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General Convention approves Same Sex Blessings
on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 at 7.37 am by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as ECUSA
Updated again Sunday morning
Episcopal News Service reports: Blessing rite authorized for provisional use from First Advent
Same-gender couples soon can have their lifelong relationships blessed using a rite approved by General Convention July 10.
In a vote by orders, the House of Deputies concurred with the House of Bishops to pass Resolution A049, which authorizes provisional use of the rite “The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant” starting Dec. 2 (the first Sunday of Advent). Clergy will need the permission of their bishop under the terms of the resolution.
The motion in the House of Deputies carried by 78 percent in the clergy order, with the clergy in 85 deputations voting yes, 22 no and four divided; and 76 percent in the lay order, with laity in 86 deputations voting yes, 19 no and five divided. The bishops had approved the resolution on July 9 with a roll call vote of 111 to 41 with three abstentions…
The text of the resolution, as amended, is here as a PDF.
The Diocese of South Carolina released a statement in opposition to this action.
Some other statements in reaction to this, and some press coverage can be found here.
Anglican Ink reports
12 bishops say no to gay blessings
A coalition of conservative and moderate bishops attending the 77th General Convention has released a statement denouncing the passage of Resolution A059: “Authorize Liturgical Resources for Blessing Same-Sex Relationships.”
The “Indianapolis Statement” joins declarations by the bishops and deputations of South Carolina and Central Florida in rejecting the authorization of provisional local rites for gay blessings as being contrary to Scripture, the Prayer Book, the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, and the undivided theological, pastoral and moral witness of the universal church for the past 2000 years…
and South Carolina walks out of General Convention
“Due to the actions of General Convention, the South Carolina Deputation has concluded that we cannot continue with business as usual. We all agree that we cannot and will not remain on the floor of the House and act as if all is normal. John Burwell and Lonnie Hamilton have agreed to remain at Convention to monitor further developments and by their presence demonstrate that our action is not to be construed as a departure from the Episcopal Church. Please pray for those of us who will be traveling early and for those who remain.”
and South Carolina not seceding from the Episcopal Church
Statement from Diocese of Central Florida
Statement from Diocese of Albany (PDF)
Bravo to the Episcopal Church in the USA! If only the Church of England had looked with favour on such a matter – the blessing of same-Sex Unions – there may not have been the same pressure for Civil Marriage Legislation for Same-Sex Christian couples.
Counterlight
A religion that promises a new heaven and a new earth can’t call itself conservative.
“Behold! I am making all things new.”
The Episcopal Church just moved the world a little closer to Isaiah’s vision of God’s Holy Mountain.
And one day, even Rome, Geneva, and Constantinople will catch up.
It appears that TEC has made provision for something called a ‘provisional rite.’ Article X of TEC’s constitution has no rite so-called. It does have provision for what it calls a ‘trial rite’ and this new rite was called that until at last minute a change was proposed to ‘provisional.’ A ‘trial rite’ requires a supermajority of Bishops to approve and people saw that was not going to happen. Rites like this one called ‘provisional’ must according to Article X conform to the rubrics of the BCP. The BCP is after all a constitutional document, not a loose leaf binder… Read more »
Old Father William
The large majorities by which this was passed among laity, clergy, and bishops (what might be called a “landslide” in the political realm)leaves no doubt that this is indeed the will of The Episcopal Church.
leonardo ricardo
The oppressed, the abused the sneared at (by selective Scriptural chest pounders and back slappers) are inching closer to becoming the authentic Christian human beings that God created us to be…thanks to TEC. May the grumblers shake fear and prejudice from their souls before religious excluding leaves more outcasts demeaned or in Uganda, Nigeria, Jamaica and beyond…the great foam of hate will dry and fall away…truth has begun to be graced.
Mike P-J
Will this lead to a fresh round of accusations from other member churches in the Communion?
David Shepherd
Far from the zenith of heavenly Zion, this ‘liturgy’ represents the nadir of contempt for Holy Writ.
Grumpy High Church Woman
It will be interesting to hear the reaction from ‘the Church of England’ since we have now declared ourselves such supporters of civil partnerships when faced by the prospect of same-sex marriage.
Bob McCloskey
I have not read the rite nor background info on this. However, I regret that it has been solely described in the media as a same-sex rite. At least in the developmental stages such a rite was intended for ‘straight’ relationships as well, where legal marriage would have resulted in economic difficulties for elderly and widowed couples who could not afford to reduce their retirement income, or a host of other scenarios of a truly pastoral nature. Having served in South Florida I witnessed such difficulties all too often. If the original intention has been maintained, then this is a… Read more »
The revolutionary spirit at the heart of the Christian faith is finally starting to crack open the hard amber of doctrinalism.
cseitz:
The vote in the House of Bishops was 111 to 41 with 3 abstentions. That comes to a majority of 73% by my reckoning. How large a supermajority is required for your “trial” rite?
And once again, I am amazed that you appear to claim a greater knowledge and authority about the church’s rules than those making decisions about such in GC.
A suggestion, sir: If you are so unhappy with the way the Episcopal Church is doing its business, why do you stay?
Post Covenant, the C of E’s own consultation can save itself a lot of work by drawing on the TEC liturgy for a template – it’s probably the only useful thing they could recommend apart from a general commitment to equality. As the legal status of gay unions varies widely across the United States, the liturgy is readily adaptable to England now that we have a Church divided, pace the most ideologically opposed, between supporters of civil partnerships (belatedly!) and gay marriage.
Contempt for the same Holy Writ always preached at this liturgy, DavidS? [C’mon, scare quotes? That’s beneath you.]
While TEC has yet to catch up (and admittedly, never will) w/ the Holy Spirit, even in this step (full equality of ALL the Children of God), it’s certainly a Big Step in the Spirit’s direction. TBTG & Alleluia! 😀
Pat–a supermajority according to Art. X would be a majority of all bishops — there are 305 total.
Kindly inform yourself before you write.
Art. X is quite clear and in this case the Bishops themselves knew they did not have the votes for a ‘trial rite.’ So they invented the category ‘provisional rite.’
If you need any further help understanding this, I am afraid I can make it no clearer.
Lapinbizarre/Roger Mortimer
The numbers game is of more interest to cseitz when it relates to CoE’s “Covenant” vote, Pat O’Neil.
I believe this to be the work of The Holy Spirit. The time has come for full inclusion of the glbt communities. The blessing of same-sex unions would seem quite in keeping to the inclusive love that Jesus tried to teach His disciples. Ugly words have been used to hurt and devalue those voices who yearn for marriage equality. These words are acts of violence against a hated group by ignorant and fearful minds. It is time for full inclusion and the provisional rite for blessing their unions is an act of love and fellowship with our glbt brothers and… Read more »
Perhaps you can make it clearer: Does the article in question say “all bishops” or “all bishops voting”? How has the phrase been interpreted in the past? If only 155 bishops (just barely a majority of all 305) attended GC, how could a majority of the whole number be expected at all?
it strikes me as odd that so many appear to believe that the Holy Ghost cannot act through the democratic process. Perhaps a more biblical drawing of straws would be more convincing for the dissenters?
andrewdb
Art X of The Constitution of The Episcopal Church (2009) provides: The Book of Common Prayer, as now established or hereafter amended by the authority of this Church, shall be in use in all the Dioceses of this Church. No alteration thereof or addition thereto shall be made unless the same shall be first proposed in one regular meeting of the General Convention and by a resolve thereof be sent within six months to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, to be made known to the Diocesan Convention at its next meeting, and be adopted by the General… Read more »
My understanding, from a distance as I am not at General Convention, is the SSB liturgy is not (and never was intended as) a revision of the BCP. Indeed, by its terms the resolution A049 says use of this liturgy is subject to the local Ordinary’s approval and so does not meet the requirement that the BCP “shall be in use in all the Diocese of this Church.” The change in the resolution was thus made to ensure there was no confusion that this was a BCP change.
“Far from the zenith of heavenly Zion, this ‘liturgy’ represents the nadir of contempt for Holy Writ.” Had David been arguing here all, with the Bishop of Milwaukee, that marriage is the only appropriate rite for the blessing of monogamous, exclusive conjugal relationships in the Christian church, I might be able to take it seriously. As it is, the notion that same-sex blessings engender promiscuity more than _un_blessed unions is something I can only see as being neither flesh nor fowl. If you think that same-gender unions fall short of God’s design, fair enough. If you think not blessing them… Read more »
Randal Oulton
@ cseitz >> Conservative also means ‘in a fellowship of saints’ who have gone before and who have helped order our life of Common Prayer and Worship, where we await the Coming of our Lord in love and hope.
And the southern Methodist church split off in 1844 because they were conservative and believed in slavery, and *awaited* 95 years to reunite with the Methodist church in the north. And to kinda admit they mighta be wrong.
Sara MacVane
I note that not one of the dissenting bishops is a woman.
cseitz, and what sort of majority was required to authorize the supplemental liturgical materials like the “Enriching Our Worship” series? The majority of all bishops that you describe? I doubt it, since they were last authorized in 2009, unless, of course, you wish us to believe that none of those liturgical supplements can legitimately be used in TEC. If you look, I think you’ll find that the provisions for trial-use liturgies refers to liturgies created as part of a prayer book revision (or at least has only been used in the prayer book revision process), while supplemental liturgical material (which… Read more »
MarkBrunson
The usual suspects raise the usual dire warnings and spin, because, when you get down to it, they hate gays. That’s still what it’s about, wrapped in pretty words pretending to be pastoral concern. The whinging cry of “How can you be so cruel to your *brethren*!” never concerns them when it is their cruelty.
Hollow, sad, pointless conversing with them. Let the dead bury the dead.
John Bowles
Heaven above, the Holy Spirit is being banded about as if it is something bought from an off- licence. The result of this decision of the American Episcopal Church will be more significent defections to other denominations, not necessarily Rome, and many of them young married people. Already the TEC is a ghost of itself and it will soon be a wraith. But the reality is that for some time a significant number of Episcopalian parishes (some with openly lesbian incumbents) have been performing same-sex marriages without let or hindrance. For example, Google Emmanuel, Boston, and read its website in… Read more »
So, as I understand it then, the provisional rite is not a revision (even a trial revision) of the BCP, but merely a supplement to it, on the order of the “Enriching Our Worship” materials.
Many of the comments here demonstrate why we should cut ties with the CofE and establish a TEC mission to provide for those who are not pastorally-supported by their church. Again, let the dead bury the dead.
Laurence Roberts
Thanks for the good news John Bowles. So encouraging to know that Jewish couples have been included – and why ever not. Same as Jesus.
Daniel Berry, NYC
@ David Shepherd: Perhaps our contempt for “holy writ” would be mitigated if we resumed the wholesome practices of stoning adulterers (the implicated females only, of course) and killing children who smart-mouth their fathers. Then we could move on to genocide of nations and peoples whose religion disagrees with ours – just as the god of the book of Numbers commanded Israel to do. The whole Christian church could be edified by the Episcopal Church’s witness to the entire catalog of BronzeAge morality–not just that pertaining to condemnation of persons of the same sex who fall in love and build… Read more »
I find it sad that ‘Christians’ should be so against the blessing of loving, stable, monogamous couple relationships. are they not preferable to serial and promiscuous relationships? The Bible seems – at least in the New Testament – to tell us that Love casts out fear. Now who exactly is afraid here?
It was lovely hearing the prophet Hosea at Mass this morning. God is Good! – forgiving and loving.
I guess for some, what you descibe as bronze age morality, reflect the very real, immutable ways of the living God, reflecting His Holy character, rather than a cultural tradition – which changes with the ways of the world.
The New Testament – self-declared as inspired by God Himself – certainly doesnt endorse the stoning of adulterers, but rather calls for them to repent and live. However the New Testament still clearly teaches the ways of the flesh shall lead to death.
I actually agree with the 12 dissenting bishops at the convention. This IS marriage by another name. We should come clean as a church and embrace these rites for what they are instead of trying to distance ourselves from same sex marriage for the sake of political expediency. We certainly haven’t fooled or appeased the opponents of marriage equality, and we’ve not earned any credibility with the gay community. Half measures never work.
Pat — the Art. X is now before you. “by a majority of the whole number of the Bishops entitled to vote in the House of Bishops” = 305. Insufficient numbers to pass a trial rite. A ‘provisional rite’ was proposed instead. Art. X makes clear that any rite must still conform to BCP rubrics. Supplemental rites included. Of course, this is what I already said in the first comment. BCP and Art. X clearly envision no rite that is not in conformity with the constitutional BCP. They may be supplemental. They cannot be sui generis. “I accept that those… Read more »
Geoff: ‘the notion that same-sex blessings engender promiscuity more than _un_blessed unions is something I can only see as being neither flesh nor fowl.’ I agree. Minor issue, though, I didn’t actually claim that inordinately more promiscuity would result from same-sex liturgy. I merely declared the innovation to be the worst example of contempt for Holy Writ. In the end, contempt is, well, just contempt, no more and no less. (That’s hardly a scare tactic, JCF). ‘but that some people should, in essence, be left to make up sexual ethics on their own’. Therefore, the idea behind this move is… Read more »
Mr Randal: There is surely a distinction between saying that those who formulated constitutional order were wrong and the hard work is now before us to correct the constitution and its understanding (processes to undertake this exist); and saying, let’s ignore what was said, or say it doesn’t matter now that we believe something else. So, e.g., The House of Deputies appeared to have passed a resolution on Communion without Baptism that included an option for discretion manifestly at odds with the C/C. So the HOB, seeing that, eliminated the discretionary clause as out of order. The logic of the… Read more »
Where in the rubrics of the BCP is it forbidden to bless a non-marital relationship? Is it forbidden to bless my relationship with my siblings? Or with my children? Or with my neighbors in a block association?
Surely, if the rubrics permit the blessings of pets, jewelry (wedding rings), and even military vessels, they permit the blessing of human relationships.
“Already the TEC is a ghost of itself and it will soon be a wraith.” The Episcopal church I attend in Seattle is growing, and the vigor, involvement and devoted donation of time by our Search Committee and our vestry are amazing and energizing – as is the quality of applicants we have had from all over the US. AND we are a very progressive community. I have spoken with a number of younger members who come to us because we have long been outspoken in acceptance and full inclusion of GLBT persons – and stance strongly supported by even… Read more »
Mr Shepherd, many many times in our history have reason (or you may call it obdurate rationalisation if you like) have been allowed to “trump scripture and tradition.” And it’s a damn good job for all of us that it has done so. Plenty can be found in both Scripture and Tradition that, I hope, horrifies the hearts of all decent people. In any event, the modern secular state has moved Western society away from much Bronze Age barbarities–no thanks to the Church or any other religious “scripture and tradition” I’m able to identify.
I do not regard your writings as ‘holy writ’ David Shepherd. So sorry but there we are.
This is the logical development of what happened at the 1930 lambeth Conference, when Anglicanism affirmed contraception, and stated that sex did not have to be open to the tansmission of life.
That is why some of us are grateful for the guiding hand of the Catholic Church and her Magisterium.
If you don’t like the Synodical democratic system of Anglicanism, please have the integrity to leave.Stop thinking of the endowments.
Dennis in Chicago
David Shepherd: a quick question that is quite relevant. You have avoided my questions in the past but please do answer this one. Have you ever donated or received blood transfusions, or eaten sausage? Very simple question. As an arbiter of what is and is not Christian have you done any of the above?
And I look forward to how you will spin the related passages in Acts to not apply to your literalist interpretation. But before that are you free of the above behaviors?
Dear Ms O’Neill, Kindly look at Page 13 of the BCP where we are told what rites are permitted. What was passed at GC was an official rite of the church. I don’t believe GC has passed an official rite for blessing neighbours in a block association. You can correct me about that, as you seek to do previously with comments like those in your first response. I cannot see how Art. X’s regulatory concerns — which are so obvious — would anticipate the development of a rite which in every way imitates marriage except in name, and for which… Read more »
When opponents of same-sex blessings on the grounds of “holy writ” become equally adamant opponents of divorce after remarriage on the grounds of “holy writ,” I will listen to what they say. Otherwise, it’s just picking and choosing Bible verses with a dash of intellectual dishonesty and a smidgen of theological incoherence thrown in.
I always find it remarkable that the detractors of the Episcopal Church always fall back on the “might makes right” argument. Exxon-Mobil is the most powerful and most profitable corporation in all of history. It is far larger, more influential, wealthier, and affects more people than any church ever will. The governments of the United States, the UK, and several other countries are on its payroll. Heads of state and legislators around the world are eager to curry its favor. The Roman Catholic Church in all its power and glory is but an antique bauble in comparison. Our outfit was… Read more »
Dennis: No need for spin when St. Paul speaks explicitly regarding ritual food prohibitions. This is an explicit progression from the Noahide prohibitions established by the Jerusalem council in Acts. Love sausages (with brown sauce, please!) ‘As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.’ (Roman 14:14) This specifically relates to Jewish food regulations, as does the following: ‘So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days… Read more »
“However the New Testament still clearly teaches the ways of the flesh shall lead to death.” Posted by: David Wilson on Thursday, 12 July 2012 The reality is that all flesh shall die. That was the reason that even Jesus Had To Die, and be raised in a form that was different from his former body – so much so that he wasn’t recognised by his closest disciples, not even Mary Magdalene! The ways of the flesh are death – no dispute here. and there presumably will be no problem with bodily passions in the next world! It is only… Read more »
Cseitz: As I believe I have noted to you before, I am MR. O’Neill. And, no, there is no “official” rite for blessing block associations, or even for blessing pets. OTOH, there is no official rite for blessing a birthday, yet my rector weekly calls those who will be celebrating such events to the altar and blesses them. Is your objection to the idea of one rite for the entire church to use in this matter (as one who puts so much emphasis on “common prayer” I would think you would support such a measure), or to the idea of… Read more »
david rowett
I never like arguments e silencio, and David’s one tends a little that way. It’s hard to reconstruct the apostolic and sub-apostolic church, when all’s said and done, and one observation on David’s point about the food regulations may be worth making: that the issue of the observance or non-observance of Jewish ritual law affected each and every member of the fledgling Jesus movement. Some sort of accommodation had to be reached with great urgency. Sex wasn’t that important, bluntly. And perhaps it’s not surprising that sexual law doesn’t feature that greatly within the apostolic teaching: after all, the Pauline… Read more »
“No need for spin when St. Paul speaks explicitly regarding ritual food prohibitions. This is an explicit progression from the Noahide prohibitions established by the Jerusalem council in Acts. Love sausages (with brown sauce, please!)”
But wasn’t Paul then simply one man speaking for himself? And the Jerusalem council speaking for the church as a whole?
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Note: Keep in mind that this article is purely educational and lets you decide which manufacturer to go for.
Seiko, unlike its competition in this category, doesn’t only make quartz watches. Their range of watches with automatic movements is known to rival the best in the industry when it comes to complications and craftsmanship. However, the manufacturer’s selling point is their cost-friendly price that doesn’t sacrifice either performance (power, movement, etc.) or aesthetics. Below, we’ll go through the brand’s highlights.
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Over the years, Seiko has come up with movements of all sorts. Unlike most of the competition, the watchmaker doesn’t allow itself limitations from Swiss tradition, or even misconception on what should be. It’s like the Samsung of the industry, with the Citizen a lower-tiered iPhone (at least when compared to Rolex).
They have made watches with quartz, automatic, solar, kinetic, and spring movements. Their quartz movements include both the standard types and high-precision ones in the case of the 9F Quartz. As for automatic, you’ll find movements that can rival the best in the watchmaking world. A highlight is the Grand Seiko SBGR253 with up to 72 hours in power reserve. On the part of solar watches, six months of use upon full charge is the new milestone.
