Cochrane chief editor – Andrea Cipriani of the Common Mental Disorders group, over their recent review of 21 anti-depressants as being flawed and untrustworthy. However that team declare no conflicted-interest, and perusal reveals no alarming endorsements. Yet there’s no reference to the unwarranted attack or its target in the Board’s attempt at damage control – is this to protect the privacy of an innocent party, from their shaming by a woefully ill-informed press? Another, diplomatically worded re-analysis of Cipriani’s earlier 2009 anti-depressant report did highlight shortcomings of trial quality assessments, cautioning against the endorsement given for Pfizer’s Zoloft.
The muddy waters turn darkly Stygian. Cipriani is Prof of Psychiatry at Oxford, which also homes Cochrane’s Pain & Palliative group under Prof Robert Andrew Moore (aka RAM, aka Andrew Moore), whose authoring name varies with context – independent and impartial, or sponsored spokesperson. There’s much overlap between pharmacotherapies with these groups, notably duloxetine/Cymbalta. Cochrane Editor-in-Chief David Tovey would be aware of the industry influence, since he acknowledged an email in March 2015 titled: ‘A 2nd Cochrane group is recruited’ – complaining about the rheumatology group and also including this: [Dr Nnoaham’s] 2008 Cochrane review on TENS for chronic pain and fibromyalgia was censored by your organisation’s Pain, Palliative and Supportive care (PaPaS) editors. Who are excellent examples of transparency, by not hiding their allegiances. Phil Wiffen and Andrew Moore et al chose to include a Pfizer employee in 2010 when conducting their own review into anti-convulsants for pain – surprisingly finding that “For gabapentin and pregabalin only we found reasonably good second tier evidence for efficacy..” (quoting the 2013 update). They reckon duloxetine’s pretty good too – http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g139/rapid-responses (well you would if you were paid as a consultant by Eli-Lilly, wouldn’t you?)
Grounds for disallowing Nnoaham’s complementary therapy review were that it shall be split into two reviews of TENS – one for fibromyalgia, and one for neuropathy. Except that Wiffen and Moore’s 2013 ‘Lamotrigine (an antiepileptic drug) for chronic neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia’ is an allowable combo! PaPaS also censored an unfavourable review of Pfizer’s gabapentin & pregabalin for pain relief in fibromyalgia on the grounds that lead author Nurcan Üçeyler had been paid speaker’s fees by Pfizer at neurology conferences. However Cochrane’s rule that neither the majority of authors nor the lead can be on the manufacturer’s payroll was also broken by their 2014 review into Neurontin/gabapentin, although Moore then complied in their 2017 update – by re-arranging the order of names to put Phil Wiffen first.
This is a coverup of misconduct. A façade. Gotzsche was certainly going beyond boundaries of expertise, and using his senior position within Cochrane to add weight to his personal opinions, which is contrary to the spokesperson policy allowing only statements on behalf of the collaboration. Years of emotive rants took a toll on his reputation – a tragic folly, when misconduct was there for all to see.
Disclaimer: I consider that the psychiatric profession takes prescribing of psychotropic meds VERY seriously, but worry about GPs playing at amateur shrink on the basis of dubious research evidence. I do not endorse Prof Gotzsche’s attitude, best expressed in his memo to Dr Dawson “Incidentally, I found out that some one has written about you and the way you treated my paper about the 10 myths in psychiatry. See attached [‘Asshole of the day – George Dawson MD’]”. George seems rather professional, actually: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyINjdCXkAQ
Cochrane, EBM, evidence
If a belief is taken beyond the safety of rational thought, it’s then an act of faith. Brave and bold, but delusional. I’d argue that medicating is well down this path – devoutly taking risks with side-effects, perhaps even shortening lifespan, yet ‘smoke and mirrors’ is a fair description of the governance in clinical research. A blog on a fabricated conclusion in an NHMRC sponsored study is linked, and my notification of the misconduct to the publishing Arthritis Care & Research journal editor Dr Gary Firestein was never acknowledged. Likewise concerns about deception in drug trial PRO-HEART (linked) to the manager of research also went unanswered, and were subject to a Freedom of Information legal demand for disclosure. The Austin Hospital refused the FoI on the grounds of ‘trade secrets’, despite donated monies to peak bodies Beyond Blue and Heart Foundation sponsoring the scam.
A third matter is detailed below, and these were chosen from this site’s 43 posts to submit to Public Library of Science as a manuscript exemplifying medical research scams. Publication assistant Rebecca Green replied that “unfortunately such a paper would fall outside the scope of PLOS Medicine“. Dirty research can’t be retracted, furthermore making the case for a multitude of scandals won’t be published. Enough to shake one’s confidence in the system? Ditto the BMJ, even Accountability in Research journal were uninterested in research fraud criminality.
Impunity in both corrupting the medical evidence base and inappropriate commercial allegiance has led some to crossing of the boundary from immoral to illegal. ‘Dog and pony show’ is another idiom pertinent to NHMRC funded program BackTrack. Managed by qualified dogcatcher Bernie Shakeshaft, their modus operandi is to attend a rural court where juvenile offenders have run out of warnings, and are due for detention. An alternative offer is made for these feral kids to voluntarily labour on a remote farm, where they’ll also be taught to handle dogs. This goes down well with the Magistrate “… if I can forward them to a structured program like BackTrack, I certainly feel like there would be less recidivism.” In 2013 while Bernie’s brother, University of NSW (UNSW) Prof Shakeshaft, was on the NHMRC council their grant application “This study quantifies the benefits/costs of combining cognitive-behaviour therapy with a community-reinforcement strategy to reduce substance-related harms among young Indigenous Australians” was approved for $386771. A year later Bernie took off on a study tour of the USA, Canada and Italy. Bernie’s been done for Driving Under the Influence, so has learnt by experience the perils of alcohol abuse. But he’s naïve about CBT, and the majority of incarcerated kids aren’t Indigenous. This is revealed in a book submitted by Helena Pastor for her PhD by observation from the local Uni. An excerpted page Wild_Boys_—-_(Pg_253) describes physical abuse and isolation from both social workers and community elders.
The majority of finance comes from the philanthropic Vincent Fairfax Foundation. So besides taking Aboriginal kids away from their community support, these souls are in Christian hands. This situation is ongoing, not some historical ‘taking the children away’. Barnaby Joyce redirected $200k from Indigenous Affairs to these criminals (harsh? The AFP described the affair as ‘fraud’, which I understand to be a crime).
A report was produced, ‘The Feasibility of Embedding Data Collection into the Routine Service Delivery of a Multi-Component Program for High-Risk Young People’ *, which described their use of a routine survey. This sufficed for NHMRC, whose Ethics & Governance dept disclaimed accountability for their spend of our funds “…allegations of misconduct would need to be addressed by raising your concerns with the research institution through which the research was conducted.” Director of Integrity at UNSW, Bronwyn Greene, has been working on her answer to this since May 5th. So too has bureaucrat David Baragry, whose previous diplomatic statement was careful not to tread on toes in Canberra: “The Ombudsman has the discretion not to investigate certain complaints… respects the role, expertise and decisions of the NHMRC and … tends to consider only questions related to the NHMRC’s administrative processes.” Then Minister for Science & Research, SEN Kim Carr, recognizing the need for an Office of Research Integrity left the task to the key funding bodies NHMRC and Aust Research Council to establish an independent review body. They did so, but within their own organisations. This Committee, ARIC hasn’t replied either. In its first year 2011 it accepted only one complaint against its NHMRC parent, then rejected all allegations but for a procedural matter regarding sending of a letter. It’s not listed under https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about/nhmrc-committees but buried as a paragraph in the NHMRC Annual Report – the latest stating on pg98 that one matter was dismissed, and another is an ongoing investigation. That’s about all they have to show in five years (check the reports for yourselves: search for nh15, nh162, nh166, nh169 & nh172). The cries of dissent are more voluble – links available from http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/plagiarismfraud.html are a start.
19th Oct update: After the UNSW and ARIC four missed dates that they’d offered as targets for a response, it’s obvious that this will be stonewalled rather than whitewashed. Pity, since we miss out on the comedic material unearthed by America’s ORI being taken to court by a fraudster… “Dr. Sauer admitted that the images in his publications and grant applications were knowingly and intentionally falsified, but denied culpability, claiming that a member of an anti-gene technology activist group had falsified Dr. Sauer’s data in order to subvert gene-technology research. As evidence for his claim, Dr. Sauer submitted an uncorroborated declaration purportedly by an individual named “Rune Dreser,” who allegedly stated that he had hacked into Dr. Sauer’s computers and altered Dr. Sauer’s research results. The declaration, written in German and purportedly notarized by a notary in Germany, did not contain the notary’s name, and the signature of the notary was illegible. Noticing this irregularity, the HHS attorney for ORI emailed the notarial office in Germany to inquire about the authenticity of the notarization. The director of the notarial office responded that the notary seal and signature were most likely forgeries. ”
1st April: comedy gold from UNSW – when offered right-of-reply to a manuscript documenting their history of research misconduct eg harbouring of Khachigian, they came back with a ‘Strictly Confidential’ status report (which said that nothing had been done yet, after 9 months).
* Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 208; doi:10.3390/ijerph14020208
corruption, fraud, scandal
Having it both ways
In earlier critiques of Bad Medicine I’d wondered at the contradiction of regulatory authorities handing down $bn punitive fines for wicked off-label promotion of meds, while sponsoring trials that potentially expand the range of approved conditions and thus the on-label market. Part(3) of this series on pregabalin/Lyrica concludes herewith.
In 2011 the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme refused Pfizer a subsidy for Lyrica on the grounds that none of the studies thus far had shown efficacy against neuropathic pain. Just 12 months later, they changed their mind. What new data could have influenced this, when the drug’s ineffectiveness was already the source of a joke on its side-effect of dizziness (Schwindel, translated in German)? Significant adverse events of dizziness and somnolence were manifest at the lowest dosage of 150mg consistently in 38 trials ‘The adverse event profile of pregabalin: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials’ (Zaccara & Specchio et al, 2011).
Courtesy of rheumatologist Dr L.Kirsch MD, Jun 2012
This somewhat contradicted Pfizer’s sponsored investigation into Lyrica: ‘Cognitive effects of pregabalin in healthy volunteers’ (Stalinsky, Storzbach & Muniz 2009) offering a conclusion of “… negative cognitive effects and neurotoxicity complaints”. The drug only works (wirksam) to relieve pain at larger doses, at which point there’s been an exponential increase in Schwindel.
Pfizer’s 2012 re-submission to PBAC had two new studies; Boyle, Gribble & Johnsen et al , finding “…there was a significantly higher number of adverse events in the pregabalin treatment group. Conclusions: There was no significant difference in analgesic efficacy between amitriptyline, duloxetine and pregabalin.“, and Trial 1107 – an unpublished, internal study run by Pfizer. I’ll repeat that. The former showed no superiority of the med over amitriptyline, a 50 year-old mainstay known as Endep, furthermore it had worse side-effects. And the in house report …. one can only hope that it was run with more probity that their Trovan trial, best described as a crime against humanity. In summary – this one piece of evidence, from behind closed doors, sufficed to allow “The PBAC recommended an Authority Required (Streamlined) listing of pregabalin (all strengths) for the treatment of refractory neuropathic pain not controlled by other drugs on the basis of acceptable cost-effectiveness compared with placebo in patients dissatisfied with their current pain relief.”
There was another study submitted to PBAC, a comparison showing pregabalin as better than amitriptyline in cancer pain. At a dose of 600mg – at which point conscious state is altered.
What else changed from 2011? Dr Suzanne Hill, co-editor of ‘Evaluating Pharmaceuticals for Health Policy and Reimbursement’ *, was appointed chair of PBAC. This went down well with the pharmaceutical industry. She’s since returned to WHO in the Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines , replaced with Prof Andrew Wilson per command of Health Min Sussan Ley – who’s been recently forced to resign due to misconduct. I have no idea if governance has improved, nor can inform as to whether it ever existed.
The drug really didn’t work. The 2012 NHMRC grants round allocated $0.62m (plus topups) to try Lyrica for sciatica – leg pain from back nerve damage. Last month PRECISE’s results were posted: no benefit over placebo, and 40% reported the adverse side-effect of Schwindel. Pfizer still won though – they didn’t have to pay for the study. In the interim, the musculoskeletal team of experts had railed against alternative approaches such as imaging – although that’s done with a view to inspecting the problem source for potential intervention at the site. Dr Hill’s colleague at WHO, Prof Lisa Bero didn’t ever respond to concerned memos regarding the probity of PRECISE, nor to complaints about the Monash/NHMRC cases of misconduct.
On the one hand, we trust pharma to do the studies, and on the other, we fund universities to do the studies on their behalf. Win, win for the industry.
*Page 37: “There is evidence that the research methods of trials sponsored by drug companies are at least as good as the trials sponsored by public resources, and in many cases they are better“, referencing Bero – “Study design in drug company sponsored clinical trials better than in research where no stated sponsorship” in her thoughts. My opinion is that trial 1107 should publicly release the names of researchers, or am I asking too much? They’re kept secret, and bound by confidentiality, per NCT00407745: “There IS an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI’s rights to discuss or publish trial results”.
gabapentin, misconduct
Healthy participants volunteering to receive first-in-human safety trials of a drug are well compensated, and receive round the clock monitoring. But sick persons opting into an experimental program pay to exploit a legal loophole, and there’s no oversight. This truly exemplifies survival of the fittest.
Drugs are priced by preparedness to pay.
A doctor, accused of administering banned substance Thymosin beta 4 (TB4) to footballers, was exonerated by the Medical Board in June of trying out etanercept on stroke patients. This genetically-engineered bioagent is the subject of an earlier blog , and is a last resort in arthritis. It trades improved Quality of Life, for reduced Quantity. This is a moral decision, but one informed by solid clinical evidence of the risks vs benefits of blocking autoimmune responses. The AHPRA letter declares that his “… decision to use etanercept was based on high-quality evidence. All patients were informed before attending and fully understood the position in Australia…”, and ends with an apology for the stress of their investigation. The doctor wrote in his defence that “Griffith Uni was in the process of doing clinical trials with the drug“. Uhh, no. Dr Rick Williams has approval only for his trial protocol, but insufficient funding to begin. This footage from 60Minutes is the only ‘proof’ of efficacy:
Clinical notes show that patients were informed that this would cost $6k in Florida. So a vulnerable person was injected on the basis of pricepoint. Some had also signed off on a 29 point consent form, which includes unspecified “immune stimulating injections”. I have no idea how such conduct can be condoned, but it is indeed compliant with the Good Medical Practice Code-of-Conduct Sn2.2.6. Providing treatment options based on the best available information. With no definition of what constitutes an evidence base, misconduct is unfettered. Snake-oil salesman Dr Tobinick had been challenged to support a clinical trial, but sued detractors instead – a case thrown out by the US District Court 30 Sept 2015.
The doctor presented at a Florida conference in 2015: “Thymosin beta-4 affects immune responses and is integral to formation of growth of normal tissue when damage has occurred rather than the chaotic formation of scar tissue that normally happens.” and his Aust website states: “Peptides such as AOD 9604, Thymosin beta-4 and Follistatin are peptides … Agewell is a world leader in the use of these medications.” The TGA site is more enlightening: “These substances are currently used illicitly to enhance sporting performance and more broadly across the community often for body building and image enhancement purposes…
No form of Thymosin Beta 4 is yet approved for human therapeutic use anywhere in the world.
The medications are considered experimental in humans, with potential side effects including carcinogenicity and cardiovascular problems.”
Compounded concoction in the injecting room at HyperMed
But they’re still legal, with the doctor’s scrip. Which doesn’t even require a consultation, as an order from Peptide Clinics demonstrates. Fairfax’s sports journalist Jon Pierik and crime reporter Cam Houston were shown evidence of all this a month ago, but only wanted to know whether celebrity sports stars were implicated. Or had I seen any bikies? The consumer is left uninformed, and quite unprotected by regulatory authorities.
Stephen Dank administered peptides to rugby player Jon Mannah, who had been in remission from cancer but then died in 2013 after relapse. Dankenstein sued the Daily Telegraph for claiming that he had a case to answer for manslaughter, and the Supreme court agreed with the paper – dismissing the defamation complaint. No charges have yet been laid however, there’s uncertainty over the drug used. In April of this year, a peptides patient died suddenly, but there’s more chance of prosecution since TB4 is written in clinical records. Nonetheless, the Crown hasn’t yet taken action after 7 months – so perhaps it’ll suffice to blame the victims, rather than the perpetrators? That’s what the Essendon players discovered.
I recently lodged formal complaint to AHPRA over the disparaging statement by a guest Professor on radio “… holistic nature of alternative medicine albeit not evidence based … alter some of the biological behaviour in an adverse fashion, but that’s not out there in the public, so people who spruik these things may get away with it“. This was dismissed since the Private & Confidential letter states: “It cannot be concluded that these comments unreasonably reduce confidence in the therapy, as it is reasonable for Prof XXX to proffer this opinion“. That’s what I’d spent several months attempting to obtain directly, an admission that his ‘opinion’ had no supportive facts whatsoever, and indeed the therapy has a substantial gold-standard evidence base (used in cancer support at the Alfred Hospital). The man is a great oncologist (albeit one ignorant about complementary therapies), so I won’t further his embarrassment with naming. Doctors’ unfounded ideas are taken as advice from the Oracle, even justifying deadly human experimentation, but complaints are dealt with in secret and there’s no rights to appeal.
It’s a dog eat dog world. Some are rabid.
misconduct, politics
Endemic corruption within medical research is of no concern to government, since the issues previously raised have been put to Health Ministers and even to PM Turnbull. Without a response. Few have the integrity to whistleblow, due to lack of both regulatory authority and legal protection. After all, there’d be no shortage of backfill for your position upon dismissal from the increasing numbers of vulnerable foreign workers on tenure of a temporary visa. The blue bar charted shows post-docs, paid the same as a burger-flipper while Australia trains them in our wily ways. Employment Minister Eric Abetz denied existence of this scam in correspondence of 16th Sep ’15, despite a University advising “The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has limited the value of the living assistance which can be provided by the University to subclass 402 – research stream visa holders. The maximum contribution by the University to living expenses is approximately $34,000 per annum (at October 2012); this amount may alter on an annual basis.”
Report BR0169
This matter has been raised with Immigration Minister Peter Dutton several times, but the office has never responded. Wouldn’t he be concerned about history judging him harshly, should the truth ever come out regarding misconduct? Uhh, no. Already looking at a pension of 1/6th of a million dollars annually, that means his CV needn’t be without a fault or three. Even if it’s already blemished by his previous portfolio as Health Minister resulting in his poll ‘win’ from Australian Doctor magazine as being the worst performer in its 35 year history. No remorse at that failure either – last months confrontation with doctors of Lady Cilento childrens hospital showed his contempt for human rights also.
Your vote comes with no guarantee of governance, as there’s no accountability for policy made up on the fly. President of the amoral AMA turned politician, Dr Brendan Nelson, surprised both the Air Force and Defence Materiel by purchasing $7bn in Super Hornets from ex-parliamentary colleague Andrew Peacock, then a Boeing salesman. “It just flawed me … there was no independent analysis,” recalls AVM Peter Criss, a retired Air Commander of Australia. John Howard approved the suggestion in 2006 without seeking expert opinion, and far from showing remorse for events as they’ve unfolded is instead reveling in regularly being voted Australia’s best PM by Murdoch press conducted polls. That’s despite being outed as a liar regarding ‘children overboard’ by Admiral (rtd) Ritchie, onetime Chief of Navy.
The first planes were delivered in 2010, but six years later we’re still investing heavily in a future around the Joint Strike Fighters (JSF). That’s a project we’d supported by pre-purchasing 100, but both the budget and time were wasted during the cocaine-fuelled ‘nought-ies’ (the era which led to the GFC). Both aircraft are already outclassed by the Russian SU-30 & 35s purchased by five SE-Asian neighbours. “This thing [Super Hornet] will not survive in a fight now in our region,” says Criss. While the JSF struggles to achieve operational readiness, the SU ‘Flanker’ continues to evolve.
Photo courtesy LAC/w (RAAF) Kim Eager
Sarah McLeod with ‘Top Gun’ Dr Brendan Nelson on the 4th August, 2006.
If Brendan ‘need for speed’ Nelson didn’t know what he was doing (he dropped out of his economics degree), nor do we know what they’re thinking. There’s a Senate inquiry into the JSF concluding in May 2016, but a previous report is pertinent “… the arguments are of a highly technical nature and much of the data necessary to form an understanding of the performance of the JSF is classified and not available for public scrutiny“. The quid pro quo of political understandings with business here doesn’t work so well strategically however. Regardless of commitments to JSF, or however many M1A1 battle tanks Howard purchased, it’s been made crystal clear that our new “best friends” are Japan. Regional instability as a consequence of South China Sea conflict won’t be America’s problem, even if they are the trigger.
The secrecy that allows medical research to fester is the cause of the problem here, too. Any misconduct in national affairs remains secret, and public servants intending to whistleblow should pay heed to Sn 70(2) of the Crimes Act, 1914: A person who, having been a Commonwealth officer, publishes or communicates, without lawful authority or excuse (proof whereof shall lie upon him), any fact or document which came to his knowledge, or into his possession, by virtue of his office, and which, at the time when he ceased to be a Commonwealth officer, it was his duty not to disclose, shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for two years.
The USA, on the other hand, rewards with a payment up to 10% of the public monies recovered.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
… from ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’, Dylan Thomas
Before delving into the massive NHMRC research investment of public money ($5.1m upfront) into Pfizer’s Lipitor that is STAREE, some preliminaries:
Few Australians would be unaware of the furore raised by Catalyst (The Heart of the Matter), and subsequent retraction by ABC management of the program. A couple of opinions on Dr Demasi’s journalism by Drs Briffa and Coleman, and their arguing in blog comments shows that even those in general agreement were discordant. Instead of ‘playing the ball’ and take on the well-orchestrated industry, I’ll ‘play the man’ and focus upon individual proponents of statin therapy. And their complicity. It’s a softer target due to a weakness in humanity – insatiable need for funding.
Heart Foundation CEO Jen Johns immediately warned that sales of statins would be harmed, and a month later they published a poll by their Rob Grenfell showing 10% had stopped the therapy. Their corruption is further detailed at this update, and is unsurprising given that the decade-long president is father of Pfizer’s lobbyist Andy Thirlwell. Even before the exposé aired, Prof Emily Banks had pointed the bone * thus: “It’s likely that if this program goes ahead, and it does the unwarranted undermining of statins, that there will be people who didn’t have to have a heart attack and didn’t have to die from a heart attack, who will die through reducing use of statins“. An expert in this field, having authored ‘Erectile Dysfunction Severity as a Risk Marker for Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalisation and All-Cause Mortality’, she’d be appreciative of Pfizer’s infamous blue pills for ED. Dr Grenfell concurs with a warning, “These results tell us that every man who is suffering from any degree of erectile dysfunction should be seeking medical assistance as early as possible“.
Grenfell and Tonkin et al wrote of the confusion in lipid management in May 2015 ‘Clinical Guidelines on Hyperlipidaemia: Recent Developments, Future Challenges and the Need for an Australian Review’ – considering the perspective of the American Heart Association “… the maximum tolerated dose of a statin be generally employed”, but their own concern is absence of an optimal target level: “Whilst the cost-benefit analysis of statin therapy is generally favourable, it is very sensitive to the absolute risk level of the patients selected for therapy”. Andrew Tonkin had already made his mind up in 2005 though, as chair of the Heart Foundation’s consensus Position Statement on Lipid Management a number of guidelines and criteria are given to prescribers. Along with a conflict-of-interest declaration. The same “provision of consulting services to Pfizer” should also have been disclosed in a JAMA report ‘Association of LDL Cholesterol…with Risk of Cardiovascular Events Among Patients Treated With Statins’, that was subsequently amended due to medico complaints to the journal.
Bias is a relevant fact in STAREE (STAtins for Reducing Events in the Elderly), but frequently missing. Monash colleague Sophia Zoungas should also have declared a 2007 Pfizer personal grant of $55k in articles such as ‘Treatment of Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Journey So Far—Is This the End for Statins(?)’ advocating “the first [Randomised Controlled Trial] to determine the effects of statin therapy vs. placebo in an apparently healthy elderly cohort living independently” ie preventative Lipitor for the over 70s. This is not however, a trial designed to test a hypothesis. It’s an experiment on the elderly to see what happens. Lipitor is the hammer, let’s see if it nails aging! Extending of life is the outcome being investigated – meaning that if they’re wrong, then shortening of life may become apparent. A successful trial is assured, since my previous example from this department shows an outcome can be invented with impunity. And worsened death rates ‘adjusted for’.
One example of deception is apparent already. In July ’14 Current Opinion in Cardiology neither professor mentions Pfizer’s backing, but offer panacea in claiming: “In a meta-analysis of observational studies, statin therapy was associated with reduction in risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment“. The cited references of Richardson et al (in response to the Lipitor label warning of additional risks, imposed by the FDA in 2012): “Published data do not suggest an adverse effect of statins on cognition. The strength of available evidence is limited…” and a Cochrane review by McGuinness et al : “Demonstrated lack of benefit of statins compared with placebo on cognitive measures” actually contradict this claim! These issues were raised with Monash Chancellor Finkel, but the reply from his Director, Tony Calder abdicates responsibility: “The matters you allude to in your email are matters that are dealt with by University management therefore the Chancellor, as head of Council, will not be providing a response to your email.”
Solving the problem of an aging population?
Two years after Catalyst aired, a Med Jnl of Aust article advises that over the first eight months 61,000 have made up their own, negative opinion of the meds: “…changes in statin use occurred despite warnings in the Catalyst program that its content should not be taken as medical advice”. Co-author Sallie-Anne Pearson is noncommittal on consequence, having just published a study that concludes: “Deprescribing of statins may be indicated for some older people, because the evidence for benefit in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is limited and there is an increased risk of side effects in old age.” Other, collaborative colleagues are more determined to restore Lipitor to its heyday position of the highest grossing drug. That popularity arose due to trial results on a surrogate outcome of LDL (Low Density Lipid) levels, without epidemiology data as to whether the drug improves survival rates in the community. We’re a trusting lot.
On the other hand the Brits stay true to form, by constant whinging about risks: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714436/ 😉
* Indigenous Australian’s forewarning of death as punishment
misconduct, Research
Manipulating the market.
Once upon a time, doctors were hanged for unethical human experimentation. Of 16 found guilty of war crimes, 7 were executed by hanging. Nuremberg, then Helsinki, countless other, and most recently the 2010 Singapore Statement on research ethics have convinced us that society has matured. But humanity hasn’t evolved, and the same Hippocratic oath persists.
The forthcoming ‘Handbook of Academic Integrity’ has a chapter by Prof Vaux, whose accusation of misconduct against Uni of NSW researcher Levon Khachigian led to his standdown in 2013. That team had received $8.3m in a 2014 cardiovascular grant from NHMRC. The UNSW has just last month cleared Prof Khachigian of all charges, since: ….” breaches were the result of Professor Khachigian’s genuine error or honest oversight, not deliberate or intentional conduct.” The sacked whistleblower who brought the scandal to public attention, Dr Ying Morgan, wasn’t interviewed or requested to make a submission to the confidential inquiry. This was a case of fabricated data, whilst my previous post blogged how un-tampered data can be described howsoever as the study author chooses in order to suit their intent. Then there’s statistical adjustments.
David Vaux quotes Stanford biostatistician Prof Ioannidis, who finds procedural errors interpreting data in the majority of trial reports i.e. most studies are falsely presented. The figure given is 90%, which would mean that only 1 in 10 regulatory approved meds are truly beneficial. Deliberate obfuscation of harm also occurs, and Peter Gotzsche or David Healy are worth reading. The tutorial given at Monash in the Advanced Statistical Methods for Clinical Research subject MPH5270, on how to coverup dozens of deaths in a trial gone awry has already been discussed here . This post moves on from the blatant misconduct, to the insidious – market analysts determining what treatment you can receive.
Naltrexone blocks opioid receptors, and is approved to treat substance abuse. In 1985 Dr Bihari found that a one-tenth strength dose improved survival in HIV and postulated that the body’s endorphins were being boosted. Prof Mark Hutchinson and a team determined in 2009 that a similar molecule, naloxone alleviated chronic neuropathic pain by suppressing neural immune response to a perceived allergen attack, which has relevance in MS, fibromyalgia, Traumatic Brain Injury, and other inflammatory cytokine conditions. This led to Prof Jarred Younger of Stanford Uni trialing Lowdose Naltrexone (LdN) successfully in fibro, using a gold-standard randomised crossover protocol. The FDA didn’t accept the evidence as warranting their approval, and independent researcher budgets were never going to be able to satisfy their demands. A state of play report is available from this open-access rheumatology journal, and rheumatologist Emma Guymer visited their lab. But then reportedly told an LdN advocate that she couldn’t prescribe “for contractual reasons”. Buyers clubs solve this roadblock. There is a growing, loyal online community procuring LdN by either doctors scrip and a compounding pharmacy, or import from Canadian or Israeli sources. This established market seemingly deserves support by US insurance company rebate or else Australian PBS subsidy, so pfarma was approached to start the approval process.
Bristol Myers Squibb held the original patent for Revia/naltrexone, and after deliberating on the request for five months their Medical Director Marian Gandy determined there to be no opportunity: “I have explored the options with our global teams who determine the development programs for our products and regret to inform you that there are no plans to seek any further indications for ReVia“.
Bad drugs are pushed, good drugs are withheld. The system is so broken that suggested reforms, such as voluntary conflict-of-interest declarations, can only ever be window-dressing. That’s right – disclosing commercial allegiance is opt-in, since Australia has no equivalent to the US Sunshine Act. Nor an Office of Research Integrity where Dr Morgan could present her allegations. Because as PM Abbott said, “We’re open for business”.
Your life in their hands
An expression often applied to surgery, but physicians playing God is equally relevant to manipulation by mental health practitioners. Except that it’s Quality of Life that’s at stake. Institutions once committed difficult persons, but today medicating provides that confinement. Mostly beneficial in mental illness, mostly harmful otherwise.
So drawing the line for treatment carries grave responsibility. Complaints of this example of insitutional malpractice I detail here have however, been dismissed by all governance authorities. In concluding that “Mental health is associated with changes in foot pain. Clinicians dealing with this population should consider the contribution of mental health in their management and treatment of foot pain” the connection is made – unless pain improves, it’s psych. The final page emphasizes the viewpoint, “the results from this current study suggest that foot pain could be related to mental health in the same manner as other chronic musculoskeletal conditions“. *
Except that the author’s data shows no significant association.
The report linked contains an untruth. Table 1 shows that mental health isn’t the factor – but rather it’s Vitality , or energy, which is determinant of recovery. The difference of 12 points equates to an increased likelihood of inability to work due to fatigue of over 60%, according to one validation of the SF-36 (Quality of Life) Vitality scale. Limitations of a self-report survey in judging someone to be suffering mental illness aside, this is a fabricated conclusion. And one which suits the purposes of the Professors in their subsequent trial of an anti-depressant in treating arthritis. This is no maverick opinion – Anita Wluka is musculoskeletal editor for BioMedCentral, and her department hosts the musculoskeletal group for the Cochrane Collaboration. It’s not a typo, else the ‘corresponding’ author would acknowledge the error. Nor did the editor of Arthritis Care & Research care to reply, indeed there appears to be no integrity underpinning the evidence base used by every doctor. The university ethics committee overseeing the study answered my challenge but only after four months had lapsed and I’d been suspended by the Dean, for causing distress to these academics by my complaints. Designated integrity advisor Prof Stephen Holdsworth hasn’t responded.
