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Newsletter #258 November 18, 2005
The Land of Israel Necklace
consists of a crystal glass pendant filled with the entire Land of Israel including Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Nazareth, The Sea of Galilee, The Jordan River, The Dead Sea, as well as other locations. The earth inside has beautiful color variations creating a natural layered effect. By wearing the Land of Israel as a beautiful necklace, the land remains in one's consciousness and, literally, close to the heart.
A Meaningful Gift!
The U.S. and Hamas: A Sick Diplomatic Fantasy
By Micah D. Halpern - Israelinsider.com - November 15, 2005 IWhy would Abbas disarm Hamas after the election, victorious or defeated, if he has not yet done so?
Why would Hamas willingly capitulate to US pressure when they have gotten everything they want, when they have grown in popularity, by standing firm against the United States?
And why isn't anybody else asking these questions?
Peace Tomorrow, Not Now
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - IsraelNationalNews.com - Nov 11, 2005 President George W. Bush's Roadmap is taking more time, but it is based on the same ignorance of the true meaning of the word peace, and is conditioned on the hope that a few billion dollars will bribe the Arabs into forsaking their nightmarish dream of taking over Jerusalem and wiping out Israel.
Folly in Gaza: The Sequel
By P. David Hornik - FrontPageMagazine.com | November 17, 2005 Under intense American pressure, Israel recently signed with the Palestinian Authority a new deal that effectively ensures a steady flow of weapons and terrorists into Gaza. From there they will make their way to the West Bank, thereby guaranteeing that the “cycle of violence” will continue far into the future on terms detrimental to Israel.
Prime Minister Paul Martin is no friend of Israel
By Alistair Gordon - Canadian Coalition for Democracies - November 18, 2005 Would a friend of Israel have as his government’s official policy that Israel has no jurisdiction over Jerusalem, including recalling all Canadian passports that had “Jerusalem, Israel” as the place of birth? Would a friend of Israel support the bogus Palestinian “right of return” that he knows would destroy the Jewish state?
And how is that, Secretary Rice?
By Ryan Jones - Jerusalem Newswire - November 14, 2005
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Sunday told reporters while en route to Israel that the birth of a Palestinian Arab state on the biblical lands of Judea, Samaria and Gaza will bring increased security to the Jewish state.
I, for one, would be interested in hearing on what evidence exactly the secretary bases that assessment.
It is important to note that a “Palestinian” state will be ruled by the PLO (now more frequently referred to as the Palestinian Authority), which was for decades the “Al Qaeda” of Islamic terrorism.
Israel agreed, under tremendous American pressure, to enter into negotiations with and recognize Yasser Arafat's organization as the legitimate representative of all Arabs living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha) on the shaky assumption the PLO would deal decisively with all other terror groups vying for position.
To this end, Israel allowed the PLO to import thousands of arms.
But since that day, the number of terrorist organizations operating out of those territories has only increased. And those groups are today far better armed than they would ever have hoped to be prior to 1993.
One by one, Israel surrendered control over every major Arab population center in Yesha believing (or at least acting as if they believed), just as Rice claimed Sunday, that doing so would provide nearby Israeli towns with greater security since, naturally, the local Arabs' anger would be assuaged by the gesture.
Is Greater Tel Aviv today safer now that nearby Kalkilya is under PLO control? Has Netanya been offered respite as a result of handing over Tulkarm? Do the citizens of Haifa and the lower Galilee breath easier knowing armed gangs rule the streets of Jenin? What of the residents of holy Jerusalem? Have they suffered less because Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron are under the thumb of the “Palestinians”?
Most recently Israel transferred 100 percent of the Gaza Strip to PA control, telling Jewish residents of nearby towns the move would improve their lot and that of their countrymen.
The town of Sderot was immediately pummeled in the largest single Gaza-based rocket attack to date, with the promise of more to come.
In what can only be called a classic case of understatement, Rice noted correctly that more work needs to be done on the security front. The answer, however, does not lie in reforming the PLO/PA or even amending its deadly charter.
Rather, Israel and the US need to recognize that they made a terrible error of judgment in entrusting to a terrorist organization the safety and security of those the terrorists had dedicated their lives to destroying.
There is absolutely nothing to suggest that providing the PLO with sovereign rule over Israel's ancient heartland is going to bring any security to the Jewish state. Without exception, all the evidence points to the opposite outcome.
The creation of a Palestinian state will lead to the destruction of Israel.
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Germany demands France shut old nuclear plant near border
Germany demanded Friday that France close down its oldest nuclear plant, Fessenheim, near the German and Swiss borders -- just one of several ageing atomic plants that are unsettling France's neighbours.
"This power plant is very old, too old to still be in operation," said a spokesman for Environment and Nuclear Safety Minister Barbara Hendricks.
"That's why the environment minister demands its closure at the earliest possible date," he said, reiterating Berlin's earlier demands.
Berlin slams "irresponsible" report on nuclear funds
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel refuted media reports of a provisioning shortfall of up to 30 billion euros ($34 billion) in nuclear exit costs, speaking of "irresponsible speculation," that sent shares in the nuclear plant operators tumbling.
Spiegel Online reported a potential shortfall in provisioning for nuclear waste storage late on Monday, citing the findings of a law firm appointed by the economy ministry.
German energy firms need to set aside more money for nuclear exit
German energy companies are short of as much as 30 billion euros ($34 billion) of the money they need to set aside to build a safe disposal site for nuclear waste as part of the country's exit from nuclear power, Spiegel Online reported on Monday.
E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall are due to switch off their nuclear plants by a 2022 deadline set by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011.
RWE CEO says no Urenco sale before H2, possibly later
ESSEN, Germany, March 10 (Reuters) - A sale of uranium enrichment company Urenco won't happen before the second half of 2015, RWE Chief Executive Peter Terium said, adding that a disposal could even take longer than that.
RWE and peer E.ON jointly hold one third of Urenco's shares, with the Dutch and British governments each owning a third, too.
Terium said the stake in Urenco was the last major item on the company's list of disposals.
Urenco
Germany says using tax money for nuclear power 'out of the question'
(Reuters) - Using taxpayers' money to fund nuclear power is "absolutely out of the question", German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday, in an apparent swipe at British plans to finance new atomic generation.
Gabriel was arriving for talks in Brussels on the European Commission's proposal for an energy union, which would deepen cross-border cooperation on energy across the 28-member EU.
Previous efforts to harmonize energy policy have faltered as member states have jealously guarded their right to decide on the kind of energy they use.
Global nuclear decommissioning cost seen underestimated, may spiral
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - German utility E.ON's breakup has led to worries that funds set aside for decommissioning reactors will not suffice, but globally the cost of unwinding nuclear is uncertain as estimates range widely.
As ageing first-generation reactors close, the true cost of decommissioning will be crucial for the future of the nuclear industry, already ailing following the 2011 Fukushima disaster and competition from cheap shale gas, falling oil prices and a flood of renewable energy from wind and solar.
Germany wants to ringfence nuclear plant closure money-paper
BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Germany plans to set up a fund to ringfence 17 billion ($21.2 billion) euros nuclear power firms have set aside to cover the long-term costs of decommissioning plants, Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Wednesday.
There has been concern in Germany that taxpayers could foot part of the bill to shut the plants because the money put aside by the firms to cover decommissioning costs could be lost in the event of a bankruptcy, or used for something else.
Urenco's owners set year-end deadline for indicative bids- sources
(Reuters) - Britain, Germany and the Netherlands have asked prospective buyers for their jointly-owned nuclear fuel enrichment firm Urenco to submit indicative bids by year-end, sources familiar with the process said.
The governments, which each own a third of Urenco, have agreed to test the market's appetite for the world's second-largest nuclear fuel vendor before deciding whether to kick-start a privatisation process that could fetch up to 10 billion euros ($13 billion), said the sources.
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German Utilities Bail Out Electric Grid at Wind’s Mercy
Germany’s push toward renewable energy is causing so many drops and surges from wind and solar power that more utilities than ever are receiving money from the grids to help stabilize the country’s electricity network.
Twenty power companies including Germany’s biggest utilities, EON SE and RWE AG, now get fees for pledging to add or cut electricity within seconds to keep the power system stable, double the number in September, according to data from the nation’s four grid operators. Utilities that sign up to the 800 million-euro ($1.1 billion) balancing market can be paid as much as 400 times wholesale electricity prices, the data show.
Blanancing market
German power generators Looking for lifelines
Embattled E.ON and RWE turn to the government and the courts for help
Jun 7th 2014, BERLIN - RECENT years have brought little but bad news for Germany’s power generators. Having overinvested in gas- and coal-fired plants before the financial crisis, the two largest, E.ON and RWE, ended up with excess capacity in the ensuing downturn—just as lavish subsidies to wind- and solar-power producers were bringing a host of new competitors to the market. After the nuclear accident at Fukushima in Japan in 2011, the German government decided that all nuclear plants in the country must close by 2022, bringing forward the huge costs of decommissioning them. To cap it all, ever more industrial consumers of electricity have gone “off the grid”, generating their own power. Shares in the two power giants have fallen by almost half in the past five years, whereas Germany’s DAX stockmarket index has almost doubled in that time (see chart).
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TRUCKS: William Byron’s blown engine begins tough day for Kyle Busch Motorsports
SOURCE: motorsport.com
William Byron picked up the 1st last-place finish of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career in Saturday’s Great Clips 200 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway when his #9 Liberty University Toyota lost an engine after he completed 59 of the race’s 130 laps. The finish came in Byron’s 3rd series start.
The defending K&N Pro Series East Champion - and Rookie of the Year - clinched his title at just 17 years of age with his fourth victory of the season in the October finale at Dover. It capped an impressive year for the Charlotte, North Carolina native who got his start playing the iRacing simulator. That same season, he scored a CARS Super Late Model victory at Hickory, finished runner-up in both his ARCA debut at Lucas Oil Raceway and in the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at South Boston - and signed a deal with Kyle Busch Motorsports to run full-time in the Truck Series.
Byron made his series debut last fall at Phoenix, where he started 5th but was caught in an early crash with Brandon Jones and Cole Custer, leaving him 31st. He returned this season to Daytona where he this time dodged nearly all the wrecks - before his #9 was damaged in the last-lap fracas involving teammate Christopher Bell. Regardless, Byron now had a 13th-place finish in his back pocket heading into his Atlanta debut.
37 trucks showed up to contest the 32 starting spots in Saturday’s field, and among them Byron again qualified 5th with a speed of 136.436 mph. He was also 6th in the opening practice session on Friday, 3rd in the second, and 8th in Happy Hour. Among the five drivers who missed the race were Norm Benning - his second in a row to start the season - as well as popular upstarts Jordan Anderson and Ryan Ellis.
Starting 32nd on Saturday was Jennifer Jo Cobb, who despite being one of three drivers to not complete a qualifying lap was locked into the field on owner points, bouncing back from a DNQ at Daytona. Cobb’s #10 Driven2Honor.org / Westside Vapor Station Chevrolet, which carried the names of several fan supporters on the rear bed, was joined by J.J. Yeley’s #07 Engine PArts Plus Chevrolet and Daytona winner Johnny Sauter in the #21 Allegiant Travel “Back in a Bowtie” Chevrolet, which were sent to the back for the driver missing introductions and pitting before green, respectively. While Yeley, Sauter, Cobb, and several other drivers lost laps in the early going, it wasn’t until Lap 61 that Byron entered the last-place picture. His #9 erupted in smoke coming off Turn 4, signaling the engine failure that ended his day.
Finishing 31st was another KBM truck, this time the #51 ARRIS Toyota of Daniel Suarez. Suarez was racing Matt Crafton for the lead off Turn 2 when contact from Christopher Bell in yet another KBM truck turned him into Crafton, triggering a hard wreck that eliminated both Suarez and Crafton. Bell continued on before losing a right-front tire while leading with just 7 laps to go, wrecking him out of the race and handing the win to John Hunter Nemechek. The crash left Bell just outside the Bottom Five, separated by Cobb’s lapped #10 and Sauter’s #21. In all, the three KBM trucks finished 26th, 31st, and 32nd.
*This marks the first last-place finish for the #9 in a Truck Series race since October 18, 2008, when Sean Caisse’s #9 Germain.com / Lumber Liquidators Toyota crashed after 44 laps of the Kroger 200 at Martinsville.
*This is the first last-place finish for Kyle Busch Motorsports in a Truck Series race since February 24, 2012, when the late Jason Leffler wrecked 17 laps into the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona.
32) #9-William Byron / 59 laps / engine
31) #51-Daniel Suarez / 111 laps / crash
30) #88-Matt Crafton / 111 laps / crash / led 76 laps
28) #21-Johnny Sauter / 121 laps / running
1st) William Byron, Tommy Joe Martins (1)
1st) Kyle Busch Motorsports, Tommy Joe Martins (1)
1st) Chevrolet, Toyota (1)
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Vinh named among five best ASEAN scorers by Fox Sports Asia
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Fox Sports Asia has listed Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as one of ASEAN football’s five greatest-ever international scorers on its website.
Vietnamese top striker Le Cong Vinh. (Photo: danviet.vn)
With 51 goals scored for Vietnam in 83 caps, Vinh is level with France legend Thierry Henry and Poland star Robert Lewandowski, Fox wrote.
He is ranked 34th in the world and No. 11 in Asia.
“Vinh was also the man for the big occasion and memorably scored the goal that won Vietnam their first and only AFF crown to date. Despite only being 31, it has been a year since Vinh hung up his boots, but it will take something – or someone – special to beat his record.”
The other players are Thai Kiatisuk Senamuang (71 goals in 134 caps), Singapore’s Fandi Ahmad (55 goals in 101 caps), Filipino Phil Younghusband (47 goals in 92 caps) and Indonesian Bambang Pamungkas (38 goals in 86 caps)./.
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vinh-named-among-five-best-asean-scorers-by-fox-sports-asia/122704.vnp
The video conference to outline tasks on labour and social affairs in 2021
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Leader of Cần Thơ city receives Consul-General of India
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Dr. Deborah Mifsud
dmifsud@gmxlaw.com
Deborah Mifsud joined the firm as a Junior Associate in 2020.
Deborah completed the Doctor of Laws degree at the University of Malta in 2017 after successfully defending her thesis entitled ‘Alternative means of raising Finance with a special emphasis on the Shipping and Aviation Industries’. She was admitted to the bar in 2019.
Deborah continued her studies by completing a course delivered by the Malta Institute of Taxation: Advanced Course on the Interpretation and Application of Tax Treaties. She furthered her studies in taxation by completing the Malta Institute of Taxation Professional Certificate in Taxation (Cert. Tax).
Deborah Mifsud started her legal career as a legal trainee at Deloitte Malta in 2015 whilst she was still reading for her legal degree as a student at the University of Malta. Following her successful completion of her Doctor of Laws Degree she continued working at Deloitte Malta in their tax and corporate team. In January 2019 she joined Camilleri Preziosi as an Associate in the Corporate and Finance practice group. In 2020 she joined Gauci-Maistre Xynou with her main practice areas being shipping and taxation.
English, Maltese, Italian
Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta
Member of the Chamber of Advocates, Malta
Member of the Malta Institute of Taxation
Professional Certificate in Taxation, Malta Institute of Taxation (2018)
Advanced Course on the Interpretation and Application of Tax Treaties, Malta Institute of Taxation (2017)
LL.D., University of Malta, Malta (2017)
Diploma Notary Public, University of Malta, Malta (2015)
LL.B., University of Malta, Malta (2014)
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Michigan Study: Masonry Imparts Value In Homes And Communities
February 1, 2006 CP Staff
University of Michigan research has determined that masonry ordinances ensure long-term quality growth while reducing residents’ overall tax burden. A
University of Michigan research has determined that masonry ordinances ensure long-term quality growth while reducing residents’ overall tax burden. A study finds that adoption of masonry ordinances, i.e., local zoning requirements specifying a certain percentage of clay brick or concrete masonry as the primary exterior building material, increases community property values and contributes to continued growth, without significant increase in ownership or rental costs.
Commissioned by the Brick Industry Association (BIA) and conducted by University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the research involved comparative analysis of four Chicago suburbs to assess masonry ordinance impact on a community’s housing prices and fiscal health. Because development trends in Chicago are closest to the national average, according to the study’s dissimilarity index based on 1990 and 2000 census data, the study’s methodology ensured that its findings are relevant nationwide.
Two communities that had a masonry ordinance in effect for 10-plus years Û Orland Park and Tinley Park Û were examined along with two suburbs Û Hoffman Estates and Streamwood Û exhibiting similar demographic, economic and housing profiles, but without an ordinance. The study looked at issues of central concern to communities considering masonry ordinances: affordability, property values, growth and taxes.
Researchers cited four primary findings:
Masonry ordinances do not drive up home or rental costs Û Year 2000 census data indicates that the median owner cost for households with a home mortgage in Cook County’s suburbs is approximately 22.8 percent of household income. At 22.2 percent, the costs in Orland Park and Tinley Park run slightly below the average. Homeowners without a mortgage in Orland Park and Tinley Park also have lower cost burden than many neighboring communities.
When the average rental burden was examined, researchers found the median cost of rental in Cook County’s suburbs to be 24.4 percent of household income, with Orland Park and Tinley Park running slightly lower at 23.4 percent and 24.1 percent, respectively.
Adoption of masonry ordinances improves long-term property values for homes in a community Û Research indicated that a constant-quality residential property in Orland Park could sell for 95 percent higher than one in Streamwood, and 128 percent higher than that in Tinley Park. Compared to Hoffman Estates, Orland Park properties would sell at a 79 percent higher price, while in Tinley Park, the average selling price for property was 112 percent higher.
Masonry ordinances foster lasting growth Û Researchers found that Orland Park and Tinley Park continue to grow at a faster rate than comparable communities lacking masonry ordinances. From 1990 to 2000, Orland Park and Tinley Park had a population growth rate of 43 percent and 34 percent, respectively, while the median growth rate among Cook County’s suburbs was 5 percent. The study’s two comparable communities, Hoffman Estates and Streamwood, had growth rates of 6 percent and 17 percent, respectively, during the same time period.
Communities experience reduced overall tax burden Û The research found that Orland Park consistently outperforms other Cook County communities in total sales receipts, while Tinley Park continues to experience a rapid increase in sales receipt amounts. The result for residents is a reduced property tax burden.
Incorporating 25-plus years’ data from the case study communities, researchers examined real estate transactions, tax records, census data, and sales receipts, with a primary focus on analyzing community changes between 1990 and the present. Notes BIA President and CEO Dick Jennison, Research shows that masonry ordinances can ensure that development supports the long-term interests of the community while addressing the interests of both its citizens and the business community.
A masonry ordinance helps communities avoid that Îurban sprawlÌ look by diversifying housing design, as it encourages long-lasting positive externalities that lead to strong growth, affirms Village of Orland Park Trustee Kathleen Fenton. Complete findings of the University of Michigan study will be available early this year. More information about the study or an Executive Summary can be obtained by visiting www.gobrick.com/planning/UM_Synopsis.html.
Block/Paver/Brick
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Staggered But Steady
Contemplating the design of its Staybridge Suites Hotel, Chicago developer Miglin Properties, LLC joint owner with Atlanta’s Dellisart Lodging, LLC eyed
Contemplating the design of its Staybridge Suites Hotel, Chicago developer Miglin Properties, LLC Û joint owner with Atlanta’s Dellisart Lodging, LLC Û eyed spacious rooms in a building worthy of the city’s architectural legacy. An exhaustive design process led to a June 2007 groundbreaking for what would be Chicago’s first staggered steel truss and prestressed hollow core project.
The 17-story luxury hotel will comprise a structural steel system of 14 floors built over four cast-in-place concrete levels, including a parking garage and sky lobby. Since the use of a staggered-truss framing system allowed designers to arrange building masses creatively by incorporating cantilevered floors, a mid-section of the 186-ft.-tall structure will be slightly offset to produce the hotel’s novel configuration. Adding further distinction, project principals note, are metal cladding on exterior lengthwise walls and a glazed-glass finish on outside surfaces spanning the building’s width.
A STAGGERING PLAN
According to the American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago, the staggered truss system is a new concept in structural steel framing for mid- or high-rise buildings. It consists of a series of story-high trusses staggered from floor to floor and spanning the entire building width between two rows of exterior columns. With columns only on exterior walls, the usual interior columns are omitted, providing a full-width, column-free area. Staybridge Suites, therefore, will feature 60-ft.-square spaces with no columns, while some open areas range to 60 _ 80 ft.
Implemented with precast plank, the system incorporates a floor system that spans from the top chord of one truss to the bottom chord of the adjacent member. The floor thereby becomes a major framing component, serving as a diaphragm that transfers lateral shears from one column line to another; thus, though the trusses lie in two parallel planes, the structure performs as a single braced frame. Overall, benefits of the composite system include minimal bending moments (from gravity and wind loads) in the columns; more open areas for design freedom; semi-finished floor and ceiling in one operation; reduced foundational loads due to fewer structural members and, in this case, hollowcore plank; plus, faster erection with all-weather construction.
SECURING STAYBRIDGE
As economy in labor and materials is a prime consideration for any commercial venture Û even a luxury hotel Û staggered truss steel framing with hollowcore plank affords the advantage of mass production of uniform components. Only one type of truss was required for the project, among a total of 815 tons of structural steel supplied by K&K Iron Works, McCook, Ill. The fabricator delivered 115 trusses, 100 columns, and 600 braces, spandrel beams and diaphragms. ATMI Precast of Aurora, Ill., shipped over 1,000 prestressed hollowcore plank, typically 4-ft. _ 30-in. or 4-ft.-square.
Ready mixed for the cast-in-place parking garage and hotel entrance was supplied by Bridgeview, Ill.-based Prairie Material Sales, Inc. Jeff Rodgers of general contractor Walsh Construction Co., Chicago, reports that approximately 4,000 yd. were required for the building’s first four levels, plus columns and shear walls. Three Saturdays and one Sunday were devoted to site preparation before mid-week pours could take place. Coordinating installation during the cast-in-place phase, he adds, involved placement of anchor bolts and setting plates, timing erection with formwork, establishing temporary bracing, and determining rebar/post-tensioning/formwork/steel interactions. Aligned composite columns, i.e., steel columns encased in concrete, were deemed best suited to the project’s structural demands.
With the progression to higher levels, crane selection and traffic circulation affecting steel and precast plank delivery became crucial. Accordingly, a single Liebherr 316 crane for both plank and steel placement, as well as a staging area along the site’s northern perimeter, facilitated truck unloading and erection of structural components. Coordination of cycles for delivery and setting of steel and precast members enabled builders to erect steel on one side, east or west, as precast was set on the opposite side at a lower level. Grouting was performed only after installation of the floor above; and, a three-floor safety zone was established for all follow-up trades.
At the 10th to 13th stories, where cantilevered floors are offset by 7 ft. 6 in., the plank arrangement provided space at the edge of a unit for inset trusses. There, diaphragms had to be fully grouted to ensure stability. Maximizing economies of scale, offset floors used the same trusses, merely designed in reverse. Trusses ranged in length from seven to 44 feet and weighed from 1,500 to 9,300 lb. each.
Setting hollowcore plank on a staggered-truss frame provided flooring without the need for a structural topping or finish. ATMI’s fabrication process using extruded, zero-slump concrete yielded precast plank sufficiently smooth to require only a thin latex veneer before laying of carpet in most areas.
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Optimizing Paver Plant Safety
June 1, 2009 CP Staff
Pursuant to a series of incidents in North America, safety authorities recently have conducted multiple on-site accident investigations at paver producing
Jeff Ashcroft
Pursuant to a series of incidents in North America, safety authorities recently have conducted multiple on-site accident investigations at paver producing facilities. Accordingly, the challenge of block machinery and related paver-production equipment meeting current safety standards in either the U.S. or Canada has become evident.
Specifically, deficiencies have been identified with respect to guarding for automated doors and access points to the block machine [mandated by B11.1 & 2/CSA 432-04 standards], as well as safety interlocks. Most importantly, the equipment control system did not meet the standards’ requirement for dual-channel, control-reliable operation as stated in B11.1 and CSA Z142-02.
Though most paver producers may be unacquainted with B11.1 & 2/CSA Z142-02 safety standards, all are well advised to learn about them and maintain compliance. Developed initially for the metal stamping industry, the standards are applicable to any operation, such as block production, using machines that form, shear or blank material.
In particular, press production equipment requires press control reliability and redundancy, new training requirements, and press-type specific training. Also mandated are operator competency verification and records of operator training. Additional specific management responsibilities are detailed: Employer shall ensure that 1) power presses incorporate a total system of protection designed to ensure the safety of all people working within the press environment; 2) any press modifications conform to standard; and, 3) modifiers provide instructions and operating guideline changes.
Such regulations are relevant to paver producers, because a company is subject to significant fines in the event of an accident with its equipment, if an investigation reveals any safety deficiencies based on the standards. Among the handful of major block machine manufacturers in today’s marketplace, none currently meet B11.1 & 2/Z142-02 for standard models. Thus, without specific remedial modifications and the addition of reliable and redundant safety controls to equipment, a block and/or paver operation almost certainly is noncompliant.
Remedying safety deficiencies involves, first, inquiring directly of the professional engineer who provides expertise and guidance for company operations whether the production equipment has been verified as compliant with Z142-02 safety requirements. Second, a consulting company skilled in safety modifications must be enlisted to inspect the equipment in order to assess the status of safety guarding and controls in view of the engineer’s recommendation for compliance with B11.1 & 2/CSA Z142-02. Third, if an operator training, verification and record-keeping program is not yet in place, developing and implementing such a regimen as soon as possible is essential to ensure compliance: these records will be requested by safety officials should an accident occur. In sum, protection of the operation, as well as management, ultimately the business itself, and most importantly, the safety of employees depends on keeping up with changes in safety codes and regulations that are applicable to the facility’s production equipment.
A frequent commentator on safety issues in power press operations, Jeff Ashcroft is affiliated with Reflex Integration, a supplier of power press safety upgrades and the manufacturer of Command Stamp, a B11.1 / Z142-02-compliant press control. He can be reached at 905/836-8103; by e-mail: [email protected]; or, via web site: www.reflexintegration.com.
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The Contemporary Condition
Aspirational Fascism
William E. Connolly
In an earlier post, entitled What Was Fascism?, I responded to a set of right wing pundits who treat social democracy, liberalism and a welfare state as modes of fascism. The logic behind that equation is simple: unregulated markets promote consummate freedom and rationality; state regulation of markets stifles both and produces irrational intervention in the daily lives of people. One point of my post was to remind people what these revisionist histories seek to forget: Drives to European fascism were triggered above all in the thirties by the advent of the Great Depression; and that Depression was produced by practices of market utopianism. While market utopianism was not itself fascistic, the collapse it fomented helped to spawn fascist movements in several countries and to intensify them in others. Only a few actually succeeded. But the results were devastating.
There were several characteristics of fascism the first time around. It was virulently anti-semitic, propelling death camps in its most extreme version. It also defined social democrats, communists, homosexuals and the Romani as degenerates, deserving to be placed on the dumping grounds of history. Its racism with respect to non-Europeans was virulent. Where it succeeded, it introduced a one-party state, disallowing electoral challenges, to say the least. The success of fascist movements, when they did succeed, was spurred by a dark series of resonances between the state, industrialists and local vigilante groups who spread terror in the streets. These versions of fascism were also capitalistic. Profit and ownership of the means of production were private. Fascist capitalism replaced the myth of market self-sufficiency by one of exclusionary national unity, brownshirts, bellicose militarism, police repression and aggressive war policies.
It is thus a mistake to equate every large state with fascism, as the radical right loves to do under the umbrella of market utopianism. In fact, it is difficult to find a capitalist state anywhere that is not also a large state, though the priorities of such states do vary significantly.
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One critic of that post suggested that I had merely pretended to read Hayek. Hayek, of course, was an early purveyor of the view that regulated markets promote a fascist state, though socialism was his key target. He presents an uncanny mixture of the insightful and the fanciful: a fascinating account of freedom, spontaneity and social processes of self-organization; a utopian view of market processes as the only place such processes occur; and a homogeneous suspicion of any large state, however distinctive in aim, accountability, and organization. He was not a friend of aspirational fascism. A critique of Hayek, joined to a corollary appreciation of his early engagement with complexity theory, could thus be timely. He was, for instance, wary of any association between the state and religious enthusiasm. It is too bad, then, that he confined the play of spontaneity and real complexity to economic markets, setting into motion an ideological movement that denies the role of spontaneity and self-organization to social movements and, indeed, to a much larger host of interacting human and nonhuman domains (See The Fragility of Things). Welcome to the world of under-regulated markets and rapid climate change, Mr. Hayek.
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What about aspirational fascism today and the possibility of its enactment in America? Its reoccurrence, if it happened, would express some continuities with the past punctuated by a series of significant differences. To detect hints about those affinities and differences, we can listen to Republican, Tea Party candidates such as Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich; we can heed the expressions of hate and ugliness regularly spouted by an active minority in their audiences; we can recall the Tea Party’s willingness to shut down the government to support the ends of a minority movement; and we can attend to repressive police practices already underway in American cities. Here is what such listening suggests:
1) Neo-Fascism, if it were to arrive, would not take the shape of one party rule. The media, corporations, the state, and vigilante groups together would cow constituencies on the middle and the left. The minority party would offer only weak resistance to the policies of the right, and some sections would collude with it.
2) Anti-semitism, while hovering in the wings, would be displaced by virulent opposition to all Muslim groups, within and outside the country. Gays, feminists, professors, atheists, and union leaders would also be on the list of enemies. The war on terror would morph, as it is always on the verge of doing, into a war on Islam as such. The most right wing tendencies in Israel would be supported enthusiastically, even as calls to make America a more Christian nation intensified. Those two apparently incompatible drives can be sustained in some circles by saying that the first stage of Armegeddon will arrive in Israel, to be followed by the Second Coming in which only Christians are rescued. You don’t need to worry about the devastation of the earth if you are waiting for the Second Coming; you don’t want to if you are committed to a neoliberal image of production, consumption and markets. Such a combination, to the extent it succeeded, would silence a large and growing section within Christianity that eagerly supports a pluralist culture.
3) Carbon based sources of energy for production, consumption and military operations would be celebrated and extended. The dangers of fracking and nuclear power would be ignored. Climate change would be ridiculed. And imperial operations designed to protect traditional modes of energy would be launched.
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4) As the effects of climate change foment suffering and disorder in several regions, the United States would become even more of a garrison state, invoking massive state power to barricade its borders and creating a series of wars in vulnerable or oil rich regions.
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5) As market utopianism, unlimited corporate campaign money, and state repression grows, inequality of wealth, income and communicative power would become even more extreme. Attempts to protest these developments would foment more intensive modes of state and media repression to disparage and silence them. You might think that the Supreme Court would help here, but its recent drive to give more rights to corporations as “persons” than to living persons is hardly reassuring. The majority of the current court participates in the ideology of market utopianism.
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6) As the combine of market utopianism and state bellicosity grew, another world wide market collapse would almost certainly occur. It is an open question whether China would escape its effects. The right would draw upon the suffering promoted by that collapse to pursue even more intensely market utopianism. Since a perfectly free market is always a chimera promised for a fanciful future, you can always blame the latest failures on too much market regulation and taxation of “job creators”.
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6) Vigilante groups, already discernible in this country, would grow in size and type, seeking to silence alternative voices as they infiltrate localities, churches, corporations, and universities. The state and the police would enter into covert alliances with them.
Such a new type of fascism is certainly not inevitable. It does, however, operate as an aspiration in some circles that already makes a big difference in our politics. It also could occur, if a major terrorist event encountered a Republican President and Congress. It poses a real danger.
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The immediate question is how to criticize market utopianism more effectively as we identify the dangers it promotes, the denials it demands, the suffering it fosters, the unfocussed anger it unleashes, and the repressive, militaristic state it solicits to sustain its fantasies. Above all, how can we awaken a large constellation of “Independents”--who first try to ignore politics as much as possible and then become susceptible to slightly softened versions of right wing sound bites when a crisis emerges. Here Mitt Romney, perhaps, is even more dangerous than Rick Perry, as he exudes a willingness to be the soft voice of a rampant minority movement. The secret of the neoliberal/evangelical machine resides in the way that it promises smooth markets for the future as it feeds off crises of today it helps to foment.
Barack Obama, for all his eloquence, is not good at exposing these drives and dangers. Paul Krugman, for all his economic insight, does not crack through either. Academic radicals have insufficient reach and connections on their own. Steve Colbert and Jon Stewart show merely a few flashes of brilliance in this regard. What then? Some noble intellectuals in the American Jewish community are now speaking out actively about the American/Israeli/Palestine quagmire. A forthcoming documentary by Bruce Robbins at Columbia University is promising in this regard. Recently, I have begun to wonder whether Rachel Maddow and Elizabeth Warren might provide hope in exposing the insidious character of this machine to a wider audience.
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One thing seems clear, however: it will take enhanced participation by more people in the micropolitics of families, churches, unions, localities, consumption cooperatives, universities, the new media, protests, and corporate exposes to pave the way for the social movements and electoral coalitions needed today. Connections to social movements in other countries are critical too. In these respects protest movements on Wall Street and in Wisconsin, along with militant protests against austerity in England, Greece and elsewhere may be promising.
Jairus Victor Grove October 4, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Comment by John Buell: I would like to explore a little more fully why Paul Krugman’s work is not sufficient to crack or derail aspirational fascism. Though there is no question that the current economic crisis, including high and stagnant unemployment rates, increasing levels of poverty and job insecurity for many employed has created a context in which authoritarianism of various forms grows, the crisis is not merely economic. Race, ethnicity, and nationalism have colored the ways in which the economic crisis has been perceived and the policy response to that crisis. During the early days of the great financial meltdown, the National Review website carried a story attributing the collapse to loans to “illegal immigrants.” Though the story was soon repudiated and removed, it resonated for a time, just as nationalistic stereotypes today impede even minimal intervention in the European debt crisis.
Krugman’s blog has consistently made invaluable contributions to our understanding of the limits of the reigning economic theory. Nonetheless, he has been limited in his political efficacy by a tendency to underplay the ways race, gender, ethnicity, and nationalism subtly color the debate. A stimulus program, especially one designated primarily as government job creation, implies to many the purported favoritism of affirmative action, the hiring of blacks and Hispanics. A generation of Republican rhetoric on that subject, just as seventies stagflation and declining white working class fortunes set in set in, helped entrench such themes. Government is coded as “lazy, inefficient, feminine, discriminatory, and exploitative.” It is the other in terms of which white masculinity defines itself.
Comment by John Buell: Krugman is certainly sympathetic to immigrants, but he has suggested that divisions over immigration make it harder to press for economic redistribution. He also suggests more broadly that income is the primary determinant of voting behavior. However much this may explain choices of Republicans versus Democrats, it is blind to subtle shifts within the parties themselves. The police who beat Wall Street demonstrators may well be victims of Wall Street imposed cuts in pensions and jobs yet many probably vote for “law and order” Republicans or their Democratic copy cats.
He has also argued that periods when rates of immigration were low were times when greater progress on economic issues could be achieved. Though I disagree with his reading of this history, I would also argue that even if true for one period, such a connection is unlikely to stand today in a world of rapid population flows and instant communication. There is no substitute for building cross border and cross ethnicity alliances on greater receptivity to difference as an end in itself. Treating cultural stereotyping and discrimination as secondary or solvable through economic growth is neither just nor effective.
How do we create a broad- based coalition to attack market utopianism, the faith in markets as autonomous perfectly self-regulating instruments of justice and economic growth? One unifying theme that might resonate with wide sectors of the population is challenging another form of aspirational politics that has long helped sustain the faith in markets. Americans have displayed a long- standing opposition to redistributive measures based on the hope or dream that “I am going to become rich.” Though it is easy enough—and appropriate—to cite statistics on the relative lack of social mobility in highly inegalitarian societies like the US and Britain, merely advocating new taxes on the rich may gain temporary majorities but is perhaps less effective than asking how the modern rich achieved that status in the first place. As Dean Baker has argued, many of them did not get rich “the old fashioned way.” They did not earn it. Pharmaceutical interests were beneficiaries of monopoly patents, often based on NIH research that would have enraged Adam Smith. Natural resource companies received favorable leases, defense contractors no bid contracts, often based on personal connections. So- called free trade treaties protect intellectual property but not the rights of workers. The Koch brothers, ardent apostles of market utopianism, have benefited from government favoritism in innumerable ways. Yasha Levine has reported: “Georgia Pacific, a… subsidiary of Koch Industries, uses taxpayer money provided by the U.S. Forestry Service to provide their loggers… roads and access to virgin growth forests…. Koch Industries won massive government contracts using their close relationship with the Bush administration. The Bush administration, in a deal even conservatives alleged was a quid pro quo because of Koch’s campaign donations, handed Koch Industries a lucrative contract to supply the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve with 8 million barrels of crude oil. ..Koch won significant contracts to buy Iraqi crude oil…. The Koch brothers have claimed that they oppose government intervention in the market, but… blogger Andrew Halcro reported that a Koch subsidiary in Fairbanks asked Gov. Sarah Palin’s administration to use taxpayer money to bail out one of their failing refinery. See http://www.truth-out.org/how-koch-industries-makes-billions-by-demanding-bailouts-and-taxpayer-subsidies-part-168141
Comment from John Buell: Perhaps the most immediate, persuasive, and consequential way into this phenomenon is the modern investment banking industry. Treating the very foundation of a capitalist economy, money, as just another commodity to be sliced and diced for immediate profit not only failed to create tangible benefits but brought the whole economic order to its knees. Yet the practitioners of their art have been restored, replete with bonuses made possible by the taxpayer. So much for market fundamentalists worries about moral hazard! But beyond the obvious injustice, citizens need to be reminded that these activities not only cost taxpayer money but also in effect undermine the access to working capital ambitious entrepreneurs need to fulfill their dreams of riches.
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Accent on creating jobs for rural people in Cuddalore - Newindpress
Accent on creating jobs for rural people in Cuddalore
An ambitious scheme aimed at generating employment opportunities in the rural landscape will be launched in the backward coastal district shortly, according to official sources.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will also be introduced in Villupuram, Nagapattinam, Tiruvannamalai, Sivaganga and Dindigul.
The government will allot over Rs 60 crore a year for the project. As per the scheme, the elected panchayat president and the local body will act as a nodal agency for implementing the scheme.
The local body will provide employment to members of a family, which requires a job, for 100 days a year.
The family members will have to enroll their names with the local body. Works such as desilting of lakes, irrigation channels, and strengthening of river bunds, canals and lakes will be undertaken as part of the project.
Work relating to tree plantation will also be taken up under the scheme. The government has banned the use of giant machines in the work.
The families, which have enrolled their names, but not received the employment in a year, are entitled to receive unemployment allowance.
The scheme had been introduced in Rajasthan and Maharashtra recently. The project would go a long way in eradicating poverty in the rural terrain, the sources said.
Tsunami fundraisers' medical centre joy - This Is Hertfordshire
Tsunami fundraisers' medical centre joy
By Aaron Bateman
PEOPLE living in Indian villages practically washed away by last year's devastating tsunami will soon be receiving treatment at a medical centre named after St Albans.
Building work is poised to start on the project which is the brainchild of a group of St Albans residents who raised almost £30,000 at a charity ball in March.
Paul and Nadine Gibbon of Battlefield Road, together with fellow organisers Jez and Kerry Day and Bob and Inez Rosen, have spent the intervening period narrowing down a series of charitable projects before deciding on the St Albans Medical Centre in the Cuddalore district of south-east India.
Paul said: "One of the people we met was a lady called Lorraine Page who was a Macmillan nurse on secondment in Cuddalore when the tsunami hit.
"She became so involved with the community and the relief effort there and her work took on a new direction.
"When she gave us her presentation about what's needed in the area we knew it was the right project for us becaue she was so down to earth and passionate.
"We had several really slick presentations from larger organisations but they already have some major backing.
"We were just really taken with Lorraine's grassroots' approach."
The money raised from the ball will cover the building costs and pay for a team of health workers and a doctor for at least three years.
Nadine explained that once the initial money runs out further events will be planned to ensure that the centre is a permanent one.
She added: "This is just phase one and we will do what it takes to keep the centre up and running.
"The ball may well become a bi-annual event so we can keep the fund topped up.
"We don't intend this to be a one-off and we're not going to just walk away after three years."
About 250 people were killed in Cuddalore while thousands more were injured or made homeless by the Boxing Day tsunami and relief efforts are still being hampered by ongoing flooding in the district.
Dozens of families in the area are still living in temporary accommodation.
The medical centre is expected to serve 28 villages when it opens.
5,000 saplings planted along Cuddalore coast - Newindpress
5,000 saplings planted along Cuddalore coast
In an effort to raise green belt along the coast and protect the people residing in the region, Isha Foundation has planted 5,000 saplings in six coastal hamlets in the district.
The programme was inaugurated by District Collector Gagandeep Singh Bedi at Periyakuppam.
The fishing community people, including children, school students and women, participated in the programme and planted saplings along the 6-km long coastline. Volunteers of Isha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore, also took part in the event.
As many as 60 varieties of saplings were planted at Periyakuppam, Pettodai, Ayyampettai and Nanjalingampettai.
The programme was organised by Project Green Hands of Isha Foundation.
Mangroves protect villages in India's Pichavaram area - People's Daily Online,Beijing
Mangroves protect villages in India's Pichavaram area
It was mangroves that saved thousands of lives in five hamlets of Pichavaram area in South India's Cuddalore district on Dec. 26 last year.
While the waters headed straight for a kill, the mangroves stood guard, and took the impact of the killer waves, shielding the villages from them. And today, with little fish at sea, fishermen are fishing in the same mangrove areas and making their livelihood.
According to Cuddalore District Collector Bedi, five of the 17 villages were saved by the mangroves.
These villages have a total of 1,228 families. When waves struck, the mangroves cut down the volume and speed of water, saving thousands of lives and property.
Liyakash Ali Khan, a village administrative officer in Pichavaram area, said that the damage could have been severe had mangroves not covered the villages. "The remaining 11 which had no mangroves suffered severe damages to life and property," he says.
In fact, the mangrove trees themselves did not suffer serious damage either. Only a few trees got uprooted, securing the inner areas. Also, many fishermen at sea rushed and took shelter in the mangroves.
what bliss have the mangroves been? Well, compare the five villages to the remaining unprotected Pichavaram villages and you can see the difference.
Hundreds of lives have been lost in the area. One of the villages, Pillumedu, alone lost 30 children and 13 adults, another neighboring village lost about 150 people. Other villages also lost dozens of lives. Their shelters were washed away and they lost their homes, livestock and livelihood.
Groundnut fields also suffered some damage in unprotected areas. Now, the Cuddalore administration and non-governmental organizations are busy reconstructing lives of affected Pichavaram areas while people from the protected ones look on and thank the mangroves for saving their lives.
Pichavaram, India's mangroves area, has 16 varieties of angiosperms and attracts tourists from all over the country.
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Tsunami-hit villagers await Vivek Oberoi's return - WebIndia
Tsunami-hit villagers await Vivek Oberoi's return
Actor Vivek Oberoi is a real life hero for Devanampattinam, a fishing village in Tamil Nadu where he helped villagers find the rhythm of life after last year's disastrous tsunami.
Squatting on the cemented floor of his hut built by Vivek soon after the Dec 26, 2004, disaster, Velumurgan, 16, told IANS: "The actor helped us stand up when we were down. He promised to help us start walking again."
The teenager quickly added: "But Vivek never came back again."
Following the devastation in the village, 10 km away from Cuddalore town, Vivek built 100 huts at a location nearly two kilometres away from the coast under his project called "Hope".
The administration has also built 200 huts at the same location.
A total of some 2,500 people live in these huts, most of which have palm leaves for roofs. The others have cemented sheets as roofing and steel sheets as walls.
Muthuraman, the district coordinator for the NGO Mata Amritanandamayi Math, which has been associated with the rehabilitation work, said: "Vivek completed the first two stages of rehabilitation work quickly. First relief and rescue and, second, providing temporary shelter.
"He also wanted to be involved in the third stage - to provide livelihood support and permanent shelter.
"But he left his work half done because of his clash with the state government and interference of others engaged in rehabilitation work. Seeing him attracting attention, they wanted him away from the place as soon as possible."
The government had accused Vivek of drawing "maximum publicity" for doing "nothing tangible".
Following that, the Bollywood star moved his housing project to neighbouring Pondicherry, where he recently completed reconstruction of nearly 100 dwellings.
In Cuddalore district, where around 500 people perished in the tsunami waves, the administration has still not been able to complete the 642 brick-and-mortar houses it undertook for construction.
These are expected to be ready by the middle of January - in time for the Pongal festival.
Admitting that rains had seriously hampered the construction of permanent shelters, Cuddalore district collector Gagandeep Singh Bedi said: "We are racing against time to complete the houses."
Many villagers, while being grateful to Vivek, are not happy with the palm leaf roofs.
"This is not sufficient to prevent rain water from seeping into our huts. When it rains, we go to a nearby temple," said 45-year-old Umaya, who sent her daughter Bhubaneswari, 22, to stay with her brother in Chennai because of the difficult living conditions in the village.
Though the government-built huts seem better, the low ground level makes them unsuitable during monsoon.
Anpalagan, 70, said: "These huts look solid comparatively. But when it rains, water enters because of their low ground level. It creates water-logging because of the way they have been made."
Tsunami anniversary: United, Cuddalore stands - Newindpress
Tsunami anniversary: United, Cuddalore stands
Silent processions, tree planting, inauguration of memorials and inter-faith prayers will mark the first anniversary of the December 26 Black Sunday when the tsunami took more than 640 human lives and destroyed the livelihood of thousands in Cuddalore.
The district administration has made arrangements to set up six stalls on Silver Beach here to market products made by tsunami-affected women through self-help groups from December 23 to 26.
On December 26, saplings will be planted at MGR Thittu, Parangipettai and C Pudupettai in memory of the dead. Memorial pillars and gardens will be opened in Ayyampettai, MGR Thittu, C Pudukuppam, C Pudupettai, Kumarapettai, Samiarpettai and Devanampattinam. A silent procession will be taken out by villagers from affected hamlets. Authorities will hand over 20 FRP boats to 100 beneficiaries.
An inter-faith prayer meeting, photo exhibition, relay torch march from Pondicherry, yoga and karate demonstrations will also be held.
An enterprising man has decided to swim from Pondicherry to Cuddalore with his hands tied to express solidarity. A candle lighting ceremony will be held at Devanampattinam in the evening.