The kinetic and spring movements, on the other hand, are entirely different. In the case of the first one, it refers to a collection of watches that uses a battery that’s charged through winding, whether self-winding or modern, where it self-winds. Also, keep in mind that the ‘old-school’ method comes with two power indicator functions, so you feel the transfer of power.
The second, which is the Spring Drive movement is like a brother to the kinetic movement. Both are proof of Seiko’s innovations as a master of both electronic and mechanical watchmaking. Back to the Spring Drive, it combines tradition with precision. The movement charges like any mechanical watch, but then includes the use of an electronic regulator for higher accuracy (±10s per year).
The price of Seiko watches can go from as low as $100 to as high as $50,000. But most times, the Seiko line up is less than $1,000 (exceptions are the Presage, Prospex, and Astron collections) while the Grand Seiko collection starts from there. For the innovative Spring Drive, only the Grand Seiko uses it. You’ll find every other type of movements Seiko make in the sub-$1,000.
Good dive watches start at $300
Sleek dress watches start at $400
GPS models start from $1,000
Street-styled series start at $400
Casual/outdoor and military-styled watches start around $150
Seiko watches always come with a high level of finish, durability, and sophisticated design. Sadly though, Seiko doesn’t complement all three with precious metals like we usually see in watches made by Rolex, Patek Philippe, and others. The one exception to this norm is the Grand Seiko 130th Anniversary Limited Edition SBGW252.
Citizen is a watch brand that formed in 1918. The manufacturer purely focuses on in-house quartz movements which are all made in Japan. Also, most of their watches are assembled in automated factories, though their high-end models (assembled by Meisters and Super Meisters) are an exception to that rule. That said as we mentioned above with Seiko watches, Citizen watches are known for their high prices, too. And that’s with no adverse effect on the performance. Here’s a break-down of the features of a Citizen watch on the market.
Features of Citizen Timepieces:
Ultra-accurate quartz movements
Light-powered quartz movements
Dainty form factor
Use of perpetual calendar in all watches with a date display
Atomic timekeeping for precise time transmission from unique radio towers
Battery span of up to 20 years, before power storage capacity, dropped by 20%
With Citizen, their central movement revolves all around the Eco-Drive technology. The technology can generate light from any source. Whether that be natural, artificial, or even dim (regardless of which one), the battery gets charged. What’s more, a full charge means 5-12+ months of operation in pitch darkness.
Other than that, their HAQ (High-Accuracy Quartz) technology is the next best, and it’s the industry standard. Citizen watches with this technology usually have a staggering time accuracy of ± five seconds per year. It’s one of the best we’ve seen so far.
In contrast to Seiko, Citizen doesn’t have a variety of movements. But the ones they do have (namely, the Eco-drive movements) are the best that you can find in the market, especially with the updates to the tech itself.
Note: Citizen has an automatic movement called the Miyota movement. It’s not as popular as its counterpart; and even when compared to the ones found in the Seiko, it’s no competition.
Pricing in the case of Citizen watches can go from $100 to $20,000.
The latter is a bit underwhelming when compared to Seiko’s, but keep in mind that Citizen only makes quartz watches. They never want to compromise on time accuracy by using mechanical watches. At the same time, durability and features are never too far away from their collections.
Dive and dress watches cost below $400
Eco-drive watches start from as low as the minimum $100
Atomic timekeeping watches start at $350
Seiko Watches Aesthetics
Citizen is like Seiko in this regard. Neither of them uses precious metals (gold, platinum, diamonds, etc.), but both their watches do offer impeccable finish, high durability (use of stainless steel), and exceptional aesthetic appeal overall.
Seiko Watches Final Thought
If you don’t mind quartz watches and the extra accuracy the tech brings, Citizen watches might be your best bet. Alternatively, if you prefer the tradition of mechanical watches, with a cost-friendly price, then Seiko watches should be your choice! Either way, it’ll be a win.
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Dining with Chinese president was achievement for Lungu – Lubinda
Agriculture minister Given Lubinda says it was huge achievement for president Edgar Lungu to dine with the president of China.
He said President Lungu had made an achievement by being the first Head of State after Kenneth Kaunda to dine with the Chinese President.
“He has been President of the Republic of Zambia for a very short time, and yet ever since Kenneth Kaunda, he has been the very first to have dined with the President of China,” Lubinda said. “All the presidents after Kenneth Kaunda were hosted by [the] premier or chairman of the party. He was hosted by his counterpart, President of the largest country in the world.”
Nonsensical as this statement is, it is not even true. In fact, on February 3, 2007, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Zambia and Levy Mwawawasa hosted hosted a banquet for him at Intercontinental hotel on February 4, 2007.
Lubinda also blamed Lungu’s predecessors for the fuel crisis saying his boss inherited the fuel crisis. Poor Michael Sata, not here to defend himself and no one speaks for him nowadays.
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Capsized kayaker treated for hypothermia after Coast Guard rescue
Man was not wearing life jacket, officials say
Updated: 10:52 PM EST Jan 26, 2017
Christine DeLong Wheeler
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A Coast Guard crew rescued a capsized kayaker Thursday near Wood Island. Officials said a 34-year-old man capsized in 43-degree water at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. A good Samaritan saw the kayak from land and alerted Coast Guard watchstanders at 12:10 p.m. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor was conducting training in the area and was able tolocate the kayaker at around 12:15 p.m. "When we pulled up to the kayak we saw legs sticking out from underit," said Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Christensen the coxswain of thelifeboat. "He must have been breathing from a pocket of air in thekayak." They pulled him aboard the lifeboat and treated him for hypothermia and shock. The crew used scissors from their first aid kit to remove cold wet clothing. Officials said the man was not wearing a life jacket at the time. "My crew acted quickly using blankets to dry and warm the man up,"Christensen added. The crew then brought the man to a pier near the Coast Guard Station wherehe was transferred to awaiting Portsmouth Fire Department EMS. Officials said the functional survivability rate was less than two hours based on the water temperature and the clothing the man was wearing.
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A Coast Guard crew rescued a capsized kayaker Thursday near Wood Island.
Officials said a 34-year-old man capsized in 43-degree water at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.
A good Samaritan saw the kayak from land and alerted Coast Guard watchstanders at 12:10 p.m.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor was conducting training in the area and was able tolocate the kayaker at around 12:15 p.m.
"When we pulled up to the kayak we saw legs sticking out from underit," said Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Christensen the coxswain of thelifeboat. "He must have been breathing from a pocket of air in thekayak."
They pulled him aboard the lifeboat and treated him for hypothermia and shock. The crew used scissors from their first aid kit to remove cold wet clothing.
Officials said the man was not wearing a life jacket at the time.
"My crew acted quickly using blankets to dry and warm the man up,"Christensen added.
The crew then brought the man to a pier near the Coast Guard Station wherehe was transferred to awaiting Portsmouth Fire Department EMS.
Officials said the functional survivability rate was less than two hours based on the water temperature and the clothing the man was wearing.
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Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at the celebrities who found love, suffered heartbreak or experienced some other major event in their love lives in July 2019, starting with our favorite young pop stars… Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello spent most of early July confirming rumors from late June that they're an item as they were spotted on several PDA-packed outings together. Now keep reading for more of the month's biggest celeb love life updates…
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TMZ revealed on July 11 that Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz secretly tied the knot on Feb. 22, the first anniversary of the day they met.
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Britney Spears and her boyfriend of nearly three years, Sam Asghari, made their red carpet debut at the premiere of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on July 22. The singer sported a diamond ring during the A-list affair, sparking rumors that they'd gotten engaged — though multiple media outlets reported on July 23 that Sam has yet to pop the question. (Vanessa Hudgens and her longtime boyfriend, Austin Butler, also sparked engagement rumors at the event.)
Princess Stephanie of Monaco's eldest son, Louis Ducruet, married his college sweetheart, Marie Chevalier, in a civil ceremony at Prince's Palace in Monaco on July 26. The following day, they had second wedding: a religious ceremony at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, which is where his grandparents, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier II, wed in 1956.
During an interview with iHeartMedia that aired on July 12, Ed Sheeran finally confirmed longstanding rumors that he and Cherry Seaborn secretly tied the knot.
Kendall Jenner and Los Angeles Lakers power forward Kyle Kuzma sparked romance rumors when they attended several Fourth of July parties together. But on July 14, the model took to Twitter to deny that they're an item.
Finally official! On the July 17 episode of "The Bellas Podcast," Nikki Bella finally called Artem Chigvintsev her boyfriend. Just a few days earlier, the former "Dancing With the Stars" partners posed together on the orange carpet at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards — their first official appearance as a couple since taking their relationship to the next level in late 2018.
Nicole Murphy and Antoine Fuqua were photographed packing on the PDA while hanging out at a hotel pool in Italy on July 20. It's unclear when (or if) the "Training Day" director and his wife of two decades, actress Lela Rochon, called it quits. Nicole later claimed to TMZ that she was under the impression Antoine was divorced.
Leona Lewis married her love of nearly a decade, choreographer Dennis Jauch, in a vineyard in Italy's Tuscany region on July 27.
Annette Roque finally filed to divorce Matt Lauer in Suffolk County, New York, on July 9.
On the July 8 episode of her eponymous talk show, Wendy Williams confirmed she has a new boyfriend — but he's not 27-year-old fashion designer Marc Tomblin, to whom she was linked in June. The hostess said she's "crazy about" her mystery man — a doctor who's been married before and has kids in their 20s — but she's not in love with him.
On July 21, Us Weekly confirmed rumors from May that Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are secretly engaged.
"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Cynthia Bailey and her boyfriend of a little more than a year, sports journalist Mike Hill, got engaged at the grand opening of her new Atlanta-based business, The Bailey Wine Cellar, on July 26.
Tom Holland has a new girlfriend: The English actor was spotted holding hands with Olivia Bolton at the British Summer Time Hyde Park music festival in London on July 14, signaling that his rumored relationship of around two years with Zendaya had come to an end.
Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart have called it quits after nearly two years of coupledom, Us Weekly reported on July 22. Other outlets also reported the"Riverdale" co-stars had broken up, but the duo made fans question their relationship status when they separately took to Instagram to promote their new joint cover of W magazine, hinting that maybe the reports were false. "BREAKING: A reliable source has confirmed that none of you know [anything]," Lili wrote.
KJ Apa, 22, and Britt Robertson, 29, are an item, multiple media outlets reported on July 21 after the "A Dog's Purpose" co-stars were seen packing on the PDA during a Comic-Con party.
In The Band Perry's new song "The Good Life," which dropped on July 12, frontwoman Kimberly Perry sings about the infidelity she experienced during "a toxic and incredibly difficult time" in her life. Though she stopped short of explicitly saying that her ex-husband, J.P. Arencibia, served as the inspiration for the song, the blonde beauty made it clear during an interview with People magazine that, based on the timeline, she's talking about the former MLB catcher. He clearly got that impression! J.P. took to social media — and released a statement to People — denying that he'd ever been unfaithful. He went on to call the whole thing a publicity stunt on his ex-wife's part.
On July 16, MailOnline revealed that Michael Sheen has a new girlfriend: 25-year-old Swedish actress Anna Lundberg, whom he's been seeing since at least May. The following day, the Welsh actor tweeted that he and Anna are expecting a child together.
People magazine reported on July 3 that according to La La Anthony's rep, the actress is "proceeding with legal discussions as the next step" in her relationship with her husband, Carmelo Anthony, in the wake of his latest cheating scandal.
Dua Lipa and Anwar Hadid confirmed they're a couple by kissing and cuddling during the British Summer Time Hyde Park music festival in London on July 6. A few days earlier, a British tabloid reported that the "One Kiss" singer was seen smooching Chris Martin at another English music festival. The Coldplay frontman's rep released a statement denying the report.
Bindi Irwin took to Instagram on July 24 — her 21st birthday — to reveal that her longtime boyfriend, Chandler Powell, popped the question.
Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey, who reportedly hit it off in June, debuted their burgeoning romance during a post-Independence Day vacay in Cabo with the two friends who "set them up."
Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson sparked engagement rumors by wearing matching gold bands while vacationing in St. Tropez on July 5. Two weeks later, the former "Pretty Little Liars" star debuted what appears to be a tattoo dedicated to her girlfriend of a little more than a year: the letters C and D (Cara's initials) just below her armpit.
Elijah Wood and his girlfriend of at least a year, Mette-Marie Kongsved, also sparked engagement rumors when they stepped out in Los Angeles on July 8. The Danish film producer, who's apparently pregnant, can be seen wearing what appears to be an engagement ring.
During an interview with Vogue that hit the Internet on July 9, Ariana Grande described her relationship with her ex-fiancé, Pete Davidson, as "an amazing distraction" from a difficult time in her life — specifically her breakup from the late Mac Miller, who died of an accidental overdose in September 2018. "It was frivolous and fun and insane and highly unrealistic, and I loved him, and I didn't know him," she said of the "Saturday Night Live" star.
Amy Landecker and Bradley Whitford tied the knot in Santa Barbara on July 17.
Chuck Wicks married Jason Aldean's sister Kasi Williams at the Cabo Azul Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on July 12.
During an interview with "Entertainment Tonight" that hit the Internet on July 15, model Calee Lutes confirmed previous rumors that Peter Weber, who's currently competing for Hannah Brown's heart on "The Bachelorette," suddenly ended their long-distance relationship of five months in December so that he could appear on the show. She also said that since the season debuted, "multiple people" have reached out to tell her that the pilot was seeing other women while they were exclusive.
E! News reported on July 9 that Cole Swindell and Barbie Blank, who debuted their relationship at the 2019 ACM Awards in April, have already called it quits.
Bella Thorne and her boyfriend, Italian pop singer Benjamin Mascolo of Benji & Fede, posed together in their first joint photo shoot: a feature for Vanity Fair Italia that hit the Internet on July 16. In the accompanying interview, the duo revealed that they first connected through Instagram three years ago but didn't meet in person until Coachella in April 2019. (Bella's relationship with her ex-boyfriend, rapper Mod Sun, came to an end after they got into a fight at the Southern California music festival.)
Andrew Garfield is dating model Christine Gabel, Radar Online reported after the duo were seen walking with their arms wrapped around each other in Los Angeles on July 10.
Adriana Lima debuted her new boyfriend, Emir Uyar, in Mykonos, Greece, on July 8. It's unclear when exactly the supermodel and the Turkish businessman, who were also seen holding hands, first started dating.
Although he's still in the process of divorcing second wife Elvira "Elly" Schneider — a process that's taken five years so far — John Schneider married Alicia Allain in a non-legally-binding ceremony in the barn at John Schneider Studios in Holden, Louisiana, on July 2. The pair plan to make their union legal once the former star of "The Dukes of Hazzard" finalizes his divorce.
"Riverdale" star Vanessa Morgan took to Instagram on July 3 to announce that she and baseball player boyfriend Michael Kopech, who previously romanced Brielle Biermann, are engaged.
Shannon Beador took to Instagram on July 26 to debut her new boyfriend: insurance brokerage firm exec John Janssen, whom she reportedly met through mutual friends and started seeing a couple months ago.
In early July, Keshia Knight Pulliam sparked rumors that she and "For Better or Worse" alum Brad James are an item. They've been flirting on social media for months.
On July 16, Us Weekly reported that, according to a source, Bachelor Nation's Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes are "together" but "taking it slow" following their time together on Season 6 of "Bachelor in Paradise," which debuts in August.
DailyMailTV revealed on July 11 that Phaedra Parks is dating "The Haves and the Have Nots" actor Medina Islam, who romanced Claudia Jordan back in 2016. The former "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star met her new beau on Raya, an exclusive dating app for the rich and famous.
Lily Collins sparked rumors that she's dating Emilia Clarke's ex-boyfriend, director Charlie McDowell: The duo were spotted packing on the PDA during an outing in Los Angeles on July 14.
Aubrey O'Day opened up about former loves Pauly D and Donald Trump Jr. while promoting the third season of the MTV dating show "Ex on the Beach" on Instagram on July 16. "After my last relationship with Pauly, it took so long for me to heal from the pain, anger, torture, & toxicity that I found love in with him," she captioned a photo of herself. "I'm so happy for you guys to watch the journey of an 'older gal' find her younger self and maybe [a new man] too." She then added, "Oh and yes, Don was my soulmate, and I was his. I said it, I mean it. He knows it still." The singer allegedly had an affair with the president's son in 2011, while he was still married to Vanessa Trump, whom he's since divorced.
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By Dan Rudy
Kayakers spreading plastic-free message along coastline
Dan Rudy / Wrangell Sentinel
Mathilde Gordon and Lucy Graham arrive at Wrangell's summer dock Friday morning after traversing the Wrangell Narrows. The two are kayaking their way south from Glacier Bay National Park to Vancouver to support marine cleanup efforts in Canada and their native Australia.
A pair of Australian kayakers navigated their way to Wrangell over the weekend, part of a three-month excursion down the Pacific Ocean's northeastern coastline.
Starting in Glacier Bay National Park a couple of weeks ago and terminating in southern British Columbia, their trip is one with two purposes: to raise funds for marine conservation and to raise awareness about the impact of plastics on the world's oceans.
Lucy Graham and Mathilde Gordon come from Cairns, a seaside city in Australia's northeastern province of Queensland. Much as Wrangell is to the Stikine River and Anan bear observa...
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Posted on Monday 2nd September, 2019
TIV UNDER 18 FINALS REPORT
By SAM RICHARDS
Week one of the 2018 TIV Under 18 Division 1 finals kicked off on a warm, early spring Saturday, with Werribee Districts 1 playing Flemington Juniors in the first Elimination Final.
Heading into Saturday’s clash, Werribee’s form had been anything but impressive, going 1-3 while averaging an alarming 54 points over the past month.
However, this mattered very little, as the highly fancied Districts 1 side more than doubled their recent scoring average, on their way to a 78-point win, 17.11 (113) to 4.11 (35).
Led by Jordan Riazati (3 goals) and Ryan Potter (3 goals), Werribee posted an 11 goal second half to claim an impressive victory over an emerging finals threat.
In Sunday’s second Elimination Final, Yarraville Seddon clashed with the Caroline Springs.
The Eagles went into their do or die clash with great confidence after accounting for the slow starting Lakers just three weeks ago at Yarraville Oval – despite kicking only one goal in the entire second half.
However, Sunday’s clash was a different story, as Caroline Springs raced out to a 12-point quarter time lead.
Yarraville wouldn’t be denied though, as the talented Eagles kicked 5 second half goals to claim a miraculous comeback victory by the slimmest of margins – one solitary point.
The 7.12 (54) to 7.11 (53) win means the Eagles are now 2- 0 in games decided by under six points in Division 1 football.
The ever reliable Zachary Pritchard was among Yarraville’s best for the second week running, while James Di Pretoro (2 goals), Aiden Tester (2 goals) and Bader Ismail ( 2 goals) accounted for six of the Eagles seven match winning goals.
Yarraville will now play Districts 1 in Sunday’s First Semi Final.
In Division 2 and Spotswood’s rich vein of form continued with the Woodsman defeating Point Cook by 8 points, 11.11 (77) to 10.9 (69).
After kicking three of the first four goals, Spotswood established a lead they would never surrender, thanks to six goals between Abdul El Houli (3 goals) and Darcy Cullen (3 goals) and lively performances from Harrison Newitt and James Heriot.
The Woodsman now progress through to the Division 2 TIV Under 18 Grand Final.
In the Second Semi, after a sublime 4-0 regular season, Sunshine shockingly bowed out in straight sets, this time losing to Werribee Districts 2, 6.5 (41) to 13.18 (96).
After an even first quarter, Districts 2 kicked 9 of next 11 goals in a stunning turn of events.