The misconduct isn’t confined to Monash either, Melbourne University obesity expert Joey ‘Mr Big’ Proietto contributed to the study, so their ethics committee was questioned. The only response was: “Due to the [Business Improvement Program] restructure which resulted in this office losing staff we are unable to reply to your request immediately. We will endeavour to respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding“.
The study was jointly funded by National Health and Medical Research Council and the Royal Aust College of Physicians. NHMRC Director of Grants Saraid Billiards isn’t fussed by misconduct within her alma mater: “we would anticipate that the institution would manage the allegation of research misconduct in accordance with Part B of the Code “. Rheumatology Assigner Academy and coincidentally co-author Prof Flavia Cicuttini could have taken this handpass, but perhaps too busy allocating funds and simultaneously consuming same? RACP “… has rigorous application, review and reporting procedures to ensure a fair and equitable process. …. but the College does not enter into correspondence regarding its decisions.”, according to research manager Laina De Winne. Spokesperson for federal Treasurer Hockey is concerned at budgetary drain, but “As this matter falls directly into the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for Health the Hon Sussan Ley, Mr Hockey has asked me to refer this matter through to the Minister for her attention.” Joe’s been sent offshore, as our Govt does with many other children of refugees. Office of shadow Health Minister Cath King informs me that the complaint system is working: “Should you wish to pursue your concerns relating to potential conflicts of interest in the grants application process for NHMRC funding, I would encourage you to raise them with NHMRC directly .”
Evidence-based medicine Prof Paul Glasziou is overwhelmed by the extent of fraud: “Good luck with pursuing this. As I now focus on NON-drug interventions and the overall waste in research processes, I no longer get involved in individual problems in drugs research (as that would consume 10,000% of my time!)“. Adjunct Prof Ken Harvey of Medreach agrees, “As Paul Glasziou noted, it is difficult for those of us concerned about such matters to take up every case. The same, regrettably, applies to NH&MRC and University research and governance bodies although you certainly deserve a reply.” He suggested writing to the publishing journal editor, something attempted thrice without response. “Oh dear“, said Ken.
Members of the team are now collaborating with Mandana Nikpour and Andrew Tonkin on a trial of atorvastatin for arthritis, OAKS. Lipitor remains the world’s highest grossing drug on record, and Pfizer quite generous in granting early career kickstarts of $50-55,000. Mandy’s shy regarding her CardioVascularLipids grant, since it’s not declared in an article with Prof Rachelle Buchbinder ‘Should patients with systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension be anticoagulated?’ (Internal Medicine Jnl of May 2013 ) even though Pfizer’s apixaban is suggested and a favourable result from her registered trial ACTRN12614000418673 will boost sales of their Eliquis. Again as with pregabalin/Lyrica trial PRECISE, NHMRC sponsored.
Arguably harmful except in the population who’ve already had a heart attack or angina, statins have one certain side effect. Fatigue. Which perpetuates the arthritic pain cycle, but Anita wasn’t going to tell you that. Pharmacology and rheumatology are bedfellows who’re profitable partners.
* Copyright © 2014 by the American College of Rheumatology
Advocacy, Research
Fibromyalgia appears destined to remain the elephant in the room if this month’s Rheumatology edition of Australian Family Physician is anything to go by – not a mention of it. So what do healthcare specialists offer? In 2006 Drs Littlejohn and Guymer published, through their work as Monash Director of Rheumatology and trainee respectively “Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Which Antidepressant Drug Should We Choose”. Linking their Medical Centre with the University seems a worthy approach so as to redress physician misconceptions – indeed, shortly thereafter the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology published a survey of Southeast Asian rheumatologists. 87% of them believed fibromyalgia incorporated aspects of psychological illness and only 40% of those associated with an institution reported inclusion of FM in their undergraduate training.
Dr Littlejohn then contributed to the 2009 yearlong study on effectiveness of duloxetine/Cymbalta led by Eli-Lilly employee Amy Chappell, which was discredited by exclusion on quality grounds from the independent Cochrane musculoskeletal group’s systematic review of studies on SNRIs . Their supposedly * impartial conclusion drawing upon another five, unbiased assessments was that 10% more people reported significantly reduced pain with duloxetine than those duped by a placebo, however another 9% discontinued treatment due to side-effects. Withdrawal in itself is harmful, the US FDA has published a safety advisory for Cymbalta Discontinuance Syndrome. Agreements posted in 32,000 blogs are somewhat alarming! Any benefits obtained are ‘figure-atively’ outweighed by weightgain reducing propensity to exercise, consensus being that moderate exercise is beneficial for fibro.
2009 was a bad year for pharma. Eli-Lilly pleaded guilty to illegal marketing of anti-psychotic drug Zalprexa for off-label use, and was fined $1.4bn. A recent out-of-court settlement was made with the family of a boy who suicided whilst on Cymbalta, whose claim being that another suicide during drug trials should have prompted warnings. And Pfizer paid a record $2.3bn for fraudulent marketing of painkillers, including Lyrica. Nonetheless these two medications remain highly profitable with an estimated $18bn in sales in 2012…. which trivialises the settlement for $43m with US attorneys generals that year for once again marketing Lyrica other than for an approved purpose. With such monetary power, when federal NHMRC funding was approved for only 17% of applications for 2014 is it any wonder that Littlejohn and Guymer are reliant on consultancy fees paid by Eli-Lilly and Pfizer declared (inconsistently*) under their conflicts of interest? “The medical profession—in the US, Europe, and beyond—remains heavily reliant on industry funded continual medical education, and many doctors have accepted substantial hospitality and consultancy fees. Very few have been prosecuted. Disclosure remains patchy and inconsistent. Yet it is their decisions that ultimately determine if medicines are reaching patients for whom they are not suitable. If drug companies need to change their attitude, so do prescribers“. Andrew Jack, Financial Times correspondent writing in the BMJ July 2012.
Evidence update: Two books elaborate these concerns from a practitioner’s perspective. Dr Ben Goldacre’s ‘Bad Pharma’ and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Centre, Prof Peter Gøtzsche’s ‘Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare’. Peter’s alarmist chapter title: ‘Very few patients benefit from the drugs they take’ explains that “… apart from such scientific misconduct, insufficient blinding can also make us believe that ineffective drugs are effective.” In damning the exalted gold-standard comparison – the randomised control trial, he warns of assessor bias if they’re aware to whom they gave placebo. To give weight to this claim that doctors lie, his colleague Asbjørn Hróbjartsson is cited … the effect was exaggerated by 36% when evaluated by nonblinded observers. Wow, this Cochrane review ‘Observer bias in randomised clinical trials with binary outcomes: systematic review of trials with both blinded and non-blinded outcome assessors.’ needs a read. Ooops, the title omits the keyword ‘subjective’, and 71% of the studies were surgery or the like. Figure 1 meta-analysis shows that two weighty transmyocardial laser revascularisation outcome reports by Oesterle et al and Burkhoff et al dragged the conclusion from one of no significant difference to a non-blinded bias Odds Ratio of 0.64! So, if you ask F.I.G.J.A.M. whether they THINK the patient’s angina has improved recently, there’s a leaning towards affirmation if they’re aware that surgery has been done? Cardiologists genuinely believing that their interventions are beneficial can hardly be extrapolated to mandating that all trials must be blinded in order to avoid falsification of data, but that’s what’s happened. Peter’s Mentalaz speaking tour claimed that all anti-depressants were ineffective – arguing that severe side-effects results in unblinding. And the effect size was typically <36%, whereby he proves all benefit of the med resulted from bias! And these are the watchdogs? When Cochrane’s doctors stretch the truth about the 36% shift in truth by other research doctors, they’re all damned.
Cochrane pioneers Gotzsche and Chalmers are much alike in their evidence fudging. The Handbook warns that sneaky research doctors will try to break the blind and fudge the facts. The last para of ‘Rationale for concern about bias’ cites a study by Schultz, Altman, and Sir Iain Chalmers et al in Feb 1995 JAMA. Just one review, covering studies particular to pregnancy & childbirth actually contradicts their own argument: “Trials with inadequate sequence generation yielded estimates of treatment effects that were similar to those derived from trials with adequate sequence generation, after adjusting for the other three methodological dimensions”. But on pg410 a subgroup analysis limited to those trials reporting adequate allocate concealment only managed to find a statistically insignificant p=0.07 (ie close, but no cigar) exaggeration in effect size as a result of poor sequence generation.
This cracks me up. That’s a negative outcome elsewhere than the Cochrane Collaboration, and it relied upon data dredging to obtain a semi-significant conclusion. But it underpins one of their criteria for downgrade of all studies – sanctimonious dogma used thereafter in box-ticking exercises, which actually detracts from quality analysis of evidence trustworthiness. This recalls the classical Ouroboros, the snake eating itself – as a symbol of perpetuation.
*Aust Family Physician Oct 2013: “Competing interests: None”
<Jan 2016 update: an Austrian survey found 89% of GPs would refer fibromyalgia to a rheumatologist, but only 12% of those wanted to treat the patient. With great neuro research nearby by Uçeyler, Sommer & Hauser you’d hope for more than just a handpass: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0146149 >
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First record for Bahrain, Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens japonicas) – Alba Marsh Bahrain
February 1, 2012 November 23, 2014 Jem Babbington Blogs, Wildlife
I have starting to learn (July 2011) to ring (band) birds, as a trainee, in Bahrain with the help of trainer Brendan Kavanagh . Brendan is licensed to ring under the British Trust for Ornithology scheme which operates in Britain and Ireland and has permission to use their rings in Bahrain. As a trainee ringer it will take me many months / years to move from a ‘Trainee’ under supervision to a ‘C’ ringer, which will allow me to ring on my own unsupervised. I am learning in Bahrain, as this is where Brendan lives. Learning to ring in Bahrain is a good way to allow me to see many birds I would not otherwise be able to, as well as allow me to gain knowledge of aspects of birds I would not be able to see in the field, such as moult strategy.
Alba Marsh is a small piece of marsh about half way down the east coast of Bahrain. The area has extensive Phragmites (Phragmites australis) reed-beds, but over much of the area the water is too deep to set nets. In the area where we ring, the reeds are shorter as people cut them for animal fodder and they are interspersed with low Tamarisk scrub. Whilst ringing there on Friday 20th January 2012 with Brendan we caught six pipits, all being coutellirace Water Pipits with the exception of one bird.
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus (rubescens) japonicus)
This bird superficially looked like a Water Pipit but had a very heavily streaked malar, breast and flanks and was much whiter on the under-parts than the coutelli Water Pipits. I took a number of photographs of the bird in the hand after processing it. On checking the measurements they did not fit for Meadow Pipit or Tree Pipit and the bird did not look like a Tree Pipit either and did not show the highly curved rear toe of this species. Thoughts then turned to Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens) and I checked my photographs of the bird with some on the internet and they looked very similar. I posted a question on Surfbirds, an internet bird forum, to see what other people with more experience of pipits than me thought. The first reply from Marc Giroud was that he thought it was a Buff-bellied Pipit of the sub-species A. r. japonicas and Yoav Perlman who has seen the japonicas sub-species in the hand as well as the field in Israel, also confirmed its identification as a Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit. I would like to thank Marc & Yoav for sharing their knowledge and thoughts on this bird. The Siberian Pipit (Anthus (rubescens) japonicas) is sometimes treated as a separate species from American Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens rubescens), as it breeds in eastern Asia and is significantly different in terms of plumage characteristics from the latter which breed entirely within North America and western Greenland.
The Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (A. r. japonicas), breeds in central & western Siberia from Tunguska to Kamchatka and south to northern Sakhalin & the Kurile Islands. They winter in eastern & southern China, Honk Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, northern India, northern Myanmar & northern Vietnam with birds being recorded regularly in Israel. Vagrant birds have been seen in Italy and regularly in the Middle East (mainly Israel) during migration and winter. The species status in the Middle East is listed here:-
Oman: Vagrant -6 records (7th record if accepted 26th December 2011)
UAE: Vagrant (perhaps rare winter visitor) –19 records (20th record if accepted10th December 2011)
Qatar: Not recorded
Saudi Arabia: Not recorded
Bahrain: Not recorded (1st record if accepted on 20th January 2012)
Kuwait: Rare – 15 records (16-19th records if accepted in January 2012)
Israel: May overwinter. Arrive during late October (earliest 22nd) and depart in March or early April (latest 10th) (Shirahai 1996 – Birds of Israel)
Siberian Pipit differs from American Pipit by having darker olive brown upper-parts and whiter under-parts. The sides of the chest may occasionally be washed buff, but typically the throat, center of breast and belly are white, creating a very white look to the under-parts. Siberian Pipit is heavily streaked below with long, thick streaks which are brown in colour although look black from a distance and the streaks contrast strongly with the white under-parts and are considerably darker than the upper-parts. These streaks extend down the flanks in a pattern similar to Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) and sometimes give a stripped appearance. The median coverts are nearly always white-tipped (buff-tipped in American Pipit) and stand out as white upper wing-bars. The greater coverts vary between whitish and buffy and are not so diagnostic. The eye-ring of Siberian Pipit stands out well, due to the darker upper-parts. The malar stripe of Siberian Pipit tends to be thick and dark, contrasting with the white under-parts and greyish upper-parts and bulges at the posterior end, which is solidly coloured, often flaring onto the side of the neck. The leg colour of Siberian Pipit is pink to pale brown and never black, whereas American Pipit generally has dark grey to black legs although they can occasionally show pale brown legs (Chin-Ty Lee – Siberian versus American Pipit in Alternate Plumage).
A few features that help identify the species are the large white eye-ring, bold supercillium, bold breast streaking, strong wing-bars and plain mantle. All of these features can be seen on the photographs of the bird caught in Bahrain and shown above. Separation of Siberian Pipit from American Pipit should be possible using a combination of field marks such as wing-bar colour, overall colour, amount of streaking, thickness of the malar stripe, boldness of the eye-ring and leg colour.
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus (rubescens) japonicus) – Tail Pattern
This is the first record of Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit for Bahrain and would not have been seen except for the fact it was caught. The area where is was trapped is not an area where you can get views of the birds as they sit on the ground out of sight in the Tamerisk and reeds and only fly when disturbed. Some birds use the site to roost and others winter there, so it is difficult to know which of the two options the bird was using. If we re-trap the bird later we will know. This record has still to be formally accepted by the Bahrain Rare Birds Committee, although Brendan discussion the bird with Howard King the Bahrain recorder and Howard mentioned he thought the bird looked good.
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Jem Babbington
Jem Babbington is a keen birder and amateur photographer located in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia where he goes birding every day. Jem was born in England and is a serious local patch and local area birder who has been birding for almost forty years and has birded in more than fifty countries. Jem is learning to ring birds in Bahrain as a perfect way to learn more about the birds of the area. Saudi Arabia is a very much under-watched and under-recorded country.
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8 Ways to Keep Your Trucking Cargo Safe While in Transit
Trucks and the people who work with them play a critical role in every supply chain. In the United States, trucks carry around 70% of all freight tonnage, while in Australia, trucks transport 30% of domestic freight. Everyday, hardworking truck drivers are responsible for carrying billions of dollars’ worth of cargo. Unfortunately, however, the cargo doesn’t always arrive intact, and in some cases it doesn’t arrive at all.
Theft, accidents, and inclement weather conditions are just some of the reasons why cargo gets damaged or goes missing while being transported. That’s why truck drivers, along with warehouse and factory workers, need to be ready for any eventuality and prep the truck properly for long journeys. Here are just some of the ways you can keep your own cargo safe on the road.
Keep Your Cargo Covered
Use nondescript but high-quality truck tarps to cover your cargo. Nothing tempts thieves more than those famous brand logos advertising high-value goods. Aside from theft prevention, tarps offer great, lightweight protection against the elements. They keep the goods dry from the rain and keep most of the ultraviolet rays from the sun from penetrating and damaging your cargo.
Use Dunnage or Dunnage Bags
Spaces in between cargo can cause it to shift while in transit. Fill these spaces up with inexpensive dunnage or dunnage bags to prevent the cargo from shifting, as well as to act as buffer against the hard floors and walls of a shipping container or closed truck.
Insert Chocks and Wedges
If you’re transporting round or cylindrical cargo that have a tendency to roll, use chocks and wedges to keep them stable. A variety of cargo chucks are available for different types of cargo, from round and spherical objects to irregular-shaped items.
Secure Cargo With Tie-Downs
There are many variations of tie-downs available depending on your needs. The simplest are ropes and cords, but for commercial and large-scale cargo, you need heavy-duty tarps or chains to ensure a secure tie-down. What’s more, it’s recommended that you have at least 2 tie-downs holding a single cargo in place no matter how small it is, or at least one tie-down for every 10 feet of long cargo.
Blocking and Bracing the Cargo
There is no one way to block and brace a cargo, as the race structure or device wholly depends on the particular item you’re loading on the truck. However, the ultimate goal is to prevent that cargo from sliding and shifting while in transit.
Use Divider Sheets
Divider sheets or separator sheets are applied in between layers of goods to prevent slippage and shifting. You can choose from a variety of divider sheets that come with different features such as added grip or moisture-proof coatings. Each offers a distinct advantage to make sure your cargo stays put.
Install Cargo Theft Alarms
With cargo theft costing billions of dollars, there is new-generation technology available that aims to keep thieves off your precious items. These innovations include theft alarms that may involve a complex mechanism for a more robust security, thus protecting the cargo not just while in transit, but also during loading and unloading at different facilities.
Stay Within the Working Load Limit
Lifting tools and equipment used in loading cargo as well as the tie-downs used for securing the cargo on the truck has a corresponding safe range of WLL or Working Load Limit. To ensure these tools and tie-downs don’t break, you have to make sure that the load is well within the limit specified in the label or manual of each tool.
Cargo theft and damage are serious issues that plague every industry’s supply chain. To combat these problems, all the players involved, from the truck driver to the warehouse and factory workers, must be vigilant in observing the best practices for securing cargo. In the end, everyone will benefit from a productive and profitable industry, including not just the workers but also the buyers and consumers.
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Youtube Video Yasunori Mitsuda gets me every time. This was actually the track that made me go out and buy the game (which is a common practice I'm less proud of). It sort of reminds me of Hisaishi's Ghibli tracks
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@naltmank Yeah I recall liking the 2nd one as well. I mean, I'm not going to die on the hill saying they are incredible, but I actually liked them outright whereas the greater moviegoing hive mind has led me to question myself because they claim these are just the worst movies ever made. That said, the scene in the 3rd movie where the King Dwarf throws his crown down might be one of the worst scenes I've ever seen in one of the worst movies I've ever seen. What I agree is jarring is how Lord of the Rings did a lot of amazing filmmaking techniques that played out so tastefully in the final product. I mean, there are hundreds of hours of behind the scenes footage for that trilogy if somebody wants to study it. Undeniable that those were made with a high level of care and ambition. Then years later in The Hobbit, Peter Jackson is like, "lets just throw a Go Pro into a river and intercut it with film cameras, nobody will know the difference". That lack of care is shocking when you throw it up against his other work.
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December Game Challenge!
Day 11 - Moment that makes you cry The Last of Us: Part II Final Joel-Ellie scene. I felt like I just got a punch in the stomach. Day 12 - First game you remember playing First ever Super Mario Bros. I think all of the family played that game several times. My mom even finished it. 😃 Day 13 - Game that needs a remaster/remake Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. I finished that game many times and the story was always sad to live through. I can't imagine how fun it would be to play it with the gameplay and technology of Max Payne 3 for example. Day 14 - First game and console you owned PlayStation 2 and Ben 10: Protector of Earth. What can I say, I just love the original Ben 10 shows. Day 18 - Game that would make a good anime Jak&Daxter series. Day 23 - Replace a protagonist with another of your choice Chloe Frazer for the reboot Tomb Raider trilogy. 😎 Day 25 -Animal companion BD-1 from SWJ: Fallen Order. It counts. 🤷 Day 27 - Game that got you into a developer Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Naughty Dog Day 28 - Dream mashup of two franchise Uncharted and Tomb Raider, Nate and Lara go to hunt the same treasue just to be forced to forge an uneasy alliance. Day 29 - Game you'd purge from reality Dark Souls trilogy Day 30 - Game you'd get a tattoo of Sic Parvis Magna, I'm leaving the guessing the franchise to you guys 🙃
Best Musou Games
@mbun I haven't played it myself but it is a Musou game and could be really appealing to fans of the franchise.
To Wait or Not To Wait
@happygaming Here's a small list https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/11/ps4-games-that-run-better-on-ps5/ also here's a list of games that'll be getting free upgrades by the devs https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/ps4-to-ps5-all-games-with-confirmed-free-upgrades
Favorite Controllers
While I'm perfectly fine with the PS4 controller, I much prefer asymmetrical analogue stick placement. It just makes a lot more sense to me In the majority of the games I play, my default thumb placement is on the left analogue and the face buttons. So my thumbs are mostly symmetrical on Xbox and Nintendo controllers. Whereas my thumbs have to play mostly asymmetrical on a playstation controller.
November Game Challenge
@jdincinerator Having only recently played MW 2 (thanks PlayStation Plus), I have to say this was definitely the most fun and memorable level in the game for me, I'm a sucker for stealth and they made it simple yet enjoyable, kinda wish the whole game was like that!
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Finishing up: Day 22, town/village The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Zora's Domain Spoilers Day 23, underrated game Robotron 64. An excellent 3D adaptation of a classic arcade game. Unrelenting gameplay backed with a very bangin' soundtrack: Youtube Video Youtube Video Day 24, game you constantly have stuck in your head Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions. Specifically, the sounds of booting up the game and getting a game over. Youtube Video Day 25, game that gets you pumped Crazy Taxi Youtube Video Day 26, game you haven't played Planet Coaster. There's nothing else I want to play more, but my current computer can't run it, and there's no way I'd ever play it on console. I do have a much better computer, but there are reasons I can't use it yet. Day 27, handheld game I'm not into handhelds at all. The only handheld games I've beaten are the first two gens of Pokémon. I prefer Red & Blue, but it's been mentioned, so Gold & Silver it is. Great use of colour, lovely town themes, and one of the most epic final battles ever. Spoilers: Youtube Video Day 28, game that makes you nostalgic It's such low hanging fruit, but honestly, Ocarina of Time. It has an indelible charm. It blows every other Nintendo 64 game out of the water in terms of production values. There are a million little touches that prevent your brain from wearing on it. And the eternal soundtrack... Youtube Video – [10:51..] Day 29, final boss Diddy Kong Racing - Wizpig The races against him have a completely different tone from the rest of the game - dark and dangerous. And the difficulty level is just right - damn hard, but learnable. Day 30, credits Star Fox 64 (Spoiler, of course.) Day 31, spooky Halloween game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has some pretty spooky stuff in it. Youtube Video – [16:31..] Youtube Video
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@happygaming Thanks a lot for that information! Maybe I'll just go with Catherine.
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Don't know if there are a good amount of people who are interested in books about the industry, but I posted this as a correction to last week's podcast and it didn't get mentioned. Thought I'd post it here in case people were interested! I just wanted to recommend "Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation" by Blake J Harris. It's written in more of a dramatization fashion, from character perspectives rather than a historical memoir, but was based on real interviews, events, people and situations that happened during the 90s from the sides of both Sega and Nintendo. It primarily follows Tom Kalinske as he began as CEO of Sega of America and the struggles of the company battling with Nintendo being the juggernaut it grew into at the time, but pretty fairly looks at both sides and the struggles of marketing, multinational company cultural disagreements, courtroom battles and more. It's a pretty thick read, but I loved every bit of it and would recommend it to anyone hoping to learn more about the era and the people behind the decisions that were made then, as well as why certain events transpired. https://www.amazon.com/Console-Wars-Blake-J-Harris-audiobook/dp/B00K0M8TR4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=console+wars&qid=1600551240&sr=8-1 The book is actually being made into a documentary from CBS All Access, and the trailer dropped just a few hours after I made the last comment. You can watch the trailer here: Youtube Video I still very highly recommend the book!
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Sad but expected news today: After a website redesign, Playmaji announced that due to an issue in communication with a retail partner, the product isn't going to be shipping to meet it's originally delayed date of the 15th, and is instead being pushed to Q1 2021, with the new delayed date of February 21. It's a frustrating thing to have to sit through, especially as a day 1 pre-order'er more than two years ago. However on the other hand I'm happy they finally gave an update. I'm just hoping they're better about it as things go forward, and maybe give their new light gun out for free for early adopters who have gotten the shaft for so long.
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Eric Oliver on the “Bigot Belt”
November 19, 2008 @ 11:14am
Eric Oliver is a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the absolutely fantastic book Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America’s Obesity Epidemic.
He has some new and interesting insights on the “Bigot Belt,” which he has generously written up for the Freakonomics blog.
The Bigot Belt
By Eric Oliver
A Guest Post
Like many people, I was fascinated by a map recently published by The New York Times illustrating the shifting vote margins between the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections.
Of particular note was the broad swath of counties running from Oklahoma and East Texas through Arkansas to Kentucky and West Virginia where the Republican vote margins actually increased from 2004. How, in an election year so dominated by Democrats, did these counties go from merely “red” to “scarlet”?
The immediate answer to this question seems to be race. “The Deep South still resonates with negative feelings about the race of President-elect Barack Obama,” wrote Adam Nossiter in The Times, quoting various locals of Vernon, Ala., who expressed fear of having a black man “over” them. The implication is that in any place where the Republican vote margin increased, whites are more racially intolerant.
Such a conclusion is premature. Drawing inferences about individual behavior from aggregate data is a classic example of what statisticians call an “ecological fallacy.” In other words, looking at county election returns, it is simply impossible to tell whether McCain voters in Independence County, Ark. (where the Republican margin increased by 23 percentage points), are any more or less racist than McCain supporters in Door County, Wis. (where the margin swung 20 points toward the Democrats).
Nor can county election returns explain why whites in the South are more threatened by a black president than whites in the North. Perhaps race wasn’t a factor at all. Many “scarlet” counties are in regions heavily dependent on the oil and coal industries, and the voting shifts might have been triggered by the Republican mantra of “drill, baby, drill.”
To differentiate between these explanations, we need to identify what is distinctive about “scarlet” counties. This may not tell us about the motivations of any individual resident, but it can give us some hints about why the “scarlet” counties zigged while the rest of the country zagged.
Based on census data, “scarlet” counties were poorer, less educated, more rural, and had higher unemployment than the national average. For example, in “scarlet” counties only 13 percent of adults hold a college degree, on average, compared to 17 percent for the “azure” counties (where Democratic margins increased). Seventy-three percent of the “scarlet” counties are rural, compared to 59 percent of “azure” counties.
If we think that poverty, low education, and rural residence underlie white racial animosity, then the race hypothesis might have some support (although “scarlet” counties also have a higher percentage working in the mining industry).
Interestingly though, the “scarlet” counties are not older or more white; their populations average about 85 percent white and 15 percent over age 65 — rates nearly identical to the national county averages.
If race is so important for explaining these voting trends, then how do we make sense of these last findings?
The answer comes in looking at both the county and the state together. One of the biggest demographic differences between “scarlet” and “azure” counties is the racial composition of the state population: 72 percent of the “scarlet” counties are in states that are over 10 percent black compared to only 49 percent of the “azure” counties. In a multivariate regression analysis using all the variables listed above, the best predictor of a county’s Republican vote margin is its white racial percentage relative to its state’s black population size. In other words, the counties where Republican margins grew the largest tended to be predominantly white places in otherwise racially mixed states.
These patterns are consistent with research on individual racial attitudes. Historically, the greatest levels of racial violence occurred within white enclaves near larger black populations, particularly when these enclaves are poor and uneducated. Even today, whites who live in poor, racially segregated neighborhoods within more diverse metropolitan areas tend to be more racially hostile than whites who live in either integrated neighborhoods or within largely white regions. In more diverse settings, locally segregated whites have less contact with nearby minorities yet also feel greater competition for jobs and public goods. The combination of both increased racial competition and racial isolation seems to be a recipe for generating racial animosity.
The same thing may be happening in the “scarlet” counties. Racially isolated whites in Arkansas or Alabama may have been more afraid of voting for Obama not because they are more racist than white voters in Minnesota or Montana, but because they perceive greater racial competition with nearby black populations.
Of course, this pattern does not account for all the vote shifts. There were plenty of counties in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and West Virginia that went “scarlet” even though the black populations of these states are relatively small (here, lower education levels and higher white poverty may be at work).
Nevertheless, these results should dispel the idea that with the election of Obama, America has somehow “transcended” race. Undoubtedly, racism is still pervasive in the United States, but where it appears depends a lot on social context.
Tags: 2008 election, Eric Oliver, racism, voting
November 19, 2008 @ 4:47pm
So, if you didn't vote Democrat, you're possibly racist? Why is voting based on conservative ideas racist? Is it possible to not agree with the policy positions of the candidates and the party's platform without it being linked to race?
Fascinating, a very clever analysis.
Caliphilosopher
Too bad that people keep thinking that President Elect Obama is black. He's clearly not.
I think someone who is afraid to vote for a candidate because they perceive greater "racial competition" with nearby ethnic populations meets the definition of being a racist.
@1. That is not what the article implied.
Que, this article isn't about people who didn't vote Democrat, but about people who voted Democrat in 2004 but Republican in 2008. What's being said is that if you voted for Kerry in 2004 but you voted for McCain in 2008, THEN you're possibly racist ;-)
TonyW
Consider another way of looking at it:
Perhaps members of a relative minority (islands of whites) have reason to fear the tyranny of the majority more than those who live in more homogeneous circumstances.
And perhaps the correlation is not with their skin color. 95% of blacks voted for Obama, but whites are the racists????
Is it just me, or does the fact that Obama held 90% of the black vote indicate more clearly that there are still significant racial issues. This seems a lot more transparent than this analysis of racist Whites.
Also, would this analysis follow for black voters? Do we see that black populations that are bordering white populations vote more favorably for Obama than those that are in integrated neighborhoods?
@Que Did you even read the article!? It's like you copy pasted a conservative stock defense.
The article doesn't argue that to vote for mccain is a vote for racism. The question is rather, why would some areas have a larger margin for voting republican when the rest of the country did in fact shift to vote democrat.
I.E. Why would the Obama brand not only not sell as well in some areas as McCain, but rather, why would the Obama brand not sell so well compared to Kerry? The comparison isn't with McCain, but rather Kerry.
While there are some policy differences between Obama and Kerry (and the worries are diff in 2004 vs now), the implication is that the key difference was the color of their skin.
I am still not quite convinced, but this does go a long way to show some real insight, both in elections, and race relations.
I'm not sure how this analysis overcomes the ecological fallacy.
#3 "Too bad that people keep thinking that President Elect Obama is black. He's clearly not."
He is blacker than Bush
@9. In what way was that a "conservative stock defense?"
Even though black people voted 95% for Obama, in the past they've voted about 85% for Democrats. So the shift is not as dramatic as it sounds.
@11 - good catch. It doesn't.
Also: " In a multivariate regression analysis using all the variables listed above, the best predictor of a county's Republican vote margin is its white racial percentage relative to its state's black population size."
Are you really saying you regressed the margin on white PERCENTAGE and black SIZE? You're comparing apples to oranges, adding the additional variable of state/county population, and that destroys the credibility of this evidence (if you needed to mix input types to find a significant relationship).
Or it may just be poor sentance construction.
#1 overstated the case but there is a grain of truth there.