Good Samaritans: Tsunami bridges caste divide - NDTV
Good Samaritans: Tsunami bridges caste divide
MGR Thittu was a beautiful little island on the Bay of Bengal till it was devastated by the tsunami.
Sixty-four people were killed and the island was reduced to rubble.
In the caste ridden district of Tamil Nadu where there are deep divides and recurring tension between communities, it was the poor dalit farmers in the neighbouring village who came to the rescue of the more prosperous fishing community.
They provided them with food, shelter and clothing and helped them begin a new life in temporary government shelters.
Time to reciprocate
The recent floods in Cuddalore provided tsunami survivors an opportunity to reciprocate.
When the villagers who helped them during the tsunami were marooned in the floodwaters, the fishing community swung into action.
They rescued over a thousand villagers with the help of boats and provided them with all the essential supplies till the waters receded.
"Even though people look at the caste first, they forgot all the differences and saved us and looked after us in a humane way," said a tsunami survivor.
The district administration will soon convert this island in ruins into a tsunami museum and these remains will certainly tell a new story of the new bridges of friendship.
The tsunami rendered thousands of people homeless. While many of their basic requirements have not been met even after one year, it has had a different impact on the people who lived in picture perfect post card setting.
They have become more generous and have discovered the joy of giving, even while they themselves are at the receiving end.
Second blow for India's tsunami victims: heavy monsoon rains - Pravda
Second blow for India's tsunami victims: heavy monsoon rains
Rows of new shining fiber boats sit on the beach. The hapless fishermen look agonizingly at the rough sea. Less than a year after the devastating tsunami, the worst monsoon rains and floods in 100 years have hit southern Tamil Nadu state, slowing recovery efforts and stamping on morale. "It's nature's second blow to us," says Natrajan, a fisherman in Cuddalore district, who uses only one name.
The heavy downpours began in October, ending five years of drought in Tamil Nadu, but the water seems to be chasing millions of people along the coastline, compounding their misery when they're already struggling to overcome the trauma of the Dec. 26 tsunami. The tsunami killed some 648 people in Cuddalore. The official death toll across India was 10,749. Another 5,640 people, mostly in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, are listed as missing, presumed dead.
The tsunami also sucked away the fishermen's boats and nets and destroyed their homes, leaving thousands with nowhere to live and no means of working. After sitting idle for four months, the Cuddalore fishermen received 1,500 new reinforced plastic and wooden boats from aid agencies. At first, their catches were good, even beyond the pre-tsunami yield, says Gagandeep Singh Bedi, the top district official. But for the past two and a half months, the catch has been extremely small because heavy rain and storms have kept the fishermen on land.
The fishermen are hoping that the January-March season, which often brings prawns, squid and expensive varieties of fish, will mean good profits from exports to Europe. For now, though, they're just waiting out the rain. The latest monsoon deluges have killed 430 people and left a half million homeless in Tamil Nadu alone. The wet season, which began in October, typically runs until the first week of January.
Twenty-two of the state's 30 districts have been hit by monsoon floods, including Cuddalore and Nagapattinam, the districts also worst-hit by the tsunami. Cuddalore has received 13.45 centimeters (5.30 inches) of rain since October, more than double the annual average, according to the Madras Meteorological Department.
The rains have also slowed efforts to move tsunami survivors into permanent housing, meaning that thousands of people are forced to continue living in water-logged temporary shelters with dirt floors and walls made of corrugated cardboard.
State authorities had planned to hand over 1,200 newly built homes to tsunami survivors in Cuddalore district to mark a year since the disaster next Monday, but the rains have delayed that plan by at least five weeks, Bedi said, reports the AP.
Arko Datta's pic during Gujarath riots
Arko Datta who won the World Press Photo Award 2004 for his photograph taken in Cuddalore during tsunami had won the award once earlier in 2002 for his photographs covering Gujarath riots.Here is the pic which got him the award earlier.
Tsunami changes tribals' life for better -NDTV
Tsunami changes tribals' life for better
Cuddalore rocks Chinese media
Here post this message because of the source of the news being unusual.Xinhua - Chinese media gaint reported the following.
Cyclone alert issued in South Indian Cuddalore
India's meteorological department issued a cyclone alert in South India's Cuddalore district Monday, and predicted heavy rains in Chennai and northern areas of Tamil Nadu over the next two days.
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to cross Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and reach Andhra Pradesh by Tuesday morning.
Squalls are expected in coastal areas of Tamil Nadu. The administration is taking all measures to ensure that no untoward incident, like Sunday's stampede, happens, news channel Doordarshan reported here.
At least 43 people died on Sunday at a government school in a stampede that happened when people, who had gathered there to collect flood relief-materials, started running around to take shelter from rain.
Heavy rains recently lashed and flooded Chennai and surrounding areas causing residents to suffer greatly.
Rs.101 crore allocated for Cuddalore
Central Government has allocated Rs 101 crore for developing Cuddalore.This fund will also be used to recharge the ground water.
Others news on Cuddalore
Tamil Nadu government tops in tsunami response - NewKerala
SOS Children's Village sponsors new homes for Cuddalore's tsunami affected
TSUNAMI A YEAR ON -DailyRecord
From DailyRecord
TSUNAMI A YEAR ON : THE WAVE TOOK TEH BABY. SHE WAS A MONTH OLD, WE HADN'T NAMED HER YET
DAY TWO LAST BOXING Day the world watched in horror as a monster wave crashed into the coast lines of South East Asia killing over 220,000 people. A year on Daily Record writer Brian McIver returned to some of the worst affected areas with Scottish charity SCIAF. Yesterday he told you how the survivors of a small fishing village, many of whom have lost family members and friends to the Tsunami, have rebuilt their lives
By Brian Mciver In India
AMID the shards of broken boats and crooked branches on the beaches of Cuddalore, sits a small shack house which has been cut in half and now lies open to the mercy of the sea.
Young fisherman Kalaimaran stands outside the shack gathering wood for repairs, and points to the leaves of a coconut tree standing a good 30 feet high next to what remains of his family home.
"The wavewas taller than that tree," he says. Nearby, a tired and sad looking man called Garandhar and his friend Neelam are standing ontwowooden slats they are shoving out to sea, an elderly woman further down the road is carrying large bowls of cementup a ladder while a young girl is fretting around a shiny piece of sari cloth.
This is how life is moving on for the survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami which devastated parts of Asia last year - the people here work hard so they don't have time to stop and dwell on what, and who, they have lost.
In the area of Cuddalore in south-east India, hundreds of farming and fishing community families saw relatives disappear when the water washed over the beach, smashing homes and destroying fields and fishing nets.
More than 600 people in this small community died on December 26 last year as the knock-on effect from the Sumatran earthquake displaced 10,000 square kilometres of sea bed and created the deadliest tidal wave in living memory.
It washed over every coastline on the Indian Ocean perimeter with tremendous speed - killing thousands of people in Indonesia,Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.
And as the first anniversary of the terrible tragedy approaches, the Daily Record joined Scots overseas aid agency SCIAF to visit the worst affected areas in India, where a total of 8010 people were killed on the mainland.
The parts of India worst affected were in the regions of Kerela, Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where areas like Cuddalore saw entire ways of life and generations of families washed away.
And that is never more evident than on the beach town of Devanampattinam when you look at the home of 27-year-old fisherman Kalaimaran.
He was working when the tsunami hit. Luckily, he managed to escape, but saw the impact of the wave when it hit the beach and saw his house destroyed, killing his mother Lakshmi.
He said: "I saw everyone running away when the wave hit.
"Now, this is all that is left of my house but my mother was inside it when the tsunami came. I never saw her again.
"I have been living in what is left of the house because I have nowhere else to go.
"I hope to get a new house because I cannot sleep living this close to the sea any more."
Kalaimaran is just one of the people hoping to benefit from a new housing project he helped build which is to be opened by Boxing Day this year.
Here, local people mix with labourers, and men and women work together to try to rebuild their town.
Just along the road from Kalaimaran's home, fishermen Garandhar and Neelam are launching their catamaran fishing boat, which is basically two large logs of wood stuck together, which they sail out to sea to throw their nets and hope for a catch.
Since the tsunami, they have been spending more and more time on the water because they say the fish stock has dwindled following the disaster.
But it's not the fishing problems that bothers these men.Neelam lost his sister, while Garandhar can't even offer prayers for the name of his lost relative. He said: "My wife was holding our one month old granddaughter when the tsunami hit land.
"The wave washed the baby away out to sea.We had not even given her a name yet.
"Nothing has been the same since that day. We are all terrified of the sea now."
Although there could be no community on earth which could cope with a 30 foot wall of fast moving water, the parts of India which have been affected were already among the poorest and most vulnerable areas in the region.
The heat is almost unbearable in this part of the world, and stray dogs and goats roam through the small mud dried streets and lanes of the smallest towns.
Every building or home here shows the scars of the tsunami, as do the people of the coastlines who are all still mourning their lost friends and relatives.
Families live in small wooden houses and survive by fishing and selling their catch at market, or by farming the land and growing vegetables and herbs.
Any spare money goes towards educating the children and there are very rarely any insurance policies, contingency plans or pots of rupees in case of an emergency.
So when the wave destroyed homes and people's way of life, people were left homeless with nothing but whatever they could grab at a second's notice and no means of making any kind of living.
But farmer Salthyvani, 48, is now back working on her farm after some charitable intervention, and she said she is very grateful to Scots for their help and donations.
She said: "We had nothing left after the tsunami, but we received a lot of help from around the world andwe are all very grateful to the people of Scotland for helping us when we needed it most.
"I was on my farm when the tsunami came, it was higher than the trees in the fields, and I broke my leg trying to run away with my children.
"Our fields were destroyed because the salt water killed the crops, but with help, we are now fertilising the land again and have crops of jasmine and onions to sell at market."
Local farm girl Suleka was one of the lucky children who had left the town to get an education in the nearest city Chennai, and was studying for her final exams last December when she got news of her family.
The wave had washed inland to her family farm and killed her grandfather Kathguarayon while her father Ramonatha was also caught in the wave. He was impaled on an onrushing branch and was hospitalised for weeks.
The family's tragedy, along with their salinated crops, meant the 18-year-old girl had to return home.
Although she later sat - and passed - her exams, she had to give up her place in further education to look after her family.
And Suleka is one of the people who has benefited directly from some of the millions of pounds raised by Scots to help with the relief and recovery effort.
Scottish aid agency SCIAF directed £2.2m of funds to the tsunami hit countries, and their sister network Caritas India used some of that to open up training and counselling centres in this area.
Suleka is one of the success stories of the rehabilitation programme. She was traumatised by what happened to her family, but she enrolled in local textile classes to learn tailoring and is now hoping to start her own business.
Suleka said: "The tsunami was one of the worst things you could ever imagine happening to your family.
"I lost my grandfather and thought my own father would die too.
"I found it very hard to cope with what had happened, but I now join the other women of the village for textile classes.
"Everyone here lost someone in the tsunami so we talk to each other about it, and share our stories. It has been like therapy for all of us, and it has really helped me to come to terms with what happened.
"And I am now learning to be a tailor so I can support my family and start my own business.
"My family tried to get me into an arranged marriage to help, but I want to do this myself."
#To help support the work of SCIAF, you can find out more or donate by calling 0141 354 5555 or visiting www.sciaf.org.uk
Courtesy:DailyRecord UK
Cuddalore floods-a historical perspective
Today THE HINDU published an article titled 'Cuddalore floods-a historical perspective' .Good work by A.V.Ragunathan.
Welcome move
Thiruvallur,Kanchipuram and Chennai district administrations are fast removing encroachments.Especially Thiruvallur district administrattion is doing a good job.Almost 5 buildings occuping around 7 acres of a deemed university were demolished and still the demolition continues for the second day.This is a bold step forward.Days when encroachers taking shelter of judicial system are gone.Courts started realising the seriousness of the issue and turns hard againt encroachers.
Things should not stop with this.They have occupied the land and brought agony to public.They must be made to hold the liability.I dont think any such law provision exists in India to make encroachers liable for their illegal activity.Even if there exists one none of the governments or administrations makes use of it.Like Polluter Pays Principle there must be Encroacher Pays Principle.If governments or judicial system has soft corner towards them its equivalent to encouraging them.
In India it is common sight to see encroachers reoccuping land within few days or even hours after the enviction.This reflects the ineffectiveness of the entire system.
Even interesting is the case if the public land is occupied for religious needs.Some argue that demolishing such occupied structures hits the religious sentiments of the people.Certain group of organisations always to ready to back such arguers.Even distressing were the verdicts of the courts in such cases.
In Cuddalore the situation is much the same.There are several instances where encroachers have transfered government property into their own.Particularly in Nellikuppam Road most shops and work-shops between Hospital Road and Semandalam are on such occupied land.Most of these shops were inundated a few weeks back.
There is a proposal to rise and strengthen the bunds on Gedilam river and to construct a new road over that.So the present situation can be well utilised by the district administration to remove those encroachments and kick start the proposed project.Let us see how the Collector Mr.GanadeepSingh Bedi handles this.
Flowers-Beach Road 1
Vinyl Chloride not an explosive ??
In the previous post you would see Chemplast claiming Vinyl Cholride is not an explosive or carcinogenic.This is ridiculous.It is a well established fact that vinyl chloride is carcinogenic.Below I have pasted some of the health hazards caused by vinyl chloride from AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCE AND DISEASE REGISTRY
At room temperature, vinyl chloride is a colorless, highly flammable, potentially explosive gas.
The primary target of vinyl chloride acute exposure is the CNS. Signs and symptoms include dizziness, ataxia, inebriation, fatigue, numbness and tingling of the extremities, visual disturbances, coma, and death.
Chronic exposure can cause permanent liver injury and liver cancer, neurologic or behavioral symptoms, and changes to the skin and bones of the hand.
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Inhalation is the primary route of exposure, and vinyl chloride is readily absorbed from the lungs. Its odor threshold is too high to provide an adequate warning of hazardous concentrations. The odor of vinyl chloride becomes detectable at around 3,000 ppm and the OSHA PEL is 1 ppm (8-hour TWA). Therefore, workers can be overexposed to vinyl chloride without being aware of its presence. A 5-minute exposure to airborne concentrations of 8,000 ppm can cause dizziness. As airborne levels increase to 20,000 ppm, effects can include drowsiness, loss of coordination, visual and auditory abnormalities, disorientation, nausea, headache, and burning or tingling of the extremities. Exposure to higher concentrations of vinyl chloride for longer durations can cause death, presumably due to central nervous system (CNS) and respiratory depression. The gas is heavier than air and can cause asphyxiation in poorly ventilated or enclosed spaces.
Children exposed to the same levels of vinyl chloride as adults may receive a larger dose because they have greater lung surface area:body weight ratios and increased minute volumes:weight ratios. In addition, they may be exposed to higher levels than adults in the same location because of their short stature and the higher levels of vinyl chloride found nearer to the ground.
Vinyl chloride gas inhalation can cause mild respiratory tract irritation, wheezing, and chemical bronchitis. These effects are transient and resolve quickly following removal from exposure. Death may result from respiratory depression.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have classified vinyl chloride as a known human carcinogen. Vinyl chloride has caused angiosarcoma of the liver in heavily exposed.
Reproductive and Developmental Effects
Vinyl chloride is included in Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants, a 1991 report published by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) that lists 30 chemicals of concern because of widely acknowledged reproductive and developmental consequences. However, there is no conclusive evidence of reproductive or developmental effects in humans. A few case reports describe decreased libido or fertility in men with chronic occupational exposure, and some animal studies also support this finding. Some studies in experimental animals have reported developmental toxicity associated with high-dose exposures, but vinyl chloride is not considered a developmental toxicant.
Special consideration regarding the exposure of pregnant women is warranted, since vinyl chloride has been shown to be a genotoxin; thus, medical counseling is recommended for the acutely exposed pregnant women.
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For more information log on to http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/mmg20.html
In the following posts I will bring in more details from a report by Dr.Mark Chernaik
Chemplast clarifies ?
I have pasted the following news report from New Today
Chemplast clarifies on news report
Chemplast Sanmar Limited has clarified that the proposed new PVC Project at Cuddalore SIPCOT would not affect health or cause pollution hazards as claimed by community groups and environmentalists.
Following the news report that appeared on News Today dated 9 December, the company claimed the project clearance had been given by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests only after taking into consideration the observation made in the public hearing and the apprehensions raised by some of the environmental groups.
The company maintains that there is no violation of the EIA notification 1994, as the setting up of the de-salination plant and captive power plant in the plan as per the direction of the Technical Committees had been approved only after assessing their impact.
The company also denied Vinly Chloride Monomer is not an explosive or carcinogenic. Chemplast further said it was not correct to state that International Finance Corporation (IFC) abandoned the project on the basis of the opposition to the project at the public hearing in Cuddalore.
It added that due to delay in getting the approvals, the company requested IFC to put the project on hold.
The last public hearing conducted in Cuddalore was on 7 June, 2002. After that the company relocated its proposal to setup its new PVC plant to Krishnapatnam in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. In 1999, the Sernmankuppam Panchayat, within the jurisdiction of which SIPCOT Phase II lies, passed a resolution prohibiting the setting up of polluting or water-intensive industries in that complex.
People Condemn Govt. Nod to Chemplast's Poison Plastic Factory
Contributed by Mr.Nityanand Jayaraman
Environmental and community groups have condemned the clearance granted by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests to Chemplast Sanmar's controversial proposal to set up a PVC factory in SIPCOT Cuddalore. Cuddalore residents and environmental groups have said they will fight the proposal in the courts and in public fora. PVC is a poison plastic whose production, usage and disposal are associated with the release of a variety of life-threatening poisons including dioxins and furans.
The project clearance is illegal for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the decision was taken based on an outdated Environmental Impact Assessment prepared using 1999 data. The EIA is fundamentally flawed, and the project has several new components whose environmental impacts have neither been assessed nor understood. A desalination plant and a captive power plant have been added to the project. Both have significant environmental impacts, but neither have been assessed for their impacts, in violation of the EIA Notification, 1994. Additionally, the factory will use explosive and carcinogenic Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) as raw material and will be located adjacent to a rocket fuel manufacturing facility. A mishap in one factory could snowball into a major disaster owing to the proximity of the two factories storing large quantities of explosive chemicals to residential areas.
The proposal was initially mooted in 2002. But the company relocated its proposal to Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, after Cuddalore residents expressed their opposition to the factory at a Government-held public hearing and forced one of the project financiers, the International Finance Corporation, to abandon the project. Krishnapatnam villagers too rejected Chemplast after a delegation visited Mettur to see first-hand the company's track record. Until late 2004, the company was unable to secure permission from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board. In April 2005, the project proposal was revived in Tamilnadu, and the Government granted it a "No Objection Certificate" without consulting with public despite the project's history of rejections by communities.
Chemplast is a major polluter with a poor track record of environmental compliance. In July 2005, the Indian People's Tribunal chaired by Justice (Retd) Akbar B. Kadri of the Madras High Court found the company's Mettur facilities guilty of discharging toxic effluents into the Kaveri, degrading several thousand acres of farmland, contaminating groundwater and affecting the health of villagers and workers.
The decisions by the State Government and the Ministry of Environment & Forests shows how all political parties are united when it comes to supporting corporations and ignoring the sentiments of local communities. Pollution-impacted villagers in Cuddalore have pleaded for a ban on the setting up of polluting factories in SIPCOT owing to the over-polluted nature of the industrial estate and its location within residential areas. Indeed, the State Human Rights Commission, the Indian People's Tribunal, leaders of various political parties including the PMK, MDMK, and the local DMK MLA Mr. Pugazhenthi have conveyed their opposition to the setting up of polluting units in SIPCOT. The factory has been approved despite resolutions against such units by the Panchayat and the Panchayat Union. However, rather than clean up the region and make it safe for residents, the Government has announced plans to relocate several more polluting units including dyeing and tanning units to SIPCOT Cuddalore.
(In Chennai) Shweta Narayan 9444024315/ Nityanand Jayaraman 9444082401
M. Nizamudeen in Cuddalore 9443231978
Website: http://www.sipcotcuddalore.com/
Flood Update -- Cuddalore
Just as life is limping back to normal in the flood-hit areas of Cuddalore and Chennai, yet another "severe depression" -- named Fanoos -- is poised in the Bay of Bengal southeast of Chennai, threatening to make landfall somewhere between Nagapattinam and Chennai, i.e. Cuddalore. In Cuddalore, AID-India and Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation are liaising with the SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors to distribute relief material to those hardest hit by the floods.
In the vicinity of the SIPCOT Chemical industrial area, Sonnanchavadi and Semmankuppam villages were worst hit. Some houses in Sangolikuppam and Eachangadu were marginally affected. Our relief efforts, therefore, focused on these villages.
Sonnanchavadi registered 100 percent damage. All 90 households were severely damaged or had several feet of standing water inside. Sonnanchavadi is a fishing village, and among the poorest in the region. Many of the huts could not withstand the onslaught of nature's fury. The families were staying in temporary shelters, in temples, the local school and houses outside that were not severely damaged. Over the last few days, people repaired some of the houses to allow them to return home. However, if Fanoos hits again, the villagers are likely to be out in the water once again. The school, where SACEM workshops are usually held, is totally washed out. This village is likely to require concerted near-term assistance, because most of the families are below-poverty line, and are unlikely to recover anytime soon given that fishing has not returned to normal yet. According to SACEM member and fisherman S. Pugazhenthi, Uppanar river is heavily silted up. As a result, fish catch has dwindled. Those who venture out to fish barely make Rs. 20 for a day's fishing. "It will take a few weeks after the rains stop for the tide to flush out the silt, and only then will fishing return to normal," says Pugazhenthi. Less than a year ago, Sonnanchavadi fishermen lost gear and craft to the Tsunami.
In Semmankuppam, a far better-off farming village, many houses had at least 2 feet of water. Farmers have suffered extensive crop damage, and some have lost entire year's stock of provisions in the water. Nearly 4000 acres of standing crops belonging to Semmankuppam farmers have been destroyed. According to SACEM member S. Ramanathan, the Government has surveyed the crop loss, and there is talk of distribution of compensation of Rs. 8000/acre by the State Government. Also, it is rumoured that on 10 December, interim relief of Rs. 1000 will be distributed.
Relief Distributed
Thanks to contributions from AID-India, AID-Austin, AID-Bay Area and Denny Larson of Global Community Monitor, 1385 packs containing 10 kg rice, 1240 packs of 1-litre cooking oil, and 800 blankets were distributed on a priority basis to those hardest hit.
All 90 families in Sonnanchavadi, including 3 that did not have a ration card, received complete packs containing rice, oil and blankets. In Semmankuppam, 690 kits containing rice, oil and blankets were reached to affected residents from Thachan Colony, Mettu Semmankupam and Semmankuppam village.
In Sangolikuppam, a multi-community village, only 30 huts were affected, and only marginally. However, given that many of the residents here too are at or below poverty level, it was decided to distribute smaller packs -- containing 5 kg rice and 1 litre oil -- to all 465 households.
In Eachangadu, only rice packets were distributed to 145 households.
Besides those living in the villages, we had identified stray families ostracised by the villages and living in the peripheries. About 10 such families were also given blankets. Rice and other provisions will be delivered in a couple of days.
Eachangadu -- 145 families. Only rice.
10 blankets -- People outside villages. Monday or Tuesday.
History:Central Prison, Cuddalore
This Prison was constructed during the year 1865.During the year 1986 this Prison was classified as Prison for Habitual Prison offenders. Once again this Prison was converted as casual Prison during the year 1996. The National poet Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar was confined during freedom struggle from 20.11.1918 to 14.12.1918. The authorised accommodation of this Prison is 723.
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Image source: https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/images/satellite/IGMSIR01_L.GIF
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Plastics in marine ecosystem
I could see a lot of plastic materials and poly-ethene papers being carried into the sea by rivers during the recent flooding.These plastic papers detoriate agricultural productivity and have several other adverse effects on land ecosystem.Until recently I have never imagined what effect it would have on marine ecosystem.It dont think much research work had been carried out in this area.Any such a research work would be too expensive for any government or NGO.One simple thing we can do is reduce the usage of plastic.
CYCLONE WARNING FROM MET DEPT.
The Cyclonic storm (FANOOS) over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved slightly westwards and lies centred at 1430hrs IST of 09th December at about 300 Kilometres East of Nagapattinam. It is likely to intensify further and move in a west northwesterly direction and cross North Tamilnadu coast between Chennai and Nagapattinam by tomorrow noon the 10th December
Photo source: https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/images/satellite/IGMSIR01_L.GIF
Chemplast-Sanmar Cuddalore PVC plant cleared
Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given the clearance for a Rs. 400 crore PVC (poly vinyl chloride) plant to be set up by the Chemplast-Sanmar Group at Cuddalore.The ground-breaking ceremony will be on March 2006.
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the MoEF said that they were satified with the precautions taken by the promoters.
There were lots of protest againt the project by various environmental groups and local people.Scientists have spoted out various flaws in the proposed design.They have also pointed out various shortcomings in 'Environmental Impact Assesment (EIA) for the PVC plant'.
The feedstock for the PVC plant will be vinyl chloride monomer(VCM).VCM is carcinogenic compound. The initial production will be for 1.40 lakh tonnes.The production will be stepped up to 1.70 lakh tonnes on a later stage.
Chemplast puts that the unit will be a "zero discharge unit"(certainly not going to be the case).It adds that it will not use ground water but setup a desalination plant to process seawater. An 8 MW power plant will be part of the Cuddalore complex, to come up in the SIPCOT industrial
estate.
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Palm in Silver Beach
Sea water surges inwards in Silver Bay Area
The photo you see here was taken a few days before the flooding. Now due to the slight rise in water level after flooding in Gedila the sandscape is completely under water.
All these chairs are washed away. There were similar chair arrangements before the tsunami. But shore looked bare after it. Collector Mr.GagandeepSingh Bedi must have taken much effort to get the chairs from donors. But everything is lost for the second time.
Anyway beach without these chairs will be even more beautiful. To me beaches should be a place untouched by any sort of human interference. In recent years there has been many (so called) developments in the Silver Beach Area. Sandscape of the beaches should left without any sort of construction work. Beaches are beautiful by itself one cannot make it more beautiful.
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TN floods: Kalam assures support-NDTV
The following news item was originally from NDTV on 29th of November
President A P J Abdul Kalam assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa of the Centre's support to the state in coping with the flood situation.
He also said he will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Cuddalore district on December 1.
Welcoming his visit and the assurance of support from the President, the Chief Minister told Kalam that she would make a detailed presentation to him on the flood situation.
She also promised to make available details of the extent of damage caused to property and crops and the relief operations undertaken by her government. (PTI)
© NDTV 2005
Cuddalore battles incessant rains-NDTV
For a district that literally means 'town by the sea', Cuddalore is completely at sea battling the merciless rain god.
Take for example, the 5,000 villagers in Perampet, for whom water is now associated with death, destruction, disease and misery.
Three thousand hectares of cultivable land, where farmers grew paddy, drumsticks, flowers and bananas, have been under water since 25 October.
Three spells of heavy rainfall have meant that the water had no chance to dry up. "People are just managing to save their lives. We have lost crops, cattle and fishing nets," says a villager.
Grim situation
Three villages ahead of Perampet have been cut off for several days now and boats are the only lifeline left. And the situation is pretty much the same even closer to the district headquarters.
"We have lost all our household goods. We have just managed to come out alive," explains a villager who belongs to the Alapakkam panchayat.
Relief supplies are being brought in to the affected areas but with thousands of people rendered homeless, it is an uphill task for the district administration.
"During tsunami we had to attend to only 50 villages but in these floods, the administration's focus is on a large area of 420 villages of which 383 are affected in a big way,'' said Gagandeep Singh, Collector, Cuddalore.
Cuddalore suffers every time there is heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu's catchment areas because five major rivers pass through the district before flowing into the sea. But geography alone cannot be a crime to push Cuddalore on to the road.
Over 100,000 people affected by rains in south India, World Vision responds-ReliefWeb
New item from ReliefWeb
Over 100,000 people have been made homeless in southern Tamil Nadu after the heaviest rains in 50 years lashed the area.
The worst devastation occurred in Cuddalore district where 500 villages have been left under water and most parts are without power. News channel NDTV reported that six lakes in the area are overflowing.
Authorities have reportedly evacuated around 100,000 people and distributed food packets to survivors. If the weather improves, authorities say it will take at least 10 days for the water to recede. The army is expected to help with rescue and relief work.
World Vision Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation Director Franklin Joseph reported that, "Apart from the Cuddalore and Nagapattinam tsunami locations, four other ADPs [World Vision Area Development Programs] in Tamil Nadu are affected by the floods." These include Mannargudi, Karikudi , Usilampatty and Perambalur ADPs.
World Vision staff whose homes were also affected by flooding are struggling to provide relief in the target areas. "We are using the self-help groups and village development committees to carry out the relief," reported Christabel Albert, Associate Director, Chennai. "Accessibility is the main problem now. Even our staff are stranded and they are not able to reach the communities for a situation assessment."
Community development coordinators who live in the communities arranged the initial supply of food packets and biscuits. "External aid is needed to respond to a situation of this magnitude," said Christabel.
Reporting from the flood affected villages of Perambalur where World Vision works through the Perambalur ADP, Program Manager Vani Victor said that the team had helped close to 6,000 families with food over the last two days. "We are concentrating on the most affected villages, and are looking at providing dry food by tomorrow," she said.
While the situation is not so grim in Usilampatty ADP, located in Madurai district, eight target villages are under water. All community members (nearly 300 families) from these villages are now sheltered in community halls and schools.
Assistance has been provided in coordination with the government. Over 200 bed sheets along with medicines have been provided to evacuated families.
In the tsunami-affected areas, World Vision India Tsunami Response Team are responding to the needs of the villages affected by the floods.
"We are looking at a coordinated effort in consultation with the government in each of these locations," said Franklin Joseph.
© 2004 ReliefWeb
Sea water surges inwards in Silver Beach
As a large quantity of water enters into the sea from Gadilam river sea water surges inwards in Silver Beach area.There is no reason to worry as the water will recede back in a week time but what is really amazing is that only a few feet of coast left.Most of the chairs in the beach are washed only a few left.I will get the photos if time permits.
Kalam's visit
President Abdul Kalam visited the flood affected parts of the Cuddalore district yesterday.He later addressed the student of IITM and attended various other functions in Chennai and Vellore.
President Abdul Kalam visiting Cuddalore
President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam visiting Cuddalore tommorow to asess the flood situation here.He is visiting the flood affected parts of Cuddalore district on his way to Chennai from Trichy.
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Cuddalore flooding round up
After a long break I am updating the blog due to unusual scenario here.
Since the onset of the monsoon there has been three consecutive floods in Cuddalore district last proving fatal.Massive flooding in almost all parts of Cuddalore district has caused severe damage to life and property.This is the second large scale disaster in a years time.Many hamlets which were worst hit by tsunami are also affected by recent floodings.Gadilam and Then Pannai in Cuddalore and Coleeron in southern part of the district flooded inundating the surrounding area.
Flood water of Then Pennai raised atleast 15 feet above the normal level submerging the lowlying areas like Uppalavadi,Thazhalnguda(badly affected by tsunami) and also the north bank of the river.
Similarly was the condition of Gadilam.Furiousity was even greater here.River was flowing in its full capacity thus betraying the occupants.Several garages and shops in Nellikupam High Road were flooded completely.Most among them are encroachers of the river bank.I could barely see tops of the lorries there.
Coleeron was carrying mammoth quantity of water.Probably this time it carried highest amount of water in recorded history.
Veeranam lake nearly reached its full capacity.The water level was maintained below 46feet(recall the bunds of the tank was raised as a part of New Veeranam Project to provide drinking water for Chennai).A large amount of water was opened into Vellar.At a certain stage the water from Vellar started entering into the tank on opening the shutters to worsen the situation.
Excess outlet water from the lake and Coleeron inundated several parts of the district like Chidambaram,Sathiyathope,Kattumanarkoil and Parengipettai.
Water level in Sathiyathope was said to be soo high that water even reached the first floor of houses whose ground floor was already submerged.It was here district collector Mr.GanandeepSingh Bedi got trapped while on rescue opertation.Later Coast Guard helicopter rescued him.
Now after a week the flood water is slowly receding.Cuddalore, the headquaters is as normal.But places like Chidambaram are still surrounded by water.Human bodies and that of animal are found scattered in decayed state in this area.The situation is far worst that people start fleeding their homes.There is a greater chance for outbreak of infectious diseases.But the Cuddalore district administration is taking no chances.But magnitude of the disaster proves a real challenge.Military personnel called in.Military doctors treats people in worst affected areas.The situation is gradually improving and it would take atleast a few weeks for things get back to normal.
FLOOD SITUATION IN GADILUM AND PENNAR RIVERS
The water flowing in these two rivers is alarming.The following is the situation witnessed today morning 24/11/2005 at 10.00 a.m.
In the pennar bridge (Pondy – Cuddalore Road)
The water level is such that it is touching nearly 6 feet upto the ceiling level of the old bridge which is parallel to the new bridge.
In Gadilum - Kammiampet new bridge (Kammiampet - Semmandalam Road)
The level as is such that its is only 2 feet nearer to the ceiling of the new bridge.
Water release from Sattanur dam which is expected to be increased is expected to aggravate the flood situation in river pennar.
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World Vision Asia Tsunami Response - Oct/Nov Update
Here I paste you a part of the Oct/Nov Update from World Vision
India Program Update Working in the following areas: Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, Chennai/Kalpuakkam; Pondicherry; Kerala – Kollam/Alleppy; Andhra Pradesh - Machilipatnam, Narsapur and Singarayakonda; Andaman and Nicobar islands Gender and Health · More than 2000 hygiene kits distributed in the Andamans and Cuddalore. · Dental and medical camps conducted in Chennai and post-natal care provided to mothers in the Andamans, Nagapattinam and Cuddalore. · Elderly women targeted with supplementary feeding in Cuddalore. · Water management training conducted in Chennai and Nagapattinam. · Health awareness programmes provided to more than 100 individuals in Cuddalore, Kerala and Pondicherry. Infrastructure · Infrastructure recovery is gaining pace with 100 permanent houses handed over in Kerala. Construction work has also started in Cuddalore, Kanyakumari, Andhra Pradesh, Nagapattinam, and Pondicherry. · A foundation stone laid for construction of a new school in Cuddalore. · Playground equipment installed in the Andamans. · Drainage repair undertaken in 150 transitional shelters in Nagapattinam. · A Child Friendly Space is under construction in Cuddalore. · Maintenance work conducted for 625 transitional shelters in Nagapattinam. Economic Recovery · More than 50 boats donated in Pondicherry and the Andamans; over 200 people receive fishing nets and tackles. · Cash for Work programs benefit 1,057 families in Chennai and the Andamans. · 870 sewing machines distributed in the Andamans and 163 women attend tailoring classes. · Livestock (cows, goats and buffaloes) provided to 118 families in Cuddalore and Narsapur. · Traders provided with shop supplies in Nagapattinam. · Training in book keeping, driving, engine mechanics and computer applications conducted. Community Rehabilitation · 124 families provided resettlement kits (including cooking utensils, buckets, plastic containers, torch lights, water filter, pillows, mugs) in the Andamans. · School supplies (school bags, shoes, pencils, etc) distributed in the Andamans and Pondicherry. · Sandals and monsoon kits distributed in Cuddalore. · Nearly 4000 people benefit from sports and recreational activities such as zoo visits, puppet shows and music events in Chennai, Cuddalore, Kanyakumari and Kerala · Supported tuition fees for 600 school children in Kanyakumari. · Chennai children participated in a creative workshop and a child protection committee formed.full story>>
Sight and hope restored in Cuddalore - ReliefWeb
Sight and hope restored in Cuddalore
Baltimore, November 3, 2005 -- "Believe it or not, many opportunities and much good have come from the tsunami," said Dr. Thiru Krishnan, an optometrist and eye surgeon who works at a monthly clinic for hypertension and diabetes screening, nutrition education, and blindness prevention in Pondicherry. The clinic is run by ADEPT (the Academy for Disaster Management, Education and Training), a program of Lutheran World Relief's long-time partner, UELCI (United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India). ADEPT increased their capacity and expanded the clinic after the tsunami to respond to the many medical and psycho-social needs of area villagers.
Inside the clinic is a festival-like atmosphere as hundreds of men, women and children moved from station to station. In one area, villagers could receive a comprehensive eye exam and recommendations for glasses, treatment or surgery. In another, three young women -- new volunteers -- educated their peers about nutrition and the value of high-protein, low-cost foods. Across the courtyard, older men and women had their blood pressure tested and received information about hypertension and how to avoid or control it. Finally, in another corner of the courtyard, young nurses screened patients for diabetes and educated those who had been previously diagnosed about how to eat right or how to administer their own insulin.
As visitors from LWR walked through the clinic, one doctor and one patient stood out from the rest of the crowd. Dr. Krishnan's enthusiasm for his work was unmistakable. As he walked the group through the clinic, he introduced them to many patients and offered stories of sight corrected, sight given and eye-related diseases overcome.
"I could work many places in this country or in the world but none would be as exciting as working here," he told LWR President, Kathryn Wolford. When Wolford asked him why he enjoyed his work at the clinic so much, he responded, "Nowhere could the need be as great as here. Many of the patients at this clinic lost everything to the tsunami -- their family members, their homes, their ability to work, their communities and their sense of safety." He continued, "In the face of such great losses, it is our duty to give something back to these people. I am honored to be able to give even a few of them the gift of sight, clear vision or a future without blindness. I am a very lucky man."
Dr. Krishnan excitedly introduced one of his post-tsunami patients, Sevaramun. Before the tsunami, Sevaramun, a 60-year old man with white hair, had suffered for four years with failing sight due to advanced cataracts on both eyes. Sevaramun had lost his wife and children in the tsunami and therefore had lost the people who could serve as his eyes on the world.
A little over two months ago, he attended an ADEPT clinic and talked to the doctor about his cataracts. At first, Sevaramun was too scared to have the surgery the doctor recommended but, over time, the doctor gained his trust and the surgery was scheduled.
Now, only 3 weeks after surgery, the doctor and Sevaramun excitedly demonstrated that sight had been restored to the previously cataract-clouded eye. Sevaramun covered his bad eye with one hand and the doctor had him call out how many fingers he was holding up and had him read a sign on the wall far across the room. Both doctor and patient displayed a contagious enthusiasm at the sight regained through this relatively simple surgery that would have usually been impossible for most villagers to obtain.
Life is bittersweet for Sevaramun, who has regained some of his sight but still suffers from the aching loss of his family, his house, and his ability to earn a living. In spite of his loses, Sevaramun spoke positively about his future. Now that he has seen, literally, how cataract surgery restored his sight, he will allow Dr. Krishnan to operate to remove the cataract from his other eye next month.
Before the LWR delegation left, Sevaramun told them that he had gained something from the Doctor and the ADEPT clinic that he thought he had lost forever: hope.
Narrow point in Hospital Road
A narrow point in the Hospital Road leading into Chitoor-Cuddalore High Road.
As you see merely a bus can pass though.This is one of the busiest road and this narrow point posses a threat especially to two whellers.The space available on the left side can be well utilized to expand the road at this point.
On opposite side you could see a temple occupying much of the space meant for road.This temple can be relocated elsewhere to provide more room for the traffic.
The Asian Tsunami: A Protective Role for Coastal Vegetation -with graphic details
The graphics here shows how far the tsunami waves penetrated in areas where there were no coastal vegetation.
Take a look at the image. Dark green shows dense costal forest/tree cover. Light green shows open tree vegetation. Blue with dots show inundated regions, and red shows damaged regions.
There is NO overlap between the greens, and the red and blue. Basically, the costal forest areas suffered almost no damage.
The data speaks for itself. (Science, Vol 310, Issue 5748, 643)
The Asian Tsunami: A Protective Role for Coastal Vegetation - Science
Below I have pasted the full text of an interesting article I came across in US Newswire.
'The Asian Tsunami: A Protective Role for Coastal Vegetation'
Finn Danielsen, Mikael K. Sørensen, Mette F. Olwig, Vaithilingam Selvam, Faizal Parish, Neil D. Burgess, Tetsuya Hiraishi, Vagarappa M. Karunagaran, Michael S. Rasmussen, Lars B. Hansen, Alfredo Quarto, Nyoman Suryadiputra
originally published in Science .The summary of the findings is found in Newswire's article.
New Science Study: Mangroves Shielded Communities Against Tsunami
To: National Desk, Environment Reporter
Contact: Tom Lalley of the World Wildlife Fund, 202-997-0899 or tom.lalley@wwfus.org
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new study released today in the journal "Science" shows that areas buffered by coastal forests, like mangroves, were strikingly less damaged by the 2004 tsunami than areas without tree vegetation. This is believed to be the first peer-reviewed empirical and field-based study to document a clear link between coastal vegetation and protection from the tsunami. The study was undertaken by a large research team, comprising ecologists, a botanist, geographers, a forester, and a tsunami wave engineer, from seven nations.
"The tsunami left a horrific human tragedy in its wake but also some lessons. Among them is the tremendous importance of mangroves, which are one of the world's most threatened tropical ecosystems," said Faizal Parish, director of the Global Environment Centre in Malaysia and co-author. "While no one could have prevented the tsunami, we can use this experience to prevent some of the destruction future events will cause."
The study's authors used before and after satellite photographs of the Cuddalore District in southeastern India and surveys on the ground to reach their conclusions. The study confirms earlier laboratory experiments which have shown that 30 trees per 100 square meters may reduce the maximum flow of a tsunami by more than 90 percent.
The Cuddalore District provided a unique experimental setting to test the benefits of coastal forests against the tsunami. The shoreline there is relatively straight and the beach profile is relatively uniform. It also contains stretches of vegetated and non-vegetated areas and there are well-documented cloud-free pre- and post-tsunami satellite images.
"Coastal vegetation could probably not have protected against catastrophic destruction in areas of maximum tsunami intensity. In less hard hit areas, however, this study shows very clearly that areas with trees suffered less destruction than areas without trees," said Finn Danielsen, director at the Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology in Denmark and lead author.
While the study adds another important example to the list of key life support services provided by natural wetlands, the study's authors caution against blanket tree-planting programs. While in some cases these programs are useful to restore deforested areas, they can be counterproductive if beach ecology is disrupted. Some countries affected by the tsunami have initiated tree planting programs without fully considering their ecological impact.
Five of the villages examined in the study include two on the coast and three behind mangroves. The villages on the coast were completely destroyed, whereas those behind the mangrove suffered no destruction even though other areas unshielded by vegetation at the same distance from the coast were damaged. The study concluded that the forested areas protected the villages from tsunami damage by reducing the energy of waves.
"The sorrow I feel over the tsunami is magnified by the knowledge that a great deal of destruction could have been avoided," said Selvam Vaithilingam, programme director with the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation in Chennai, India and co-author. "In the five countries most affected by the tsunami, human activities reduced the area of mangroves by 26 percent between 1980 and 2000."
Although the study only looked at the 2004 tsunami, the study's authors say that the lessons from the tsunami are transferable to other extreme coastal events, such as storms. While tsunamis are relatively rare events, coastal storms occur many times every year and create significant destruction.
"Just as the degradation of wetlands in Louisiana almost certainly increased Hurricane Katrina's destructive powers, the degradation of mangroves in India magnified the tsunami's destruction," said Neil Burgess, a conservation specialist with World Wildlife Fund and a co-author. "Mangroves provide a valuable ecological service to the communities they protect."
Along with providing a buffer for tsunamis and storms, conserving or replanting mangroves also enhances fisheries and forestry production, benefits that man-made coastal protection structures do not provide. Mangroves and other coastal vegetation can be replanted relatively inexpensively. Mangroves are however suitable for planting only in certain locations where tidal currents and wave actions are not too strong, such as in former mangrove areas, behind coastal mudflats, in river estuaries and lagoons. . Elsewhere, the conservation of dune ecosystems or green belts of beach forest trees could fulfil the same protective role.
In response to the tsunami a number of organizations coordinated by the Malaysian based non-governmental organization Global Environment Centre have developed a Coastal Greenbelt Initiative to share experiences and resources between groups involved in rehabilitation of coastlines.
"Since the tsunami we have been working to help local communities to rebuild their lives and reestablish coastal vegetation in the areas affected by the tsunami in Aceh," said Nyoman Suryadiputra from Wetlands International-Indonesia and co-author of the study. "Local community members strongly support this action as they realize that areas with intact vegetation were less damaged."
The new "Science" study was funded by Solstice Foundation, Denmark.
Courtesy: US Newswire
History:Cuddalore under British Regime
Europeans started establishing their business settlements in Indian coast ever since 17th century.In the eastern coast French establised their business settlements in Pondichéry and British established their settelements and business establishments in Cuddalore.
Later British started ruling the region and they built several forts.Fort St.David was the first fort built by British.Robert Clive,who laid a strong foundation for British rule in Indian subcontinent used St.David Fort as the centre for his military operations.
Fort St.David: Fort St.David was built in 1653 A.D. by Elihu Yale.The fort was strengthened on 1693,1698,1702,1725,1740 and on 1745.
Until 1758 Cuddalore was the capital to South Indian terrioties which was under British control then.British ruled a greater part of South India(entire Tamil Nadu,parts of present Andra Pradesh,Kerala and Karnataka) from this fort(St.David).
The fort was attacked by French in 1758.It was after this attack St.David Fort lost its political importance.The operational power was shifted to Fort St.George,Madras. Even today the post office in Devanampattinam (popularly know as Silver Beach) uses the rubberstamp with Ft. St.David embossed in it.
Garden House: The present official residence of Cuddalore District Collector was then know as Garden House.It was then the residence of Robert Clive.The roof of the Garden House was built without steel and wood.It was built using only bricks and slaked lime.It bears testimony of the later medival architecture.St.David fort was also built using the same ingredients and techniques.
The large vacant space next to Garden House which now know Chevalier Shivaji Arangam or Manajai Nagar Ground was an esplanade then.British used to have esplanades near their fortresses.
Brookes Pet: Brookes Pet is half a kilometer from present Vandipalayam.It was named after Henry Brookes who ruled between 1767 and 1769.
Cumming Pet: The area to north of Thriupathiripuliyur is know as Cumming Pet.It was named after William Cumming who ruled the region from 1778.Cumming Pet was once a place meant for washermen.On 1798 Tipu Sultan-The King of Mysore invaded Cumming Pet and the settelements there cleared on the invasion.