Phillip Galea was relentless, while Nathan Griffiths (5 goals) and Alberto Rappazzo (4 goals) gave the Sunshine back six headaches all day.
Werribee now face Point Cook next week for a spot in the Grand Final.
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The best bit of writing advice I’ve ever been given is as follows: “You can’t edit a blank page.”
And that little mantra has influenced me in both my fiction and my journalism work. It’s a remarkably simple ethos but it’s amazing how many aspiring writers I come across who miss it. And once you get that understanding down, you can focus on more exciting things like characters, plot, set pieces, sub-plots, dialogue and even MORE sub-plots.
I’ve been a journalist for just under ten years. And in that time I’ve seen a lot of talented writers in the field. I’ve also seen a lot of TERRIBLE writers who were great at sniffing out stories. It’s a multi-faceted world and industry that has a place for almost any and every type of talent and skill-level.
But one thing I’ve found in my time as a journo is that writing can’t be done without ACTUALLY WRITING. Again, simple, I know, but I like to keep things as simple as possible.
I’ll digress for a moment if I may. I’ll get back to the advice in just a second.
A writer friend of mine who has been a journalist for over three decades once told me a story. He’s had several crime books published and he’s hugely successful in his fields. I am, of course, hugely jealous.
He was speaking to first year university students and final year schoolkids at an event a few years ago. Talking about his career, he told them all about hard work, dedication, commitment and toil. The usual. At the end he was approached and asked questions by the dedicated few in the audience who wanted to glean some insider information on being a writer and a journalist.
He claims that one said to him the following: “I would love to write this novel I have in my head. But I just don’t have the time. Like I really don’t have the time.”
My friend burst out laughing. The first year student apparently looked perplexed. She didn’t know what she’d said to cause such hysterics.
The hard-nosed crime writer and seasoned hack responded simply: “I have a full-time job. I also lecture, write books, edit new ones, negotiate deals, care for my family, do the shopping, cut the grass and pay a mortgage. Believe me when I say this. I can guarantee that you have A MILLION TIMES the amount of spare time I have.”
Yes, I know it’s easy to scoff. And yes, I know that it’s poor form to play the “I’m older and you’re not/school of life” card. But I think there’s a special message in there somewhere. In order to be a good writer – you have to do some actual writing.
That brings me back to being a journalist and how it’s shaped my creative writing and novels.
In HellCorp, dialogue plays a huge part in not only telling the story but shaping the characters. The Devil and God are a combination of traditional ideas of those characters infused with what I hope is my own original spin and temperament.
The interaction between them was key to their relationship and how they progressed throughout the book.
Dialogue is something that can really bring characters off the page and into the reader’s head. It amazes me when I meet readers who tell me how they imagine my characters actually SOUND to them. Sometimes it’s spot on and other times it’s way off. It doesn’t really matter how they interpret the characters, the fact that the dialogue is doing its job is the important part.
As a journalist, I get to speak to a lot of people on a daily basis. From all different backgrounds, jobs, cultures, countries, creeds and social circles. That’s fantastic exposure and something I know, both consciously and subconsciously, I know I’ve injected into my work.
I’ve read that other writers like to speak out their dialogue, play the parts and enact what they’ve just written. This is something I can’t recommend enough – particularly in arguments – of which there are LOADS in HellCorp.
Now I’m not saying that I can do a fantastic impression of The Devil or even GOD for that matter. But hearing those words you’ve just written out loud will help you to hear what it would actually sound like. Good dialogue is an art form, particularly when you’re creating atmosphere, tension (or relieving it) in a scene. Equally, bad dialogue can suck all of that atmosphere and moment out of the interaction like a giant black hole – leaving the reader out of sorts. The cardinal sin in my opinion is when a reader thinks “I don’t believe that.”
As a journalist, I can honestly say I’ve had the full gamut of emotions thrown at me. From fiery exchanges and white hot rage, to tears of sadness, joy and literally everything in between. I listen to every word, not because it’s my job, but because these are actual people I’m speaking to, speaking with, interacting with in real time. That’s what good dialogue in novels, short stories and scripts does. It tells the story in a way that the reader can picture actually having.
I started with the best bit of advice I’ve ever been given as a writer. You can’t edit a blank page. And I’m going to add my own little pearl of wisdom to that too. You can’t edit a blank page, and you can’t write dialogue without listening to people. As I mentioned – blatantly obvious. But sometimes the best advice is the stuff that you already know. All you need to do is either SEE IT WRITTEN DOWN or HEAR IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
(c) Jonathan Whitelaw
About HellCorp:
Life is hard for The Devil and he desperately wants to take a holiday. Growing weary from playing the cosmic bad guy, he resolves to set up a company that will do his job for him so the sins of the world will tick over while he takes a vacation. God tells him he can have his vacation just as soon as he solves an ancient crime.
But nothing is ever easy and before long he is up to his pitchfork in solving murders, desperate to crack the case so he can finally take the holiday he so badly needs…
This is a perfectly-pitched darkly comic crime novel that is ideal for fans of Christopher Fowler and Ben Aaranovitch.
Hellcorp sparkles like a blood-black diamond. Satan’s got his work cut out in this darkly comic crime tale. A cracking read! – Mark Leggatt
Order your copy online here.
Jonathan Whitelaw is a journalist. After working on the frontline media of Scottish politics, he first reached global audiences with articles appearing in broadsheets, tabloids and magazines like The Sun, STV, Daily Mail and The Author.
Subjects he has covered have varied from the arts, culture and sport to fashion, music and radioactive waste, with everything in between.
He has also contributed to a number of independent almanacs and collaborative works of fiction. HellCorp is his second novel, while Morbid Relations was his first.
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Minute by Minute: Bush's 9/11
President George W. Bush at Ground Zero on Sept. 14, 2001, with retired firefighter Bob Beckwith.
George W. Bush Presidential Library/National Geographic Channel
By Nancy deWolf Smith
As the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, we must brace for an onslaught of horrifying images and painful memories that no accounts of heroism can diminish. To the extent that these can be avoided by not watching 9/11-themed television programs, there is no shame in doing so.
And yet, as National Geographic TV's interview with George W. Bush makes clear, history has bound us together even as it made us unique: We are the sole witnesses to events that future generations will only watch and read about through the haze of time. Listening to Mr. Bush talk about his thoughts and emotions from minute to minute on that awful day is to recall the details and depth of our own reactions—shared feelings now that someday no living American will fully understand.
For instance, Mr. Bush begins with an account of his early-morning jog at a hotel golf course in Sarasota, Fla. We see film of him then, running in the dim light and waving at the camera—and thinking, as he recalls, what a chaotic spectacle he and his entourage were probably creating for the hotel staff. It was an unremarkable day, he says, and who does not remember the same thing from that morning before it happened: what we were doing, how ordinary it was, how normal.
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Art Exhibit Explores Black Photographers' Perspectives Of Family
By Teran Powell • Oct 8, 2018
"Momme" (2008) by LaToya Ruby Frazier is featured in a new art exhibit at Milwaukee Art Museum that explores the ways black photographers and artists have portrayed familial relationships.
Courtesy of LaToya Ruby Frazier/Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
"Mother and Sons II" (1994) by Lyle Ashton Harris is featured at the exhibit.
Courtesy of Lyle Ashton Harris/Salon 94
“Lineage for a Multiple Monitor Workstation: Number One” by Sondra Perry (2015) is featured in the exhibit.
Courtesty of Sondra Perry
"Auntie Esther" (from the August Wilson Series) is featured in the exhibit.
Courtesy of Ming Smith/Steven Kasher Gallery
WUWM's Race & Ethnicity reporter Teran Powell tours the Family Pictures art exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum with curator, Lisa Sutcliffe.
When you think of a family, what comes to mind? Whatever the image — a mother and father with two children, a single parent, or siblings and friends — it can differ across cultures. A new exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum shows how the definition of family varies in the black community.
The exhibit called "Family Pictures" explores the ways black photographers and artists have portrayed familial relationships from the 20th century to the present. It was previously featured at the Columbus Museum of Art before coming to Milwaukee.
Lisa Sutcliffe, the exhibit’s curator, says the exhibition was inspired by photographer Roy DeCarava. He's known for his photos that captured black life in Harlem in the 1940s and '50s and is featured in the exhibit.
“His photographs are dark and rich and took a look at Harlem in the 1950s providing a portrait or a depiction of black family life that was counter to what you might see in the media at the time,” Sutcliffe says.
Photo collage by John Edmonds
Credit Teran Powell
She adds that the artists in the show "are interested in the nuance and complication of portraying the African American family. When you come through the exhibition, you’ll see 10 different representations of a family — from LGBTQ groups of friends, to close knit neighborhoods, to nuclear families."
Gordon Parks is another famous photographer featured in the exhibition. During his time at LIFE Magazine, some of his photographic essays depicted the plight of black people in Harlem in the late 1960s — like that of the Fontenelle family. Parks writes that the family had so little to eat, that Little Richard's mother couldn't stop him from eating plaster chips that fell off the wall.
Lisa Sutcliffe explains Gordon Parks' photos of the Fontenelle Family: The left image shows the dirty feet of a Fontenelle child, while the right image shows the youngest child, Little Richard.
A panoramic collage of images by Deana Lawson spans more than one wall. While Lawson didn’t take the pictures, but they're of members of her family. The photos show various moments of her cousin's visit to see her husband in prison. Each time, the family would take photos in front of a cinderblock background painted to look like a seascape.
Deana Lawson's cousin would take pictures every time she visited her husband in prison. This series of photos, called Mohawk Correctional Facility: Jazmin & Family (2013), takes up more than one wall in the gallery.
Credit Courtesy of Deanna Lawson/Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Other photos in the gallery included siblings, friends, parents and grandparents with their children.
The exhibition also includes several audio visuals. In one room, a short film titled “Black Mary” where a woman performs a mournful rendition of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins “I Put a Spell On You.” As she sings, you’ll see her performing, and several images of black women fading between scenes.
What this exhibit shows is that although people’s definition of a family may vary, there is no one image of what that looks like.
"Family Pictures" is currently open at the Milwaukee Art Museum and runs through January 2019.
Support for Race & Ethnicity reporting is provided by the Dohmen Company.
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Milwaukee Trauma Conference Aims To 'Promote Healing & Systematic Change'
By Teran Powell • Sep 28, 2018
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Hundreds of people came together at new the Fiserv Forum this week to discuss ways to heal the Milwaukee community from the effects of trauma.
The three-day Healing Trauma, Healthy Communities Conference kicked off Wednesday night with a community gathering.
The sold-out event introduced the audience to what trauma is, its effects, and how to heal going forward.
Same Race Teachers: MPS Students & Teachers Weigh In
Emily Files
How important is it for a student to be taught by a teacher of the same race? That's something that's been on the mind of community member Ann Stanton, so she submitted a question to Beats Me — our series that allows you to ask questions about race, education, innovation and the environment.
“What is the ratio of black students to white teachers, and the black teacher makeup in MPS? What impact does that have on student achievement?”
One Milwaukee Police Officer Involved In Sterling Brown Altercation Fired
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One of the officers who was present at the January tasing and arrest of Sterling Brown of the Milwaukee Bucks has been fired, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales announced on Thursday.
But it wasn't the officer’s role in the arrest that led to his termination. It was his actions on social media afterward.
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Pelosi says House will pass coronavirus legislation today
Updated: 2:32 PM EDT Mar 13, 2020
every health facility should be ready to cope with large numbers of patients and ensure the safety off stuff and patients second, detect, protect and treat. You can fight a virus. You can't fight a virus if you don't know where it is. Find isolate, test and treat every case to break the chains off transmission. Every case we find entreat limits the expansion off the disease certain. Reduce transmission, not just let this fire ben. Isolate the sick and quarante in their contacts. In addition, measures that increased social distancing, such as canceling sporting events, may help to reduce transmission. These measures off course should be based on local context and risk assessment, and should be time limited. Even if you cannot stop transmission, you can slow it down and save lives and forced, innovate and learn. This is a new virus and a new situation. We're all learning, and we must all find new ways to prevent infections, save lives and minimize impact. All countries have lessons to share. Together with the United Nations Foundation and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, W. Joe is today launching the coveted 19 Solidarity Response Fund to enable individuals and organizations
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said the House will pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Friday."The three most important parts of this bill are testing, testing, testing," she said.Pelosi said the legislation "facilitates free coronavirus testing for everyone."She added that the bill secures paid leave with two weeks of paid sick leave and family and medical leave "for those affected by the virus." She said that the legislation will also strengthen unemployment insurance.This is a developing story.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said the House will pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Friday.
"The three most important parts of this bill are testing, testing, testing," she said.
Pelosi said the legislation "facilitates free coronavirus testing for everyone."
She added that the bill secures paid leave with two weeks of paid sick leave and family and medical leave "for those affected by the virus."
She said that the legislation will also strengthen unemployment insurance.
This is a developing story.
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National updates: Protests calling for justice, reform continue for 3rd weekend
Updated: 10:47 PM EDT Jun 12, 2020
on the immediate issue of policing. This is my opinion to the local elected officials and the police departments that are grappling with it. Don't dismiss this as an issue of the moment. Well, this is just about Mr Floyd's murder. No, it's not. This has been brewing for decades and decades and decades. It's not just about Mr Floyd's murder. That was the tipping point. That was the point. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. That's when it exploded. But don't say this is when it started. It started with Rodney King. It started with the murder of Martin Elusive King. This has been brewing for decades, if not centuries, in this nation. It is the anger and the repulsed shin at the systemic injustice and discrimination and racism that exists in this country. That is the truth, painful truth. But that is the truth
The latest:A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas.Boston’s mayor said he would propose transferring $12 million from the police department, or roughly 20% of its overtime budget, to fund a range of social services.At an event promoted as discussing justice disparities, President Donald Trump warned against labeling "tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots." People across the U.S. began another weekend of protests while bringing ever-increasing urgency for reforms, justice and more after black lives have been lost at the hands of police officers.From New York to San Diego, crowds gathered Friday. Calls of "No justice, no peace" rang out as people walked together.In South Florida, people began walking on I-95 once again.WTVJ-TV reported the group, led by marchers supporting Black Lives Matter and calls to defund the police, briefly approached a police line on the highway but eventually walked away. Judge orders Seattle to stop using tear gas during protestsA U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up largely peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice.U.S. District Judge Richard Jones sided with a Black Lives Matter group that sued the Seattle Police Department this week to halt the violent tactics it has used to break up protests.Last weekend, officers used tear gas, pepper spray and other force against crowds of protesters. Jones' order halts those tactics for two weeks, though demonstrations this week have been calm.The judge said those objecting to the police tactics make a strong case that the indiscriminate use of force is unconstitutional. Jones said weapons like tear gas and pepper spray fail to target “any single agitator or criminal” and they are especially problematic during the coronavirus pandemic.“Because they are indiscriminate, they may even spill into bystanders’ homes or offices as they have done before,” Jones wrote.Boston mayor calls racism a public health crisisBoston’s mayor declared racism a public health crisis on Friday, outlining a series of police reforms in response to the nationwide reckoning sparked by the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis.Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh said he would propose transferring $12 million from the police department, or roughly 20% of its overtime budget, to fund a range of social services, including mental health counseling, housing and homelessness programs, and new public health commission efforts to address racial disparities in health care.Protesters have called on Walsh to “defund” police, and redirecting money from police to other social services is one of the goals of that movement. Activists have also asked Walsh to remove or rename city landmarks in recent days.The mayor also announced the creation of the Boston Police Reform Task Force to review the department’s use of force policies and suggest ways to improve officer training, its body camera program and the city’s police review board.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs package of sweeping police reform billsNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed the "most aggressive" police reform legislative package in the nation in a move that makes officers more accountable and criminalizes chokeholds and other controversial restraints.The package of bills — vehemently opposed by a coalition of law enforcement union — follows weeks of protests nationwide. Legislative efforts targeting police violence have taken hold nationally after the deaths of several African Americans at the hands of the police, including George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis last month after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes."The truth is this police reform is long overdue and Mr. Floyd's murder is just the most recent murder," Cuomo said Friday before signing the bills. "It's not just about Mr. Floyd's murder. It's about being here before, many, many times before."Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to advance a package of significant policing policy changes that had stalled for years because of opposition from law enforcement circles. The state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday passed 10 policing bills."Make no mistake we know that what we did is not a cure. We know it's a first step," Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said from the senate floor Wednesday, adding that laws alone "can't fix racism in America."A coalition of law enforcement unions and associations consider the legislation "anti-police."One measure outlaws the use of police chokeholds. It is named after Eric Garner, an African American man who died as a result of a police chokehold during a 2014 arrest.Chokeholds were already prohibited by the NYPD at the time of Garner's death but the new law makes the use of "a chokehold or similar restraint" a class C felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.Cuomo was joined Friday by the activist Rev. Al Sharpton, who recently spoke in support of the legislation with along with Garner's mother.The governor also signed a controversial law allowing disciplinary records for police officers, firefighters or corrections officers to be released without their written consent. The law repeals a 1976 statute known as Section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law, which was enacted to exempt police officers from being cross-examined during criminal prosecutions, according to the bill.New York Police Department officials have acknowledged the need for more transparency.Powerful police unions, including the Police Benevolent Association, said the legislation reflected will result in unfair policies.The coalition said in a statement that it worried all police complaints — including those not fully investigated or substantiated — will be released. It says a judge already has discretion on releasing such records and there are concerns officers would not have a chance to be heard.Another law signed by Cuomo addressed police use-of-force. All state police officers must now wear body cameras. Another law requires officers, within six hours, to report any time they discharge their weapon in which a person could have been hit.Legislators also took aim at incidents like the recent viral video of Amy Cooper calling 911 on a black man at Central Park. The new law makes false race-based 911 reports a crime.Democrats in Congress this week announced sweeping policing legislation, which faces resistance from Republicans, police unions and some local officials.Confederate monuments continue to fallAs Confederate statues are coming down across the nation, protesters in downtown Raleigh took it upon themselves to put a new plaque on a monument at the North Carolina capitol building.The protesters told CNN affiliate WNCN on Thursday that the new insignia was inspired by Floyd, and they believe it is a nonviolent way to update and change the meaning of the movement.Part of the inscription reads: "We recognize the breakdown and the buildup and the change that has been put into motion."The 75-foot Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument has been in front of the Raleigh Capitol building since 1895. The new plaque covers the front of the statue that reads, "To our Confederate dead.""It's inventions like this that might head us in the right direction where real systemic change to the systemic racism in this country may happen," the plaque's artist Thomas Sayre told WNCN.Sayre said that he also hopes it inspires deep conversations and change.CNN and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas.
Boston’s mayor said he would propose transferring $12 million from the police department, or roughly 20% of its overtime budget, to fund a range of social services.
At an event promoted as discussing justice disparities, President Donald Trump warned against labeling "tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots."
People across the U.S. began another weekend of protests while bringing ever-increasing urgency for reforms, justice and more after black lives have been lost at the hands of police officers.
From New York to San Diego, crowds gathered Friday. Calls of "No justice, no peace" rang out as people walked together.
In South Florida, people began walking on I-95 once again.
Phone almost dead. Still a standoff on i95 pic.twitter.com/FNq3SsFdLA
— David Ovalle (@DavidOvalle305) June 13, 2020
WTVJ-TV reported the group, led by marchers supporting Black Lives Matter and calls to defund the police, briefly approached a police line on the highway but eventually walked away.
Happening Now—The Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond is illuminated in rainbow and “BLM,” after a march today supporting black LGBTQ+ people, and amid ‘Pride Month.’ @8NEWS pic.twitter.com/dl8DX8yHMj
— Ben Dennis 8News (@broadcastben_) June 13, 2020
Judge orders Seattle to stop using tear gas during protests
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up largely peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice.