The crucial sentence is the following: "[i]f race is so important for explaining these voting trends, then how do we make sense of these last findings?"
You are not considering that race may not be a factor. If you condition the entire analysis on race being a factor, you can surely find some statistic to support that. Then you can argue and maybe find some corroborating evidence to support that statistic. However, at the end, you are still left with your original presumption.
I am admittedly no expert and maybe your conclusion is still correct but the analysis seems somewhat suspect.
JackZ
Nate Silver has a commentary related to this issue:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/for-obama-will-familiarity-erode.html
Basically any post-election analysis of voting patterns must take into account *where Obama campaigned*. How do rural counties in Virginia or North Carolina (which saw an intense Obama campaign, including several candidate visits) compare with comparable counties in say, Alabama or Arkansas?
Racism is, was and probably always will be. And, it is not unilateral white vs. whatever.
However it is well known that data can and will be interpreted passing through the bias of the experimenter/data collector.
If you look hard enough for something you expect to find you will eventually find it.
The conclusions, in and of themselves, are possibly suggestive but hardly conclusive of bigotry.
ckstevenson
Gore won 90% of the black vote in 2000, Kerry 88% in 2004.
Consider this when reflexively assuming that blacks voting for Obama are racist.
It appears casually they are minorly racist given the data, obviously less so than Red -> Scarlet areas mentioned within the article.
this article overlooks reverse racism- perhaps the blacks in the aformentioned regions didn't vote for Obama because his mother is white
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Countering Extremists
The only way to counter terror is to address the cause of instability—Assad’s attacks on civilians—and to maintain a smart U.S. presence.
End all attacks on Syrian civilians, which have triggered mass population displacement and built disillusionment ripe for exploitation by extremist recruiters.
Continue supporting U.S. local anti-ISIS partner forces through the Department of Defense (DOD) Train-and-Equip program, and consider including Syria-based al-Qaeda and Iranian-backed militia forces in their mandate.
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Al-Qaeda’s presence in Syria is extremely dangerous for the United States. Its exploitation of suffering and draconian rule have caused a huge backlash from civil society and opposition groups. Average Syrians in Al-Qaeda areas have launched a major campaign to drive out the jihadist group from the country. To undermine Al-Qaeda efforts, the United States should learn from the successful “surge” model in Iraq, where it supported moderate forces to defeat extremists. Empowering local governance, civil society, and vetted forces in the fight against Al-Qaeda will assist indigenous efforts to deny them safe haven.
Iranian-Backed Militias
Regime and Russian airstrikes have provided air cover for the territorial expansion of terror groups like Hezbollah and their proxy allies. These groups, which according to the White House comprise at least 80 percent of Assad’s ground presence, are the main vehicle for Assad to reclaim areas for the regime. As they overtake areas, they further consolidate a Iranian land bridge that can be used to move weapons and personnel throughout the region to threaten our allies.
While the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah have been sanctioned as terrorists, key Iranian-backed militias that are filling ISIS’ shoes in eastern Syria have not. These militias have targeted U.S. soldiers in Iraq and are now creating military bases from which they have openly threatened to attack the United States and its allies Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Further, sectarian narratives propagated by these Iranian-backed groups fuel ISIS and Al-Qaeda recruitment.
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Are you planning a trip to Salzburg and are looking for day trips? The Salzkammergut, Lake District, is one of three main areas to visit on day trips from Salzburg, and this article will tell you everything you need to know about the town of St Gilgen in the Lake District.
If you were looking into the lake district, you have probably heard of Hallstatt. Hallstatt became the most popular day trip from Salzburg. For many people, Hallstatt is the reason to visit Salzburg. But in the Lake District, where Hallstatt is, there are many places with the same charm.
St Gilgen is one of them.
What’s on in St Gilgen?
I see St Gilgen, however, as the entrance to the Salzkammergut, Lake District.
If you go to Hallstatt, you pass by St Gilgen by bus, and if you want to go to St Wolfgang by boat, the port is in St Gilgen. Other than the ship to St Wolfgang, you can take a cable car up the Zwölferhorn, a 1500 meter high mountain behind St Gilgen from where you overlook all of the Lake District.
Other than that, you won’t find spectacular attractions in St Gilgen except for the natural beauty of the lake district and a few minor sights.
This article is about the boat and the cable car but also about these minor sights.
What to see and do in St Gilgen?
You find these attractions in St Gilgen on the way from the cable car, where the St Gilgen bus terminal is, to the docks where the boat to St Wolfgang leaves.
1. Taking the Zwölferhorn Cable Car
The Cable Car to the top of mount Zwölferhorn is the highlight of St Gilgen. Until 2020, the Zwölferhorn cable car was one of the oldest cable cars in the world and the last of its kind. In January 2020, they, unfortunately, took the old cable car down.
The new cable car is supposed to open in autumn 2020. When that happens, I will visit and write an entire article on the new cable car.
Only a few months before they took it down, I discovered the old cable car. I had often heard about it because every Korean tour group went to Zwölferhorn, before or after I guided them in Salzburg. Without even considering, I assumed the Zwölferhornbahn in St Gilgen is a tourist trap.
On my mission to see and do everything in the Lake District, I took the cable car for the first time.
When it started, I began to think it was a death trap instead of a tourist trap, but luckily, I got used to the squeaking noise on the 16-minute ride and relaxed my way up to 1522 meters above sea level.
On top of the mountain, you do not only see Sankt Gilgen and lake Wolfgang, but you can see far into the Lake District, into upper Austria, and to the Dachstein mountain range near Hallstatt. From one of the viewpoints, you can see the uninhabited nature behind Zwölferhorn mountain. Something I didn’t expect.
So definitely recommended.
There was also a restaurant with reasonable prices and not too many tourists, but we have to see how the new cable car will be. While the old Zwölferhornbahn was able to transport 250 people per hour, the new cable car will be able to carry 1800, so it should be in the interest of the operator to flood the site with tourists.
Anyway. Whenever the new Cable Car is ready, you will find a link to an article about the new Zwölferhorn cable car in St Gilgen.
2. Mozartplatz – The Main Square of St Gilgen
Mozartplatz is the main square of St Gilgen. For the main square, Mozartplatz in St Gilgen is a modest place, but there are a few details I would like to point out.
First of all, you will notice the Mozart statue depicting him playing the violin in front of the Rathaus. Mozart never actually visited St Gilgen, but at our next attraction, you will find out why St Gilgen’s main square is named after the musical genius Salzburg is famous for.
Rathaus, by the way, means town hall and this building is still the town hall today.
Gasthof Zur Post (guest house to the post office) is the building opposite of the Rathaus with the impressive 300-year-old painting of a hunt. That guest house was not only a tavern but was part of the mail delivery and the public transport. Back when horses delivered the mail. Gasthof Zur Post was the building where the mailman and his horses, as well as travelers, stayed. A typical inn.
Nowadays, Gasthof Zur Post is far from a typical inn. It’s a four-star hotel and one of the more fancy places to stay in St Gilgen. More about hotels in St Gilgen and when you should consider staying in St Gilgen overnight in the last chapter of this article.
Mozartplatz is also the place if you would like to enjoy some Apfelstrudel or other Austrian sweets. Cafe Dallmann is famous as well as infamous. Renowned for their exquisite cakes and desserts but notorious for being rude. Look at their Google Maps reviews. It’s also a little pricey, and the coffee is average, but with all that considered, it’s still worth the visit.
3. The Parish Church of Saint Egidius
If you read some of my articles, you maybe know that I am an advocate of going to churches. Not for religious reasons but because churches tell you about the history of a place. If that’s what you are into, they can be like museums.
The church of St Gilgen is no exception.
St Gilgen became prominent in the middle ages because St Wolfgang, on the other side of the lake, became one of the most significant places for pilgrimage in Europe. From St Gilgen, pilgrims took the boat to St Wolfgang.
To me, St Gilgen still feels like the entrance to the Lake District. A place of passage.
The church you see today was built at the end of the 18th century. Saint Egidius is another name for Saint Giles, and that’s the saint who gave Sankt Gilgen its name. There is, however, no direct connection.
St Giles came from Athens in Greece and moved to France, where he performed miracles, but his grave in France became another popular place for pilgrimage in Europe.
Like in most churches, you find the patron Saint with their attribute on the altar. Saint Giles is often portrayed with an arrow. That’s because he retreated in the forest in France for many years, where his only company was a deer. When one day hunters showed up to chase the deer, Saint Giles caught an arrow instead of his friend. That’s how he became disabled and the Saint of the disabled. Here at the parish church in St Gilgen, you can also see the deer at the main altar.
Did you know that Mozart’s maternal grandmother came from St Gilgen, and his sister later moved there? That is the reason why there is a Mozart square, and our next stop will be the Mozart house of St Gilgen.
But first I want you to take a look at the plaque at the entrance of the church.
It indicates that Mozart’s grandparents and his sister got married here, his mother was baptized in St Gilgen, and his grandfather and his brother in law are buried at the cemetery behind the church. Despite all of that, Mozart never visited St Gilgen.
A look at the cemetery is also recommended before continuing to the Mozart house.
4. The Mozart House in St Gilgen
Just before arriving at the lake, you will see the Mozarthaus Sankt Gilgen on the left side. Before reaching the Mozart house, you also notice a beautiful fountain on the left side. A child is holding up a round object from which the water for the fountain flows. That’s supposed to be Mozart’s mother.
Her father, Mozarts grandfather, Wolfgang Nikolaus Pertl, was the administrator and judge of St Gilgen. Mozart’s first name Wolfgang was chosen because of him.
Mozart’s grandfather built the Mozart house in St Gilgen. Building it, however, plunged him into debt. Therefore, when he died unexpectedly, he left his wife and his 4-year-old daughter, Mozart’s mother, in poverty. Speculation goes so far that they say Mozart inherited his inability to handle money from his grandfather.
Even if Mozart never met his maternal grandfather.
Mozart’s grandmother moved to Salzburg with her daughter. They lived in poverty, but Salzburg is where Anna Maria Pertl, Mozart’s mother, met Leopold Mozart and became Anna Maria Mozart. They had seven children together, of which only two survived. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart became the musical genius while his sister’s faith was different.
When Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl), Mozarts sister, was a child, she traveled together with her father and her brother and performed as well. However, it was not appropriate for an adult woman to perform in public at that time. Unlike her brother, Nannerl always obeyed her father. Therefore Nannerl settled for an arranged marriage.
Interestingly she married the man who had the position of her deceased grandfather and moved to the same house in St Gilgen. The man she married, Berchtold von Sonnenburg, was 15 years older and already had five children she had to watch out for from that moment on.
When her husband died, she immediately moved back to Salzburg, where she taught music.
5. Take the Wolfgangsee Boat Tour and the Schafberg Steam Train
From the Mozart house in St Gilgen, it’s only two minutes walking to reach the port.
Ironically the best thing to do in St Gilgen is leaving. Despite the Zwölferhornbahn, the most fantastic thing you can do is take the boat to the other side of the Wolfgangsee lake to St Wolfgang.
In St Wolfgang, there is the valley station for the Schafbergbahn, the steepest steam train in the world and generally one of the oldest mountain steam trains in the world. Their earliest locomotives are more than 100 years old, and the steam trains take you up to 1700 meters above sea level where you overlook all of the Lake District.
The Schafbergbahn would be my favorite thing to do in the lake district, but it’s also the most expensive. In 2020 the ship and the steam train are €55,- but if you are not on a budget, it’s worth the money. By the way, there is a hotel on top of the mount Schafberg.
You could reach St Wolfgang directly, but if you are coming from Salzburg by bus, there wouldn’t be a point. The Schafbergbahn alone would be €40,80 in 2020, and you would need another bus ticket when you change the bus in Strobl.
If you travel by car from Salzburg, you could go directly to St Wolfgang, but you would miss out on St Gilgen and the boat ride, and the surcharge for the boat, if you take the train anyway is affordable.
How to get to St Gilgen from Salzburg?
Getting to St Gilgen is easy. To get to St Gilgen, you take bus number 150 from the central train station in Salzburg. The train station is where the bus starts. You could also take bus 150 from Mirabell square, but because of the popularity of Hallstatt, it often fills up at the station.
The ride from Salzburg to St Gilgen costs €7,- one way (in 2020) and takes 47 minutes. You get the ticket from the bus driver or in the ÖBB App, but as long as you have cash, the bus driver option works, and the price is the same. Also, there is no point in getting a return ticket. The cost would be the same.
In case you want to get something from the Spar supermarket or you want to visit the tourist information in St Gilgen for whatever reason, you get off at the St Gilgen Hollweger stop. Otherwise, you get off at St Gilgen Busbahnhof (bus station). St Gilgen Busbahnhof is at the valley station and 5 minutes walking from all the other things to do in St Gilgen.
Another option is to get off bus 150 in Fuschl and walk from Fuschl to St Gilgen in about 2 hours. That’s if you want to go for a relaxed walk through the Austrian countryside. Here is an article to help you decide if you would like to walk from Fuschl to St Gilgen.
When is the best time to visit St Gilgen?
The best time to visit St Gilgen is summer or in the month of December. Summer because the best thing to do from St Gilgen is the boat to St Wolfgang and the steam train to the top of the mountain and they are not always operating. Check the seasons on the Website.
The second best time to visit St Gilgen is in the month of December, before Christmas. Simple reason are the Christmas markets.
The Christmas markets in St Gilgen and in St Wolfgang are the some of the best around Salzburg.
Where to eat in St Gilgen?
There is only one restaurant I can recommend in St Gilgen. That’s not because there are no other good options but because I haven’t tried any of the other restaurants in St Gilgen.
Wirt am Gries, however, is good enough to search no further, if you are looking for authentic Austrian food. It’s only a minute walking from Mozartplatz, the main square of Saint Gilgen, and for such a touristy town, the service, as well as the food, is outstanding.
Wirt am Gries on Google Maps
Website of Wirt am Gries Restaurant
And if you are wondering what to eat, just choose whatever sounds appealing to you or whatever Austrian dish you haven’t tried yet. If you haven’t had any Austrian food yet you could go for Wiener Schnitzel, if you are a vegetarian, try some Kasnockn and if you are longing for sweets, choose Kaiserschmarrn.
And then read this article, if you would like to know more about Austrian food and the best Restaurants in Salzburg.
Hotels in St Gilgen
If you would like to spend more than a day in the lake district, St Gilgen would be a great place to stay. From here, it takes less time to reach Hallstatt, the Zwölferhorn cable car is only a few minutes walking, and the town of St Wolfgang is a boat ride away.
Hotels in St Gilgen, depending on the season, would be the same price or slightly cheaper than in Salzburg.
Jugendgästehaus St Gilgen – Budget Accommodation
This youth hostel in St Gilgen only opened its doors in 2018 and is the most inexpensive place to stay in St Gilgen or anywhere in the area. Especially for what they offer. The guest house is right by the lake, and I mean it. You can walk from the guest house across a field and right into the lake as if it belongs to their garden.
Book your stay at the Jugendgästehaus St Gilgen on Booking.com!
A breakfast Buffett is included in the price, the newly renovated building is in good condition, and there are dorms as well as private rooms available. Prices are the same as in Salzburg, but in Salzburg wouldn’t find the same comfort and the amazing location for the price.
Gasthof zur Post – Luxury Accommodation
Gasthof zur Post is the historic building I mentioned on Mozartplatz. While the location in St Gilgen is not as crucial because it’s tiny, it’s certainly a plus to be right at the main square, in front of the Mozart statue and the Rathaus. Furthermore is the building seven hundred years old but newly renovated. A great combination, in my opinion.
Book your stay at the Gasthof zur Post on Booking.com!
The prices are high but usually slightly cheaper than the same category, a four-star hotel in Salzburg would be. For food, I would still recommend the Wirt am Gries I mentioned before.
Pensions and Apartments in St Gilgen
If none of these two options attract you, there are several apartments and pensions on Booking.com. I don’t know anything about these other options, but all of them are rated around 9/10 on booking.com, and the standards in a rural place like St Gilgen are usually high. Go for any of them, and I am sure you will have a great stay.
The main things to do in St Gilgen are taking the boat to St Wolfgang or the cable car up Zwölferhorn. Most of the attractions in St Gilgen are on the way from the cable car to the shores of the lake which is a distance of 500 meters and can be visited in an hour or two.
However, St Gilgen can also be the ideal base for your further explorations of the lake district or even to stay in a picturesque Austrian village and only visit Salzburg on a day trip.
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Review: Fitbit Ionic, more fitness watch than smartwatch
November 13, 2017 January 20, 2020 Marko Maslakovic 6042 Views 4 Comments Review, Smartwatch
Comprehensive fitness features
Solid battery life
Sharp, colorful display
Lightweight and comfortable
Few smartwatch functions
Small number of third-party apps
Slow operating system
Following months of rumours and speculation, in September the company whose name has become synonymous with fitness trackers presented to the world its first ever smartwatch. Dubbed Fitbit Ionic, this is a device with features that compete squarely with the Apple Watch and Garmin’s stable of sports watches.
Fitbit’s most ambitious product to date, Ionic tries to fill the gap between a fitness tracker and smartwatch. It comes with GPS, water-resistance, on-board music, mobile payments, all wrapped up in a design not all too different from other Fitbit wearables.
Essential reading: Top fitness trackers and health gadgets
So its this really the complete package? Read on to find out.
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Its blatantly obvious so lets just come right out and say it. With its retro design, Ionic is not exactly a looker. Coming across like a blend between the Surge and Blaze, there is no mistaking this is a Fitbit product. Its slightly slimmer but still bulky. The saving grace is that at 50 grams, its very lightweight.
While you still get the same square unisex look, the core unit is built from strong and lightweight 6000 series aerospace-grade aluminum. The high-res LCD touch-screen measures 3.0 cm x 2.2 cm, and features a resolution of 348 x 250 pixels. Its subtly curved at the edges which helps to offset the blocky design. To compete with the Apple Watch the timepiece comes with increased pixels and amplified brightness up to 1000 nits. This is pretty much as good as it gets right now as far as screen quality.
The color display is sharp and great under low light conditions. Under bright sunlight it’s clearly visible thanks to auto-brightness adjustments. Its only on the rare occasion, you might have to tilt it slightly for visibility.
The screen comes in handy during workouts where the stats are clearly displayed. However Fitbit isn’t making full use of the screen size. Opting for large fonts, they could have squeezed in more stats but decided not to. The physical dimensions of the screen could have been larger as well. The bezels are fairly thick and the logo underneath takes up a lot of unnecessary space.
The display is switched off by default but is quick to wake up. There are three textured buttons on the sides, one on the left which wakes up the device and functions as a back button, and two context-sensitive function buttons on the right. In combination with the touch-screen, this allows you to navigate the display.
While all this sounds good on paper, in reality the navigation is fairly sluggish. Scrolling can be slow at times and touch control is definitely not as sensitive as it could be. It is functional but if you’re expecting an Apple Watch experience, think again.
The tracker is available in just one case size, but it comes with two straps – one for large and one for small wrists. By default, the watch is supplied with a textured rubber wristband, but you can swap this if you shell out for the Sport or Leather versions.
Further customization is possible by personalising the screen with one of 17 different clock face options, with more to come. Watch faces are not stored locally on device and can only be changed from the mobile app. Which means downloading and re-installing a new face every time you fancy a change. Not an ideal solution.
Next year, Fitbit will be offering an Adidas-branded special edition as well. What exactly this entails is not clear, but presumably it will come with a distinct look and include branded training programs. Considering Adidas has about 10,000 stores in China, this probably has a lot to do with helping Fitbit gain a stronger foothold in the Asian market.
All in all, its fair to say Ionic is neither stylish nor elegant but it is functional and looks and feels sporty. It comes with a great display, and sits comfortably on your wrist so is perfectly suitable for all day, every day use.
Under the hood you’ll find some fairly decent specs including a plethora of sensors: an altimeter, 3-axis accelerometer, digital compass, GPS/GLONASS, optical heart rate monitor, ambient light sensor and vibration motor.
The device also has something Fitbit calls a relative SpO2 sensor. You won’t get any data out of it right now, but it could be used to monitor blood oxygen levels and identify sleep apnea in the future. The company has also upgraded its heart rate sensor and its more snug against your wrist now. In addition to better heart rate data, the improved accuracy has the potential to help with determining atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) down the line. Fitbit has big ambitions in this area.
Water resistance is important when it comes to something that is sitting on your wrist 24/7. Its been a long-time coming, but Fitbit seems to have finally cracked this. Flex 2 kicked things off and Ionic now comes with a fantastic 5 ATM (50 meter) water-resistance rating. You can wear it come rain or shine, and it will track your swim sessions, too.
Just as important as water-resistance is battery life. After all, you do not want to be charging your watch every day. Ahhmmm. Apple, are you reading this?
Ionic promises between four and five days of battery life and real-world usage proves this to be the case. While this is perfectly decent, its worth pointing out that its partly because the watch display goes off automatically. Obviously, battery life will come down with continuous music playback, and switching the GPS on will shrink it right down to 10 hours. Nevertheless, this compares well with competition, and gives Apple a far distant target to aim for.
When it comes to features, as expected this is a timepiece that puts fitness first. You’ll get everything we have come to love from Fitbit devices. This includes the usual steps, distance, floors, active minutes and calories burned, along with inactivity reminders, automatic activity recognition and exercises to maintain moments of calm.
In the morning the app will provide you with detailed info on light, deep and REM sleep stages and awake time. The watch benefits from advanced sleep features and insights which were introduced earlier this year. The snug fit of Ionic insures that sleep data is better than on other Fitbit devices.
Fitbit’s first smartwatch is perfectly capable of phone-free exercising. For outdoor fitness tracking, the built-in GPS will keep tabs on pace, distance, elevation and split times. Rather impressively, the company has engineered the antenna into the frame. There is also the ability to connect to GLONASS satellites which should improve performance.
When looking for a signal, a connection logo will appear on the display accompanied by a short buzz when the signal is acquired. My first run was great. The route was perfectly recorded, so I was very very impressed. The runs after that started to register some veering so that’s when I realised the performance is similar to other GPS watches. It’s good, not perfect.
Fitbit’s Purepulse heart rate sensor stores heart rate data at 1 second intervals during exercise and at 5 second intervals all other times. You’ll get real time info on heart rate zones during your workouts and info on your resting heart rate in the morning. As mentioned, the heart rate sensor has been upgraded so should be more accurate than on other Fitbits. Its also now sits completely flush with the rear of the body, whereas on predecessor devices it protrudes slightly.
As far as wrist based heart monitors go, Fitbits are right up there with the best of them. They might be off by a couple of beats when engaging in vigorous activity, but this is the case with all such devices. If you are really into heart rate zone training, a chest strap is always going to be the better option.
In addition to detailed heart rate info, the accompanying smartphone app will also provide you with a snapshot of your Cardio Fitness Level (VO2Max). And there is the cardio friendly Relax to help keep you calm.
Moving on to activity tracking.
The watch has an exercise mode which captures real-time stats on a number of different types of activities such as running, cycling, yoga and tennis. A very useful feature is a new automatic pause function. When you are running and for example stop at a traffic light, the watch will automatically activate the pause option and than restart when you pick up speed.
Because Ionic is water-resistant down to 50 metres, it will track your swim sessions too. Having physical buttons to navigate in the water is very useful as touchscreen solutions are never going to be great. The timepiece is able to track lengths, duration and calorie burn fairly accurately, but will not dish out heart rate information. Its worth noting, you will need to set the pool length in the Fitbit app ahead of time as its not possible to do this on the device itself.
While you can look through your data during and after an activity, a slight annoyance is that there is no way to access training history on the watch. Once you exit from the workout after seeing the summary, it’s gone. This means you will need to use the smartphone app for reviewing your data going back.
Ionic also comes with a new Coach feature. Essentially a replacement for Fitstar, the digital personal trainer guides you through workouts on your wrist. The exercises are displayed on the watch via GIF-like animations so you know exactly what to do. During the workout you’ll be able to see the timer, your heart rate and an occasional vibration will alert you when its time to transition to a different activity.
By default, the device comes with three pre-installed workouts including 10-Minute Abs, 7-Minute Workout and the 20 minute Treasure Chest. None of these require you to be in a gym and you can do all of them from the comfort of your living room. Other workouts are available if you opt for a paid subscription.
In 2018, the company will launch Guided Health programs which you can use to create customized workout and health programs. There are also plans to bring audio workouts to the timepiece, but this will come with a monthly subscription of $8 per month.
Smartwatch features
Ionic is not just about fitness. Fitbit has for the first time taken one of its wearables beyond the activity tracking environment. And this is where things start to go a bit clunky.
There is, for example, offline storage for music. A first for a Fitbit device. The 2.5GB of internal memory is enough to house more than 300 songs, plus you get access to Pandora, no phone needed. You can listen to all of this hands-free by connecting to Fitbit’s new wireless headphones.
But the news is not all good. Music transferring can only be initiated manually, via Fitbit Connect on a desktop computer and WiFi. The other option is to shell out for a paid Pandora account. Neither of the two is ideal. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself deciding that the easiest music solution is to bring your smartphone with you! But at least this watch can store music so can function as a mini iPod if you take the time and effort to set it up.
There are the usual notifications, including call, text and calendar alerts. You can read them but Ionic doesn’t allow you to reply to them. You’ll have to take out your phone for this which is clearly not ideal. SMS messages will be displayed in full but emails will be truncated. For quickly glancing at notifications the feature is fine, but that’s it. Having pre-canned responses as a way of interacting would be nice.
Another first for Fitbit, Ionic sports a built-in NFC chip which stores credit card information so you can leave your wallet behind. Fitbit Pay has now gone live in some, but not all countries. Those in the US can add their American Express cards and select Visa and Mastercards from supported banks. The number of banks, though, is still a far cry from those you can add to Apple Pay, Android Pay or Samsung Pay.
At least the feature is easy to use. Just press and hold one of the side buttons to bring up the virtual card. As added security, when setting up you’ll be asked to decide on a four-digit password that you’ll later use to verify payments. As long as you keep your watch on, payments will stay enabled once you have entered your pin. Take it off and you’ll need to re-enter the pin to use the feature. While this can be considered an inconvenience, its a small price to pay for the benefit of being able to leave your smartphone behind and still pay securely for things.
Finally, there are the apps, or more precisely the lack of apps! Thanks to its acquisition of Pebble, the smartwatch runs on Fitbit’s proprietary operating system and it comes with an App Gallery.
This, again, varies by country. In the US, Ionic comes pre-installed with about a dozen apps including Weather, Music, Strava, Starbucks, Pandora, Coach, Relax, Exercise, Music, Alarms, Timer/Stopwatch and Today. But this is pretty much where it ends. In other countries, the list is even shorter. And the apps that are there are not as polished as compared to something like the Apple Watch.
Fitbit has opened its SDK for third-party developers in September, so no doubt this will change in time. But as things stand right now, the offering is very sparse.
The first ever smartwatch from Fitbit is essentially a fitness watch. While it tries to cover all the bases in terms of non-fitness features, ultimately it falls short. It will take time for Fitbit to iron out the rough edges around the extra smarts.
The good news is that the company continues to excel at activity-tracking. If you are after a something that will keeps tabs on your fitness around the clock, Ionic performs well. It comes with everything we have come to love about Fitbits, and throws water resistance and built-in GPS into the mix.
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While not exactly a looker, Ionic comes with a great screen, its comfortable to wear 24/7 and comes with solid battery life. And lets not forget the company’s software ecosystem which is as good as it gets in terms of user friendliness and simplicity.
If you’ve been looking for a waterproof Fitbit with GPS and a screen, the device will do the trick. Just make sure you keep your smartwatch expectations in check.
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4 thoughts on “Review: Fitbit Ionic, more fitness watch than smartwatch”
I find the retro design of the Ionic actually more classy and better looking than, for example, an apple watch.
To me the design does not look retro to me it looks like a modern sports smart watch.
Not ANT+ compatible.
If you don’t know what I mean it probably won’t matter to you…otherwise if it’s important to you then don’t buy this device.
Jhock
I have a Pebble Steel watch. Its classy and has heaps of features. I’m just dreading when it eventually fails. Hopefully by then Fitbit will have produced a nice, business watch with full Pebble functionality. Not one of these pieces of plastic made just for fitness freaks.
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KSHMR
KSHMR (pronounced Kashmir) is a DJ and record producer from California, USA. He was given the names Niles Hollowell-Dhar at birth. His parents moved from India to the USA. He works primarily on electro house, big room house, and psytrance.
KSHMR started out as part of a hip-hop music production duo called The Cataracs with David Singer-Vine. He helped produce various hit singles, including Selena Gomez’ track Stars Dance.
In 2014, after Singer-Vince left the duo, Hollowell-Dhar started releasing electronic music under his KSHMR moniker. In 2015, KSHMR hit the number 23 position on DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJs of the year list. He went on to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
He released his first EP, The Lion across the Field on May 13, 2016. That same year he performed on the main stage at the Tomorrowland music festival. Later that year he was given the Best Live Act award by DJ Mag and rose from the 23rd position to the 12th on the Top 100 DJs list.
In 2017 established his label Dharma Worldwide and released the first single on it, titled Festival Lights. Later that year he went on to perform at various festivals, and he also released more content via the label. His third EP, titled Materia was released in August 2017 via Dharma Worldwide and Spinnin’ records.
KSHMR has collaborated with various artists including Firebeatz, Tiesto, Will Sparks, Hardwell, Timmy Trumpet, Headhunterz, Bassjackers, and R3hab.
One of his most successful singles, Secrets was composed in conjunction with Tiesto and featured a vocal performance by Vassy. The single charted in Australia and several European countries including Belgium, France, Sweden Switzerland, France and the Netherlands.
He has also remixed songs by other electronic music acts such as Martin Garrix, Avicii, Kiiara, Nero, and NERVO.
KSHMR uses Ableton Live for most of his electronic music work. While a member of The Cataracs he used Propellerhead Reason for composing music. The audio interfaces he uses are an Apogee Duet 2 and Universal Audio Apollo Twin.
He has an insane amount of software instruments. A copy of Sylenth1, Kontakt 5, Reveal Sound Spire, ProjectSAM Symphobia, Ethno World 6 and Absynth 5 are some of these software tools.
Various Waves effects plugins, ValhallaRoom reverb, iZotope Nectar 2, FabFilter plugins, and various Universal Audio effects processors such as the Galaxy tape delay and Manley Voxbox are some of the tools he uses to sculpt his sounds.
KRK VXT8 and Adam A77X studio monitors are part of his monitoring setup.
KSHMR has been known to use a Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus during some of his live sets, such as the 2016 Tomorrowland festival held in Belgium.
Other equipment he’s been seen using includes a Roland TR-808 Rhythm composer, API 550A Discrete 3 band EQ and a Pulteq program equalizer EQP-1A.
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Pioneer HDJ-2000 Headphones
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What kind of studio monitors does KSHMR use?
Avantone Pro MixCubes Buttercream
What kind of laptop and computer does KSHMR use?
Apple 15" MacBook Pro
What kind of DJ setup does KSHMR use?
Pioneer DJ DJM-900NXS2
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Korg MicroKORG Synthesizer/Vocoder
Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer
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Propellerhead Reason
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How do I protect my rights to my game on the web?
My small games all have different gameplay. I want to showcase them through the internet. However, I'm worried about them and their concepts getting copied. How can I protect them?
Also, if I have to openly display the code to the open source community, how can I make sure I get credit for my work.