Cuddalore Old Town(O.T.) Present day Cuddalore O.T. was know as Islamabad during the Mughal period.Even today the majority of the people in Cuddalore O.T. follow islam. Cuddalore O.T. has one of the oldest and biggest mosque in South India.The mosque and most of the houses there(still) were built in Persian style.Until 1866 District Collectorate,Cuddalore Municipal Office and other administartive offices were in present Cuddalore O.T..In 1866 all these offices were shifted to Manjai Nagar.It was only after the shift in 1866 the term Cuddalore OT and Cuddalore NT (NewTown) came into existance.Still there are several streets and localities named after popular British rulers.Clive street,Wellington street are some to name.
Gadilam Castle: Nawab Umdat-ul-Umara built Gadilam Castle in 18th century.Gadilam Castle was located to the North of Gadilam river.It was bulit excatly in the place where the present Brindhavan Hotel is located.
Capper Hills: Capper Hills was named after Francis Capper who was the Captian till 1796.He resided in a palace in there.British buit a prison in the Capper Hills.Freedom fighters like Barathiar and other prisoners of war were imprisoned there.
Bristish educational instition: In 1717 St.David school was started in Cuddalore O.T. to educate the children of East India Company.On 1886 a college was started in its premises.The college was named after St.Joseph.It is one of the earliest schools in India which follows Western education system.
Roads named after British like Napier Road,Lawrence Road,Imperial Road and streets like Clive street,Wellington street, business establishments like Panpari market and Parry's House remains a reminder of the British rule here.
Uneasy calm in Cuddalore
As the cyclone is expected to cross the coast tonight,uneasy calm prevails in Cuddalore.Most of the streets looks deserted.Despite being festive season even active shopping areas looks deserted.
There is some considerable activity in Panpari market area.People are hasting home after buying essential commodities.
Strong winds which were blowing up for the past few hours are also down.Things seems as if something big upto come.
Pity is the state of the tsunami victims who still remain in make-shift camps.
Bye for now,gonna charge my batteries.I will keep updating the blog if have got the power and connection right.
Scanty rainfall in Cuddalore-potential threat
Though entire Tamil Nadu and other parts of South-India are receiving heavy rainfalls Cuddalore has received a very little rainfall till date.Rainfall here is 64% lesser than normal.If Cuddalore remains to be hotter than its surrounding areas there is a greater risk of pulling-in cyclonic clouds.
Cyclone warning for Cuddalore
Met. department has issued warnings of cyclone.Fishermen in Cuddalore are advised not to venture into the sea.People of low lying coastal areas like Devanampattinam,Thazhlanguda,Suba Uppalavadi (all three are badly affected by tsunami) are being shifted to other areas as a precautionary measure.
A huge quatity of water is flowing in Gadilam and Then Pannai rivers.Backflow of water from the sea into the rivers supposedly posing more threat that the flood itself. District admistration and the police department has issued warings to people in other lowlying areas (along the river) of possible flood and they are advised to shift to safer areas.
Crash-averter gets crashed
The crashaverter at the south end of Cuddalore-Chennai bypass road.
Cuddalore preparing for monsoon
Cuddalore is preparing for the monsoon ahead.One the major problems faced by the Municipal Corporations across India is water stagnation in the roads interupting the flow of traffic.
As a per-emptive measure,to faciliate the free flow of rain water Cuddalore Municipal Corporation is removing sludges from the drainages across Cuddalore.But the work is not without flaws.Removed sludges are not cleared immediately and it remain along the drainage for several days making it uneasy for the passerby.
It would be of good if the drainage construction work in Hospital Road is completed before the onset of the monsoon.
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P.T.Usha in Cuddalore
Couple of days back P.T.Usha was in Cuddalore for selecting girl athletes for Project Suvarna a sport-centred initiative of the Fair & Lovely Foundation.Selected athletes get an opportunity to be trained by Usha at Usha School Athletics,Calicut.
The selection trials was proposed to be held at Madurai, Coimbatore and Cuddalore and Chennai.
The selection was already held in Chennai.It is really encouraging to know there were 750 participants from Cuddalore as againt 500 in Chennai which is atleast 20 times larger in terms of area and 25 times larger in terms of population.She said many athletes could not shine for want of proper coaching and sponsorship.She was amazed by the huge participation here.
The selected girls from each city would be given kits worth Rs. 5,000 and would be made to train under their coach for certain period of time and their progress would be monitored.
Expanding urban areas and environmental impact
In recent months there has been unprecedented heavy rains in urban areas.Few months back Mumbai received heavy rain which is a record high (nearly 100cm in 24hrs).This is an extreme case.Met. records say this is the highest in past 90 years.Few days back there has been heavy downpours in Chennai(>25cm in 24hrs).Again this is the highest in the decade.
Why rains target urban areas? Researchers in Spain has got the answer.They say it is the concrete structures that bring such heavy rainfall to urban.They are now planning to built concrete structures on the outskirts of the towns in the dry ares of Spain.
In Indian cities ever increasing concrete structures bring extremely heavy rainfall.Indian cities are poorly planned to manage anything of this sort.If alternatives are not taken we will be seeing the pictures like this year after year.
PVC factory soo poisonous!!
There had been strong opposition and protests againt seeting up a PVC plant in Cuddalore SIPCOT area. I never realized how hazardous PVC would be until I read the news item `Poison factory' takes the life of one more worker'.
Cuddalore Municipal Park
Railway Ministry's medal for bravery
Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable B Deshi, attached to the Chennai Division of the RPF, has been selected for Railway Minister's medal for bravery for the year 2005.
Mr.Deshi is a native of Cuddalore.Mr Deshi was selected for saving the life of four persons at Devanampatnam seashore in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, during the Tsunami on December 26 last.
It is said that Cuddalore District Collector Mr. Gagan Deep Singh Bedi wrote a letter to RPF Inspector General, Chennai, lauding the bravery of Mr Deshi for his courage and the IG recomended Mr Deshi's name for Railway Minister's Bravery medal, the sources said adding that the medal also carried a cash reward of Rs 20,000.
Women's needs in Tsunami affected communities-ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb has come up with an article about the women in Cuddalore district.The article Women's need in Tsunami affected communities posted on 9th October 2005 brings the sufferings of women in tsunami affected regions into picture.Please make use of the link.I'm unable get you even parts of the article because of copy right restrictions.
Park outside Cuddalore General Hospital
Short lived the fortune of the park outside Cuddalore General Hospital.Setting up this park was one of the earliest measures taken by the District Administrator Mr.Gagandeep Singh Bedi to beautify Cuddalore.In less than a years time the park has gone unattended.Now even the potective structures are broken.
The park was setup and maintained (?) by Tagros Chemicals.The park once used to be watered regularly.As you see,the arrow pointing the hose-pipe (which was used to water the plants there) remains unattended for months together.
Now the lawn there became a resting ground for the auto-rickshaw drivers of the nearby auto stand.They convene there for a gossip.
In few months time remaining plants and the lawn will dry up and the demolished structures will remain to tell the story of a glorious past.
Plight of archeological sites and antiquities?
The death tool has crossed 30000 mark after a devastating earthquake in Pakistan.Bulidings and roads are broken apart.Both local and foregin news agencies are concentrating on the coverage of rescue operations.Non till now (to my knowledge) reported about the archeological sites and buildings.
Indus Valley is a cradle for one of the world's oldest civilizations.Also there are sculptures of Budhhist period in NWFP and in Afganistan (one such was demolished my Talibans).The plight of them after the earthquake are unknow.
Also the plight of museums and antiquities remains a mystrey. Importance must be given to protect these the acheological treasures.If proper care is not taken certain section of people (who well know the value of antiquities in world market) would loot everything they could (as happend in Baghdad).
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India is one of the first countries in the world to Constitutionally guarantee the equal rights of all its citizens. It is also the first one to incorporate the Fundamental Rights of all its citizens and include a cultural diversity framework in its Constitution. The translation of such a powerful legal instrument into practice on the ground has been challenging. Considerable progress has been made. Now the Pandemic lockdown provides a critical reflexive space for understanding the progress made and the role of creativity as an agency of empowerment and participation for historically disadvantaged communities. The global triangulation of Crises – COVID 2019, Climate and Environmental Deterioration, and surging protests for racial justice across the world – challenge us to rethink current approaches to cultural justice and travel through the portal to vision and walk better possibilities. International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership at AnantU is part of a Global Research Network in debating our post Pandemic preferred futures across race, ethnicity, class, gender, caste, age, sexual orientation and so on. (https://ondiversity.com/) In addressing the portal through which we must emerge to a better and more equitable world, we discuss in this Webinar the role of arts and the First Voice of rights holder communities.
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Processor Speed The processor speed is the default clock speed of the chipset powering the device 2.0 GHz 2.1 GHz 1.6 GHz
Processor Boost the highest frequency the processor can reach when maxed out. Maxed out the sense of the number of processes or programs running before it hits its maximum clock speed. < 2.0 GHz upto 2.5 GHz up to 2.1 GHz
Processor Cores This refers to the stack of physical cores (multiple independent processing units) on a chipset. It's usually the more the better, but that isn't always true considering that the individual clock speed of processing cores can be a huge factor in determining the overall capability of a processor unit. Quad Core Dual Core Dual Core
Processor Cache A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory. A cache is a smaller, faster memory, closer to a processor core, which stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations. 4 MB 1 MB, L2 Cache 1 MB
Processor Model The processor model refers to the unique identifying combination of numbers, letters or both that of a chipset as defined by the manufacturer from the factory. MediaTek M8173C Intel Celeron N2840 Intel Celeron N3050
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RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 4 GB 2 GB 4 GB
RAM configuration Refers to the maximum RAM capacity of this device up to 4 GB up to 4 GB up to 4 GB
RAM Type DRAM stores a bit of data using a transistor and capacitor pair, which together comprise a DRAM cell. DDR3L LPDDR3 SDRAM DDR3L
RAM speed RAM speed or memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used 8-bit bytes. N/A 1333 MHz N/A
RAM Slots Refers to the number of RAM slots available for expansion N/A N/A N/A
Storage Type Storage technology Categorized as secondary storage mediums, these are non-volatile and do not lose data when your Chrome device is powered down. They come in the form of HDD, eMMC, SSD and other form factors and standards in modern computing. eMMC eMMC eMMC
Base storage Base storage refers to the minimum storage configuration offered with the hardware. 32 GB 16 GB 32 GB
Max storage configuration This refers to the maximum storage capacity that comes with this hardware 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB
Expandable This refers to removable storage media. In computing, external storage comprises of devices that store information outside a computer. Such devices may be permanently attached to the computer, may be removable or may use removable media.
Technology This refers to the implemented storage technology. SATA SATA SATA
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Display size This refers to the diagonal size of the display in inches 11.6 inches 11.6 inches 11.6 inches
Resolution The display resolution or display modes of digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. 1366x768 HD 1366x768 HD 1366x768 HD
Touchscreen Refers to whether the display is equipped with the technology needed for touch sensitivity and response.
IPS IPS (in-plane switching) is a screen technology for liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). In-plane switching involves arranging and switching the orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal (LC) layer between the glass substrates. This is done, essentially, parallel to these glass plates.
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. PowerVR GX6250 Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series HD Graphics (Braswell)
GPU Memory In computer architecture, there's either dedicated or shared memory and sometimes both. Chrome OS devices primarily utilized shared graphics memory. Shared graphics memory refers to a design where the graphics chip does not have its own dedicated memory and instead shares the main system RAM with the CPU and other components. Shared Shared Shared
Base Clock The refers to the base clock speed of the GPU 900 MHz 313 MHz 320 MHz
HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.
Ethernet Port Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).
Headphone Jack A phone connector, also known as phone jack, audio jack, headphone jack or jack plug, is a family of electrical connectors typically used for analog audio signals. The phone connector was invented for use in telephone switchboards in the 19th century and is still widely used.
USB Type USB cables come in different versions like USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. These standards are primarily of the characteristics of the cable i.e the functions it offers and the speed at which it runs while the type of USB cable in the likes of (USB Type A, USB Type B, and USB Type C) essentially refer to the physicality and design of the plugs and ports. USB C, USB A USB A USB A
USB Ports USB (an abbreviation of Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard that establishes specifications for cables and connectors and protocols for connection/ports, communication, and power supply between computers, peripheral devices, and other computers. 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 3.1 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 2x USB 3.0
Battery Type Battery Type There are basically four main types of batteries used in mobile devices and they include: Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
Duration (YMMV)* Battery durations are laboratory tested unless stated otherwise so essentially, your mileage may vary* and you should take this duration with a pinch of salt. More often than not, however, the listed duration is closer to the reality of the actual battery length in a real-world setting. 10 hours 8 hours 14 hours
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. 44 Whr
Benchmarks (Not an accurate representation of real-world performance)*
Geekbench multiscore Geekbench is a cross-platform processor benchmark, with a scoring system that separates single-core and multi-core performance,[1][2] and workloads that simulate real-world scenarios. 1667 1680
Geekbench Single score Geekbench is a cross-platform processor benchmark, with a scoring system that separates single-core and multi-core performance,[1][2] and workloads that simulate real-world scenarios. 954 960
Octane Octane which is Google's JavaScript test suite was released to replaces the V8 benchmark. According to Google, "Octane v.1 consists of 13 tests, 5 new ones and 8 from the original V8 Benchmark Suite."[7] Octane v.2 supplanted v.1, consisting of "17 tests, four more than Octane v1. Development on OCtane has been stopped and is slowly being phased out. That, however, hasn't hindered its popularity. 10000 8300 8300
Passmark Passmark is a computing benchmark like Geekbench and Octane. In computing, a benchmark is an act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, normally by running a number of standard tests and trials against it. The term benchmark is also commonly utilized for the purposes of elaborately designed benchmarking programs themselves. 1148 890
Android This checkbox indicates whether or not this device supports the Google Play Store.
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Kilogram 1.35 1.29 1.2
Auto Update Expiration
End Of Life Each Chrome OS device has an EOL (end of life) date listed; which essentially means that the device will continue to receive OS updates until the stated Auto Update Expiration date. Jun 2021
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Stylus This can be AES or EMR and are typically equipped with midrange to high-end Chromebooks and quite recently, Edu Chromebooks that are usually on the lower end.
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Published:Thursday | April 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Lady Hall hands her completed Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) membership form to CCRP coordinator Dorett Linton while husband Sir Kenneth Hall looks on approvingly. Occasion was the launch of the CCRP at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Tuesday. - Contributed
From left: Joy Stephenson, president of Mojo Marketing and Media; Michael Brassem and Ed Moses, chief executive officer, former Olympic gold medallist and pro golfer, pose for a photograph at the players' welcome reception. - Photo by Noel Thompson
Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown and her manager Claude Bryan, feasting at the welcome reception for players and participants of the Ladies Professional Golf Tournament. - Photo by Noel Thompson
Wysinco Distributors managing director, William Mahfood (left), is engaged in a conversation with Andrew Price, marketing manager at J. Wray and Nephew. They were among guests at the welcome reception for players and participants of the Ladies Professional Golf Tournament, held at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay on Monday. - Photo by Noel Thompson
You're helping a great cause! Jean Lowrie-Chin, founder and chief executive officer, Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) outlines the organisation's plans to Pan Caribbean's Managing Director Philip Armstrong, whose company along with Sagicor are the sponsors of the upcoming CCRP Wellness Seminar. The CCRP was launched by Sir Kenneth Hall at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Tuesday. - Contributed
Joseph M. Matalon (left), president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), raps with Bernadette Barrow, National Commercial Bank's assistant general manager for small and medium enterprises and Gerard Johnson, country representative, Inter-American Development Bank at the PSOJ Chairman's breakfast held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.The Chairman's Club Forum for 2010 is an initiative where private-sector leaders and other key stakeholders can hear from local and international experts who have vast knowledge and experience in issues that are relevant and critical to the business industry. The breakfast sessions are held on the last Tuesday of each month. - Contributed
Joydene Jarrett (left), general manager; and Derrick Tulloch (right), president JPS and Partners Cooperative Credit Union Limited in discussion at the 55th annual general meeting, held at the Courtleigh Auditorium, St Lucia Avenue on Saturday, April 10. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Jomo Dixon, Mr Teen Heritage 2009, doles out some dub poetry at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's Miss Kingston and St Andrew Festival Queen sashing held at the Hilton Kingston Jamaica hotel, last Saturday night. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
The Caribbean Community of Retired Persons is launched! Plus, it's pro golf out west, as a welcome reception was hosted for players and participants of the Ladies Professional Golf Tournament, held at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay on Tuesday. The tournament ends today and has been organised by The Mojo Media and Marketing Company.
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The Rise of Islamic Jihad in Northern Nigeria and Its Implications on the Jos-Plateau Religious Conflicts
Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 67-73
Received: Apr. 23, 2014; Accepted: May 15, 2014; Published: May 30, 2014
Jock Matthew Agai, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
For over two decades, the regions of northern Nigeria have been experiencing various religious conflicts and government approach in curbing the menaces have often been of no positive effect. From the year 2001, the conflicts have taken a new dimension because Hausa/Fulani jihadists sporadically attack rural communities within the Jos Plateau province repeatedly killing hundreds and thousands of people without showing any remorse. The conflicts have often been described by the media and politicians as strictly an ethnic or land-ownership conflicts. Using historical analogies, this researcher argues that the course for Islamic Jihad in northern Nigeria which started since 1804 is the main reason behind Muslim and Christian conflicts in Jos.
Holy War, Indigene, Jihad, Jos, Middle-Belt, Northerner, Northern Nigeria
Jock Matthew Agai, The Rise of Islamic Jihad in Northern Nigeria and Its Implications on the Jos-Plateau Religious Conflicts, Social Sciences. Vol. 3, No. 3, 2014, pp. 67-73. doi: 10.11648/j.ss.20140303.11
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We are proud to have led the way in Morz since 1999. Simply put, we provide creative logistics solutions with our asset-based dedicated and expedited fleet, warehousing and distribution services and nationwide multi-modal freight brokerage. Based on our dependable work ethic, company culture and values and the highest level of service in the industry—our vision is to achieve excellence in everything that we do.
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Morz moved its corporate office and primary warehouse into a 172,000 sq. ft. space in Sparks, Nevada. The company also added pool distribution service, dedicated one-way service and grew to more than 50 trucks.
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Posted by Toby Ivey ≡ 11:33:25 AM - February 21, 2010
It's the final day of the group round robin competition at the Olympics today, with the top six seeds all squaring off. In the 3:00pm game - on NBC, the Russians and Czechs will face each other for 1st place in Group B. The Czechs have the advantage here, requiring just a point from the game to remain in first, while Russia need at least two points just to jump past the surprising Slovakians into second place.
In what will likely be the most watched game, Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan will look to help the US team against the highly favored Canadians - 7:00pm MSNBC. The US lead Group A courtesy of the Swiss taking Canada to a shootout earlier in the week, but they'll need a win to maintain their lead at the top of the group.
In the midnight game on NBC, Henrik Lundqvist and the Swedes will battle with Olli Jokinen and the Finns for first in Group C.
All twelve teams go through to the next round, and will be seeded according to the following criteria:
1st tiebreaker - Position in group
2nd tiebreaker - Points
3rd tiebreaker - Goal Differential
4th tiebreaker - Goals scored
5th tiebreaker - IIHF ranking
With today's games to play the teams are seeded as following:
1st - Finland (1 game remaining)
2nd - USA (1 game remaining)
3rd - Czech Republic (1 game remaining)
4th - Sweden (1 game remaining)
5th - Canada (1 game remaining)
6th - Slovakia
7th - Russia (1 game remaining)
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9th - Belarus
10th - Norway
11th - Germany
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After five straight ugly losses, the Wolf Pack finally got back in the win column last night with a 4-2 victory over the division leading Worcester Sharks. Dale Weise scored two goals and Matt Zaba stopped 29 of 31 shots.
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OWN acquires ‘Underground’ series; plans to air revitalized version starting January 5
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OWN NetworkOWN has announced it has picked up the critically acclaimed historical drama series Underground.
The series, which aired for two seasons on WGN America, is set to rebroadcast on OWN starting January 5 at 9 p.m. ET. This time around, each episode will have a “revitalized presentation,” which includes “newly filmed episodic introductions by cast members, never-before-seen behind the scenes footage and more.”
Set in the 1850s, the series tells the harrowing story of the Underground Railroad and stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Rosalee, Aldis Hodge as Noah, Jessica de Gouw as Elizabeth Hawkes and Alano Miller as Cato. In its second season, Aisha Hinds joined the cast as Harriet Tubman, the famous conductor and abolitionist who led many slaves to freedom.
Ironically, in 2017, Oprah Winfrey said she wouldn’t be able to save the series after it had been cancelled.
“I can’t afford Underground,” Winfrey told journalists during an L.A. press event. “It cost twice as much to make as Queen Sugar.”
“As a matter of fact, my dear friend John Legend” — the show’s executive producer — “called me personally and asked me about it, but we’d already been talking about how we could make it work… It’s like $5 million an episode, so we can’t afford it,” she continued. “It’s not cheap, I think because it’s a period piece.”
Underground‘s creator and executive producer Misha Green also told ABC Radio that year that even if the show did get cancelled at WGN, “this is definitely not the end.”
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Interview ° Ditz
Written by english on 11 mars 2019
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Young, eccentric and loud, Ditz is a five-part band from Brighton, here to make some noise. With each member bringing his own varied taste in music, the band found common ground in a love for the 90s post-hardcore/noise-rock sound that eventually gave way to Ditz. Following a premier EP “EP1” (2016), the group are now teasing a debut album with recent singles “Seeking Arrangement” (2018) and “Gayboy” (2019), but as yet have not set a date for its release.
As part of an evening dedicated to the best of whacky British post-punk and alt-rock, Ditz played alongside Drahla and LICE at Stereolux here in Nantes. Before hitting the stage, drummer Jack and lead signer Cal sat with Liv Cowle to discuss their recent single, the growing support from their home town, and the wildest gig they ever played.
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HomeENTERTAINMENTItaly’s Michelin-starred restaurants blazing trails with delivery during pandemic
Italy’s Michelin-starred restaurants blazing trails with delivery during pandemic
When Italy first announced its national coronavirus lockdown March 9, famed Italian chef Anthony Genovese figured he’d close his two-star Michelin restaurant, Il Pagliaccio, and wait for the quarantine to be lifted.
“I started seeing other serious restaurants in Italy changing their business model and offering delivery services, and I said, ‘No, no, no, I’ll never do that,'” Genovese recalled during an interview. “The biggest reason was that I didn’t know anything about the delivery business. It was completely different from what I understood.”
But as the lockdown dragged on, Genovese began to have second thoughts. A conversation with another leading chef, Giulio Terrinoni, owner of the nearby one-star Michelin property Per Me, changed Genovese’s mind.
By late April, Genovese had opened Turne, a delivery service with a menu and culinary philosophy completely separate from that of Il Pagliaccio — yet still made with the same honed skills that earned Genovese a place among Italy’s most celebrated restaurateurs.
When Turne opened for business, Genovese formally joined the ranks of some of Italy’s best-known chefs offering food delivery during the lockdown. The prominent figures include Massimo Bottura of the Osteria Francescana in Modena and Enrico Crippa from Piazza Duomo in Alba — both among the world’s most famous chefs.
“There’s no exact count, but of the 350 or so restaurants in Italy with at least one Michelin star, dozens have started offering delivery services during the national lockdown,” Luca Iaccarino, the author of multiple books on Italian restaurants, told Xinhua. “It’s a new trend.”
Iaccarino said offering delivery services allow restaurants to keep staff employed and create a revenue stream for owners while providing better food options for their community.
Before the lockdown, such a trend would have been almost unimaginable in a tradition-laden country like Italy. Michelin-starred restaurants — a Michelin star is among the most prestigious accolades an establishment can earn — not only pride themselves on their food, but also on the sophisticated atmosphere they create, including a high level of service and a polished aesthetic on the plates served. None of that lends itself to home delivery.
Iaccarino pointed out that Genovese and Terrinoni, along with Bottura and Crippa and nearly all of the top-level Italian chefs that have added delivery services during the lockdown, have done so under a different name to avoid confusion. Most menus are different than that of their parent restaurant — expertly prepared but less delicate, easier to transport, and almost always with a more moderate price tag.
Angelo Troiani, chef and co-owner of Convivio Troiani, a one-star Michelin restaurant in Rome, was among the first to recognize the importance of delivery services under the terms of the national quarantine.
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Harvard Medical School launches new department to study human biology at the level of whole systems
Boston, Mass. (Sept. 23, 2003)--Harvard Medical School today makes a significant commitment to the emerging field of systems biology in announcing the creation of the Department of Systems Biology (DSB), one of the first department-level systems biology programs in the nation. Systems Biology seeks to build from our current knowledge of genetic and molecular function to an understanding of how a whole cell works as a system and from there to multi-cellular systems such as organs and whole animals. The Department of Systems Biology will be Harvard Medical School's first completely new department in more than two decades and, with more than 20 faculty recruitments expected, will be one of its largest departments.
A quantitative understanding of an entire subcellular, cellular, or organism system could dramatically speed drug discovery, by allowing one to predict the effects of attacking a specific target within the context of the complex cellular circuits. New drugs often fail after the expenditure of millions of dollars because the effect on a single gene or protein target in the test tube fails to have the predicted effect when tested in the human body.
"As we understand more about the tiniest pieces that we are made of, it becomes increasingly clear that we do not understand how they work together as systems," says Marc Kirschner, PhD, the first chair of the new department. "We need to build on the foundation of molecular biology to construct an understanding of the architecture of the cell and how cells cooperate across organ systems, with a predictive model of physiology as the ultimate goal."
"It is worrying that we do not understand how most drugs work and essential that we know in detail how both genetic mutations and the environment contribute to disease," says Dr. Joseph B. Martin, Dean, Harvard Medical School. "Answering such questions requires building predictive models of cells, organs, and ultimately, organisms. And this requ
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Jon Hewitt interview 2011
JON HEWITT INTERVIEW by Andrew Leavold 16/11/11
A mutual friend, Jack Sargeant, regularly quotes Japanese photographer Araki: "Cities need zones of obscenity to make things interesting."
The same can be said for filmmaking. Danger, violent conflict, the extremes of human experience and behaviour, these are the mainstays of drama, not to mention the voyeuristic urge to witness the forbidden. Few Australian filmmakers dare to go to those dark places, and yet director Jon Hewitt has lived amongst the shadows for his entire career. From helming the low to no-budget genre productions Bloodlust (1992) and Redball (1999), Hewitt graduated above-ground with Acolytes (2008), a $4 million horror thriller pitting three high school fuckups against devious backpacker murderer Joel Edgerton.
With X (2011), Hewitt has fashioned a dark love letter to his home town, a veritable "zone of obscenity" in any culture. Set over one night, X is the tale of two prostitutes chased through Sydney's Kings Cross by corrupt cops, knife-wielding pimps, drug dealers and other creatures of the night. The second in Hewitt's 'Kings Cross Trilogy' after the guerrilla romance Darklovestory (2006) and made on a quarter of Acolyte's budget, X is a remarkable achievement: equal parts art film and exploitation as well as style and substance, with rapid-fire, split-screen editing and stunning photography. It's a mythic descent into a Hades-like world of perpetual darkness, and Hewitt's cameras capture its sense of time and location to perfection.
Andrew: I heard a mutual friend of ours, Jack Sargeant, talk about this on the weekend: "The Japanese photographer Araki once said cities needed zones of obscenity to make things interesting."
Jon: You mean like red light districts and shit like that where anything goes? Hopefully every decent city's got one, and certainly the Cross is the most resonant of those sorts of districts in Australia anyhow.
Andrew: You and Belinda now live near King's Cross - what does a place like this represent to you?
Jon: We've lived here since 2000. We live in Kings Cross - I'm in the lounge room of my apartment, I'm just walking over to the window. Just to tell you where we are - we're on the fifth floor of an apartment building right on the strip. McDonalds is next door, and we're in between Porkys and Showgirls, just across the road from Strippers. I'm looking out the window right now at two hookers plying their trade. So this is where we live (laughs). We've lived here since 2000 and seriously you can't really live here 24/7 without it becoming part of your fucking psyche. So pretty much everything Belinda and I have done since we've lived here has been influenced by what we see on the street. We've written a couple of scripts that have actually been made, like Darklovestory (2006) and X (2011), set absolutely in Kings Cross. We've written a couple of scripts for Hollywood, there's one set in New York subways, but a lot of that resonates with Kings Cross as well. It's almost impossible to escape some of the shit you see!
Andrew: How would you describe the mythos of the Cross to someone who's never experienced the place?
Jon: The one constant thing that the Cross offers - I'm a bit of a tin-pot historian since I've been living here - and I've spoken to people who have lived here for sixty years and six years and everything in between, and the one thing they always say is the Cross is constantly changing, it's never the same, and certainly in the twelve years we've lived here, it's gone through about three different transformations in that now on a Saturday night at 3 o'clock in the morning there'll be thousands of trashed young people here, well-off, well-dressed, beautiful young girls and guys, because 24 hour liquor trading has made it a club central. Whereas ten years ago at the same time it would have been full of bogan guys from the suburbs looking to get laid, and sailors, people who were staying in all the hotels here. But there are hardly any hotels in the Cross now, they are all apartment buildings. So there's been a degree of gentrification. But the strip where we live, we live on the last of the old Kings Cross, which is about 150 metres of Darlinghurst Road that's still got junkies and hookers and strip clubs, but there's also really groovy bars where they wouldn't even fucking let you in! The Cross is a fascinating place because it's this incredible 24 hour a day melting pot where you can pretty much see everything. I guess I get used to girls saying, "Do you wanna fuck?" when you're walking out your front door and stuff like that, but it can be intimidating to some people. I guess there are already a few things, people are going "Oh, you make these stories, and they're so dark, why are you so interested…?" One of my standard answers is that in 2009, within 150 metres of our front door, of the place where we live, there were five separate gun shot incidents. Including the famous "Chk Chk Boom" girl, she was an internet sensation for half a minute? Well that happened literally directly across the road from our house! I could look out the front window and see that going on. So when people from the suburbs go, "Why are you interested in dark shit?", I guess I have to say because of THAT. Apart from I'm naturally drawn to those sorts of stories. I've got this Youtube channel that I've had for about seven years called Stations Of The X, and it's full of interviews and anything to do with Kings Cross. There's about 220 separate videos there now. The myth of the Cross, what really interests me - it's one of the few places in the world that actually has a body of pulp fiction written about it. In the Sixties and Seventies Horwitz Press published 75 or 80 pulp novels - Bad Boy Kings Cross, Stuck Up The Cross, Kings Cross Junkie…
Andrew: Melbourne had that with St Kilda to a point, but that doesn't exist in the same way.
Jon: Not any more. I used to have an office in Green St in St Kilda, which is just off Gray St, in the 80s. But St Kilda was never out there like Kings Cross. Sure there are still hookers on the streets down there, but down here it was always so flamboyant and so fucking in your face. It's a little less in your face now, but some nights it can still be pretty incredible. Kings Cross is our Montmartre or our Reeperbahn or Times Square. And the interesting thing about it is, it works on a sort of mythological level or a metaphysical level in that it literally doesn't exist as a post code. It's the confluence of those five suburbs - Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Woolloomooloo, East Sydney. The train station is called Kings Cross, and everybody knows the place is Kings Cross, but you can't have an address that says "Kings Cross". It's just this interesting place that has those resonances, that's another reason why we set films here. They feel universal. You feel somehow stories for the whole world instead of just stories about Australia.
Andrew: You've said X is the second in a proposed "King's Cross trilogy" after Darklovestory - where do you go from X?
Jon: Darklovestory was the first film, which was like a dialectical fairy tale about storytelling wrapped in a crime thriller - an edgy, experimental, underground film that was sort of like a romance drama about a black guy and a white woman, played by Aaron Pedersen and Belinda McClory, and just trying to be in love while the world around them is trying to tear them apart. So it was sorta edgy and wacked out, it was like a modern Grimm's fairy tale. Whereas X is the middle one of the trilogy, which is a much more straight-ahead, mainstreamy type thriller about a couple of gorgeous women who go through the night from Hell. But the third one would be the edgiest of the lot, it's called Five Hits and it's about five junkies going to score. It's told in real time, so that there are five separate stories, and they all end up in this terrace house at the same time and the shit hits the fan. So there are five separate stories, all told in real time, and then there's a bookend, a top and a tail. My idea is that I do the top and the tail, and then the five stories would be directed by five different people - interesting young filmmakers, or friends, or anybody - and I have these strict rules where they have to shoot their ten or fifteen minute story in a take, or an afternoon. So it's got this whole real time vibe going on. Maybe that'll happen. But the idea was to have three radically different films narratively, production value, in every sense, but somehow happen at the same time, that told very similar stories. 'Cause it's my whole dialectical thing where there are many ways to tell the same story and you get all information on the same page. That was the idea.
Andrew: That kind of filmmaking doesn't happen enough in Australia.
Jon: You just have to force it into being, making three films about the same sort of thing… Obviously Darklovestory was made completely in the underground, and that's how that film even got made, and it's still not properly finished - I haven't been able to raise the money to deliver it, pay off the cast and crew and make it a releasable film. That's why it's not out on DVD. It's only screened at selected film festivals. It's a pretty cool film, I'm really happy with it, but I need to raise about $400,000 to properly deliver it. Which I can still do, because it hasn't really dated. X is the "legitimate" film of the Cross, and maybe on the back of X I might be able to get Five Hits financed, but as a lower budgeted and very freewheeling thing, and give some opportunities to some other interesting filmmakers.
Andrew: So it's still a struggle after twenty years to get the financing?
Jon: Oh yeah, I think no matter who you are it's always a bit of a struggle. Certainly for me, I mean X is my fifth feature film, but it's only the second one I got paid to make. I made Acolytes in 2008, I was 48 years old when I directed that film, and I'd already made three previous features, but that was the first film where I actually got a fee to make it. I've never even considered myself as having had a career in the film industry (laughs), but I've been lucky enough certainly in the last five years to have made two feature films, and you can have a living doing that. And I've written a few scripts for other people here and there. So I think I'm incredibly lucky, but it's obviously going to be just as hard for me to get my next film financed. I guess my films are always a little out there. If I'm going to make the film myself, then I may as well do something worthwhile, and try to do some sort of edgy story that nobody else is telling. Don't get me wrong, I'd be absolutely thrilled for somebody to say, "Do you wanna direct Alien 7?" Just show me where to go!
Andrew: It seems like for twenty years you've shifted comfortably between low-budget genre pictures, and no-budget guerrilla projects. Where is the ideal place for you to be as a filmmaker?
Jon: I know how to do both, and I reckon I'd be pretty adept at directing the $100 million film as well. But I certainly know how to do it the hard way, and it's not a great way to make films, I've got to say. X was a terrific experience - it cost a million bucks which is a shitload of dough, but for the film that it is, it's still not a massive amount of money. You can just DO things when you've got a little bit of money that you can't do when you've got no money. You can at least go, "I can force this through to the end and I can give it a grade and I can actually deliver the fucker and it's going to be great." Whereas when you roll the dice on a movie like Redball (1999) or Darklovestory, obviously I was able to really deliver Redball to raise some money, but Darklovestory I still haven't, so I've got a cut of the film that's ungraded and no sound mix and all that sort of stuff, but it still hangs together pretty well.
Andrew: It's MUFF friendly but not necessarily MIFF friendly?
Jon: Absolutely, that's a great way of putting it. Maybe in ten years time, if I've made a few more films, people will go, "Oh, what's this lost gem? Why didn't we think this was any good ten years ago?" (laughs) Because it's a cool film. Jack played it. People who "know" can see that these sorts of films are cool, and legitimate. But it's much nicer making a film with money in the bank until you turn over.
Andrew: I guess with a million bucks you can make a film like X look really amazing - we should mention Mark Pugh's stunning cinematography and the rapid-fire, split-screen editing of Cindi Clarkson.
Jon: Mark's a genius, and it's the third film we've made together. I don't know, we've just got this shorthand way of working where we can work really quickly. I mean we had to, it was only a twenty day shoot, and as you know, X isn't two people in a room talking for half the time, it's very location driven and there's eighteen different cast, it's all at night… So it was pretty brutal, we had to really go like the fucking clappers shooting that film. With Mark, it's a happy confluence of technology finally being there, we could actually get out on the streets of Kings Cross with no light, or shoot in available light, in Cinemascope, and get an awesome-looking picture. You couldn't do that five years ago, but you can do that now with camera and lens technology, it's just fucking great. And it's cheap! We shot on the Red, and it's an incredible camera, but the camera we shot on is already ancient history. Mark's already got the new version, the Epic, which is half the price and twice as good! Incredible. It's still hard to make a good movie, but I just love the way technology is continuing to advance.
Andrew: If you're shooting on HD, what are your ideal working conditions on a set?
Jon: I've experienced more cast than crew, I've also experienced fifty crew all looking at me going "what are we doing?" with trucks for miles and all that sort of shit… I like smaller crews that are respectful of the process. Films are still made in the way that they were made forty years ago when you literally did need ten HMIs, it needed five guys each to run, and generators and stuff, just to get an image on celluloid. Whereas you don't need that shit anymore, but people are still doing it, there are still these massive fucking gaffer and grip trucks, and then the whole shit becomes about the trucks and travel time and all that sort of stuff. I don't like that. For me it's what happens between the actor and the lens, that's the most important thing, and anything that gets in the way of that, I'm not into. So I like working with small crews, and being really mobile. Obviously I've had to as well - I think there's a way of working where you don't need thirty or forty people on set, even if you're making a huge film, you can still have only ten or fifteen.
Andrew: It would be liberating, not having all that dead weight hanging off you when you're trying to get your shot.
Jon: Yeah. And basically, it's like a self-perpetuating monster, like you end up having extra crew to look after the crew, you know what I mean? So you have a third and a fourth AD just to make sure that the massive crew is somehow working properly. Certainly a film like X, we couldn't have it but we didn't really need it, and we couldn't have made it with a logistic like that anyhow. When we were shooting in the Cross in 2010, they were shooting Sleeping Beauty around here as well, and I can remember them locking down streets and there's like ten trucks, whereas we had our production office in the Cross and ten of us walked down the block to our set - that's the way to do it, it was fucking great.
Andrew: What's your reaction to the recent wave of glamorous junkie romances?
Jon: Like Candy (2006)? I dunno…I just judge each film on its merits, pretty much. I've seen some awesome films that have been about tragic junkies and romance, and I'd love to make one one day.
Andrew: The junkie scene is the complete antithesis of other cliched junkie romances - what I found most interesting is watching Billie Rose Prichard's face and seeing the seething maelstrom of emotions churning away on her character's face. To me that said so much more about the reality of heroin.
Jon: Obviously as a filmmaker I'm more drawn to junky films like Pure Shit (1975) than Candy. Pure Shit is the film for me, whereas Candy is just another movie about people. And obviously the junky scene was hugely influenced by the Bert Deling film. That was our Pure Shit gesture. Everything's so pussy-assed now - you can't show sex, you can't show naked people or people hitting up, it all gets fucking weeded out of the scripts. I haven't got an idea now, but do you actually ever see a needle going into flesh in Candy? Everything is homogenized or it happens off-screen, people have sex and then get out of bed with their underwear on. You just don't buy it. One of the reasons I wanted to do certain things - and people have gone, look at the old perve, it's totally exploitive and prurient - women standing there with shaved pussies completely naked, and guys with their dicks hanging out, and people pushing needles into their skin. I just wanted to shoot it because nobody fucking does it anymore, apart from anything else. I was saying to someone the other day, could you make Last Tango In Paris (1972) in 2012? I don't think anybody would let you. At least in the Seventies and Eighties, people used to go there, whereas most of the time, except for a very small number of films, people just don't even go there anymore.
Andrew: Films now thrive on the idea of danger rather than the danger itself.
Jon: There's a lot of stuff withheld. Cinema is about seeing stuff, for me, it's about looking and seeing. Whereas now you get really smart and influential people saying words like "voyeurism" and it's a pejorative term, it's a criticism! For me it's an adjective - yeah, films are voyeuristic, of course they fucking are! We're looking at something - what are you talking about?
Andrew: Films in the Seventies celebrated the act of voyeurism.
Jon: All the films I like walk the razor edge of ideas or ideology. So people are maybe sometimes confused about where you're coming from - is this an exploitation film or is this an art film? Certainly on X there's been a bit of confusion, like in the international festival circuit where I was a little disappointed that we didn't score a huge festival berth outside of Australia, and it was always the same thing, it's too arty for the genre festivals but a bit too genre for the arty festivals, so you're stuck in between. Whereas I'm going, "Fuck that, I don't want to be either or, I want to make a crazy-assed thing that's somehow in the middle!" It's marrying strong genre tropes with something a bit more ambitious. I think that's what makes my films maybe different from most things. But that's my ambition. I love horror and sexploitation and violence, I just love watching movies like that. They're the sort of films I want to make, but I also want to give it something else. That's my schtick as a filmmaker. The people I love are probably obvious - I love von Trier and Gaspar Noe, Abel Ferrara. Nobody would accuse Lars von Trier of being a genre filmmaker, but Antichrist (2009) is a horror film and Melancholia (2011) is like an apocalypse film! It's his Armageddon!
Andrew: And all three names you just mentioned are all first class troublemakers…
Jon: You end up being that way because people go, "Jesus, you can't have people having sex, and what are you, some kind of perve, or are you trying to offend people?" There are certainly those elements to whatever you do. If you turn a camera on a naked person, you can't say that the thrill of looking at naked flesh isn't part of what's going on?
Andrew: Speaking of other troublemakers, you mentioned Bert Deling, and I guess another nod to Pure Shit is that X is set almost entirely over one night, and both films have that mythic journey in and out of a subterranean world of darkness. It's very Greek, if you want to be overly academic about it…
Jon: Absolutely. It's great to be overly academic, because that's exactly what's going on. Pure Shit is incredibly rich subtextually, and I'd like to think X is as well, but on the surface it's still this full-on, exciting movie that you'd want to watch as a filmgoer. But it can be more than that if you want it to be. Pure Shit is a huge influence, like the way it captured the inner suburbs of Melbourne in the mid Seventies, I wanted to capture Kings Cross now, before it all disappears. The sense of place was really important to me.
Andrew: The Pure Shit connection probably explains why you wanted Phil Motherwell in Bloodlust (1992) playing the demented preacher.
Jon: Phil was also in Redball, he was the crazy-assed bookseller. He was actually playing Richard Wolstencroft - that scene in Redball is a verbatim scene of what happened to Richard when he was running the Hellfire Emporium! The Vice Squad cops came in and read him the riot act… Phil's an awesome actor as well, I'd cast him in everything if I could.
Andrew: Out of interest, where is he at the moment?
Jon: He'd be in Melbourne somewhere - he's got to be in his late fifties, early sixties now. I'm sure he's still alive (laughs) and I would have heard if something had've happened to him. He's a writer, he writes a lot of plays and stories and stuff like that. He's an incredible writer - maybe he's doing that sort thing, writing his autobiography, 'cause he's definitely got some stories to tell. Fuckin' hell, he's had an incredible life!
Andrew: Central to X is that almost mother-daughter bonding between Holly and Shay, both of whom have lost their mothers, both are self-described survivors, and to a certain extent they do.
Jon: One thing that Belinda and I tried to do all the way through the development of the script, we had a lot of pressure NOT to do this, was to rely on resonance across characters and across experience. If I could explain that a bit better: at script stage there was always people going, "Well we know who Shay is, we know her back story, but we don't really know who Holly is, and where does she come from, can we have a flashback," and we were always going, "If you want to know where Holly comes from, and who she is and what her experience was as a young woman, she's Shay." Shay's experience is what she went through ten years ago, and she was saved by that Katherine woman, the older woman. That continuity of experience, and that's how you figure out the richness of the character, it's just not explained to you. You know, it's the sort of shit you go through when you develop a script.
Andrew: It wouldn't be the same film without that relationship.
Jon: Oh no. Belinda and I wanted the film to have real emotional weight, and that was found in those sorts of primal relationships between people, mother-daughter… I think people can really emotionally respond to that sort of shit, even when they don't know that they're doing it. And that's the other reason why Holly - that's a spoiler, obviously - dies at the end. We used to have a happy ending to the film where Holly gets on the plane with a bag full of diamonds, Shay's got the other half. But that was more driven by my fantasy of making X2, and starting with Holly getting off the plane at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and we go from there. We decided that we wanted to do something in the final minute of the film that would really emotionally affect the audience hopefully, and that still made sense and didn't betray the characters. For me, X is ultimately about changing your life, the most common human experience. People call it mid-life crises, you quit a job or you leave a city, you get out of a relationship or whatever, that urge to change your life and do something better is so common, and that's sorta what X is about. It's not really about prostitutes and hooking, that's just the fabric of the story. Belinda and I wanted to show how liberating it can be, that effort to change your life, but also how potentially annihilating it can be as well. I think it's the hardest thing that people ever do, is really taking the plunge, to break free of whatever.
Andrew: Then of course, one character's annihilation is another's redemption.
Jon: There's all that sort of primal resonances and Greek tragedy going on (laughs).
Andrew: The backdrop is still hookers and vice, and there are definitely shades of Redball in the corrupt cops and seedy underbelly of a city - as an outside observer, what are the differences between Melbourne's underworld and Sydney's?
Jon: Sydney's underworld is possibly a little bit like Sydney itself - it's more surface, it's more into the glamour. Melbourne has the potential to be a much darker, much more deeply nasty place. In the Seventies, Roger Rogerson swaggering around the Cross fucking killing people in broad daylight, he was a rock star! Whereas in Melbourne, that shit was going on but nobody knew about it. I think that's the difference - Sydney celebrates its criminal culture. Melbourne does as well, but not as much. In Sydney everybody's Chopper Reid, whereas in Melbourne only Chopper is Chopper Reid. The real crooks in Melbourne, nobody's ever heard of; they've never been inside a police station.
Andrew: And they never will! You were talking about categories before, and Acolytes very definitely sits in the horror category, and was a hit on the international circuit - what kind of signal does that send to Australian funding bodies and private investors?
Jon: I think maybe now it's a little easier to make a broader range of film or tell a broader range of stories in Australia than it was ten years ago. People would look at you across the table and go, "That's a genre script," and that meant NO, fuck off, we don't do genre. Whereas now, nobody would say that. And in fact there's this idea that perhaps genre is a smart way to go, as legitimate a way to go as a deeply-felt personal story.