U.S. District Judge Richard Jones sided with a Black Lives Matter group that sued the Seattle Police Department this week to halt the violent tactics it has used to break up protests.
Last weekend, officers used tear gas, pepper spray and other force against crowds of protesters. Jones' order halts those tactics for two weeks, though demonstrations this week have been calm.
On a cold, rainy Seattle day, 60,000 people marched for #BlackLivesMatter. The crowd stretched more than 1.7 miles, fully occupying the street. pic.twitter.com/nkHLiUkpKM
— Ramez Naam (@ramez) June 13, 2020
The judge said those objecting to the police tactics make a strong case that the indiscriminate use of force is unconstitutional. Jones said weapons like tear gas and pepper spray fail to target “any single agitator or criminal” and they are especially problematic during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Because they are indiscriminate, they may even spill into bystanders’ homes or offices as they have done before,” Jones wrote.
Boston mayor calls racism a public health crisis
Boston’s mayor declared racism a public health crisis on Friday, outlining a series of police reforms in response to the nationwide reckoning sparked by the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis.
Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh said he would propose transferring $12 million from the police department, or roughly 20% of its overtime budget, to fund a range of social services, including mental health counseling, housing and homelessness programs, and new public health commission efforts to address racial disparities in health care.
Protesters have called on Walsh to “defund” police, and redirecting money from police to other social services is one of the goals of that movement. Activists have also asked Walsh to remove or rename city landmarks in recent days.
The mayor also announced the creation of the Boston Police Reform Task Force to review the department’s use of force policies and suggest ways to improve officer training, its body camera program and the city’s police review board.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs package of sweeping police reform bills
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed the "most aggressive" police reform legislative package in the nation in a move that makes officers more accountable and criminalizes chokeholds and other controversial restraints.
The package of bills — vehemently opposed by a coalition of law enforcement union — follows weeks of protests nationwide. Legislative efforts targeting police violence have taken hold nationally after the deaths of several African Americans at the hands of the police, including George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis last month after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.
"The truth is this police reform is long overdue and Mr. Floyd's murder is just the most recent murder," Cuomo said Friday before signing the bills. "It's not just about Mr. Floyd's murder. It's about being here before, many, many times before."
Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to advance a package of significant policing policy changes that had stalled for years because of opposition from law enforcement circles. The state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday passed 10 policing bills.
"Make no mistake we know that what we did is not a cure. We know it's a first step," Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said from the senate floor Wednesday, adding that laws alone "can't fix racism in America."
A coalition of law enforcement unions and associations consider the legislation "anti-police."
One measure outlaws the use of police chokeholds. It is named after Eric Garner, an African American man who died as a result of a police chokehold during a 2014 arrest.
Chokeholds were already prohibited by the NYPD at the time of Garner's death but the new law makes the use of "a chokehold or similar restraint" a class C felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Cuomo was joined Friday by the activist Rev. Al Sharpton, who recently spoke in support of the legislation with along with Garner's mother.
The governor also signed a controversial law allowing disciplinary records for police officers, firefighters or corrections officers to be released without their written consent. The law repeals a 1976 statute known as Section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law, which was enacted to exempt police officers from being cross-examined during criminal prosecutions, according to the bill.
New York Police Department officials have acknowledged the need for more transparency.
Powerful police unions, including the Police Benevolent Association, said the legislation reflected will result in unfair policies.
The coalition said in a statement that it worried all police complaints — including those not fully investigated or substantiated — will be released. It says a judge already has discretion on releasing such records and there are concerns officers would not have a chance to be heard.
Another law signed by Cuomo addressed police use-of-force. All state police officers must now wear body cameras. Another law requires officers, within six hours, to report any time they discharge their weapon in which a person could have been hit.
Legislators also took aim at incidents like the recent viral video of Amy Cooper calling 911 on a black man at Central Park. The new law makes false race-based 911 reports a crime.
Democrats in Congress this week announced sweeping policing legislation, which faces resistance from Republicans, police unions and some local officials.
A white woman apologizes for calling police to report an 'African American man threatening my life'
Confederate monuments continue to fall
As Confederate statues are coming down across the nation, protesters in downtown Raleigh took it upon themselves to put a new plaque on a monument at the North Carolina capitol building.
The protesters told CNN affiliate WNCN on Thursday that the new insignia was inspired by Floyd, and they believe it is a nonviolent way to update and change the meaning of the movement.
Part of the inscription reads: "We recognize the breakdown and the buildup and the change that has been put into motion."
The 75-foot Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument has been in front of the Raleigh Capitol building since 1895. The new plaque covers the front of the statue that reads, "To our Confederate dead."
"It's inventions like this that might head us in the right direction where real systemic change to the systemic racism in this country may happen," the plaque's artist Thomas Sayre told WNCN.
Sayre said that he also hopes it inspires deep conversations and change.
President Trump: No change at bases named for Confederate officers
These controversial statues have been removed amid unrest over George Floyd's death
CNN and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The real meaning of Unconditional Support – Draining the swamp
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One of emails revealed by GTV and GNews recently is the one sent from Bill Bartmann to Hunter Biden in 2014. Bill expressed his “unconditional support” to Hunter Biden even when he failed to pass cocaine test and therefore discharged from navy reserve. Bill said that he had experienced some awkward moment, therefore would stand with Hunter unconditionally.
The logic is wicked. As the CEO of a famous consumer financial recovery company CFS, Bill was one of the top democratic donors. He did not know the Hunter Biden laptop scandals when he wrote that email in 2014. Unfortunately, he had not chance to know the real Hunter since he passed away in 2016. Let’s try to understand more about this wicked logic in the letter.
Firstly, it reads as I support you no matter what you have done. Secondly, I support you since I have been through the similar awkwardness before.
Bill had implemented the same logic in his political donations. Over a two-year period, Mr. Bartmann has donated to the state legislators on both sides of the political fence. Between 1996 and 1998, donations totaling nearly $200,000 were given to at least 63 individual candidates. He also gave $150,000 to the Republican Governor’s Association and $100,000 to the Republican National Committee.
As a result, state lawmakers passed two pieces of legislation in 1998 that benefited CFS: one allowed the company to offer credit cards; the other promised as much as $120 million in tax incentives to CFS.
For Bill Bartmann, right or wrong doesn’t really matter, what really matters is what he wants.
Bill had a troubled childhood. At age 14, he dropped out of high school and joined a traveling carnival. He later joined a gang called the Manor Boys，He attempted to join the Marines but was rejected for hearing problems. He turned into an alcoholic by age 17, and one night fell down a flight of stairs while drunk. He became paralyzed and was told that he would never walk again.
That is why Bill told Hunter that I have experience with awkward moments. They both got rejected by US military. So they prefer to lick their wounds for each other.
An anonymous letter sent to the credit rating agencies in 1999 triggered the bankruptcy of CFS founded by Bill Bartmann in 1986. With all his 4000+ employees lost their jobs, Bill himself was nearly sent to jail. At the end, his business partner stayed in the federal prison for 5 years, but Bill escaped the fraud charge with unknown reason.
As we can see that it has long been a real Game of Thornes in the U.S politics and its donation system. Politicians are also hungry for bigger power; businessmen are always greedy for more profits. So under-the-table deals between politicians and businessmen have made democracy system a mirage for citizens. Normal democracy will remain mirage without round political structures.
General election is one of the very few opportunities for common people to execute their voting power to fight against the political institutional corruption.
The America’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani, sent his historic calling at this very crucial moment “only you (voters) can save America, I cannot, I have done my part!”. This is why President Trump calls to “drain the swamp”. Since corrupted U.S politicians have turned U.S politics system into a dangerous swamp. Only truth can help the righteous American people to cast their votes to the righteous presidential candidate.
May righteousness defeat the wickedness in this historic election of the human history.
American, please wake up!
1· https://tulsaworld.com/archive/cfs-money-said-plenty/article_8bdc2368-0b29-5eca-9e7a-1bc94b048686.html
2· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bartmann
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Sarasota Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 9 years ago
Telephone poles at center of concern
by: Robin Roy City Editor
Golden Gate Point residents have spent about $4 million during the past two years to beautify their neighborhood.
Streets are now covered with brick pavers and lined with fresh, colorful landscaping.
But in the center island of the community, a trail of old, sawed-off telephone poles remains, and the residents want to know why.
“This is the last piece that we can’t finish,” said Denise Watermeier, president of the Golden Gate Point Association.
A major part of the improvement project was placing all utilities underground.
Verizon had installed its Fios fiber lines for phone, cable TV and Internet services.
When the project began about two years ago, the company informed all property owners that they would have to agree to switch to the new service, but it would be free to do so.
All but 12 property owners agreed to the change.
Those same 12 have still not given their consent, so the telephone poles remain standing.
Actually, only half-poles remain.
After Florida Power and Light put its wires underground, it removed its equipment from the top of the poles and sawed off the top halves.
Watermeier suspects that the holdouts are either seasonal residents, renters or absentee owners.
She said she spoke to a Verizon representative last month who said the company would not contact the 12 property owners again and told her that it will wait until those people request the new service.
But when the Sarasota Observer contacted Verizon June 28, spokesman Harry Mitchell said that within two weeks, those 12 property owners will once again be contacted.
“Any customers who remain on copper (wires) after this effort, we will place the copper service for those remaining customers underground,” Mitchell said. “We will then be in a position to remove the poles in question.”
Brent Parker, a resident who was instrumental in implementing the neighborhood improvements, voiced pleasure with that news.
“That’s excellent,” he said. “The association will be delighted.”
Contact Robin Roy at [email protected].
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The local history resources at the Riverfront Library include books on Yonkers and Westchester history, maps, dissertations, high school yearbooks, Yonkers city directories, a clippings file, and the microfilmed back-file of various Yonkers newspapers. Chronological gaps exist in these holdings. The Library owns no vital records.
Materials are stored in the Local History Room, located on the third floor of the Riverfront Library; items must be consulted on-site in the library and cannot be checked out.
Please contact the Riverfront Reference Department with questions regarding local history. Dial 914-375-7966, or email localhistory@ypl.org for more information, or to make a research appointment. The Local History Room is not accessible to the public.
Yonkers News Archive
Yonkers Public Library (YPL) is pleased to introduce the Yonkers News Archive, a digital archive of Yonkers newspapers, including the Yonkers Herald Statesman. The archive is the result of a partnership between YPL and Newspapers.com. It contains over 1.2 million pages of digitized, searchable newsprint ranging from 1857-1998. Learn more about it here.
Yonkers News Archive – Onsite Edition (1,230,000 pages): Access to the Yonkers Herald Statesman (1932-1998), Yonkers Statesman (1863-1932), Yonkers Herald (1891-1932), Yonkers Examiner (1857-1863), Yonkers Gazette (1868-1893) & Yonkers Daily Record (1883). NOTE: You must be on a YPL public computer or YPL’s free wireless network to access this archive. If you access it remotely, you will be redirected to Newspapers.com.
Yonkers News Archive – Remote Edition (ypl.newspapers.com) (6,890 pages): Access to the Yonkers Examiner (1857-1863) & Yonkers Gazette (1868-1893)
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Notable citizens in Yonkers history
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Rev. Albert A. Lings
Charles A Leale
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From the Holy Land to the Nabataean deserts of Jordan & Saudi Arabia
> Journeying 5 months across the Middle East where part II covered Israel, Jordan & Saudi Arabia's Tabuk province
- with deep explorations of the Wadi Rum and Wadi Hisma deserts <
This is leg two on a longer journey across the Middle East. We kick off this leg by exploring the charms and chaos of Jerusalem – one of the single most admired, contested and loved cities in the world with a cultural and religious make-up like no other place on earth. From there, we cross Israel’s three vast deserts: the Negev Desert, the Arava Desert and the Judean Desert. We have seen most of Israel, and surely the most interesting part is the desert regions with its many national parks, nature reserves, and the freshest air in the country. Along the way, we opt to always stay in charming farm settlements – either in kibbutzes or moshavs – placed in rural areas and marked by the harsh desert elements. It isn’t the Sahara, but Israel's deserts are big enough to justify a few weeks here. We finalize the desert loop by exploring the Dead Sea, from where we cross into Jordan.
From Amman, we visit all of the important sights in the Jordan Valley in north, before traveling along the King’s Highway down to the deserts in south. From Bethlehem to Petra, exploring this part of the Middle East is in many ways like taking a time machine through the history of mankind. It has a historical past and pedigree that can be argued to be one of the oldest on Earth. The region been inhabited throughout the centuries by nomads, biblical prophets, merchants of the exotic, conquering armies of the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders and Ottoman Turks. All of these civilizations have left their mark here. History-buffs will love finding settlements dating back 10,000 years BC, ancient Roman cities, Petra of the Nabatean kingdom, crusader castles and castles of the Islamic era, Jesus Christ' place of baptism, Moses burial place on Mt. Nebo, the oldest Mosaic map of the Holy land, and so on.
Finally, we reach the desert region of southern Jordan and north-west Saudi Arabia. This region offers some of the most dramatic and enchanting desert landscape of sand and rocks on earth. We ventured deep into the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan, and the Wadi Hisma (Jibal Hisma) desert in Saudi Arabia on two separate jeep expeditions that took several days. With a reputation for conservatism (and the fact that it can be difficult to obtain a visa for Saudi Arabia), very few travelers come here. But this region is very charming, full of remote Bedouin communities, bewitching villages and Nabatean tombs. We do a lot of trekking and arrange several 4x4 trips into the deserts. This part still has some of the charm that allured the 19th century explorers into Arabia. It still has the rumor of a forbidden kingdom - a land worth visiting because it is so unknown, difficult to enter and furnished with exotic impossibility.
Continue to Middle East part III for leg three on this journey.
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Our route on part II of this trip
Christian Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
If cities could speak, Jerusalem would have a lot to tell. It is simply one of the world's most fascinating cities. Inside the Old City, which is entirely fortified, we spent several days visiting the different quarters and bazaars. Here. in the Christian Quarter in north. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christ Churn, Ethiopian Monastery and Chruch of St. John the Baptist are key sights here in our opinion.
Waiting for lunch in the Arab Quarter in Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
A true hustle and bustle quarter - basically one big, mazed bazaar witch reckless merchants, donkeys in the streets and a chance to enjoy hot tea on the roof of a guesthouse with a view to the Dome of the Rock.
View towards Dome of the Rock from a Muslim School, Old Jerusalem, Israel
Lying atop Temple Mount or Haram Ash-Sharif this time-honoured site is santified and visited by thousands of pilgrims every week. The site has been headlining news events for millennia.
Western Wailing Wall in the Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
The most important religious shrine for Jewish people all over the world.
Mourning and lamenting their ancient loss, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
The Wall is a place of pilgrmage where Jews come to mourn and lament their ancient loss. We came here to join the shabbat at the wall. The energy pf tje place as groups sing and dance and mourn is amazing.
Inside the Western Walls Tunnels, City of Old Jerusalem, Israel
Studying old rabbinical texts,
More wailing at the Wailing Wall, Old City of Jersalem, Israel
Looking for breakfast at a baker in City of David, Jerusalem, Israel
The oldest part of Jerusalem, the City of David is some 3000 years old.
Shop in the Armenian Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
A good place to get away from it all inside the Old City! Somewhat shuttered behind high walls and big wooden doors, the Armenian Quarter is very quiet as is has been for centuries. The core of the quarter is one big monastic compound which is very insular.
Visting the ultra orthodox Jews, Jerusalem
During a Sunday we would visit the Ultra-Orthodox Jews, which have a glimpse into the rich cultural and religious identity of this religious gruup, better known as Haredim or “God fearers”. They live in a traditional neighborhood, which isn’t typically visited by tourists.
Dancing ceremony amongst the ultra orthodox jews, Jerusalem, Israel
We ecountered a ceremony in the streets. We visited book stores, music stores, restaurantants, a bakery, and a synagogue, Yeshiva. Not all places in the ultra orthodox neibourhood was possible to enter as it’s was forbidden by the local community to allow us to enter.
Arab school in the Muslim Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
Visting a Arab school to get their perspective on the world and life n general.
Monastic school in the Christian Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel
Catholic Friday prayer on Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, Israel
Inside the Catholic Quarter in Old City of Jerusalem. They started by walking along the Via Dolorsa, the route that Jesus is belived to have taken as he carried this cross to Calvary.
Souq in the Mamilla area where we slept
We primarily ate in hole-in-the-wall sharwarma joints, but also visited a few tavers to have e.g. Armenian pizza, spicy sauage and mezze.
Crossing the Negrev desert around
After Jerusalem we rented a car and headed straight for Israel’s three vast deserts: the Negev Desert, the Arava Desert and the Judean Desert. Nice spots in the north part of the Negrev are Be'er Sheva and Sde Boker where we stopped to stock up on water, snacks, etc. for the many hikes that we had planned.
Ein Avdat NP in the Negrev Desert, Israel
First stop was Ein Avdat National Park in the north of the Negrev. There are several excellent hikes in the Negrev region, taking in a wide variety of landscapes with lots of ravines, canyons and desert flora.
Icy pool in Ein Avdat NP in the Negrev desert, Israel
We found this pool of icy water in the middle of the hot expanse of desert, fed by waters that flow through a canyon. Do get here we had to walk though a steep winding ravine of soft white chalk - incredible scenery. A perfect spot to take in our lunch.
Trekking the Wilderness of Zin nature trail, The Negrev, Israel
This trail leads from the lower entrance of Ben Gurions grave and into the desert hills and mountains. David and Paula Ben-Gurion lie in a spectacular cliff-top setting overlooking the stunning Wadi Zin and the Avdat plain.
Overnight in Neot Semadar oasis, Negrev desert, Israel
Neot Smadar is located in the southern Negev. The kibbutz was established in 1989, on the grounds of an abandoned kibbutz, Shizafon. Neot Smadar is as an organic community featuring architecturally unique buildings with passive cooling towers.
View over the Maktesh Ramon crater, Negrev desert, Israel
Did a big meteorite create this vast crater? Nope It is one big erosion cirque created by a unique geological phenomenon, where earth is drained by a wadi, thrus creating a canyon, crater or maktesh (all meaning the same: a big assymetrical hole formed by erosion). Similar unique rock features are found Iran and Turkmenistan. This one is the largest in Israel and it looks like something our of The Planet of the Apes. Locals call it the Grand Canyon of Israel. We spent a few nights.
Hiking inside Maktesh Ramon, Maktesf HaKatan and Maktesh HaGadol, Negrev desert, Israel
We spent several days in this part of the desert and did splendid desert hikes. Maktehs Ramon is the biggest crater in Israel - it is vast! There are several good trails inside the crater leading to unbelievable rock formations and moon-like landscapes. Maktesh HaKatun and Maktesh HaGadol are both south of Dimona and they can be reached easily from Mitzpe Ramon village in a rented car. The latter had beautiful coloured sands when entering form Yeroham village.
Overnight in an oasis in the Arava Desert
South of the Negrev Desert we enteret the Arava desert - a beautiful and sparesly populated desert that runs from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, and it part of the Great Rift Valley, running 5000km from Syria to Mocambique.
Hiking inside Timna NP, Arava Desert, Israel
This national park once had the world's earlist coppermine and the park is dotted with ancient mine shafts, some dug by Egptian miners in the 5th century BC. The red and pink sand is beautiful.
The socalled Mushroom, in Timna NP, Arava Desert, Israel
Getting lost in Timna National Park in The Arava Desert, Israel
The national park includes a wonderland of geolocial phenomenon as rainfall has formed the granite into strange formations during the past 500 million years.
Signs of early life inside Timna NP in the Arava Desert, Israel
Ancient, childlike inscpritions dating from the second millennium BC.