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GamDroidGamDroid
\$\begingroup\$ If you release it on the internet, it will get copied. If you release it commercially, it will get copied. If you do anything except hoard it, it will get copied. The best you can really do is put a GPL or some license on it to attempt to dissuade people. \$\endgroup\$ – The Communist Duck Nov 17 '10 at 20:30
\$\begingroup\$ See 17:54 into gdcvault.com/play/1015646/Back-to-the-Garage-The \$\endgroup\$ – bobobobo Dec 28 '12 at 17:39
Don't worry about your concept getting copied wholesale. It's much more work implementing a concept than coming up with one, and anyone who can put together a finished product will either have ideas of their own, or will change the game enough that it becomes different. If your game is awesome, then it'll be really hard to copy it and make a version that's better/more popular, and if it isn't awesome, people are unlikely to copy it.
Art and engineering are built on the shoulders of giants. You're surely copying some concepts from games you've played, and people will (if you're lucky) borrow a few things from your game to make their own. Don't worry about copying at all.
Gregory Avery-WeirGregory Avery-Weir
You just don't.
1) try to be able to sell it, and if you really put a lot of effort on it, people will have a hard time re-implementing its "concept".
2) if you release with a license such as GPL, credits will not be usually a problem. Someone could still steal your code, and if they do you could sue if you knew (but you won't know). The EFF might help.
I'm wondering how did you come up with two opposite questions such as these, I guess you're a bit confused. If you release the game open source, and it's any good, derivate games will almost automatically happen.
o0'.o0'.
\$\begingroup\$ Yes I know I'm asking two different questions here. But I'm looking for options for what I can do to have presence in the gaming community. And well, selling games is an option, but I'm looking for "How to's". Also I will check out the licensing stuffs. Thanks! \$\endgroup\$ – GamDroid Nov 17 '10 at 10:11
According to the law you actually cannot do that.
You want to protect the game rules, rules are inherently ideas, and ideas cannot be protected, only your text can be copyrighted (code and GDD), the name trademarked, and that is it.
The patent law says it is illegal to patent ideas, including software and game rules (unfortunately patent offices ignore this, so yes, you CAN try to patent your game, and try to enforce the patent, but it may, or may not work).
But that is for obvious reasons, if your concept is THAT great, then it is good for humanity to it be copied, it is up to you to get money and credit with it (you can for example create a exceptional game, and everyone will call the genre as "yourgame-clone" or you can name the thing after yourself, like Perlin Noise...).
Ever tought of what would happen if id Software could prevent anyone else from making FPS, and EA from anyone making RTS? Or the MUD people preventing anyone from making MMO?
speederspeeder
\$\begingroup\$ "The patent law says it is illegal to patent ideas, including software and game rules" - board games mechanics have been patented since before the 20th, in the US. I still don't recommend trying to do it - patenting is a long, expensive, complicated process, compared to the automatic coverage of copyright, and as the coverage is broader, makes you something of an asshole to other designers. \$\endgroup\$ – user744 Nov 17 '10 at 20:29
\$\begingroup\$ IIRC board game mechanics are not patentable. You can make a direct copy of the Monopoly rules and sell it in a box. What you can't do is use and of the character names, or artwork. Of course IANAL. \$\endgroup\$ – wkerslake Nov 17 '10 at 21:30
\$\begingroup\$ @wkerslake: Board games have been and are being patented, Monopoly one of the more famous among them. (Of course, Monopoly's has long since expired.) Example from 2002: google.com/patents/about?id=y3cUAAAAEBAJ ; famous example from 1904: google.com/patents?vid=748626 . \$\endgroup\$ – user744 Nov 17 '10 at 22:26
\$\begingroup\$ Like I said, the law says it is illegal to do it, but offices do it anyway, and some judges enforce it anyway, this is why I said it MAY work, it is not guaranteed that it would work. Ghost Car for example is patented (by SEGA I think), as some board games, but this was not supposed to be possible. \$\endgroup\$ – speeder Dec 1 '10 at 0:40
\$\begingroup\$ @Joe: well, no. If a law says something is illegal, it IS illegal. That's the definition. Then, if offices and judges ignore the law, well, you may say that it is de facto legal, but it still de jure illegal. (IANAL) \$\endgroup\$ – o0'. Feb 2 '11 at 14:57
According to US intellectual property law you have 4 options:
Doesn't apply to ideas only rendered works. Game mechanics are an idea, no help here. But your code, artwork, media, and game executable are protected by copyright by default.
Doesn't apply to you, unless you trademarked RTS, MMORPG, or FPS or something like that.
Tradesecret
Your game will no longer be a secret the moment you share it.
You can't patent ideas. You see this all the time with movie scripts. A particularly talented writer brings an awesome idea to one of the big producers. They like the idea but not the price. They rip off the script's ideas with out copying the script (which is protected by copyright). This is how come the movie industry seems to run in waves, eg The Prestige and The Illusionist.
However, software patent law is sufficiently fubar'd that you can patent ideas if you "limit" you claim to an implementation on particular hardware (eg a computer, any computer). This is EVIL.
Two examples of evil patents that are being up held and effecting the game industry.
Direction arrows above cars are patented in racing games. IE you're racing you get knocked off course, the arrow points the way towards the course/goal. Every game that uses this mechanic needs to pay royalties to Sega of America.
A ghost racer is time trials. IE you're trying to beat your best time and you race against a ghost version of the current fastest time. Every game that has this mechanic must pay royalties to Midway games.
I repeat software patents are sick and evil.
deft_codedeft_code
\$\begingroup\$ You will need lots of money, however. Money to hire lawyers, money to sue people for copyright infringement, money to apply for trademarks and patents in every country in the world, and money to sue more people. \$\endgroup\$ – 5ound Nov 18 '10 at 2:44
I dig for some information on the question i asked and got some more info on how to protect the Game Code and Game Assests.
Copyright is the best way to protect the code/art assests.It clearly protects the game code and taking even a portion of the game code and using it in some other context is a copyright violation if it is not your material. However, it is more the code as a whole that is protected and not simply the individual pieces. If one line of code is identical in two separate games, there is unlikely to be a violation. If entire chunks are the same throughout, there could be a possible lawsuit.
Read more: Video Game Copyright Laws | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6011584_video-game-copyright-laws.html#ixzz15XlkEYcb
Also, as i wanted to what exactly can be copyrighted, i got clear idea of what and how to copyright: http://www.copyright.in/register_copyright_deposit.html
GamDroid
\$\begingroup\$ Copyright can protect the actual source or data, but not the game "concepts", that (rightly) can't be copyrighted. \$\endgroup\$ – o0'. Nov 17 '10 at 13:17
\$\begingroup\$ It's possible to copyright "look and feel" - or at least attempt to do so. It's also possible (though it seems to be rare these days) to patent game mechanics. \$\endgroup\$ – JasonD Nov 17 '10 at 13:42
\$\begingroup\$ Copyright and patents are two completely different and unrelated things. You don't "copyright" things: copyright is automatic. And it does not cover "look and feel" of course. Patents are a mess and it is possible to patent pretty much anything, even if it doesn't make sense: in the end, who throws more money into the lawsuit will win regardless of any possible common sense (so just give up). \$\endgroup\$ – o0'. Nov 17 '10 at 13:55
\$\begingroup\$ Perhaps my comment was badly worded, but I stand by the sentiment. People have been successfully sued for copying the look and feel of software. People have also successfully defended themselves, and in many other cases people have settled when challenged. But it's certainly not safe to assume that copyright does not apply to look and feel. \$\endgroup\$ – JasonD Nov 17 '10 at 14:27
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How to make a greenhouse out of the windows at home with their own hands
Where only did not go to the old window frames, which are due to mass replace conventional glazed windows now just unreal lot. That is one option.
Several years ago, we changed the windows in the house. The old frame gathering dust in the attic, until he finally decided to make a greenhouse out of the window frames, or rather, an unheated greenhouse. Figured perimeter (the number of frames on the width), the area (based on the proportion of the width and length of the 1: 2), and set to work.
First I dug and poured the foundation of a small depth of 20-25 cm, which is raised above the ground beside cinder block. On the front side of the cinder blocks in the opening left by the door. Between the foundation and cinder blocks Waterproofing layer made of the material. This foundation will greatly reduce the contact of wooden frames with the ground will enhance the level of compost in a greenhouse, and will prevent germination of weeds outside the greenhouse.
At the bottom of the cinder blocks packed boxes from windows (they were my oak), using their finger joints. The corners are further connected with metal corners. In several places of the frame to the cinder block attached via turboshurupov, zapenil gap with foam.
In the corners of the greenhouse into a pre-set left slot 4 uprights of the side walls of the window frames. Top boxes tied wooden bars 4×4 cm. In the same timbers made a further strengthening of the structure on the upper corners and the middle strut greenhouse. Established fitted door frame and began to fill the resulting construct window frames.
Frames with air vents, it is desirable to establish on the one hand to avoid drafts in the greenhouse. Somewhere between window frames used carefully fitted boards. Rama sealed to each other and attached to the box nails. Zapenil formed cracks, small cracks filled with silicone.
Decided to make a gable roof, it holds less snow and moisture and therefore less slack. For the ridge beam used 6×8 cm, and for the cross beams -. 4×4 cm timber To extend the service life of the film removed all sharp ends of the bars, and in some places they felt wrapped. Greenhouse cover with foil, firmly seated on the perimeter bars. With minimal cost and short lines, our greenhouse ready.
This greenhouse is well suited to growing tomatoes, cucumbers can be grown vegetable and flower seedlings, early vegetables, rooting cuttings.
Hotbeds of the old window frame with his hands, photo, manually make a small greenhouse for tomatoes as to build a greenhouse at home on the site or in the country under the seedlings, the instruction description.
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Dooley on Deleuze: the Dieulieuzian-Dooleuzian Disjunction
Deleuze / Deleuze and Guattari / Laruelle / transmutation / zero
absolute / Deleuze / Dooley / immanence / Laruelle / radical
Thinking in waves
Let me just say that it has been such an honor and such a treat to welcome Brian Dooley and his voice to Fractal Ontology (cf. Brian’s recent work “Schizophrenia of Zero” and “Transvaluation“). I can only inadequately convey my excitement and joy to share a mutual interactive space with a free-spirit like Brian, who, in (not being) himself, constitutes a veritable thought-force, a violence that forces one to think. Nevertheless a positive violence that takes thought to its immanent limit; the violence of the witch’s broom and the dice throw. Obviously not an empirical violence…
How to engage such a violence while coming out unscathed? Wrong question: how to come out scathed, how to love the fate of the wound for which we are born–the nothingness and abyss through which Bryan transports (us). Hence the ethics of transmutation: not to be unworthy of what happens (to us), since the ‘us’ does not repeat in the purity of the event, except as surface effect…But also the ecology of the virtual, or, in another vein, the respons-ibility towards the infinity of dialogue: how to throw down the gauntlet for the exhaustion of the infinite conversation while affirming the negation of agon, the anagonic war at the genital heart of acephalic thought? The encounter where violence is simply the thresholds crossed by reactive forces being tapped into, activated, countereffectuated…
Perhaps it is this striking capacity to bugger, this intense “unworking” of Brian’s thefts of thought, that rendered necessary a reworking of Brian’s proper name. Let us say it clearly: a Dooleuzian image of thought, an un”doo”ing of thought through the “loosing” of the proper name; thus also an un’dieu’ing of the proper name, countereffectuation as the Anti-dieu, n-1 as the subtraction of the Dieu, to have done with le jugement de Dieu (it has been loosed = subtracted). But also subtracting the Dieul (mourning) inherent in the Dieu, to have done with the judgment and mourning of God–to register the death of God as subtraction of the One, as that which does not return…But also the dualyzation (or we shall say Doolization) of Dieu and lieu, the subtraction of God (Chronos) from place, deterritorialization of God and place, nowhere and nowhen of the people to come, eschatology as the negation of Dieu and lieu, Schizophrenic God disjoined from the disjunctive synthesis…Schizophrenization of Dooley and Deleuze, of the Dieu and the lieu in each = none of us.
This of course has all been in jest, play–active joy. But it is meant in all seriousness, gesturing toward the work that Brian has been carrying out in his ongoing labor to finish his first book ‘on Deleuze’ entitled The Infinite. I want to emphasize that the phrase ‘on Deleuze’ has to be taken in a complex sense, where commentary and interpretation are “ephiphenomenal”, insofar as the propositions that compose it do not exhaust what the work carries out. I will not claim to speak for the book myself at this time in more particular concerns, but I do want to point out that what is at stake in my playful rendition–crossing the names of Deleuze and Dooley–is to stress that what is at play here is a buggering of Deleuze, where neither Deleuze nor Dooley return as the “same”, where the loss of the proper and the domain of difference are established in the same stroke–reversibility of coming and going, but where they go as Deleuze and Dooley and come (back) as nothing, i.e. the transvaluation that takes nothing, 0, extinction as its motor and material.
I have already begun to begin (here and now) addressing Brian’s two posts on the “Schizophrenia of Zero” and “Transvalutation“, albeit in a slightly unorthodox way. Nevertheless, what sort of method or approach could we spontaneously conjure forth in order to deal with the austerity of the thinking of 0, which simultaneously coincides with its affirmation–a sobriety that follows from the rigorous thinking of Dionysian affirmation? Not opposition, definitely not, but the joy of affirmation that remains when opposition no longer opposes. It was in scrambling the names of Dooley and Deleuze that we felt we were authentically repeating his gesture–the maximum intensity and difference of 0.
Looking forward to the interview that I will be conducting with Brian later on this week, I wanted to pose in advance a few questions concerning his posts recently and his writing and thinking in the past months. To sketch out what we shall be discussing, I will quickly state that we shall be interrogating and staging several theoretical exchanges between Deleuze and Laruelle (cf. What Is Philosophy? and Laruelle’s “Reply to Deleuze”) and beyond. As for my own position–or better yet, as for the performative role I shall be staging in our interview, i.e. that of the devil’s advocate, a conceptual persona that perhaps indicates the force of pushing thought to its immanent limits–I will be taking up a certain posture that will perhaps be a naive mixture Deleuze and Laruelle at worst (an insufficient Lareuze-Daruelle hybrid), at best a “strong” defense or advocation of non-philosophy, radical immanence, etc. It should go without saying that neither of us necessarily presupposes a sufficient ‘image’ of what a thought of Deleuze or Laruelle would “look” like…buggery all the way down.
So I shall anticipate and pose a few questions, hastily sketched out here for convenience sake:
1. The schizophrenia of zero: how can we think the schizophrenia and infinity of zero in such a way that allows for a rapprochement or differentiation between what Laruelle refers to as the idempotency of the One added to itself without modifying itself? In other words, can we consider the infinity of zero on a quantum scale (this can be articulated differently)…?
2. Transvaluation and zero: can we engage towards a distinction of your articulation of double affirmation and becoming in eternal return from a Hegelian formulation, specifically the one that states that “time is abstract negativity”… To anticipate just a little: what does the “unworking” of negativity imply for the reality of the virtual; in other words, what happens to a thinking of utopia and uchronia on this basis–we could perhaps also consider how Laruelle will consider Time-without-temporality, or, something that is also central to your thinking, lived-without-life. In a different register perhaps but definitely resonating with what you subtly allude to elsewhere, this seems to indicate the argument that nihilism negating itself leads to a new understanding of vitalism.
3. You have indicated a term that is provocative and deserves unpacking, that of “unilateral mystical union”, obviously resonating with a certain ironic closeness to Laruellian terminology. Before articulating a question, I would like to join this consideration by keeping in mind you arguments about intensity and extinction with a passage from Anti-Oedipus:
How can we sum up this entire vital progression? Let us trace it along a first path (the shortest route): the points of disjunction on the body without organs form circles that converge on the desiring-machines; then the subject–produced as a residuum alongside the machine, as an appendix, or as a spare part adjacent to the machine–passes through all the degrees of the circle, and passes from one circle to another. This subject itself is not at the center, which is occupied by the machine, but on the periphery, with no fixed identity, forever decen-tered, defined by the states through which it passes. Thus the circles traced by Beckett’s Unnameable: “a succession of irregular loops, now sharp and short as in the waltz, now of a parabolic sweep,” with Murphy, Watt, Merrier, etc., as states, without the family having anything whatsoever to do with all of this. Or, to follow a path that is more complex, but leads in the end to the same thing: by means of the paranoiac machine and the miraculating machine, the proportions of attraction and repulsion on the body without organs produce, starting from zero, a series of states in the celibate machine; and the subject is born of each state in the series, is continually reborn of the following state that determines him at a given moment, consuming-consummating all these states that cause him to be born and reborn (the lived state coming first, in relation to the subject that lives it).
This is what Klossowski has admirably demonstrated in his commentary on Nietzsche: the presence of the Stimmung as a material emotion, constitutive of the most lofty thought and the most acute perception. “The centrifugal forces do not flee the center forever, but approach it once again, only to retreat from it yet again: such is the nature of the violent oscillations that overwhelm an individual so long as he seeks only his own center and is incapable of seeing the circle of which he himself is a part; for if these oscillations overwhelm him, it is because each one of them corresponds to an individual other than the one he believes himself to be, from the point of view of the unlocatable center. As a result an identity is essentially fortuitous, and a series of individualities must be undergone by each of these oscillations, so that as a consequence the fortuitousness of this or that particular individuality will render all of them necessary”. (20-21).
This was a long block quote, but the point of convergence is on the question of the importance of zero in this passage. It continues:
The forces of attraction and repulsion, of soaring ascents and plunging falls, produce a series of intensive states based on the intensity = 0 that designates the body without organs (“but what is most unusual is that here again a new afflux is necessary, merely to signify this absence”)….At the center is the desiring-machine, the celibate machine of Eternal Return (21).
So, to shift the question in another way, can we extend the logic you have laid out concerning the schizophrenia of zero and understand it in a way that aligns it with the understanding of free disjunction in Anti-Oedipus? In other words, can you speak in view of articulating extinction in terms of anti-production, or in another vein, can you speak to Eternal Return in terms of the syntheses of time (specifically the third synthesis, bringing us back to our second question) and in terms of the syntheses of the unconscious?
4. Let’s elaborate the distinctions of absolute immanence and radical immanence–to provide some context, I will provide (arbitrarily, I might add) one of the instances of Laruelle’s own distinctions of radical immanence (although this is neither fully definitive for Laruelle or our discussion). Of course, this is to supplement the statements that can be found in Laruelle’s “Reply to Deleuze”; for the most part, it can be suggested that if we tackle the problem of absolute/radical immanence, then the two questions posed by Deleuze in What Is Philosophy? can be put in a position to be illuminated afterwards. The following is from a lecture Laruelle gave entitled “A New Presentation of Non-Philosophy”:
In any case, non-philosophy did not invent ‘the real’, or the One, or man (every philosopher can take credit for the latter), or even the idea of a ‘radical immanence’ (there is Michel Henry and perhaps others as well–Maine de Biran? Marx?). On the other hand, non-philosophy exists because it invented the true characteristics of the latter, because it took the requirements of radicality seriously and distinguished between the radical and the absolute. It has had to carry out a complete overhaul of the entire philosophical apparatus even when it seemed closest to it. These characteristics are:
1. The full sense of immanence as real ‘before’ it assumes a transcendental function.
2. The necessity of treating immanence through immanence, rather than through a transcendent overview. It is at once a structure and an immanent knowing of this structure, or what I call ‘the vision-in-One’.
3. Philosophy’s being already given in-One, its unilation rather than external relation to the real.
4. The structure of real immanence as unilaterality, unilateral (duality), as other than…or alterity through immanence, rather than as a metaphysical point.
5. The coupling of real determination and determination-in-the-last-instance or transcendental determination (cloning), and the thesis that Marx’s concept provides a symptom of the latter.
6. The unilateral duality of man and of the subject as function, with the world as free variable.
7. The discovery of radical immanence or unilaterality as human Messianism or immanent future, its vocation for utopia and fiction.
8. The two aspects of the future language spoken by non-philosophical subjects: axiomatic or mathematical, and philosophical or oracular.
Non-philosophy is a human mathematics–a formulation I would oppose to Leibniz’s conception of philosophy as a ‘divine mathematics’. Radicality should be understood in terms of these principles or modes of operation, which prevent one from mistaking it for the radicality invoked by Descartes or Husserl. Everything can be summed up in terms of the distinction between the radical and the absolute (“A New Presentation of Non-Philosophy”, trans. Ray Brassier, in The Non-Philosophy Project, ed. Gabriel Alkon and Boris Gunjevic, p. 137).
Last but not least, we should also consider Laruelle’s recent essay for Pli: Warwick Journal of Philosophy 22 (2011), “From the First to the Second Non-Philosophy”, trans. Anthony Paul Smith and Nicola Rubczak:
First difference with Deleuze: the undulatory-particulate real is made of unilateral machines rather than molecular, oriented rather than disoriented. The wave-particle or unilateral machines are complexes of non-separability and inexchangeable spearability or what cannot permutate, the undulatory flux is as well but in a single sense, not reciprocally, the objective morphe of the particle. In reality, Deleuze’s wave-flux machines presuppose from the start the multiple ‘in itself’ of partial objects or breaks and introduce different types of their reversibility, including the Body without Organs [BWO]. This retains a priority of the multiple or of the empirical at the heart of the continuity of the One-All that it molecularises, and this accepts an inversion between the particulate and the undulatory… (178)
Second difference: “there is not a BWO or an ERS [Eternal Return of the Same] but a Last Instance” (181)…
Third difference (the most appropriate for us perhaps): “the plane of generic or transfinite immanence is also the plane of scientific reference”. As Laruelle will say, “Deleuze correctly simplified the Whole in the state of the One-All, but does not pass by the quantum which ends by demolishing, without fail, philosophical sufficiency… That which he calls ‘non-philosophy’ is an auto-simplified philosophy, but that hardly allows more than what we find in Michel Henry, who skips by science, it is only an absolute-generic and not a radical-generic” (183).
I could go on, but I simply wanted to give a general ‘overview’ or ‘survey’ of some of the possible themes upon which the radical and the absolute could be taken up. I think a future post on this topic alone would provide a good opportunity to work this out further.
To leave off, I promised Brian I would look through a book that can serve as a helpful reference to our ongoing discussions of Deleuze and Laruelle: the book I refer to is that by Erik del Bufalo, Deleuze et Laruelle. I will translate the paragraph that made me think of his posts with a smile:
“Double articulation” is nothing but an “abstract machine” that deterritorializes and reterritorializes (abstracts and stratifies) all sorts of flows that are found complicated in a single plane of immanence, general “bodies without organs”, of which there are no preliminary “categories”: neither matters nor forms, neither substances nor functions, neither contents nor expressions, but a single, albeit chaotic “material” (earth without territory [terre sans territoire]), in which language already takes part. Thus the earth, the foundation of the cosmos, is nothing but deterritorialization par excellence and the body of all reterritorialization. But, deterritorialization and reterritorialization only take part in a synthesis–asymmetrical but reciprocal–called “consistency”. Double-articulation is the abstract machine that produces consistency according to chaotic material of the earth, as body without organs or body of absolute intensity, as the liminal sum of positives and negative magnitudes (equal to 0), the “milieu of all milieus”. The imbrication of contents and forms constitutes only one of the sides (one of the lobster’s pincers) of which the other would be the movement of the territory, earth become cosmic, which is simply the articulation or production of the cosmoses, consistencies or “chaosmoses”. (177).
Nevertheless, del Bufalo will go further, and after expounding upon consistency and becoming in a machinic sense, he will provide what can be considered a non-philosophical dualysis of the Deleuzo-Guattarian material that is being taken as a ‘symptom’. It is this non-philosophical ‘gloss’ that will provide its own material for the conversation Brian and I will conduct. I will translate the bracketed portion to give the sense of how Deleuze and Guattari’s work is being used as material for reworking:
[“Double articulation” has the form of philosophy, a dialectic that cannot halt itself in opposed terms, but which must continue to the dialectic of terms in and by themselves, by breaking the terms onto new terms, and by producing an infinite displacement of synthesis. A necessary displacement, because synthesis must become, in becoming, time and being which are confused with the dialectic itself (thought of the real, being thought different to the real). The doubling in syntactic articulation pro-creates an eternal unfulfilled, by conditioning the possibility of creating philosophy, always.] (177).
I will end in the middle, where we began–the middle of abyssal zero. To end with a provocative suggestion, perhaps the schizophrenia of zero in the eternal return, double affirmation, can in this sense also be understood simply as joy. To take this a step further, let me provide a small translation of a portion of one of Zourabichvili’s definitions in his vocabulary book, specifically the definition on life as non-organic:
Let us then ask why it is definitively preferable to think rather than not to think. The Deleuzian response is that thinking is more intense. One will prudently evaluate the objection that comes to mind here: certainly, it is in experience that we grasp the intensive superiority of affects–read: of the encounter of the heterogeneous or of the outside through which affectivity itself is shocked and redistributed–over ordinary affections, but would this not, in the appearance of an ultimate statement, still be an external criterion of judgment, the disguised reintroduction of a transcendent value–intensity–thus signaling the failure of the program of immanent evaluation? In the last resort, intensity is an immanent criterion because the auto-affirmation of our faculties coincides with the affirmation of the new, of the aftermath [de l’issue], of the affect, and thus determines intensity–whatever the terrors accompanying it might be–as joy. (La vocabulaire de Deleuze, p.87).
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Senior B.C. official walked off when asked about money laundering, investigator says
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Posted November 3, 2020 4:00 pm
Updated November 3, 2020 11:27 pm
2:19 Senior B.C. official ‘stepped around me and left’ when asked about money laundering, inquiry hears
Rob Barber, a former investigator with B.C's Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch, testifies at the Cullen Commission on Tuesday about his questioning of an associate deputy minister, and the deputy minister's response – Nov 3, 2020
An investigator with B.C.’s gaming regulator has testified that when he approached and questioned a senior B.C. government official about massive suspected drug-money laundering in the province’s casinos, the official walked away without saying a word.
Rob Barber, a former Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch investigator, told the province’s inquiry into money laundering on Tuesday about his encounter with Doug Scott, an associate deputy minister in government at the time, while Barber was probing activity at Richmond’s River Rock Casino.
2:46 Cullen Commission hears dramatic testimony from casino insiders
Cullen Commission hears dramatic testimony from casino insiders – Nov 3, 2020
Barber told the Cullen Commission that he’d been an investigator there from 2010 to 2015, and from his previous experience with the Vancouver Police Department, he immediately suspected that large transactions to launder drug money were occurring in the casino.
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He said the transactions ramped up in frequency and financial value starting in 2010, and that he became frustrated that neither the B.C. Lottery Corporation nor the regulator’s management were doing anything to stop them.
So when Scott attended a meeting with the regulator around 2011, Barber said he decided to question him as a senior official responsible for gaming. He told the inquiry that he believed Scott knew about the scale of suspected money laundering at the River Rock, and that he believed Scott should take some responsibility.
“I thought his liability was considerable,” Barber testified.
“I told him that money laundering was out of control and something needs to be done about it. I was confident that he heard me. He looked at me and stepped around me, and left.”
2:11 Virtually no controls over money laundering in B.C. casinos, commission told
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Barber also testified about several meetings with another senior official responsible for gaming, Cheryl Wenezenki Yolland.
He said a branch manager complained at a meeting in late 2015 or early 2016 that B.C. Lottery Corp. managers did not believe they were regulated by the branch, and therefore the regulator couldn’t do anything about “dirty money.”
“Her response was, ‘You sort it out,” Barber said.
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He told inquiry lawyers that her response led him to conclude that the branch had no support from B.C.’s government to block suspected money laundering in casinos.
He also testified that he believed front-line Lottery Corp. investigators were diligently reporting on loan sharking and money laundering, but that he had “less faith in the people higher up.”
Barber spoke about another discussion with Wenezenki Yolland in which he explained his view that drug money was being laundered in large volumes in Lottery Corp. casinos.
He said he understood that Wenezenki Yolland accepted his view, but told him Lottery Corp. executive Brad Desmarais had said the large volumes of cash flowing into casinos were due to “underground banking.”
Barber said he tried to meet with Desmarais to discuss the matter, but that Desmarais never responded.
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In the afternoon, the inquiry heard from Muriel Labine, a former employee of Great Canadian Gaming who worked at the Richmond casino from 1992 to 2000.
Labine testified that she witnessed a sudden arrival of loan-sharking activity and a flood of suspicious cash at the casino in 1997.
That summer, she said, B.C.’s government raised betting limits from $25 per hand to $500 per hand and introduced baccarat.
Casino staff recognized almost immediately that large cash transactions were becoming more frequent, she added, and that cash for bets was mostly being supplied by young men who she believed were connected to gangs.
“We were told this story from management — that it’s just friends loaning money to friends,” Labine said. “You say, ‘This is loan sharking, this is money laundering.’ But not once did I see steps to stop this.”
She said she believed that managers actually accommodated the loan sharks and gangs.
2:12 Gaming enforcement branch didn’t have authority to investigate money laundering
Gaming enforcement branch didn’t have authority to investigate money laundering – Nov 2, 2020
She recalled an incident where management allegedly gave a wide berth to a man she understood to be a gang kingpin.
Labine said she complained to her boss that the gambler was harassing a table-game dealer and ignoring the casino’s non-smoking rules.
“My floor manager said, ‘I don’t want you talking to this man. He is dangerous. Stay away from him,'” Labine recalled. “And I’m thinking, ‘Are the gangs running the place? Or is the casino running it?'”
Labine said she kept a journal about her experiences at the casino, including her observations of suspected gang activity and drug-money laundering.
She kept it to herself until a 2018 report, commissioned by B.C.’s government and completed by former RCMP executive Peter German, concluded that B.C. casinos were unwitting victims of money laundering.
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“I had such high hopes for the German report, and the very first line gave casinos a whitewash,” Labine said. “There is a culture in the casinos — we have been taking this money since 1997.”
Her disappointment in German’s conclusion is what caused her to bring her journal to Global News, she said. Global News published her story in May 2019.
3:49 Ex-B.C. casino worker blows whistle on timeline of alleged money laundering
Ex-B.C. casino worker blows whistle on timeline of alleged money laundering – May 1, 2019
In cross-examination by a lawyer for Great Canadian Gaming, Labine acknowledged that her experience at the Richmond casino occurred about 20 years ago.
The company’s lawyers have said their client has done nothing wrong in relation to casino money laundering. No court has ever ruled that its casinos accepted proceeds of crime.
Testimony is scheduled to continue this week.
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Hoarder’s Warehouse Is Hiding A Ton Of Desirable Corvette Models: Video
Car collectors sometimes get flak online for hiding their cars away out of the public eye and not using them as they intended to be. While some of that criticism may be deserved, we can take solace in the fact that the majority of car collectors take great care of their vehicles and, when ready, sell them to other enthusiasts or collectors to enjoy them once they’ve moved on.
The same cannot be said of this car collection that detailing company Ammo NYC recently stumbled upon, however. The company was asked to come to an anonymous car collector’s garage to detail a beautiful and highly valuable Bizzarrini P538 that the owner planned on selling, along with a few other vehicles. However, when they arrived, they were shocked to find the garage was jam-packed with some of the rarest, most sought after production cars and race cars of all time – the majority of which had not been driven in over 20 years and had been left to collect dust. Naturally, they documented the shocking site for their YouTube channel.
Given this anonymous car hoarder is American, it’s no surprise that the collection was filled with several desirable and valuable Chevrolet Corvette models and other General Motors vehicles. Among them are several C2 Corvettes (including what looks to be an ultra-rare C2 Corvette Grand Sport) and a white Lingenfelter Corvette C4. To be honest, there’s really too many Vettes stuffed in the sparkling garage to list them. As the detailer says at one point in the video, “there’s Corvettes as far as the eye can see,” in this dingy warehouse.