Andrew: The "genre" tag may make a film more exportable?
Jon: Definitely more exportable and more marketable internationally. I think it's just as hard as it's ever been to make films that connect with an audience. There's no real recipe. I can only speak for myself, and what I want to do is continue to tell interesting stories that have a very strong genre backbone, that enable me to find a worldwide audience for the film, but at the same time be ambitious in what the film is about or how it resonates subtextually or whatever, cinematically. And made for a sensible budget, where there's maybe a chance that the end product justified itself just in pure economic terms. The sad fact is that the world doesn't want Australian films. Not really. And if you approached making movies in Australia as a cold, hard economic business, nobody would ever make anything. You'd just leave it to Hollywood. Obviously we're not going to do that, there are all these other things going on, so we're always going to need some sort of subsidy and some sort of value judgment. I'm not saying we shouldn't be making films here! But my path is to try and be a little more sensible in pure movies-as-product terms. I can't help not thinking like that, I come from exhibition and distribution, I always had the posters for my films before the scripts… I'm always thinking about how to find an audience. Films only exist when somebody's watching them. It may be even harder now to find an audience.
Andrew: There's so much stuff out there I guess…
Jon: So much stuff, but it's a whole other world now, just getting a respectful theatrical release of any film I getting harder and harder - any film that's not a tentpole arthouse film or a tentpole Hollywood film. It's just harder. That's the realities of theatrical. But luckily theatrical is only one tiny part of the life of what you do. Even though, certainly in Australia, everybody's so fucking obsessed with the theatrical life of what you do. Unfortunately, 95% of everything that we do will not be that successful theatrically in Australia. Hollywood won the war fifty years ago, but they've really shut the gate in the last decade. And that's cool. But there are other platforms, other avenues. X has already been substantially successful internationally - that was our other strategy. We only delivered the film in February. Some people seem to think the film's been around for ever! What Lizzette [Atkins, co-producer] and I wanted to do was to give the film an international profile before we released it in Australia. Mainly because we knew that we'd never have the P&A to make a big deal of it, so we had to do it in that free way which is get it released in America and other countries, so that if you do a Google search the first fifty pages are all about the movie and there are other reviews… you get that international imprint, and that was all part of the strategy.
Andrew: I guess it takes imagination and inspiration to try to think of new ways to rattle the tin and be in exploitation in the 21st Century?
Jon: That sounds like a smart comment to me! (laughs)
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2015 - THE LAST PINOY ACTION KING (co-director, co-producer, co-writer) Documentary feature
2015 - I AM JUPITER, I AM THE BIGGEST PLANET (associate producer) Organized Manila shoot for director Matthew Victor Pastor's short film
2015 - GONE LESBO GONE (interview subject, co-producer) Documentary directed by Jarret Gahan on the troubled production of LESBO-A-GO-GO (2003), premiered at Brisbane Underground Film Festival, January 2015.
2015 - FAGS IN THE FAST LANE (actor) Cameo role in an AUstralian feature directed by Josh Collins, also starring Kitten Natividad
2015 - CERTIFIED DEAD (actor) Cameo role in a Singapore feature directed by Marrie "Cleopatra Wong" Lee
2015 - BIRDS OF DESTRUCTION (director, writer, producer) Fake Grindhouse Trailer filmed in 2003; premiered at Trasharama-A-Go-Go, MonsterFest, Melbourne
2014 - THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG (bonus features) extended sequences and featurettes, "I Love Weng Weng" music clip, SUFF Q and A, on Australia's Monster Pictures DVD release
2014 - Some Jerks "Dark And Dead Of Night" music video (director, writer), premiered on Rage April 2014
2013 - THE STUFF (bonus features) "Larry Cohen interview" featurette, on Australia's Monster Pictures DVD release
2013 - THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG (director/writer) Premiered Manila 29/11/13
2013 - OTSO (actor) Cameo role in a Filipino indie feature directed by Elwood Perez
2012 - FOR Y'UR HEIGHT ONLY (bonus features) "The Story Of Weng" featurette, includes interview footage with Eddie Nicart, on Germany's FilmArt DVD release
2010 - MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED! (associate producer, additional footage, original concept) Feature length doco written and directed by Mark Hartley, based on the original "The Search For Weng Weng" concept. Premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival 24/07/10
2010 - CLEOPATRA WONG/ONE-ARMED EXECUTIONER (bonus features) Interviews with director Bobby A. Suarez and actor Nigel Hogge, on Dark Sky Films' US DVD release
2009 - SIXFTHICK: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (interview subject) ABC TV doco on Brisbane band Sixfthick
2007 - ZOMBIE MARIACHI (actor, producer, additional camera) Short film directed by Filipino guerrilla filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz during his 2007 BIFF appearance. I play "Great White Zombie Hunter"!
2007 - SILIP (bonus features) Interviews with director Elwood Perez and star Maria Isabel Lopez conducted and filmed for Mondo Macabro's UK DVD release
2007 - APOCALYPSE MAO (director, writer, co-editor, actor) Broadcast on Briz31 TV from December 2007
2006 - BLUEBIRDS OF PEACE AND DESTRUCTION (director, writer, co-editor, cinematographer) Premiered at Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2006; also screened in London, Melbourne, Sydney
2003 - The Aampirellas "Arm Killer" music video (director, writer, co-editor) Edited from "Lesbo-A-Go-Go", premiered on ABC TV's "Rage" July 2003
2003 - LESBO A GO GO (director, co-writer, co-editor) Premiered at Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2003; also screened in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, London, Manila
2003 - ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE TAPES (interview subject) SBS TV documentary about me and Trash Video's struggle to evolve.
2001 - GLADIATOR, OR DUDE WHERE'S YOUR TOGA? (director, writer, editor) 10 minute short made for the Milennium Youth Forum
2015 - "Bionic Guts And Exploding Huts! The Filipino Pulp Factory of Bobby A. Suarez Part One" in Weng's Chop #8 (USA), October 2015, pp.25-38
2015 - "Balut Westerns: The Filipino Cowboy as King, and the Rise And Fall of The Goon Action Film" in Domingo Lopez (ed.), Wild Wild East: The Curry Western And The Noodle Western (Tyrannosaurus Books, Barcelona), pp.186-237,
2014 - "Strong Coffee With A National Treasure: An Interview with Eddie Romero", Cashiers Du Cinemart #18 (USA), March 2014
2014 - "On Lady Terminator: Interview with Barbara Anne Constable" in Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society (University of the Philippines, Quezon City) Vol. 11 No. 2, August 2014, pp.178-196
2014 - "Mananangaal Queen of Quezon City: The Life and Bloodlines of Cecille Baun" catalogue notes for a Cecille Baun exhibition, Quezon City International Film Festival, October 2014
2014 - "Bamboo Gods and Bionic Boys: A Brief History of the Philippines’ B Films" in Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society (University of the Philippines, Quezon City) Vol. 11 No. 1, 2014, pp.128-172
2013 - Mark IV Productions interview in Weng's Chop #3 (USA), April 2013
2013 - "The Tanduay Rum Diaries: Stuck In Ilocos Norte With The Weng Weng Blues AGain" on my Death Rides A Red Horse blog, Monster Pictures website, September 2013
2013 - "The Search For Weng Weng: Final Shoot Diary" in Weng's Chop #4 (USA), August 2013
2013 - "Farewell Uncle Chop-Chop" on my Death Rides A Red Horse blog, Monster Pictures website, September 2013
2012 - "The Tanduay Rum Diaries: The Most Famous Cross-Dressing Midget In The Philippines (At This Present Moment) on the Mondo Macabro blog, 25/04/12
2012 - "The Story Of Weng" essay on the German For Y'ur Height Only DVD released by FilmArt
2012 - "The Story Of Weng Weng" in Filmrage (UK) Vol 2 #11
2012 - "Di Ingon 'Nato: Zombies In Our Backyard" essay and director Ivan Zaldarriaga interview, Sinekultura Film Journal (University of San Carlos, Cebu) Issue #4, Second Semester 2012, pp. 14-21; reprinted in Film International 63-4 (Sweden), August 2013
2012 - "The Great Manila Cinema Heist! A Brief History of Philippine Parody and Outright Thievery In The Country That Copyright Forgot, Part One", Cashiers Du Cinemart #17 (USA), October 2012
2011 - Jon Hewitt interview on "X" in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 22/11/11
2011 - "Pop Culture Postcard: Philippines" article in Wordy Mofo online magazine Issue 3 (Sydney), January 2011
2011 - "Monster talks to Chad Ferrin" intro and interview, Monster Pictures website 26/05/11
2011 - "Aswang! Filipino New Blood" notes, Fantastic Asia Film Festival catalogue, Melbourne November 2011
2010 - Lady Terminator/Barbara Anne Constable interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 03/08/10
2009 - Wings Hauser Restrospective reviews in Melbourne Underground Film Festival catalogue, August 2009
2009 - Pure Shit article & Bert Deling interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 12/05/09
2008 - Women In Prison DVD box set review in Empire Magazine (Sydney), March 2008
2008 - Witches' Hammer review for Melbourne Cinemateque notes, Senses Of Cinema (Melbourne)
2008 - Ozploitation essay and reviews in Brisbane International Film Festival catalogue, July 2008
2008 - Ozploitation and Marjoe Gortner Retrospectives reviews in Melbourne Underground Film Festival catalogue, September 2008
2008 - Grindhouse article in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 01/04/08
2008 - Alejandro Jodorowsky interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 12/06/08
2008 - "The Dolemite Collection" review in Empire Magazine (Sydney), May 2008
2008 - "21 Greatest Pinoy B-Movies" article (co-written with Lourd de Veyra) in FHM Magazine (Philippines), December 2008
2007 - “White Guerrilla In Manila” article [2000 word version] in Firecracker Magazine #4 (London, UK) July 2007
2007 - Squatterpunk review in Brisbane International Film Festival program, July 2007
2006 - They Call Her Cleopatra Wong review in Brisbane International Film Festival program, July 2006 (reprinted in the Cinemanila Film Festival program, November 2006)
2005 - Volcano High review for Melbourne Cinemateque Annotations, published online at Senses of Cinema (Melbourne) April 2005
2005 - Visitor Q DVD review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 24/05/05
2005 - Violent Femmes live review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 29/03/05
2005 - Trouble Every Day DVD review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 31/05/05
2005 - Southern Culture On The Skids live review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 14/06/05
2005 - Southern Culture On The Skids interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 31/05/05
2005 - Ring 2 review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 29/03/05
2005 - Ong-Bak review/Prachya Pinkaew interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 08/03/05
2005 - Jack Sargeant interview in Rave magazine (Brisbane) 26/07/05
2005 - Hard-Ons live review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 28/06/05
2005 - Hanussen review for Melbourne Cinemateque Annotations, published online at Senses of Cinema (Melbourne) June 2005
2005 - Dwarves live review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 22/02/05
2005 - Bubba Ho-Tep review/Bruce Campbell interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 22/02/05
2005 - Bride And Prejudice review/Gurinder Chadha interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 15/02/05
2005 - Bollywood article/Rohan Sippy interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 15/02/05
2005 - Blood Feast/2000 Maniacs review in Tsunami magazine (Caloundra, Australia) April 2005
2005 - Baadasssss review/Mario Van Peebles interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 15/03/05
2005 - Assault On Precinct 13 review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 29/03/05
2005 - Alfie review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 25/01/05
2004 - “Nine Things I Discovered Making Fake Sixties Porn” essay and the unedited Richard Franklin interview in Damian Kringas (ed), Tales Of The Cinematic Experience (Independence Jones Guerilla Press Division, Sydney)
2004 - “Grim Fairy Tales For Adults: Czech Gothic Retrospective” article in Rave magazine (Brisbane), 28/07/04
2004 - Zatoichi review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 07/09/04
2004 - The Grudge review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 23/11/04
2004 - Shaun Of The Dead review/Simon Pegg interview in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 12/10/04
2004 - Saw review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 07/12/04
2004 - Bad Santa review in Rave Magazine (Brisbane), 30/11/04
2003 - “Richard Franklin and Eskimo Nell” interview and article in Eros magazine Vol 3 #1 (Canberra)
2003 - “PLO: Centuries Of Blood” & “Bring Me The Head Of Ulrike Meinhoff” chapters in Guns! Death! Terror! 1960s & 1970s Revolutionaries, Urban Guerrillas and Terrorists edited by Jack Sargeant (Creation Books, UK, 2003)
2003 - Undead review in Brisbane International Film Festival program, July 2003
2003 - The Devil Rides Out review in Melbourne Cinemateque CTEQ Annotations, also published online in Senses Of Cinema (Melbourne), February 2003
2002 - “Keep It Up Mate: Tim Burstall And The Birth Of The Ocker Sex Comedy” article in Semper magazine #2 (University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia) March 2002
2002 - “Black Japan: The Ring & Battle Royale” article co-written with Jack Sargeant in Black Ice magazine (London)
2002 - “Apocalypse Om: The Doomsday Gas Squads of Aum Shin-Rikyo” & “The West End Lesbian Vampires” chapters in Blood Cults edited by Jack Sargeant (Virgin Books, UK, 2002)
2002 - "That's Ozploitation!" introduction and reviews in Melbourne Underground Film Festival catalogue
2002 - "Doris Wishman: Good Girls Go To To Dildo Heaven" article in Senses Of Cinema online magazine (Melbourne), late 2002
2001- “The Truth According To Errol Morris” article in Semper magazine #1 (University Of Qld, St Lucia, Australia) February 2001
2001 - “Giallo: Euro Death A Go Go” article in Obscene fanzine #15 (Sunshine Coast, Australia) early 2001
2000 - interview with American Movie's Chris Smith & Sarah Price in Macabre #2 (University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia) Autumn 2000
1998 - “The Wild & Wacky World Of Filipino Exploitation” review article in Semper magazine #3 (University Of Qld, St Lucia, Australia) May 1998
1998 - “Porno Chic, Or How America Turned Blue In 1972” article in Semper magazine #2 (University Of Qld, St Lucia, Australia) March 1998; reprinted in Adult Industry Review [later EROS] magazine Vol 2 #3 (Canberra) mid 1999
1998 - “Blaxploitation Superchicks” article in Semper magazine #6 (University Of Qld, St Lucia, Australia)July 1998
1998 - Plugg review in More Tales From The Idiot Box fanzine (Townsville, Australia) October 1998
1998 - Paul Verhoeven interview & article, reviews of Hard Eight, Perdita Durango, The Truman Show, Cannibal The Musical in Plastic magazine #1 (Brisbane) October 1998
1997 - “The Golden Afro Awards” blaxploitation article in Smokin’ Dog Press fanzine #3 (Brisbane)
1997 - Richard Kern interview in Purple Monkey Dishwasher fanzine #4 (Adelaide) early 1997
1997 - Peeping Tom article, God Of Gamblers The Return review, “Censorship in Australia Timeline” article in Plastic magazine #1 (Brisbane) July 1997
1997 - Maggie Cheung interview, Abel Ferrara article, Toby Keeler interview/Pretty As A Picture review in Plastic magazine #1 (Brisbane) Summer 1997
1997 - Lost Highway review in Plastic magazine #1 (Brisbane) April 1997
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2015 - talk on Pinoy cult cinema with Leo Katigbak and Manet A. Dayrit, QCinema International Film Festival, Quezon City, Philippines 28/10/15
2015 - member of the Circle Competition Jury, QCinema International Film Festival in Quezon City, Philippines, October 22-31 2015
2015 - interviewed Kitten Natividad on stage, as part of "Bosom-Mania Burlesque Show", The LuWow, Fitzroy, Melbourne 04/12/15
2015 - interviewed Fred Williamson for "The Hammer" All-Night Marathon at MonsterFest, the Lido Cinemas, Hawthorne, Melbourne 27/11/15
2015 - emceed "Me And My Mates vs The Zombie Apocalypse" Q&A with the director and producer, New Farm Cinemas, Brisbane 07/08/15
2015 - delivered two lectures on Filipino film history at the Griffith Film School, QCA, South Bank, Brisbane 16-17/09/15
2015 - delivered "The Ten Commandments of Pinoy Westerns" paper at the Digital Divide conference, University of the Philippines Film Institute, Quezon City, Philippines 11/06/15
2015 - "An Australian Guerrilla in Manila" talk at Green Papaya artspace, Quezon City, Philippines 08/07/15
2014 - moderated "Spook And The City: Hong Kong Supernatural" panel (Michael Helms, Christian Were and Michael Honig) at the Melbourne International Film Festival 14/08/14
2014 - introduced the preview of Elwood Perez's new film Esoterika: Manila at Fully Booked, Fort Bonifacio, Manila 31/01/14
2014 - delivered "The Art Of The B Movie" lecture at Silliman University, Dumaguete, Philippines 04/08/14
2014 - "Filipino B Film Masterclass" at the Terracotta Far East Film Festival, London 27/05/14
2014 - "Filipino B Film Masterclass" at Festival Nits de Cinema Oriental de Vic, Spain 17/07/14
2013 - joined Helen Yeates, Steve Saragossi, Shayne Armstrong and Mark Ryan in a RANTBrisbane talk about Brisbane Cinema, Paddington's Dowse Bar, Brisbane 03/03/13
2013 - hosted a Philippe Mora "70s Guerrilla Filmmaking" presentation and Q&A at the "You Don't Have To Be Jewish!" Film Festival, State Libray, South Brisbane 16/02/13
2013 - emceed Beyond Zero Emissions fundraiser Q&A with "Generation Green" producer Laura Noonan and documentary subject Patrick Hearps, Brisbane 22/07/13
2013 - The "Cabin In The Woods: Allure Of The Cult" seminar with Todd Farmer and Dr Mark Ryan, Gold Coast Film Festival 20/04/13
2012 - hosted a "Tribute To Larry Cohen" night - Cohen interview, panel with Michael Helms, Phillip Brophy, and Jen and Sylvia Soska, Monster Fest, Melbourne 02/11/12
2012 - Lecture Tour of the Philippines: "Bamboo Gods And Bionic Boys" lecture/screening at UP Diliman 11/07/12, University Of San Carlos in Cebu 04/07/12, and UP Baguio 13/07/12; "Search For Weng Weng" talk at UP Diliman 27/06/12; "James Batman" screening & intro 12/07/12; and "Bruceploitation" talk/Game Of Death screening at JIV Manila Art Gallery 11/07/12
2012 - "Scary Movies - Why Do We Watch Them?" panel at the State Library, South Brisbane 19/04/12
2011 - introduced preview screening of Jon Hewitt's "X", Schonell Theatre, St Lucia, Brisbane 22/11/11
2011 - hosted Queensland Filmmakers For Flood Relief screening, Brisbane Powerhouse 23/02/11
2011 - hosted Q&A with "Human Centipede 2" star Laurence R. Harvey, Tribal Theatre, Brisbane 23/11/11
2011 - delivered "Last Tangos In Manila" paper on Filipino bomba and bold cinema at the Erotic Screen Conference at the Griffith University QCA campus, Brisbane 16/02/11, and at the UP College Of Mass Communication, Quezon City 23/06/11
2011 - co-hosted "The Best Of Trasharama-A-Go-Go" short film screening with Dick Dale, Tribal Theatre, Brisbane 18/11/11
2011 - "Nollywood Boulevard" lecture at the Dunedin Publuc Art Gallery, New Zealand 28/05/11
2010 - three Nollywood talks at the Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane September & October 2010, and at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane 12/11/10
2010 - introduced screening of The Room at the Brisbane International Film Festival 12/11/10
2010 - introduced Lady Terminator and chaired Q&A with actress Barbara Anne Constable, Tribal Theatre, Brisbane 06/08/10
2010 - introduced John Waters at the Brisbane Powerhouse 05/10
2010 - introduced Felicity and Australia After Dark & chaired Q&A with director John D. Lamond, Tribal Theatre, Brisbane 05/10
2010 - introduced "Pinoy Halloween" screenings at Asia Pacific Film Institute, Manila 30/10/10 and at Fully Booked, Fort Bonifacio, Manila 31/10/10
2010 - hosted Q&A with screenwriter Todd Farmer (Jason X, My Bloody Valentine) and producer Kerri Hill Grisham, Gold Coast Film Festival 14/11/10
2010 - Machete Maidens Unleashed! Q&A with Mark Hartley, Veronica Fury and myself, Brisbane International Film Festival 11/11/10
2010 - "Pinoy Grindhouse" lectures at Ateneo University, Quezon City 20/10/10 and University of the Philippines Film Centre (UPFI), Quezon City 04/11/10
2010 - "Australian Horror and Science Fiction Cinema" lecture at Griffith University Nathan Campus, Brisbane 20/10/10
2009 - introduced Pure Shit screening & chaired Q&A with director Bert Deling and actor Garry Waddell, Brisbane Powerhouse 15/05/09
2009 - Filipino Horror lecture for Roy Frumkes' horror course, School of Visual Arts, New York City 07/07/09
2009 - "The Great DEADbate" discussion on zombie films with Peter & Michael Spierig, Brisbane International Film Festival 08/08/09
2009 - "History of Sexploitation" lecture at Bond University 23/06/09
2009 - "Aussie Sex Cinema" lecture at Bond University 27/10/09
2008 - three lectures on Paul Morrissey at the Andy Warhol exhibition, Gallery Of Modern Art, South Bank 07/03/08, 16/03/08
2008 - talk on film collecting at the Picasso Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, August 2008
2008 - one of 10 artists featured at Pecha Kucha #6, Brisbane Powerhouse 25/06/08
2008 - lecture on guerrilla filmmaking for "Sound Image Text" course, QUT Kelvin Grove campus 15/10/08
2008 - introduced the Ozploitation Retrospective screenings and appeared on the Ozploitation Seminar with Brisna Trenchard-Smith, Tony Ginnane, Alan Finney and Mark Hartley, Brisbane International Film Festival July-August 2008
2008 - introduced the Brisbane premiere of Grindhouse at Dendy George St 03/04/08
2008 - introduced the Brisbane premiere of Be Kind, Rewind at Dendy Portside 18/03/08
2008 - introduced IMA's screening of The Holy Mountain, Dendy George St 21/06/08
2008 - hosted Sony Tropfest's Brisbane screening, Suncorp Piazza, South Brisbane 17/02/08
2008 - delivered lectures on Filipino B film history at University Of The Philippines, Quezon City, and at the Asia Pacific Film Institute, Manila, both November 2008
2008 - delivered "Bamboo Gods And Bionic Boys" paper at the Annual South East Asian Cinema Conference at Ataneo University, Quezon City, November 2008
2007 - judge on MUFFFY (Mondo Underground Film Festival Fro Young People), Sunshine Coast 2007
2007 - introduced the Brisbane premiere of Inland Empire at Dendy George St 11/07
2007 - hosted Schlockfest 2007 screening at the Globe, December 2007
2007 - Talking Pictures panel member "Exploitation of the Post Millennium" at Melbourne International Film Festival, ACMI Cinemas Melbourne 29/07/07
2006 - judge on "Show Us Yer Flicks", Queer Film Festival 2006
2006 - hosted the opening night of Bar Burlesque, Brunswick St Mall August 2006
2006 - hosted Schlockfest 2006 at the Globe, November 2006
2005 - judge on the BIFF Fast Film Competiton, Brisbane International Film Festival 2005
2005 - judge and host of the 48 Hour Fast Film Competition 2005
2004 - “Obscurist Film Activists Close-up” panel member, OtherFilm Festival 2004
2003 - “The Horror, The Horror...” panel member, Brisbane International Film Festival 2003
2003 - hosted the opening and closing nights of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2003
2003 - "MUFF Guerilla Filmmakers Forum" panel member, Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2003
1999 - conducted a short film workshop at “Weekend With The Works #1”, Sunshine Coast
FILM FESTIVAL CURATIONS & FILM PROGRAMS
2011 - programmed and introduced "Aswang! Filipino New Blood" double, Fantastic Asia Film Festival, Melbourne 13/11/11
2009 - programmed "Wings Hauser Retrospective" at Melbourne Underground Film Festival, August 2009
2008 - programmed "Ozploitation" Retrospective, Brisbane International Film Festival 2008
2008 - programmed "Ozploitation" and "Marjoe Gortner" Retrospectives, Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2008
2006 - "Bamboo Gods And Bionic Boys" seminar at Brisbane International Film Festival 2006, Cinemanila Film Festival 2006, Sydney's Mu Meson Archives 2006
2004 - “Punk: Dada Revolutionaries & Buzzsaw Cabaret” compilation and seminar at Queensland Art Gallery
2002 - programmed "Sexy Australian Retro" at Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2002: four features plus seminar, and special guests Richard Franklin and Tim Burstall
1997 to 2001 - curated "Eat My Schlock: Bad Taste Short Film Festival", Brisbane (1997 to 2001) and Sydney (in conjunction with Dick Dale and "Trasharama-A-Go-Go", 2001)
BANDOGRAPHY
2012 - ACID WORLD (drums)
2006 - IMPERIAL BLACK (drums) Short-lived line-up of Vaginabilly Robert E. Lee's ongoing "rawk" project, played two gigs only
2005 - THE NUDISTS (vocals) Two gigs only as guest Nudist, but what a pair!
2003 to 2012 - THE VAGINABILLIES (vocals) Semi-acoustic cabaret version of They Might Be...
2003 to 2012 - THE AUSTRALIAN GG ALLIN SHOW (drums, vocals) Vaginabillies plus JJ Speedball doing a tribute to the most degenerate punk rocker of all time!
2001 to present - THEY MIGHT BE NEGROS (drums) Fred Negro tribute band resurrected once a year with Fred on vocals and the Vaginabillies on the rest!
2000 to 2004 - THEY MIGHT BE VAGINAS (vocals)
1996 to 2004 - ESCAPE FROM TOYTOWN (drums)
1995 to 2000, 2011 to 2012 - BIG BONGIN' BABY (drums)
1994 to 1996, 2004 to present - ALIEN VIRUS (drums) Cal Crilly's punk beast that will not die
1993 to 1994 - INVISIBLE EMPIRE (drums) Now The Lost Domain, I was one of three drummers, including Bettina Graham and Ian Wadley.
1992 to 2000 - MR BASTARD (drums) Mega-chaotic "supergroup"
1992 to 1994 - QUEER (drums) First collaboration with Cal Crilly, featured Monty [Noose] Blomfield on bass and vocals. We recorded, toured, then Monty died...
1986 to 1988 - FETAL TRACKS (drums)
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Wouldn’t it be fab to have the whole world talking about your video, with eyes all over your brand or product as it gets shared frantically by all and sundry?
Attempting to create a 'viral video' can seem like a great idea but it has potential to backfire badly in terms of negative perception of your brand or company. It can also cost vastly more financially than other forms of video marketing.
There’s a saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity which is only half true.
The elephant in the room with “virality” is that for every viral hit, there are a million bacterial misses.
If creating video which went viral was predictable or formulaic, every company would be doing it again and again but the number of huge viral hits is remarkably small.
The creator of the world’s biggest ever viral hit, Psy, withdrew from the music scene completely, knowing only too well he would never be able to repeat the global success of Gangnam Style.
Viral vs Share-able
Video content goes viral because people who watch a video then share it with friends - who share it with their friends. The original concept of a viral video developed long before Facebook and social media became so dominant, when the best way of sharing content was by emailing a link to friends. Funny viral video was new, it was special.
The video of wayward dog Fenton was so special, it was featured in prime-time TV news
Thanks to Facebook and Youtube, video sharing has become so common it’s done tens of thousands of times an hour. Video is shared twice as much as any other content and there’s a LOT of content designed to be shareable.
Many companies base their entire business model on creating sharable video content which sits on pages full of adverts. They make money by serving adverts on that page, not by promoting a product within the video.
Any company hoping to create a video which goes viral now competes for attention with a flood of similar content so they have to invest very heavily in social media promotion.
Videos which go viral have similar themes
Many (but not all) videos which go viral surprise the viewer in some way, make them laugh, or feature a genuinely emotional moment which is near impossible to replicate or manufacture.
However, including all the right elements does not make a video go viral. If it was predictable, it would be common. Videos tend to go viral completely by accident.
'Chewbacca Mom' wanted to share a video of her recent purchase, but it was her unrepeatable sheer genuine joy which made a viral hit
Counter-productive
The hope is that a viral video increases brand awareness which it may indeed do, but it achieves little else in terms of direct sales.
Going Viral can also have a dramatically negative result.
Volkswagen's Infamous 'Small but tough' video
There have been claims that the video was in fact an advert which was banned, and claims that Volkswagen have denied any involvement with its production.
There have also been claims that Volkswagen actually commissioned it, and claims that it was produced by a video company for their showreel.
Volkswagen have clearly not requested the video's removal from Youtube however, probably because it actually presents the brand message (Polo, small but tough) very strongly.
Few will argue that brand awareness was achieved, but at the cost of alienating and offending a significant portion of the viewing audience. The psychology used in the video is without doubt impressive, with dozens of subtle visual cues deployed to sell a feeling and location. It makes the punchline all the more inappropriate.
Shocking or offending anyone, let alone your potential customers, is obviously a huge business risk. Terrorism is a subject best left out of the marketing plan.
Pepsi's 'Riot' Ad
Even the big corporations misjudge video catastrophically sometimes. Pepsi thought they had created a strong, emotive, hopefully viral advert featuring Kendall Jenner in 2017, but they had made a similar mistake to the Volkswagen video.
Riots are not calmed by soft drinks. At a time when 'Black Lives Matter' was becoming a politically sensitive phrase, offence at glib corporate hijacking of serious social issues was taken in large measure.
The multi-million dollar ad was hastily scrapped, and a statement issued:
'Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly we missed the mark, and we apologize. We did not intend to make light of any serious issue. We are removing the content and halting any further rollout. We also apologize for putting Kendall Jenner in this position.'
Bottom line: Viral video is rarely cost-effective
The goal of every video produced by a business is ultimately to generate more revenue. Simple.
The sheer cost of the promotion required to get a video to go viral
The intense competition from vast amounts of content designed to be shareable which simply didn’t exist 10 years ago
The risk of all the cost and effort having negligible effect, or worse - backfiring;
it no longer seems sensible to attempt to create a viral video. There are more effective ways for a company to allocate its marketing budget. Create video which works and serves the business purpose. If it happens to go viral, fantastic. If not, it is still a far more effective marketing effort.
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Minister of War (France)
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Minister of War France
Minister of War
Ministre de la guerre
Longest serving
Jacques Randon
5 May 1859 - 20 January 1867
Abolished
Reports to
Nominator
Appointer
No fixed term
Precursor
Secretary of State for War
First holder
Louis Lebègue Duportail
Final holder
Paul Coste-Floret
Minister of the Armed Forces
The Minister of War (French: Ministre de la guerre) was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of War. It was a position in the Government of France from 1791 to 1947, date to which it was merged with the offices of Minister of the Navy and Minister of Air to form a new Minister of the Armed Forces.
For most of its existence and until the beginning of the 20th century, ministers had always been Marshals or Generals. The Third Republic saw the gradual replacement of the military by civilian politicians to the office. It was also subject to the governmental instability of the regime, leading to ministers seating only for few days.
Powers and functions
On 27 April 1791, the National Constituent Assembly issued a decree organizing the six ministries of Justice, Interior, Finances, War, Navy and Foreign Affairs. The decree was signed into law on 25 May 1791 by King Louis XVI.[1] This law determined the responsibilities of the minister, giving him full authority on the French Army and the sole provost duties of the National Gendarmerie. It also resolved that the minister would be responsible for the administration and finances of his department.
Officeholders
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Ministry established
1 Louis Lebègue Duportail 196 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [a]
2 Louis de Narbonne-Lara 94 days [2]
3 Pierre Marie de Grave 61 days [3]
4 Joseph Servan 34 days [4]
5 Charles du Périer Dumouriez 5 days [5]
6 Pierre de Lajard 35 days [6]
7 Charles d'Abancourt 18 days [7]
First Republic
Term[b]
Head of State
8 Joseph Servan
11 days National Convention National Convention [c]
Interim by Pierre Lebrun-Tondu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 3 October 1792 to 24 January 1793.
9 Jean-Nicolas Pache
11 days National Convention National Convention [9]
10 Pierre Riel de Beurnonville
59 days [10]
11 Jean Bouchotte
1 year, 16 days [11]
All ministries suspended and replaced by the Executive Commissions between 20 April 1794 and 3 November 1795. [12]
12 Jean-Baptiste Aubert du Bayet
97 days Directory Directory [13]
13 Claude Petiet
1 year, 165 days
14 Barthélemy Schérer
1 year, 213 days [14]
15 Louis de Milet de Mureau
131 days [15]
16 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
17 Edmond Dubois-Crancé
18 Louis-Alexandre Berthier
146 days Consulate Napoléon Bonaparte [18]
19 Lazare Carnot
Interim by Jean-Gérard Lacuée, Councillor of State, from 5 May to 8 October 1800. [20]
3 years, 223 days Consulate Napoléon Bonaparte [21]
First Empire
Prince de Neuchâtel 3 years, 83 days Napoléon Napoleon I [d]
21 Henri Guillaume Clarke
Duc de Feltre 6 years, 103 days [22]
22 Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno
Comte Daru 132 days [23]
23 Pierre Antoine
Comte Dupont de l'Étang 237 days Provisional Government Louis XVIII [24]
24 Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Duc de Dalmatie 105 days [e]
Duc de Feltre 9 days
26 Louis Nicolas d'Avout
Duc d'Auerstaedt, Prince d'Eckmühl 111 days Hundred Days Napoleon I [25]
Executive Commission Napoleon II
27 Laurent de Gouvion
Marquis de Saint-Cyr 81 days Talleyrand Louis XVIII [26]
Duc de Feltre 1 year, 349 days de Richelieu I
Marquis de Saint-Cyr 2 years, 68 days de Richelieu I
Dessolles [27]
30 Victor de Faÿ
Marquis de La Tour-Maubourg 2 years, 25 days Decazes
de Richelieu II [28]
31 Claude Victor Perrin
Duc de Bellune 1 year, 99 days de Villèle [29]
Interim by Alexandre Elisabeth Michel, Vicomte Digeon, from 23 March to 15 April 1823. [30]
Duc de Bellune 187 days de Villèle Louis XVIII
33 Ange Hyacinthe Maxence
Baron de Damas 175 days [31]
34 Aimé Marie Gaspard
Comte de Clermont-Tonnerre 3 years, 268 days [32]
35 Louis Victor de Caux
Vicomte de Blacquetot 1 year, 216 days de Martignac [33]
36 Louis Auguste Victor
Comte de Ghaisnes de Bourmont 355 days de Polignac [34]
37 Étienne Maurice
Comte Gérard 115 days de Rochechouart de Mortemart
Paris Municipal Commission Cabinet
Provisional cabinet
First cabinet [35]
Louis Philippe I
Duc de Dalmatie 3 years, 243 days Laffitte
Casimir-Périer
Soult I [36]
Comte Gérard 115 days Gérard
40 Simon Bernard
Général-Baron 8 days Maret
41 Édouard Mortier
Duc de Trévise 114 days Mortier
Interim by Henri de Rigny, Minister without portfolio, from 12 March to 30 April 1835.
42 Nicolas Joseph
Marquis Maison 1 year, 142 days de Broglie
Thiers I Louis Philippe I
Interim by Claude du Campe de Rosamel, Minister of Navy, from 6 September to 19 September 1836. [37]
Général-Baron 2 years, 193 days Molé I - II Louis Philippe I [38]
44 Amédée Despans-Cubières 42 days Transitional cabinet [39]
45 Antoine Schneider 294 days Soult II [40]
46 Amédée Despans-Cubières 242 days Thiers II [41]
Duc de Dalmatie 5 years, 12 days Soult III [42]
48 Alexandre Moline de Saint-Yon 1 year, 180 days [43]
49 Camille Trézel 291 days Soult III
Guizot [44]
Second Republic
50 Alphonse Bedeau 1 day Provisional Government Provisional Government [45]
51 Jacques Subervie 23 days [46]
Interim by François Arago, Minister of Navy, from 19 March to 20 March 1848. [47]
52 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac 16 days Provisional Government Provisional Government [48]
53 François Arago 42 days Executive Commission Executive Commission [49]
Interim by Jean-Baptiste Charras, Under Secretary of State of War, from 11 May to 17 May 1848. [50]
54 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac 42 days Executive Commission Executive Commission [51]
55 Louis Juchault de Lamoricière 175 days Cavaignac Louis-Eugène Cavaignac[f] [52]
56 Joseph Rullière 315 days Barrot I - II Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
57 Alphonse d'Hautpoul 356 days d'Hautpoul
58 Jean-Paul de Schramm 79 days [53]
59 Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély 15 days [54]
60 Jacques Randon 275 days Rouher
Faucher [55]
61 Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud 1 year, 37 days Last cabinet
Napoléon I - II [56]
61 Jacques Leroy
de Saint-Arnaud 1 year, 99 days Napoléon III Napoleon III [d]
62 Jean-Baptiste Philibert
Comte Vaillant 5 years, 55 days [57]
63 Jacques Louis César Alexandre
Comte Randon 7 years, 260 days [58]
64 Adolphe Niel 2 years, 205 days [59]
Interim by Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Minister of Navy, from 13 August to 21 August 1869.
65 Edmond Le Boeuf 332 days Napoléon IV
Ollivier Napoleon III [60]
Interim by Charles Dejean, Councillor of State, from 19 July to 9 August 1870. [61]
66 Charles Cousin-Montauban
Comte de Palikao 26 days Cousin-Montauban Napoleon III [62]
Third Republic
67 Adolphe Le Flô 274 days National Defence
Dufaure I Jules Trochu[g] [63]
Adolphe Thiers
68 Ernest de Cissey 1 year, 358 days Dufaure I - II [64]
69 François du Barail 358 days de Broglie I - II Patrice de MacMahon [65]
70 Ernest de Cissey 2 years, 85 days de Cissey
Dufaure III - IV [66]
71 Jean Berthaut 1 year, 100 days Dufaure IV
de Broglie III [67]
72 Gaëtan de Rochebouët 20 days de Rochebouët [68]
73 Jean-Louis Borel 1 year, 31 days Dufaure V [69]
74 Henri Gresley 349 days Dufaure V
Waddington [70]
Jules Grévy
75 Jean-Joseph Farre 1 year, 260 days Waddington
de Freycinet I
Ferry I [71]
76 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 77 days Gambetta [72]
77 Jean-Baptiste Billot 1 year, 1 day de Freycinet II
Duclerc [73]
78 Jean Thibaudin 251 days Fallières
Ferry II [74]
79 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 1 year, 86 days Ferry II [75]
80 Jules Lewal 36 days [76]
81 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 276 days Brisson I [77]
82 Georges Boulanger 1 year, 143 days de Freycinet III
Goblet [78]
83 Théophile Ferron 196 days Rouvier I [79]
84 François Logerot 113 days Tirard I Sadi Carnot [80]
85 Charles de Freycinet 4 years, 283 days Floquet
Tirard II
de Freycinet IV
Loubet
Ribot I [81]
86 Julien Loizillon 326 days Ribot II
Dupuy I [82]
87 Auguste Mercier 1 year, 56 days Casimir-Perier
Dupuy II - III [83]
Jean Casimir-Perier
88 Émile Zurlinden 277 days Ribot III [84]
89 Jacques Cavaignac 180 days Bourgeois Félix Faure [85]
90 Jean-Baptiste Billot 2 years, 60 days Méline [86]
91 Jacques Cavaignac 69 days Brisson II [87]
92 Émile Zurlinden 12 days [88]
93 Charles Chanoine 38 days [89]
Interim by Édouard Lockroy, Minister of Navy, from 25 October to 1 November 1898. [90]
94 Charles de Freycinet 186 days Dupuy IV - V Félix Faure [91]
Émile Loubet
95 Camille Krantz 47 days Dupuy V [92]
96 Gaston de Galliffet 341 days Waldeck-Rousseau [93]
97 Louis André 4 years, 170 days Waldeck-Rousseau
Combes [94]
98 Henri Berteaux 362 days Combes
Rouvier II [95]
99 Eugène Étienne 347 days Rouvier II - III
Sarrien [96]
Armand Fallières
100 Georges Picquart 2 years, 272 days Clemenceau I [97]
101 Jean Brun 1 year, 214 days Briand I - II [98]
Interim by Aristide Briand, President of the Council of Ministers, from 23 February to 2 March 1911. [99]
102 Henri Berteaux 80 days Monis Armand Fallières [100]
Interim by Jean Cruppi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 21 May to 27 May 1911. [101]
103 François Goiran 15 days Monis Armand Fallières [102]
104 Adolphe Messimy 201 days Caillaux [103]
105 Alexandre Millerand 364 days Poincaré I [104]
106 Albert Lebrun 9 days [105]
107 Eugène Étienne 322 days Briand III - IV
Barthou [106]
Raymond Poincaré
108 Joseph Noulens 182 days Doumergue I [107]
109 Théophile Delcassé 4 days Ribot IV [108]
110 Adolphe Messimy 74 days Viviani I [109]
111 Alexandre Millerand 1 year, 64 days Viviani II [110]
112 Joseph Gallieni 139 days Briand V [111]
113 Pierre Roques 271 days [112]
114 Hubert Lyautey 93 days Briand VI [113]
Interim by Lucien Lacaze, Minister of Navy, from 15 March to 20 March 1917. [114]
115 Paul Painlevé 241 days Ribot V
Painlevé I Raymond Poincaré [115]
116 Georges Clemenceau 2 years, 65 days Clemenceau II [116]
117 André Lefèvre 331 days Millerand I - II
Leygues [117]
Paul Deschanel
Alexandre Millerand
118 Flaminius Raiberti 31 days Leygues [118]
119 Louis Barthou 364 days Briand VII [119]
120 André Maginot 2 years, 151 days Poincaré II - III
François-Marsal [120]
121 Charles Nollet 307 days Herriot I Gaston Doumergue [121]
122 Paul Painlevé 195 days Painlevé II [122]
123 Édouard Daladier 31 days Painlevé III [123]
124 Paul Painlevé 207 days Briand VIII - IX [124]
125 Adolphe Guillaumat 207 days Briand X [125]
126 Paul Painlevé 3 years, 107 days Herriot II
Poincaré IV-V
Briand XI [126]
127 André Maginot 110 days Tardieu I [127]
128 René Besnard 9 days Chautemps I [128]
129 André Maginot 286 days Tardieu II [129]
130 Louis Barthou 45 days Steeg [130]
131 André Maginot 345 days Laval I - II [131]
Paul Doumer
Interim by Charles Dumont, Minister of Navy, from 7 January to 14 January 1932. -
132 André Tardieu 37 days Laval III Paul Doumer [132]
133 François Piétri[h] 104 days Tardieu III [133]
134 Joseph Paul-Boncour 198 days Herriot III Albert Lebrun [134]
135 Édouard Daladier 1 year, 43 days Paul-Boncour
Daladier I
Sarraut I
Chautemps II [135]
136 Jean Fabry[i] 5 days Daladier II [136]
137 Joseph Paul-Boncour[i] 5 days [137]
138 Philippe Pétain 272 days Doumergue II [138]
139 Louis Maurin 211 days Flandin I
Bouisson [139]
140 Jean Fabry 231 days Laval IV [140]
141 Louis Maurin 132 days Sarraut II [141]
142 Édouard Daladier[i] 3 years, 349 days Blum I
Chautemps III - IV
Blum II
Daladier III - IV - V
Reynaud [142]
143 Paul Reynaud 29 days Reynaud [143]
144 Louis Colson 24 days Pétain [144]
Chief of State
- Louis Colson[j] 58 days Laval V Philippe Pétain [145]
- Charles Huntziger[j] 1 year, 66 days Laval V
Flandin II
Darlan [146]
- François Darlan[k][j] 158 days Darlan
- Eugène Bridoux[j] 2 years, 124 days Laval VI [147]
Free France
145 Paul Legentilhomme[l] 2 years, 46 days CNF Charles de Gaulle [148]
CFLN
146 André Le Troquer[l] 147 days [149]
147 André Diethelm[l] 159 days [150]
Provisional Government
(147) André Diethelm 1 year, 72 days de Gaulle I Charles de Gaulle [151]
Fourth Republic
148 Paul Coste-Floret
serving with
Defence Minister François Billoux 273 days Ramadier I Vincent Auriol [152]
Ministry disestablished
^ Secretary of State for War at the creation of the ministry.
^ Dates in italic correspond to the French Republican calendar, used between 1793 (and retroactively 1792) and 1805.
^ Remained in office at the proclamation of the Republic.
^ a b Remained in office at the proclamation of the Empire.
^ Soult, as Minister of War, started countersigning the ordinance of Louis XVIII on 26 November 1814.
^ As Chief of the Executive Power.
^ President of the Government of National Defence.
^ As Minister of National Defence.
^ a b c As Minister of War and National Defence.
^ a b c d As Secretary of State of War.
^ Ad interim initially, as Secretary of State of the Navy.
^ a b c As Commissioner of War.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (25 May 1791). "Law on the organisation of the Ministry". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (7 December 1791). "Note from the King to the National Assembly". archive.org (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (10 March 1792). "Note from the King to the National Assembly". archive.org (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (10 May 1792). "Note from the King to the National Assembly". archive.org (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (13 June 1792). "Note from the King to the National Assembly". archive.org (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (23 July 1792). "Note from the King to the National Assembly". archive.org (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (10 August 1792). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (24 January 1793). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (4 February 1793). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (4 April 1793). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (1 April 1794). "Law abolishing the Provisional Executive Council". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (3 November 1795). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (23 July 1797). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (21 February 1799). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (2 July 1799). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (14 September 1799). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (5 May 1800). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Republic (8 October 1800). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Empire (9 August 1807). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the French Empire (20 March 1815). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (3 April 1814). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (9 July 1815). "Ordonnance on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
^ Government of the Kingdom of France (12 September 1817). "Ordonnance on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020.
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The SAGE Handbook of Identities
Identity research is at the heart of many trans-disciplinary research centers around the world. No single social science discipline `owns' identity research and The SAGE Handbook of Identities draws on a global scholarship to cover in four parts its: Frameworks: presents the main theoretical and methodological perspectives in identities research.Formations: covers the major formative forces for identities such as culture, globalization, migratory patterns, biology and so on.Categories: reviews research on the core social categories which are central to identity such as ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability and social class and intersections between these.Sites and Context: develops a series of case studies of crucial sites and contexts where identity is at stake such as social movements, relationships and family life, work-places and environments and citizenship.