Trekking in Yotvata Hai-Bar nature reserve, Arava Desert, Israel
A great reserve that includes a variety of habitas and sand dunes, acacia forest and salt marshes.
© Anders M. Pedersen & Jakob M. Pedersen
All photos have been taken by Anders & Jakob.
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Media in the Middle East: the relentless rise of digital
Olivia Ogilvie 4th August 2020
Silica valley
Media consumption has changed dramatically around the world over the last few years. The increasingly integral role that smartphones and portable devices play in our personal and professional daily lives has driven a digital revolution.
Nowhere in the world has digital adoption been quicker than in the Middle East. Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE, for instance, now rank among the top countries in the world with 100% smartphone penetration and more than 70% social media adoption, figures which exceed those of the United States. This can largely be attributed to the fact that one third of MENA’s (Middle East and North Africa) population is under the age of 15, and a further one in five are aged between 15 and 24, making the region one of the world’s most youthful populations.
This has impacted and increased internet use across the region. In 2016 mobile internet in MENA accounted for
Can ads be art if they aren’t political?
Chris Sutcliffe 20th December 2019
The jewel of television advertising is undoubtedly the Christmas ad, which is very representative over the wider Christmas period in that it generally leads to arguments. While families row over Aunt Janice’s timekeeping or What Sharon Did In ‘94, the marketing industry tends to argue about the quality and impact of the season’s TV ads. As soon as those ads become cinematic the argument became about which supermarket was being the subtlest about its commercialisation of Christmas, but now a few years have past there’s also an argument about whether 2019’s batch match the quality of the previous years. Truly, it’s a magical time of year.
2018’s Iceland’s ‘banned’ Rang-Tan ad, which wasn’t approved for broadcast by Clearcast due to being “directed towards a political end”, caused a lot of rows in its own right. The implication, helped along by savvy Iceland marketeers and some celebrities who were generically outraged, was that this advert with its subversive message about what’s really important at Christmas was somehow more genuine and deserving of an ad slot than those of rival supermarkets. Instead, obviously, it was an advertisement for the supermarket that had co-opted a campaign by Greenpeace, which went on to market the character in a number of ways.
No room for art.
It was effectively an argument about Clearcast’s judgment about political ads on top of an argument about which Christmas ad was the best which was itself the extension of in-fighting among the supermarkets to see who could make the most money. Now I’d like to throw another argument on top of it, and question whether the fact that ads are banned from making political messages in certain mediums disqualifies ads from claiming to be art.
AppleNews+: The short long history of publisher-platform fights
Rhea Mills 6th April 2019
The announcement of the long-mooted AppleNews+ was, broadly, not a surprise. Publishers had been aware that a new subscription product from Apple was coming down the pipe for months, and based on leaks we mostly knew exactly what was being announced.
Apple: defying gravity?
AppleNews+ is a subscription-based magazine and news app that builds on Apple’s existing work with Texture. Priced at $9.99 per month in the United States, the service sells itself to news and magazine publishers on the basis that it gets them into the pockets of potentially every single person who owns an iPhone.
However, what was a surprise (albeit a welcome one) was the reaction of the newspaper organisations, of which only the Wall Street Journal was tempted into the AppleNews+ scheme. For the most part, where the reaction wasn’t muted, it was very negative, with people pointing out the offer to publishers was a recipe for brand destruction. It appears that – finally – news publishers
Have Amazon, Facebook and Google learned anything from cases of data misuse?
Chris Sutcliffe 8th November 2018
After the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier in the year, you’d expect that platforms like Facebook would be rather more careful about how it exploits user data. Research has shown that consumer concerns over misuse of user data is one of the primary reasons why people choose to use ad blockers, and since user data is effectively the commodity on which the platforms operate, any further scandals are likely to have a cooling affect on their business models. Earlier this month a study from Pivotal Research Group found that people were spending less time across Facebook’s platforms (though it couldn’t say if that was specifically due to associaion with Cambridge Analytica).
Unfortunately Facebook has now been implicated in yet another potential misuse of user data: It registered a patent that uses geolocation to provide friend recommendations to people who are physically close to you. Or, as Lisa Vaas put it for Naked Security, “Facebook wants to reveal your name to the weirdo standing next to you.”
Amazon, ecommerce, and opportunities for publishers
Chris Sutcliffe 19th July 2018
and you might be
This week The Washington Post announced its ambitious plans for broadcasting on Twitch. In acknowledgement of Twitch’s primary audience, one of its two new shows will feature hosts from the Post playing video games alongside politicians, an idea that has ‘Steve Buscemi in 30 Rock‘ written all over it. The other show is set to be an irregularly scheduled live news show – and we’ve spoken about the challenges around digital news video before.
So far much of the coverage of the deal has been around the implications for other publishers looking to reach new audiences on livestreaming platforms, or about what this says about The Washington Post’s commitment to finding new audiences despite its paywall. But something that has been lost in the noise is that Twitch offers its creators both ecommerce and advertising revenue – and its owner, Amazon, stands to benefit from both. Considering that Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, also owns the Post,
The changing economics of news video
With the news that Facebook is betting upon news video to help grow its Watch platform, there has been a fundamental shift in the economics of video news production. Where once entertainment content was used to attract customers and audiences, against whom the broadcasters could sell adverts, the nature of video content has become somewhat flattened and undifferentiated.
Opportunity knocks for you, Mr Zuckerberg
That’s due to any number of things – unbundling, the rise of on-demand digital video on YouTube, Twitch and Facebook, and the overall conflation of ‘news’ and ‘entertainment’ that has come with homegrown news and analysis on those platforms.
The power of the hidden internet
James Dodd 5th May 2018
Can you name the website that receives the most hits in the UK after Google, YouTube and Facebook? Clue: it’s not the BBC, Amazon or Wikipedia. It is Reddit. On average, people also spend more time on Reddit than any other website in the top fifty.
Read it?
The dangers of social media are a hot topic at the moment. Whilst the pros and perils of Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are openly discussed, less commonly mentioned are the so-called ‘hidden’ forums like Reddit, Voat and 4Chan.
The hidden internet is creating safe space for people to express opinions they would not feel comfortable discussing in real life and risking real life relationships. They can help previously
There is no such thing as ‘The Duopoly’
Chris Sutcliffe 21st March 2018
George Orwell wrote that jargon and obfuscating language contributes to the degradation of the English language to the point that meaningful dialogue is impossible.
One of many Google HQs
He might have had a point, too: The term ‘fake news’, which the Reuters Institute recommended should be stripped from conversation around online misinformation, was meaningless almost as soon as it was born, allowing it to be hijacked by politicians with an anti-media bent. One of the people who coined it, BuzzFeed’s Craig Silverman, has admitted culpability in that (though he can’t really be blamed for not predicting how it was to be co-opted), and I’ve been arguing it should be retired as a term since August of last year. Because it was jargon, ‘fake news’ has made discourse about misinformation impossible.
New report, published today by @EU_Commission High Level Group on disinformation, contains: “a clear and unequivocal abandonment of the term ‘fake news’. @rasmus_kleis #fake #news https://t.co/UbKwHmW2x8
— Reuters Institute (@risj_oxford) March 12, 2018
‘Millennial’, too, has drawn ire as being completely useless as a description of an entire generation’s habits and trends. It has led to
YouTube and ‘fake news’: The end of algorithm opacity?
Chris Sutcliffe 28th February 2018
There’s a predictable rhythm to the online aftermath of any sort of mass shooting. After the initial outpouring of sympathy and grief, you can expect the media coverage to turn to the reactions of the alt-right, both through morbid curiosity and a genuine attempt to explain how conspiracy theories get disseminated online. As sure as The Onion publishes its savage takedown of the Republican response to mass shootings, you can expect the exposés of reddit’s r/The_Donald subreddit to follow.
Things were no different in the immediate aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentines Day.
How do you cover a problem like Facebook?
Chris Sutcliffe 23rd February 2018
It has been [0] days since a media analyst wrote about Facebook.
Back when I was news editor for TheMediaBriefing, we had an editorial matrix designed to ensure we wrote about the different topics which our segmented audiences were most interested in. It was carefully constructed, with the sort of care you might take over a house of cards or a matchstick model, so that B2B, B2C, digital pureplays, platforms and the like all got equal prominence on the homepage.
Holding platforms to account in 2018: Part Two
Chris Sutcliffe 17th January 2018
Well, the best-laid plans of mice and men…
Only one week since we mooted the possibility that 2018 would be the year Facebook and Google would be held to account as publishers, Mark Zuckerberg stymies our plans for a part two by announcing that Facebook would no longer be a platform for quality news. It’s hard to imagine a neater sidestepping of an issue.
In the latest Monday note, Frederic Filloux points out that publishers in Europe have a tendency
Holding platforms to account in 2018: Part One
Late last year a taxi drivers’ organisation in Barcelona successfully challenged Uber’s assertion that it is not primarily a transport company. The European Court of Justice ruled in the taxi drivers’ favour, throwing out Uber’s argument that it was first and foremost a digital service, noting that since Uber was central to the operation of the taxi-like service, it was more than simply an intermediary.
The ruling comes at a particularly interesting time for media companies in the UK. As Jason Moyer-Lee, general secretary of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, said:
“Today’s judgment made clear, as a matter of law, what everyone already knew as a matter of common sense: Uber provides transportation services, not technology services.”
Part of the problem media companies have with platforms like Google and Facebook is a clash of definitions. It’s well publicised that neither of the Duopoly consider themselves
Lessons for media businesses from competitive platforms
As early as 2015, media companies had a sneaking suspicion that third-party platforms might not have their best interests at heart. The term that got bandied around to describe Facebook and Google was ‘frenemy’. Not even a handful of years later, the rhetoric is less ambiguous – the platforms are the feudal lords, and publishers are the serfs allowed to till their land.
Choose your platform with care
The pushback against that situation is now underway – through campaigns organised by the industry, through lawsuits designed to level the playing field, through dialogue with the platforms – but the truth is that the power balance is still skewed against publishers.
And it was a situation that the publishers should have (and probably did to some extent) see coming. Journalism trainer Adam Tinworth points out that Facebook had already done exactly the same rug-pull with marketers, but unfortunately, the promises of revenue from the tech giants ultimately proved too alluring for publishers.
Regardless of how the attempts to redress the issues with Google and Facebook go, hopefully media companies have finally learned that every other entity in the media landscape, at every step of the value chain, is a competitor. And if not, lessons can be learned from the following examples of the rug being pulled out from players in the media industry…
Facebook Explore Feed: the opportunity for publishers
The race between Google and Facebook to see which can make itself least popular among content publishers has taken another turn, with Mark Zuckerberg’s company taking a decisive lead. Over the past week publishers in six countries – Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Bolivia, Guatemala and Cambodia – have seen their traffic from Facebook fall by up to two thirds as a result of an ongoing test in how publisher content appears within the social network.
Publishers should Explore other platforms.
In an excellent Medium post flagging up the extent of the change Filip Struhárik, editor and social media manager for Slovakian publisher Dennik N, notes that (emphasis mine):
“In main newsfeeds are now just friend and sponsored posts. Yes, you log into Facebook and you can see only posts from your friends and ads. You have to click on Explore Feed to see posts from pages you follow. If you want your Facebook page posts to be seen in old newsfeed, you have to pay.”
A Facebook spokesperson has indicated
Wikipedia founder to combat fake news with new website
OliverLuft 25th April 2017
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has launched a new website to help combat fake news.
The crowd-funded Wikitribune aims to be a “new kind of news platform” that will take the fight to the producers and facilitators of fake news by “bringing journalists and a community of volunteers together”.
Ten journalists will be hired to produce “professional, standards-based journalism that incorporates the radical idea from the world of Wiki – that a community of volunteers can, and will, reliably protect and improve articles”.
Fake news: will a backlash bring renewed interest to reputable outlets?
Martin Tripp 31st January 2017
So, Fake News is in the news again. This time, the Culture, Media, and Sport committee is to hold an investigation into the phenomenon – which is admirable. What it hopes to achieve, though, is perhaps more open to question.
Certainly, it is a trend that ought to cause alarm. Social media has made it incredibly simple to spread any kind of malicious or just-plain-silly story. Concerns have even been raised that fake news might have influenced the US election: BuzzFeed reported that, in the last three months of the election, the top 20 fake stories were shared 8.7m times, compared with 7.3m shares for the top 20 stories from reputable sources.
How did Facebook dominate everything in 2016?
By anyone’s standards 2016 has been a peculiar year. But, at Facebook HQ, the last 12 months has been largely business as usual. Of course, business as usual for the social networking giant can have a huge and lasting impact on countless other media businesses and (as we’ll see later) on billions of people across the globe.
What does the Snapchat IPO mean for the media industry?
Matt D'Cruz 30th November 2016
With Snapchat valued at as much as $35bn ahead of its forthcoming IPO, now seems like as good a time as any to look into the chat app’s explosion, and what it means for media businesses.
Over the last few months, I’ve spoken to dozens of senior digital executives, not just those in commercial and editorial roles, but also those in disciplines like social media strategy and audience development. Two things have become apparent from those conversations: firstly, chat apps are becoming an increasingly important part of online publishing strategies; secondly, no one really knows what to do with them, or how it’s going to play out.
How Donald Trump used Facebook Live to help win the election
OliverLuft 15th November 2016
In a previous post, we looked at the broad role the media played in Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory last week. Here, I want to look in a little bit more detail at one significant aspect – social media. Or, to put it more bluntly, we’re going to look at how Donald Trump bypassed the mainstream media and used Facebook and Twitter to help win the election.
Data from EzyInsights, an organisation that normally helps news publishers understand how stories play across social media, shows that in the run up to the election earlier this month Trump was often gaining three times more Facebook engagement – likes, reactions, shares, comments – as Clinton.
Why has Verizon paid $4.8bn for Yahoo?
Martin Tripp 2nd August 2016
So Verizon has been at it again: bagging a former digital behemoth for a fraction of its peak market value in the hope that some of the old magic remains.
Last year, it bought AOL for $4.4bn – a tiny percentage of the company’s peak valuation of $160bn – and then last week, it bought Yahoo for $4.8bn.
To put that in perspective, Microsoft offered $45bn for the business in 2008, but was turned down by the Yahoo’s then management on the basis that the business was worth much more. Way to go, as they say in Silicon Valley.
Is your firm using emojis in communications?
OliverLuft 3rd May 2016
Each week I receive roughly 150 marketing emails. The majority get deleted without any consideration of the content, but last week two emails caught my eye and caused me to investigate further. Why? Believe it or not, they stood out from the rest because they used emojis in the subject line.
For the uninitiated, emojis are little graphics that are commonly used in text messages but are increasingly moving into other forms of communication. The two that caught my attention were an image of a car to start the subject line of an email about car finance and, similarly, a party image in a service upgrade message from one of my tech providers.
Well, so far, you might think, so boring; but there is a point to all this: according to a recent survey Brits are 63% more likely to open an email with an emoji accompanying the subject line.
Digital publishing means constant flux: get used to it, hire leaders who can adapt and react
Matt D'Cruz 17th March 2016
Sometimes the pace of change in publishing can be staggering. It seems not a month goes by without the arrival of a technology or platform that causes permanent disruption to how and where content is presented to end-users and forces executives to (again) fundamentally rethink their digital model.
The other week we met with a senior figure at a major international online publisher to discuss the changing nature of their business. He flagged up the biggest issue almost immediately:
‘The emphasis,’ he said, ‘has changed from driving traffic to our sites to taking our content out to where people are. That requires quite a change of mindset within the business.’
What can we learn from media changes in the 20 years since I became a headhunter?
Martin Tripp 14th January 2016
In 1996, half the Internet users in the world subscribed to AOL
2016 marks twenty years since I became a headhunter. While that makes me feel incredibly old, it has been a fascinating time to be an observer of the media landscape across the UK and beyond.
When I first started, the internet existed, but was a hard-to-use and limited resource with dial-up access. Email also existed, but not in my office (we relied on faxes). Things were changing, yes; but no-one had really grasped the magnitude of what was about to happen.
If you really want to know how much the media world has changed in the intervening years, imagine saying this back in 1996:
The limits of Mark Zuckerberg’s recruitment strategy
Martin Tripp 5th August 2015
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, Mark Zuckerberg made an interesting comment about what he looks for when making important hires.
“I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person,” he said. “It’s a pretty good test and I think this rule has served me well.”
To a large extent, it’s obvious that Zuckerberg’s model has served him well. It has helped create one of the most successful and fast-growing businesses in corporate history. And the principle of wanting to work alongside like-minded people, with whom he enjoys working, is a good one. Who wouldn’t want to work that way?
Facebook At Work: will executive search firms use it like LinkedIn?
OliverLuft 13th February 2015
Workers rejoice! The days of firms barring employees from looking at social networking websites could be at an end. Why? ‘Cause Facebook is aiming to help everyone do their jobs just that little bit better…
In-house recruitment professionals should be especially excited by news that Facebook has launched a new social network specifically for office communications – it’s called Facebook At Work.
The speculative amongst you may care to think that sounds a bit like Facebook making inroads into LinkedIn’s territory, albeit in a different way – we’ll come to that…
So far just a handful of companies have be asked to join an extended trial of Facebook At Work, but the service is expected to be rolled out to the wider business community in the coming months of 2015.
Like its big sister site, Facebook At Work lets users create an account, post content, and interact. But instead of doing that with friends, it’s with co-workers.
Publishers need social referrals: so why have so few tapped into Pinterest?
OliverLuft 16th January 2015
Mention Drudge Report to any web publisher and they’re likely to grow wistful and yearn for the days when a single link from the site could send their annual traffic sky-high.
With few referral sites, small audiences and less competition, things were simpler for web publishers in the not-so-distant past. What traffic a site drew was usually direct, or via a search engine, and the volume of pages published on any given day often determined the size of the audience.
Fast-forward to today and the situation couldn’t be more different: the competition for eyeballs is more fierce than ever and (thanks to social media) the number of high-volume referrers has gone through the roof.
Social isn’t just bringing new skills to customer service – it can also change its function
OliverLuft 9th January 2015
Picture the situation: your firm is an airline, a customer enraged by the delay in getting back to him about lost baggage pays to promote a tweet about the ‘horrendous’ customer service. It gets seen by 76,000 people, what do you do?
Well, if you’re British Airways, you take eight hours to reply, enrage him all the more with your excuse, and carve out your own little corner of Internet infamy.
Customer Services may once have been the preserve of call centres but now, thanks to social media, it has become a high-stakes game. Not only do firms have to deal with a new channel, they also have to deal with a new culture. Now, customer grievances and the responses they bring are aired in public. If your firm gets it wrong it could end up like BA – with a black mark that (despite all recent improvements to social customer service) remains shareable and searchable.
Pinterest, Promoted Pins, and self-service social media ads for SMEs
OliverLuft 8th August 2014
Running a small business in the digital age isn’t always easy. The inherent problems associated with battling a large rival offline have the unpleasant habit of transferring neatly to the online world.
Websites of firms with big marketing budgets are chocked with content; they command great authority from search engines; their inbound links are often of a high quality; and when search engines make big algorithmic changes, they respond quickly.
For small businesses that can’t compete on organic search, digital platforms offering flexible self-service ads and promotions can be a godsend.
Through its Adwords platform, Google allows creation of specific, targeted ‘pay per click’ (PPC) campaigns that can be tweaked easily through a self-service interface and provide smaller firms the exposure they need.
In fact, one small business owner told Tripp Associates his self-service Adwords had proved so easily manageable – and such a reliable source of revenue – he’d jettisoned his digital consultant and added £2 income to every £1 spent by closely managing campaigns himself.
And where Google has successfully enabled the small business owner, other digital platforms have followed.