It’s not just Corvettes, either. Several Camaros are also seen collecting dirt and dust in the video, including an original Camaro ZL-1. The GM car we were most surprised to see, though, is the Oldsmobile Aurora GTS-1 race car. This is one of just four factory-built Aurora GTS-1 IMSA race cars (and one of just two left) and is a seldom-seen piece of GM motorsports history. The Aurora GTS-1 actually won its class at the 1996 24 Hours of Daytona, though it’s not clear if this particular car is the race winner. The car came out of the GM Heritage collection and may have been purchased by the current owner when GM sold off some of its collection vehicles in the wake of its 2009 bankruptcy.
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Tom Southridge says:
So this hoarde…….I mean, “collector” claims to have ‘rescued’ these cars from barns, etc., so he could ‘save’ them? If that guy cared one whit about actually preserving automotive history, he’d have them in good running order and at least in a place where they can be viewed and appreciated by the public. Hiding them all away in a dusty cavern for 30 years while they rot from the inside-out from neglect doesn’t qualify for any kind of ‘good’ in my mind.
Maybe this guy needs to Google Jay Leno (although I doubt anything will change his hoarding habit at this point).
smh……………………….
2M6 says:
Not a real Grand Sport all are accounted for and this is not one of the real ones. It is a kit.
The scope of the cars here is amazing!
Lottaboost says:
Guess nobody found the light switch…
No picture of the Bizz P538… too bad… it used a Corvette motor
It was at the end of the video.
Cadillac Matt says:
A lot of money tied up in this hoard. These cars need to be run and maintained, as the value goes down the longer they sit with out proper attention. Cool hoard though.
Robert A. says:
YouTuber Larry Kosilla, who is the guy taking the tour of the building, has a follow-up video to this tour video where he and an associate wash up and fully detail a red Bizzarini sports car. shown in the tour video in one corner of the building, next to a red Ferrari. The Biz is supposed to be an extremely rare car, and is the first one to be consigned to an auction firm, either Mecum or Barrett-Jackson.
At least most of the 300 cars have been sheltered inside a fairly sealed, and possibly moderately heated building, and not exposed to the elements like some true “barn finds” or “field finds” seen in many YouTube videos, where they are suffering major rust and rotted-out interiors.
That’s why GM makes more than one car. This guy can hoard his and you can buy one and drive the wheels off of it. People who feel deprived by this guy having a stuffed garage can’t complain until they’ve been to every car show and auction and seen it all. Trying to cry about it is like saying this guy is limiting their knowledge or pleasure. You haven’t seen anything.
Detltu says:
I’m curious if that ZL1 is actually one of the two built back in the day or the replica sold at barrett’s jackson back in 2014. To my knowledge nobody knows where the two 9567 cars ended up. Would be a huge find if this is one of them.
turbo dave hughey says:
Those cars were all used up most of them appear that way ,in the pictures so this guy has not really hoarding anything that I wouldn’t Either. I only saw one comment from someone who probably knows what they’re talking about and thats the GS. Get all those cars fixed up and running are you crazy. I was in the Museum business in the Midwest , military history that is . 6 guys took care of 30 main battle Tanks and and 200 other related vehicles and related equipment, Im here to says thats a job thats not easy as someone might think. So that said good job for collecting these up . Because at the auction you will see 300 very excited peoples…😇
Indeed; one or more of the 5 existing originals (surely Zora’s crowning achievement) occasionally show up at any of the high-$$$ concourse shows across the country.
The Corvette in the vid could be a home-brew copy, lashed together in some guy’s backyard garage, or might possibly even be one of the GM-licensed replicas built by Superformance (which are also high-$$$).
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Winner, IPPY Award for Best First Book - Fiction and Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Fiction
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When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable — and inoperable — brain tumours, she abandons the crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Effie's scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, she's known as Crow, and everybody suspects that her family is cursed.
With her future all but sealed, Crow decides to go down in a blaze of unforgettable glory by writing a memoir that will raise eyebrows and drop jaws. She'll dig up "the dirt" on her family tree, including the supposed curse, and uncover the truth about her mysterious father, who disappeared a month before she was born.
But first, Crow must contend with an eclectic assortment of characters, including her gossipy Aunt Peggy, hedonistic party-pal Char, homebound best friend Allie, and high-school flame Willy. She'll also have to figure out how to live with her mother and how to muddle through the unsettling visual disturbances that are becoming more and more vivid each day.
Witty, energetic, and crackling with sharp Cape Breton humour, Crow is a story of big twists, big personalities, big drama, and even bigger heart.
Amy Spurway was born and raised on Cape Breton, where, at the age of 11, she landed her first writing and performing gigs with CBC Radio. She has worked as a communications consultant, editor, speech-writer, and performer. Her writing has appeared in Today's Parent, the Toronto Star, Babble, and Elephant Journal. She lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Leacock Medal for Humour
Winner: Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Fiction
Shortlisted: Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award
Shortlisted: Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction
Winner: IPPY Award for Best First Book - Fiction
"Spurway's use of language is skilful, making the novel highly readable. Crow is ribald, blunt, accessible, and immediately likeable, tumours and all . . . You know how people say, "You'll laugh, you'll cry"? You will. And you will." — Quill & Quire
"Ridiculously good." — Globe and Mail
"Crow delighted me and amazed me the further I read, with its freshness, its daring, its refusal to conform (and the projectile vomiting)." — Pickle Me This
"Angry, petty, disillusioned, sharp-tongued, battered and bruised by the years, prone to snap decisions and judgments, and yet not a little scared of dying at 40, she's a complex and contradictory figure whose narrating tones relay very human traits — fallibility and indomitability, blindness and insight — via homespun, salty language." — Toronto Star
"How can you resolve the sharpness of tragedy into a fairy-tale ending? Somehow, Spurway manages it. But even if she lays the sentimentality on pretty thick, she also proves even a Crow's laughter can be pretty infectious." — Winnipeg Free Press
"Tender, raw, and compassionate, Crow tackles the life-changing events thrown at her and muscles them down to her control, leaving readers breathless in the face of her honesty and hard-earned truths." — Donna Morrissey
"Amy Spurway comes out swinging with this raw, unflinching, and emotionally urgent debut novel. Be forewarned, Crow is as empowering and comic as it is unsettling and disarming. I love it." — Joel Thomas Hynes
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"There is dark desperation and there is the lightness of hope." — Canadian Literature
"Engaging, relentlessly entertaining and written with enormous passion and great wit. Crow is a notable debut, and Amy Spurway is a writer worth watching." — The Fiddlehead
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5.8 Courses, Seminars and Consultations for Organisations will be charged at the rate set out in the quote provided by Gramercy People to the Organisation.
6: Preparation Charges and Work Outside Sessions
6.1 In some instances it may be appropriate for the Therapist to invoice for work undertaken outside sessions. The Therapist must obtain written agreement from the client for the work to be undertaken, and should pass this on to Gramercy People, in case of dispute. They should also inform the client of the time taken and the hours to be logged once this work has been completed.
6.2 The therapist must ensure that the client has paid Gramercy People for all work undertaken, and must not commence work without confirmation from Gramercy People that the work has been paid for in advance.
6.3 Gramercy People will not undertake to endorse an invoice for charges of this kind in the absence of prior written agreement.
7: Other Charges
7.1 Placement Fee:
7.1.1 To engage the services of Gramercy People in identifying the most suitable Therapist for their requirements, and in administering the subsequent service, the Client is required to pay a fee, called the ‘Placement Fee’.
7.1.2 This fee is payable only once the Client and Therapist have been introduced, and the service has been confirmed.
7.1.3 The fee will remain payable in the event that the Service does not continue beyond this introduction, unless the Service is terminated at the instigation of the Therapist, or unless Gramercy People are satisfied that the Therapist is unsuitable.
7.1.4 The Placement Fee is £500. Gramercy People reserve the right to alter these fees at any time, except where a quotation has already been made to the Client in question.
7.2 Deposit:
7.2.1 It is Gramercy People policy to take £100 as part-payment of the Placement Fee in advance, as a deposit, in order to initiate the Client’s enquiry.
7.2.2 Gramercy People will not undertake to approve a Client’s account on our system, to distribute details of their requirements to our Therapists, or to propose any potential Therapists, until this deposit has been taken. This stipulation may be waived in exceptional circumstances, at Gramercy People’ discretion.
7.3 If Gramercy People cannot provide a Therapist to meet a potential Client’s requirements within five working days of payment, this deposit will be returned, unless the enquirer wishes to extend this deadline in the hope that a Therapist may be found. Beyond five working days, the enquiry may be withdrawn at any time, and the deposit will be returned.
7.4 The deposit will not be returned in the event that the enquiry is withdrawn before five working days has elapsed, or where the introduction of a Therapist has been prevented by the enquirer’s unavailability for contact.
7.5 Expenses
7.5.1 Gramercy People will undertake to invoice on the Therapist’s behalf for expenses reasonably incurred in the completion of a service, provided that these have been agreed with the Client explicitly and in detail before the invoice is sent. All such charges must discussed and agreed upon by The Therapist and The Client in writing before the start of the service, and a copy of the confirmed agreement should be sent to Gramercy People.
7.5.2 Where an expense is to be claimed repeatedly, without alteration, explicit agreement is not required on each occasion, provided that the Client has agreed to the repetition of the charge.
7.6 Late Payment Administration Fee
7.6.1 Where payment for an invoice is overdue, and resolution cannot be reached in time to prevent delay to the Therapist’s receipt of the payment owed, a Late Payment Administration Fee of £25 will be payable to the Therapist. Advanced warning of this fee will be given, and it may be waived at the Therapist’s discretion.
7.6.2 For every week beyond this point that the invoice remains unpaid, a further £5 supplementary Late Payment Fee will be levied.
8: Billing
8.1: Gramercy People administer all payment arrangements in respect of every service. We raise invoices on behalf of the Therapist, and take payment for these from the Client. We will not undertake to enforce any invoice not raised by Gramercy People or any charge which has not formally been invoiced for by our company.
8.2: For administrative convenience, the commission paid by the Therapist to Gramercy People is deducted directly from the Client’s payment, before payment is made to the Therapist.
8.3 All invoices raised by Gramercy People will be payable within 21 days of dispatch. In all cases, invoices will be transmitted electronically, to the email address associated with the Client’s profile on our system.
8.4 It is the usual practice of Gramercy People to take payment for each invoice six days from the date of dispatch, to allow time for resolution of payment issues.
8.5.1 Bank Card: The preferred method is via debit or credit card, through the system administered by the payment provider, Wave. The Client will be required to permit the storage of the details of a debit or credit card on this system, to allow payment to be taken automatically for each future invoice, a copy of which will be sent to the client in advance of payment.
Acceptance of these Terms includes acceptance of automatic payments, on the basis outlined.
8.5.2 Bank Transfers may be accepted in advance of therapy, to be held by Gramercy People as credit against future invoices. The standard time limit for usage of this credit will apply.
8.5.3 Cash or Cheque: Gramercy People do not handle payments through cash or cheque, and strongly advises that payment is never made directly to the Therapist. Gramercy People cannot guarantee that such payments will be verified, and accepts no responsibility in the case of a dispute arising from such a payment.
8.6 Where payment is received successfully, and barring other delays, payment will be made to the Therapist twenty one days from the date on which the invoice was sent. Where payment is delayed, Gramercy People will undertake to arrange payment on the next possible occasion on which Therapist payments are scheduled to be made.
8.7 In the event that two payment requests for a single invoice, via any of the above methods, are unsuccessful, we may attempt to take payment via another method for which we have the necessary details.
8.8 Where an invoice remains unpaid for an extended period, Gramercy People will attempt as far as possible to enforce payment on the Therapist’s behalf, and will if necessary seek redress at Law. Any costs associated with this process (court fees, fees for warrants or court orders, etc) will be the responsibility of the Client to pay.
8.9 Gramercy People do not encourage Therapists to take legal action themselves in such cases, but cannot prevent this.
8.10 For services to organisations, Gramercy People will issue an invoice that must be paid in full before agreed service can be delivered.
9: Cancellation
9.1 A minimum of forty eight hours’ notice is required for cancellation or rescheduling of any session, by either party.
9.2 Where less than the required minimum notice is given by the Client, they should expect to pay the full cost of the planned session, plus any agreed expenses already incurred in respect of the session, for which an invoice will be raised by Gramercy People on the Therapist’s behalf.
9.3 Where the Therapist is at fault, this will constitute grounds for termination of the service, should the Client desire it, and Gramercy People will undertake where possible to arrange an alternative Therapist.
10: Absence
10.1 In the event of sickness or other unavoidable delay, where the Client fails to attend a session (if properly arranged and agreed upon beforehand) without at least twelve hours’ notice, they will be liable for the full value of the planned session.
10.2 In the event of sickness or other unavoidable delay, where the Therapist fails to attend a session (if properly arranged and agreed upon beforehand) without at least twelve hours’ notice, we would expect that they would rearrange the session at the Client’s convenience.
11: Disputes
11.1 Gramercy People takes seriously its obligation at all times to represent the interests both of the Client and the Therapist in any service, and to work for the benefit of all parties. Where disputes arise, Gramercy People will act as an impartial intermediary, and will attempt to reach a resolution acceptable to both sides, within the parameters of these Terms.
11.2. In the interest of avoiding unnecessary disputes, the following conditions apply:
11.2.1 In the event that the Client wishes to dispute the hours billed for in an invoice, Gramercy People will not undertake to uphold this invoice unless evidence is provided by the Therapist that these hours are correct. This must be in the form of a time sheet that has been shown to the Client for approval, and preferably signed by them. The only other acceptable evidence is the automatic record provided by online communication software such as Skype, Zoom or BitPaper.
11.2.2 Where the dispute relates to a specific charge, for example an expense, or a charge for work undertaken outside sessions, Gramercy People will not undertake to uphold the relevant invoice without evidence of the Client’s explicit acceptance of this charge. This should be in writing, and should have been obtained before the work was undertaken, or the expense incurred.
11.2.3 Although not obliged to do so, Gramercy People may choose to endorse a disputed invoice, in the absence of the evidence listed in clauses 11.2.1 and 11.2.2, but any such endorsement remains entirely discretionary.
12: Liability/Damages
12.1 Gramercy People accepts no liability for the outcome of any service we administer, or any therapeutic outcome arising from therapy provided by a therapist sourced by Gramercy People.
12.2 Acceptance of these Terms constitutes an agreement to indemnify Gramercy People, without limit, in respect of any claims arising out of, or relating to, talk therapy services arranged through our agency.
12.3 Any offer made by Gramercy People in the event of dissatisfaction on the part of the Client is at the discretion of the company, and does not constitute acceptance of responsibility for the outcome of the service.
12.4 In cases where payment owed to the Therapist cannot be retrieved from the Client, Gramercy People accepts no liability for this payment. As a self-employed contractor, the Therapist must accept the financial risk associated with private talk therapy and non-payment.
13: Termination of Service
13.1 A service may be terminated at any time, by either party. We would hope that respect for the professional nature of this relationship would encourage direct discussion of any proposed termination between Therapist and Client, but Gramercy People will act as intermediary where requested, except where a session has been arranged within 72 hours of notice being given to Gramercy People, in which case direct contact is required.
13.2 Provided that this is not the case, a request for termination made to Gramercy People will be sufficient for the service to be considered complete.
13.3 Any outstanding invoices must still be honoured, and where fewer than six sessions of therapy have taken place any unused credit may be forfeit.
14: Data Protection
14.1 Gramercy People process the personal data of clients solely for the purposes of communication, effecting introductions between clients, and billing. For further information, please see our Privacy Policy.
15: Provision of Services
15.1 Gramercy People reserves the right to select Therapists and Clients, and to withdraw its services from any Therapist or Client where this is judged to be appropriate.
15.2 We do not consider age, gender, religious belief or any other protected characteristic when selecting our Therapists or Clients.
15.3 Therapists are chosen on the basis of their ability, as demonstrated at interview, their experience, and the likelihood of demand for their services, based on Gramercy People’ experience and predictions.
15.4 Therapists are engaged for their particular skill and expertise and are expected to take full responsibility for the manner in which their services are provided.
15.5 Therapists will use their discretion in determining the most appropriate teaching method depending on the Client’s needs.
15.6 The Therapist will not be subject to any supervision, direction, or control, or any right thereof, by either Gramercy People or the Client, as to the manner of performance of the agreed services.
16: Code of Ethics
16.1 Gramercy People follows the BACP Code of Ethics, which are in line with industry and quality standards.
16.2 We expect that all of our Therapists to be registered with a suitable professional body and to abide by its code, in all their dealings with clients.
16.3 To this, we have added a number of principles, to which we expect our Therapists to adhere. A Therapist found in breach of any of these will no longer enjoy the protection of these terms, and will be removed as a client of Gramercy People:
16.3.1 Where a Client is introduced to them through Gramercy People, the Therapist will not invoice that Client independently of Gramercy People’ system or take direct payment from the Client for their services.
16.3.2 The Therapist will not introduce that Client to any other Therapist, whether or not a client of Gramercy People.
17: Self-Employment
17.1 Gramercy People represent Therapists as self-employed individuals. We therefore require that all Therapists provide proof of their sole-trader status, in the form of their Unique Tax Reference (UTR) number, supplied by HMRC, within three months of their approval as a client of Gramercy People.
17.2 Self-employed Therapists with Gramercy People may deliver therapy services independently of Gramercy People and may engage the services of other intermediaries. However, Therapists may not subcontract to a direct competitor of Gramercy People, or engage in a private agreement with a Client to whom they have been introduced through Gramercy People.
18: Right to Work
18.1 It is the responsibility of the Therapist to ensure that they are eligible for self-employment in the United Kingdom, before completing their application for consideration as a client.
18.2 We will not represent any Therapist who, due to visa restrictions or for other reasons, is not eligible for self-employment.
19: Therapy Arrangements and Place of Work
19.1 It is the responsibility of the Therapist to:
19.1.1 agree upon a suitable place of work with the Client.
19.1.2 agree upon the times, dates, frequency and length of the sessions with the Client.
19.1.3 determine the therapy method and approach used in any session, guided by experience and industry practice.
20: Billing
20.1 Errors
In the event of an error on the part of Gramercy People in relation to a payment from the Client, the following terms shall apply:
20.1.1 Where the amount paid to the Therapist is greater than that to which they are entitled, as set out on the relevant payment order, the excess must be returned to Gramercy People at the earliest opportunity, by means to be agreed with the company. The Therapist will not be entitled to retain these funds.
20.1.2 Where the amount paid to the Therapist is less than that to which they are entitled, as set out on the relevant payment order, Gramercy People will make a second payment to rectify the error, as soon as possible after the fault is discovered.
20.1.3 Where the payment order itself is at fault, it will not be considered valid by Gramercy People, and any payment made in respect of this payment order will be considered to have been made in error, and will be treated accordingly, as set out above.
20.2 Commission
20.2.1 Payment for Gramercy People’ services from the Therapist is to be made in the form of commission paid per session invoiced for. For the convenience of all parties, this commission, plus any Value-Added Tax payable on it, will be deducted by Gramercy People at the time that the Client’s payment is transferred to the Therapist.
20.2.1 The amount of commission and tax deducted will be clearly outlined on the payment order sent to the Therapist in respect of this transfer.
20.3 Unpaid Invoices
20.3.1 Gramercy People will advise the Therapist when payment has been received from the Client, and recommends that the Therapist does not deliver sessions until they have been advised that the Client has made payment.
20.3.2 Should the Therapist undertake sessions which have not been paid for in advance by the Client, Gramercy People, we will act as the Therapist’s representative in discussions with the Client, but will not be liable should the Client refuse to settle any outstanding invoices.
20.3.3 Gramercy People will not, however, accept responsibility for this payment if it cannot be recovered by means of negotiation or legal action. The financial risk must ultimately and in all cases rest with the Therapist.
20.3.4 Where payment cannot be recovered from the Client, Gramercy People’ commission will not be payable for the invoice in question and no payment order will be raised.
20.3.5 In the case of services to organisations, invoices must be paid in full prior to the agreed service being delivered by Gramercy People. If the invoice has not been paid in full, Gramercy people reserve the right to cancel the service.
21: Tax
21.1 As a self-employed individual, it is the responsibility of the Therapist to declare their earnings from therapy services to HMRC, and to make any contributions specified.
21.2 Therapy services provided by the self-employed Therapist do not attract VAT, so this will not appear on invoices sent to the Client on the Therapist’s behalf, except in relation to charges levied by Gramercy People, to which VAT does apply.
21.3 Gramercy People’ commission is not currently subject to VAT, but should VAT become payable the amount of which will clearly be set out on the payment orders sent to the Therapist.
22: Confidentiality
22.1 The Therapist shall not at any time disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, affairs, customers, Clients or suppliers of Gramercy People with 3rd parties.
22.2 The Therapist may disclose Gramercy People’ confidential information as may be required by law, court order or any governmental or regulatory authority.
22.3 The Therapist shall not use Gramercy People’s confidential information for any purpose other than to perform their obligations under this agreement.
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Avaaz: Facebook continues to fail at flagging false and misleading posts about U.S. elections
Facebook continues to fail to spot and flag false and misleading posts about elections, according to a new report published by Avaaz. The U.S.-based nonprofit found in an analysis of a cross-section of Georgia-related election misinformation on Facebook that 60% of detected false and misleading posts reached thousands of voters without fact check labels.
The report comes as investigations suggest that Facebook is failing to stem the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech on its platform. In January, Seattle University associate professor Caitlin Carlson published results from an experiment in which she and a colleague collected more than 300 posts that appeared to violate Facebook’s hate speech rules. (Only about half of the posts were ultimately removed.) Separately, according to The Washington Post and others, allies of President Donald Trump have received few penalties under Facebook’s rules. Former employees told the publication that Trump-aligned accounts have been protected against
Posted in Technology Tagged Avaaz, continues, Elections, Facebook, fail, false, flagging, Misleading, posts
Facebook failed to warn Georgia voters about misinformation, activists say
Facebook is still grappling with political misinformation after election day.
Facebook has been using labels to warn users about posts that contain misinformation, but a global activist group says false claims are still slipping through the cracks ahead of runoff elections in Georgia that will decide which party controls the US Senate.
Avaaz, a global activist group, said Friday it examined 204 Facebook posts in English and Spanish that contained 12 false Georgia election-related claims debunked by fact checkers. As of Nov 20, about 60% of these posts didn’t have a label that warned users the post contained false information. Some of the posts weren’t labeled at all and others had a different label that directed Facebook users to an online hub with election information.
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Posted in Technology Tagged activists, Facebook, Failed, Georgia, Misinformation, Voters, warn
Justice Dept Lawsuit Says Facebook Favored immigrants Over US Workers
The Trump administration on Thursday sued Facebook, accusing it of discriminating against American workers by favoring immigrant applicants for thousands of high-paying jobs.
The Department of Justice’s lawsuit opens a new front in the administration’s push against tech companies — and in its clampdown on immigration — as President Donald Trump enters his final weeks in office.
The suit concerns more than 2,600 positions with an average salary of some $156,000, offered from January 2018 to September 2019.
“Facebook engaged in intentional and widespread violations of the law, by setting aside positions for temporary visa holders instead of considering interested and qualified US workers,” assistant attorney general Eric Dreiband, of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement outlining the department’s allegations.
The internet giant reserved positions for candidates with H1-B “skilled worker” visas or other temporary work visas, the department said.
Facebook “channeled” jobs to visa holders
Posted in Technology Tagged Dept, Facebook, Favored, immigrants, Justice, lawsuit, Workers
Facebook could face a state antitrust lawsuit as soon as next week
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019.
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State attorneys general are preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook as soon as next week, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC’s Ylan Mui. At least 20 to 30 states could join in, the sources said.
The news comes as multiple outlets have reported the Federal Trade Commission is likely to file its own antitrust lawsuit against the social media giant. It’s still unclear where the FTC may choose to bring a case — either in federal court or before its administrative law judge. If it chooses to bring the case in-house, it cannot combine its lawsuit with the states. Reuters previously reported the states were planning an antitrust case against Facebook.
Both the FTC and the state AGs, led by New York’s Letitia James,
Posted in Technology Tagged AntiTrust, face, Facebook, lawsuit, State, Week
Facebook to start policing antiBlack hate speech more aggressively than antiwhite comments, documents show
As one way to assess severity, Facebook assigned different types of attacks numerical scores weighted based on their perceived harm. For example, the company’s systems would now place a higher priority on automatically removing statements such as “Gay people are disgusting” than “Men are pigs.”
Facebook has long banned hate speech — defined as violent or dehumanizing speech— based on race, gender, sexuality, and other protected characteristics. It owns Instagram and has the same hate speech policies there. But before the overhaul, the company’s algorithms and policies did not make a distinction between groups that were more likely to be targets of hate speech versus those that have not been historically marginalized. Comments like “White people are stupid” were treated the same as anti-Semitic or racist slurs.
In the first phase of the project, which was announced internally to a small group in October, engineers said they had changed the
Posted in Technology Tagged aggressively, antiBlack, antiwhite, comments, Documents, Facebook, Hate, policing, Show, Speech, start
Facebook sued for ‘denying jobs to US workers’
Facebook has disputed the allegations made by the Department of Justice
The US Department of Justice has accused Facebook of discriminating against American workers by giving hiring preferences to immigrants.
A lawsuit alleges the social media firm refused to recruit, consider or hire qualified and available Americans for more than 2,600 positions.
Those jobs instead went to foreigners on temporary visas, the lawsuit says.
Facebook disputed the allegations, but said it was co-operating with the department.
The lawsuit concerns Facebook’s use of temporary H-1B visas, which are often used by tech companies to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the US.
In its lawsuit, filed on Thursday, the department alleged that Facebook “intentionally created a hiring system” that favoured H-1B visa holders and other temporary workers over Americans.
The department said it filed the lawsuit after a two-year investigation into Facebook’s hiring practices.
The lawsuit seeks “back
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Trump DOJ Sues Facebook For Allegedly Reserving Jobs For Foreign Workers Instead Of Americans
The Justice Department on Thursday accused Facebook of illegally setting aside jobs for temporary visa holders instead of American workers, another move in the Trump administration’s crackdown on legal immigration.
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The lawsuit accuses Facebook of refusing to recruit or consider “qualified and available” U.S. workers for over 2,600 positions that were instead “reserved for temporary visa holders it sponsored for permanent work authorization.”
The complaint alleges that from January 2018 to September 2019, Facebook “sought to channel jobs to temporary visa holders at the expense of U.S. workers by failing to advertise those vacancies on its careers website, requiring applicants to apply by physical mail only, and refusing to consider any U.S.
Posted in Technology Tagged allegedly, Americans, DOJ, Facebook, foreign, jobs, Reserving, sues, Trump, Workers
On Facebook, Comments About ‘Whites,’ ‘Men,’ And ‘Americans’ Will Face Less Moderation
Facebook has shifted a long-standing policy of so-called “race-blind” hate speech moderation to consider the detection and deletion of certain comments about “whites,” “men,” and “Americans” low-priority compared to those about historically marginalized groups.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
First reported by The Washington Post on Thursday morning and confirmed to Forbes by a Facebook spokesperson, Facebook says it has been working on Project WoW—an effort to better detect and delete content that it considers to be “the worst of the worst”—since 2019.
Facebook now differentiates between slurs directed toward certain groups, like Blacks, Muslims, the LGBTQ+ community and Jews, and those who haven’t been historically marginalized.
As of now, the application is relatively limited: Facebook has changed its proactive technology to stop identifying a certain subset of comments about “Whites,” “men” and “Americans” that would be taken down if they referenced other groups.
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Facebook urges Biden to restore global internet
Joe Biden should tackle the splintering of the global internet as one of his top tech priorities when he becomes president, Facebook’s head of global affairs has told Web Summit.
The Chinese internet operated on “a completely different set of values” to Silicon Valley’s “seamless and open” approach, Nick Clegg said.
He also berated the European Union for its “zealous focus” on regulation.
But he did not address the spread of misinformation on the platform.
“The global internet doesn’t exist,” Mr Clegg said in a conversation with John Micklethwait, Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief, at the Web Summit conference, which this year is online-only.
The US and China have clashed repeatedly in recent months, over trade, coronavirus and Hong Kong
“There are two paradigms struggling for supremacy,” he said – with Turkey, Vietnam, Russia and Pakistan all attempting to emulate China’s “censored” version.
This fight for the future of the
Posted in Internet Tagged Biden, Facebook, Global, Internet, restore, urges
Facebook is overhauling its hate speech algorithms
The overhaul, which is known as the WoW Project and is in its early stages, involves re-engineering Facebook’s automated moderation systems to get better at detecting and automatically deleting hateful language that is considered “the worst of the worst,” according to internal documents describing the project obtained by The Washington Post. The “worst of the worst” includes slurs directed at Blacks, Muslims, people of more than one race, the LGBTQ community and Jews, according to the documents.
Facebook has long banned hate speech — defined as violent or dehumanizing speech — based on race, gender, sexuality and other protected characteristics. It owns Instagram and has
Posted in Technology Tagged algorithms, Facebook, Hate, overhauling, Speech
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Steelers Get ‘Initial’ Diagnosis on Zach Banner Injury: Report
Heavy on Steelers
By Jason Zasky
Updated Sep 15, 2020 at 1:20pm
Sarah Stier/Getty Images Zach Banner #72 of the Pittsburgh Steelers is taken off the field after sustaining an injury during the second half against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 14, 2020.
It was only one week ago that we learned that Zach Banner would be the starting right tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Today we learn—per a report from Tom Pelissero, reporter for NFL Network—that the “initial” diagnosis for Banner is a torn ACL. Pelissero says that Banner will have an MRI to confirm the season-ending injury.
The initial diagnosis for #Steelers RT Zach Banner is a torn ACL, source said.
Banner’s face told the story. He’ll have an MRI to confirm the season-ending injury.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) September 15, 2020
Mike Tomlin on Zach Banner’s Injury
Notably, at his virtual press conference this afternoon Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin wasn’t willing to go so far as to rule Banner out long-term. He simply confirmed he would be “out” for Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos.
Coach Tomlin said he doesn't have a lot of new information, but it's safe to rule Zach Banner out for Sunday.
— Missi Matthews (@missi_matthews) September 15, 2020
But when you consider that Stefen Wisniewski suffered a pectoral injury last night—and that starting right guard David DeCastro has been out with a knee issue—the Steelers may soon be testing the depth of their offensive line.
Asked about that in his press conference, Tomlin reaffirmed that he regards Chuks Okorafor as “starter capable,” a good sign in that Okorafor is likely to replace Banner in the starting lineup on Sunday.
But if rookie Kevin Dotson has to start on Sunday, that would be “another story,” Tomlin said, noting there would be “some angst there,” and that the coaches would have to work hard to put him in the best position to succeed. That’s not an indictment of Dotson’s ability, just an acknowledgement that he is a rookie who missed a large part of training camp with an injury of his own.
David DeCastro’s Status
As for the prospect of David DeCastro returning to the lineup at right guard, Tomlin said today that he doesn’t know where DeCastro stands yet, adding that he is “hopeful that he is able to work tomorrow. We’ll see.”
James Conner’s Injury
Meanwhile, the outlook for Steelers starting running back James Conner appears to be favorable.
Per ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter, Conner suffered a sprained ankle in last night’s game and the Steelers are optimistic about the prospects for a “timely return.”