Chapter 2: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity: From Ego to Ethics
By: Stephen Frosh
In:The SAGE Handbook of Identities
Subject:Media & Identity, Identity, Self & Identity
Keywords:ego; identification; identity; otherness; psychoanalysis; the imaginary; the self
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity: From Ego to Ethics
It is not difficult to argue that psychoanalysis is and should be a major disciplinary site through which alternative notions of identities can be explored. The psychoanalytic concept of a dynamic unconscious provides leverage on a number of central issues in the study of identities, including the tension between an understanding of identity as something fixed (repressed ideas producing stable ways of being that are resistant to change) and of identities as fluid and multiple (unconscious ideas are variable, contradictory and partial). Historically, psychoanalysis has concerned itself with issues that bear on whether identities are best thought of as primarily characterological or relational; in addition, by drawing on well-established notions ...
The Social Identity Approach in Social Psychology
Frosh, S. (2010). Psychoanalytic perspectives on identity: from ego to ethics. In M. Wetherell, & C. T. Mohanty The SAGE handbook of identities (pp. 29-44). SAGE Publications Ltd, https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446200889.n3
Frosh, Stephen. "Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity: From Ego to Ethics." In The SAGE Handbook of Identities, 29-44. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446200889.n3.
Frosh, S. 2010. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity: From Ego to Ethics. In: 2010. The SAGE Handbook of Identities, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. pp. 29-44 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446200889.n3> [Accessed 18 Jan 2021].
Frosh, Stephen. "Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity: From Ego to Ethics." The SAGE Handbook of Identities. Margaret Wetherell and Chandra T. Mohanty. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010, pp. 29-44. SAGE Knowledge. 18 Jan 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446200889.n3.
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and the next Zelda game is... Wind Waker?
avatar! Apr 27, 2013
Controls aside, I'm wondering if Nintendo will actually upgrade their next Zelda games (Wind Waker remake and LttP 2) to modern standards? I know WW will get HD graphics, but what else? Every Zelda game since OoT, which came out back in 1998...15 years ago! has had the same sound effects for the most part. Characters still say things like "Hey" and "Thank you" and "Ugh" and "aaaah!" but that's about it. Can you imagine if just about any other franchise were to release a game with sound effects/voice that have not been upgraded for 15 years? That game would rightfully get roasted! but, people say things like "Oh, it's a Zelda game"... so what? If the next Zelda games don't step into modern gaming than I think they deserve to get lambasted. I don't care if Link never says a word, but I want to hear Zelda, and other characters speak. Cutscenes should include more than Link going "ooooh" and a few giberish words by a Fayish/spritish creature! If Nintendo does not deliver on this, then forget them, there are plenty of other games with far far less money that are doing far far more than I've seen out of Nintendo for a long time. And by the way, I am a Zelda fan, and loved Twilight Princess.
avatar! Sep 15, 2013
Wii U limited edition Zelda System
*The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Full Game Download
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Zane Nov 8, 2013
Here's a video of graphical comparisons between the two versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4hOVb1GCfg
avatar! Nov 8, 2013
Zane wrote:
Holy moly... I can not believe how UNimpressive the HD version looks! Honestly, the GC version looks nearly the same as far as I can tell. I'm sure on an HDTV the difference would be noticeable... and yet, I'm completely underwhelmed by the Wii U version.
Ashley Winchester Nov 8, 2013
avatar! wrote:
Yeah... the Cube version seems to have a lot more color as well.
Amazingu Nov 9, 2013
Ashley Winchester wrote:
Don't judge a game by crummy YouTube videos.
The HD version looks absolutely gorgeous.
XLord007 Nov 9, 2013
Amazingu wrote:
Agreed, it's looks fantastic. The lighting and shading are a somewhat different style, but it looks great. Funny you should mention the quality of YouTube videos for judging game videos as that's become a hot topic with the new consoles having graphical details that are too good to be captured correctly in YouTube. The latest Killzone trailer was made available as a download video because Sony was worried about people unfairly judging the it based on a lower quality streaming video.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/4/506629 … 080p-60fps
avatar! Nov 10, 2013
XLord007 wrote:
Again, while I'm sure it looks good in HD, that's not the point I was trying to make. The point was in all the details. Side-by-side comparison shows that there's relatively little difference in the overall details. Below is a link to compare the original Halo (2001) with the HD-remake. The details in the Halo-remake, the lighting, everything looks outstanding. Yet, it's "just" a youtube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtC2wKC_wmI
Zane Nov 12, 2013
From what I've seen (in person on a HDTV - not mine, obv ), WWHD looks great. However, I will say that I prefer the GC color palette, as things look more "bold" with that version - the ocean, in particular, looks drab to me on the WiiU version in comparison.
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Second Sunday of Easter(Or Sunday of Divine Mercy)
Reading 1 Acts 5:12-16
Many signs and wonders were done among the people
at the hands of the apostles.
They were all together in Solomon’s portico.
None of the others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them.
Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord,
great numbers of men and women, were added to them.
Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets
and laid them on cots and mats
so that when Peter came by,
at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them.
A large number of people from the towns
in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered,
bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits,
and they were all cured.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-2
R. (1) Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say,
Let those who fear the LORD say,
R. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
I was hard pressed and was falling,
but the LORD helped me.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
The joyful shout of victory
in the tents of the just:
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
Reading 2 Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19
I, John, your brother, who share with you
the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus,
found myself on the island called Patmos
because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus.
I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day
and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, which said,
“Write on a scroll what you see.”
Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me,
and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands
and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man,
wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest.
When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead.
He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid.
I am the first and the last, the one who lives.
Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever.
I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.
Write down, therefore, what you have seen,
and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards.”
Alleluia Jn 20:29
You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me, says the Lord;
blessed are those who have not seen me, but still believe!
Gospel Jn 20:19-31
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Now a week later his disciples were again inside
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples
that are not written in this book.
But these are written that you may come to believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that through this belief you may have life in his name.
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The Period Fellowship 2021
Are you passionate about gender equity?
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The 2021 fellowship has a new name to reflect these unprecedented times – The Period Fellowship Pandemic Response. Fellows will continue our mission to end menstrual stigma, gaining invaluable grassroots experience and a nuanced understanding of behaviour change, gender, reproductive health, sanitation and access to resources in marginalised communities. The thoughtfully crafted leadership journey that culminates in Period Fellows being ready to step-up as future menstrual health leaders remains unchanged.
Where in prior years Period Fellows delivered our Community Outreach programme, spending a significant amount of time in communities and schools, in 2021-22 Pandemic Response Period Fellows will focus on building a local movement through strategic partnerships, grassroots engagement, and designing and implementing innovative ideas that spread awareness of Hello Saheli.
The 2021 cohort of Pandemic Response Period Fellows will play a critical role in setting up the foundation of our work in rural Bihar, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, where we plan to deepen our impact over the next five years. We look forward to welcoming a passionate, resilient and creative bunch to our tribe to make menstruation a non-issue across India.
Minimum Eligibility
Applicants must be:
At least 21 years of age and excited to commit to The Period Fellowship PR full-time over 15 months
(paid fellowship) Willing to relocate to a rural district in Madhya Pradesh / Maharashtra / Bihar and be fluent in spoken Hindi / Marathi / Bhojpuri.
Possess a working knowledge of written and spoken English.
Demonstrate prior experience in the development sector and one of the following areas: media and campaigns / partnership management / grassroots engagement.
Possess a Bachelor’s Degree.
Comfortable riding a two-wheeler or commit to learning over the next 6 months.
People from backwards castes, tribes and sexual minority groups are encouraged to apply.
We fiercely welcome diversity in our 2021.
Period Fellow – Pandemic Response applicants, as the need of the hour requires creative, contextual solutions. No matter your gender, sexuality, age or professional background, we look forward to working with passionate, dedicated humans to make menstruation a non-issue.
From 2021-2026 Sukhibhava is deepening its impact in rural Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Pandemic Response Period Fellows will be placed in teams of three in their preferred region alongside a full-time Fellowship Manager who will provide mentorship and guidance, support operations, nurture you throughout your leadership journey.
What does my period fellowship journey look like?
Your journey begins with travel to your preferred rural region where you will join two other Period. Fellows and a Fellowship Lead for the next 15-months. Once settled in, the team will engage in a month-long remote bootcamp led by the Sukhibhava core team and key partners where we gain an insight into your unique story, motivation and talents, and work with you to build on a variety of skills that will help you scale our work in the most marginalised communities. Over this time you will become a master of menstrual and sexual reproductive health and become familiar with your diverse cohort selected from all over India.
Your team will be responsible for creating a local movement to normalise menstruation through strategic partnerships with Government and Non-Goverment stakeholders, building relationships in communities and designing and implementing creative campaigns to spread word about Hello Saheli. An open-mindset, creativity and resilience are warmly welcomed – fellows are given the flexibility to shape regional operations, with the support of their managers and core Sukhibhava team who are enthusiastic to collaborate on new approaches to achieving gender equity.
I'm male. Can I still apply to the period fellowship?
Absolutely! We began recruiting male fellows in our 2019 Period Fellowship cohort and are actively searching for male fellows to join us going forward to scale our menstrual and sexual reproductive health initiatives among men and boys. Men often end up being the primary decision-makers in marginalised households so it is extremely important to engage them in the conversation to enable them to recognise and support menstruators’ needs.
Will I be paid during the period fellowship?
Yes, of course! Fellows will receive a stipend of 25,000INR per month which includes their travel allowance to and from schools, partner organisations and communities.
What are the fellowship timelines?
Sukhibhava prides itself on its immersive 15-month leadership journey starting 1 June 2021 and ending 31 August 2021. The cut-off date to apply for this batch is Sunday Feb 14, 2021.
What comes after the journey ends?
Being a member of The Period Fellowship cohort is a transformative experience, where the highs and lows experienced together forges friendships for life. After the whirlwind journey comes to an end, you can look forward to:
• A warm welcome into our spirited tribe.
• Introductions to potential employers based on your areas of interest.
• A select few visionary Period Fellows can apply to become a PeriodPreneur to incubate their own menstrual health start-up.
How does Sukhibhava’s approach to gender equity diter from traditional approaches?
Providing access to menstrual hygiene products doesn’t necessarily impact how an adolescent menstruator perceives their body, or whether an adult feels worthy to touch food or visit a temple while menstruating. We’re firm believers that ending menstrual stigma through open dialogue between family and community members around menstrual and sexual reproductive health can have a significant impact on the agency of menstruators in the long-term. The more we can normalise periods in households, the greater the potential of menstruators advocating for their needs and reclaiming agency over their bodies.
I still have a question, who can I reach out to?
We encourage you to read through our FAQs in detail, however, if you still have questions unanswered, you’re welcome to email richa.khobragade@theperiodfellowship.in
In 2018, the first Period Fellowship cohort included 16 talented humans placed
across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand
and Karnataka, followed by a cohort of 6 placed in Madhya Pradesh in 2019.
Shraddha, 2018 Period Fellow Friends and family thought that I was just doing a job - but it was and is more than that. My journey was a process of learning and unlearning about myself. It helped me uncover the values that guide me, making me surer of myself. It started with becoming a fellow, then a facilitator and finally, a leader. Shweta, 2018 Period Fellow The Period Fellowship nurtured my identity. It wasn’t an easy journey for me, but slowly I started making the impossible, possible - travelling across the hills and building a community of women who are willing to challenge taboos around menstruation. I learnt a lot from my cohort who came from diverse backgrounds. Now when I’m stuck, I reflect on my journey as a Period Fellow and find myself motivated to uncover a path of innovation and creativity. I’m so proud that I’m a Period Fellow and a part of the Sukhibhava community. Richa, 2018 Period Fellow Through my journey as a Period Fellow I learnt about the intersection of gender, systemic oppression and menstruation. The experience changed my outlook towards social work and the development sector Satyam, 2019 Period Fellow & PeriodPreneur The Period Fellowship changed my attitude towards my future and sense of purpose. I learnt the significance of a strong set of values and how they can empower me to do anything and everything What our Period Fellows have to say
Rehan discovered that his wife menstruated for more than seven days at a time and experienced severe pain and discomfort. Taking Satyam, our Period Fellow’s advice, Rehan arranged a doctor consultation for his wife where she was able to access medication. He never realised how menstruation could have complications and was grateful for the nudge to be more involved with his wife’s health. Rehan (name changed for anonymity) had never thought to speak to his wife about menstruation, however after attending a Sukhibhava session in his community, he initiated the conversation. The pressure from her family and in-laws to fall pregnant led her to feel depressed and ashamed that something may be wrong with her. Poorva (name changed for anonymity) lives in a low-income community and had been receiving treatment from a local hospital for the past four years to help her conceive. She heard about Hello Saheli, our free telehealth helpline, and hoped she might find guidance. She was able to learn about the uterus and fertilisation process through a tele-health consultation, and the doctor advised both her and husband should get a fertility test. The test revealed that the difficulty in conceiving was attributed to her husband but they were relieved to be able to find a solution together. Poorva felt especially grateful she let go of her shame and move forward, hopeful for the future. For the past twenty years, Anita had been removing her pubic hair using a blade that would leave painful cuts on her vagina that bled for two weeks at a time. Anita (named changed for anonymity) is a forty-five year old mother of three living in a low-income community. She applied turmeric each time to try and disinfect her wounds, however this did little to relieve her pain and discomfort. Annapurna, the session facilitator, gently advised Anita to visit a doctor in case of infection and for pain management, while sharing how she can safely and hygienically remove pubic hair to avoid cuts. Anita sought out a doctor and followed Annapurna’s advice - she was relieved to see an immediate improvement. In the final session Anita shared passionately that she will be teaching her daughters correct menstrual health and hygiene practices, so they will never have to suffer like her.
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Basque language
Title: Basque language
Subject: Navarre, Voiceless alveolar fricative, Iberian language, Languages of the European Union, History of the Spanish language
Spain, France
Basque Country, Basque diaspora
unknown (550,000 cited 1991–2012)[1]
to 720,000 (2012)[2]
Language family
Language isolate
(Vasconic)
Early forms
Proto-Basque
Aquitanian
Biscayan
Gipuzkoan
Upper Navarrese
Lower Navarrese–Lapurdian
Eastern Navarrese
Souletin (Zuberoan)
Basque alphabet (Latin script)
Basque Braille
Official language in
Basque Autonomous Community
Euskaltzaindia
baq (B)
eus (T)
basq1248[3]
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
Schematic dialect areas of Basque. Light-colored dialects are extinct. See dialects below for details.
Culture of Basque Country
History of the Basques
Standard Basque
Basque dialects
Navarro-Aragonese
Erromintxela
Aquitanian language
Basque dance
Pastoral (theatre of Soule)
Mus (card game)
Txoko
Basque cider
Patxaran
Idiazabal cheese
Rioja (wine)
Irouléguy (wine)
Piquillo pepper
Basque festivals
St John's Eve
Maskarada (carnival of Soule)
Aberri Eguna
Basque rural sports
Basque pelota
Basque Country national football team
Basque Rugby union
Biarritz Olympique
Lauburu
Laurak Bat
Zazpiak Bat
Gernikako Arbola
Basque stella
Family transmission of Basque language (Basque as initial language)
Percentage of students registered in Basque language schools (2000–2005).
Location of the Basque-language provinces within Spain and France
Basque (Basque: Euskara, IPA: ) is a language isolate[4] ancestral to the Basque people. The Basque are indigenous to, and primarily inhabit, the Basque Country, a region that spans the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. The Basque language is spoken by 27% of Basques in all territories (714,136 out of 2,648,998).[2] Of these, 663,035 are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 51,100 are in the French portion.[2]
Native speakers live in a contiguous area that includes parts of four Spanish territories and the three "ancient provinces" in France. Gipuzkoa, most of Biscay, a few municipalities of Álava, and the northern area of Navarre formed the core of the remaining Basque-speaking area before measures were introduced in the 1980s to strengthen the language. By contrast, most of Álava, the western part of Biscay and central and southern areas of Navarre are predominantly populated by native speakers of Spanish, either because Basque was replaced by Spanish over the centuries, in some areas (most of Álava and central Navarre), or because it was possibly never spoken there, in other areas (Encartaciones and southeastern Navarre).
Besides its standardised version, the five historic Basque dialects are Bizkaian, Gipuzkoan, and Upper Navarrese in Spain, and Navarrese–Lapurdian and Zuberoan in France.
Under Restorationist and Francoist Spain, public use of Basque was frowned upon, often regarded as a sign of separatism;[5] this applied especially to those regions that did not support Franco's uprising (such as Biscay or Guipuzcoa). However, in those Basque-speaking regions that supported the uprising (such as Navarre or Álava) the Basque language was more than merely tolerated. Overall, in the 1960s and later, the trend reversed and education and publishing in Basque began to flourish.[6] As a part of this process, a standardized form of the Basque language, called Euskara Batua, was developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s.
They take their names from the historic Basque provinces, but the dialect boundaries are not congruent with province boundaries. Euskara Batua was created so that Basque language could be used—and easily understood by all Basque speakers—in formal situations (education, mass media, literature), and this is its main use today. In both Spain and France, the use of Basque for education varies from region to region and from school to school.[7]
A language isolate, Basque is believed one of the few surviving pre-Indo-European languages in Europe, and the only one in Western Europe. The language's origins are not conclusively known, though the most accepted current theory is that early forms of Basque developed prior to the arrival of Indo-European languages in the area, including the Romance languages that geographically surround the Basque-speaking region. Basque has adopted a good deal of its vocabulary from the Romance languages, and Basque speakers have in turn lent their own words to Romance speakers. The Basque alphabet uses the Latin script.
1 Names of the language
2 History and classification
2.1 Hypotheses on connections with other languages
3 Geographic distribution
3.1 Official status
3.2 Demographics
3.3 Dialects
3.4 Influence on other languages
3.4.1 Basque pidgins
4 Grammar
5.1 Vowels
5.2 Consonants
5.3 Stress and pitch
6 Vocabulary
7 Writing system
7.1 Number system used by millers
8.1 Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
8.2 Esklabu erremintaria
11.1 General and descriptive grammars
11.2 Linguistic studies
11.3 Lexicons
11.4 Basque Corpora
11.5 Other
11.6 History of the language and etymologies
11.7 Relation with other languages
11.7.1 General reviews of the theories
11.7.2 Afroasiatic hypothesis
11.7.3 Dené–Caucasian hypothesis
11.7.4 Caucasian hypothesis
11.7.5 Iberian hypothesis
11.7.6 Uralic and/or Altaic hypothesis
11.7.7 Vasconic/Old European hypothesis
11.7.8 Other theories
Names of the language
In Basque, the name of the language is officially Euskara (alongside various dialect forms). Three etymological theories of the name Euskara are taken seriously by linguists and Vasconists.
In French, the language is normally called basque, though in recent times euskara has become common. Spanish has a greater variety of names for the language. Today, it is most commonly referred to as el vasco, la lengua vasca, or el euskera. Both terms, vasco and basque, are inherited from Latin ethnonym Vascones, which in turn goes back to the Greek term οὐασκώνους (ouaskōnous), an ethnonym used by Strabo in his Geographica (23 CE, Book III).[8]
The Spanish term Vascuence, derived from Latin vasconĭce,[9] has acquired negative connotations over the centuries and is not well-liked amongst Basque speakers generally. Its use is documented at least as far back as the 14th century when a law passed in Huesca in 1349 stated that Item nuyl corridor nonsia usado que faga mercadería ninguna que compre nin venda entre ningunas personas, faulando en algaravia nin en abraych nin en basquenç: et qui lo fara pague por coto XXX sol—essentially penalizing the use of Arabic, Hebrew, or Vascuence (Basque) with a fine of 30 sols (the equivalent of 30 sheep[10]).
History and classification
Basque is geographically surrounded by Romance languages, but is not related to those, but is instead a language isolate. It is the last remaining descendant of the pre-Indo-European languages of Western Europe.[8] Consequently, its prehistory may not be reconstructible by means of the traditional comparative method except by applying it to differences between dialects within the language. Little is known of its origins, but an early form of the Basque language likely was present in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages to the area.
Authors such as Miguel de Unamuno and Louis Lucien Bonaparte have noted that the words for "knife" (aizto), "axe" (aizkora), and "hoe" (aitzur) derive from the word for "stone" (haitz), and have therefore concluded that the language dates to the Stone Age, when those tools were made of stone;[11][12] others find this unlikely; see the aizkora controversy.
Latin inscriptions in Aquitania preserve a number of words with cognates in reconstructed proto-Basque, for instance, the personal names Nescato and Cison (neskato and gizon mean "young girl" and "man", respectively in modern Basque). This language is generally referred to as Aquitanian and is assumed to have been spoken in the area before the Roman conquests in the western Pyrenees. Some authors even argue that the language moved westward during Late Antiquity, after the fall of Rome, into the northern part of Hispania where Basque is spoken today.[8]
Roman neglect of this area allowed Aquitanian to survive while the Iberian and Tartessian languages became extinct. Through the long contact with Romance languages, Basque adopted a sizable number of Romance words. Initially the source was Latin, later Gascon (a branch of Occitan) in the northeast, Navarro-Aragonese in the southeast and Spanish in the southwest.
Hypotheses on connections with other languages
The impossibility of linking Basque with its Indo-European neighbors in Europe has inspired many scholars to search for its possible relatives elsewhere. Besides many pseudoscientific comparisons, the appearance of long-range linguistics gave rise to several attempts to connect Basque with geographically very distant language families. All hypotheses on the origin of Basque are controversial, and the suggested evidence is not generally accepted by most linguists. Some of these hypothetical connections are:
Iberian: another ancient language once spoken in the Iberian Peninsula, shows several similarities with Aquitanian and Basque. However, not enough evidence exists to distinguish geographical connections from linguistic ones. Iberian itself remains unclassified. Eduardo Orduña Aznar claims to have established correspondences between Basque and Iberian numerals[13] and noun case markers.
Indo-European: possibly close to (Italo-)Celtic or an Indo-European creole possibly with a donor language akin to Brittonic on a substrate language akin to Italic.[14][15] Forni considers it unrealistic that Basque is a non-Indo-European language that allegedly borrowed the majority of its basic lexicon (including virtually all verbs) and most of its archaic bound morphemes from neighboring Indo-European languages.[14] In response, a non-Indo-European line of descent with waves or stages of Indo-European influence and minor discontinuities over probably millennia prior to the Roman conquest[16] was suggested as the most likely alternative by John T. Koch in his review of Forni's paper outlining why an Indo-European classification of Basque cannot be accepted, even if some of Forni's data is accepted.[16]
Vasconic substratum hypothesis: This proposal, made by the German linguist Theo Vennemann, claims that enough toponymical evidence exists to conclude that Basque is the only survivor of a larger family that once extended throughout most of Europe, and has also left its mark in modern Indo-European languages spoken in Europe.
Ligurian substrate: This hypothesis proposed in the 19th century by d'Arbois de Joubainville, J. Pokorny, P. Kretschmer and several other linguists encompasses the Basco-Iberian hypothesis.
Kartvelian languages is now widely discredited. The hypothesis was inspired by the existence of the ancient Kingdom of Iberia in the Caucasus and further by some typological similarities between the two languages.[17] According to J.P. Mallory, in his 1989 book In Search of the Indo-Europeans, the hypothesis was also inspired by a Basque place-name ending in – dze.
Northeast Caucasian, such as Chechen, is seen by the French linguist Michel Morvan as more likely candidates for a very distant connection.[18]
Dené–Caucasian: Based on the possible Caucasian link, some linguists, for example John Bengtson and Merritt Ruhlen, have proposed including Basque in the Dené–Caucasian superfamily of languages, but this proposed superfamily includes languages from North America and Eurasia, and its existence is highly controversial.[8]
Dogon: The philologist Javier Martín Martín investigated on the subject and states that Basque is derived from Dogon. This has been harshly contested by Xabier Kintana from Euskaltzaindia, who says that this theory makes no sense, is made from "cheap speculations", and who criticizes the lack of methodology.[19]
Percentage of fluent speakers of Basque (areas where Basque is not spoken are included within the 0–4% interval)
Percentage of people fluent in Basque language in Navarre (2001), including second-language speakers
The region where Basque is spoken has become smaller over centuries, especially at the northern, southern, and eastern borders. Nothing is known about the limits of this region in ancient times, but on the basis of toponyms and epigraphs, it seems that in the beginning of the Common Era it stretched to the river Garonne in the north (including the southwestern part of present-day France); at least to Aran Valley in the east (now a Gascon-speaking part of Catalonia), including lands on both sides of the Pyrenees;[20] the southern and western boundaries are not clear at all.
The Reconquista temporarily counteracted this contracting tendency when the Christian lords called on Northern Iberian peoples—Basques, Asturians, and "Franks"—to colonize the new conquests. The Basque language became the main everyday language, while other languages like Spanish, Gascon, French, or Latin were preferred for the administration and high education.
By the 16th century, the Basque-speaking area was reduced basically to the present-day seven provinces of the Basque Country, excluding the southern part of Navarre, the southwestern part of Álava, and the western part of Biscay, and including some parts of Béarn.[21]
In 1807, Basque was still spoken in the northern half of Alava—including its capital city Vitoria-Gasteiz[22]—and a vast area in central Navarre, but in these two provinces, Basque experienced a rapid decline that pushed its border northwards. In the French Basque Country, Basque was still spoken in all the territory except in Bayonne and some villages around, and including some bordering towns in Béarn.
In the 20th century, however, the rise of Basque nationalism spurred increased interest in the language as a sign of ethnic identity, and with the establishment of autonomous governments in the Spanish Basque Country, it has recently made a modest comeback. In the Spanish part, Basque-language schools for children and Basque-teaching centres for adults have brought the language to areas such as Encartaciones and the Ebro Ribera in Navarre, where it is not known if it has ever been spoken before; and in the French Basque Country, these schools and centres have almost stopped the decline of the language.
Official status of the Basque language in Navarre
Historically, Latin or Romance languages have been the official languages in this region. However, Basque was explicitly recognized in some areas. For instance, the local charter of the Basque-colonized Ojacastro valley (now in La Rioja) allowed the inhabitants to use Basque in legal processes in the 13th and 14th centuries.
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 states in Article 2 that the Spanish language is the official language, but allows autonomous communities to provide a co-official language status for the other languages of Spain.[23] Consequently, the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Autonomous Community establishes Basque as the co-official language of the autonomous community. The Statute of Navarre establishes Spanish as the official language of Navarre, but grants co-official status to the Basque language in the Basque-speaking areas of northern Navarre. Basque has no official status in the French Basque Country and French citizens are barred from officially using Basque in a French court of law. However, the use of Basque by Spanish nationals in French courts is permitted (with translation), as Basque is officially recognized on the other side of the border.
The positions of the various existing governments differ with regard to the promotion of Basque in areas where Basque is commonly spoken. The language has official status in those territories that are within the Basque Autonomous Community, where it is spoken and promoted heavily, but only partially in Navarre. The Ley del Vascuence ("Law of Basque"), seen as contentious by many Basques, but considered fitting Navarra's linguistic and cultural diversity by the main political parties of Navarre,[24] divides Navarre into three language areas: Basque-speaking, non-Basque-speaking, and mixed. Support for the language and the linguistic rights of citizens vary, depending on the area.
Map showing the historical retreat and expansion of Basque within the context of its linguistic neighbors between the years 1000 and 2000
Testimonies of Basque sociolinguistic dynamics (French Basque Country)
The 2006 sociolinguistic survey of all Basque-speaking territories showed that in 2006, of all people aged 16 and above:[25]
In the Basque Autonomous Community, 30.1% were fluent Basque speakers, 18.3% passive speakers and 51.5% did not speak Basque. The percentage was highest in Gipuzkoa (49.1% speakers) and lowest in Álava (14.2%). These results represent an increase from previous years (29.5% in 2001, 27.7% in 1996 and 24.1% in 1991). The highest percentage of speakers can now be found in the 16–24 age range (57.5%) vs. 25.0% in the 65+ age range. The percentage of fluent speakers is even higher if counting those under 16, given that the proportion of bilinguals is particularly high in this age group (76.7% of those aged between 10 and 14 and 72.4% of those aged 5–9): 37.5% of the population aged 6 and above in the whole Basque Autonomous Community, 25.0% in Álava, 31.3% in Biscay and 53.3% in Gipuzkoa.[26]
In French Basque Country, 22.5% were fluent Basque speakers, 8.6% passive speakers, and 68.9% did not speak Basque. The percentage was highest in Labourd and Soule (55.5% speakers) and lowest in the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz conurbation (8.8%). These results represent another decrease from previous years (24.8% in 2001 and 26.4 in 1996). The highest percentage of speakers is in the 65+ age range (32.4%). The lowest percentage is found in the 25–34 age range (11.6%), but there is a slight increase in the 16–24 age range (16.1%)
In Navarre, 11.1% were fluent Basque speakers, 7.6% passive speakers, and 81.3% did not speak Basque. The percentage was highest in the Basque-speaking zone in the north (60.1% speakers) and lowest in the non-Basque-speaking zone in the south (1.9%). These results represent a slight increase from previous years (10.3% in 2001, 9.6% in 1996 and 9.5% in 1991). The highest percentage of speakers can now be found in the 16–24 age range (19.1%) vs. 9.1% in the 65+ age range.
Taken together, in 2006, of a total population of 2,589,600 (1,850,500 in the Autonomous Community, 230,200 in the Northern Provinces and 508,900 in Navarre), 665,800 spoke Basque (aged 16 and above). This amounts to 25.7% Basque bilinguals overall, 15.4% passive speakers, and 58.9% non-speakers. Compared to the 1991 figures, this represents an overall increase of 137,000, from 528,500 (from a population of 2,371,100) 15 years previously.[25]
The 2011 figures show an increase of some 64,000 speakers compared to the 2006 figures to 714,136, with significant increases in the Autonomous Community, but a slight drop in the Northern Basque Country to 51,100, overall amounting to an increase to 27% of all inhabitants of Basque provinces (2,648,998 in total).[2]
The modern dialects of Basque according to 21st-century dialectology.
Western (Biscayan)
Central (Gipuzkoan)
other Basque areas ca 1850 (Bonaparte)
The modern Basque dialects show a high degree of dialectal divergence, sometimes making cross-dialect communication difficult. This is especially true in the case of Bizkaian and Zuberoan, which are regarded as the most divergent Basque dialects.
Modern Basque dialectology distinguishes five dialects:[27]
The Western dialect
The Central dialect
These dialects are divided in 11 subdialects, and 24 minor varieties among them.
Influence on other languages
Although the influence of the neighbouring Romance languages on the Basque language (especially the lexicon, but also to some degree Basque phonology and grammar) has been much more extensive, there has been some feedback from Basque into these languages as well. In particular Gascon and Aragonese, and to a lesser degree Spanish have been influenced. In the case of Aragonese and Gascon, this has been through substrate interference following language shift from Aquitanian or Basque to a Romance language, affecting all levels of the language, including place names around the Pyrenees.[28][29][30][31][32]
Although a number of words of alleged Basque origin in the Spanish language are circulated (e.g. anchoa 'anchovies', bizarro 'dashing, gallant, spirited', cachorro 'puppy', etc.), most of these have more easily explicable Romance etymologies or not particularly convincing derivations from Basque.[8] Ignoring cultural terms, there is one strong loanword candidate, ezker, long considered the source of the Pyrennean and Iberian Romance words for "left (side)" (izquierdo, esquerdo, esquerre, quer, esquer).[8][33] The lack of initial /r/ in Gascon could arguably be due to a Basque influence but this issue is under-researched.[8]
The other most commonly claimed substrate influences:
the Old Spanish merger of /v/ and /b/.
the simple five vowel system.
change of initial /f/ into /h/ (e.g. fablar → hablar, with Old Basque lacking /f/ but having /h/).
The first two features are common, widespread developments in many Romance (and non-Romance) languages,[8] and as a result few linguists put much credence in the substrate proposal. The change of /f/ to /h/, however, occurred historically only in a limited area (Gascony and Old Castile) that corresponds almost exactly to areas where heavy Basque bilingualism is assumed, and as a result has been widely postulated (and equally strongly disputed). Substrate theories are often difficult to prove (especially in the case of phonetically plausible changes like /f/ to /h/). As a result, although many arguments have been made on both sides, the debate largely comes down to the a priori tendency on the part of particular linguists to accept or reject substrate arguments.
Examples of arguments against the substrate theory,[8] and possible responses:
Spanish did not fully shift /f/ to /h/, instead, it has preserved /f/ before consonants such as /w/ and /ɾ/ (cf fuerte, frente). (On the other hand, the occurrence of [f] in these words might be a secondary development from an earlier sound such as [h] or [ɸ] and learned words (or words influenced by written Latin form). Gascon does have /h/ in these words, which might reflect the original situation.)
Evidence of Arabic loanwords in Castilian points to /f/ continuing to exist long after a Basque substrate might have had any effect on Castilian. (On the other hand, the occurrence of /f/ in these words might be a late development. Many languages have come to accept new phonemes from other languages after a period of significant influence. For example, French lost /h/ but later regained it as a result of Germanic influence, and has recently gained /ŋ/ as a result of English influence.)
Basque regularly developed Latin /f/ into /b/.
The same change also occurs in parts of Sardinia, Italy and the Romance languages of the Balkans where no Basque substrate can be reasonably argued for. (On the other hand, the fact that the same change might have occurred elsewhere independently does not disprove substrate influence. Furthermore, parts of Sardinia also have prothetic /a/ or /e/ before initial /r/, just as in Basque and Gascon, which may actually argue for some type of influence between both areas.)
Beyond these arguments, a number of nomadic groups of Castile are also said to use or have used Basque words in their jargon, such as the gacería in Segovia, the mingaña, the Galician fala dos arxinas[34] and the Asturian Xíriga.[35]
Part of the Romani community in the Basque Country speaks Erromintxela, which is a rare mixed language, with a Kalderash Romani vocabulary and Basque grammar.[36]
Basque pidgins
A number of Basque-based or Basque-influenced pidgins have existed. In the 16th century, Basque sailors used a Basque–Icelandic pidgin in their contacts with Iceland.[37] Another Basque pidgin arose from contact between Basque whalers and the indigenous inhabitants in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Strait of Belle Isle.[38]
Basque is an ergative–absolutive language. The subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case (which is unmarked), and the same case is used for the direct object of a transitive verb. The subject of the transitive verb is marked differently, with the ergative case (shown by the suffix -k). This also triggers main and auxiliary verbal agreement.
The auxiliary verb, which accompanies most main verbs, agrees not only with the subject, but with any direct object and the indirect object present. Among European languages, this polypersonal agreement is found only in Basque, some languages of the Caucasus, Hungarian, and Maltese (all non-Indo-European). The ergative–absolutive alignment is also unique among European languages, but not rare worldwide.
Consider the phrase:
Martin-ek egunkari-ak erosten di-zki-t
Martin-ERG newspaper-PL buy-GER AUX.(s)he/it/they.OBJ-PL.OBJ-me.IO [(s)he/it_SBJ]
"Martin buys the newspapers for me."
Martin-ek is the agent (transitive subject), so it is marked with the ergative case ending -k (with an epenthetic -e-). Egunkariak has an -ak ending, which marks plural object (plural absolutive, direct object case). The verb is erosten dizkit, in which erosten is a kind of gerund ("buying") and the auxiliary dizkit means "he/she (does) them for me". This dizkit can be split like this:
di- is used in the present tense when the verb has a subject (ergative), a direct object (absolutive), and an indirect object, and the object is him/her/it/them.
-zki- means the absolutive (in this case the newspapers) is plural, if it were singular there would be no infix; and
-t or '-da-' means "to me/for me" (indirect object).
in this instance there is no suffix after -t. A zero suffix in this position indicates that the ergative (the subject) is third person singular (he/she/it).
The phrase "you buy the newspapers for me" would translate as:
Zu-ek egunkari-ak erosten di-zki-da-zue
you-ERG newspaper-PL buy-GER AUX.(s)he/it/they.OBJ-PL.OBJ-me.IO-you(pl.).SBJ
The auxiliary verb is composed as di-zki-da-zue and means 'you pl. (do) them for me'
di- indicates that the main verb is transitive and in the present tense
-zki- indicates that the direct object is plural
-da- indicates that the indirect object is me (to me/for me; -t becomes -da- when not final)
-zue indicates that the subject is you (plural)
In spoken Basque, the auxiliary verb is never dropped even if it is redundant: "Zuek niri egunkariak erosten dizkidazue", you pl. buying the newspapers for me. However, the pronouns are almost always dropped: "egunkariak erosten dizkidazue", the newspapers buying be-them-for-me-you(plural). The pronouns are used only to show emphasis: "egunkariak zuek erosten dizkidazue", it is you (pl.) who buys the newspapers for me; or "egunkariak niri erosten dizkidazue", it is me for whom you buy the newspapers.
Modern Basque dialects allow for the conjugation of about fifteen verbs, called synthetic verbs, some only in literary contexts. These can be put in the present and past tenses in the indicative and subjunctive moods, in three tenses in the conditional and potential moods, and in one tense in the imperative. Each verb that can be taken intransitively has a nor (absolutive) paradigm and possibly a nor-nori (absolutive–dative) paradigm, as in the sentence Aititeri txapela erori zaio ("The hat fell from grandfather['s head]").[39] Each verb that can be taken transitively uses those two paradigms for antipassive-voice contexts in which no agent is mentioned (notice that Basque lacks a passive voice, and displays instead an antipassive voice paradigm), and also has a nor-nork (absolutive–ergative) paradigm and possibly a nor-nori-nork (absolutive–dative–ergative) paradigm. The last would entail the dizkidazue example above. In each paradigm, each constituent noun can take on any of eight persons, five singular and three plural, with the exception of nor-nori-nork in which the absolutive can only be third person singular or plural. (This draws on a language universal: *"Yesterday the boss presented the committee me" sounds at least odd, if not incorrect.) The most ubiquitous auxiliary, izan, can be used in any of these paradigms, depending on the nature of the main verb.
There are more persons in the singular (5) than in the plural (3) for synthetic (or filamentous) verbs because of the two familiar persons—informal masculine and feminine second person singular. The pronoun hi is used for both of them, but where the masculine form of the verb uses a -k, the feminine uses an -n. This is a property rarely found in Indo-European languages. The entire paradigm of the verb is further augmented by inflecting for "listener" (the allocutive) even if the verb contains no second person constituent. If the situation calls for the familiar masculine, the form is augmented and modified accordingly. Likewise for the familiar feminine. (Gizon bat etorri da, "a man has come"; gizon bat etorri duk, "a man has come [you are a male close friend]", gizon bat etorri dun, "a man has come [you are a female close friend]", gizon bat etorri duzu, "a man has come [I talk to you]")[40] Notice that this nearly multiplies the number of possible forms by three. Still, the restriction on contexts in which these forms may be used is strong, since all participants in the conversation must be friends of the same sex, and not too far apart in age. Some dialects dispense with the familiar forms entirely. Note, however, that the formal second person singular conjugates in parallel to the other plural forms, perhaps indicating that it used to be the second person plural, started being used as a singular formal, and then the modern second person plural was formulated as an innovation.
All the other verbs in Basque are called periphrastic, behaving much like a participle would in English. These have only three forms total, called aspects: perfect (various suffixes), habitual[41] (suffix -t[z]en), and future/potential (suffix. -ko/-go). Verbs of Latinate origin in Basque, as well as many other verbs, have a suffix -tu in the perfect, adapted from the Latin -tus suffix. The synthetic verbs also have periphrastic forms, for use in perfects and in simple tenses in which they are deponent.
Within a verb phrase, the periphrastic comes first, followed by the auxiliary.
A Basque noun-phrase is inflected in 17 different ways for case, multiplied by 4 ways for its definiteness and number. These first 68 forms are further modified based on other parts of the sentence, which in turn are inflected for the noun again. It has been estimated that, with two levels of recursion, a Basque noun may have 458,683 inflected forms.[42]
Basic syntactic construction is subject–object–verb (unlike Spanish, French or English where a subject–verb–object construction is more common). The order of the phrases within a sentence can be changed with thematic purposes, whereas the order of the words within a phrase is usually rigid. As a matter of fact, Basque phrase order is topic–focus, meaning that in neutral sentences (such as sentences to inform someone of a fact or event) the topic is stated first, then the focus. In such sentences, the verb phrase comes at the end. In brief, the focus directly precedes the verb phrase. This rule is also applied in questions, for instance, What is this? can be translated as Zer da hau? or Hau zer da?, but in both cases the question tag zer immediately precedes the verb da. This rule is so important in Basque that, even in grammatical descriptions of Basque in other languages, the Basque word galdegai (focus) is used.
In negative sentences, the order changes. Since the negative particle ez must always directly precede the auxiliary, the topic most often comes beforehand, and the rest of the sentence follows. This includes the periphrastic, if there is one: Aitak frantsesa ikasten du, "Father is learning French," in the negative becomes Aitak ez du frantsesa ikasten, in which ikasten ("learning") is separated from its auxiliary and placed at the end.
/i/ u
/u/
/e/ o
/o/
/a/
The Basque language features five vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ and /u/ (the same that are found in Spanish). In the Zuberoan dialect, extra phonemes are featured:
the close front rounded vowel /y/, graphically represented as ⟨ü⟩;
a set of contrasting nasalized vowels, indicating a strong influence from Gascon.
Table of consonant phonemes of Standard Basque
Lamino-
Apico-
Palatal or
postalveolar
Glottal
/m/ n
/n/ ñ, -in-
/ɲ/
Plosive
/p/ t
/t/ tt, -it-
/c/ k
/k/
voiced
/b/ d
/d/ dd, -id-
/ɟ/ g
/ɡ/
Affricate
/ts̻/ ts
/ts̺/ tx
/tʃ/
Fricative
/f/ z
/s̻/ s
/s̺/ x
/ʃ/ h
/∅/, /h/
(mostly)1 voiced
/ʝ/~/x/
/l/ ll, -il-
/ʎ/
Rhotic
r-, -rr-, -r
/r/
/ɾ/
Basque has a distinction between laminal and apical articulation for the alveolar fricatives and affricates. With the laminal alveolar fricative , the friction occurs across the blade of the tongue, the tongue tip pointing toward the lower teeth. This is the usual /s/ in most European languages. It is written with an orthographic ⟨z⟩. By contrast, the voiceless apicoalveolar fricative is written ⟨s⟩; the tip of the tongue points toward the upper teeth and friction occurs at the tip (apex). For example, zu "you" is distinguished from su "fire". The affricate counterparts are written ⟨tz⟩ and ⟨ts⟩. So, etzi "the day after tomorrow" is distinguished from etsi "to give up"; atzo "yesterday" is distinguished from atso "old woman".
In the westernmost parts of the Basque country, only the apical ⟨s⟩ and the alveolar affricate ⟨tz⟩ are used.
Basque also features postalveolar sibilants (/ʃ/, written ⟨x⟩, and /tʃ/, written ⟨tx⟩), sounding like English sh and ch.
There are two palatal stops, voiced and unvoiced, as well as a palatal nasal and a palatal lateral (the palatal stops are not present in all dialects). These and the postalveolar sounds are typical of diminutives, which are used frequently in child language and motherese (mainly to show affection rather than size). For example, tanta "drop" vs. ttantta /canca/ "droplet". A few common words, such as txakur /tʃakur/ "dog", use palatal sounds even though in current usage they have lost the diminutive sense; the corresponding non-palatal forms now acquiring an augmentative or pejorative sense: zakur—big dog. Many Basque dialects exhibit a derived palatalization effect, in which coronal onset consonants change into the palatal counterpart after the high front vowel /i/. For example, the /n/ in egin "to act" becomes palatal in southern and western dialects when a suffix beginning with a vowel is added: /eɡina/ = [eɡiɲa] "the action", /eɡines/ = [eɡiɲes] doing.
Regional realizations of ⟨j⟩
The letter ⟨j⟩ has a variety of realizations according to the regional dialect: [j, dʒ, x, ʃ, ɟ, ʝ], as pronounced from west to east in south Bizkaia and coastal Lapurdi, central Bizkaia, east Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, south Navarre, inland Lapurdi and Low Navarre, and Zuberoa, respectively.[43]
The letter ⟨h⟩ is silent in the Spanish Basque provinces, but pronounced in the French ones. Unified Basque spells it except when it is predictable, in a position following a consonant.[44]
Unless they are recent loanwords (e.g. Ruanda (Rwanda), radar...), words cannot begin with the letter ⟨r⟩, and when they were borrowed earlier, the initial r- is changed to err-, more rarely to irr- (irratia [the radio], irrisa [the rice]). This is similar to how in Spanish, faced with words beginning with s+ consonant (such as "state") get an initial e (estado).
Stress and pitch
Basque features great dialectal variation in stress, from a weak pitch accent in the central dialects to a marked stress in some outer dialects, with varying patterns of stress placement. Stress is in general not distinctive (and for historical comparisons not very useful); there are, however, a few instances where stress is phonemic, serving to distinguish between a few pairs of stress-marked words and between some grammatical forms (mainly plurals from other forms), e.g. basóà ("the forest", absolutive case) vs. básoà ("the glass", absolutive case; an adoption from Spanish vaso); basóàk ("the forest", ergative case) vs. básoàk ("the glass", ergative case) vs. básoak ("the forests" or "the glasses", absolutive case).
Given its great deal of variation among dialects, stress is not marked in the standard orthography and Euskaltzaindia (the Academy of the Basque Language) provides only general recommendations for a standard placement of stress, basically to place a high-pitched weak stress (weaker than that of Spanish, let alone that of English) on the second syllable of a syntagma, and a low-pitched even-weaker stress on its last syllable, except in plural forms where stress is moved to the first syllable.
This scheme provides Basque with a distinct musicality that differentiates its sound from the prosodical patterns of Spanish (which tends to stress the second-to-last syllable). Some Euskaldun berriak ("new Basque-speakers", i.e. second-language Basque-speakers) with Spanish as their first language tend to carry the prosodical patterns of Spanish into their pronunciation of Basque, giving rise to a pronunciation that is considered substandard; e.g. pronouncing nire ama ("my mum") as nire áma (– – ´ –), instead of as niré amà (– ´ – `).
By contact with neighbouring peoples, Basque has adopted many words from Latin, Spanish, Gascon, among others. There is a considerable number of Latin loans (sometimes obscured by being subject to Basque phonology and grammar for centuries), for example: lore ("flower", from florem), errota ("mill", from rotam, "[mill] wheel"), gela ("room", from cellam), gauza ("thing", from causa).