Don’t bother with ‘followers’ and ‘likes’ for social media marketing, buy ‘reach’
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Three Singapore Start-Ups Tackling the Ugly Side of Food Waste
By Terence Poh
Gourmet /5 June 2020
Charles Deluvio
Entering an era of unprecedented environmental crises, Singaporeans can still do better in terms of food waste management.
When I first heard talks about climate change, in the early 2000s, media outlets at the time spoke of the topic as a distant threat that was likely to warm the planet, kill wildlife and affect our lives if we didn’t scale back on consumption. To combat this threat, we were gently advised to develop good habits, like turning off electrical appliances not in use, recycling soda cans and reducing the use of plastic bags.
In just about a decade, the situation has escalated into an alarming global crisis. Current issues that plague the environment are far too numerous to list.
In Singapore, the National Environment Agency (NEA) spotlights food wastage as one of the five largest sources of waste. This sparked a year-long battle against food waste in 2019, as part of the Year Towards Zero Waste campaign initiated by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, to encourage Singaporeans to adopt habits that reduce immediate food wastage. These included ordering only what can be finished, asking for less rice or noodles if you know the amount is too much and refusing side dishes that won’t be consumed.
Think you KNOW food waste? Food waste goes beyond the familiar. Other than hawker centres, restaurants, and hotels, lots of food waste can come from labs, breweries, and factories. Just like our easily overlooked black soldier flies, sometimes the most inconspicuous of things have the biggest impacts. 🔎
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Yet, as of 2019, according to the Waste Statistics and Overall Recycling rates published by the NEA, only 18 per cent of total food waste was recycled, a one per cent increase from the previous year. The rest is incinerated at waste-to-energy plants. Granted, it’s a better option as compared to depositions at landfills — these generate methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 per cent more potent than carbon dioxide, when organic materials like food waste break down. But, as studies have shown, large-scale incinerators tend to discourage recycling and lead to greater waste generation.
A research funding initiative started by the NEA in 2020, under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 Plan supported with a funding of S$45 million, has been slated to “enhance our resource efficiency, reducing dependency on incineration and landfilling while at the same time, help to maintain high levels of public health.” With regards to food waste management, the NEA is working with the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) to carry out research and test-bed innovation solutions, such as converting soya bean waste into useful products in the food chain.
The government and corporations seem committed to increasing efficiency in managing food waste, but this begs the question: What then is the average Singaporean’s role in this?
The impact of food waste on the environment, like all forms of planetary degradation, lasts essentially forever. Here, T Singapore spotlights the issue by speaking to three individuals who are taking charge of food waste management in Singapore with their eco-friendly businesses.
UglyFood: The Ugly Side of Food
Courtesy of UglyFood
Left: UglyFood transforms perfectly edible ugly produce, otherwise left to waste, into popsicles, juices and dessert bowls. Right: its co-founder, Yeo Pei Shan, began the eco-friendly business as a college project and continues to headquarter operations at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).
“One of the pressing issues is segregating food waste from other wastes. These issues are important because they are happening on the company level and the scale is much larger than households,” says Yeo Pei Shan, who runs the Singapore start-up, UglyFood. Yeo initially intended to tackle the problem of cosmetic filtering — fresh produce rendered as waste because the shape, colour or size is deemed unsuitable for sale — but has since expanded into food management consultancy, helping suppliers reduce wastage and cut losses due to overestimated demand and surplus produce.
A post shared by UglyFood | Grocery Store 🌱 (@uglyfoodco) on Apr 27, 2020 at 6:25am PDT
One of the major challenges faced by Yeo is increasing UglyFood’s distribution of repurposed ugly produce with limited resources. “We do not have enough resources to build our logistics, transport and distribution team, hence we rely on external parties for our deliveries,” says Yeo, “At times, we do not have full control of the transport and logistics process, which can get frustrating because we want the best and timely deliveries to our customers.”
Government agencies have given UglyFood a massive boost in terms of brand reputation and investor confidence. “For example, the NEA collaborated with us and featured us as part of the Clean and Green Campaign, which allowed us to have a huge publicity reach to the masses,” says Yeo. “Additionally, they do hold environment-related events, roadshows and conferences and invite us so that we can spread the word and also allow us to network and gain more partnerships with groups in the circle.”
Supermarkets and food stores around the world today routinely adopt the merchandising adage, “Pile it high, watch it fly.” “Singaporeans tend to [want to] get everything perfect and everything value-for-money,” says Yeo, who once had a food stall owner show her a box containing “the fruits that either dropped onto the ground, people pinched, poked, or abused till they don’t look fresh anymore. Many buyers are inconsiderate and often just press the fruits without much thought, so fresh fruits turn into ugly food.”
UglyFood’s popsicles.
Besides going on to motivate Yeo to start UglyFood, the exchange reveals cultural attitudes endemic in Singapore society today. Since its fateful separation from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, Singapore grew rapidly from a fledgeling nation plagued with mass unemployment, housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources to a first world nation towards the end of the 20th century. The rapid progress also engendered a rapid cultural shift — the years of having little to one’s name are memories not so distant to the generation of baby boomers who still routinely compensate by ensuring they have more than enough, and the very best, which applies to food. And when this cultural attitude is applied to procuring fresh produce, this generates more waste as buyers manhandle fruits to ascertain quality and avoid last items on shelves like the plague.
The problem of cosmetic filtering has seen remarkable improvement over the years, with an increased interest from schools and ground-up initiatives, such as SG Food Rescue, a group founded in 2018 who regularly visits wholesalers and wet markets to source for less than perfect produce from vendors. However, to Yeo, the main obstacle towards a greener Singapore is structural changes that have to occur at the level of businesses, a challenging problem that she hopes to address by educating consumers and businesses. “Many companies have to protect their bottom line,” she says. “But I hope more [consumers and businesses] can look past the convenience of throwing away, because as Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace, said, there is no such thing as ‘away.’ Things that we throw away have to go somewhere, and do we really want that?”
Treatsure: In the Unwanted Bin, a Treasure Trove
Courtesy of treatsure
Through the treatsure app, consumers can takeaway food from hotel buffets in the last 30 to 60 minutes of meal service.
Preston Wong, co-founder of the tech start-up, treatsure, believes that “businesses are still rather conservative and passive about food waste management, while not all consumers subscribe to the sustainability or food-saving message.”
Wong’s company tackles the problem of food waste with a mobile app, released in 2017, that connects businesses and hotels with surplus food to consumers. In partnership with Singapore hotels such as Grand Hyatt and Hotel Jen, the treatsure app allows consumers to take away food from hotel buffets in the last 30 to 60 minutes of each buffet meal slot from S$10 per box. The platform also hosts an array of surplus grocery delivery services (Yeo’s UglyFood is one of its partners) where users can purchase perfectly edible excess, expiring or blemished food items.
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To complement recycling efforts in the country’s management of food waste, Wong believes in reducing, redistributing and repurposing food, but experiences his share of challenges in terms of resource constraints, especially in terms of human and capital resources. Like Yeo’s UglyFood, Wong’s start-up relies on governmental grants, industry engagements and publicity efforts — in 2019, treatsure was one of the recipients of the Year Towards Zero Waste grants and channelled the funds towards improving its mobile app.
“More could be done in terms of allocating greater funding or a higher quantum for more initiatives and projects, as well as providing test-beds and pilot projects and resource connections for many of these projects,” says Wong. “For businesses, the NEA could consider working with Enterprise Singapore to co-invest or inject capital for equity in some of these companies, especially those with a technology edge, to encourage start-up growth and accelerate social impact. The government may also partner [with] more VCs and accelerators to help fund viable sustainability-minded businesses.”
The tech start-up’s co- founder, Preston Wong, believes that redistributing and repurposing food is an effective way to combat food wastage.
But on the part of consumers, Wong believes in conscious consumption in the form of actively considering surplus food or zero-waste shopping as a viable alternative to other readily available options. “We do see an increasing trend of our users posting on social media about what they whip up with surplus items,” says Wong, who credits social media as an effective platform for consumers to be change advocates by sharing with their peers about food wastage and the possibilities of turning surplus and blemished food items into useful, lovely creations. “Efforts for waste reduction should also expand across the food chain spectrum, and not only on the tail end.”
From Wong’s perspective, a lot of focus in the Year Towards Zero Waste campaign in 2019 was placed on the Resource Sustainability Act legislation mandating waste reporting and on-site digestion in larger retail and kitchen premises, but less attention was given to the reduction and redistribution channels. “I think more can be done in terms of working with food stakeholders to co-create meaningful long-term arrangements in these areas, as well as working with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the media to make food waste reduction a more lifestyle-friendly message.” Consumers can be responsible by buying according to their needs rather than excessively, so that wrong signals will not be sent to retailers at the stages of stock procurement and forecasting.
Insectta: A Bug’s Life
Courtesy of Insectta
Left: At Insectta, black soldier fly larvae are fed on pre-consumer food waste, a major contributor to Singapore’s overall food wastage that most consumers have no control over. Right: Chua Kai-Ning is the co-founder and chief marketing director of the eco-conscious start-up.
The Singapore-based company Insectta was founded in 2017, based upon research into the rearing of black soldier flies as an alternative zero-waste method to food waste management. The larvae of black soldier flies consume organic waste rapidly and eventually become animal feed. The excreted insect waste can also be used as fertiliser. However, Insectta has since moved towards extracting high-value biomaterials from the black soldier fly waste, to be used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, in addition to its line of animal feed and fertiliser products.
According to Chua Kai-Ning, co-founder chief marketing director of Insectta, the Singapore company feeds its larvae with “pre-consumer waste,” which refers to waste sourced from the food supply chain before consumers are involved. This includes by-products from the food manufacturing process, such as soy bean pulp generated from the manufacturing of soy bean products, and barley, wheat and malt generated from the brewing of beer. Insectta’s ecosystem of larvae is licensed under the Singapore Food Agency, which ensures traceability and prevents contamination of organic materials fed to its larvae before they go on to serve as livestock feed.
Due to the speed and volume at which the larvae consume organic waste (up to four times their weight a day), along with short life spans as adult flies with the sole purpose to mate (which declassifies them as pests), the method presents itself as an efficient way to manage food waste and reduces the need to grow livestock feed.
Insectta produces chitosan, a biomaterial made from chitin extracted from black soldier fly larvae, which is a more sustainable and higher quality alternative to conventional chitosan derived from shrimp and crab shells.
To measure the effectiveness of this method in dealing with food waste, Chua says, “We need economies of scale in order to be profitable, as well as to see sustained impact on the supply chain.” At present, insect farming remains a relatively new and niche industry that is dwarfed by mainstream forms of farming, and thus lacks a scale of production to enable economies of scale, cost-savings and a large impact on managing food waste along the supply chain.
“We are still trying to work up that economy of scale to have an impact on the supply chain,” says Chua. “For us to reach there, a lot of it has to do with market acceptance and consumer acceptance of insect-derived products. If consumers are still grossed out by insect-derived products, this industry cannot grow.”
Due to Insectta’s education and outreach programmes, started in October 2019, Singapore’s openness to the concept of insect-driven management of food waste has grown. “We [have] a lot of people who do not think insect farming is foreign. [In the beginning,] people could not even grasp the concept,” says Chua, “but in just slightly over a year [of starting Insectta], if you google ‘insect farming in Singapore,’ you’ll see our name, and you’ll see people talking about it on social media. It’s not alien or foreign to people anymore, with increased media coverage.”
Yet, Chua thinks that consumers’ efforts are largely inconsequential in alleviating the climate’s ailments: “The misconception that many Singaporeans have, firstly, is that the stuff you don’t finish on your plate, or that you leave behind at restaurants or hawker centres, makes up the bulk of food waste. The truth is that makes up a very, very small fraction of food waste.”
Upcycling is more than just a buzzword to us, it's a value we live by ♻️ That's why we work with local food producers like @reddotcraftbrewing and @wildbrewbeer who share our commitment to the circular economy. We take their spent grain from the beer brewing process and feed it to our hungry black soldier fly larvae, who convert it into fertilizers, pet feed, and biomaterials 🐛 This means tonnes of spent grain are diverted from the incinerator every week! It takes lots of planning, effort, and work to ensure the grains get from the brewery to our larvae in a timely and hygienic manner, but that's what it takes to start making the change in our waste systems 💪🏻 You can make a difference by supporting your local farms and business as they go green. Stay buggy and have a safe week! 🌱
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Instead, the majority of food waste is generated further up the supply chain. Chua explains, “For example, at the wholesale centre, when there is mismanagement [of stocks], or even [during] the current Covid-19 situation, when we suddenly have supply chain disruptions, a lot of food is going to waste, and this forms the majority of food waste that the world generates.”
“Unfortunately, consumers have no control over it. The power to reduce these kinds of waste lies with corporations, with legislation, with companies coming in to do something about their supply chain management,” says Chua.
Sudden disruptions, like the global pandemic, can clear skies, restore wildlife and scale back global production, but so long as there exists constant effort to keep supply chains running, wastage levels continue to rise. However, Chua believes that the answer to waste management is championing the concept of the “circular economy.”
“The idea is that in the whole economy, there are no waste products,” says Chua. “There are only by-products, which can be valorised to become useful products again.” With that, consumers can play their part by supporting businesses that are trying to take control of the supply chain.
“For example, at Insectta, we take in food waste by the tonne and recycle it into biomaterials and animal feed fertilisers,” says Chua. “So think out of the box, for example, by accepting insect-based products, which, indirectly, are food waste-based products. This is how you can support the recycling and valorisation of food waste, and ultimately reduce it.”
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Wolverines were once found across much of southern Canada, but a combination of over harvest and habitat loss has left them inhabiting only largely inaccessible northern and alpine areas. Wolverines are slow to reproduce and have large territories, which makes them especially vulnerable to habitat loss and disturbance from resource-extraction activities. Keeping wild areas intact is therefore of vital importance to wolverines.
Wolverines are both predators and scavengers with sharp teeth and powerful jaws enabling them to gnaw and tear through frozen meat and bones. With their thick, frost-resistant coat and large, snowshoe-like feet, wolverines are ideally adapted to live in northern environments. But these traits also make them vulnerable to climate change, especially a lack of deep snow cover for insulating dens.
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The Ontario Northern Boreal is home to the easternmost population of wolverines in North America. WCS Canada led a seven-winter survey effort to better understand where wolverine are – and aren’t -- in the region. WCS Canada also led a wolverine radiotelemetry study in Red Lake, Ontario from 2003-2005 and was a major partner in a similar wolverine radiotelemetry study in northern Alberta from 2013-2016.
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Man attempts to cheat urine test using squirt bottle attached to genitals, police say
Updated: 5:24 PM CDT Sep 18, 2018
Charles Bickford IV
SOURCE: Pasco County Sheriff's Office
A Florida man got creative trying to outsmart a court-mandated urine drug test.Charles Bickford IV met with his probation officer Thursday; the two have been meeting for the past seven months, WFLA reported.Bickford attempted to take the urinalysis with a squirt bottle attached to his genitals with a rubber band. His probation officer noticed, and Bickford attempted to get away, pushing two officers out of the way in the process. A third officer helped contain Bickford.According to an arrest report WFLA obtained, deputies said the situation was "a willful attempt to defraud the validity of the lawfully administered urine drug screening."The 36-year-old was charged with battery of a probation officer, resisting arrest and violating probation, according to Pasco County Sheriff’s Office online court records.
HUDSON, Fla. —
A Florida man got creative trying to outsmart a court-mandated urine drug test.
Charles Bickford IV met with his probation officer Thursday; the two have been meeting for the past seven months, WFLA reported.
Bickford attempted to take the urinalysis with a squirt bottle attached to his genitals with a rubber band. His probation officer noticed, and Bickford attempted to get away, pushing two officers out of the way in the process. A third officer helped contain Bickford.
According to an arrest report WFLA obtained, deputies said the situation was "a willful attempt to defraud the validity of the lawfully administered urine drug screening."
The 36-year-old was charged with battery of a probation officer, resisting arrest and violating probation, according to Pasco County Sheriff’s Office online court records.
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Who Am I? A Key to Your Inner Nature and Personality
By: Allardice, Pamela
Publisher: Australia, Lansdowne: 1995
Seller ID: 2300951
Condition: Near Fine
Second printing. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 1995 Hard Cover. 112 pp. WHO AM I? is a one-of-a-kind, multifaceted guide to personal discovery that utilizes several ancient disciplines: astrology, the Chinese horoscope, numerology, and the language of flowers and birthstones. Unlike most guides, this beautiful book offers an interdisciplinary, one-volume source for exploring one's true nature in an easy-to-use format. WHO AM I? is an affordable, all-inclusive source for gaining insight into yourself, family, and friends through the use of five time-honored methods.
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
By: Baigent, Michael; Leigh, Richard; Lincoln, Henry
Publisher: New York, Dell: 1983
Reprint. Faint edge wear. 1983 Mass Market Paperback. 489 pages. Black & white photographs. Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom? Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously rese...
Wiccan Beliefs and Practices, with Rituals for Solitaries and Covens
By: Cantrell, Gary
Publisher: Saint Paul, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications: 2002
Minor general wear. 2002 Trade Paperback. xix, 312 pp. Modern Wicca is a vibrant, uplifting nature religion practiced by hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. But wearing witchy jewelry and casting a few spells does not make one a witch, for Wicca is a lifestyle and those who walk its path have solemnly dedicated themselves to the service of the Goddess and God. Wiccan Beliefs and Practices was written for the solitary witch or non-traditional small coven. Written by a Wiccan High Priest and retired aerospace engineer, Wiccan Beliefs & Practices includes crucial informati...
The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan
By: Castaneda, Carlos
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1987
First edition. Top edge lightly stained, sticker remnant on front jacket panel. 1987 Hard Cover. 286 pages. Millions of readers worldwide have treasured the visionary brilliance of Carlos Castaneda, who first explore the world of the Yaqui Indian sorcerer in The Teachings of don Juan. Now, at last, don Juan returns in The Power of Silence -- wise, infuriating, capable or working miracles and playing practical jokes, but always seeking the wisdom of the warrior. The Power of Silence is Castaneda's most astonishing book to date -- a brilliant flash of knowledge that illuminates the far reaches o...
Madame Clairevoyant's Guide to the Stars: Astrology, Our Icons, and Our Selves
By: Comstock-Gay, Claire
Publisher: New York, Harper: 2020
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2020 Hard Cover. 245 pp. Whether you believe in it or not, astrologys job has never been to give us a preordained vision of the future, nor to sort us into twelve neat personality types, but to provide the tools and language for delving into our weirdest, best, most thorny contradictions, and for understanding ourselves and each other in our full complexity. The stars and the planets then are more like mirrors that show us who we are, that give us an understanding of how to be and how to move through the world; how certain people do it differently, ...
Secret Mars: The Alien Connection
By: Craig, M.J.
Publisher: England, Secretmars.com: 2013
First edition - a paperback original. Top corner of front wrapper faintly creased. 2013 Trade Paperback. 293 pp. Why has NASA not announced to the world, the greatest scientific discovery ever made in the history of space exploration? Do you want to know what has REALLY been discovered by the Orbiter and Rover cameras on the planet Mars? While scientists spend billions of dollars confirming that microbes live in the Martian soil, people sitting at home on their computers studying the Mars images, are making far more astounding discoveries...they've found the possible archaeological remains of ...
Spells and Charms: 52 Charms and Spells to Help You Get the Best Out of Life
By: De Pulford, Nicola
Publisher: New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.: 1999
Fourth printing. A nice copy. 1999 Soft Cover. 127 pp. Make your own good fortune! The power to influence the course of your love life, career, health, and happiness lies in these spellbinding charms and enchantments. Using ancient and global sources of magic, every spell has a list of easily obtainable ingredients, as well as rituals for making each element sacred. Sort out affairs of the heart and attract that special someone with an aphrodisiac loving cup. If it doesn't work out, Sky Magic, based on Chinese tradition, alleviates the pain of a broken romance. For a head start in the beauty g...