Steelers’ RB James Conner suffered a sprained ankle tonight that will be examined Tuesday, but the team is, in the words of a source, “optimistic for a timely return.”
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 15, 2020
Anyway, second-string running back Benny Snell Jr. filled in quite capably for Conner last night, carrying the ball 19 times for 113 yards, an average of 5.9 yards per carry.
But at the moment, most of the concern surrounds Zach Banner, who has become a fan favorite, not only because of his underdog status, but because he is exceptionally engaging on social media.
Zach Banner worked so damn hard. Lost weight. Battled every day. Shut off social media, a place where the incredibly gregarious young man loved to engage. I sure hope those tears were premature. #Steelers
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) September 15, 2020
For one, Banner attracted a lot of attention this summer thanks to his ‘hulkish’ re-creation of scenes from the hit 1983 film Flashdance, including its iconic dance scene. Then there was this sick burn of the Cleveland Browns on Twitter. He has also won over fans for being one of the few NFL players who condemned the anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, and has since teamed with the Jewish community to fight hate.
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A new report from Tom Pelissero of NFL Network indicates that Zach Banner has suffered a torn ACL.
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George Clooney says he wants to be ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ a third time
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George Clooney has some ambitious goals when it comes to 2021.
The 59-year-old star joked about People magazine honoring him twice for “Sexiest Man Alive” in an upcoming interview with SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show,” which is set to air Monday.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN NAMED PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE: 'IT'S A GOOD CLUB TO BE A PART OF'
In a video teaser shared Friday, Cagle introduced Clooney as a “producer, director and star.”
Clooney interjected: “And two-time ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’"
"Which is better, the Sexiest Man Alive or the two Oscars?" Cagle asked with a laugh.
"I mean, I think you know," Clooney teased. "I'm lobbying for a third one, no one's ever won three."
GEORGE CLOONEY WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER LOSING WEIGHT FOR HIS ROLE IN 'THE MIDNIGHT SKY'
Clooney previously won the coveted title in 1997 and 2006. He was the third actor to achieve the double honor, following Richard Gere and Brad Pitt. Johnny Depp became the fourth man to become a two-time honoree in 2009.
George Clooney is a two-time honoree for People magazine’s "Sexiest Man Alive."
(Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
The “Ocean’s Eleven” star kept his joke going throughout the 84-second teaser.
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"I worked with some people, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt on, you know, their ['Sexiest Man'] campaigns. I thought they did a very good job," Clooney shares. "So, I feel like now I’m looking at Michael B. Jordan to see if he wants me to work with him to get a repeat… I'm more of a counselor now.”
Clooney’s co-stars from his latest movie, “The Midnight Sky,” were also on the video call, including Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler and David Oyelowo.
Oyelowo, 44, joined in on Clooney’s joke to commend the actor on his “record” achievement and brag.
"We’ve been doing this for about 25 minutes and this is the longest George has taken to mention being the two-time 'Sexiest Man Alive,' so well done George," Oyelowo said in between laughs.
"Thank you, David," Clooney replied, "And you know what? I’m gonna work with you on this because I see sexy in your future, man."
"I will tell my wife this,” Oyelowo shot back. “It’s gonna help me a lot today, thank you."
“The Midnight Sky” was released in theaters on Friday.
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Government websites hit by cryptocurrency mining malware
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Thousands of websites in the UK and USA, some of which belonged to government agencies, were infected with cryptocurrency mining malware at the weekend.
According to a report on The Register, the parties behind this hack targeted websites that use a plug-in called Browsealoud, which reads webpages out aloud for people whose sight is impaired.
It’s unknown at this stage whether Browsealoud’s code – made by Texthelp – was compromised by insiders or hackers on the outside, but The Register reports that those responsible used the plug-in as a backdoor to inject Coinhive Monero miner into any website using it.
Among the websites affected in Britain were those belonging to the NHS, the Information Commissioner’s Office, several English council sites and the UK’s Student Loans Company.
In the US the court’s portal, The City University of New York’s website and Lund University’s website were targeted. Here’s a full list of the websites that were affected by the hack.
Texthelp for its part, took its websites down and withdrew the plug-in while it worked on a solution to the problem.
“In light of other recent cyber attacks all over the world, we have been preparing for such an incident for the last year and our data security action plan was actioned straight away,” Texthelp’s CTO Martin McKay told The Register.
“Texthelp has in place continuous automated security tests for Browsealoud, and these detected the modified file and as a result the product was taken offline.”
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre said the issue was being investigated, and there was nothing to suggest the public was at risk.
[Source: The Register]
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Disguised Police Officers Will Be Issuing Tickets in New York
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Disguised police officers will be monitoring New York highways, looking to issue tickets.
On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the start of "Operation Hardhat," a statewide traffic enforcement detail targeting motorists who drive recklessly through work zones. The operation is a joint initiative between the New York State Police, Department of Transportation and Thruway Authority, to crack down on work zone violations and highlight the importance of safe driving when encountering construction, maintenance and emergency operations along state highways.
"New York's highway workers and first responders put their personal safety on the line every day to help ensure our roads and bridges remain safe and in good repair," Cuomo said. "As New Yorkers, we have a responsibility to keep these essential workers out of harm's way - and that means slowing down, moving over and using common sense. We have zero tolerance for those who drives recklessly and endanger the lives of others."
State Troopers will patrol active highway work zones throughout the summer across the state, including I-87 and I-84 in the Hudson Valley, where maintenance and construction activities are underway.
Additionally, DOT, Thruway and State Police plan to partner on additional unannounced enforcement efforts in construction zones in the coming months, officials say.
Troopers will be present within the work zones, dressed as highway maintenance workers, to identify motorists who disobey flagging personnel, speed through the work zone or violate the state's Move Over Law, which applies to both emergency and maintenance vehicles. DOT, Thruway and the State Police are also planning a statewide enforcement and education campaign later this summer in an effort to continue promoting driver awareness and the need to follow New York's Move Over Law, officials say.
Motorists are reminded to move over a lane, if safely possible, or slow down significantly whenever encountering roadside vehicles displaying red, white, blue, amber or green lights, including maintenance and construction vehicles in work zones.
Drivers are urged to slow down and drive responsibly in work zones. Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. Convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of a driver's license.
During last year's "Operation Hardhat" enforcement, there were 1,048 tickets issued across the state, including 493-speed violations, 92 cell phone violations, 94 seatbelt and two child restraint violations, 72 move over violations, eight failures to obey a traffic control device, two failures to obey a flagger, two DWI and 283 other violations, according to the governor's office.
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Nurse Janet FORBES
Connection with the Hunter – Nurse Janet Forbes is named on Cooks Hill Superior School Memorial. She is possibly the daughter of John and Caroline L Forbes, birth registered at Lambton.
This is all that is known about Janet. There are no Australian military records by this name. The National Archives of the UK contain a medal card for a Janet Forbes who was a Red Cross VAD and eligible for the British War Medal and Victory Medal (WO/372/23). Some Australian women of independent means did travel to Europe to become volunteers. Further research is required to match the school honour roll and / or the medal card to the Janet Forbes born at Lambton. John and Caroline Forbes had five children, all registered at Lambton, between 1887 and 1903. Janet, the only girl, was born in 1888 and would have been 26 in 1914 so she was the right age to have worked as a nurse.
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A radical approach to addressing the unfairness of biased algorithms
By Tom Douglas - 21 January 2019
Our lives are increasingly affected by algorithms. People may be denied loans, jobs, insurance policies, or even parole on the basis of risk scores that they produce.
Yet algorithms are notoriously prone to biases.
For example, algorithms used to assess the risk of criminal recidivism often have higher error rates in minority ethic groups. As ProPublica found, the COMPAS algorithm – widely used to predict re-offending in the US criminal justice system – had a higher false positive rate in black than in white people; black people were more likely to be wrongly predicted to re-offend.
Findings such as these have led some to claim that algorithms are unfair or discriminatory. In response, Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers have sought to produce algorithms that avoid, or at least minimise, unfairness, for example, by equalising false positive rates across racial groups. Recently, an MIT group reported that they had developed a new technique for taking bias out of algorithms without compromising accuracy. But is fixing algorithms the best way to combat unfairness?
It depends on what kind of fairness we’re after. Moral and political philosophers often contrast two types of fairness: procedural and substantive.
A policy, procedure, or course of action, is procedurally fair when it is fair independently of the outcomes it causes. A football referee’s decision may be fair, regardless of how it affects the game’s outcome, simply because the decision was made on the basis of an impartial application of the rules. Or a parent’s treatment of his two children may be fair because it manifests no partiality or favouritism, even if it has the result that one child’s life goes much better than the other’s.
By contrast, something that is substantively fair produces fair outcomes. Suppose a football referee awards a soft penalty to a team that is 1-0 down because she thinks the other team’s lead was the result of pure luck. As a result, the game finishes in a 1-1 draw. This decision seems procedurally unfair – the referee applies the rules less stringently to one team than the other. But if a draw reflects the relative performance of the two teams, it may be substantively fair.
Alternatively, imagine that a mother and father favour different children. Each parent treats the disfavoured child unfairly, in a procedural sense. If the end result is that the two children receive equal love, then their actions may be substantively fair.
What’s fair?
AI researchers concerned about fairness have, for the most part, been focused on developing algorithms that are procedurally fair – fair by virtue of the features of the algorithms themselves, not the effects of their deployment. But what if it’s substantive fairness that really matters?
There is usually a tension between procedural fairness and accuracy – attempts to achieve the most commonly advocated forms of procedural fairness increase the algorithm’s overall error rate. Take the COMPAS algorithm for example. If we equalised the false positive rates between black and white people by ignoring the predictors of recidivism that tended to be disproportionately possessed by black people, the likely result would be a loss in overall accuracy, with more people wrongly predicted to re-offend, or not re-offend.
We could avoid these difficulties if we focused on substantive rather than procedural fairness and simply designed algorithms to maximise accuracy, while simultaneously blocking or compensating for any substantively unfair effects that these algorithms might have. For example, instead of trying to ensure that crime prediction errors affect different racial groups equally – a goal that may in any case be unattainable – we could instead ensure that these algorithms are not used in ways that disadvantage those at high risk. We could offer people deemed “high risk” rehabilitative treatments rather than, say, subjecting them to further incarceration.
Alternatively, we could take steps to offset an algorithm’s tendency to assign higher risk to some groups than others – offering risk-lowering rehabilitation programmes preferentially to black people, for instance.
Aiming for substantive fairness outside of the algorithm’s design would leave algorithm designers free to focus on maximising accuracy, with fairness left to state regulators, with expert and democratic input. This approach has been successful in other areas. In medicine, for instance, doctors focus on promoting the well-being of their patients while health funders and policymakers promote the fair allocation of healthcare resources across patients.
In substance or procedure
Of course, most of us would be reluctant to give up on procedural fairness entirely. If a referee penalises every minor infringement by one team, while letting another get away with major fouls, we’d think something had gone wrong – even if the right team wins. If a judge ignores everything a defendant says and listens attentively to the plaintiff, we’d think this was unfair, even if the defendant is a jet-setting billionaire who would, even if found guilty, be far better off than a more deserving plaintiff.
We do care about procedural fairness. Yet substantive fairness often matters more – at least, many of us have intuitions that seem to be consistent with this. Some of us think that presidents and monarchs should have the discretion to offer pardons to convicted offenders, even though this applies legal rules inconsistently – letting some, but not others, off the hook. Why think this is justified? Perhaps because pardons help to ensure substantive fairness where procedurally fair processes result in unfairly harsh consequences.
Many of us also think that affirmative action is justified, even when it looks, on the face of it, to be procedurally unfair, since it gives some groups greater consideration than others. Perhaps we tolerate this unfairness because, through mitigating the effects of past oppression, affirmative action tends to promote substantive fairness.
If substantive fairness generally matters more than procedural fairness, countering biased algorithms through changes to algorithmic design may not be the best path to fairness after all.
Cover image credit: Perry Grone/Unsplash
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
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YouTube is one of the most popular social platforms in the world. You will find all types of videos on this related to any topic on this app. In this time YouTube might be updating the best feature on it. This is a short video feature on YouTube.
It means you can create a short video on YouTube like TikTok and another short video platform. TikTok is one of the most popular short video creating an app. So many famous creators on this app. youtube vs TikTok and it is youtube short video platform update.
YouTube is also preparing to add this feature to it. Users can also create a short video like Tiktok on it. YouTube named this feature Shorts. According to the information company, this feature will be launched at the end of 2020. The company is still working on it. According to the report YouTube is bringing this feature to a confrontation with the TikTok.
YouTube New Shorts Feature for a short video on YouTube like TikTok.
Youtube vs TikTok
You all know that TikTok is a very trending and popular short video app to create a short video. TikTok got popularity in 2018 among the young generation. I want to explain to you that in 2016, the variants of TikTok were launched in China by the name of A.me (later Douyin) by ByteDance. With this, users were able to create short looping videos of 3 to 60 seconds long. The app was later made available worldwide in 2018 after bite dance purchase musically and merged it with TikTok. Since then, this app has become quite popular among the youth.
This is very interesting to see how YouTube Ads this feature in the present app. This is the best thing if YouTube monetizes the short video. People can earn through this app if monetization is added to it. Google has so many songs on it. The short video app is comfortable to use the other song. If YouTube is also allowed to use the song then it is good for the user. I told all about youtube vs TikTok and short video platform app.
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Docker partners with AWS to improve container workflows
Docker and AWS today announced a new collaboration that introduces a deep integration between Docker’s Compose and Desktop developer tools and AWS’s Elastic Container Service (ECS) and ECS on AWS Fargate. Previously, the two companies note, the workflow to take Compose files and run them on ECS was often challenging for developers. Now, the two companies simplified this process to make switching between running containers locally and on ECS far easier .
“With a large number of containers being built using Docker, we’re very excited to work with Docker to simplify the developer’s experience of building and deploying containerized applications to AWS,” said Deepak Singh, the VP for Compute Services at AWS. “Now customers can easily deploy their containerized applications from their local Docker environment straight to Amazon ECS. This accelerated path to modern application development and deployment allows customers to focus more effort on the unique value of their applications, and less time on figuring out how to deploy to the cloud.”
In a bit of a surprise move, Docker last year sold off its enterprise business to Mirantis to solely focus on cloud-native developer experiences.
“In November, we separated the enterprise business, which was very much focused on operations, CXOs and a direct sales model, and we sold that business to Mirantis,” Docker CEO Scott Johnston told TechCrunch’s Ron Miller earlier this year. “At that point, we decided to focus the remaining business back on developers, which was really Docker’s purpose back in 2013 and 2014.”
Today’s move is an example of this new focus, given that the workflow issues this partnership addresses had been around for quite a while already.
It’s worth noting that Docker also recently engaged in a strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate the Docker developer experience with Azure’s Container Instances.
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Balcons de Pralong B2-B4, Courchevel
Bedrooms 6 (12 guests permitted)
Balcons de Pralong B2-B4
Pralong, Courchevel 1850, Courchevel
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New! Balcons de Pralong B2-B4, Courchevel 1850, Pralong! The Balcons de Pralong B2-B4 apartment is ideally located in the Pralong district. The apartment is on the ground floor of the ski-in ski-out Balcons de Pralong residence.
Enjoy direct access to the Pralong slope from the ground floor of the residence.
Interior Area Size: 260 m²
Apartment B2:
Bedroom 1: Master bedroom with a double bed, terrace and en-suite bathroom with bathtub, shower, double vanity and WC. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 2: Bedroom with a double bed, terrace and en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity and WC. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 3: Bedroom with two single beds and en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity and WC. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 4: Bedroom with a double bed, terrace and en-suite bathroom with bathtub, vanity and WC. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 5: Bedroom with two single beds and en-suite bathroom with bathtub, vanity and WC. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 6: Master bedroom with a double bed, terrace and en-suite bathroom with bathtub, shower, vanity and WC. 2 guests maximum.
TV - Flat-Screen
Housekeeping: End of stay cleaning
Damage Deposit: N/A
Rates set in Euros. Prices in other currencies my fluctuate.
Cancellation Policy: For cancellation greater than 60 days prior to arrival date, 30% of the gross rental rate is forfeited. Cancellation between 59 and 31 days prior to arrival date, 80% of the gross rental rate is forfeited. Cancellation 30 days or less prior to arrival, 100% of the gross rental rate is forfeited. Please note all Christmas and New Years reservations are non-refundable.
Courchevel Tourist Tax €3.30
For new bookings with travel dates during the Winter Season 2020/21, the property manager is modifying the cancellation policy as follows :
~ If guests cancel the reservation more than 7 days prior to the arrival, 10% of the Gross Rental will be forfeited.
~ If guests cancel the reservation within 7 days of the arrival date, 100% of the Gross Rental will be forfeited and kept as a credit for any future stay for up to 12 months from original arrival date.
The Covid-19 Modified Cancellation Policy is applicable in the event that :
1. The government in the country of origin of the party leader is advising against all but essential overseas travel to France.
2. Travel or border restrictions in France (ordered by the French government in response to COVID 19) mean that the party leader cannot reach France/our property.
3. The ski resort in which the property is located is ordered to close for winter sports activities (i.e. if the lift system is closed).
4. The French government decides on the quarantine which will occur during the client’s stay.
5. We are unable to accommodate your group in the chalet you have booked due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the property.
Travel dates: November 28th, 2020. - May 2nd, 2021.
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Vaping dangers make news
By Tania Salceda, Staff Writer|November 12, 2019
Illustration By Alejandro Orozco
Over the last few years, the vaping epidemic has skyrocketed. The act of vaping has overtaken public spaces but most significantly, it has entered the gates of schools all across the country.
There have been several studies that have shown that students do not believe that vaping has any consequences. However, vaping has plenty of repercussions; according to Dr. Linda Richter “the particles contain varying amounts of toxic chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, as well as respiratory and heart disease.”
As a matter of fact, vaping has recently been linked to about fifteen deaths and 805 lung injuries. The latest vaping-related death occurred in Nebraska, making it the first in that state.
The state’s Department of Health and Human Services said that “The person had died in May before doctors and health agencies realized that people were developing lung illnesses from vaping, and Nebraska officials did not classify the death as such until now.”
It was not until a few weeks ago that many have begun fearing for the lives of vapers. Initially when e-cigarettes first hit the US market in 2007, they were promoted as a “safer, healthier alternative to traditional, combustible cigarettes,” according to the University of Colorado Denver.
The unintended consequence of vaping devices and e-cigarettes, however, is a new generation of vapers, teenagers, becoming addicted to nicotine.
Not only do many schools across the country see an increase of vapers, but it has become very prominent here at the Islands. Students are not aware of the consequences that come with the recreational high of vaping. Students should become aware that although there are several health risks associated with vaping, there are also day to day obstacles regarding their education.
According to the Ventura County Behavioral Health Programs Vaping has been linked and connected to: “lower grades, skipping classes, studying less, lower motivation, potential to dropping out and lost opportunities (sports, jobs, special programs).”
Vaping has not only recently been connected to health issues and death but it has also been connected to affecting young users’ futures. In fact, it can lead to the loss of brain function and the imparity of life skills needed to have a stable future.
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Detect application based on UA for Chromium-based browsers
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Currently, info.application is hard-coded to "chrome" and "opera" in the respective builds. However, when we use a unified build for all Chromium-based browsers (currently under discussion) that won't work anymore. But even until then this information is redundant with addonName which is "adblockpluschrome" and "adblockplusopera" respectively, at the moment. Moreover, currently, other Chromium-based browser (e.g. Yandex.Browser) are mistakenly reported as Chrome.
Detect info.application on the client-side, based on the user agent string.
Also make sure that info.applicationVersion refers to that application.
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The Sculpturing Of Human Injustice At ICJ Croatia v Serbia Genocide Case
February 8, 2015 by inavukic 29 Comments
Dr Zvonimir Separovic
Photo: Screenshot Z1 TV 5 February 2015
On 3 February 2015 the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered the verdict in the landmark case «Croatia vs. Serbia».
The ICJ decided that neither Croatia nor Serbia committed genocide against each other during the war of Serb aggression against Croatia 1991-1995 as evidence provided to the court by the Croatian (and Serbian) legal team was inadequate to prove intent of genocide, i.e. to destroy the whole or a significant part of a nation/people. Furthermore, the court decided that Serbia could not be made responsible for the acts of genocide established as fact which occurred prior to April 1992, when Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY – Serbia and Montenegro) arose from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). After the declarations of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia to secede from communist Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro were the only states of former Yugoslav federation that took upon themselves the pursuit as “heirs” of communist Yugoslavia, thus maintaining the Yugoslav People’s Army as one of its instruments of aggression. The other instrument of this aggression and genocidal intent were the Serb nationals who lived in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and turned into rebels against independence that would see untold brutality and destruction in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ICJ did find that Serbia was the aggressor against Croatia.
With mountains of evidence available to the Croatian legal team to bring before the ICJ as evidence of genocide the fact that the same team failed to bring adequate evidence before the court can only point to abysmal sabotage and fowl political play that seeks to equate the aggressor with the victim.
Croatian legal team obviously provided no serious evidence to substantiate the claim that there was intent to commit genocide on its territory, in particular by Serbia, even though acts of genocide were committed and were widespread. When a legal team whose duty it is to provide evidence that substantiates claims in court fails to choose the proving evidence to present to the court from the mountain of evidence available then you know that sabotage is afoot.
The International Court took into consideration all the evidence related to each point of the definition of genocide and ruled that there was no evidence to support the claim. How just is the ruling? The only “justness” would seem to arise from the fact that such a ruling was sculptured in advance of the trial, which would utilise political manoeuvring in changing the name of the defendant – from FRY to Serbia – thus ensuring Serbia a ground to argue that it, as a state, was not responsible, not a subscriber to the UN Genocide Convention, to any acts of genocide perpetrated between 1991 and April 1992 (and this was the time when both the intent and the ferocity of acts of genocide were committed systematically in Croatia by the Serbia/Montenegro led FRY, which controlled the Yugoslav People’s Army of former Yugoslavia). Also, by ensuring that evidence presented by the Croatian side in court was both lacking and often unacceptable (e.g. unsigned affidavits or statements!).
According to the United Nations International Court of Justice, the acts of genocide established in the court all happened without special intent of genocide!
The more powerful International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had already established a lot of facts of Serb aggression, which included numerous and systematically perpetrated criminal acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Croats and other non-Serbs. At present the ICTY is considering the case of Goran Hadzic, former president of the so-called «Republic of Serbian Krajina /Republika Srpska Krajina» («RSK») in Croatia where a great deal of the acts of genocide were committed against Croats and Croatia prior to April 1992. Milan Martic, another former president of the unrecognized Republic of Serbia Krajina, is serving a 35-year sentence according to the Tribunal’s ruling. Milan Babic, the third president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, admitted guilt and made a plea bargain with the prosecution. He testified against his former associates and the Serbia’s leadership. Babic was found hanged in the prison cell in 2006, an apparent murder. The fact that he killed himself was supported by evidence.
It seems that a great deal of effort was applied by the so called international justice to come up with a new version of events that took place during the former Yugoslavia conflict to let anybody meddle in and change the story. But this effort was evidently propped up by certain Croatians who held high positions soon after the death of Croatian first president Franjo Tudjman in 1999 and these were the Croatians most of whom stood by communist Yugoslavia and did not want an independent Croatia in the first place.
In support of Serbia’s counterclaim, the court heard that there was no Serbia as a separate state at the time (1991-April 1992) as it was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which was later transitioned into Serbia and Montenegro.
The Court never explained why all of a sudden Serbia became a defendant in that case which was originally filed against FRY and Croatia’s legal team failed to adequately argue similarities between the two, i.e. in essence, inseparable legal entities when it comes to the people responsible for crimes committed.
On 5 February 2015, Zagreb1 television program “Veterans Today” interviewed prof. dr. Zvonimir Separovic, who was the justice minister in Croatia at the time the original lawsuit for genocide against FRY was filed with the ICJ in 1999. Dr. Separovic compiled the genocide claim with the aid of David Rivkin, a leading US attorney. Dr Separovic stated that the Claim had then been changed starting with Ivica Racan’s social democrats government (former League of Communists) and subsequently changed even more to suit Serbia – he points the finger at Stjepan Ivanisevic (Racan’s justice minister), Ivan Simonovic (Racan’s deputy foreign minister) Ivan and Ivo Josipovic (former social democrat/League of Communists, attorney and current outgoing president of Croatia). This team, along with their political partners had changed the original Claim filed by Croatia in 1999. They removed FRY as the defendant i.e. removed Montenegro from the equation (even though quite a number of Montenegrin officers and soldiers served in the Yugoslav People’s Army at the time of aggression against Croatia) and inserted Serbia alone.
Not only that, this team of legal professionals had removed the Second pleading from the original Claim, which dr Separovic says had in it that Serbia ordered the withdrawal of some 100,000 Serb nationals from Croatia, after the acts of genocide against Croats had been committed and the removal of this point from Croatia’s original Claim was, according to dr Separovic, done with view to enabling Serbia to mount a counterclaim in which it (wrongfully) said some 200,000 of Serbs were forcibly deported from Croatia in 1995.
A book/memoir written by Radivoj Cvjeticanin (“Zagreb Indoors”), a former Serbia’s ambassador to Croatia, from page 231 reportedly talks about meetings with Ivan Simonovic and Ivo Josipovic which point to the Croatian players seeking advice and instructions from Serbia as to how to approach and what to say at the international court of justice – how to best relativise the Claim to aid Serbia!
There’s only ten days left of Ivo Josipovic’s presidency in Croatia and he is contemplating his future career, including returning to his previous position as law professor at University Of Zagreb. This would seem a most opportune time to commence lustration in Croatia and prevent any such person as is Josipovic taking up an important seat in the country’s education system, or any other system for that matter. The disloyalty to Croatia evidenced in the above is scandalous and unacceptable. One must ask: how can a law professional (Ivo Josipovic) who has evidently been heavily involved in sculpturing the human injustice that came out of the ICJ judgment (through adverse changes to original lawsuit Claim and through biased and inadequate selection of evidential material to be presented to the court as evidence) be permitted to represent Croatia in any official capacity at all? Surely, this cannot be permitted.
And so what of the ICJ decision in the case of genocide Croatia v Serbia? There’s no appeal to it. The only things left are for Croatia to continue prosecuting individual war crimes suspects, to remove the impunity for war crimes or suspected war crimes given to thousands of Serbs, to pursue rigorously the destiny of the many war victims still recorded as missing and for researchers and historians and lawyers, who have no need to use political compromises, to keep addressing the facts and justice for the victims. Ina Vukic, Prof. (Zgb), B.A., M.A.Ps. (Syd)
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Communist Yugoslavia, Croatia, genocide, ICJ, ICTY, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, Ivan Simonovic, Ivo Josipovic, lustration, Radivoj Cvjeticanin, Serb aggression, Serbia, Stjepan Ivanisevic, Zvonimir Separovic
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Old Fart says:
No one in NATO or US/BRITAIN wants to talk or remember about the Croatia v Serbia Genocide Case, THEY THEM SELF’S CREATED …
And if the judgment went the other way, Old Fart, would their reps who wheeled and dealed on the ground under “peace keeping” mandates find some that should be found in courts I wonder…
That will never happen …They have buried most of the evidences
Observer says:
It’s said that the ruling of the court in the Hague leaves sufficient ground for interpretations which is rather a bad news than a politically correct neutrality aimed at boosting the reconciliation process. In this way, the crimes are left to the conscience of the political elites at the moment or in the future in the region but also in the EU which was a direct observer of the events in the beginning of the 1990s and a participant in finding a peaceful solution. So, apart from insisting all countries in the region to persecute the war crimes, the EU should also demand from the political elites to condemn the crimes of the former regimes.
Especially communist crimes, Observer
the Court did make a record of the events during the wars, and the atrocities that were committed have been documented, but when dealing with such atrocities it is utterly inhumane and unjust to bring the court decision that punishes no one! The factual findings by the court will give no solace to victims and if it was the courts intention to “set historic facts in place” once again the history is written by the wrong people and once again humanity will not rest, complete peace will not be achieved until the perpetrators of these atrocities are made to answer for them
And, Mak, those that try to set the record straight, despite ICJ ruling, in the future will surely be called revisionists. How brutal a path the justice and the truth can endure
The ICJ has done absolutely nothing to advance peace and justice in this case. It founds acts of genocide only to rule there was no genocide by sheer chance of using the outdated definition of genocide that arose in 1948 after WWII. Shame on them!
Roots, thank you on your comment and I agree.
Pluto says:
The “and you, too, Brutus” quote from Julius Caesar could have applied here were Josipovic, Racan et al were true friends of Croatia, but as it seems they were not and so things are much more sinister than a “friend’s” betrayal
Indeed, Pluto
What is the definition of genocide?
What are the criteria before acts can be classified as genocide.
I think the most important aspect of this whole court case is the lack of “will to win” on the part of the Croatian legal team. If they did not perform to the best of their abilities (because they were told not to?) or because they willfully sabotaged the case then that is tantamount to treason. What are the names of the lawyers that worked on the case?
Genocide convention UN Article II: (a)Killing members of the group;(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life
calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Vesna Crnić-Grotić led the Croatian legal team – when last year the government removed professor Damaska (Yale uni) from the team I felt a strong sense of things going wrong and in particular sabotage I also became alarmed at the relatively overwhelming presence of Britisj lawyers on the Croatian team sir Keir Starmer and prof. James Crawford etc
Opinio Iuris says:
Ina, your conspiracy theories have no basis. Effective litigation requires excellent advocates who know how to argue a case and Crawford (unlike Crnic-Grotic or Damaska) is exactly that. He is a top tier international law expert and an outstanding barrister. Importantly, what you fail to mention in your quote of the convention is the crucial element of genocide: the intent to destroy. If there is no such intent on the evidence, there is no genocide. Killing hundreds with intent to displace them is not genocide, you have to have evidence that the intent was to destroy (think about the Holocaust). Luckily, there was no genocide in Croatia and I am still slightly bewildered about why people actually seem to wish there was genocide (in which case the ICJ would have ruled accordingly).
There no conspiracy theory here as far as I’m concerned, Opinio luris, there is also a legally acceptable argument that given the modern modes of aggression (modern as if post date when Convention was defined) e.g. intent to destroy an ethnic group from a geographic area “village by village” etc could be justified grounds to rule with precedence and re-define the genocide definition. No one wishes for genocide but since it did occur then it needs to be treated without political attributes or outdated definition etc – that is my opinion based on facts and not a conspiracy theory
Pluto, this is it! Just read the interview with prof. dr. Mirjan Damaska, prof. at Yale and expert in intl. law who was removed from the Croatian team and you will see. I hope Ina will translate it for you all. In a few words: we could have had the same verdict as in the Bosnia vs. Serbia case, i.e. that Serbia is responsible for not PREVENTING genocide, particularly in the area of eastern Slavonia. The politics, that is Josipović, Pusić, Šimonović did all to prevent even such outcome. Btw. ‘full’ genocide would have not passed as it is almost impossible to win the case with such a narrow definition of it.
Budding in here, Klara – Damaska’s mention of political influence in legal team has a lot of meaning and why the current government chose British legal consultants is a ground open to many reasonable adverse speculations… while the verdict may not have been different with a different team it does bother as to how quite bit of evidence presented was not accepted by the court – the team must have known that in advance as standards are quite clear so why file unverified or unverifiable statements etc at all!? This was calculated rather than stupid in my opinion.