An example of Basque lettering in a funerary stela.
Basque is written using the Latin script including ñ and sometimes ç and ü. Basque does not use Cc, Qq, Vv, Ww, Yy for words that have some tradition in this language; nevertheless, the Basque alphabet (established by Euskaltzaindia) does include them for loanwords:[45]
Aa Bb Cc (and, as a variant, Çç) Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
The phonetically meaningful digraphs dd, ll, rr, ts, tt, tx, tz are treated as double letters.
All letters and digraphs represent unique phonemes. The main exception is when l or n are preceded by i, that in most dialects palatalizes their sound into /ʎ/ and /ɲ/, even if these are not written. Hence, Ikurriña can also be written Ikurrina without changing the sound, whereas the proper name Ainhoa requires the mute h to break the palatalization of the n.
H is mute in most regions, but it is pronounced in many places in the northeast, the main reason for its existence in the Basque alphabet. Its acceptance was a matter of contention during the standardization, because the speakers of the most extended dialects had to learn where to place these h's, silent for them.
The letters of the alphabet in a Basque style font.
In Sabino Arana's (1865–1903) alphabet,[46] ll and rr were replaced with ĺ and ŕ, respectively.
A typically Basque style of lettering is sometimes used for inscriptions. It derives from the work of stone and wood carvers and is characterized by thick serifs.
Number system used by millers
An example of the number system employed by millers.
Basque millers traditionally employed a separate number system of unknown origin.[47] In this system the symbols are either arranged along a vertical line or horizontally. On the vertical line the single digits and fractions are usually off to one side, usually at the top. When used horizontally, the smallest units are usually on the right and the largest on the left.
The system is, as is the Basque system of counting in general, vigesimal. Although the system is in theory capable of indicating numbers above 100, most recorded examples do not go above 100 in general. Interestingly, fractions are relatively common, especially 1/2.
The exact systems used vary from area to area but generally follow the same principle with 5 usually being a diagonal line or a curve off the vertical line (a V shape is used when writing a 5 horizontally). Units of ten are usually a horizontal line through the vertical. The twenties are based on a circle with intersecting lines.
This system is not in general use anymore but is occasionally employed for decorative purposes.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Gizon-emakume guztiak aske jaiotzen dira, duintasun eta eskubide berberak dituztela; eta ezaguera eta kontzientzia dutenez gero, elkarren artean senide legez jokatu beharra dute. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Esklabu erremintaria
Sartaldeko oihanetan gatibaturik
Erromara ekarri zinduten, esklabua,
erremintari ofizioa eman zizuten
eta kateak egiten dituzu.
Labetik ateratzen duzun burdin goria
nahieran molda zenezake,
ezpatak egin ditzakezu
zure herritarrek kateak hauts ditzaten,
baina zuk, esklabu horrek,
kateak egiten dituzu, kate gehiago.
The blacksmith slave
Captive in the rainforests of the West
they brought you to Rome, slave,
they gave you the blacksmith work
and you make chains.
The incandescent iron you take out of the oven
can be adapted as you wish,
you could make swords
so your people could break the chains,
but you, o, slave,
you make chains, more chains.
Joseba Sarrionandia Joseba Sarrionandia
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Wiktionary: Swadesh list of Basque words
^ Basque at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb. 2012. Spain. Steven L. Denver (ed.), Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, Vol. 3. Armonk, NY: M .E. Sharpe, pp. 674–675.
^ a b c d e f g h i Trask, R.L. The History of Basque Routledge: 1997 ISBN 0-415-13116-2
^ O'Callaghan, J. A History of Medieval Spain (1983) Cornell Press ISBN 978-0801492648
^ Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, volumes 52–56 (1942), page 90
^ Kelly Lipscomb, Spain (2005), page 457
^ Orduña 2005
^ José Ignacio Hualde, Joseba Lakarra, Robert Lawrence Trask (1995), Towards a history of the Basque language, p. 81. John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN 90-272-3634-8.
^ A Final (?) Response to the Basque Debate in Mother Tongue 1 (John D. Bengston)
^ a b IV. Inkesta Soziolinguistikoa Gobierno Vasco, Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco 2008, ISBN 978-84-457-2775-1
^ Rohlfs, Gerhard (1980), Le Gascon: études de philologie pyrénéenne. Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie 85
^ izquierdo in the Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, volume III, Joan Corominas, José A. Pascual, Editorial Gredos, 1989, Madrid, ISBN 84-249-1365-5.
^ Varela Pose, F.J. (2004)O latín dos canteiros en Cabana de Bergantiños. (pdf)Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ Olaetxe, J. Mallea. "The Basques in the Mexican Regions: 16th–20th Centuries." Basque Studies Program Newsletter No. 51 (1995). Archived June 9, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Agirrezabal 2003
^ Deen 1937.
^ Bakker 1987
^ (Basque) INFLECTION §1.4.2.2. Potential paradigms: absolutive and dative.
^ Aspecto, tiempo y modo in Spanish, Aditzen aspektua, tempusa eta modua in Basque.
^ [Agirre et al., 1992]
^ Trask, R. L. (1997). The History of Basque, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 155–157, ISBN 0-415-13116-2.
^ Trask, The History of Basque, pp. 157–163.
^ Basque alphabet
^ Lecciones de ortografía del euskera bizkaino, Arana eta Goiri'tar Sabin, Bilbao, Bizkaya'ren Edestija ta Izkerea Pizkundia, 1896 (Sebastián de Amorrortu).
^ Aguirre Sorondo Tratado de Molinología – Los Molinos de Guipúzcoa Eusko Ikaskuntza 1988 ISBN 84-86240-66-2
General and descriptive grammars
Allières, Jacques (1979): Manuel pratique de basque, "Connaissance des langues" v. 13, A. & J. Picard (Paris), ISBN 2-7084-0038-X.
de Azkue Aberasturi, Resurrección María (1969): Morfología vasca. La Gran enciclopedia vasca, Bilbao 1969.
Campion, Arturo (1884): Gramática de los cuatro dialectos literarios de la lengua euskara, Tolosa.
Euskara Institutua ([2]), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sareko Euskal Gramatika, SEG [3]
Hualde, José Ignacio & Ortiz de Urbina, Jon (eds.): A Grammar of Basque. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003. ISBN 3-11-017683-1.
King, Alan R. (1994). The Basque Language: A Practical Introduction. Reno: University of Nevada Press. ISBN 0-87417-155-5.
Lafitte, Pierre (1962): Grammaire basque – navarro-labourdin littéraire. Elkarlanean, Donostia/Bayonne, ISBN 2-913156-10-X. (Dialectal.)
Lafon, R. (1972): "Basque" In Thomas A. Sebeok (ed.) Current Trends in Linguistics. Vol. 9. Linguistics in Western Europe, Mouton, The Hague, Mouton, pp. 1744–1792.
de Rijk, Rudolf P. G. (2007): Standard Basque: A Progressive Grammar. (Current Studies in Linguistics) (Vol. 1), The MIT Press, Cambridge MA, ISBN 0-262-04242-8
Tovar, Antonio, (1957): The Basque Language, U. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.
Uhlenbeck, C. (1947): "La langue basque et la linguistique générale" in Lingua I, pp. 59–76
Urquizu Sarasúa, Patricio (2007): Gramática de la lengua vasca. UNED, Madrid, ISBN 978-84-362-3442-8.
van Eys, Willem J. (1879): Grammaire comparée des dialectes basques, Paris.
Linguistic studies
Agirre, Eneko, et al. (1992): XUXEN: A spelling checker/corrector for Basque based on two-level morphology.
Gavel, Henri (1921): Eléments de phonetique basque (= Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos = Revue Internationale des Etudes Basques 12, París. (Study of the dialects.)
Hualde, José Ignacio (1991): Basque phonology, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-05655-7.
Lakarra Andrinua, Joseba A.; Hualde, José Ignacio (eds.) (2006): Studies in Basque and historical linguistics in memory of R. L. Trask – R. L. Trasken oroitzapenetan ikerketak euskalaritzaz eta hizkuntzalaritza historikoaz, (= Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca Julio de Urquijo: International journal of Basque linguistics and philology Vol. 40, No. 1–2), San Sebastián.
Lakarra, J. & Ortiz de Urbina, J.(eds.) (1992): Syntactic Theory and Basque Syntax, Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia, Donostia-San Sebastian, ISBN 978-84-7907-094-6.
Orduña Aznar, Eduardo. 2005. Sobre algunos posibles numerales en textos ibéricos. Palaeohispanica 5:491–506. This fifth volume of the journal Palaeohispanica consists of Acta Palaeohispanica IX, the proceedings of the ninth conference on Paleohispanic studies.
de Rijk, R. (1972): Studies in Basque Syntax: Relative clauses PhD Dissertation, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Uhlenbeck, C.C. (1909–1910): "Contribution à une phonétique comparative des dialectes basques", Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos = Revue Internationale des Etudes Basques 3 [4] pp. 465–503 4 [5] pp. 65–120.
Zuazo, Koldo (2008): Euskalkiak: euskararen dialektoak. Elkar. ISBN 978-84-9783-626-5.
Aulestia, Gorka (1989): Basque–English dictionary University of Nevada Press, Reno, ISBN 0-87417-126-1.
Aulestia, Gorka & White, Linda (1990): English–Basque dictionary, University of Nevada Press, Reno, ISBN 0-87417-156-3.
Azkue Aberasturi, Resurrección María de (1905): Diccionario vasco–español–francés, Geuthner, Bilbao/Paris (reprinted many times).
Luis Mitxelena: Diccionario General Vasco/ Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia. 16 vols. Real academia de la lengua vasca, Bilbao 1987ff. ISBN 84-271-1493-1.
Morris, Mikel (1998): "Morris Student Euskara–Ingelesa Basque–English Dictionary", Klaudio Harluxet Fundazioa, Donostia
Sarasola, Ibon (2010–), "Egungo Euskararen Hiztegia EEH" [6], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [7], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Sarasola, Ibon (2010): "Zehazki" [8], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [9], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Sota, M. de la, et al., 1976: Diccionario Retana de autoridades de la lengua vasca: con cientos de miles de nuevas voces y acepciones, Antiguas y modernas, Bilbao: La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca. ISBN 84-248-0248-9.
Van Eys, W. J. 1873. Dictionnaire basque–français. Paris/London: Maisonneuve/Williams & Norgate.
Basque Corpora
Sarasola, Ibon; Pello Salaburu, Josu Landa (2011): "ETC: Egungo Testuen Corpusa" [10], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [11], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU [12]
Sarasola, Ibon; Pello Salaburu, Josu Landa (2009): "Ereduzko Prosa Gaur, EPG" [13], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [14], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU [15]
Sarasola, Ibon; Pello Salaburu, Josu Landa (2009–): "Ereduzko Prosa Dinamikoa, EPD" [16], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [17], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU [18]
Sarasola, Ibon; Pello Salaburu, Josu Landa (2013): "Euskal Klasikoen Corpusa, EKC" [19], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [20], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU [21]
Sarasola, Ibon; Pello Salaburu, Josu Landa (2014): "Goenkale Corpusa" [22], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [23], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU [24]
Sarasola, Ibon; Pello Salaburu, Josu Landa (2010): "Pentsamenduaren Klasikoak Corpusa" [25], Bilbo: Euskara Institutua [26], The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU [27]
Agirre Sorondo, Antxon. 1988. Tratado de Molinología: Los molinos en Guipúzcoa. San Sebastián: Eusko Ikaskunza-Sociedad de Estudios Vascos. Fundación Miguel de Barandiarán.
Bakker, Peter. 1987. A Basque Nautical Pidgin: A Missing Link in the History of Fu. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 2(1):1–30.
Bakker, Peter, et al. 1991. Basque pidgins in Iceland and Canada. Anejos del Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", XXIII.
Deen, Nicolaas Gerard Hendrik. 1937. Glossaria duo vasco-islandica. Amsterdam. Reprinted 1991 in Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca Julio de Urquijo, 25(2):321–426.
Hualde, José Ignacio. 1984. Icelandic Basque pidgin. Journal of Basque Studies in America 5:41–59.
Morvan, Michel. 2004. Noms de lieux du Pays basque. Paris.
History of the language and etymologies
Agirrezabal, Lore. 2003. Erromintxela, euskal ijitoen hizkera. San Sebastián: Argia.
Azurmendi, Joxe: "Die Bedeutung der Sprache in Renaissance und Reformation und die Entstehung der baskischen Literatur im religiösen und politischen Konfliktgebiet zwischen Spanien und Frankreich" In: Wolfgang W. Moelleken (Herausgeber), Peter J. Weber (Herausgeber): Neue Forschungsarbeiten zur Kontaktlinguistik, Bonn: Dümmler, 1997. ISBN 978-3537864192
Hualde, José Ignacio; Lakarra, Joseba A. & R.L. Trask (eds) (1996): Towards a History of the Basque Language, "Current Issues in Linguistic Theory" 131, John Benjamin Publishing Company, Amsterdam, ISBN 978-1-55619-585-3.
Michelena, Luis, 1990. Fonética histórica vasca. Bilbao. ISBN 84-7907-016-1
Lafon, René (1944): Le système du verbe basque au XVIe siècle, Delmas, Bordeaux.
Löpelmann, Martin (1968): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der baskischen Sprache. Dialekte von Labourd, Nieder-Navarra und La Soule. 2 Bde. de Gruyter, Berlin (non-standard etymologies; idiosyncratic).
Orpustan, J. B. (1999): La langue basque au Moyen-Age. Baïgorri, ISBN 2-909262-22-7.
Pagola, Rosa Miren. 1984. Euskalkiz Euskalki. Vitoria-Gasteiz: Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpe.
Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1980. Le Gascon: études de philologie pyrénéenne. Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie 85.
Trask, R.L.: History of Basque. New York/London: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-13116-2.
Trask, R.L. † (edited by Max W. Wheeler) (2008): Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex (unfinished). Also "Some Important Basque Words (And a Bit of Culture)" [28]
Zuazo, Koldo (2010). El euskera y sus dialectos. Alberdania. ISBN 978-84-9868-202-1.
Relation with other languages
General reviews of the theories
Jacobsen, William H. Jr. (1999): "Basque Language Origin Theories" In Basque Cultural Studies, edited by William A. Douglass, Carmelo Urza, Linda White, and Joseba Zulaika, 27–43. Basque Studies Program Occasional Papers Series, No. 5. Reno: Basque Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno.
Lakarra Andrinua, Joseba (1998): "Hizkuntzalaritza konparatua eta aitzineuskararen erroa" (in Basque), Uztaro 25, pp. 47–110, (includes review of older theories).
Lakarra Andrinua, Joseba (1999): "Ná-De-Ná" (in Basque), Uztaro 31, pp. 15–84.
Morvan, Michel, 1996. The linguistic origins of basque (in French). Bordeaux: Presses universitaires. pp. 25–95.
Trask, R.L. (1995): "Origin and Relatives of the Basque Language : Review of the Evidence" in Towards a History of the Basque Language, ed. J. Hualde, J. Lakarra, R.L. Trask, John Benjamins, Amsterdam / Philadelphia.
Trask, R.L.: History of Basque. New York/London: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-13116-2; pp. 358–414.
Afroasiatic hypothesis
Schuchardt, Hugo (1913): "Baskisch-Hamitische wortvergleichungen" Revista Internacional de Estudios Vascos = "Revue Internationale des Etudes Basques" 7:289–340.
Mukarovsky, Hans Guenter (1964/66): "Les rapports du basque et du berbère", Comptes rendus du GLECS (Groupe Linguistique d’Etudes Chamito-Sémitiques) 10:177–184.
Mukarovsky, Hans Guenter (1972): "El vascuense y el bereber" Euskera 17:5–48.
Trombetti, Alfredo (1925): Le origini della lingua basca, Bologna, (new edit ISBN 978-88-271-0062-2).
Dené–Caucasian hypothesis
Bengtson, John D. (1999): The Comparison of Basque and North Caucasian. in: Mother Tongue. Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory. Gloucester, Mass.
Bengtson, John D. (2003): "Notes on Basque Comparative Phonology", Mother Tongue VIII 23–39.
Bengtson, John D. (2004): "Some features of Dene–Caucasian phonology (with special reference to Basque)." Cahiers de l'Institut de Linguistique de Louvain (CILL) 30.4, pp. 33–54.
Bengtson, John D.. (2006): "Materials for a Comparative Grammar of the Dene–Caucasian (Sino-Caucasian) Languages." (there is also a preliminary draft)
Bengtson, John D. (1997): Review of "The History of Basque". London: Routledge, 1997. Pp.xxii,458" by R.L. Trask.
Bengtson, John D., (1996): "A Final (?) Response to the Basque Debate in Mother Tongue 1."
Trask, R.L. (1995): Basque and Dene–Caucasian: A Critique from the Basque Side in: Mother Tongue 1, pp. 3–82.
Caucasian hypothesis
Bouda, Karl (1950): "L'Euskaro-Caucasique" Boletín de la Real Sociedad Vasca de Amigos del País. Homenaje a D. Julio de Urquijo e Ybarra vol. III, San Sebastián, pp. 207–232.
Klimov, Georgij A. (1994): Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft, Buske, Hamburg, ISBN 3-87548-060-0; pp. 208–215.
Lafon, René (1951): "Concordances morphologiques entre le basque et les langues caucasiques" Word 7, pp. 227–224.
Lafon, René (1952): "Études basques et caucasiques" Word 8, pp. 80–94.
Míchelena, Luis (1968): "L'euskaro-caucasien" in Martinet, A. (ed.) Le langage, Paris, pp. 1414–1437 (criticism).
Uhlenbeck, Christian Cornelius (1924): "De la possibilité d' une parenté entre le basque et les langues caucasiques", Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos = Revue Internationale des Etudes Basques 15, pp. 565–588.
Zelikov, Mixail (2005): "L’hypothèse basco-caucasienne dans les travaux de N. Marr" Cahiers de l’ILSL, N° 20, pp. 363–381.
Iberian hypothesis
Bähr, Gerhard (1948): "Baskisch und Iberisch" Eusko Jakintza II, pp. 3–20, 167–194, 381–455.
Gorrochategui, Joaquín (1993): La onomástica aquitana y su relación con la ibérica, Lengua y cultura en Hispania prerromana : actas del V Coloquio sobre lenguas y culturas de la Península Ibérica: (Colonia 25–28 de Noviembre de 1989) (Francisco Villar and Jürgen Untermann, eds.), ISBN 84-7481-736-6, pp. 609–634.
Rodríguez Ramos, Jesús (2002): La hipótesis del vascoiberismo desde el punto de vista de la epigrafía íbera, Fontes linguae vasconum: Studia et documenta, 90, pp. 197–218, ISSN 0046-435X.
Schuchardt, Hugo Ernst Mario (1907): Die Iberische Deklination, Wien.
Uralic and/or Altaic hypothesis
Bonaparte, Louis Lucien (1862): Langue basque et langues finnoises, London.
Morvan, Michel (1996): The linguistic origins of basque (in French). Bordeaux: Presses universitaires. ISBN 2-86781-182-1.
Vasconic/Old European hypothesis
Vennemann, Theo (2003): Europa Vasconica – Europa Semitica, Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 138, De Gruyter, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-11-017054-2.
Vennemann, Theo (2007): "Basken wie wir: Linguistisches und Genetisches zum europäischen Stammbaum", BiologenHeute 5/6, 6–11.
Other theories
Thornton, R.W. (2002): Basque Parallels to Greenberg’s Eurasiatic. in: Mother Tongue. Gloucester, Mass., 2002.
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DEA Reverses Kratom Ban in Stunning Victory Against the War on Drugs
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In a stunning reversal, the DEA has withdrawn its proposal to ban kratom and temporarily suspended efforts to make it a Schedule 1 drug. The move comes after an impassioned Internet-based protest by a decentralized network of advocates and activists who contend the southeast Asian plant has tremendous medicinal value. While not a permanent ruling, the reversal is extremely unusual for the government agency, which is known for aggressive enforcement of its drug policies.
DEA spokesperson Melvin Patterson confirmed that the intense public reaction fueled the decision. “That was eye-opening for me personally,” he said.“I want the kratom community to know that the DEA does hear them. Our goal is to make sure this is available to all of them.”
The suspension will allow for an extended timetable for public feedback and further analysis. This will include an evaluation of mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A small team of government scientists will now determine whether Americans are allowed to use a curative herbal remedy that has been safely ingested for thousands of years.
The August announcement of the ban came as a shock to many. As Anti-Media previously reported, communities around the country responded forcefully through social media groups and online publications. The American Kratom Association launched a National Call To Action. Patients and researchers testified that kratom helps to curb opioid addiction and withdrawal. U.S. lawmakers, including 51 representatives and nine senators, applied additional pressure, aware the move coincided with a heroin and prescription painkiller epidemic that has already claimed thousands of lives. The ban struck a nerve deep within an American public already incensed over decades of the drug war.
Researcher John Hudak of the Brookings Institute says the withdrawal is “shocking.”
“The DEA is not one to second-guess itself, no matter what the facts are.”
Nevertheless, DEA administrator Chuck Rosenberg has filed an intent to withdraw notice with the Department of Justice.
News of the temporary ban came as a great relief to kratom users, who would have been risking prison time at the start of October. Kratom vendors expressed cautious optimism. Sara Killbride-Johnson, of Happy High Herbs in Ocean Beach, California, told Anti-Media:
“I’m really excited that people can see they still have power and are not the children of some separate entity government. I’m glad there will be a discourse, and I’m glad the scientific community has been speaking up, and I feel pretty hopeful about how it will turn out (I’m looking forward to a similar honesty happening with vaping now too).”
Sara also expressed a healthy dose of skepticism and concern:
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Early Chinese Zen and Sinified Buddhism
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Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism
By Peter Gregory
In this book, Peter Gregory outlines the intellectual life of the mid-Táng monk Zōngmì 宗密 (780-841), claimed as a patriarch of both Huāyán 華嚴 and Chán 禪 schools of Buddhism. The book is divided into four parts, on Zōngmì’s life, on doctrinal classification, on the philosophical grounds of practice, and on Zōngmì’s relationship to the broader intellectual tradition, especially Confucianism, Daoism, and Sòng dynasty Neo-Confucianism.
Part One reconstructs Zōngmì’s biography, comparing his hagiography with other textual sources and incorporating previous Japanese scholarship. This part pays particular attention to Zōngmì’s education, from the Confucian learning of his youth to his encounter with the famed monk Chéngguān 澄觀 (738-839).
Part Two discusses the importance of doctrinal classification as a means to understand a given sect’s self-identity, since masters in various sects will rearrange their lineages for ideological reasons, and then proceeds to analyze the classification given by Zōngmì in light of those given by two of his predecessors, Zhìyǎn 智儼 and Fǎzàng 法藏. Zhìyǎn’s classifications are driven by hermeneutical reasons, Fǎzàng’s by sectarian reasons, and Zōngmì’s by soteriological reasons (in response to the rise of Chán).
Part Three attempts to map out Zōngmì’s adaptation of Huāyán metaphysics, which served as a philosophical and ontological basis for Chán practice, culminating in a systematic theory of the Buddhist path. Zōngmì articulates a variety of schemes, which Gregory then, admirably, works to synthesize. Gregory also notes Zōngmì’s reworking of the doctrine of emptiness to emphasize the affirmative aspect of the Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha), and his attempt to defuse the radical antinomian tendencies in Hòngzhōu 洪州 Chán.
Part Four consists of two chapters, one in which Gregory summarizes Zōngmì’s incorporation of Confucianism and Daoism into his own scheme, and one in which he shows how Zōngmì’s critique of Hòngzhōu Chán provide a model for Zhū Xī’s 朱熹 (1130-1200) Neo-Confucian critique of Buddhism.
Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism is an admirable work of scholarship that provides a portrait of the intellectual life and times of a major mid-Táng thinker, carefully examining primary sources, incorporating entire libraries of secondary studies in Japanese and English, and creatively summarizing very difficult and abstruse philosophico-religious texts. Reading through this book, I learned much of the doctrinal climate of Táng Buddhist philosophy.
However, this book fails in nearly every way when measured Erik Zürcher’s field-defining article, “Perspectives in the Study of Chinese Buddhism” (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1982): it relies almost entirely upon the Canon, focuses exclusively on members of the elite classes, and traces out doctrinal lineages while completely ignoring praxis. Gregory’s Buddhism is the heady world of ontology, metaphysics, and sectarian squabbling. While this area is an important phenomenon, and deserves its own study, it must recognize its own limitations more explicitly.
Moreover, the “sinification” argument, that Buddhism of the Suí-Táng period represents a new developmental stage since it turned to novel scriptural interpretation and away from reliance on Indian authority, is tiresome, and completely unnecessary to Gregory’s book. It builds upon a historical outline given by Yūki Reimon 結城零問 and Robert Gimello, and argues that Zōngmì’s philosophy, which is based upon several apocryphal texts, represents a New Buddhism which no longer explains Buddhism in terms of Dark Learning (xuǎnxué 玄學) nor looks longingly to India. If we toss this word from the title, and this argument from the introduction, we lose absolutely nothing of value from this book. In fact, this disposal would only make Gregory’s analysis all the more compelling, and his picture of an intellectual powerhouse powerful indeed.
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Janaki Nair reminds us that it’s really the tradition of sexuality in Indian culture that worries Batra and Co., not Western culture.
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Researchers have discovered that eliminating cells thought to aid tumor growth did not slow or halt the growth of cancer tumors. In fact, when the cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), were eliminated after 10 days, the risk of metastasis of the primary tumor to the lungs and bones of mice increased dramatically. Scientists used bioengineered CAFs equipped with genes that caused those cells to self-destruct at defined moments in tumor progression. The study, published in Scientific Reports on Feb. 19, was conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). NIBIB is part of the National Institutes of Health.
What causes cancer to grow and metastasize is not well understood by scientists. CAFs are thought to be fibroblast cells native to the body that cancer cells hijacks and use to sustain their growth. However, because fibroblasts are found throughout the human body, it can be difficult to follow and study cancer effects on these cells.
“This work underscores two important things in solving the puzzle that is cancer,” said Rosemarie Hunziker, Ph.D., program director for Tissue Engineering at NIBIB. “First, we are dealing with a complex disease with so many dimensions that we are really only just beginning to describe it. Second, this approach shows the power of cell engineering—manipulating a key cell in the cancer environment has led to a significant new understanding of how cancer grows and how it might be controlled in the future.”
Biju Parekkadan, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery and bioengineering at MGH, and his team designed an experiment with the goal of better understanding the cellular environment in which tumors exist (called tumor microenvironment or TME), and the role of CAFs in tumor growth. In an effort to understand whether targeting CAFs could limit the growth of breast cancer tumors implanted in mice, they bioengineered CAFs with a genetic “kill switch.” The cells were designed to die when exposed to a compound that was not toxic to the surrounding cells.
Parekkadan and his team chose two different stages of tumor growth in which the CAFs were killed off after the tumor was implanted. When the CAFs were eliminated on the third or fourth day, they found no major difference in tumor growth or risk of metastasis compared with the tumors where the CAFs remained. However, there was an increase in tumor-associated macrophages— cells that have been associated with metastasis—in this early stage.
When the team waited to eliminate the CAFs until the 10th or 11th day, they discovered that in addition to the increase in macrophages, the cancer was more likely to spread to the lungs and bones of the mice. The unexpected results from this experiment could spur more research into the role of CAFs in cancer growth and metastasis.
“The simplistic thinking about CAFs is that we should probably try to destroy them,” said Parekkadan. “There is evidence to support this idea, and until recently, I would have been in that camp as well. But now when looking at the selective removal of CAFs over time using this engineered approach, these results may be a signal that we should more fully investigate the dynamics of the tumor microenvironment and the timing of intervention in cancer treatment.”
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Technical Overview of the 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable Processors
Published : Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 11:41 am
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Intel hosted ‘Intel Data-Centric Press Workshop’ at Intel Jones Farm Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, US on March 5 and 6, and introduced Intel's portfolio of solutions for the data-centric era. At the workshop, the technical characteristics of the next generation processors and platforms including Next-Gen Xeon Scalable Processors and Optane DC Persistent Memory were introduced.
Changes in IT technology, from IoT, cloud to 5G and artificial intelligence, are creating trends of explosive data growth, and the ability to handle this data is being linked to competitiveness. In addition, transition to cloud computing, increase of the use of AI and analysis, and cloudification of network and edge are driving the demand for change of IT infrastructure. Intel expects to have the largest market opportunity ever in this data-centric era, with a total size of $200 billion. Therefore, Intel introduced plans to offer software and system-level optimized solutions that can process everything, store more, and move faster to prepare for this market.
As a new portfolio for the data-centric era, Intel introduced the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors, a new Xeon D-1600 processor, Agilex FPGA, Optane DC Persistent Memory, Optane DC SSD, QLC 3D NAND-based DC series SSD, and 800 series Ethernet adapter. The new Xeon Scalable Processors, Optane DC Persistent Memory, Optane DC SSD, and Ethernet technologies are expected to provide superior performance and efficiency in a variety of workloads through being tightly coupled in a system-level and optimization of software levels. What’s more, these innovations will be available faster through ‘Intel Select Solutions’ with a proven, optimized configuration.
▲ Known as the codename ‘Cascade Lake’, the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors
▲ Ian Steiner, who took a lead architect of ‘Cascade Lake’
▲ Major technical features of the 2nd-Gen Xeon Scalable Processors
Ian Steiner, a lead architect of the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors, introduced about the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors, which are also known as the codename ‘Cascade Lake’. He first compared the situation when Sandy Bridge-based Xeon E5-2600 series was introduced seven years ago to the present situation. At that time, it was in the early stages of cloudification, but now, cloud is activated in all the areas. Also, while the power consumption was important seven years ago, all of the parts are counted as ‘cost’ now. In addition, the fields where heavy computing power is required have been expanded to HPC, Analytics, AI and everywhere, and the usage of the workload specialized custom processor has increased.
The second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors provide improved performance, scalability and efficiency based on the features or platforms of the existing Skylake architecture. As for the memory support, the support capacity has doubled with 16Gb DDR4, and memory controller operation speed has increased up to DDR4-2933. The performance of AI inference has been greatly improved through AVX-512 VNNI and DL Boost technology, and the hardware-level countermeasures against vulnerabilities such as meltdown and spectre were applied. Moreover, although it uses 14nm process, there has been an improvement to achieve higher operating speed and power efficiency.
The second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors offer up to 28 cores in the 8200 series and up to 56 cores in the 9200 series. The features including cache configuration, maximum three 10.4GT/s UPI connections for die-to-die connectivity and maximum 48 lane PCIe connections are maintained. The maximum memory capacity has been increased with the support of 16Gb DDR4, and the operating speed has increased with the support of 6-channel DDR4-2933. With Optane DC Persistent Memory, it supports up to 4.5TB of memory configuration per processor. On top of that, vector operations can handle 16 DP, 32 SP and 128 INT8 MACs with DL Boost in a single cycle via AVX-512.
First introduced in the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processor family, the Xeon Platinum 9200 series processor is in the form of two processor die in one package and linked with UPI. Supporting up to two processor configurations, the Xeon Platinum 9200 Series is logically identical to the existing four-socket system in dual-processor configurations, but can be configured for higher compute densities in terms of latency or smaller form factors. The memory controller provides up to 281 GB/s of bandwidth in a 12-channel configuration per processor, utilizing both die. The Xeon Platinum 9200 series is supplied in a BGA bonded form on the motherboard and has a TDP of 250 to 400W.
▲ VNNI allows to complete the inference-related operations that took three cycles in a single cycle
▲ Software optimization and hardware support can lead to significant inference performance improvement
Matrix multiplication, which is mainly used in a deep learning environment, is a process of collecting values obtained by multiplying a plurality of rows and columns into a single value. And in traditional HPC or AI training workloads, floating-point operations were used here. In this case, the wide range of possible values was a drawback in performance. On the other hand, in the case of using INT8 instead of FP for inferencing, greatly reduced range of values to consider, higher power efficiency through fewer multiplications, and reduced pressure on cache and memory subsystems were mentioned as the advantages. When AVX-512 and VNNI are used in the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processor, it becomes possible to achieve four times better performance than AVX2 in the operation of receiving INT8 value and outputting to INT32.
Previously, INT8 value was input to obtain the result of INT32. The result is obtained through three stages of multiplication, up-conversion, and accumulation, and up to 128 MACs are processed using two ports and three cycles per core. However, when using VNNI, these three steps can be processed in a single cycle with a single instruction, which in theory can triple the performance. When using MKL-DNN library, it is possible to improve performance by 1.33 times by switching from AVX-512 based FP32 to INT8, and by 3 times by switching from AVX-512 based INT8 to VNNI-based INT8.
Intel introduced that in the micro-benchmark scenario of MKL-DNN, the performance per watt can be greatly increased by utilizing VNNI. When VNNI is used, the power consumption per socket becomes similar to that of FP32, but the power consumption per unit performance is greatly reduced as much as the greatly improved performance. In addition, when DL Boost technology is used, the processor's L2 cache miss probability is significantly reduced than FP32, and memory bandwidth usage also decreases.
▲ The memory bandwidth allocation function is added to Intel Resource Director Technology.
▲ Types of speed shift technologies applied to N-series products mainly specialized in network workload
▲ Types of speed shift technologies applied to Y-series products specialized for data centers
Optane DC Persistent Memory, which is officially supported from the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors, can be used in two modes; ‘Memory Mode’, which uses DRAM as a cache to expand the total memory capacity, and ‘App Direct Mode’, which is a workload-optimized form that allows applications to directly access DRAM and Optane DC Persistent Memory according to the purposes. It is compatible with DDR4 interface and 128~512GB module will be introduced. At the same time, Intel emphasized that in the development of Optane DC Persistent Memory, processors and modules were developed together from the beginning.
Intel Resource Director Technology (RDT) has also added a new technology. By using RDT, it is possible to divide the processor area so that it does not affect the performance of each job. By prioritizing and processing jobs, it is possible to maximize system utilization while maintaining SLA compliance. Moreover, RDT allows for monitoring and controlling of L3 cache and memory bandwidth. In the second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors, the Memory Bandwidth Allocation technology is added to allocate or limit the memory bandwidth for specific tasks, minimizing the performance impact of specific tasks across the entire system and ensuring compliance with SLAs.
The Intel Speed Select Technology (SST) for workload-optimized environments is made up of three specific technologies, and the application of each technology depends on the product family. Among them, SST-CP maintains a higher operating speed for priority tasks and slows down the processor operation in other lower priority tasks, while SST-BF (Base Frequency) sets a certain core to a higher operating speed and assigns a specific workload to it. With this technology, the total power consumption can be kept at a constant level while providing the optimum environment for workloads that are sensitive and non-sensitive to operating speeds.
SST-PP allows the flexibility of processor selection and server operation, and it can separately set up the maximum temperature, TDP, operating speed, or the number of cores activated by up to 3 profiles in one product. This allows choosing among the settings such as a setting of reduced number of actives cores in the processor and increased operating speed and a setting of lowered operating speed and maximized number of active cores according to the situation. In terms of the usage of this technology, it was introduced that it is possible to boot the server and provision the workload by selecting the profile of SST-PP in Ironic, an OpenStack bare-metal provisioning system. The benefits of this technology include enhancing flexibility in the infrastructure that handles workloads with different characteristics and changes.
▲ The dual processor configuration of Xeon Platinum 9200 series processors is logically consistent with the existing 4-socket configuration.
Kartik Ananth, Senior Principal Engineer of Intel Data Center Group, introduced about Xeon Platinum 9200 series processors and platforms. One of the most significant features of this processor is the fact that it has excellent processor performance per socket by configuring two second-generation Xeon scalable Processor die into a single processor and socket. In addition, two die configurations can achieve twice the memory bandwidth per processor, yet each die is accessed with single hop latency. So, if the 'density' of computing power is important, it is possible to achieve equal capacity with less area than the existing 4 socket configuration.
The Xeon Platinum 9200 processor has a configuration of two die connected via UPI to a single processor. It supports up to two processor configurations, which are logically identical to the existing four socket configuration, with three UPIs per die connected directly to the other die. It has a 6-channel DDR4 memory controller per die, so it becomes a 12-channel DDR4 memory controller on a per-processor basis. The processor package is a BGA with 5903 contacts using 0.99mm pitch, which will be supplied at the system level with the motherboard. The Intel Server System S9200WK, featuring dual processor configurations of the Xeon Platinum 9200 series, offers up to 80 PCIe 3.0 lanes.
The Xeon Platinum 9200 series processors are available in 32-, 48- and 56-core configurations and feature 12-channel DDR4 memory controllers on all processors, delivering outstanding performance on memory performance-intensive workloads. Intel's test results show up to 407GB/s STREAM-TRIAD performance on dual processor configurations. Memory bandwidth per core is allocated at 3.6 GB/s per core on a 56-core processor and 6.2 GB/s per core on a 32-core processor, providing a favorable environment for memory bandwidth sensitive applications such as HPC applications. Furthermore, the entire TDP can be extinguished with a single heat sink in all product families.
▲ Main features of Intel Server System S9200WK for Xeon Platinum 9200
▲ Xeon Platinum 9200 series processors are based on the system level configuration.
Xeon Platinum 9200 series processors come with Intel Server System S9200WK. The S9200WK is a 2U rack form factor with up to four independent compute nodes depending on the node configuration, and each node is capable of warm-swap. Memory is available in 12-channel configurations with 12 DIMMs per processor, and storage can use two hot-swap U.2 NVMe SSDs per module in a 2U compute module. The power supply uses 3 units of hot-swap 2100W or 1600W in the chassis and has both air and liquid cooling options.
The compute modules include 1U 1/2 width liquid-cooled compute sled, 2U 1/2 width liquid-cooled service sled, and 2U 1/2 width air-cooled compute/service sled. Hot-swap storage is only available in 2U compute modules, and NVMe has 2 M.2 per node in 1U, 2 M.2 and 2 U.2 in 2U. PCIe extensions can use two LP PCIe cards per node in 1U and four LP PCIe cards per node in 2U. Intel Server Chassis FC2000 is Intel's disaggregated server configuration, offering power and cooling in a shared form, with three unit configurations of 1600W or 2100W for high availability and air or liquid cooling options provided.
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One of the best Dreams of my life
No idea; 9.75 units of alcohol yesterday evening; 1,339; Athens.
My Newcastle club is never the quietest of locations, what with having a nightclub opposite where the customers like to spill out onto the pavement to smoke, shout and occasionally knife each other, after which the staff enjoy lobbing empty bottles into a skip for a bit before the council sends a truck around in the early hours to empty it. This morning I was wakened before 6 by the distinctive sound of the bin lorry, and lay braced for the usual racket of tumbling bottles – like a man anticipating the clump of the second cast-off shoe in the bedroom upstairs – but it simply did not come. Instead there was a remarkably persistent mechanical humming noise, exactly like that made by a lorry hefting wheelie bins, but with no matching sound effects of bins being emptied and returned to the pavement. And, crucially, no evidence of the thing moving progressively further away. I was finally provoked me into getting up and sweeping back the curtains to find out what the hell was going on, and found myself eyeball to eyeball with a man on an aerial platform who was giving the street lights their annual wash and brush up. How typical of my luck to book into the club on this of all days.
I made my way down for breakfast at 8, and was surprised to be greeted as though I were in a downmarket seaside boarding house by a large, white bearded man sitting in the window wearing a generously cut Hawaiian shirt and accompanied by an equally generously cut wife. He looked exactly like the Earl of Harewood would do if he were about a foot shorter, five stones heavier and so frightfully common as read The Sun at breakfast. He wasn’t actually tugging himself off over the Page 3 girl, but perhaps he was too old for that sort of thing. Or perhaps he’d finished the job before I arrived. I should have known when the club allowed me to join it that its social standards were on a pretty disastrous slide.
The chef, who looked about 14, arrived and offered me “anything you want”. I decided to eschew the obvious and made some half-hearted enquiries about grapefruit and brown toast before succumbing to the inevitable and ordering the full English. This must surely be the best cooked breakfast anywhere in the country that gave it its name: two sausages, two rashers of bacon, a perfectly fried egg on a piece of authentic fried bread, a large slice of black pudding, a magnificent field mushroom and a grilled tomato. I could feel my arteries furring up as I forked down every wonderful morsel.
When I went to collect my car from the neighbouring antique multi-storey, the man on the desk asked for just £3.50; such a ludicrously small sum that I was moved to query it, but he confirmed that it was correct, though if I had arrived about 12 seconds later when the clock hit 9 a.m., my bill would have leapt to £11.80. Perhaps the pendulum of my luck is finally swinging in the other direction.
I collected the dog from his kennels and made the mistake of asking to join the woman in charge when she fetched him from his pen. This proved not to be the outdoor run I had seen on a previous visit, but a totally enclosed cage in a long wooden shed shared with a lot of other small dogs. It seemed much more like a prison than any other kennels I have visited, where it was usually just possible to kid myself that it was more like a holiday camp. No wonder he had barked himself hoarse in my absence, though at least he had not been moved to join in the dirty protest that seemed to be gathering momentum among the other inmates, to judge from their newspaper-covered floors.
I then went to see my doctor to arrange a private referral to an ENT specialist for a persistent sore throat which my GP continues to insist is “nothing sinister”. Which would be more comforting if absolutely everyone I know who has died young of cancer had not been similarly assured that they were suffering from something trivial and easily curable, like stress or conjunctivitis. At least dying young is no longer an option in my case.
This evening I returned to the Theatre Royal for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Opera North’s performance faced a formidable challenge from the many great productions of this opera I have already seen, including Peter Hall’s classic enchanted forest for Glyndebourne, the Australian Opera’s Raj fantasy at the Edinburgh Festival many years ago, or the ENO one where Puck was played by an acrobat who kept doing triple back somersaults into the orchestra pit. It opened with some Perspex hangings that looked rather like shower curtains, with shadowy figures behind them. For a few seconds I had hopes of some gratuitous nudity, but they proved to be juvenile fairies wearing 1960s white gym kit. The Athenians were in similar period dress, evidently acquired from Carnaby Street during a particularly disturbing acid trip. My immediate neighbours in the dress circle all bailed out at the first interval, evidently disappointed, but the production grew on me progressively, and by the end – after the funniest Pyramus and Thisbe I have ever seen – this was definitely ranking right up there with the very best Dreams of my life.
Back on the Street at last
The Bearded Git almost made her a Curmudgeon
Like Vettriano crossed with Hockney
The gangster's triumphal progress
Narrowing horizons, fading light
Madness takes a serious hold
The end of the world is even more nigh
Wrong choices at every turn
From thought showers to a penalty shoot-out
The least influential person in the North East
Monumental thighs and a prize-winning ass
Friends and how to recognize them
Gaining a foot to lose a pound
A bit like Five Boys chocolate
Being driven by Stevie Wonder
The great Welsh fish shortage
The puzzlingly elusive fat Chinaman
Not bad for Friday the thirteenth, really
Where have all the photo booths gone?
Mistaken assertions and upsetting immolations
White (haired) comedy for the deaf and infirm
Lemon and rosemary chicken, and train jam
A curmudegonly, racist, paedophile snob
The lady finally comes
Another day, another club, another opera
The roof springs a leak, but hope springs eternal
Manners makyth man
The black hole on Marine Parade
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Alessandro Naso (ed.), Etruscology (2 vols.). Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Pp. xxiv, 1844. ISBN 9781934078488. €359,95.
Reviewed by Jean MacIntosh Turfa, University of Pennsylvania Museum (jturfa@sas.upenn.edu)
A recent increase in English-language publications should render Etruscans much more accessible to—and dare we hope, respected by —Anglophone scholars and students. This much-anticipated reference work, long in preparation, has been preceded by later projects, each aimed at a slightly different readership. The Etruscan World (J.M. Turfa ed., Routledge, 2013)1 is meant to cover major topics for students and laymen as well as archaeologists. A Companion to the Etruscans (eds. Sinclair Bell and Alexandra A. Carpino, Wiley Blackwell, 2016) really is a companion, offering additional background and analysis of key issues. The peoples of ancient Italy (eds. Gary D. Farney and Guy J. Bradley, DeGruyter, 2018) surveys the diverse cultures (full disclosure: I wrote the chapter on "The Etruscans"). For those willing to read Italian, fine coverage may be found in the late Giovannangelo Camporeale's Gli Etruschi (3rd ed., Torino: UTET, 2011) and Gilda Bartoloni's Introduzione all'Etruscologia (Milan: Hoepli, 2011). All these and Naso's Etruscology meld archaeological evidence with that of Classical literature, the only way to achieve a balanced image of the Etruscans, absent their own literature. The example was set by Sybille Haynes's Etruscan Civilization (Getty, 2000), still the best (and safest) general book for students and laymen. All descend from Massimo Pallottino's Etruscologia, originally published in 1942, and still reprinted (Hoepli, 2016).
Study of the Etruscans has grown quite sophisticated; Naso's compendium features 90 chapters by 74 authors, mostly senior scholars. Eighteen authors have written two or more chapters; a few also wrote for Companion (six) or Etruscan World (nine), each offering a different aspect of their signature topic, or a different topic entirely. The text is aimed at Etruscan scholars and classicists, but will be useful to historians and art historians on post-graduate and professional levels. There is much material to engage lay readers and undergraduate students but they will find many chapters challenging due to the terminology of Italic archaeology, which is often not defined.
Volume 1 (31 chapters, 534 pages) surveys history of the discipline, methods and major fields of enquiry, ranging from the origins issue through DNA, language, trade, politics, society, sports, warfare, seafaring, metallurgy, coinage, weights and measures, music and textiles/clothing.
Volume 2 (58 chapters, 1307 pages) begins with historical topics (urbanization, Near Eastern influences, hellenization, romanization and the Etruscan legacy). The remainder reiterates a set of topics according to each historical period: Early Iron Age (10th century–730 BCE); Orientalizing (730-580 BCE); Archaic and Classical (580-450 BCE); Late Classical and Hellenistic (450-250 BCE); "Etruria and Rome" (250-89 BCE). Within each period are discussions of art, handicrafts (note the differentiation), society, ritual and cults, economy and "external relationships." Analytical discussion and new evidence seem more abundant for the early periods. Final sections describe "Topography of Etruria" and "Etruscans beyond Etruria" (Italy, Europe, Mediterranean basin). Readers often need to consult multiple chapters for a given topic, place or phenomenon, but will likely find new or different insights this way.