Surviving Evidence: Memoir of an Extreme Haunting Survivor
By: DiCesare, Christopher
Publisher: Fort Wayne, Dark Moon Press: 2014
Signed by author. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. DiCesare's view of life was forever changed by a series of horrifying events in and around his dorm room: C2D1 of Erie Hall. From early February through late April of 1985, he and his college friends would endure what is now called The C2D1 Haunting. Apparitions sighted, strange voices heard, moving objects witnessed and physical attacks all became part of the ordeal shared by Chris - who quickly became the focal point of the haunting.
Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine
By: Dossey, Larry
Publisher: New York, Harper Collins: 1995
Pages faintly toned, remainder mark. 1995 Trade Paperback. Proving prayer to be as valid and vital a healing tool as drugs or surgery, the bestselling author of Meaning & Medicine and Recovering the Soul offers a bold integration of science and spirituality.
Moon Signs: Reveal Your Inner Feelings and Discover Your Future [with] Moon Signs Journal
By: Fenton, Sasha; Dee, Jonathan
Publisher: Great Britain, Collins and Brown: 2001
A nice copy. 2001 Soft Cover. Like most people, you probably know only your sun sign. But that's just a part of your astrological make-up--the aspect you portray openly to the entire world. For the whole story, look to the moon, which reveals the inner you: your dreams, desires, and emotional intelligence. Don't let this knowledge stay hidden any longer! Includes: Moon Signs: a book with the key to powerful, invaluable astrological truths; Moon Wheel: Spin it to find your rising sign and what house your moon is in; Moon Journal: Lunar rhythms have a profound influence on our daily life--chart ...
Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
By: Fox, Matthew
Publisher: New York, Harper San Francisco: 1991
4th printing. 1991 Trade Paperback. 153, [7] pp. From Matthew Fox, the popular and controversial author of The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, a prophetic manifesto for the preservation of the planet. For those new to the works of Matthew Fox, and for those eager to learn his thoughts after his Vatican-ordered public silence, comes this introduction to creation spirituality--Fox's framework for a far-reaching spirituality of the Americas. Passionate and provocative, Fox uncovers the ancient tradition of a creation-centered spirituality that melds Christian mysticism with the contemporary struggle...
Illustrated Guide to Dreams
By: Francis, Valerie
Publisher: New York, Smithmark: 1995
Binding: Large Hardcover
First edition. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped, jacket flaps lightly toned. Page edges very lightly toned. 1995 Large Hardcover. 160 pp. With 200 illuminating illustrations and an absorbing discussion of the mysterious world that we inhabit in our sleep, Illustrated Guide to Dreams is a volume that will entertain and amuse readers everywhere.
Dowsing: The Science of Water-Witching
By: George, Karl
Publisher: Laurel, Montana, Karl George: 1974
Sticker on front wrapper, pencil notes throughout. 1974 Soft Cover. 140 pp. Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites,[1] and many other objects and materials without the use of scientific apparatus. Dowsing is considered a pseudoscience, and there is no scientific evidence that it is any more effective than random chance.[2][3] Dowsing is also known as divining (especially in reference to interpretation of results),[4] doodlebugging[5] (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum[6]) or (whe...
Communicating with the Dead: Reaching Friends and Loved Ones Who Have Passed on to Another Dimension of Life
By: Georgian, Linda
Publisher: New York, Fireside / Simon & Schuster: 1995
A few light spots on spine, pages very faintly toned. 1995 Trade Paperback. 153 pp. Linda Georgian nationally known psychic and author of Your Guardian Angels, shows you how to reach beyond the limits of your five senses to contact loved ones who have passed beyond life as we know it. In clear and easy-to-understand language, she explains not only the historical and religious precedents for communicating with those who have passed beyond, but how to initiate, respond to, and interpret communications yourself.
Hocus Pocus: Titania's Book of Spells
By: Hardie, Titania
Publisher: New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1996
Jacket faintly toned, top page ridge faintly foxed. 1996 Hard Cover. 120 pp. With a mind open to the possibility of unknown forces, the reader is invited to test the efficacy of magic with the help of Titania's spells. Here are spells and potions to aid and assist in the areas of love, health, wealth, home, family, marriage, business, and anything else ruled by the heart. Some spells involve a little ceremony with a selection of specific ingredients in a particular place at a certain time. Others consist of singing songs or chants, weaving talismans, or making charms, potions, or ointments. Ev...
The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1982: A History
By: Haynes, Renee
Publisher: London, MacDonald & Co.: 1982
First edition. Jacket edges lightly bumped. 1982 Hard Cover. xv, 240 pp. One hundred years of investigation into those faculties of man, real or supposed, which have appeared to be inexplicable.
Incidents in My Life (Collector's Library of the Unknown)
By: Home, D.D.; Edmonds, Judge
Publisher: New York, Time Life Books: 1991
Faintly rubbed. 1991 Hard Cover. Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced 'Hume') (March 20, 1833 June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. When Home was young, he moved with his aunt and uncle from Scotland to America, where they lived in Connecticut. After becoming well-known he travelled to England in 1855, and conducted hundreds of sances, which were attended by many of the best-known names of the Victorian period. There were specula...
Dowsing for Everyone: Adventures and Instruction in the Art of Modern Dowsing
By: Howells, Harvey
Publisher: Lexington, Massachusetts, The Stephen Greene Press: 1985
Wrappers lightly toned, page ridges lightly foxed. 1985 Trade Paperback. ix, 117 pp. A recent convert to dowsing, Howells reviews the history of this ancient skill, which dates back to 6000 B.C., demonstrates the art's numerous applications, and explains basic dowsing techniques.
Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization
By: Kenyon, J. Douglas
Publisher: Rochester, VT, Bear & Co.: 2005
3rd printing. Light edge wear. 2005 Trade Paperback. In Forbidden History writer and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal Atlantis Rising to provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and alternative history. The 17 contributors include among others, Rand Flem-Ath, Frank Joseph, Christopher Dunn, and Will Hart, all of whom challenge the scientific establishment to reexamine its underlying premises in understanding ancient civilizations and open up to the possibility of meaningful ...
Know Your Ascendant for Accurate Horoscope Makng
By: King, Chancey D.
Publisher: Tempe, American Federation of Astrologers: 1986
Binding: Stapled Binding
1986 reprint. Wrappers faded at edge. Chancey D. King was an osteopathic physician and astrologer who had a particular interest in correlating the signs of the zodiac with physical traits. The results of his work, which are compiled in this book, are especially valuable in rectification of the birth time in order to determine the correct sign and degree of the Ascendant.
Vampires: The Occult Truth
By: Konstantinos
Top corner of front wrapper creased. 2003 Trade Paperback. xii, 179 pp. Discover the strange world of the undead and the proof that creatures of the night exist. The facts about vampires are stranger than anything you may have read, heard, or imagined before. Vampires rips away the myth and exposes the habits and lifestyles of these beings. The author reveals the occult truths about these creatures, including actual first-person encounters with vampires of all types?the ancient undead of folklore, contemporary mortal blood drinkers, and the most dangerous creatures of all: psychic vampires who...
In The Shadows of Giants: Encounters With Mystics & Masters
By: Livergood, Jamie L.P.
Publisher: PA, Infinity Publishing: 2006
An exceptional copy. 2006 Trade Paperback. A nave youth grows into a middle aged man. Along the way, he discovers how his past incarnation as a Yaqui Indian affected his decision to become a warrior, healer and teacher in this life. Learning the art of Meditation from a Zen Master opens magical doors for exploring past lives, encountering a supernatural being, and the terrifying experience of meeting his spirit guides. With Martial Arts as a constant in his life, the author explores the world of natural healing and alternative medicine. All the while, he unknowingly opens himself up for a psyc...
Horse (The Chinese Horoscope Library)
By: Man-Ho, Kwok
Publisher: New York, Dorling Kindersley: 1994
Binding: Small Hard Cover
Price on front jacket flap blacked out. 1994 Small Hard Cover. 45 pp. Gregarious, eloquent, and loyal, the Horse attracts many friends, and blossoms in a crowd. An extremely passionate creature, it enjoys exhilarating emotional relationships.
Fallen Angels... and Spirits of the Dark
By: Masello, Robert
Publisher: New York, Perigee Book: 1994
Binding: Small Softcover
Sticker on rear wrapper, ink stamp on page base, top page ridge very faintly foxed. 1994 Small Softcover. 239 pp. They have been with us since the beginning of time. Walking the centuries in our myths, our art, our literature . . . and in our dreams. Victims of temptation and sin, they are spirits who fell from heavens grace, emerging anew as servants of darkness. Here, in one spellbinding volume, are the most infamous denizens of the Underworldfrom Lucifer, the first angel who challenged Gods will, to the fathomless legions of demons and fiends who haunt us to this day. Explore their world, h...
Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Superstition (The Library of the Mystic Arts)
By: Michelet, Jules
Publisher: N.J., Citadel Press: 1997
Remainder mark, wrapper edges very lightly rubbed. 1997 Trade Paperback. xx, 332 pp. ...a classic study of medieval hexes and spell-casing... one of the truly great sociological works of modern ties. Michelet draws vivid word pictures of the witch-hunts, the Black Masses, the reign of Satan, and the weird rites of the damned. Here is an age of unbridled pleasure and sensuality, of luxury beyond imagining, and squalor beyond endurance. It was a time when a girl might be accused of witchcraft merely if she was young and pretty and did not survive the test of immersion in water or boiling oil... ...
The Dictionary of Dreams: 10,000 Dreams Interpreted
By: Miller, Gustavus Hindman
Spine and top page ridge lightly foxed, pages lightly toned. 1992 Trade Paperback. 617, xvii pp. What does it mean to dream of running, playing an accordion, catching frogs, riding a stallion, eating honey, dying; or to see an eagle, apples, a tunnel, a shoemaker, or a field of growing wheat in your dreams? This comprehensive and thorough study of dreams unravels the cloak of mystery surrounding these and hundreds of other mundane or strange items, happenings, places, people, and feelings encountered in the dream world to reveal what they mean in our lives -- unhappiness, financial loss, event...
The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus
By: Nostradamus; Roberts, Henry C.
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 1994
A few pencil marks. 1994 Trade Paperback. vi, 350 pp. Here for the first time are all the prophetic verses of Nostradamus in one volume. Included are the original French text, a new English translation, and Mr. Roberts' interpretation of each and every prophecy, relating the mystic visions of the great seer to actual and future world events.
The Autobiography of a Fortune Teller
By: Phillips, Doreen
Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 1958
Very good in fair jacket. Jacket rubbed, tear and associated creases on rear panel, minor loss from corners. 1958 Hard Cover. 216 pp. Historic Saltwood Castle, in Kent.... A little girl, exploring, finds magic, fairyland, and a highly placed personage - was he a prince? - who tells her tales of long ago, of warriors and fair ladies, of love and intrigue. For the stranger had been struck by the difference in little Doreen, a special sensitivity. As a barmaid, then as a shopgirl in the London of the 1890's, she studied palmistry and numerology, impelled work 'with people.' She became confidante,...
UFOs and How to See Them
By: Randles, Jenny
Publisher: New York, Sterling Publishing Co.: 1992
Faintly stained. 1992 Soft Cover. 144 pp. Offers the seeker of UFOs with information on what to look for, where they are likely to appear, and what to do when one determines that a UFO has actually been seen.
The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression
By: Roberts, Jane
Publisher: New York, Bantam Books: 1984
Lightly rubbed. 1984 Mass Market Paperback. Through the author, Seth describes the true nature of human personality and of its relation to the body and explains homosexuality and civilizations' allegorical use of sex.
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Tok of the town
Baidu launches lawsuit against punchy rival
It ranks as the world’s seventh most downloaded app of the last 10 years, despite only being launched in 2017. And unlike most of the other Chinese social media brands, it is as well-known internationally as it is at home. It is of course the short-video app TikTok, or Douyin as it is branded in China. We wrote extensively about it in 2019, although there will be plenty of WiC readers who haven’t heard of the brand, which is sensationally popular among younger users (there are now 400 million daily users of Douyin in China; while Tiktok has been downloaded 1.5 billion times worldwide).
The app’s explosive rise should have been capped by the initial public offering of its parent company Bytedance, which trails only Ant Financial as the world’s most valuable unlisted start-up (based on a $75 billion 2018 valuation). The company is said to have chosen Hong Kong as its listing venue, although an IPO may not materialise during the first quarter of the year as initially expected. Firstly, Bytedance may want to conclude its increasingly litigious battle with Baidu over online searches. (Last August, it launched a search function via its Jinri Toutiao news aggregator app in a bid to eat into the Baidu’s dominant market share, see WiC463). Then there’s the increasing competition for TikTok from second-placed short-video app, Kuaishou (known as Kwai internationally). The latter has tapped Tencent and Alibaba (via Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Capital) as pre-IPO investors. In December, Kuaishou closed a $3 billion funding round, which values the company at $28.6 billion and makes Tencent its largest shareholder with a 20% stake.
News reports suggest that Kuaishou has picked New York as the venue for its own IPO. However, TikTok’s recent troubles with the US government may have prompted a rethink that will result in both companies coming to the equity markets later than expected.
TikTok has been under scrutiny since last autumn when the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) began investigating its 2017 $1 billion acquisition of Musical.ly. A review was launched on the grounds that TikTok didn’t seek the proper clearances, although US senators have also voiced concerns that TikTok is censoring politically sensitive content and doesn’t meet standards in how it stores and manages user data. In recent weeks, the American military has also banned its personnel from downloading the app on security grounds.
TikTok says that it ringfences its international data appropriately and that it has US-based moderators governing its content. Beyond this, the row has taken on the inevitable geopolitical angle: are the complaints in the US motivated only be security concerns; or by a desire to stymie competition from fast-rising Chinese tech companies?
Back in China, TikTok’s rapid growth rate may soften as competition from Kuaishou exerts the same kind of pressure on advertising revenues that Bytedance has applied to Baidu search sales through 2019.
TikTok’s challenge to the search giant lies in a fundamental evolution in how users are looking for information online. Searches are increasingly being conducted on apps rather than through browsers trawling the broader internet. That’s one of the reasons why Baidu’s share price came under pressure during 2018 and 2019 and the competition has prompted a flurry of lawsuits between the two companies.
The fight erupted again in December when Baidu started a new legal action claiming that Bytedance has been nudging users towards its own subsidiary companies even when they were searching for Baidu-specific content. As we wrote in WiC439, none of this helps the reputations of the Chinese search engines, where users have concerns about how the results are ordered and whether the content is advertising in disguise.
However, Baidu’s share price has made something of a comeback since November when it reported stronger than expected results. The shares have risen 25%, to roughly 16 times forecast 2020 earnings. In fact the stock went up 8% on the first day of trading this year perhaps on hopes of a ‘moonshot’ moment for Baidu’s driverless car platform, Apollo.
Last Tuesday it announced that the city of Beijing had granted it the first licence to carry passengers in cars driven by its autonomous AI technology, on specially designated roads. Baidu added that self-driving cars on the Apollo platform had now travelled three million kilometres in tests across 23 cities.
Talking PointChina’s best-performing high-speed railway ready to list in Shanghai
HealthcareChina approves its first homegrown HPV vaccines
Auto IndustryInsurer Baoneng takes over PSA Group’s struggling car plant in Shenzhen
Media & GamingA stake in Universal Music means more muscle for Tencent’s music apps
And FinallyBruce Lee’s daughter battles a Chinese fast-food chain for using his image
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Still ticking
“TikTok has proferred unrebutted evidence that uncertainty in TikTok’s future availability has already driven content creators and fans to other platforms”
A golden thank you
Bytedance gets a precious payments licence from China’s central bank
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Titans #12 Review and *SPOILERS*
REAL WORLD: Titans Tower
Written By: Dan Abnett
Art By: Kenneth Rocafort, Dan Brown, Josh Reed
Now that the Lazarus Contract is complete we can get back to our normal Titans book....... The only problem is, I don't know if I want to continue on after what we had at the end of that crossover. Most of us in my mind started reading this book because the classic Wally West was brought back in the DC Rebirth Special and this was the title featuring him and with that, this being an important book in the long run. Yeah, I'm sure people got on the Titans trolley because they're classic Titans fans and I'll go with that too, but this title so far has been a Wally fest, but now our speedster hero has himself a pacemaker due to Damian Wayne and some time travel nonsense and he doesn't seem to be able to really push himself to the level that he was did and possibly he's not really able to be The Flash anymore. That's no fun, but let's hope for the best as we get into this story and see what our Titan heroes will be up to for the summer. Let's check it out.
Our issue begins with Lilith Clay "Omen" going to Rikers Island to check in on Psimon and hopefully get him to spill the beans about where he sent a part of Bumblebee's mind before the Lazarus Contract showed up and put all of that on hold. This all leads to a show of power, where Psimon starts probing Lilith's mind as she attempts to do the same to him. With that, we see what the Titans are up and boy is it a goddamned soap opera! Donna Troy is all pissed since finding out that she's not a real person, like we saw in the Titans Annual and Roy is pissed because he doesn't have the nerve to tell Donna how he feels about her. Roy's pissy-ness isn't going to stop there though because as soon as he decides that he's going to tell Donna, he sees that Wally and her have made a connection and are making out.
The love fest doesn't stop there because it also turns out that Garth and Lilith are getting busy too, but Mal and Karen are on the outs since Bumblebee doesn't remember Herald or the child they had together since Psimon's whammy. Yeah, the team's a mess and it seems that nobody really trusts Dick anymore now that they learned that he once made a deal with Deathstroke........ even if that deal never really played out in the Lazarus Contract or had any ramifications at all. Throughout Psimon's probing, where we got to see the emotional state of the team, we also learn that Psimon knows of something dark coming and that Lilith subconsciously knows about it and that's why she called herself Omen in the first place, but we don't really go into what's on the horizon, only that there's someone on the team that will betray the rest and all of this mind games nonsense just seems to be Lilith's ploy to keep Psimon busy in her thoughts, while she finds out where Psimon sent Karen's memories without him knowing about it.
In the end, with Lilith finding out that Karen's memories were sent to Alton Laboratories, the team rallies together to go get them back, but now that we know the state of the team, we see the distrust among them and leave this issue with Lilith wondering who could be the member that is the traitor.
That's it for this issue of Titans and while I can't say that this is the best jumping on point for new readers, it's not bad, but it certainly doesn't get me interested in what's coming forward because I want a team that acts as a team and really centers on the friendship that they all share and this issue lets me know that we're getting away from all of that completely. Kenneth Rocafort's art is something that I've never really been a fan of and this issue doesn't change that. I know that he has many fans and if you don't mind this style, I'm sure you'll be find with what we're given here, but all in all I wasn't too hip on the over dramatic, soap opera-y way that our team were presented and I don't care for the art............ Yeah, that doesn't leave a whole lot to like, but I will tell you that I'm still invested in seeing Bumblebee get her memories back and seeing what HIVE used them for.
This issue of Titans is a bit stale in my mind while we try to get old readers back on the trolley of where we were before the Lazarus Contract, which I guess works for new readers too, but ultimately, I don't care for how the status quo of the team is now and I wasn't a fan of the art either. Hopefully Titans will eventually find its footing once it decides that we don't need to always focus on Wally and that this is a team we want to see act as a team.