Very disturbing, very disappointing and unfortunately very predictable outcome. Yes, now all fingers are pointed at both SDP govts. (Racan’s and Milanovic’s) and their alleged manoeuverings and connivings in order to sabotage Croatia’s case against Serbia – but when all the dust settles, what will be the real ramifications for those involved? Will anyone(HDZ) hold those publicly named individuals responsible – will investigations be mounted, will lawsuits be filed? After all, these people have been accused of treachery and as such, if found guilty, there could be no greater criminal consequences. But lets not just stop at SDP and their political culpability, there is enough blame to go around.
When the Croatian constitution legitimizes/justifies and asserts to the world that Tito’s Communist Yugoslavia was the rightful precursor of modern Croatia – then you have a BIG problem. Just to restate: Tito, his Partisans, his Communists, his regime – is now formerly ensconced in the most important document that we as a nation possess.That was at the very least a massively stupid misstep or at the very worst a calculated treasonous act. Where was the logic – we voted 97% for secession from Yugo, we fought a war against Yugo, but still we recognize our enemy and thank him for our persecution of the last 45 years by their honorable mention in our constitution! Thank you Mr. Tudjman and HDZ.
When the supposed political right is full of lefts(leftists) then you have another BIG problem. HDZ was so full of Communists in the early 90’s that to call them right wing (desnicari) was a misnomer. Was there ever a case where a person was refused membership? It seemed like no political pedigree was too bloody to be accepted. Coming from a former communist system, it would be understandable that membership would include former card carrying communists – BUT – when key political/military/judicial etc. positions were retained by or filled by those who were notorious stakeholders in the former regime then the problems can and did only get bigger. Thank you Mr. Tudjman and HDZ.
When those thousands of insurgents who could have stood trial for waging war against Croatia and Croatians were unilaterally granted amnesty from future prosecution- and were thereby free to be employed as civil servants, as policemen, as the representatives of the govt. against which they fought — more problems -thank you Mr. Tudjman and HDZ.
These few examples are used to point out that no political party or leader is blameless and that we owe it to ourselves to hold accountable those whose actions/decisions had negative consequences whoever they may be and from whatever political option. If nothing else, these revelations into the behind the scenes manipulations of SDP should be a warning to us to be vigilant in overseeing and holding accountable those who we empower.
Yes Velebit, antifascism is mentioned in the Constitution as a foundation for independent Croatia and obviously that must be removed for what happened after the constitution was sealed was the brutal war and after it peaceful reintegration of Eastern Slavonia etc by 1998 then Tudjman died – obviously not having time to ponder on the mistake made with antifascism in early days for as it happened after the war we know that the foundations of independent Croatia lie with the war veterans etc… much work lies ahead including taking the amnesty given top suspected and known criminals away..
Rex Croatorum says:
The theory of legal vacuum until April 1992, the definition of genocidal intent and counting ratio are a shame.
Serbia is successor to Yugoslavia in every regard but not when it comes to attacking other countries? 16,000 dead (least we forget an additional 7,600 dead Croats in BiH) 145 mass graves and over half a million refugees/displaced people in RH is an insufficient number of victims to speak of genocide?
Although the court acknowledged acts of genocide, they dispelled genocidal intent as there were not enough killed. The truth is we defended more than was allowed (who remembers the arms embargo). If we had defended as everyone expected, there would of been a second Bleiburg, with figures of hundreds of thousands dead which according to these judicial games would then constitute genocide? Is it too bad they could not wipe out all 4.5 million of us? Its as if they want to make us believe that if we had not so furiously defended, Vukovar would not be so destroyed? If we immediately surrendered, there would be no Ovcara?
Was it that difficult to prove that in addition to those killed at Ovcara in Vukovar actually ALL killed, raped and expelled were on one psychological level part of the monstrous Serbian plan? The reality is the distribution of these acts of genocide (actus reus, which the court acknowledged) were not isolated cases, yet took the form of a continuity throughout the whole country. But what can we expect when the whole suit was sabotaged by out own fifth column yugo scum, after they did not unsucessfull in throwing out the whole suit.
The judgment or should one say the criteria for genocide the court took, Rex Croatorum, is a licence to kill or commit acts of genocide with being responsible for them – yes indeed the court found that these acts perpetrated against Croats were many and across several regions etc but still not enough for their big genocide…although I understand that the definition the court took stands as rule in UN but they could have at least shown some humanity and made a statement that the definition need review …
Tempus Fugit says:
…why would this Josipovic, Racan, Milanovic et. al. seek to sabotage Croatia in these genocide trials at the Hague? Why would this so-called “Dr.” Josipovic, want to be under the Serbian jackboots forever? Why would someone want to be branded a “useful idiot” by the Serbian communists? The Royalist Jugoslavia and Tito’s Jugoslavia were just a “non de plume” for a Greater Serbia anyway!
Josipovic, as for his being a “legal expert” on international law…well, I don’t think so!
But, as stated before, you have to respect the Serbians because they………………………. …KILL THEIR TRAITORS!
Tempus Fugit – thank you on your comment however it was partially deleted because there was no corroboration or evidence regarding the law degree etc
Michael silovic says:
I have one word for all of this and its called equalization. This is something that was in the works for quite some time that I elaborated on this post a while ago while defending Gotovina et el. Does that mean I agree with he verdict? absolutely not. But the big picture for the ICJ was to protect many powerful people and countries that had a hand in our defense. We all know that powers in the USA / Britain etc would have been subject to the courts trial for the defense in Croatia and Bosnia and that Israel would have had to been accountable for violating arms embargo when they shipped weapons to the Serbs that killed many people. Being that this war was the largest in scope since ww2 there are a lot of interests by certain groups not to equate it to the same level for political and historic reasons. None the less we have every obligation through any means possible including out side of law to hold all of those who harmed our country and people accountable.
I do hope though, Michael, that those “foreigners” who committed or added to or participated in war crimes or allowed them to occur… will come before the courts sooner or later. The verdict at ICJ does not preclude that and it certainly is a record of atrocities that did occur.
NorwayMan says:
There are Winds once Again coming from Serbia telling Croatia ” you have no rights to indepedence we will return you by force ” will Croatia defend itself once Again ?
I think so, NorwayMan, if it comes to that
A very important precedent, keeping in mind an extensive definition of Genocide as the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
… Thanks for bringing this case into the spotlight, Inavukic… All the best to you. Aquileana 😀
Thank you, Aquileana, much appreciated
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Croatia: Reconciliation Cannot Be Achieved With Denial Of Truth And Lacking Love For Nation Of People
August 9, 2020 by inavukic 15 Comments
Ina Vukic, August 2020
Many people are asking me these days what is the reaction of the Croatian diaspora to the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of victory in Knin on August 5.
The celebration of the 25th anniversary of Operation Storm, was neither visually nor morally nor truthfully a celebration of the great and deeply sacrificial victory over the brutal and obscene Serbian or Yugoslav aggressor! What that celebration was is a false picture of the truth and reality of that time and now!
During the Homeland War, Croats and anti-Croatian Serbs did not sit together in any rows, let alone in the front row of the battlefield, but on opposite sides. On one side, aggressive brutally murderous Serbs, and on the other side, Croats whose lives were endangered in the middle of that Serbian aggression.
Then in Knin on August 5, we saw and heard General Ante Gotovina who, without a shred, without a shred of shame or embarrassment, dishes out some lesson that discipline is needed in war and in peace! Of course, this mention of discipline certainly referred to the HOS (volunteer Croatian Defence Forces), whose defenders of the Homeland War and Operation Storm were standing at that time on the streets of Knin during the celebration of Operation Storm with police threats directed at them. Because, you see, their slogan For Homeland Ready (Za Dom Spremni), which infused courage and determination for an independent Croatia, bothers the current government of the Republic of Croatia. This slogan was decisive in the defence of the Republic of Croatia, i.e. in the establishment of independence.
Then, General Gotovina, straight-faced, gave himself the right to speak about discipline, which in this case should surely keep HOS defenders, under police pressure and threats behind the lines, the police lines, while others, undeserving others, celebrated part if not the whole victory to which they contributed, to which HOS contributed and deserve to be a part of its celebrations.
So, I have never seen such perversion anywhere in the world. That something like this should happen, that the celebration of victory should be denied to those who contributed to that victory, in national defense or in national victory.
Perversion itself!
It is not just about discriminating against HOS defenders in this case, it is about perversion against the Homeland War, perversion against victory.
HOS Veterans denied access to celebrations
of Victory/ Operation Storm
in Knin, Croatia, 5 August 2020
Photo: Screenshot
And then so that this discrimination and perversion could become even stronger or better – worse! – at almost the same time not far from Knin in Grubori, the Croatian government, that is, Serbian politics in Croatia, organised a commemoration for victims of a crime against six Serb civilians that took place some three weeks after Operation Storm. The crime was committed by individuals who, in fact, with that act of crime violated the policy of the Croatian defence, the policy of Franjo Tuđman, the policy of Gojko Šušak, also now deceased. So, this commemoration in addition to the victory celebration in Knin was simply planned in order to diminish the value and the validity of the victory of Operation Storm. That’s why they sent Tomo Medved (Deputy Prime Minister) there. The appearance of Tomo Medved in Grubori at the commemoration for the victims of a crime committed by disobedient individuals who violated the policies and orders of the Croatian defence. This appearance by Tomo Medved there undoubtedly symbolises also that the top of Croatia wants to attribute this crime committed by individuals to the overall Croatian defence in the Homeland War. And that is nothing else but an another step in equalising the victim and aggressor in the Homeland War.
So, a perversion, perversion which I and I believe many others have not experienced before.
What courage against the Croatian people!
But, all this said, Croatian diaspora was before the Homeland War, during the Homeland War and after the Homeland War “For Homeland Ready” and for God and Croatia, democratic Croatia, ready!
Some will say that by organising the celebration of 25th Anniversary of the magnificent victory over the brutal Serb aggressor in Knin at almost the same time they organised the commemoration for the victims of crime against six Serb civilians that occurred in the nearby village of Grubore, three weeks after the victorious Operation Storm, is good for reconciliation! Well, my professional opinion derived from my substantial training and experience as a Psychologist, tell me that nothing can be further from the truth. Firstly, the killing of the six Serb civilians occurred on 25 August 1995, twenty days after this Serb-occupied Croatian territory was liberated by Operation Storm, and the commemoration should have been planned for that date! Secondly, the ICTY Appeals Tribunal (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) in the Hague had, in its Judgment in the Gotovina & Markac case, in November 2012, stated that “the state and military leadership had no role in their planning and creation” of this crime. So, why join the commemoration for these victims with the glorious victory of Operation Storm!? Utter perversion and political manipulation in the lame efforts to achieve reconciliation between the Serb aggressor and Croatians whom they attacked, perhaps? But here is the reality: one cannot achieve reconciliation through the denial of truth nor through lacking love for one’s people! And the current government with its Serb minority elected coalition clearly possess both of these characteristics that are not reconciliation-friendly: denial of truth and lacking love for the Croatian nation. Ina Vukic
Below is the video in the Croatian language with English subtitles that I have made with the above record of distressing happenings in Croatia around the celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of Operation Storm. Please visit!
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 25th Anniversary of Operation Storm, Ante Gotovina, Croatia, Croatian Defence Forces, Dr Franjo Tudjman, Gojko Susak, Grubore, HOS, Ina Vukic, Knin, Operation Oluja, Operation Storm, reconciliation, Za Dom Spremni
Croatia – Freedom’s Triumph Yet To Rise!
Croatia’s Homeland War Memorial Cemetery in Vukovar
Photo: Damir Plavsic
This weekend of 5th August 2018, like the same date days of past 23 years – as Croatia commemorates the 23rd Anniversary of military operation Storm, Victory Day, War Veterans’ Day and Homeland Gratitude Day – is sure to ruffle up many media pro-Serbian and pro-communist Yugoslavia feathers, dredging up persistently false Serb claims that 200,000 Serbs were forcefully deported from Croatia immediately after the successful military operation Storm, which liberated a large portion of Croatia from Serb occupation (self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Krajina). The truth is that the leadership of the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Krajina had on 4th August 1995, as Croatian Operation Storm began, officially issued an evacuation order to Serbs in Croatia! Their own guilty conscience was behind it all, no doubt about that.
During this skilful military operation, Storm, protective of all civilian life including Serb, the Serb-occupied Croatian territory was brought back into the Croatian legal order, except for Eastern Slavonija, which was peacefully re-integrated later, in 1998. ‘Operacija Oluja’ (Storm) and ‘Operacija Bljesak’ (Flash), which was carried out in May 1995, were the critical military operations leading to the end of the bloody and brutal war of Serb aggression against Croatia.
Depending on the political spectrum people are in, the Official celebration of this Croatian national holiday, which happens every year in the Dalmatian hinterland town of Knin (the main site of events that occurred during ‘Operation Storm’) provokes passionate reactions from and has various meanings for different people, while Serbia mounts at the same time a day of mourning! The official memory of this military operation refers, as it should, primarily to the victory of the Croatian Army and its success in bringing back the occupied territories under Croatian rule. The narrative adopted by Serbs for their day of mourning rests upon false claims that Serbs were evicted from Croatia! Not even the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia finding (2012 in the case of Croatian Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac) that there was no forceful deportation of Serbs from Croatia at the time has made any difference to this preposterous, scandalous claim.
Serbs order their own evacuation from Croatia, 4 August 1995
On Wednesday 1 August 2018 Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic said to media that “unlike the hysteria that occurs in Croatia during the anniversary of Operation Storm, Serbs will mark our sorrow and tragedy and the calamity of our people in dignity…” Notwithstanding regretful cases of true civilian casualties in war (and in Srebian aggression against Croatia not all Serb civilians were true civilians, for it was the local civilians that often engaged in the killing, in the persecution and torture of Croat neighbours even before military aggression started), what kind of “dignity” can be attached to attempts to murder a nation, aggression, ethnic cleansing, rape, plunder…is only known to Serbs it seems. Those that support their deranged logic and narrative certainly, to my knowledge, have never questioned this!
In Croatia, commemorative culture regarding the 1990’s Homeland War has proved to be a platform for politicians to continue nation-building narratives and strengthen national identity. The associated and real sacrifice, real suffering, the real struggles against the mighty military of former Yugoslavia coupled with rebel Serb civilians who eventually formed military might of their own in order to stop Croatia seceding from communist Yugoslavia make Operation Storm all the more heroic for the independence of Croatia.
However, the former communist destructive forces, the so-called antifascists, persist as main barriers to and killjoys of true independence, which, if given a thorough chance, should have by now lustrated active communist heritage out of Croatian democracy. Hence, in Croatia, there also exist oppositional counter-narratives that challenge the truth narrative and are expressed through counter-commemorations and aggression-denial memorialisation organised by Serbia and the local Serb population in Croatia, and supported by a number of pro-communist Yugoslavia Croats! This year a youth association who pursued the line that Croatia should apologise for its Operation Storm mounted one of such deranged initiatives. In other words, the misguided, but politically maliciously wired youth thinks that one should apologise for defending ones home and life from peril and brutal onslaught! Regretfully, the need to preserve own life and pursue freedom from communist oppression that forced Croatia to defend itself seems to have been forgotten by such sections with the Croatian society.
Croatians have nothing to apologise for when it comes to Operation Storm and every other military operation carried out in defence of the country! And on celebrating the liberation from local Serb separatists and their brutal allies from Slobodan Milosevic’s Serbia, one can with objective confidence say that Serbs are bitter and sorry that Operation Storm was a success, and for the failure of their plans for ‘Greater Serbia’.
Looking back at least since year 2000, when the former communists won government in Croatia, annual commemoration of Operation Storm victory have consistently been contaminated with implants of alleged war crimes by Croats during and after the military operation, with attempts and confabulations to criminalise Croatia’s Homeland War, with the agenda to equate the aggressor with the victim! During the period of Ivica Racan’s coalition government, from 2000 until 2003 (with Stjepan Mesic as the country’s president), the prime minister and most ministers avoided Knin commemorations, from fear of pro-West (democracy) policies gaining increasingly firmer ground in the development of Croatia as a free nation; free from communist Yugoslavia. Their main weapon, it would seem, was the fact that “antifascism” was, undeservingly, built into the Croatian Constitution as one of the foundations of the modern Croatian state, ignoring the Homeland War (the War of Independence) as its true and greatest foundation. The “antifascism” weaved into the Constitution was and is, in fact, the murderous and oppressive communism of Yugoslavia, not the antifascism the West has known in its midst! In 2004, the new HDZ government set the precedent that all of the top Croatian politicians (president, prime minister, and speaker of the parliament) should attend the commemoration in Knin, emphasising the importance of this date and place in the national consciousness. Even though the HDZ under Ivo Sanader had taken notable steps at reaching out to Croatian Serbs, including coalitions with the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS – Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka), the victorious tone of the Victory Day commemorations invariably antagonised the country’s ethnic Serbs. By 2005 commemorations, it was clear that the pursuits to criminalise Croatia’s Homeland War via sending Croatian Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac to ICTY had indeed, in eyes of many, albeit unjustified, diminished the value of Operation Storm victory and several contested versions of that past had gained prominence as did antagonism within the Croatian society itself; part of which society are Serbs in whose interest it is to downplay the Serb aggression against Croats. The scenario continues to today, in one way or another someone somewhere attempts to inject the glorious and well-deserved victory of the Croatian military forces with poison – for political gain, undoubtedly!
In all that rather long while more than 1,700 mass graves of Croatian victims of communist WWII and post-WWI crimes in Croatia have been uncovered. The antagonism created around Operation Storm and Croatian Homeland War in general has helped and continues to aid the agenda that opposes prosecution, condemnation of communist crimes. If because of nothing else then because of that communist agenda the commemorations of Croatia’s 1990’s Homeland War need to escalate in their brilliance and shine – this freedom’s triumph must be complete. The completeness of freedom lies in determined pursuits to deliver justice to victims of communist Yugoslavia crimes.
New communist crimes mass grave site in Zagreb – July/August 2018
On Wednesday 1 August 2018 more mass graves of victims of communist crimes were unearthed, this time right in the middle of Zagreb, Savska Street! The human remains of at least 25 victims of criminal communist purges were found in two mass graves and one individual grave, located in a park in the Zagreb neighbourhood of Vrbik. Initial screening of the ground, using specially-trained dogs and geo radars, began after officials received information from the public that victims from World War II or the post-war period could be found there. Due to the large size of the area, the complexity and volume of work needed several phases of the investigation are planned.
This repeated horrific finding hasn’t been reported much in the mainstream media that seeks to cover-up or justify communist crimes. This latest mass grave finding occurred at the same time when former communists and Serbs are busy throwing vitriol at Operation Storm, still doing their corrupt utmost to deny the Croatian nation a deserved basking in the glory of Homeland War victory.
Croatia, indeed, must re-examine the nature of its commitment to freedom achieved with Homeland War. It must conclude that commitment to the freedom is, in fact, the strengthening of its national conscience and morality. In the context of Croatia’s peoples overwhelming resolve in 1990 to secede from communist Yugoslavia it is utterly immoral to protect any part of that Yugoslavia and especially its crimes against humanity.
Deliberate murder of innocent people and the oppression were wrong and remain wrong. Croatia must refuse to ignore or in any way appease the Serb aggression and the brutality of evil men and former communist regime. It must escalate condemnation and prosecution of communist crimes. It must clear these dark remnants of history that stifle freedom and progress.
To that end, happy Victory Day – Croatia! Ina Vukic.
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: communist crimes, Croatia, Croatian Homeland War, Croatian war of independence, Knin, Operation Storm, Serb aggression
Croatia: Distressing Taste Of Red
Celebrating 22 anniversary
of Croatian Operation Storm
in Knin 5th August 2017
Photo: Dusko Jeremez/Pixsell
As far as many are concerned, wearing a red dress (red being the colour symbol of communism that has mass murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent Croats until 1990) scored no positive points but those of unease for the president of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, at the official state celebration 5 August in the town of Knin of Croatia’s victory over Serbian aggressor and communist Yugoslav forces in 1995. This non-point-scoring of the red dress becomes particularly pertinent and offensive when, on the same day, arrests were made in the same town, at the same celebration, of several Croatian men including veterans, who fought in the 1995 liberating Operation Storm under HOS (Croatian Defence Force) insignia “Za Dom Spremni”, for calling out in pride “For Home Ready” (Za Dom Spremni) – the salutation persistently and wrongfully being associated with WWII Croatian Ustashe regime, by the former communists especially, even though its roots reach far beyond WWII into Croatian proud history!
While generally a red dress may look good and glamorous, on occasions like this one, where pride in victory over communism and bloody Serb aggression is celebrated, those in power must display absolute and thorough political and moral sensitivity to their people’s plights, to the plights for which thousands lost their lives while hundreds of thousands of Croats and other non-Serbs were ethnically cleansed from their homes and Croatia devastated. Evidently this was not the case in Knin on Saturday 5 August 2017. And that is sad and distressing!
5th August 2017 – 22nd anniversary of Croatia Victory Day also celebrating Day of Homeland Gratitude and Croatian Defender’s Day. Croatia’s entire political leadership, war veterans and about 8,000 people officially celebrated in Knin its victory over Serb rebels and Serb forces in 1995’s military Operation Storm.
Operation Storm was the time when Croatian defence forces proved to the world that David could still defeat Goliath.
And that is what the sentiment of these celebrations should have emanated.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and parliament president Gordan Jandrokovic laid wreaths and paid their respects at the monument dedicated to the victory on Knin’s central square. Grabar Kitarovic said that Croatia hopes that one day even Serbs will celebrate Storm as the operation that “ended Greater Serbian aggression”. She said in her speech that she wishes to express her regret for the Serb victims of Operation Storm, continuing: “Croatian people did not want war and does not revel in anyone’s suffering. That’s why Croatian state makes an exemplary effort, with its own resources, to secure the return of all those who want to return. It does that despite the fact that the initiators of aggression against Croatia have not paid a single kuna or, more to the point, a single dinar for the restoration of everything that the Chetniks and the so-called Yugoslav People’s Army destroyed during the four years of artillery shelling, pillage and plunder. Hence, with full protection of national interests Croatia will give its full support for Serbia’s entry into the European Union.”
Croatia’s president Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic
in Knin on 5th August 2017
Photo: Net.hr
While reconciliation is a noble pursuit, in the case of celebrating Operation Storm, the end of Croatia’s horrific suffering at the hands of Serbs, talking of self-imposed victims on the side of the aggressor as if they were innocent victims is something that Croatian victims and defenders would find hard and painful to take. Particularly when it means that Grabar-Kitarovic’s talk of Serb victims in Oluja in effect gave a certain validity (undeserved) to Serbia’s commemoration for Serb victims of Operation Storm held in several towns and cities across Serbia on Friday 4th August, which commemoration denies Serb aggression, continues to promulgate lies about forced deportations of Serbs from Croatia and justifies Serb genocide and ethnic cleansing over the Croatian people when they set out to break away from communist Yugoslavia.
If one wants to achieve true and lasting reconciliation then it is essential to clearly delineate between the aggressor and the victim. The events around marking Croatia’s victory over Serb aggression, whether those in Croatia (where accent is given to the victim-hood of the aggressor) or those in Serbia (where Serb victim-hood is accentuated even though such was self-imposed), all give the sense of the undying political exercise of equating the aggressor with the victim. In every war there are victims on the side of the aggressor but it needs to be recognised and maintained that those victims would not be so if the aggression and the need to defend oneself did not occur in the first place. In that sense any Serb victims deserved no mention at Croatia’s victory celebration. The intention of Serb aggression in Croatia was to destroy Croatia and Croats and both the fighting forces and many Serb civilians participated in that destructive energy.
Croatia’s minister for veterans’ affairs
Tomo Medved (Second from R) in Slunj
Photo: Dnevnik 2017
Hence, when it comes to this year’s celebration of Operation Storm 1995 in Croatia I (and multitudes) place my preference on the one held in the town of Slunj where the Croatian minister for veterans’ affairs, Tomo Medved, said that the Croatian forces, in that magnificent military operation, succeeded in destroying the bloody feast of aggression and brought back the citizens from a four-year deportation.
“We succeeded, we liberated all of the occupied regions, we made it possible for people to return to their homes, but we paid an enormous price for our freedom, 352 lives, in this area alone, of Croatian defenders and civilians,” Medved said before some 10,000 people.
Yes, Croatia has succeeded in winning the 1990’s military war imposed upon it by Serb and communist Yugoslavia aggressor, however, Croatia stands forced into decades long, largely unyielding, distressing battles against the remnants of communism that suffocate strong democratic progress and keep the distressing and utterly unfair push for equating the aggressor with the victim thriving. No more red dresses or shirts on occasions of official celebrations of Croatian victory over its aggressor, please! Ina Vukic
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June 9, 2013 by Indie Gamer Chick 13 Comments
Update: Mount Your Friends received a Second Chance with the Chick. Click here for my updated thoughts. Consider this review to be for the XBLIG version and the Second Chance to be for the Steam version.
Okay, so the name is as absurd and juvenile as a title can possibly get. But, we are talking about a game by Daniel Steger here. His previous hits include a game called Baby Maker Extreme (the ninth all-time selling XBLIG), This is Hard, and Blow Me Up. But the really weird part is, his games tend to be pretty decent. Blow Me Up and Lots of Guns both are Chick Approved and ranked on my Leaderboard. And now we have this, a game about building a human pyramid. In keeping with Steg’s tendency towards gratuitousness, it features Team Ninja-like jiggle physics.. for penises. This is a game tailor-made to generate scorn and ridicule from the XBLIG scene.
It’s also Daniel Steger’s best game by far.
Schwing!
This is exactly the type of weird, experimental game that I had in mind when I started Indie Gamer Chick. Okay, maybe I didn’t picture those games having dicks that behave like bobbleheads. But I figured I would play a lot of games unlike anything I’ve seen before. Mount Your Friends does that. It’s like a video game version of the popular Catalonian pastime known as Castell. In other words, people climbing on each other to build the tallest human-building they can make. Only here, there’s no worries about the laws of physics or structural integrity.
The way you go about moving at first seemed like it would be overly complicated. Each limb is controlled by a separate button. You move one limb at a time, with limbs automatically clinging to the bodies already placed. Each turn, you must climb higher than the highest body on the stack. Once you’ve above the line, you can press start to end the turn and start from the bottom with a new body. In the normal mode, you have 60 seconds to get above the line. It sounds dull, but it can be exhilarating. Especially when time is running short. There were multiple situations where the timer was nearing zero and I just barely got my hand over the line. This always resulted in hooting and hollering. Well, just from me, while my friends told me to sit down and shut up. But hey, I was excited!
Simpsons already did it!
Where Mount Your Friends really shines is in the multiplayer mode. Here, each player takes a turn trying to cross the bar at the highest point in the stack. Play continues until one player can’t make it to the top in the time limit. I’m shocked to say this, but this is one of the best multiplayer experiences to ever hit XBLIG. It even has online play that went off without a hitch. My biggest overall complaints relate to the movement physics. Flinging yourself instead of moving one hand at a time feels loose in terms of gravity and imprecise. I also had issues keeping limbs I didn’t want to use from going limp and getting stuck to one of the guys on the stack. I mean, wait, probably shouldn’t use the term limp in relation to this game. I mean they had trouble staying stiff. NO, erect. NO! God damn, this is tough to write about.
Okay, so the Mount Your Friends might be embarrassing to pull out to show friends and.. FUCK!! See what I mean?
Stegs, I fucking hate you. You make this really awesome game that’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen or played before, but it’s almost impossible to describe without receiving an awkward stare. You know what? I don’t care. Mount Your Friends is fun, plain and simple. It’s not very deep. The best concepts rarely are. But you simply have to try it, because there’s nothing else like it. I’m not the most athletic person in the world, and I’m afraid of heights, so this is probably the closest I can come to climbing a rock wall. Well actually, this is probably more like one of those walls where you hold a peg in each hand.
Don’t do that Cathy. Just don’t give him any more ideas. He’s incorrigible enough as is.
When I first saw the cover art and heard the name, I figured it was going to be a professional wrestling game.
Mount Your Friends was developed by Stegersaurus Games
Point of Sale: Xbox Live Indie Games – Steam
$1 (Steam version $3.99) asked if you heard the one about three guys laying in the same bed? They wake up in the morning and the guy on the left says “I had the best dream! I dreamed I was getting a wonderful handjob!” The guy on the right says “that’s weird, *I* dreamed *I* was getting a wonderful handjob!” The guy in the middle goes “I dreamed I was skiing!” in the making of this review.
Mount Your Friends is Chick Approved and mounted on the Indie Gamer Chick Leaderboard.
A review copy of Mount Your Friends was provided to Indie Gamer Chick to test online functions. The copy purchased by Cathy was paid for by her with her own money. The review copy was given to a friend to test out online components. The person receiving it had no feedback in this review. For more on this policy, consult the Indie Gamer Chick FAQ.
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13 Responses to Mount Your Friends
xbghiudsh says:
LOL, my friends and I were playing this last night. The game itself is completely crazy but playing it is hilarious. There’s nothing like it.
Xionix says:
If I have not read this review, I would not have though this game was so unique, it never caught my attention until now. Btw do you plan on review State Of Decay? I dont even know if it is an indie game, is look like a 300 ppl company game so, that makes like a team of 15 if it was made by an indie one. Looks cool, but… the thing is… how much time the fun will last. Lets hope you have not run out of zombie jokes if the game if in your agenda.
I’ll probably do State of Decay soon.
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Happy Sock Games (@HappySock) says:
Now that’s what I call a game.
You guys are doing Ouya now, huh?
Anyone know the background song? I like it!
Matthew Slizys says:
song is from Jackass, its the Party Boy Theme song
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masamune says:
Ummmmm whats with the penis’s on them??
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Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka opened the scoring with a left-footed volley in the first half
Bukayo Saka celebrated signing a new long-term contract by helping Arsenal deliver a blow to Wolverhampton Wanderers’ hopes of Champions League football next season.
The 18-year-old, who delighted manager Mike Arteta by pledging his future to the club, demonstrated why he is so highly regarded by scoring his first Premier League goal – a sweet, left-foot volley just before the interval.
And the Gunners made it four successive victories when Alexandre Lacazette capped a fine team display by turning on fellow substitute Joe Willock’s pass and firing emphatically past Wolves keeper Rui Patricio with five minutes left.
Wolves had been hoping to build on an impressive restart to the season but knew the pressure was on to win after fellow top-four contenders Leicester City and Manchester United recorded victories before kick-off at Molineux.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were not at their best. Adama Traore had their clearest chance after the break when he raced in on Arsenal keeper Emiliano Martinez from Diogo Jota’s pass, but the Spanish forwrd lifted his finish over the top in wasteful fashion.
Wolves are still sixth in the Premier League table on 52 points, but seventh-placed Arsenal are now only three points behind.
Perfect end to Arsenal’s week
Arteta delight at ‘massive Arsenal win
Spirits have soared at Arsenal since they made a desperate restart to the Premier League season with defeat at Manchester City and then that acrimonious late loss at Brighton, a match that also cost them goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
They have since recorded league wins over Southampton and Norwich City, as well as progressing to the FA Cup semi-finals with victory at Sheffield United – but this win at Wolves was the most impressive demonstration yet of Arteta’s growing influence.
And it came at the end of a pleasing week for the club with exciting teenagers Saka and Gabriel Martinelli both signing long-term contracts.
Saka showed his quality with that left-foot volley, taken with athleticism, composure and guided cleverly out of Rui Patricio’s reach – but it came amid a fine all-round team performance.
Arsenal arrived at Molineux with Wolves storming into contention for the top four after three straight wins – over West Ham United, Bournemouth and Aston Villa – since the season’s resumption.