Indices record literary references and inscriptions (pp. 1769-1782), geographical and personal names (pp. 1783-1822), and authors' emails (pp. 1761-1766).
Giuseppe Della Fina's "History of Etruscology" (pp. 53-67) is an elegant, erudite survey "told within the broader framework of the history of archaeology and – even more broadly – of culture" (p. 53).
Many chapters emphasize interpretations that would have been impossible in past decades, viewing the Etruscans as a whole people, not the aliens caricatured in surviving literature. Their cosmopolitan character is revealed in complex social organization, in readiness to embrace and build upon foreign technology, and in remnants of complex belief systems demonstrating study of other cultures (Greek, Anatolian, Levantine, Mesopotamian).
Phil Perkins (chapter 8) provides a sound, cautionary analysis of the state of DNA studies for Etruscan identity: misinterpretations abound, usually influenced by the erroneous Lydian migration story of Herodotus. Marco Pacciarelli (chapter 41 describes widespread sociopolitical restructuring at the end of the Final Bronze Age, with incipient hierarchy attested by the establishment of intricate rituals and grouping of multiple families, perhaps into something similar to the curiae of Rome, for political organizing and military recruiting.
Maria Cecilia D'Ercole presents a diachronic outline of economy and trade studded with artifacts (pp. 143-163). Another issue to consider is Jean Gran-Aymerich's proposal of a fondouk situation in foreign trade, a foreign trading-post producing as well as importing goods for trade. Etruscans appear to have adapted the system for which Phoenicians were famous.2 Economy is further analyzed in volume 2 in painstakingly organized chapters (43, 49, 55, 61, 67) by Albert Nijboer (Iron Age, Orientalizing) and Hilary Becker (Archaic through Roman); see also Stefano Bruni's chapter 62. Christoph Reusser's "External Relationships 580-450 BCE" (pp. 1031-1046) is confined to the Attic vase trade…but does present new quantitative studies.
Every chapter offers some new discovery or fresh approach. Armando Cherici, noting "dance is not fashion, but message" (pp. 233- 244) theoretically reconstructs dances from the 8th century through Hellenistic period (contrast his interpretation of the Olmo Bello bronze urn with that of Daniele Maras, writing on religion, p. 282).3 Emiliano Li Castro (chapter 30) surveys musical instruments in a different approach from Fredrik Tobin's in Etruscan World (pp. 841-854). Sport and banquets, treated by Jean-Paul Thuillier (chapter 15), Erich Kistler and Fabio Colivicchi (chapters 13, 14), take different approaches from articles presented in the other recent volumes.
Laura M. Michetti (chapter 23) uses Roman-era texts such as Pomponius Mela in conjunction with topographic finds to reconstruct and categorize earlier harbors and ports, and Adriana Emiliozzi (chapter 24) discusses roads and bridges as well as the variety of wheeled vehicles for which she is the undisputed authority.
Andrea Zifferero (chapter 25) gives a picture of mining conditions and sources of Etruscan wealth, noting possible 9th- century Nuragic influence. Alessandro Corretti (chapter 26) describes Etruscan exploitation of Elba for iron from the 7th century; a boom between 3rd and 1st centuries created over 100,000 tons of slag. (Several Italian sites have required modern remediation for Etruscan-era smelting pollution.) Intimate views of women's lives are reconstructed through textile and clothing production (Margarita Gleba, chapter 29); and warriors' realities through tomb offerings of weapons (Markus Egg, chapter 11).
In-depth treatment of narrow issues or special categories of finds offers examples that illustrate wider fields. Fiorenzo Catalli (chapter 27) identifies the first coinage (5th-century Populonia, Vulci). Adriano Maggiani (chapter 28) details inscribed evidence for Etruscan official weights systems. Lars Karlsson (chapter 39) surveys the slow development of Iron Age hut architecture; this is the only strictly architectural chapter, although architecture appears under other headings, e.g. Fernando Gilotta's Classical-Hellenistic art (chapter 57). Cristiano Iaia sets the scene with Iron Age handicrafts (chapter 40), and several chapters (51, 52, 57, 58, 63, 64) survey art by period.
Sections on topography and Etruscans abroad offer surprisingly wide scope.4 The Etruscans' debt to the Near East is demonstrated not merely in artifacts and emulation of artwork, but appears in economics and commerce, viticulture and religious practice such as divination, as aptly presented by Massimo Botto (chapter 34, pp. 581-616), emphasizing the importance of Sardinia in dissemination of cargoes and culture (see Mauro Menichetti's chapter 45, pp. 831-850, for additional thoughts on the Levantine marzeach, and more).5 Chapters 73 through 90 present Etruscan persons, objects and influence beyond Etruria, from the Italian peninsula and islands to Iberia, northern Europe, the Aegean and North Africa, illustrating slightly different subsets of evidence from the other Etruscan compendia. This should be eye-opening for many readers.
Etruscology entries generally evince healthy respect for the evidence of ancient authors while maintaining reasonable caution; all relevant chapters present the latest archaeological evidence, a refreshing contrast to many histories that merely repeat literary accounts.6 This makes the work especially valuable for student readings: laymen are too often exposed only to superficial or outdated views, like the Herodotean tale or the assertion that the Etruscan language has not been deciphered. Here is a reliable antidote for such fictions.
The "Civilization" sections (chapters 39-68) are particularly rewarding on society, cults, handicrafts, fitting familiar inscriptions and artifacts into a complex social and political system. Several chapters discuss social hierarchies, e.g. Luca Cerchiai's imaginative chapter 35, "Urban Civilization." Gianluca Tagliamonte (chapter 9) grows increasingly speculative on magistracies, linking the mythical king Mezentius with the 6th-century Caeretan atrocity following the battle over Alalia (p. 129); students may be overwhelmed by essays like these. Inscriptions from Rubiera and Caeretan Tragliatella indicate systems with zilath or maru magistrates by the early 6th century (Tagliamonte, p. 128). In fact, formal political organization has been interpreted in 8th-century Felsina/Bologna through newly identified public works including fortifications, hydraulic projects and even a pilings-structure, suggested as a forerunner to the Diribitorium of Rome.7
Robert Rollinger's chapter (20) on Near Eastern parallels to Etruscan haruspicy concentrates on cuneiform texts, and can be supported by documentation like the Brontoscopic Calendar.8 For Etruscan cults and beliefs, see chapters by Marie-Laurence Haack (21, 54, 60, 66). For a survey of deities linked to temples, statues or dedicatory inscriptions, see Maras chapter 18, pp. 277-316. A condensed survey of traditions of death and burial by Alessandro Naso (chapter 19) gives insights on belief and the circulation of ideas.
The high level of intensive detail in Patrice Pomey's thorough diachronic survey of Etruscan ships (pp. 371-389) invites questions: I hold that, almost two centuries before the painted Tarquinian Tomb of the Ship, one of the earliest images of a ship with foresail, a 7th-century Caeretan pyxis (Louvre D150) actually portrayed a foresail (ultraviolet analysis does not contradict the antiquity of that image).9
Many authors emphasize the regional character of art and society, as does a new series treating Etruscan cities. The first volume, Caere (eds. N.T. de Grummond and L.C. Pieraccini (Austin: University of Texas) appeared in 2016; Veii (Jacopo Tabolli ed., with Orlando Cerasuolo) is due in Fall, 2018.
Language still defines Etruscan culture. Enrico Benelli's chapter 7 is a concise historical background; his fine summary of language and scripts is chapter 17.10
The lengthy preparation of this handsome work, bursting with new information and gratifying detail, does mean that some updates have already appeared. Chapter 31, Marshall Becker's "Etruscan gold dental appliances," may be replaced by Becker and Turfa, The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry (Routledge, 2017). Indispensible among specialist works is Jean Gran-Aymerich's definitive book on bucchero pottery (including art, trade, culture), Les vases de bucchero. Le monde étrusque entre Orient et Occident (L''Erma' di Bretschneider, 2017).
The text, apart from occasional infelicities of English translation, assumes familiarity with Italic archaeological jargon: how many undergraduates or laymen are conversant with terms like sodalis, olla, flabellum, loculus, corredo? Carello, p. 147, is not a "cult chariot" but a small bronze wheeled vessel for banquet display. Sometimes potentially distracting modern or untranslated names are used: Silla (Sulla), Pithecusa (Pithekoussai) or Fregelles (Fregellae). Index entries under Murlo and Poggio Civitate give references that only partially overlap. Footnotes are minimal, usually indicating a single recent, albeit definitive, reference. The rich bibliography, a bit slim on Anglophone works, will tantalize many readers for whom access to Italian or French publications is difficult. Overlap is evident between the chronological and thematic chapters of volume 2 (for instance, Petra Amann's chapters 12, 53 and 59 on society, each rewarding in itself). Several chapters disappointingly repeat their abstract as introductory text.
Although neatly typeset and designed, for a reference book it is disconcerting to see print showing through from the opposite side of each page. The 48 color plates (pp. 1739-1760) illustrate Etruscan coins and some painted Tarquinian tombs. Many chapters include black and white photos and line drawings.
Scholars will find points to dispute, as I have bristled at topics of interest to me, but we are sure to find a wealth of new material, new insights, and fresh bibliography to fuel research and teaching: it is a pity that the volumes are too expensive for most Etruscologists to purchase. In depth of scholarship and the restoration of Etruscan complexity through archaeological interpretation, Etruscology merits frequent consultation.
1. A warning: the hardback cover of Etruscan World is an irresistible chew toy to dogs; no similar problems affect the paperback edition (2017) or the other two works, though all feature colorful Tarquinian murals.
2. Etruscan World pp. 336-342 with earlier references.
3. Just published by Maras: "Dancing Myths: Musical Performances with Mythological Subjects from Greece to Etruria" in A. Garcia-Ventura, C. Tavolieri and L. Verderame (eds.), The Study of Musical Performance in Antiquity: Archaeology and Written Sources (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2018): 137-153.
4. For landscape and economy, there are also Simon Stoddart's chapters in Companion (pp. 43-66) and Graeme Barker's and Tom Rasmussen's The Etruscans (Blackwell, 1998, chapters 1, 5, 6). A different subset of finds attesting Etruscans/Etruscan goods abroad is found in chapters 10-17 and 19 of Etruscan World (pp. 197-348, 373-425).
5. For assimilation and adaptation of Egyptian beliefs along with art see Maurizio Sannibale in Etruscan World (pp. 99-133; also in Byrsa 7,1-2 (2008): 85-123. See also Camporeale's "The Etruscans and the Mediterranean" (Companion pp. 67-86).
6. A project underway at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" promises a complete catalogue of ancient literary sources: G. Colonna, D. Maras, L.M. Michetti and E. Tassi Scandone: Fontes ad Res Etruscas Pertinentes/ FaREP.
7. See J. Ortali in ArchClass 64 (2013): 7-50.
8. J.M. Turfa, Divining the Etruscan World, Cambridge 2012: 241-277; this also replaces Martin Korenjak's reference, p. 44 note 47.
9. Cf. Turfa and Steinmayer in IJNA 28.3, 1999: 292-296). A recent find depicts a cargo ship from land-locked Veii: M. Arizza, A. De Cristoforo, N. Piergrossi, D. Rossi (2013) "La tomba di un aristocratico naukleros dell'agro veientano. Il kantharos con scene di navigazione di via A. d'Avack," ArchClass 64: 51-131.
10. For a longer language text, go to Giuliano and Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language (2nd ed., Manchester, 2002); surveys from other perspectives are Luciano Agostiniani's in Etruscan World (pp. 457-477) or Rex E. Wallace's in Companion (pp. 203-223).
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Note: All places below are in England or Wales unless otherwise stated. Women with an Atcherley forename who married are listed under both surnames (unless they are living, in which case they are listed under their birth surname only).
Ann Atcherley Ashley. Born at Eckington, Worcestershire and baptised there 22 May 1818, daughter of the Rev John Ashley and his wife Ann Arthur. Grandniece (or great niece) of the Rev Stephen Stephens (abt 1760 – 1816), who married Ann Atcherley (1758 – 1839). Married the Rev Henry Bridges Harvey and died as Anne Atcherley Ashley Harvey in Devon on 27 Apr 1906.
Rev. John Atcherley Ashley. Born at Eckington, Worcestershire and baptised there 8 Sep 1816. Brother of Ann Atcherley Ashley (see above), and therefore a grandnephew (or great nephew) of the Rev Stephen Stephens, who married Ann Atcherley. Died from cholera at Southampton, Hampshire 18 Aug 1849.
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Graham Atcherley Atcherley-Symes. Born Edward Graham Wright, 23 Dec 1918 in Kent, son of George Wright and his wife Elizabeth Atcherley Symes. Known as Graham Atcherley-Wright when listed among Cadets from Sandhurst and 162nd Officer Cadet Training Units made Second Lieutenants on 26 Oct 1940, and when he married in 1941. Changed name to Graham Atcherley Atcherley-Symes by Deed Poll on 6 Feb 1954 and married using that name in 1955. When he died in Kent, and when he was cremated there (at Tunbridge Wells) on 11 May 1984, was known as Edward Graham Atcherley-Symes.
Bagnall
Joseph Atcherley Bagnall. The death of Joseph Atcherley Bagnall was registered at Ruthin, December quarter 1855; volume 11b, page 223. However FamilySearch shows the burial of Joseph Ackerley Bagnall, age 64, at Frodsham, Cheshire, England on 19 Oct 1855, and the baptism of the same at Middlewich, Cheshire, England on 26 Aug 1791 (parents Thomas Bagnall and Mary). I believe the correct name was that recorded in the parish registers.
Charles Atcherley Benbow. Born at Llan in the parish of Llansantffraid, Montgomeryshire and baptised in that parish 13 Sep 1829, parents Richard Benbow (1787 – abt 1876) and Sarah Atcherley (1795 – abt 1875). Died 11 May 1904 in New Zealand and buried 14 May 1904 at Ormondville, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.
Patricia Atcherley Benbow. Born in New Zealand, daughter of Albert Edward Benbow and Emma Madge Eaton, and great granddaughter of Richard Benbow and Sarah Atcherley. Married Richard Dakin Bollard, who died 4 Mar 2007. Presumed to be the Patricia Atcherley Bollard who died 12 Apr 1940 and was buried at Tamahere, New Zealand.
Sarah Atcherley Benbow. Born at Ormondville, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 2 Aug 1888, parents Charles Atcherley Benbow (see above) and Ellen Webb (abt 1861 – 1940), and granddaughter of Richard Benbow and Sarah Atcherley. Married Walter James Dew and died as Sarah Atcherley Dew 27 May 1969 in New Zealand. Buried 29 May 1969 at Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke, Tararua, North Island, New Zealand.
Patricia Atcherley Bollard: see Patricia Atcherley Benbow (birth name)
James Atcherley Bradshaw. Born at Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised there 17 Mar 1845, son of George Bradshaw (abt 1798 – 1864) and Elizabeth Atcherley (1803 – 1858). Buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire 7 Oct 1846, aged 21 months.
John Atcherley Bradshaw. Born at Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised there 5 Oct 1840, brother of James Atcherley Bradshaw above. Buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire 6 Dec 1841, aged 14 months.
Regina Atcherley Brownhill: see Regina Atcherley Jones (birth name)
Richard Atcherley Bryson. Born at Bootle, Lancashire about 1888, son of Joseph Tittensor Bryson and Catherine Mary Downes, grandson of Richard Atcherley Downes (1818 – 1865) and Ann Wynn (abt 1826 – 1861), and 2 x great grandson of Richard Downes (1734 – 1776) and Mary Atcherley (1737 – 1775). Died at Bootle, Lancashire Jun 1892.
Bussell
James Atcherley (“Jim”) Bussell. Born about 1921 in New Zealand, son of Henry Joseph Bussell and Bessie Benbow. Grandson of Charles Atcherley Benbow (see above) and Ellen Webb, and great grandson of Richard Benbow and Sarah Atcherley. Died 20 Apr 2012 in New Zealand.
Buxey (or Buxcey)
John Atcherly Buxey. Connection with the Atcherley family unknown. Father of William Buxey, who was baptised at St Matthew, Walsall, Staffordshire, on 2 Jan 1781 (FamilySearch England Births & Christenings index). Likely also the father of the following children who were baptised at St Matthew: Sarah Atcherley Buxey (2 Aug 1773, parents Jn. Buxey and Ann), John Atchelor Buxey (26 Sep 1774, parents Jno. Buxey and Elizabeth), Ann Buxey (28 Sep 1776, parents Jno. Atherly Buxey and Ann), and Thomas Atcherly Buxey (30 Nov 1779, parents John Buxey and Ann). John Atcherly Buxey’s origins are unknown. From the aforementioned baptism records it seems possible that Atcherley/Atcherly might be in error for Atherly (a.k.a. Atherley) or Atchelor.
Sarah Atcherley Buxey. Connection with the Atcherley family unknown. Baptised 2 Aug 1773 at St Matthew, Walsall, Staffordshire, parents Jn. Buxey (see above) and Ann.
Thomas Atcherly Buxey. Connection with the Atcherley family unknown. Baptised 30 Nov 1779 at St Matthew, Walsall, Staffordshire, parents John Buxey (see above) and Ann.
Charles Robert Atcherley Cope. Born 8 Jun 1908 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, son of John Arnold Cope and Gladys Ada Herbert Jones. Great grandson of William Atcherley Jones and Mary Jane Wootton, and 2x great grandson of Benjamin Jones (1793 – 1834) and Bell Atcherley (1802 – 1873). Died 14 Oct 1954 at Liverpool, Lancashire.
Richard Atcherley Corbett. Born 5 Oct 1786, and baptised at Liverpool, Lancashire on 2 Nov 1786. Firstborn child of Robert Corbett (1757 – 1826) and Elizabeth Atcherley (1764 – 1840). Buried 20 Aug 1819 at St Matthew, Bethnal Green, Middlesex (abode “Madhouse”, age given as 30).
Crosbie
George Douglas Atcherley Crosbie. Connection with the Atcherley family unknown. Born about 1866 at Liverpool, Lancashire, son of John George Crosbie and Mary Selina Georgiana Brownfield. Died 13 Jun 1892 in Mexico. Douglas was a second cousin of Henry Atcherley Whatham, both being great grandsons of Richard Mercer Parry and Mary English.
Rowland Atcherley Crowell. Born 24 Jan 1911 at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA, son of Herbert Arthur Crowell (1880 – 1970) and Ina Lena Atcherley (1883 – 1957). Died 1 Dec 1985 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
Rowland Atcherley (“Rocky”) Crowell Jr. Born 22 Sep 1939 in the USA, son of Rowland Atcherley Crowell (see above) and Sophia A Niemantsverdriet (1916 – 1982), and grandson of Herbert Arthur Crowell (1880 – 1970) and Ina Lena Atcherley (1883 – 1957). Died 23 May 2013 at Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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The Church of Us vs. Them
Freedom from a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies
by: David E. Fitch
We are living in angry times. No matter where we go, what we watch, or how we communicate, our culture is rife with conflict. Unfortunately, Christians appear to be caught up in the same animosity as the culture at large. We are perceived as angry, judgmental, and defensive, fighting among ourselves in various media while the world looks on. How have we failed to be a people of reconciliation and renewal in the face of such tumult?
Claiming that the church has lost itself in the grip of an antagonistic culture, David Fitch takes a close look at what drives the vitriol in our congregations. He traces the enemy-making patterns in church history and diagnoses the divisiveness that marks the contemporary evangelical church. Fitch shows a way for the church to be true to itself, unwinding the antagonisms of our day and making space for Christ's reconciling presence in our day-to-day lives. He offers new patterns and practices that move the church beyond making enemies to being the presence of Christ in the world, helping us free ourselves from a faith that feeds on division.
Introduction: Beyond Enemies?
1. The Strife among Us
2. The Enemy-Making Machine
3. Are You Biblical?
4. God's Grand Drama: The Bible as the Space beyond Enemies
5. Have You Made a Decision?
6. Participating in His Reign: Conversion as the Space beyond Enemies
7. Let's Make America Christian Again?
8. The Local Church Is My Politics: Church as the Space beyond Enemies
9. Beyond the Church of Us vs. Them
Appendix: The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All: Rudiments of a Political Theology of Presence
"This is a book for our time. The sad reality of our churches and our individual lives is that we have participated in, as well as perpetuated, what David Fitch calls the 'enemy-making machine.' With penetrating analysis of our compromised social condition, Fitch offers a way to move beyond the hostile culture of 'othering' that has damaged our witness to Christ. I couldn't put this book down, which means you would do well to pick it up!"
Rich Villodas, lead pastor, New Life Fellowship, Queens, New York City
"David Fitch once again calls the church to a better way--that is, the ways that are reflective of the good news of the gospel. While the church continues to experience challenging times, it has been the practice of many to lean on enemy making, antagonisms, strife, and divisiveness. This is the book for such a time as this. As a 'prisoner of hope,' I long for the church to lean into a better, more loving, and more gracious imagination for what it means to be the church on mission. This book is deeply pastoral, prophetic, and winsome."
Tara Beth Leach, senior pastor of PazNaz; author of Emboldened
"We are undoubtedly living in precarious times--perhaps even deserving of being called The Uncivil Wars. It really is hard to find a time when we were so ideological, rancorous, and divided. Pre-World War II Europe comes to mind, and that did not end well. As Bonhoeffer discovered then, only a church that is willing to live radically aligned to Jesus will have anything to say to such a fractious world. This book does precisely that: it calls us to radical discipleship appropriate to the times. And I can't think of a better voice to address this scenario than David Fitch. Bravo, Dave!"
Alan Hirsch, author of numerous award-winning books on leadership, movements, and spirituality; founder of 5Q Collective, 100 Movements, and Forge International (alanhirsch.org)
"In this insightful and penetrating work, David Fitch demonstrates how the church has embraced the world's us-vs.-them 'enemy-making machine,' which conditions people to be suspicious if not angry toward those with whom they disagree. At the same time, Fitch casts a bold and beautiful vision of the church as a place 'beyond enemies,' a place where we explore with one another what possibilities the Spirit might be opening up as we debate controversial topics. Whether you are a conservative, moderate, or progressive Christian, you will find The Church of Us vs. Them to be as lucid, insightful, penetrating, and urgent a prophetic call to the church as anything you will ever encounter. This is a genuine eye-opening, game-changing work!"
Greg Boyd, cofounder and senior pastor of Woodland Hills Church, St. Paul, Minnesota
"This is not a book where we are meant to come to agreement with the author on all things. Instead, Fitch invites us to the table, 'Us and Them,' to relearn the rules for a robust and congenial conversation. Here we discover that the vision must be eschatological--not a pronouncement of enemies on the outside but a recognition that the church has simply 'already' stepped into life in the kingdom and serves as an arbiter of peace. This is a profound and challenging word for all who are trying to navigate life as faithful followers of Jesus Christ."
Carla Sunberg, general superintendent, Church of the Nazarene
"The world is a divided, antagonistic place. Disjuncture and rupture are not merely by-products of our partisan and blinded social and political engagement; they are the fuel on which they run. The church all too often fumbles over itself playing culture's game by culture's rules and for culture's ends. Into this cultural cyclone, David Fitch--with deep insight into the Light from above and the darkness creeping from below--invites the church to reclaim its position as a spiritual director that can see, name, and resist the evil powers now at work in our world. The Church of Us vs. Them: Freedom from a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies is just in time for a culture and country that may be running out of it."
Sean Isaac Palmer, author of Unarmed Empire: In Search of Beloved Community
David E. Fitch
David E. Fitch (PhD, Northwestern University) is the B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary and the cofounder of Missio Alliance. He is the founding pastor of Life on the Vine Christian Community, a missional church in the...
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Outreach 2020 Recommended Resource of the Year (Church)
"Fitch uses his well-honed skills as a theologian to address the divisions in America from a clear and biblical theological perspective."
Bob Whitesel,
"Fitch spends much of the book decrying the current state of divisiveness within American Christianity, and only in the final sections provides his ambitious yet simple solutions: Christians should reunite belief with practice, serve the poor and vulnerable, stay involved in local politics, practice forgiveness, and refuse to engage with antagonists on unloving terms. Fitch proposes a clear, compassionate political agenda for Christians that will appeal particularly to church groups looking to create a more open, welcoming dialogue around social issues."
"Over the course of his career, [Fitch] has combined excellent scholarship with the very practical concerns of everyday church life. . . . I see Fitch as an important voice because he's an evangelical-Anabaptist who sees this perspective as uniquely relevant for the church in a post-Christian context. Fitch is a careful student of the way that ideology and antagonisms function within human psychology. . . . Church leaders should pay attention to this book. Fitch is a perceptive voice who asks important questions. It is important for church leaders to model non-anxious leadership as they navigate an anxious and antagonistic culture. Fitch is a good guide for mapping this terrain."
Gil Dueck,
Mennonite Brethren Herald
"A long overdue contribution to setting American Christians and the religion they profess back on track and in compliance with the commands and counsel of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Gospels of the New Testament."
Willis M. Buhle,
Midwest Book Review
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Skyllis: Aims and areas of work
The SKYLLIS journal was named after the famous Greek diver, of whom we know by tradition, that he recovered valuable artefacts from the seabed in 480 B.C.
According to the aims of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie e.V." (DEGUWA), SKYLLIS serves the exchange of results from international underwater archaeological research projects. Moreover it involves the discussion on methodologies and the informing and education of wider circles of interested people. A special interest of SKYLLIS is to create a bridge between archaeologists and sport-divers. The term Underwater Archaeology is rooted quite widely and exceeds over the mere concept of the combination of diving with archaeology. It encompasses all historic and prehistoric periods and is not only limited to the European influenced parts of the world.
The most important results of research are water-crafts of all kinds, their shape, building technology, equipping and handling, but also their cargo and through shipping encouraged cultural exchange, henceforth also structures in or at the water like harbours and landing places, civil and military fortifications, settlements, bridges, navigation marks, implements of fishery, or to put it in a nutshell: Basically everything that had an impact on the life of human-beings on rivers, lakes and the sea and that influenced the culture in a special way.
Furthermore anthropological and ethnological questions, customs, traditions, celebrations and religious ideas of maritime cultures shall be considered, but also geological, biological and other methods borrowed from other sciences. Other important aspects are new methods and techniques in diving and underwater archaeological research and not at least the problems encountered in protecting the underwater cultural heritage.
Articles that focus on surveys and excavations (incl. interim ones), analyses of finds, evaluations of typologies, descriptions of historical developments, studies on iconographic, written and other sources, and accounts on research-projects, museums, other research institutions and technical innovations. We also welcome new challenges to long disputed issues, reports of congresses, news about the development of policies for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage and book-reviews.
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Home » News » Joint response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, G20 opens its first video summit today
Joint response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, G20 opens its first video summit today
Deputy Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui introduced that today, global attention will focus on the G20 Leaders Special Summit. At present, the outbreak of new crown pneumonia has spread in many places around the world, endangering the safety and health of people’s lives in various countries, and severely impacting the world economy. The meeting was very timely. The international community generally expects the G20 to mobilize all parties to work together to fight the epidemic and stabilize the global economy.
He introduced that the G20 is an important platform for global crisis response and economic cooperation, and has played an important role in responding to the 2008 international financial crisis. In the current context, the international community certainly expects the G20 to play a leading role again, especially the G20. This special summit is also the first antique video summit in G20 history, and it is an important opportunity for various discussions to take common action.
US. President Donald Trump on Tuesday branded the COVD-19 as “Chinese Vius”inatweet, saying it has affected the U.S. industries.
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Cornelius Harnett
The life of Cornelius Harnett
Harnett’s Father
The Education of Harnett
A Son of The Enlightenment Age
His Relationship with Mrs. Harnett
Descriptions of Cornelius Harnett
A Professional Biography
Provincial Congress
The Continental Congress
Committees of Safety
Council of Safety
Historically Important Events
Chronology of the American Revolution
Birth of a Revolutionary
Harnett Confronts Governor Tryon
Harnett Helps Disgrace Governor Martin
Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
Harnett: Leader for Independence
Harnett’s Contribution as Founding Father of U.S.
The Price of Leadership
Cornelius Harnett Memorial Display
The Dunlap Broadsides and Narrative.
Cornelius Harnett Display Goes to School
The Cornelius
Two Namesakes for Cornelius Harnett
Harnett Grave Stones
Harnett Obelisk (Sculpture)
Liberty Ship SS Cornelius Harnett
USS Harnett County (LST-821/AGP 821)
Petition of Mercy for Harnett
A Toast to Cornelius Harnett
Cornelius Harnett (State)
Cornelius Harnett (Town of Lillington)
Governor Martin
The Colonial Town of Wilmington, 1771
Fort Johnston
Illustrations of Don J. Long
Harnett Reading Declaration of Independence
Three Drawings Enhanced
Pictures of Harnett’s Home
Home of Harnett (Hummel Collection)
Harnett Home (McDonald Collection)
Signature of Cornelius Harnett
The North Carolina Flag
Rich and Jay Calabrese
Chris Johnson and Scott Guy
Karen Kratz
Don J. Long
David T. Morgan
DeRosset Letter
Samuel D. Hummel
M. Glenn Hood
Edward H. McCormick
Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Thomas Burke (ca. 1747 – 1783)
Richard Caswell (1729 – 1789)
George III (1738-1820)
John Harvey (1724-1775)
Robert Howe (1732-1786)
John Alexander Lillington (c. 1725-1786)
Royal Governor Josiah Martin (1737-1786)
John Penn (1741-1788)
Royal Governor William Tryon (1729-1788)
Edward Vail (1717-1777)
Pending School Booklet Project
The Hummel Project
CASWELL, Richard, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Harford (now Baltimore) County, Md., August 3, 1729; moved to North Carolina in 1746; appointed deputy surveyor of the colony in 1750; clerk of the court of Orange County 1752-1754; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1754 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, N.C.; member of the colonial house of delegates 1754-1771, and served as speaker the last two years; commanded the right wing of Governor Tryon’s army at the Battle of Alamance in 1771; served in the Revolutionary Army; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1775; commanded the patriots at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, North Carolina, February 23, 1776; appointed brigadier general of the New Bern District by the Provincial Congress in 1776; delegate to the State constitutional convention and its president in 1776; Governor of North Carolina 1776-1780; commanded the North Carolina troops at the Battle of Camden in 1780; comptroller general in 1782; member of the State senate 1782-1784 and served as speaker; again elected Governor in 1785 and served until 1787; appointed delegate from North Carolina to the convention that framed the Federal Constitution in 1787, but did not attend; member of the State convention at Fayetteville, N.C., that adopted the Federal Constitution in 1789; member and speaker of the State house of commons in 1789 and served until his death in Fayetteville, N.C., November 10, 1789; interment in the family cemetery on his estate near Kinston, Lenoir County, N.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress; Bibliography, Connor, R.D.W. (Robert Digges Wimberly). “Richard Caswell,” in Revolutionary Leaders of North Carolina, 79-101. 1916. Reprint edition, Spartansburg, S. C., Repint Co., 1971. Copied from: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000246
Image and further information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Caswell
After Josiah Quincy Jr. met with Cornelius Harnett and others in March of 1773 on the need for Committees of Correspondence, Richard Caswell and Cornelius Harnett, along with seven others were appointed to an nine-person Committee of Correspondence for North Carolina. The work of this committee led to the creation of the Provincial Congress in North Carolina and with other colonies led to the creation of the Continental Congress. [For more on the above, see introduction to the article “Provincial Congress” under the menu item “Organizations”].
The victory at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776 is one of the crowning achievements for the administration of Cornelius Harnett during the time that he was President of the Provincial Council. As such he was the Chief Executive Officer of the rebel government of North Carolina for more than a year during 1775 and 1776. Richard Caswell contributed to this achievement. Richard Caswell was one of the top commanders who served under Colonel James Moore at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. The success of this military operation owed a great deal to the military and governmental organization created and supported by Cornelius Harnett. For further details see the articles on the Provincial Council, the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge and the Provincial Congress [especially, the sections on the Third and Fourth Provincial Congresses.]
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Spring and Port Wine
Spring and Port Wine is a domestic drama, set in the late 1960s, which centres on the attempts of Rafe Crompton (Allan Jones) to hold his family together by being a strict disciplinarian. He wants to retain old-fashioned values while his children, noticing that outside the world is changing rapidly, are intent on rebellion.
Rafe is a domineering, Bible-quoting tyrant who must have the truth whatever the consequences familiar to older members of the audience must have seen glimpses of their own father or grandfather; Jo Longstaff is delightful as his wife Daisy who uses all the wiles at her disposal to try to keep the family together, including fiddling the weekly household accounts when anyone is desperate for money.
Although written nearly 60 years ago, Spring and Port Wine still has resonance today. One of Rafe’s sons Harold (Alistair Burn) points out there won’t be another depression because there are “economic plans to make it impossible”.
The first half slowly builds as the relationships between the six family members, a fiancé and neighbour, Betsy Jane (Michelle Hope) are fully explored and tee up what’s to come after the interval.
Then the action really hots up as one by one Rafe’s children plot against him and decide to take their revenge on his authoritarian ways.
Melissa Rawlings, in her first acting role for the Club, gives a stirring performance as Hilda. She’s belligerent yet on the verge of a tantrum as she’s determined to walk out of the home on a point of principle. Others soon resolve to follow suit.
Even elder daughter Florence (Emma Simpson) and her defiant fiancé Arthur (Glyn Casswell – another debutant) turn against Rafe because of his obstinacy.
The tension builds superbly as Rafe confronts youngest son Wilfred (Aiden West) and there’s silence in the auditorium as Daisy confesses to Rafe her inadequacies in the home while he reveals a childhood secret which led to his thriftiness. It’s a tender moment which achieves maximum pathos.
Spring and Port Wine is well acted, on an interesting set with good direction direction by Ronnie Lowery.
A look back to the last night of “Don’t Dress for Dinner” in November 2014. Visit the web site for the latest Newsletter http://www.gainforddramaclub.co.uk/?cat=4
And a link to the Seat Sponsorship form. Put your family’s name on a seat as an unusual Christmas gift! ... See more
My ‘most-liked’ photo of 2013 this image of “An Ideal Husband” by Oscar Wilde. With Allan Keith Jones, Kate Nichols John Robinson and Thomas Frederick Brown. Directed by Joan Hillery Robinson. This photo shows off the set beautifully.
We still have seats available for sponsorship at £25 - why not have your name, or that of a friend or relative affixed to a seat in the auditorium? Contact John Lowery to arrange- only a few seats still available for sponsorship. All monies raised will help the Club to continue performances when restrictions are lifted. ... See more
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Rosedale Water Store To Open In Fort Dodge
Peter Kaspari
A new water company is coming to Fort Dodge and will take up occupancy in a historic building in downtown Fort Dodge.
The Rosedale Water Store, 311 First Ave. N., is set to open in mid-January.
The building once housed the Rosedale Creamery, and according to John Miles who handles operations for Rosedale Water Store, much of the equipment in the building will be useful to them.
“The Rosedale Building has a well in it that they used to make ice cream with,” Miles said. “And it’s a very pristine well. So they’re going to take that water, purify it, ozonate it, bottle it and sell it.”
Miles said he and owner Jana Riley are working with Mike Doyle, who owns the building, on getting the business up and running.
“We met with him one day, and that’s when (the idea for the water store) was born and hatched,” Miles said.
Riley said Doyle is going to help with the equipment.
“He’s going to have the equipment, which is state-of-the-art,” she said.
The equipment, which is all computerized, will be able to bottle and wrap all of the water before it gets sent out.
Riley added the store aims to have really great customer service.
Miles agreed.
“We’re going to have a great delivery service where our customer service is our ultimate goal,” he said. “One hundred percent satisfaction.”
Riley said the store will offer help in getting its products out to the cars for delivery and pickup. She also said Rosedale Water Store wants to give back to the community.
“That’s a huge goal,” Miles added. “To keep it in Fort Dodge and bring back to the community.”
In addition to the Rosedale Water Store, there will also be the Rosedale Water Company, which Doyle will be in charge of, Miles said.
Doyle, at the water company, will be preparing small 16.9 ounce bottles for use around the country “for convenience stores and grocery stores,” according to Miles.
Earl May remodel expands selection
Peter Kaspari -Messenger photo by Peter Kaspari Kim Bloomquist, left, manager of Earl May Nursery & Garden Center, and associate manager Chelsea Brueschke look over the house plant section of the store. Earl May recently remodeled the store, allowing more room for its landscaping and furniture section. A recent remodel has allowe...Continue Reading
Main Street director named in FD
Bill Shea Nov 30, 2017 Bill Shea City Editor bshea@messengernews.net The new Main Street Fort Dodge program will be managed by an experienced director of a similar program in Chariton who will start on the job next week. Kris Patrick will begin working as the executive director of Main Street Fort Dodge on Monday. Sh...Continue Reading
Webster County to save on natural gas with WoodRiver Energy
Joe Sutter Webster County taxpayers are on track to save 5 percent on natural gas provided to county buildings, according to Webster County Supervisor Bob Thode. The county signed a sales agreement Tuesday with WoodRiver Energy to provide gas for six county buildings. “They did the figures,” Thode said. “If we had don...Continue Reading
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Category Archives: GO Transit
Update: CP labour agreement reached; no GO train service disruption
May 29, 2018 Advisories, GO Transit
Update: All GO service will run as usual now that an agreement has been reached between CP and its labour union that helps maintain and operate our network.
GO Transit has advised of a potential service disruption of train service to Hamilton in the coming days.
Canadian Pacific Rail labour unions are in a legal strike position as of 10:00pm on Tuesday, May 29th, which may impact some GO train services. While GO is hopeful that an agreement can be reached, the regional transit agency has plans in place if a strike occurs.
CP owns a section of corridor leading into Hamilton GO Centre.
If there is a labour disruption, there will be fewer staff members available to address any signal or switch issues, meaning longer delays for Lakeshore West customers travelling eastbound on train trips which begin at Hamilton GO and for customers travelling westbound between Aldershot and Hamilton GO if there is an issue
Niagara GO trains still bypass Hamilton in 2018
May 1, 2018 GO Transit
Seasonal GO train service to Niagara is set to start up again for the season, but like the last several years, these GO trains will not stop in Hamilton.
The West Harbour GO Station opened in the summer of 2015 for the Pan Am Games. The station initially opened in a partially finished position with much of the landscaping unfinished, some of the interiors not quite finished, and the parking facilities still under construction. Since then the station has been completed and is serviced by morning and peak trains on weekdays.
2018 promotional map for the Niagara seasonal GO Train service with Hamilton notably missing.
Possible CP strike action could disrupt GO train service to Hamilton GO Centre
April 19, 2018 Advisories, GO Transit
Canadian Pacific Rail labour unions are in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 21st, which may impact some GO train services. While GO is hopeful that an agreement can be reached, the regional transit agency has plans in place if a strike occurs.
Since CP owns a section of corridor leading into Hamilton GO Centre, train service to and from this station would not be provided due to CP’s available staff resources. Regular GO bus service will continue and extra Route 18 GO buses will run between Hamilton GO Centre and Aldershot GO Station to connect to regular Lakeshore West train service.
The argument could be made that this would be the perfect time to run extra trains to the new West Harbour GO Station, which only sees two inbound and outbound trains each weekday. This could pose a logistical difficulty as the Hamilton GO Yard, where GO trains which service the Hamilton GO Centre park overnight, is also in this section of CP owned corridor.
Ticket Vending machines at Hamilton GO being upgraded with PRESTO
March 26, 2018 Fares, GO Transit
Starting tomorrow, Tuesday March 27th, and over the next few days, Metrolinx will be upgrading the ticket vending machines at the Hamilton GO Centre. After the upgrades you will br able to instantly load your card, check account information or buy a PRESTO card.
One machine will be upgraded each day, so during this time you can use another ticket vending machine, or visit a GO counter to buy your ticket or load your PRESTO card.
The upgraded ticket vending machines are already available at the West Harbour GO Station and McMaster University Bus Terminal in Hamilton.
GO Transit schedule changes effective April 7th
March 20, 2018 GO Transit
GO Transit is adjusting some of their schedules effective April 7th, 2018. The changes include additional trips on the LAKESHORE WEST rail line, however there are no additional trains being added to either the Hamilton GO Centre or West Harbour GO Station.
Here are the changes which start on Saturday, April 7th.
GO Bus service in Hamilton increasing in September
August 16, 2017 GO Transit
The fall means changes to bus schedules, both for the HSR and GO Transit in Hamilton. While the extent of the minor changes to local bus service is still to be announced, GO Transit has released details for their fall service changes.
Beginning in September GO Transit will be increasing service to routes around the GTA including services to, from, and through Hamilton.
Below is a summary of the changes to services from GO Transit’s release.
Niagara GO trains to skip Hamilton again in 2017 [UPDATED]
May 17, 2017 GO Transit
But one train that will once again not be making a stop at the station is the weekend Niagara GO train.
New GO trips from McMaster start December 31st
December 20, 2016 GO Transit, Schedules
GO Transit is making some schedule modifications starting Saturday, December 31st with some minor changes to the 15A ALDERSHOT/MCMASTER route.
Starting December 31st two new Friday eastbound trips will depart McMaster University at 1:28 PM and 5:26 PM respectively. The additional Friday only eastbound trip departing from McMaster University at 2:25 PM has been cancelled. The existing 2:30 PM departure from McMaster University is unchanged.
New Beamsville stop added to route 12 GO bus to Niagara Falls
August 24, 2016 GO Transit, Schedules
Starting on September 6th a new stop will be added to the route 12 GO bus which travels between Burlington and Niagara Falls, with a stop in Hamilton.
The route was previously extended west passed Burlington GO Station to service the Dundas St. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride.
The newest stop in Beamsville is another Park & Ride stop. The new stop is located at Ontario Street and South Service Road.
New GO Bus between Brantford and Aldershot via McMaster starts September 3rd
August 24, 2016 GO Transit, News
GO Transit bus service will expand to Brantford this fall and today the full detailed schedule was released. The new bus service will be an extension of the existing McMaster University to Aldershot GO Station train meet service on route 15.
GO buses will run every hour during weekday peak periods and every two hours during weekday off-peak periods and on weekends. In total, there will be 26 trips every weekday and 18 trips on both Saturday and Sunday.
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J Rheum Dis 2020; 27(3): 168-173
Analysis of Asian Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups Associated With the Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis in Koreans
Bon San Koo, M.D.1, Yoonah Song, M.D.2, Seunghun Lee, M.D., Ph.D.2, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, M.D., Ph.D.3, Kyoung-Jin Shin, M.D., Ph.D.4, Nam H. Cho, M.D., Ph.D.5, Jae-Bum Jun, M.D., Ph.D.3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Departments of 2Radiology and 3Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, 4Department of Forensic Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 5Department of Preventive Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
Correspondence to: Jae-Bum Jun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-0505
Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, 222-1 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea. E-mail：junjb@hanyang.ac.kr
Received: December 5, 2019; Revised: April 22, 2020; Accepted: May 7, 2020; Published online: July 1, 2020.
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This is a open Access article, which permits unrestricted non-commerical use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Objective. We investigated Asian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression in a prospective community-based cohort comprised of Koreans. Methods. Epidemiologic data and Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) scores of knee radiographs were obtained from the second (2005∼2006) and sixth (2013∼2014) follow-up, and patient DNA was analyzed. The mtDNA haplogroup frequencies (M, G, D, D4, D5, M7, M8, M9, M10, N, A, N9, R, F, and B) were compared between the progression (K/L score change on either knee ≥2 or arthroplasty) and non-progression (K/L score change on both knee ≤1) groups at the sixth follow-up. Multiple logistic regression was performed to determine relative risk (RRs) of mtDNA haplogroups for OA. Results. In total, 1,115 participants were included, 405 of whom had early OA (higher K/L score on both knees of 1 or 2). Among them, 143 and 166 patients were classified in non-progression and progression groups, respectively, at the sixth follow-up. The most frequent haplogroups, B and D4, in Koreans also showed a high frequency in our study. There were no significantly different haplogroups between the non-progression and progression groups. However, the frequency of haplogroup D4 was likely higher in the non-progression group than in the progression group, although not significantly (13.3% vs. 7.2%, RR=0.51, p=0.081 in the unadjusted model and RR=0.56, p=0.149 in the adjusted model). Conclusion. No significant haplogroups are related to OA progression. Large-scaled studies are needed to reveal the association between mtDNA haplogroups and OA.
Keywords: Korea, Mitochondrial DNA, Osteoarthritis of the knee
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative disease related to the degradation of articular cartilage. Many studies have been performed to evaluate the relationship between OA and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Changes in intracellular signals such as in mitochondrial respiratory chain activity in chondrocytes may be associated with degenerative changes in cartilage affected by low-grade chronic inflammation [1].
In a previous study, we examined whether mtDNA haplogroup B contributed to the development of knee OA in Koreans, measured as radiologic changes for approximately 8 years in a large-scale prospective cohort [2]. Identifying the relationship between the haplogroup of mitochondria and development of OA is important for identifying the risk factors of chronic disease [3-8]. However, considering the nature of OAs, which are characterized by very long-term changes, it is also important to identify factors that can predict which patients with OA are experiencing rapid OA progression.
Various cohort studies have reported that specific mtDNA haplogroups are also associated with the radiographic progression of OA [9-11]. They suggested that haplogroups associated with progression differed from the mtDNA haplogroup involved in OA development. Therefore, to determine which mtDNA haplogroups are associated with OA progression in Koreans, we developed a new study design based on a previous study protocol [2].
The aim of this study was to investigate Asian mtDNA haplogroups associated with the progression of knee OA in participants in a prospective ongoing community-based cohort in Korea.
Other SectionsAbstractINTRODUCTIONMATERIALS AND METHODSRESULTSDISCUSSIONCONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSCONFLICT OF INTERESTAUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONSReferences MATERIALS AND METHODS
Study design and participants
As described in our previous study [2], we used the Ansung cohort of an ongoing, prospective cohort study that is part of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study [12]. In the present study, mtDNA haplogroups related to the progression of OA were examined by modifying the experimental design of the previous study. Briefly, epidemiologic data and Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) scores of the knee radiographs were obtained from the second follow-up (2005∼2006) and sixth follow-up (2013∼2014) of this cohort. The K/L scores were measured by an orthopedist (KKI) and radiologist (SY) at the second follow-up visit with excellent inter-observer correlation coefficients and by a radiologist (SY) at the sixth follow-up visit with excellent intra-observer correlation coefficients [13]. The institutional review boards of all involved institutions approved this study (approval no. HYUH 2015-12-022).