Labels: arsenal, Bumblebee, dan abnett, Donna Troy, kenneth rocafort, nightwing, Omen, Psimon, Tempest, Titans, wally west, WSReview
No follow-up on Wally's pacemaker? Meh
Chane Grant June 14, 2017 at 7:44 PM
I also don't care for the unnecessary drama. In my opinion, the team hasn't really been together to have this kinda of drama and for it to be effective. Also, I feel that the traitor to the Titans is either: Lilith, Bumblebee, or no one. Anyone else wouldn't make any sense, in my opinion.
Action Jackson June 15, 2017 at 9:11 PM
This was a down issue for me, because I'm not the biggest Lilith fan. I'm not a fan of the bumble bee and Mal stuff either. Wally been to depressing lately when he should be the fun happy one in the group. And I'm a little bummed out that Roy always gets shafted. There was no need for Nightwing this issue.
Kiki M. Ishola June 16, 2017 at 10:47 AM
Hating Mal and Karen DC's two first black heroes? That is rare. Herald and Bumblebee are Black Panther material. It took decades to see them play a significant role in Titans since the 1960's and 70's. Having them back is like returning home. Lilith too. As a black fan I'm super excited.
Kiki I didn't say I hated Mal & Karen, just that I'm not a fan. I honestly wish those 2 where just written better, but unfortunately there getting the John Stewart treatment. Just because your in a book doesn't mean you'll get written interestingly or dynamic, which usually is John Stewart's way of getting handled, but looks like dc give that treatment to Mal & Karen as well.
Mad cause there is no possible candidate for betrayal NOT in this team. Every Titan is good childhood friend to one another. BS shock value unrest. Donna and Roy belong together, Wally with Linda, Garth with Dolphin, Lilith with Gnarrk, Karen with Mal. Also give Herald his damn powers back.
I don't think all those relationships will happen that way in this new continuity. But I do think Garth and Dolphin will, she's coming to the next arc of Aquaman. Which makes me think that if there's a chance for a traitor it would be Lilith.
I call BS the traitor story will flop and revealed to be a false omen. Lilith is full of those. Kiki Mink is right that Titans can't be divided given they are school friends. One can hope Rebirth will be about brighter stories but we only get sadness.
Jim Werner June 17, 2017 at 5:35 PM
i agree!!! I just want the full team up and running, being friends and fighting bad guys together. this book should be all about the love and hope of rebirth above all others and its not
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Kevin Richardson tweets losing a friend to QAnon after Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell Parler post
On January 15, 2021 by Xoonews.com
Backstreet Boys Kevin Richardson tweeted about losing a friend to QAnon, leading fans to believe there’s tension between him and his bandmate Brian Littrell who shared with his followers that he’d created a Parler account.
Richardson sparked concern with fans after sharing a Cosmopolitan article titled, I Lost a Best Friend to QAnon.
In the caption Richardson wrote: ‘Interesting read.’
The article detailed a first-hand account of losing a friendship due to the conspiracy theory-driven beliefs of a QAnon member.
His tweet came days after Littrell shared that he’d created a Parler account after President Donald Trump was banned from Twitter.
Kevin Richardson sparked concern after tweeting an ‘interesting read’ about losing a friend to QAnon shortly after Backstreet Boys bandmate Brian Littrell shared his new Parler account with his followers
Richardson shared an article from Cosmopolitan which detailed a first-hand account of losing a friendship due to the conspiracy theory-driven beliefs of a QAnon member
Littrell’s tweet about creating an account on the controversial site which has now been closed, was sent the same night that Trump was banned from Twitter ‘due to the risk of further incitement of violence’
Richardson, 49, who appeared to be responding to Littrell’s tweet, followed up by sharing another article titled, The Unlikely Connection Between Wellness Influencers and the Pro-Trump rioters.
In the caption of that tweet he wrote: ‘Another interesting read.’
QAnon, the discredited, right-wing group has built steam through the months as far-right supporters of Trump who dig deep into baseless theories about politics and the government.
Most recently, the group along with other white supremacists and terrorists stormed the Capitol while Congress was in session to confirm electoral votes acknowledging Joe Biden’s win in November’s presidential election.
Richardson spent the day and the following day retweeting reports about the riot and statements denouncing the violence.
The Capitol riot led to the deaths of five people and the second impeachment of the 45th president.
While there’s no clear evidence that Littrell has fallen further into far-right conspiracies, his tweet about creating an account on Parler, which has now been closed, was sent the same night that Trump was banned from Twitter ‘due to the risk of further incitement of violence’.
Fans caught on to Kevin’s tweet and asked: ‘I don’t think your cousin either cares or realizes the impact this has had. People are Angry. It could affect the future of this fandom and the behavior of people at your concerts. He has now publicly opened the door for division in a fandom that’s always been united.’
Fans caught on to Kevin’s tweet and asked: ‘I don’t think your cousin either cares or realizes the impact this has had. People are Angry. It could affect the future of this fandom and the behavior of people at your concerts’
Another tweet noted the severity of the issue: ‘Ok but on a serious note, it has been heartbreaking to see people we love and respect spiral into living in a land of make believe’
Family rift: Not only are they bandmates, they are also cousins as Littrell’s father and Richardson’s mother are siblings, and Kevin reportedly called on Brian to try out for the Backstreet Boys during a casting call in 1993; seen in 2019
As Long As You Love Me: The Backstreet Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide with dozens of No. 1 hits under their belts and legions of fans, making them the most successful boy band of all time; seen in 2019
Another tweet noted the severity of the issue: ‘Ok but on a serious note, it has been heartbreaking to see people we love and respect spiral into living in a land of make believe. A dangerous land, at that. I hope one day they all come to a higher consciousness, but I worry it’s already too late.’
Not only are Richardson and Littrell bandmates, they are also cousins as Littrell’s father and Richardson’s mother are siblings.
Richardson reportedly called on Littrell to try out for the Backstreet Boys during a casting call in 1993.
Brian has reportedly been a Trump supporter for years and even voiced his support for the band to perform at Donald’s inauguration in 2017.
Littrell admitted that the Inaugural Committee approached the band about a possible performance, but things just didn’t work out.
‘Hollywood needs to chill out, all right? You’re talking about the commander-in-chief, right? We’re talking about respect,’ he told TMZ at the time.
The Backstreet Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide with dozens of No. 1 hits under their belts and legions of fans, making them the most successful boy band of all time.
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| Frondorf: Goodell stuck in catch-22
Evan Frondorf
Frondorf: Goodell stuck in catch-22
Evan Frondorf 4:17 am, Jan 31, 2013
This should have been a pleasant week for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. With the Super Bowl approaching on Sunday, the raging debate over football safety should have taken a backseat while the public soaked in the storylines: a coaching battle between two brothers, Ray Lewis’ final game and the athleticism of Colin Kaepernick.
But a PR crisis can hit at any time. Last Sunday, Franklin Foer and Chris Hughes of The New Republic published a frank interview with President Obama that, much to Goodell’s chagrin, touched on violence in football.
The damning quote: “I’m a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I’d have to think long and hard before I let him play football.”
Here we go again. The pistons and cogs of the 24-hour news cycle spun into action. Sensing the need for damage control, Goodell hopped on Reddit on Monday and did an “AMA” (“Ask Me Anything”) session where Reddit users can post unedited questions and receive responses from cultural icons, politicians and even football commissioners.
Only two out of the 14 questions the commissioner answered related to promoting a safer game. One submission was a genuine question relating to the balance between player safety and the integrity of the game. The other was a rather condescending paragraph by Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, who has done great work in the past supporting LGBTQ rights in the football community, but in this case merely wanted to troll Goodell with a question asking about the “dichotomy between making the game safer versus giving the fans the hard hits and satiated bloodlust they so clearly desire.”
Goodell’s answers were not particularly enlightening (his dialogue was ripped from the propaganda ads the league is currently running about the evolution of football), but he also didn’t have much of a choice. The most powerful man in the NFL truly is between a rock and a hard place. Critics and some player-pundits like Kluwe clamor for stricter rules, fewer games and even the elimination of youth football. Yet Kluwe actually falls in the minority of NFL players. A bizarrely honest NFL.com report on Goodell’s 61 percent disapproval rating among players found that his unpopularity stems, in part, from “increased fines for defenseless hits.”
Granted, inconsistent penalties have opened Goodell to allegations of abusing his power and not actually acting in the interest of safety. But arguing over inconsistencies is merely a way for players to hide their disapproval of tougher tackling rules, harsher penalties and “tamer” football. At Super Bowl Media Day earlier this week, Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed said that Junior Seau “signed up for” the potential for injury in the NFL, referring to the former linebacker who had brain damage and committed suicide last year.
What is Goodell to do? There are two extremes. If he makes no effort to improve safety, the game of football will continue to be pelted with reports of traumatic concussions, murder-suicides and debilitating injuries. If Goodell turns the NFL into flag football, players will be incensed and fans will turn away. I’d hate to be in Goodell’s position — hated by players and fans for “ruining football” and hated by critics for, to paraphrase, “profiting off family-friendly bloodsport.” It’s not hard to see how the tug-of-war has resulted in bumbling inaction that fuels the ire of both sides.
But perhaps his weak AMA answers — and that didactic NFL commercial — actually have a point. As he noted on Monday, there were 17 deaths from football in 1905. President Teddy Roosevelt called together the presidents from Yale, Harvard and Princeton to make the game safer. The changes made football what it is today: They eliminated gang tackling, instituted the first and ten and a neutral zone, and added the forward pass.
Could we imagine football any other way? Games have evolved with our changing moral sensibilities, and fans and players have adapted. It will evolve — and must evolve — again. I understand Goodell’s indecision, especially when he’s been pushed back by the exact players he must protect. But he should take his own historical anecdote as evidence that, despite the negative press, football can evolve without being gutted. In fact, adaptation may be the only to save it. I promise it won’t look like the Pro Bowl.
While Obama’s hypothetical son dominated the headlines, his next two sentences might be just the talking point Goodell needs: “And I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence. In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are fans maybe won’t have to examine our consciences quite as much.”
Hopefully Goodell soon feels the same way — a little nostalgic, a little hesitant, but confident about the necessary course of action.
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| LEE: We are not MIT
Ike Lee
LEE: We are not MIT
Ike Lee 2:50 am, Feb 13, 2015
Dear YES-W participants,
Welcome to three days of excitement at Yale. I hope the Admissions Office and city treat you well, and that evidence of Yale’s prowess as an emerging STEM powerhouse impresses you. By the time you leave, you’ll have a better idea of whether you’d like to call New Haven home for the next four years.
Before you decide, though, I need to tell you some things you won’t hear this weekend. I’ve spent the past two years pitching similar points to individual prefrosh, and it’s time these words are printed.
Though I’m not a STEM major, I have taken a third of my credits in STEM and used to sit on a student advisory committee for the sciences. I speak as someone who has directly benefited from Yale’s sincere decade-long investment in its STEM programs.
Yet sincerity and investments do not create miracles, even at Yale. Undergraduates continue to face a variety of difficulties as Yale experiences STEM growing pains. These headaches are significant enough that I emphatically reject any claim that students will “sacrifice nothing” by choosing to study STEM at Yale.
What are these sacrifices?
Let’s start with teaching, the most serious of them all. Yale has one of the best STEM faculty-to-student ratios in the country. Individual attention from tenured faculty is plentiful, but many forget that smaller departments and fewer professors increase the probability of subpar teaching with no alternatives. Most introductory lectures are offered once per semester and are rated poorly by students. With few professors in the teaching rotation, many required courses have developed disappointing reputations.
The story doesn’t end there; upper-level classes are not immune, especially in engineering. Evaluations for the core requirements of the five engineering majors are pitiful — one department clocks in at just 2.9/5. To be fair, course evaluations are flawed in many ways, but most engineering majors are taking average classes and receiving average instruction at best. Lest you think that course difficulty may factor too prominently in these ratings, consider the fact that many work-intensive math and physics courses garner consistent student praise.
Limited faculty size also means limited research opportunities. Don’t get me wrong: Yale has hundreds of labs with more spots than there are students to fill. The common adage on campus is, “If you want to work in a lab, you can.”
But what kind of lab? There is a shortage of breadth in Yale’s lab offerings. Leaving aside the colossal opportunities in the biological sciences, students in computer science, mathematics and chemical and environmental engineering have told the News that there are too few professors conducting research in certain areas of interest. Yale professors are experts in their areas, but other parts of the discipline may be entirely unrepresented.
Beyond the classroom, Yale trails far behind its peers in matching its students to postgraduate opportunities in STEM. Though a liberal arts education focuses on the educational experience rather than the job hunting process, seniors should not face the daunting prospect of navigating employment opportunities alone. In short, Yale lacks the industry connections to find proper placements for its students. As a friend once bluntly said to freshmen, “Don’t even think about internships in industry before junior year. You can’t find them.”
The Office of Career Strategy does not care for engineers, and even recent efforts by the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design to host STEM industry career fairs has been wholly inadequate. Last semester, a whopping seven recruiters came to the event, and two of them were from the U.S. Armed Forces. Seniors are encouraged to attend networking events on other campuses, but logistics are hard to coordinate and Yalies are always second in line behind the host school’s own students.
Now, what’s a high school senior to do? I am not saying you shouldn’t come to Yale to study science and engineering. That would be preposterous. But I implore you to weigh your rosy impressions from YES-W (which, to be sure, are fair in their own right) against the realities I have portrayed.
Economics 101 tells us to pit risks against benefits. The troubles I identified are not overwhelming and Yale STEM alumni still end up in top graduate schools and great entry-level positions. I’d even wager that most of those graduates would still choose Yale if they had the chance again.
Realize that if you come to Yale for STEM, you will fight for your education. The University is serious about its improvement efforts, but does not currently live up to the glowing picture that YES-W paints. As you fight, however, you’ll be rewarded with an unrivaled undergraduate experience. You’ll live in residential colleges built for luxury while analyzing Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 between psets for fluid mechanics.
You’ll surely fall for Yale before you leave. But this is not Stanford or MIT, and it will never be. Just know that.
Ike Lee is a senior in Ezra Stiles College. Contact him at ike.lee@yale.edu.
Correction: Feb. 13
A previous version of this article stated that Yale has one of the lowest STEM faculty-to-student ratios in the country. In fact, Yale has one of the highest faculty-to-student ratios.
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6 Action Stars Who Started Out in RomComs
Not all action actors were known for kicking ass, before their career started making sense. Some started out in adult movies, others in goofy TV shows, but there are a few world-renowned big names, who actually began their journey in romantic comedies, or romcoms for short. Their very first roles weren’t necessarily in romcoms per se, but they did dip their toes in this genre quite early, before becoming huge action stars.
1. Channing Tatum
Today Mr. I’ll-be-playing-Gambit-soon-but-not-really is best known for his hilarious 22 Jump Street movies, and just a tiny bit for that male stripper role in the movie you’ve probably not seen like 10 times. But things weren’t always as action-packed. Before all the neck-breaking scenes he appeared alongside Amanda Bynes in the Shakespeare-inspired She’s the Man, which definitely wasn’t the most macho flick to start with.
2. Robert Downey Jr.
I don’t think I need to point out who RDJ is known for today, but for the sake of consistency, I’m willing to let you know that Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark, and Sherlock Holmes, and many-many other characters. But mostly Tony Stark. He was born to play that role, and it’s going to be a sad day for all the Marvel fans, when Iron Man retires. Either way, RDJ’s early movie career wasn’t made of money and CGI. In the movie The Pick-Up Artist we saw him as a sad conman, while in Chances Are, Downey was trying to figure out Cybill Shepherd and Mary Stuart Masterson. Oh, and let’s not forget Only You, where he starred alongside the future Aunt May – Marisa Tomei.
3. Chris Pratt
Ah, it’s mah boi Andy, I mean, Chris Pratt! You may have seen his face plastered all over the city, and rightfully so! His Star Lord is handsome AF. Of course, aside from Guardians of the Galaxy, Chris was the best part of the Magnificent Seven, and he knew how to handle a pack of ferocious velociraptors in Jurassic World. Let’s face it, he’s the Sylvester Stallone of this decade. As you may have guessed, his first movies were not as epic. In fact, before wrangling dinosaurs and saving galaxies, he was getting caught between Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in Bride Wars!
4. Ryan Reynolds
Handsome, funny, has a thing for plush unicorns – how can you not like this guy? Of course, this is exactly why Ryan Reynolds has starred in a whole bunch of romcoms throughout the years. Remember Just Friends, or The Proposal? Yeah not the best movies ever made, but hey, it’s a living! No matter how bad those early roles were, I’m thankful for his Deadpool and Green Lantern. Haha, just kidding, only Deadpool.
5. Chris Evans
Yet another hunk of a man on this list, Chris Evans is best known for his amazing role as the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four… Naaah, he’s Captain America! He was also in romcoms like What’s Your Number?, and Playing It Cool, but those roles were quickly forgotten after such incredible movies like Snowpiercer and The Winter Solider. Sadly, his contract with Marvel is running out, so we may very well see the last of Steve Rogers next year in the Infinity War.
6. Bruce Willis
And lastly, we got the good old Bruce Willis. Yippi-ki-yay, motherf~ oops, sorry, force of habit. Before we saw officer John McClane and his bare-footed adventures in the Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard, Willis was in Blind Date! The name itself gives you all the information you may need, but it did have Kim Basinger in it, so that’s nice. After this fiasco of a movie, Willis showed some outstanding performances in Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Jackal, and Armageddon, and by now, I’m pretty sure he’s over romcoms anyway, so who cares!
April 28, 2017 (Updated: April 28, 2017 )
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Zidane hails Benzema's potential France return as 'good news'
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane says it is "good news" that Karim Benzema may make a return to the French national team.
The Real Madrid star has since been excluded from the national team program withthe striker facing trial over a blackmail case relating to a sex tape said toinvolved formerFranceteam-mate Mathieu Valbuena.
As part of that case, Benzemais accused of trying to extort money from the Olympiacos starahead of a friendly against Armenia five years ago.
Michel Moulin, one of thecandidates running against incumbent FFF presidentNoel Le Graet, has promised that he would work to bringBenzema back to the France team.
And Zidane, who has offered his "complete support" to the striker amid his off-the-field issue, says he would look forward to seeing Benzema's return.
"That Benzema can return to the France team is good news," he said in a press conference on Wednesday.
ZIdane also spoke of another forward currently on the books at Real Madrid, Luka Jovic.
The striker is set to leave the Bernabeu on loan this month and return to former clubEintracht Frankfurt.
Jovic has scored just two goals in 32 appearances since moving to Real Madrid, but Zidane says he still believes the young striker can develop into a solid player.
"Jovic is a striker who scores goals, it is his characteristic," he said. "He's 21 years old, we understand only that. It's what we want from him.
"He has had no luck, he has had difficulties, adaptation, injuries. At 21 it is not easy. You must learn from many things."
Real Madrid are currently second in La Liga, trailing rivals Atletico Madrid by four points having also played two games more.
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"When we do a little worse there are always criticisms, andit won't change," Zidane said."In a season there are ups anddowns but we always try to do better, that is what we are going to try tomorrow.
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The change of phenolic glycolipid 1 and its antibody levels in leprosy patients following the chemotherapy
D. I. Kim, K. W. Jeong, S. N. Cho
Japanese Journal of Leprosy
Kim, D. I., Jeong, K. W., & Cho, S. N. (1989). The change of phenolic glycolipid 1 and its antibody levels in leprosy patients following the chemotherapy. Japanese Journal of Leprosy, 58(1), 63.
Kim, D. I. ; Jeong, K. W. ; Cho, S. N. / The change of phenolic glycolipid 1 and its antibody levels in leprosy patients following the chemotherapy. In: Japanese Journal of Leprosy. 1989 ; Vol. 58, No. 1. pp. 63.
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