Indeed, such was their form, Saka’s goal was the first they had conceded in 448 minutes.
However, Arsenal were resolute, determined and willing to trade in the physical exchanges, and they produced the decisive moments of quality to win the game.
It continued the renaissance under Arteta, and while it is wise to keep all optimism in perspective given previous false dawns, this recent run leaves them only six points behind Manchester United, who had moved up to fourth by thrashing Bournemouth 5-2 earlier on Saturday.
Wolves miss a big chance
Wolves 0-2 Arsenal: Wanderers lacked urgency – Nuno Espirito Santo
Wolves carried real momentum into this meeting with Arsenal after their flawless restart – but they fell flat on Saturday and could have no complaints about the outcome.
Nuno’s side remain in a superb position with a real chance of Champions League football next season, a tribute in itself the outstanding work of the Portuguese manager and his players.
However, they struggled to exert any serious pressure on the Gunners and dangerman Traore was relatively well contained, although he was always a threat and should have equalised with Wolves’ best chance.
It was a disappointed group of players who trooped off at the end to the silence that is now the accompaniment to these behind-closed-doors games, but their previous record suggests they still have the determination and talent, as well as the manager, to bounce back.
Wolves will need to do it quickly, though, with time running out in this restarted season and their rivals picking up wins.
Man of the match – Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal)
Shkodran Mustafi was part of an Arsenal defence that kept a clean sheet and limited Wolves to just one shot on target
‘A week I will remember my whole life’ – what they said
Arsenal goalscorer Bukayo Saka, speaking to Sky Sports: “It is very big. We know how good Wolves are and how tough it was going to be. We fought for every ball and it is good to build some momentum.
“It has been a week I will remember for my whole life. You can see the manager is building.
“I am 18 and it has been a dream to play for this club. I have to take it game by game. Wherever the boss wants to put me, I want to play.”
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santos, speaking to Sky Sports: “The first half was balanced – both teams were organised with not many chances. One moment we lost our shape and Arsenal scored. We started the second half better and were pressing and creating chances. But we knew, as the game goes by, Arsenal have good players on the counter attack.
“Mistakes happen. We have to look at [what happened] and solve. It was a moment of concentration and we allowed ourselves to concede. We have to bounce back and reinvent ourselves.
“We had spells where we had options to score. The goal was there and we were looking for it. After the second goal it became much harder.
“It doesn’t change the way we see things. Other results and the table do not guide us. We were not able to do things we wanted to do. We only focus on the way and how we want to do things – and focus on the next challenge.”
Wolves lack cutting edge – the stats
Arsenal have won three consecutive league games without conceding for the first time since November 2017, while this is the first time they have won back-to-back away league games without conceding since October 2015.
Wolves suffered their first Premier League defeat in nine games, while this was their first league loss by more than one goal since September (5-2 to Chelsea).
This was Arsenal’s first away league victory against a side starting above them in the league table since September 2015, when they won 5-2 at Leicester.
Wolves managed just one shot on target in this match, with that coming after just 17 seconds courtesy of Adama Traore.
Bukayo Saka’s goal was his first in the Premier League for Arsenal – aged 18 years 303 days, he is the second youngest English player to score in the Premier League for the Gunners, after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Blackburn in February 2012 (18 years 173 days).
Alexandre Lacazette’s goal was his first away from home in the Premier League since February 2019, ending a run of 16 away games.
Despite only coming on as a 76th-minute substitute, Joe Willock’s two chances created – including the assist for Lacazette’s goal – was more than any other Arsenal player.
Emiliano Martinez has kept a clean sheet in six of his eight Premier League starts for Arsenal (75%), the best ratio of any Gunners keeper with at least five starts in the competition.
Arsenal host Leicester City on Tuesday (20:15 BST), while Wolves travel to Sheffield United the following evening (18:00).
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What’s up with the hole in front of Crestview?
For nearly two months, IUS students had to walk-or wheel- around a small construction zone near the doors of Crestview Hall.
Callie Manias, Staff Reporter
If an IUS student has a class in Crestview Hall, he or she might have noticed some caution tape and temporary barricading around a hole in the sidewalk. The hole, which is just a few feet away from the entrance to Crestview, was caused by a water line break on Jan. 21 of this semester.
Since the water line break occurred on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, not many students were on campus.
Facility Operations fixed the water line break that day, but they could not pour the concrete. Robert Poff, executive director of facility operations, said, “Because of weather conditions and scheduling conflicts, we had to cancel pouring the concrete sidewalks on several occasions.”
Poff said that pouring the concrete is the last component of fixing the entire sidewalk from the water line break.
Concern for Safety
Since the hole has not been able to be repaired for several weeks, there is a concern for the students’ safety.
There is caution tape and temporary barricading, but neither of those would hold a person if a he or she were to trip or fall. Also, at night, those warnings are difficult to see. If a student is using a wheelchair, there is limited space to get in the door, or else they’d be forced to wheel to the other side of Crestview.
“The barricades were intended to be a short term warning signal to keep people from entering the affected area,” Poff said. Since the pouring of the concrete kept getting delayed, the hole has been there longer than intended.
For some people, the hole was a question of safety, since the cautionary signals were not very secure.
Poff said, “We are concerned about student safety every day.”
The pouring of the concrete is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 15, which will finalize the repair.
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dear friends in the folk community,
hamliton camp passed away last night. evidently from a heart attack. for those of you who knew him, this is a profound loss. for those who didn’t, hamilton was there as the great folk scare began. judy collins opened for hamilton and his partner bob camp at the gate of horn in chicago.
there is also a recording of one of their concerts there. it is called gibson and camp at the gate of horn. since that time in the early sixties, he wrote, performed and toured as well as evolving into a fine actor, whose work could be seen in beatty’s heaven can wait amongst countless others. he was also a guest twice on the tv series mash.
we had been friends since we performed together at the earl of old town in chicago in the mid seventies, he with the skymonters and me solo.
last summer he called and asked me to produce a recording of him that was dedicated to his lovely wife rasjada who had passed away over two years ago. he came in, utterly prepared and performed the songs with so much heart, i suggested that we record him live, voice and guitar and then have the other musicians simply play afterwards and just serve his performances. both he and his son ray told me that no one had ever captured him so spot on. only this past friday, hamilton and i just finished the cover art and copy for the album beachwood recordings will be releasing the cd in november. it is called sweet joy. i think he was just staying here to finish this recording for rashada and then, when he knew it was all done, he slipped away.
he was a wonderfully funny, charming and talented man and one of my dearest friends. the world is a poorer place without him in it.
you can post me here if you want to send an email to his family. he is survived by a wonderful group of children and grandchildren. he was a blessed man.
For those who are interested in obtaining Hamilton’s last CD, here is the info:
Hamilton Camp / Sweet Joy Songs:
Song of the Wandering Angus
Long Train
Nothin’ But the Blues
Highway Man
Sittin on a Roof Top
Celts/Go No More A Rovin’
Pride of Man
Musicians: Hamilton Camp, Paul Barrere, Ken Lyon and James Lee Stanley
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►►Canadian lawmakers vote to expand spy powers. Legislation that would dramatically expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency has cleared a key hurdle. The House of Commons on Wednesday approved the Anti-Terror Act, which was spurred by last year’s attack on parliament. The act would give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s (CSIS) the ability to operate overseas and make preventative arrests. It also makes it easier for police to arrest and detain individuals without charge. Dominated by the Conservative party, the Senate is expected to approve the act before June.
►►Danish spy chief resigns over Islamist attacks. The head of Denmark’s Police Intelligence Service (PET), Jens Madsen, quit just hours before a report was due to be released into February’s fatal shootings in Copenhagen by an Islamist. Omar El-Hussein killed two people at a free speech debate and a synagogue before being shot dead by police. “It’s no secret that it is a very demanding position,” said Madsen, without giving a reason for his resignation. Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen declined to say whether the move was linked to criticisms of the police response to the attack.
►►OSCE urges France to reconsider controversial spying bill. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe urged French lawmakers to reconsider provisions of a proposed law that would expand government surveillance, a measure that was backed by French parliamentarians on Tuesday, despite criticism from rights groups. “If enforced, these practices will impact the right of journalists to protect the confidentiality of sources and their overall work”, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic said Wednesday. “If confidentiality of sources is not safeguarded within a trusted communications environment, the right of journalists to seek and obtain information of public interest would be seriously endangered”, he added
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Russian regulators object to MegaFon deal
MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Russian regulators are not happy with plans by Russia's Alfa-Group and the Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera to turn cellular providers MegaFon and Turkcell into a holding company, the Vedomosti and Kommersant newspapers reported.
The Communications Ministry and Federal Antimonopoly Service are both uncomfortable with the proposed deal, which MegaFon's third shareholder Alisher Usmanov opposes.
Vedomosti quoted officials from a federal agency and managers at two MegaFon co-owners that the Communications Ministry has submitted opinions about two potential deals by the Alfa-Group, including this one and plans with Norway's Telenor regarding No. 2 Russian cellular provider VimpelCom and Ukraine's Kyivstar. The ministry is said to be wary about the fact that overseas firms would control both MegaFon and VimpelCom, Vedomosti reports. However the article does not suggest that the ministry has any conceptual objections to the MegaFon deal as such.
Officials at the ministry are not yet available for comment.
Kommersant quoted unnamed sources as saying the FAS was not prepared to back the MegaFon deal and that the agency's chief, Igor Artemiyev, had notified First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov of this in writing on December 30.
Both deals need approval from the government's commission on foreign investment in strategic companies. The FAS has aired its concerns over the fact that Alfa might gain control of two of Russia's biggest cellular providers as a result of the proposed transactions with foreign partners announced towards the end of last year.
Alfa and TeliaSonera said in November that they had agreed to merge their stakes in MegaFon and Turkcell. They said the alliance was open to Alisher Usmanov's AF Telecom, but the latter turned the invitation down.
There is a risk the agreement is "declaratory in nature and will remain on paper," AF Telecom said the day after the deal was announced. "We see hardly any synergies from the merger. We see a proposal that benefits only some shareholders," it said.
AF Telecom also said it was "interested in pursuing possible cooperation with Svyazinvest." Press reports have said AF Telecom is in talks with the Svyazinvest holding and that Usmanov wants to swap his stake in MegaFon for a stake in Rostelecom , which will consolidate the Svyazinvest assets.
TeliaSonera controls 35.6% of MegaFon via subsidiaries and another 8.17% by virtue of its 26.1%-ownership of Telecominvest. AF Telecom effectively controls 31.13%, including 23.13% via its 73.9%-interest in Telecominvest and 8% via LLC Olimp. Altimo, which is the Alfa-Group's telecom arm, owns 25.1% of MegaFon via Allaction Ltd.
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How Christopher Hitchens Became an American Citizen (Or, a Case Study in the Need for Immigration Reform)
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“The American bureaucracy very swiftly overcompensates for any bright-eyed immigrant delusions. Nihil humanum a me alienum puto, said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. When folded — along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco, the only department of state I had ever hoped to command — into the vast inner space of the Department of Homeland Security, the resulting super-ministry was more like the Circumlocution Office than a reformed bureaucracy. My Canadian friend David Frum, who was actually working in the White House and had had a hand in writing the famous ‘axis of evil’ speech, had his personal paperwork lost when he applied to become an American. Ian McEwan was put under close arrest and hit with an indelible ‘entry denied’ stamp while trying to cross from Vancouver to Seattle for a big public reading: it would have been of little use to him to plead that the First Lady had recently asked him to dinner…
Innumerable times I was told, or assured without asking, that I would hear back from officialdom ‘within ninety days.’ I wasn’t in any special hurry, but it grated when ninety days came and went. Letters came from offices in Vermont and required themselves to be returned to offices in states very far away from the Canadian border. Eventually I received a summons to an interview in Virginia. There would be an exam, I was told, on American law and history. To make this easier, a series of sample questions was enclosed, together with the answers. I realized in scanning them that it wouldn’t do to try and be clever, let alone funny. For example, to the question: ‘Against whom did we fight in the revolution of 1776?’ it would be right, if incorrect, to say ‘The British’ and wrong, if correct, to say ‘The usurping Hanoverian monarchy.’ Some of the pre-supplied Qs and As appeared to me to be paltry… Q: ‘What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?’ A: ‘It freed the slaves.’ No it didn’t: that had to wait until the Thirteenth Amendment, the first United States document to mention the actual word ‘slavery’ (and not ratified by the State of Mississippi until 1995).
Having previously been made to go to a whole separate appointment in deepest Maryland just to be fingerprinted, I sat up on the night before my Virginia one, and decided to read slowly through the Constitution… One had to admire the unambivalent way in which these were written. ‘Respecting an establishment of religion,’ said the very first amendment, drawing on Jefferson’s and Madison’s Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom, ‘Congress shall make no law.’ Little wiggle room there; no crevice through which a later horse-and-cart could ever be driven. Alas for advocates of ‘gun control,’ the Second Amendment seems to enshrine a ‘right of the people to keep and bear arms’ irrespective of whether they are militia members or not. (The clause structure is admittedly a little reminiscent of the ablative absolute.) And the Eighth Amendment, forbidding ‘cruel and unusual punishments,’ is of scant comfort to those like me who might like that definition stretched to include the death penalty. If the Founders had wanted to forbid capital punishment (as, say, the state constitution of Michigan explicitly does), they would have done so in plain words…
For a writer to become an American is to subscribe of his own free will to a set of ideas and principles and to the documents that embody them in written form, all the while delightedly appreciating that the documents can and often must be revised, so that the words therefore constitute, so to say, a work in progress.
This was all rather well set out in the passport that I immediately went to acquire… Human history affords no precedent or parallel for this attainment. On the day that I swore my great oath, dozens of Afghans and Iranians and Iraqis did the same. A few days later, I noticed that I had sloppily gummed a postage stamp onto an envelope with the flag appearing upside down. I am the most frugal of men, but I reopened the letter, tore up and threw away the envelope, invested in a whole new stamp and sent Old Glory on its way with dignity unimpaired. A small gesture, but my own.”
From the closing of the chapter “Changing Places” in the memoir Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens.
Below: Hitchens takes his oath of citizenship with the Director of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, on April 13, 2005. You can read more about the event and its lead up in Hitch’s piece in the Atlantic in the following month “On Becoming American”.
Then read on:
Gore Vidal on what the “Pursuit of Happiness” means today
The three words Ben Franklin scratched off the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Sowell riffs: “The problem with our ‘immigration policy’… is that we don’t have an immigration policy”
From Hitch-22: Hitchens on his mother, on boozing, on the passage of time
"Provide, Provide" by Robert Frost
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More than Real A History of the Imagination in South India
David Shulman
from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, the major cultures of southern India underwent a revolution in sensibility reminiscent of what had occurred in Renaissance Italy. During this time, the imagination came to be recognized as the defining feature of human beings. More than Real draws our attention to a period in Indian history that signified major civilizational change and the emergence of a new, proto-modern vision. In general, India conceived of the imagination as a causative agent: things we perceive are real because we imagine them. David Shulman illuminates this distinctiveness and shows how it differed radically from Western notions of reality and models of the mind. Shulman's explication offers insightful points of comparison with ancient Greek, medieval Islamic, and early modern European theories of mind, and returns Indology to its rightful position of intellectual relevance in the humanities. At a time when contemporary ideologies and language wars threaten to segregate the study of pre-modern India into linguistic silos, Shulman demonstrates through his virtuoso readings of important literary works-works translated lyrically by the author from Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam-that Sanskrit and the classical languages of southern India have been intimately interwoven for centuries.
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← Mark Maier, Josh Pugh and Clayton Jones featuring on Saturday’s 9th Rolling in the Aisles – This Saturday 14/10/2017 8pm Start!
Today, 8pm Start – Rolling in the Aisles Comedy Club Night With Mark Maiers, Josh Pugh, Clayton Jones & Nick Wills! Tickets available on the door (+£1) Bar, Free Parking and Disabled Access →
Tomorrow 8pm Start – Rolling in the Aisles With Mark Maiers, Josh Pugh, Clayton Jones & Nick Wills! Tickets available on the door (+£1) Bar/Free Parking/Disabled Access
Posted on October 13, 2017 by batnet
Tickets £9 – £10 on the door (Concessions £7) 14+
Doors open 7.30pm. Show starts 8pm
Headline Act: Mark Maier
Supporting Acts: Josh Pugh & Clayton Jones
Compere: Nick Wills
Mark Maier
Talented award-winning writer and stand-up, Mark Maier, is an established and highly sought after performer on both the national and international comedy circuits.
He has worked the comedy clubs of Germany, Holland, Ireland, Hong Kong, The Bahamas, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and has also appeared at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and Caroline’s in New York
Amongst his many credits, Mark has taught and performed improvisation with Catherine Tate in London and has had a string of successful radio series, in which he both wrote and performed in.
‘Confident, personable and always in control’ The Stage
‘It’s high time someone gave hima TV show of his own!’ The Guardian
Josh Pugh
Offbeat ideas, strong imagery and dry observational asides, he finds laughs in unusual places. A promising voice Steve Bennett (Chortle)
From his very first gig in May 2014, English Comedian of the Year 2016 Josh Pugh has gained a proven track record of being a winner. He won that Funhouse gong show and has since gone on to win Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2015 and the Nottingham Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Award 2015. In between he somehow won Midland New Act of the Year in both 2014 and 2015 (we don’t know how it works either). This year, he came 3rd in the NATYS (formerly Hackney New Empire Comedian of the Year) before going on to win English Comedian of the Year 2016.
Clayton Jones
Clayton Has been doing comedy since 2013 and has established himself as a regular on the Uk comedy circuit. He has performed all over the Uk , with 2 one man shows at Edinburgh Festival 2015 and Leicester comedy Festival 2017. He is a Obsevational comedian that has gained followers all over the uk.
” This dude has funny bones” Romesh Ranganathan
“Instantly likeable. Laugh out loud hilarious. A proper cheeky geezer” – WDG Comedy
“Clayton is fast becoming one of the most “must see” performers on the British Comedy circuit!” ” – WOC
“Very funny & confident that earned him a huge round of applause from 2000+ bikers”– BSH Magazine
Over the last 2 years, our compere Nick Wills has created a fun and friendly club where top acts love to perform and where the audience play their part in making a great night.
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Congressman Jodey Arrington Denounces Violence at U.S. Capitol
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On Wednesday afternoon protesters breached the U.S. Capitol while Congress was going through the process of confirming the results of the 2020 Presidential election.
Several Congressmen had announced prior to the violence at the Capitol that they would object to the confirmation of Joe Biden as the winner of the Presidential election. Arrington was one of those Congressmen saying on Tuesday that would object citing changes to election law in certain states as a key reason.
Arrington announced his objection in a letter addressed to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi saying, "This defiance of the Constitution and blatant disregard for the Rule of Law in unconscionable and a dereliction of our sacred duty. I will object on January 6th and voice my constitutional concerns with the 2020 Presidential Election, and I urge my colleagues to do the same."
In Arrington's eyes, that objection needed to be done peacefully in Congress. He went to Twitter to denounce the actions of the mob at the U.S. Capitol.
“Today’s violence and lawlessness was completely unacceptable and undermined both peaceful protest and our efforts to voice legitimate objections to this election,” Arrington said in a Tweet. “Grateful to our law enforcement.”
Senator Ted Cruz was also among the many elected officials to get their message out on the public forum.
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This is a rare opportunity to develop yourself, the way we work, and the people around you.
We’re in the process of transitioning some of our finance operations from Switzerland to the UK. This role will lead a small team of 4, ensuring the seamless processing of AP and AR invoices as well as cash allocation, credit control, month end ledger closing and some reporting.
This will very much be a hands-on role. You will work closely with our Swiss colleagues to manage knowledge transfer between their team and ours, bringing Swiss AP and AR to the UK and then go on to be responsible for both Swiss and UK AP and AR processes, navigating 2 different systems and supporting the stabilisation new activities within your team.
You’ll be an ambassador for change, with great ideas and the management ability to realize them.
Key responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
• Transferring knowledge of Swiss accounts payable processes and bring to the UK, document processes and produce work instructions
• Processing accounts payable invoices for Swiss legal entities
• Setting objectives, developing and managing feedback for your team
• Acting as the main point of contact for escalations from vendors, customers, and employees
• Managing the resource in the newly created accounts receivable role, provide support in establishing the role, and ensure efficient ways of working are in place
• Support with any ad-hoc reporting or projects as required including Business Central ERP implementation, and the introduction of procurement cards, etc
• Continuously improve processes and enhance the Finance Department’s contribution to the company.
You’ll be no stranger to accounts payable and accounts receivable processing, with a good level of experience you can bring to the team. If you have experience of working with systems like Navision or Business Central, that would be very useful.
Great customer service is really important to you, so you’ll be more than comfortable in resolving any issues quickly and efficiently for vendors, customers or anyone else you engage with.
In many ways, your team are also your customers. You’ll work with both experienced colleagues and some who are earlier in their careers. You’ll be able to recognise the support and development they need and bring them on the journey of development with you.
If you speak German, that would be a big plus, but it’s not essential.
If you want to want to join a company on an exciting path, within a growing industry this could be a great role for you. You’ll be empowered to influence change, drive improvements, and develop yourself and others. For more information apply today
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John Whittingdale MP
Maldon and District Branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society
On Friday, 29th June, John Whittingdale attended the inauguration of the new Maldon and District Branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society at Maldon Football Club. Previously the Maldon and District Parkinson's Support Group, the new Branch is now affiliated to the National Society. The meeting was well attended and the Guest Speaker was Dr Kieran Bream, Director of Research at the Society.
John Whittingdale, who was elected President of the Branch, said:" I am delighted to become President of the Maldon Branch of the Parkinsons Disease Society.
Parkinson's is an immensely debilitating disease which affects about one in every 500 people. I am therefore very conscious that within my constituency there will be many living with, or helping to care for someone with the Disease. The Maldon Group does a marvellous job in providing support to
those people and I have no doubt that by becoming a Branch of the national society, it will be able to achieve even more."
Picture attached shows: Cllr Sheila Young, Deputy Chairman of Maldon DC
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A married Irishman went into the confessional…
A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, “I almost had an affair with another woman.” The priest said, “What do you mean, almost?” The Irishman said, “Well, we got undressed, naked and rubbed together, but then I stopped.” The priest said, “Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You’re not to see that woman again. For your penance, say five Hail Mary’s and put $50 in the poor box.” The Irishman left the confessional, said his prayers, and then walked over to the poor box. He paused for a moment and then started to leave. The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, “I saw that, You didn’t put any money in the poor box!” The Irishman replied, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according to you, that’s the same as putting it in!” My mother told this joke… I dont know if its original
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There’s only so many lawyers ….
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Cries in elecron
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The compiler is broken.
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Had a fun text today
*Screaming*
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Why don’t blind people like to go skydiving?
It scares the dog.
3 Stooges vs 1 flat screen TV:
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I was on the motorway and desperate for a wee.
"Quick, pass me your bottle!" I told my son, grabbing my crotch. Bloody useless that boy. He just sat there crying in his car seat.
It do be like that
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Real president > reality TV host
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I LAUGHED AT THIS FOR A SOLID 5 MINUTES
Blasted potholes
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funniest shit i’ve ever seen
Quite an interesting way of supporting Americans during this Pandemic, huh?
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Ah yes string
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God i told you GEORGE
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Who is supposed to kill you now
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They told me I’d never be good at poetry cause I’m dyslexic.
But so far I've made 3 jugs and a vase and they are lovely.
What sound does a witch’s vehicle make?
Old but gold
A new Army Captain was assigned to a recon company in a remote post in the desert. During his first inspection, he noticed a camel hitched up behind the mess tent. He asked the First Sergeant why the camel is kept there. "Well, sir," was the nervous reply, "as you know, there are 250 men here and no women. And sir, sometimes the men have …m-m-m…. urges. That's why we have the camel, sir." The Captain said, "I can't say that I condone this, but I understand about urges, so the camel can stay." About a month later, the Captain started having a real problem with his own urges. Crazy with passion, he asked the First Sergeant to bring the camel to his tent. Putting a stool behind the camel, the Captain stood on it, pulled down his pants, and had wild, insane sex with the camel. When he was done, he asked the First Sergeant, "Is that how the men do it?" "Uh, no sir," the First Sergeant replied. "They usually just ride the camel into town where the girls are."
Cursive good. Texting bad
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Dang kids want new useful technology!
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What does a pregnant teenage girl and her baby have in common?
They're both thinking "Oh shit, my mom is gonna kill me."
FINALY, my clock-fetish sex tape arrived in the mail…
…it's about fucking time.
TIL: If your boat turns upside down in the river, you can wear it on your head.
Because it is capsized.
Where do dogs keep their cold summertime treats?
In the pant-ry
I thought my dad spent all his savings on an expensive wig.
But one look and I realised it was a small price toupee.
Nice, wholesome post… NOT EDGY ENOUGH HAHA
Researchers recreate what Mummy’s voice would sound like
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Stolen, but proves that Boomers have become self aware, their humour knows no bounds…
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My Day Starter
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6h20 + 6co2 + radiant energy = 6o2 + c6h12o6
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haha lol
Concrete evidence her fall was her asphalt
pRo GaMeR mOvE
The Difference In Response
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My wife is threatening to kick me out of the house because of my obsession with acting like a news anchor.
More on this after the break.
ATE’s Pageommeter 404
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Rand-om sketch
I woke up this morning and found that someone has dumped a bunch of celery on my front porch.
I think I’m being stalked.
Thought it was more fitted over here.
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Why does the bottom half of this exist
How do you know the moon is going broke?
It's down to its last quarter.
“Woah can you hack my friend’s Instagram?”
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My half-awake brain delivered unto me this gem today
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I saw a post in my feed about avoiding procrastination
"Saved For Later"
The bravest (long joke)
Three generals and an admiral, one from each branch of the service, are standing around arguing which of their respective branch has the bravest members. "Army is the bravest and I can prove it," says the first general. He looks around and spots a private. "Soldier, get over here!" The young private runs over, goes to attention and throws a crisp salute. "Soldier, I want you to go climb that water tower and jump off." The private sees the water tower and without hesitation runs over to the ladder, scales up, jumps off, and dies on impact. "Now that is bravery." The Navy admiral chuckles and says, " you think that is bravery? Here watch this." He looks around and sees a young seaman. "Seaman, over here!" The young seaman rushes over, goes to attention, and throws a sharp salute. "Seaman, I want you to go over to that water tower and swan dive off." Without a second thought the young man runs over, climbs to the top, and performs a graceful swan dive off off the tower landing head first, dying on impact. "Now that is bravery. " The Marine general, not to be outdone by the Navy, just sneers out, "you boys ain't seen a thing yet." He spots a young corporal and shout out, "hey maggot, over here on the double!" The young Marine barrels over, pops to attention, and throws a perfect salute. "Alright you worthless pile of crap time to finally make something of yourself. I want you to climb up that water tower, do exactly three flips mid-air and land head first into the ground. You better die on impact as well or so help me I will reach into whatever afterlife you believe in, rip you out, and throw you off that tower myself!" Without batting an eye the Marine sprints over to the water tower, climbs up, does exactly three flips, and lands head first dying on impact. "Now that is bravery." The Air Force general just shakes his head and says, "I got this in the bag." He sees a young airman and calls him over. The young man gives a quizzical look and motions to himself to make sure, eventually walking over to the general. He makes a lazy attempt at attention and briefly throws a salute. "Airman, I want you to go over to that water tower and jump off." The airman raises his brow, looks up at the tower, and then down at the pile of dead service members. "Pfft, screw you … sir," he replies and walks off. The Air Force general turns to the other officers and remarks, "Now THAT is bravery!"
Deborah, will you look into that?
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I would post a joke about Buddhism
But I don’t have enough karma
Probably the only two things we can agree on
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Why do HK police go to work early?
To beat the crowds.
What washes up on tiny beaches?
When a blind person makes a formal agreement do they have to sign on the double dotted line?
Dad sent this to me
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Sandy Forster INTERVIEW
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Barbara interviews Sandy Forster, Millionaire Mindset Mentor
Sandy Forster is the millionaire mindset mentor for women around the world who are ready to attract abundance and make a difference. She helps women break through their blocks, manifest more money, and create a life they’re passionate about. Her award-winning international bestseller How to Be Wildly Wealthy Fast has been translated into over 11 languages. And her Millionaire Mindset Experience has helped women from over 108 countries create more prosperity and transform their life. She went from welfare to millionaire and loves inspiring and empowering women to create a life they truly love using the Law of Attraction. She owns her own tropical paradise with kangaroos grazing in her back yard, near the beach in sunny Australia.
Visit her on social media
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Barbara interviews Julie Schiffman, MSW and internationally recognized Expert EFT Practitioner.
For more than 20 years, Julie has counseled thousands of clients, helping them break through physical and emotional barriers. Her life-changing YouTube videos have been viewed more than 4 million times.
Julie is trained in various healing modalities but is best known for her expertise in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/Tapping) to help others heal from pain, disease, weight issues, phobias and other emotional and physical stressors.
In her private practice, Julie uses meridian tapping to address physical and emotional challenges with her clients all over the globe. She is certified in Emotion Code and is a Body Code practitioner as well. She was formerly the chief EFT practitioner for Dr. Mercola’s Center for Natural Health for over 15 years.
Julie has been a featured presenter for “The Annual Tapping World Summit” every year since its inception in 2008. She has presented for many other health related summits.
For more on Julie, visit her website: www.julieschiffman.com or join millions of others who tap along with her videos on YouTube (search: Julie Schiffman).
elijah grant INTERVIEW
Barbara interviews Mr Elijah Grant, real estate entrepreneur, CEO of a media company and motivational coach and speaker.
Elijah’s love for personal development guided him into learning tools for himself to become the best version of himself. He was living the Law of Attraction before he even knew what it was. He built a real estate empire which gave him the freedom to help people become financially free and make their lives the best that they can. Follow him on Facebook and join his group, TheSecretBlueprint.
pam grout INTERVIEW
catharine ross INTERVIEW
Barbara interviews acclaimed author and teacher Pam Grout.
Everyone in the Law of Attraction world knows and loves Pam Grout, the author of “E squared” and “E cubed”, experiments in LOA, and my favorite, “Thank and Grow Rich”, a take off of that other book. She is an amazing teacher of A Course in Miracles and a fabulous example of how to bounce back after a devastating loss of her own.
Barbara interviews certified EFT Tapping Practitioner, Catharine Ross.
Catharine Ross is a certified EFT Tapping Practitioner passionate about helping people reduce daily stress and anxiety as well as past traumas using this clinically proven and wonderfully simple self-help tool. She has been in business for over 8 years, is Mum to 4 year old Lily and 18 month old Zoe and lives in Melbourne, Australia. You can find out more about Catharine's work on her website www.breakfreewitheft.com
brad yates INTERVIEW
Barbara interviews Brad Yates, EFT expert and author.
Brad explains EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as tapping) and leads Barbara in two tapping sessions very relevant to today's current world situation.
Brad Yates is known internationally for his creative and often humorous use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).
Brad is the author of the best-selling children's book "The Wizard's Wish," the co-author of the best-seller "Freedom at Your Fingertips," and a featured expert in the film “The Tapping Solution.” He has also been a presenter at a number of events, including Jack Canfield's Breakthrough to Success, has done teleseminars with “The Secret” stars Bob Doyle and Dr. Joe Vitale, and has been heard internationally on a number of internet radio talk shows.
Brad also has well over 900 videos on YouTube, that have been viewed over 19 million times.
https://tapwithbrad.com/
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