Overall, there were 5,018 participants, and we obtained DNA samples from 1,115 participants (Figure 1). We defined early OA as a higher K/L score for both knees of 1 or 2 at the second follow-up to identify progression, rather than as a criterion for the development of OA, as in previous studies of the association between mtDNA and OA development [11]. Among the participants, 405 met the definition of early OA at the second follow-up and were divided into two groups: K/L score change ≤1 in both knees (non-progression group, n=143) and K/L score change ≥2 in either knee or arthroplasty (progression group, n=166) at the sixth follow-up. All missing values for the K/L score at the sixth follow-up were excluded (n=96).
Figure 1. Classification according to the Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) score at each follow-up in the study cohort. The frequencies of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups were analyzed in the non-progression and progression groups (box surrounded by the dotted line).
mtDNA haplogroup genotyping
Blood samples were stored in the Korea Biobank Network, Center for Disease Control at the second follow-up visit (2005∼2006). Asian mtDNA haplogroups (M, G, D, D4, D5, M7, M8, M9, M10, N, A, N9, R, F, and B) were determined by multiplex mutagenetically separated polymerase chain reaction. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms at positions 15043, 4833, 4883, 3010, 1107, 9824, 7196, 4491, 13152, 10873, 8794, 5417, 12705, and 6392 and a 9-base pair deletion at position 8281 to 8289 were selected and analyzed as described by Lee et al. [14].
Differences between the non-progression and progression groups at the sixth follow-up were investigated by Student t-test and the Pearson chi-square test. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine the relative risk (RR) of mtDNA haplogroups for OA by adjusting for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI) because the incidence of knee OA is high in women and the elderly and obesity is a risk factor for OA [15]. Smoking and metabolic syndrome were excluded from the adjusted model because these factors are correlated with sex and BMI, respectively. p-values<0.05 indicated statistical significance. All statistical analyses were performed using PASW software version 18.0 (IBM Co., Armonk, NY, USA).
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Baseline clinical characteristics
The clinical characteristics of the participants are described in Table 1. There were no significant differences in age between the non-progression and progression groups. The number of females was significantly higher in the progression group than in the non-progression group (88.6% vs. 76.9%, respectively). The rates of smoking, drinking, and diabetes, and hypertension were not significantly different between groups. However, the BMI and rates of metabolic syndrome were significantly higher in the progression group than in the non-progression group (26.74±3.21 vs. 25.33±3.26 and 77.7% vs. 62.0%, respectively).
Table 1 . Clinical characteristics of participants included in the cohort.
Non-progression (n=143)
Progression (n=166)
p-value*
Age (yr) 62.47±8.22 62.88±6.17 0.624 -
Sex, female 110 (76.9) 147 (88.6) 0.006 0.007
Body mass index (kg/m2) 25.33±3.26 26.74±3.21 <0.001 <0.001
Smoking, ever/current 26 (18.2) 19 (11.4) 0.094 0.087
Drinking, ever/current 53 (37.1) 48 (28.9) 0.128 0.134
Diabetes 34 (24.3) 31 (18.9) 0.254 0.234
Hypertension 70 (49.0) 95 (57.2) 0.146 0.162
Metabolic syndrome 88 (62.0) 129 (77.7) 0.003 0.003
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%). *Age-adjusted..
mtDNA haplogroups associated with non-progression and progression of OA
The haplogroup frequencies of the non-progression and progression groups and RRs are shown in Table 2. Among the haplogroups, haplogroups B and D4 showed the highest frequencies (15.9% and 10.0%, respectively). In multiple logistic regression analysis, there was no significant RR for the progression of OA in each haplogroup in the unadjusted model, adjusted model for age, sex, and BMI, and adjusted model for age, sex, BMI, smoking, and metabolic syndrome. Among the haplogroups, the proportion of non-progression patients in haplogroup D4 was likely higher than that in patients showing progression; however, there was also no significant difference between the two groups (13.3% vs. 7.2%, RR=0.51 [0.24∼1.09], p=0.081 in unadjusted model and RR=0.56 [0.25∼1.23], p=0.149 in adjusted model for age, sex, BMI).
Table 2 . Multiple logistic regression analysis of mitochondrial haplogroups associated with osteoarthritis.
Unadjusted
Adjusted*
RR (95% CI)
A 14 (9.8) 16 (9.6) −0.017 0.98 (0.46∼2.09) 0.964 −0.167 0.85 (0.38∼1.87) 0.680
B 21 (14.7) 28 (16.9) 0.164 1.18 (0.64∼2.18) 0.601 0.185 1.20 (0.63∼2.28) 0.571
D 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) −21.359 - 1.000 −20.721 - 1.000
D4 19 (13.3) 12 (7.2) −0.676 0.51 (0.24∼1.09) 0.081 −0.586 0.56 (0.25∼1.23) 0.149
D4a 9 (6.3) 9 (5.4) −0.158 0.85 (0.33∼2.21) 0.744 −0.232 0.79 (0.30∼2.12) 0.644
D4b 2 (1.4) 1 (0.6) −0.850 0.43 (0.04∼4.76) 0.489 −0.637 0.53 (0.05∼6.06) 0.608
D4b2 9 (6.3) 11 (6.6) 0.055 1.06 (0.42∼2.63) 0.906 0.112 1.12 (0.44∼2.87) 0.816
D4j 3 (2.1) 2 (1.2) −0.564 0.57 (0.09∼3.45) 0.540 0.017 1.02 (0.15∼6.77) 0.986
D4e 4 (2.8) 7 (4.2) 0.425 1.53 (0.44∼5.34) 0.505 0.401 1.49 (0.41∼5.39) 0.540
D4a/D4b 0 (0.0) 1 (0.6) 21.060 - 1.000 20.804 - 1.000
D5 12 (8.4) 13 (7.8) −0.075 0.93 (0.41∼2.10) 0.857 0.003 1.00 (0.43∼2.34) 0.994
F 11 (7.7) 17 (10.2) 0.314 1.37 (0.62∼3.03) 0.438 0.277 1.32 (0.58∼2.99) 0.508
G 8 (5.6) 11 (6.6) 0.180 1.20 (0.47∼3.06) 0.707 0.184 1.20 (0.46∼3.16) 0.709
M 1 (0.7) 2 (1.2) 0.549 1.73 (0.16∼19.30) 0.655 0.488 1.63 (0.14∼18.47) 0.694
M7 9 (6.3) 12 (7.2) 0.149 1.16 (0.47∼2.84) 0.745 0.049 1.05 (0.42∼2.62) 0.916
M8 8 (5.6) 11 (6.6) 0.180 1.20 (0.47∼3.06) 0.707 −0.010 0.99 (0.37∼2.63) 0.984
M9 3 (2.1) 2 (1.2) −0.564 0.57 (0.09∼3.45) 0.540 −0.384 0.68 (0.11∼4.26) 0.681
M10 2 (1.4) 0 (0.0) −21.366 - 0.999 −22.129 - 0.999
N9 7 (4.9) 11 (6.6) 0.321 1.38 (0.52∼3.66) 0.519 0.398 1.49 (0.54∼4.10) 0.440
R 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) - - - - - -
Macro-haplogroup M† 90 (62.9) 94 (56.6) −0.263 0.77 (0.49∼1.21) 0.260 −0.227 0.80 (0.50∼1.28) 0.348
Macro-haplogroup N‡ 53 (37.1) 72 (43.4) 0.263 1.30 (0.82∼2.06) 0.260 0.227 1.26 (0.78∼2.02) 0.348
Macro-haplogroup D§ 59 (41.3) 56 (33.7) −0.322 0.72 (0.46∼1.15) 0.173 −0.209 0.81 (0.50∼1.31) 0.394
Macro-haplogroup R∥ 32 (22.4) 45 (27.1) 0.255 1.29 (0.77∼2.17) 0.338 0.255 1.29 (0.75∼2.22) 0.357
Values are presented as number (%). RR: relative risk, CI: confidence interval. *Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index. †Macro-haplogroupM: D, D4, D4a, D4b, D4b2, D4j, D4e, D4a/D4b, D5, G, M, M7, M8, M9, and M10. ‡Macro-haplogroup N: A, B, F, N9, and R. §Macro-haplogroup D: D, D4, D4a, D4b, D4b2, D4j, D4e, D4a/D4b, and D5. ∥Macro-haplogroup R: B, F, and R..
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Our previous study suggested that participants with haplogroup B had a higher risk of OA development [2]. In the present study, we observed no significant relationship between the haplogroups and OA progression. Haplogroup B, which was associated with the development of OA in our previous study [2], appeared to be related to OA progression but did not show a significant difference in the present study. Haplogroup D4 showed a low frequency in the progression group but the value was not significant.
Several studies in western countries have described the relationship between OA progression and mtDNA haplogroups. Soto-Hermida et al. [10] found that patients with haplogroup T had the lowest increase in K/L score (hazard ratio=0.499; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 0.261∼0.815) and in other radiographic indicators for progression such as joint space narrowing, osteophytes, and subchondral sclerosis. They also studied OA progression and mtDNA haplogroups in a Spanish cohort [11]. Patients in cluster TJ showed slower radiographic OA progression than patients in cluster KU (hazard ratio=1.711; 95% CI: 1.037∼2.823).
In a case-control study of Asians, Fang et al. [16] reported that haplogroup G increased the risk of OA occurrence (OA group 4.3% vs. control 1.4%, odds ratio [OR]=3.834; p=0.03) and patients with haplogroup G showed a higher severity of progression (K/L score 4) of knee OA (OR=10.870, p=0.007). Additionally, they showed that haplogroup D4/D4a was related to the higher-severity OA. Although the designs of their studies differed from those of our cohort study, the frequency of haplogroup D4 may be lower in the progression group than in the non-progression group. In East Asians, the frequent sequence variations in the Korean population were very similar to those in Japanese and Northern Chinese populations [17]. However, the frequency of the haplogroups related to disease may vary by country.
In the previous study investigating the progression of OA, a K/L score change ≥1 was defined as OA progression [10,11]. However, we defined K/L score change >2 as a progression after approximately 8 years among patients who had a higher K/L score in both knees of 1 or 2 at the second (baseline) follow-up. Even when using this strict definition of OA progression, no meaningful haplogroup was identified. This result is thought to be related to the small number of participants defined as having early OA. However, this is the only study in Korea to evaluate the association between knee OA progression and mtDNA haplogroups. Additional large-scale studies are necessary to identify the mtDNA haplogroup related to OA, which will improve the early diagnosis and prevention in patients at a high risk of OA.
Several studies have suggested that haplogroup D4 is related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Liou et al. [18] suggested that haplogroup B4 was significantly associated with DM (OR 1.54 [95% CI 1.18∼2.02], p< 0.001), whereas haplogroup D4 showed borderline resistance against type 2 DM (OR 0.68 [95% CI 0.49∼0.94], p=0.02) in a Chinese population in Taiwan [18]. However, Jiang et al. [19] suggested that haplogroup D4 is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 DM (OR 1.47 [95% CI 1.22∼1.77], p<0.01) in a Uyghur population in China and that the 3010G>A variant is likely involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 DM. Fuku et al. [20] also suggested that haplogroup D4b in Korean men was associated with an increased risk of DM (OR 3.55 [95% CI 1.65∼8.34], p<0.01). Although the relationship between DM and haplogroup D4 shows variable results, considering that DM is associated with OA [21], haplogroup D4 may be associated with OA in Koreans.
Our study had several limitations. First, we investigated the progression of knee OA according to the K/L score change in knee radiographs after approximately 8 years. This follow-up period may not be sufficient to observe the progression of OA on knee radiographs. Long-term research designs using elaborate degenerative change screening methods are required to acquire more participants. Second, knee OA is generally defined as a K/L score of 2 or more; however, in our study, participants with a K/L score ≥1 at baseline were defined as having OA, as described previously [11]. Although the definition we used led to a larger number of participants, the sample size was still too small to obtain meaningful results. Third, although the parameters were adjusted for OA progression, we also need to consider variables related to risk factors for OA, such as anatomic factors, bone density, and physical activity. Fourth, functional scores such as the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) is important for evaluating dysfunction in patients with OA. However, this information was not available for the Ansung cohort. The WOMAC score can complement the definition of progression by the K/L score.
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In conclusion, no mtDNA haplogroup was found to be associated with the progression of OA in Koreans. Although not significant, haplogroup D4 may be associated with slower progression of OA. Large-scale studies are needed to determine the relationship between mtDNA haplogroups and OA.
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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2015R1D1A1A01057559).
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B.S.K, Y.K.S, and J.B.J. were involved in conception and design, interpretation of data. K.J.S. and N.H.C were involved in acquisition and analysis of data. Y.S., S.L., K.J.S., N.H.C., and J.B.J. were involved in acquisition and interpretation of data. All authors were involved in drafting and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.
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Wolves 2-1 United: 5 Matters Arising As Wolves Devoured United Again.
Manchester United 'repeated the Wolves exam' and failed again in the same examination hall (Molineux stadium) this evening, scoring the same 'marks' (scoreline of 2-1).
Here are five matters arising from this second failure.
1. THE THREE FRONT MEN
With Marcus Rashford out injured, Olè's choice of Lukaku, Lingard and Dalot turned out to be a calamity. Lukaku clearly lacked match fitness having just returned from injury (but he was still the best of them).
Dalot was surprisingly missing in action. He was first seen in the 68th minute!! Lingard deserves a full point and so will not be discussed yet.
2. WORST OF JESSE 'AWILO' LINGARD
This was probably Lingard's worst performance in a United shirt. After his initial first minute run and goal attempt, he shut down.
Lingard ended the match without creating a chance, completing a take on, intercepting a pass or making a tackle. To spice it up, he missed a one-on-one free header. How he played 90 minutes remains a mystery.
3. FRED AT THE DOUBLE.
Fred played at the base of the midfield today in place of Matic. It was a day of 'ice-cream and Alomo bitters' for him as he gave two assists; one for United and one for Wolves.
To be fair to him, he was unlucky today as he had a decent game only dented by the error that led to Wolves equalizer.
4. MCTOMINAY'S DAY.
This was arguably Scot McTomininay's best performance in a United shirt. Playing in the place of Herrera, the young academy graduate was fired up.
He scored his first senior United Premier league goal in classic style and could have got more, having missed two good chances. He was absolutely buzzing today.
5. LOST POGBA.
Paul 'Ikenna' Pogba continued exactly where he left off against Watford as once again the French man looked lost.
He looked like one who wasn't sure where he was supposed to be or what he was supposed to do on the pitch. A very poor performance from the world cup winner.
IN THE END, Manchester United started the match brightly like a halogen bulb but ended it like a kerosene lantern. Our top-four tires have been punctured.
Condolences to Ashley Young who was unfortunate to receive Mike Dean's 100th red card in the Premier League. What a landmark card!!
UP NEXT, Barcelona....Stay Tuned to ManUtdNaijaFM
Was it an unlucky game, or a bad game for United?
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A Call to China
Benny Moon: Racing the Medicine Wheel
Benny Moon Eats Dirt
Clown William
Clown William and the Lincoln County War
Clown William and the Wind of Vengeance
The Cornbread Letters
Crooked Lines
Island Whispers
Medicine Hat Moments
Ms. Mulligan and the Enchanted Ice Cream
Mystery Muffin & Soda Pop Slooth: The Legend of Mr. Creepy
Mystery Muffin & Soda Pop Slooth: The Ghost of Crippler's Creek
Path of the Half Moon
Courses of the Cursed
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WWCC Heroes
Blue moon musings...writing about dreams, spirits, and magic.
In his classic tome, Making Shapely Fiction, author Jerome Stern describes one (of many) fiction archetypes called Blue Moon stories. Blue Moon stories, according to Stern, "appeal to our deepest selves. We enter the world of magic, myth, and dream...our sleeping world, our childhood tales, our religious beliefs are full of happenings whose reality is not of this earth." These types of stories can make great suspense, spooky, or fantasy novels.
These types of stories aren't just for grown-ups either. Classic blue moon stories from childhood often leave a lasting impression on our world view, inform our dreams, and inspire us in later life. While it's tempting to go crazy with your imagination in these types of stories, they can end up with cliché ideas that readers will reject, and it can be hard to be fresh and new.
If readers like the world you're creating, though, chances are the readers will follow you into it. Their 'willing suspension of disbelief" will get them through the door, but you have to keep them there. How? By having the storyteller go along for the ride with the reader and admit their limitations (I'm simply reporting what was told to me long ago by my grandfather, who heard it from his grandfather, and so on).
Building the odd or mysterious events into the narrative early and having the narrator also experience moments of disbelief about the strange happenings is an effective tool. It helps the reader relate to the narrator and they'll be more open to magical and spiritual concepts.
You can and should use magical and mystical elements in your story, but keep the rules consistent. If you are creating a galaxy where all beings are wisps of smoke, don't have them lounging in a chair. If you are working through time travel scenarios, make sure you lay out the rules early, and don't cheat the reader by breaking them at the last minute.
If you are mixing in normal people, places, or things into a story with magical elements, make sure the reality details add up. If your character that sees dead people has to pick up dry cleaning, follow the rules of our world and make sure they have their ticket. Be particular about plausibility. If magical or spiritual elements are going to resonate with readers, the world around them needs to be believable. You don't want your readers to get sidetracked figuring out why "that would never happen" when it's something simple and real and we all already know the rules.
Save the special unbelievable elements for the fantasy aspects of the story...the magic, the spirits, the inner voice that calls all of us to believe in blue moons.
Read with your kids this summer. They’ll thank you for it!
Decades of research tells us that to become effective readers and writers, children need a boatload of opportunities to talk and listen to verbal language, to learn about print and books, to learn new words, and to build their knowledge of the world. The National Institute for Literacy’s brochure, A Child Becomes a Reader, offers proven ideas for mothers, fathers, grandparents, and caregivers to pave the road for their child to become a successful reader.
The single most important activity you can do for them? Reading aloud. Reading to your children with their active participation helps them learn more about the world, learn new words, improve fluency and develop comprehension.
This summer, keep reading on the to-do list! Check out these hot summer reads for kindergarten through fourth graders:
Pablo Prairie Dog and the WWCC Heroes will resonate with both sporty kids and brainiacs. With gorgeous colorful illustrations, the book features a cast of wild half-animal, half-human creatures that play a mix of chess and professional wresting. Through his adventures with WWCC All Star team, Pablo Prairie Dog discovers his own importance and learns that value is found in all of us, no matter our size or differences. Amazon; B&N; Books-A-Million
Curious Critters Marine features incredible photographs depicting 20 common and fascinating sea creatures. Fun and education narratives round out the visuals. Amazon; B&N; IndieBound
If You Love Honey will fascinate kids with an illustrated adventure through the natural world. It’s all about honey! Amazon; B&N; IndieBound
Bottle Cap Boys – Dancing on Royal Street will enthrall young readers with an upbeat rhyme and New Orleans traditions made for kids. Amazon; B&N; IndieBound
Selling Eggs – Trash to Treasure Series, Recycling Creatively with L.T. will inspire kids with cute chicks, pocket money, and creative recycling ideas. With lots to build on in the classroom, kids will learn about taking care of our environment in a fun and charming way. Amazon; B&N; IndieBound
Revisionist? History.
Jerome Stern wrote in his time-honored tome on creative writing, Making Shapely Fiction, that, "a story that appears full-blown, finished, and completely realized in its first draft is rarer than the ninety-yard pass, the hole-in-one, or the sixty-foot basket....for writers the general rule is revision."
In today's world of flash fiction, six-second videos, and 140 character limitations, revisions can seem outdated. Got a cell phone? You're a writer. Have 100 followers reading about your love for corn-based foods? You're a blogger. It seems in today's world of quick hits, the lost art of editing can be, well, lost.
Revisions are the heart and soul of a story. Yes, the first blush of inspiration can be intoxicating. But even Mozart had lots of dark, inky blobs on his parchment. Because even geniuses don’t get it right on the first try. In fact, we believe that honing the manuscript, digging into the details, removing unneeded adverbs, and adding that essential detail to your character’s backstory… are what will make your writing fall into melodic perfection.
Mr. Stern goes on to encourage writers not to get hung up on first-draft ideas, but also not to mercilessly cut passages that may be their freshest just because they are weird. Revisions can take a story sideways, or up, down, or forward. You may end up with a completely different story than you started with. This can sometimes freak writers out, but we say revisions are the layers on your cake, the cherry on your sundae, and the gravy for your biscuits.
Allow revising your manuscript to be progressive, but know when to call it quits. Once you’ve taken the story as far as it can go at this moment in time – it could be one revision or six – it is time to let your creation live on its own. Pull the plug and let it sing. Like Mozart, you’ll eventually hit all the right notes.
Nothing but trash! Romancing the prose for the modern age.
The romance novel swept onto the publishing scene like a tornado back in the 1970's and early 1980's, capturing readers, mostly women, across the country in it's deluge. Back then, the romance novel contained mysterious handsome sheiks, hunky bad-boy pirates, and wealthy rogue noblemen, all of whom were the sum total of the reader's secret fantasies.
In the early days, romance readers feared exposure of their need to read these small paperbacks. They read alone at night or they purchased cloth book covers disguising the steamy images on the front cover. In short, they were embarrassed to be seen with a romance novel.
The nay-sayers in the industry cried, "Nothing but trash! Little worthless paperbacks full of smut and sex! Ignore them and they will go away!”
So these paperbacks were ignored by book critics, from newspapers to literary magazines. Readers across the globe went into hiding, devouring these love stories secretly. To admit to reading romance novels back then was akin to slipping down dark allies in search of opium dens! The romance genre soon earned the moniker, "Bodice-rippers." Romance novels became the joke of the literary world.
That was then. Romance novels endured the storm, and are now a multi-million dollar industry, comprising roughly 80% of book sales in today's market. Readers don't hide these paperbacks as much as they once did, but some remain cautious about owning their love for this genre.
The genre has grown from "bodice-rippers" to modern day takes on love and romance for all audiences, in a variety of settings, couplings, and levels of intimacy. Subgenres within romance include historical, erotic, inspirational, paranormal, and mystery/thriller, to name a few.
Love it, or not, romance novels are here to stay. Share the love and read one today!
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Mr Fixits Tips App Offers Free Horse Racing & Soccer Betting Tips
In-play betting tips and an exclusive Daily Double are among the features of a new tipping app launched by renowned football betting guru Mr Fixit Tips. The free app, which is available on iOS and Android mobile devices, sends alert notifications every time a tip is posted by Paul Jain, the long-time football tipster for Scottish newspaper The Daily Record and mastermind of popular tipping service MrFixitTips.co.uk.
A strong selling point of the app is the in-play service, which sees real-time tips sent directly to a user’s smartphone or tablet, allowing them to quickly place bets on live matches. The popularity of in-play sports betting has soared in the UK and abroad, but prior to the launch of the Mr Fixit Tips app there had been a notable absence of a live betting tipping service.
As well as receiving tips as the action unfolds, users of the Mr Fixit Tips app are treated to a Daily Double, a feature that is not shared on the website. They can also bet directly through the app, with a Bet Now feature taking them straight to the iPhone bookmakers offering the best odds on the suggested bets.
Hello Tipsters, a company specialising in tipping service apps, came up with a simple and efficient interface for the Mr Fixit Tips app, which offers an easy-to-navigate layout that will appeal to the sports betting consumer.
Mr FixitsTips.co.uk has enjoyed widespread growth since it was launched by Jain in 2010, with over 5000 members signing up for the service along with millions of unique visitors on the website.
By now notifying fans of his tips rather than asking them do the leg work, Jain is banking on a large portion of the site’s subscribers downloading the app on to their i-Phone, Samsung Galaxy or other mobile device.
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One Baby Boomer humorist desperately trying to turn back the clock through parody, satire, & anything else you want.
Oy!
Nouveau Old, Formerly Cute
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My Dinner with Dick (Nixon)
He was this close!
Minus the hand gesture and the helicopter
This is a story about me and Dick.
No, it has nothing to do with sex. Not directly anyway.
It is rather a story about me and former President of the United States Richard M. Nixon and the evening we had dinner together at a restaurant in Philadelphia in the mid 198o's. Those of you who regularly watch Fox News can stop salivating. I didn't get to meet the man, share ripostes, or lovingly wipe his chin of butter sauce, although I was close enough to profoundly admire his bridgework.
I am somewhat of an autograph hound. That is, I am interested in celebrities (at least those born before 1970) and possessed of a keen desire to feel in some way connected to them. Unfortunately I am not overly blessed with THE GUTS TO APPROACH THEM! And therein lies the tale.
"That's Richard Nixon!" said my date Elise as a familiar foursome walked into the restaurant in which we were seated in the midst of our second date that evening. Looking up, I recognized the former President of the United States, his wife Pat, his daughter Julie, and her husband David Eisenhower being led to a table not 15 feet from us.
"Let's get his autograph!" Elise cried. "C'mon, Perry let's go!"
"No, no, no, no!" I shot back. "He's a crook and cheat and we don't want or need his autograph!" I said firmly, lying my ass off --- not about Mr. Nixon ---but about my reason for keeping said ass planted securely in my restaurant seat.
"Perry, he is a major world leader of the twentieth century!"
"Ellen, he's probably surrounded by secret service men. We'll be grabbed and whisked away for exhaustive interrogation by two sadistic cops straight out of central casting! Trust me, they won't let anyone get near him!"
Now I've used this excuse many times before, including the time I failed to pursue the autograph of Rupert G, the guy who runs the deli next to The David Letterman Show. But it seemed to quiet down Elise, who thereupon settled into her French Onion Soup and our dinner conversation, the former hopefully a bit warmer than the latter.
An hour and a half later as we received the check and Mr. Nixon and his entourage rose to leave, two sweet little blond girls, about four and six years old respectively, ran up to the former President and asked for his autograph.
They were not grabbed.
They were not whisked away for exhaustive interrogation by two sadistic cops straight out of central casting.
They didn't even look like Republicans.
Mr. Nixon flashed his jowly smile so broadly it appeared he was about to shoot his arms into the air and make the patented victory sign so often dispensed during his Presidency. He seemed truly delighted, almost as if he now felt vindicated at long last in the eyes of history, his fellow man, and the two little girls, for whom he graciously signed autographs. They beamed with happiness.
My dinner date was not beaming so happily.
"Well, Elise," I stammered, "it ... uh ... looks like maybe we ...um .... did squander a bit of an opportunity here."
"That's not the only opportunity you've squandered here, buster!" she said.
And that's the story about my dinner with Dick. And though I didn't actually get to meet the 37th President of the United States, I do have this to say about him:
Damn you, Richard Nixon!
On that particular evening, you really were a crook!
A shorter version of this piece was published in the Broad Street Review under the title Foiled by Tricky Dick. And I was.
Posted by Perry Block at 2:10 PM
Labels: autographs, dating, humor, My Baby Boomer Life, Politics as Unusual, Richard Nixon
Hi Perry,
I was wondering if I could get your autograph. I've never known anyone who got close enough to a U.S. President to smell the hubris. If this is too much trouble, maybe you could get Ellen to give me an autograph . . . and number. I wouldn't grieve too much over the date ending the way it did. Onion soup breath is hideous. Ron
Perry Block said...
And it is especially hideous for me who hates cheese! Yes, I can see why you would want my autograph, Ron; I was literally close enough to Mr. Nixon to lick his five o' clock shadow, but of course, too shy to do so! Thanks for writing.
Barbara Silkstone said...
Perry… Six Degrees from Richard Nixon? Very cool. So where does that put Kevin Bacon?
I'm not sure, but I checked my genealogy. I'm such a loser it turns out I'm seven degrees from Kevin Bacon.
Russell said...
I'd say having two dates with Ellen in one evening was even a greater accomplishment than seeing Tricky Dick eye to jowls. Poor Dick was any more crooked than those before or after him, he just got caught. And what about those tapes? Why didn't he just record himself singing in the shower.
Yes, I understand Mr. Nixon did have a date with Ellen later that evening and the ex-President emerged with his arms high in the air. And she got an autograph. I think Mr. Nixon was a shade more crooked than some of the others, but his biggest crime was being such a style-less douchebag in the first place. He was a man easy to dislike. Singing in the shower? Have to ask that gol-durned Ellen about that!
Perry Block
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Good Morning Everyone,
The quilts poured in to Knoxville on June 11, 2009. The final count was 86. The trailer was so full by the time Catherine and Gail got here, that they wondered where everything was going to go. The cameras from three television stations were rolling, the reporters had their mics turned on. The city and country mayors declared Thursday, “Quilts of Valor Day”. Catherine got to ride in the first humvee in their escort by the 278th. (Her son had ridden in a similar vehicle in Iraq.) Before all the events were over, they had presented three Quilts of Valor on Thursday and one on Friday in Tellico Village. It was some of the best media coverage they received during the entire trip, including at Camp Lejeune.
Helping to hand out the quilts to 1200 members of the 3/8 was a thrill to us: my husband, Gene (USN Retired), and me. A special thanks goes to Laurens Tullock, and Cornerstone Foundation, who paid for the Ackermann Public Relations Firm to work on the project, Mike Cohen of Ackermann PR and Kyleleen Casteel, Manager of Comfort Inn and Suites at Cedar Bluff. On the military side, thanks go to Commander Pontier, commanding officer of the Naval Operations Center in Knoxville, Major Murray with the 278th Tennessee National Guard, and Captain Easterling, commanding officer of the Marines Recruiting and Reserve Center in Knoxville. Without all of these wonderful people, the entire event would have been like just a small pebble dropped in a huge lake. Instead, we made a big splash in Tennessee.
More thanks go to those of you for all you did to make this possible. The quilters in McMinn, Bradley, Polk, Monroe and Meigs County, paid for the hotel rooms. The members of Smoky Mountain Quilt Guild in Western NC paid for the meeting room. A special thanks to Carlie Nichols, Janet Yuse and Regina Tullock for their help on Thursday.
I won’t tell you all the details, but I do want to share three short clips.
The moment that helped me understand how important these quilts are to the men and women who receive them: Captain Easterling lost three men, who were serving with the 3/8 in Afghanistan. He has been to Iraq two times. His schedule did not allow time for a QOV to be awarded to him, yet he rescheduled his Graduate Record exam so that he could receive a very special quilt presented to him by the President of the Tellico Village Quilters.
The moment that helped me totally understand why we are doing this: A Vietnam vet visited with us on Thursday afternoon. He had attended a convention of Vietnam vets in Washington recently and he had received a quilt (Not a QOV) during that convention. It was black and white and listed a people from the Jacksonville, NC area, who had been killed during Vietnam. It was my understanding that he currently works on projects assisting widows of the Vietnam war. We do not want another generation of warriors to suffer what our Vietnam vets have suffered. In many ways, our present day warriors are suffering. The suicide rate is at its highest, threatening to claim more victims than the war itself. Our quilts can ease some of that suffering and its something we must do.
The moment that helped me see how important these quilts are to members of the 3/8: QOV posted its first thank you letter on Tuesday from a member of the 3/8. He stated that the people were displaying their quilts with pride. That you could walk down the hall and see quilt after quilt on racks (That’s beds to those of you who don’t know military jargon.) If you know anything about the military, you know that this is totally uncharacteristic.
To paraphrase Catherine: We are “still at war” and we should “still be quilting”. We have not only this generation of warriors to cover, but once they are covered, we have a multitude of vets from other wars to cover. We hope you will make every effort to help. —-Beth
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Couples in Tenn. same-sex marriage lawsuit seek injunction
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Four same-sex couples are asking a federal judge for a preliminary injunction that would force Tennessee to recognize their marriages.
By Staff Reports Thursday, November 21, 2013
From left: Plaintiffs Dr. Valeria Tanco and Dr. Sophy Jesty, John Espejo and Matthew Mansell, Kellie Miller and Vanessa DeVillez (Sgt. First Class Ijpe DeKoe and Thom Kostura not pictured.)Photo:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four same-sex couples are asking a federal judge for a preliminary injunction that would force Tennessee to recognize their marriages.
The couples filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Nashville last month challenging Tennessee laws that prohibit recognition of same-sex marriages. They claim in court filings that the laws violate constitutional guarantees of equal protection and due process.
From left: Plaintiffs Dr. Valeria Tanco and Dr. Sophy Jesty, John Espejo and Matthew Mansell, Kellie Miller and Vanessa DeVillez (Sgt. First Class Ijpe DeKoe and Thom Kostura not pictured.)
The request for the injunction would apply only to the four couples who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. If approved, it would be in effect while their case works its way through the courts.
The couples, who include a full-time Army reservist and his husband and two professors of veterinary medicine, all formerly lived and married in other states and later moved to Tennessee to pursue careers and make new homes for their families.
The lawsuit argues that Tennessee’s laws prohibiting recognition of the couples’ marriages violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and due process and the constitutionally protected right to travel between and move to other states.
A spokeswoman for the state attorney general’s office said in an email that attorneys there are reviewing the filing and are prepared to defend Tennessee law and the state constitution.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
Marriage Equality, Tanco v. Haslam, Tennessee
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TANDEM NOW Farewell Party on 20.10.2014 in Aalen: targeted entry into professional apprenticeships through mentoring, Germany
 Young people are faced with numerous challenges during their first steps towards pursuing a professional career. The choice of professions is frequently limited due to a lack of role models, a reduced horizon of experience and uncertainty about which talents they have to contribute to the job market. This decision-making phase is particularly challenging for young people who would like to complete their apprenticeships far away from home.
Seven young people, who successfully entered into apprenticeships via training placements, have accomplished the journey to finding a suitable apprenticeship. They are justifiably proud of their courage, their new professional skills and their stamina. Without these qualities they would not have made it this far. Furthermore, the support provided by the TANDEM NOW mentors was also helpful: they accompanied them during the 4-month period and provided support by means of blended mentoring (personal support and through social media).
The apprentices’ success was duly celebrated at a farewell party on 20.10.2014 in Aalen and the mentors were thanked for their unfailing commitment. Everyone involved agreed that this support as well as the mentoring approach was a great help and that the approach of blended mentoring undoubtedly corresponds to the demands of a future-oriented, professional support system.
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Fifth And Final A350 XWB Test Aircraft Enters Final Assembly Line
Fifth and final A350 XWB test aircraft enters final assembly line – Nov 04, 2013– Blagnac, France (Techreleased) – Assembly of MSN5, the fifth and final member of the A350 XWB flight test fleet is now underway with the fuselage joining process. This follows the recent arrival of the three fuselage sections at the A350 XWB final assembly line in Toulouse, France.
MSN5 is the second of the A350 flight test aircraft that will feature a passenger cabin. This aircraft will fly for the first time in Spring 2014 and will be used essentially to perform cabin related flight tests. It will also participate in the Early Long Flights where the “passengers” are Airbus employees. This allows the cabin and related systems to be submitted to near realistic operations in order to ensure a mature cabin at entry into service. In addition, MSN5 will carry out Route Proving flights to demonstrate to the certification authorities that the aircraft performs perfectly in airport operations.
To date the two A350 XWB test aircraft, MSN1 and MSN3 have clocked up over 500 flight test hours in more than 100 test flights. The A350 XWB has already won more than 760 firm orders from 39 customers worldwide. First delivery will be to Qatar Airways in the second half of 2014.
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“Ghachar Ghochar” by Vivek Shanbhag
Translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur
117 pgs. | pb | 9789352775057 | $15.00
Review by Kira Baran
What purpose does a book serve if its content can be neatly condensed onto, and thereby extracted from, its book jacket? Intentionally or not, author Vivek Shanbhag answers this fundamental question in a surprising way with Ghachar Ghochar.
Translated into English from the Kannada by Srinath Perur, Ghachar Ghochar (2015) is the eighth fictional work published by acclaimed writer Vivek Shanbhag. In its tale of an impoverished Indian family whose lifestyle capsizes after gaining sudden wealth from starting a spice trade company, the novella’s themes touch upon those tackled by such American classics as Death of a Salesman and A Raisin in the Sun.
If its plot is reminiscent of A Raisin in the Sun, its narrator—an unnamed, unassuming young man who kills time by reflecting on day-to-day observations—is reminiscent of The Great Gatsby’s Nick Carraway. Despite playing no active role in the constant social conflict within which he gets entangled, he finds that his owns world is spinning. So, too, is the coffee he seems to be indefinitely stirring at Coffee House—an old-world café where he seeks comfort in the familiar. The familiar being the old ways of life.
Through the narrator’s flashbacks, readers learn that coffee is not the only thing brewing at Coffee House. A newly rich man with no need to work, it is at this café that he churns through memories, attempting to make sense of his increasingly turbulent domestic affairs by pinpointing the moment they went awry. The narrator recounts how his uncle, the family breadwinner, transformed from washed up salesman to CEO almost overnight. What follows is a disruption of family order that parallels that of larger Indian society during the nation’s recent era of industrialization, feminist enlightenment, and socioeconomic transition.
The flashbacks also tell of old and new generations at war within his family, including battles between his mother and his new wife regarding a woman’s place within the delicate familial dynamic. Feminist undertones fully emerge by story’s end, when the narrator is left sitting alone, wondering if his marriage has permanently collapsed or if his wife will return. Clearly, it is no longer he who is in control of the power struggle that has become of his once happy marriage.
At its heart, Ghachar Ghochar is a book of chaos: the line where modernity and traditional culture clash. Take the case of the narrator’s family gaining unexpected—and ultimately detrimental—prosperity by capitalistic means as they enter the big, bad business world. Here, the old sentiment “be careful what you wish for” does well to describe Ghachar Ghochar’s thematic complexity. For, after careful meditation, the only conclusion the narrator is able to reach is that neither financial prosperity nor feminism immediately translate to social peace; both require hard work to make their unadulterated ideals a lasting success.
All of these flashbacks materialize in the symbolic scene of ants overrunning the narrator’s former home—ants, he observes, that uncharacteristically fall out of line, choosing to march independently rather than in orderly single-file rows. Like the ants, so do the novella’s characters march to the beat of their own drum. With newfound money comes newfound boldness as the younger generations dare to defy expectation by falling outside the lines drawn by the hierarchical conventions of traditional Indian society.
If there is one constant throughout the chaos, it is the narrator’s recurring comments on the difficulty of explaining things—be they events, feelings, actions, or behavioral motives—to people who don’t possess the full contextual background of the circumstance in question. In one scene, the narrator’s wife becomes upset after witnessing her husband kill an ant for (at least to her) no discernible reason. The narrator then laments on the hopelessness of trying to get her to understand his actions without him first explaining their deep-rooted context. He confides to readers: “How was I to explain to her my history with ants? It would make no sense to someone who hadn’t lived through something similar” (p. 76).
And in this way, Vivek Shanbhag masterfully touches upon why we read stories in the first place: books are written because they are the only means we have to thoroughly explain a circumstance by showing audiences the context leading up to that circumstance. In the case of this novella, flashbacks are employed because past and perspective are essential to explaining how and why things are what they are today—be it why the narrator kills ants, or why India is experiencing a socioeconomic reorganization. Context is everything in this story—a story of past, present, and how the two influence the future. It gives words (including the titular “ghachar ghochar,” a made-up phrase whose meaning only exists within the inside joke of the characters who invented it) their very meaning. As Vivek Shanbhag writes in this novella, “Language communicates in terms of what is already known; it chokes up when asked to deal with the entirely unprecedented.” In the end, past, perspective, and context are what book jackets lack in giving a text its meaning.
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TMR 10.13: “Dogs” [DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT]
“Italian Short Stories” ed. by Jhumpa Lahiri
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WORLD CLEAN-UP THE ENVIRONMENT DAY: 21 SEPTEMBER 2019
The Haenertsburg Residents and Ratepayers Association (HRRA) led an initiative together with the Friends of the Haenertsburg Grasslands (FroHG) and Rotary Haenertsburg in the World cleanup day on 21st September. It was arranged by Dr Ali Halajian from the Unversity of Limpopo.
Dr Ali together, with students from the university, a big contingent from Mr Eugene Schutte’s waste department at GTM and Friends from Polokwane Nature Reserve under the auspices of Lisa Grosel, assisted in this very important event.
Haenertsburg Grasslands
The grasslands around the village of Haenertsburg are highly endangered and considerable community effort is put towards their preservation. They are a remnant piece of afro-montane grassland in South Africa. Rotary has assisted the Friends of the Haenertsburg Grasslands (FroHG) with signage to keep the area as pristine, undisturbed and unspoilt as possible. In Springtime, the wildflowers are spectacular and since 2014, guided walks have been offered to the public at specific times to see some of the colourful displays of indigenous plants on the grasslands.
Friends of the Haenertsburg Grasslands -FroHG is a group of dedicated, highly skilled individuals who manage, maintain and fight for the survival of the grasslands on an ongoing and voluntary basis.
To become a member and support this worthwhile cause, please visit their website at: www.frohg.org
Water Harvesting at Haenertsburg Primary School
Rotary purchased a tank and guttering to harvest rainwater at Haenertsburg Primary School. This is in support of the Preserve Planet Earth initiatives that our club champions wherever it can. This was done in December 2017. Thanks to community members who assisted with the installation.
TEACHING YOUNGSTERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
As part of our Preserve Planet Earth initiatives, a group of about 40 learners from Glenshiel Primary School in Haenertsburg were treated to a day's outing at Polokwane Game Reserve in May 2016. They were given booklets and coloured pencils to colour in animals in the booklet and record the names of the animals they saw and learnt about. These booklets were prepared and supplied by the Interacters from Stanford Lake College. The group were taught about preserving the animals and natural environment and NOT TO LITTER!! This was presented to them at the Polokwane Game Reserve Intepretative Centre and during a bush walk led by the professional Reserve guides. The learners wrote letters of thanks to Rotary for their wonderful and educational day out. An example of one of these is shown below.
MIKE GARDNER ARBORETUM
As part of Rotary Haenertsburg's commitment to Preserve Planet Earth projects in the area, the Haenertsburg Village International Arboretum was identified as a worthy project to adopt and nurture. At a small ceremony on Saturday, 13 February 2016 to launch Rotary's involvement with the Arboretum, which was the brainchild of local resident Mike Gardner; a plaque was erected in his honour : "The Mike Gardner Arboretum". The first trees were planted in 1993 in a layout that loosely represented the 5 rings of the Olympic symbol with trees from the five continents. In his address at the ceremony Mike thanked Rotary and current President Maria da Silva, for recognizing the importance of trees and the special area that is a part of the Village to be enjoyed and be of educational value to all residents and visitors alike. The trees have identification tags and special trees have been singled out for more comprehensive information boards.
The Mike Gardner Arboretum 'Market Square' in the centre of the Village of Haenertsburg. The Community Centre and Library buildings can be seen within this square. The Long Tom Monument is in the cluster of trees bottom right, and on the left border, the outlines of 2 Labyrinths can be seen. The Plaque has been erected at the corner, top right.
President Maria da Silva
Mike Gardner looking at the Plaque in his honour.
The Opening function on Saturday, 13 February 2016
Rotary Recycling Project
The energy saved from recycling a single tin can save enough energy to run a TV set for 3 hours!
Here are two more facts about recycling:
- If all newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!
- A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years to decompose — possibly longer if it’s in the landfill.
We all need to recycle and everyone that does so will make a difference. The Rotary Club of Haenertsburg in conjunction with Marius Koekemoer from Tzaneen, are promoting recycling in the area. Marius has agreed to collect all waste on a Monday from the mountain. Foodzone sells coloured plastic bags to be used for these items; you can use any coloured bag. Please do not use the black bags for recycled waste as Tzaneen Municipality will not allow Marius’ vehicles to collect black bags even if they are filled with recyclable items. A coloured bag dropped at either the Clearwaters or Haenertsburg refuse/dump site will go straight to Marius. Waste from farms and small holdings can be taken there any time. Please speak to all your family members and staff so that 80% of your refuse goes into these (black) bags and only 20% of refuse - food, polystyrene etc. will be taken away on Tuesdays by the Tzaneen Municipality. Several householders in Haenertsburg regularly put out their recycling bags, but everyone is encouraged to join this really important programme.
Haenertsburg Rotary challenges all businesses, schools, the police, the Post Office and the Library, as well as Thusanang and Bjatladi to begin recycling. Presently Foodzone and the
Past President Patricia Baragwanath and Piet Shai, worker at the refuse dump at the recycling skip
Pot and Plow have joined the recycling project. Please contact Marius Koekemoer on 083 628 6080 if your business is going to start recycling and he can arrange to collect from your premises.
Please note that you will NOT have to have 5 different containers for your waste. It will get sorted in Tzaneen. You require one LARGE refuse bin with a COLOURED bag to throw in
your recyclable waste and a SMALL refuse bin with a BLACK bag to throw in your disposable waste. Almost everything (except foodstuffs) is recyclable. Please rinse all the soiled items (tuna tins/milk bottles) and you will be able to collect large quantities without having to have them smelling in your back yard. If you think it could be reused, then put it in. If it is not suitable, it will be disposed of by Marius. Make this a family project and teach our children how to “SAVE PLANET EARTH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.”
Recycling is an important part of integrated waste management and has the following benefits:
SAVES RAW MATERIALS - Using recyclables rather than raw material to make new products
uses less energy, water and other resources during the manufacturing process
saves natural resources as recyclables are used as raw materials
REDUCES POLLUTION - Using recyclables rather than raw material to make new products
could result in less air and water pollution during the manufacturing process
SAVES LANDFILL SPACE - Using recyclables as raw materials results in less waste going to landfill, and
extends the life of landfills so saving scarce landfill space
saves the cost of purchasing and maintaining new landfill sites
reduces the cost of transporting waste
REDUCES LITTERING - Collecting potential waste for recycling
could reduce littering
could minimise the negative impact of litter on the environment and tourism
could reduce the cost of picking up litter
Glenshiel Kruger National Park Feedback
Learners from the Glenshiel Primary School in Haenertsburg were sponsored by our Club to go on a day trip to Kruger National Park.
They were given a pre-tour talk about the value of preserving the environment and the importance of the animals they would see in the Park.
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Amanda Bynes Checks Out Of Rehab, Heads To Los Angeles For The Holidays
After a wild year, Amanda Bynes is going home. According to TMZ, the 27-year-old actress has checked out of The Canyon rehab facility in Malibu where she’d been seeking treatment for mental illness since September.
Bynes had been receiving inpatient treatment, and doctors determined that her conditioned had stabilized thanks to medication and counseling. She plans to stay at her family’s home in the greater Los Angeles area, under the supervision of her mother, and will also receive outpatient treatment during this time. Before arriving at The Canyon, Bynes was in the psychiatric ward of UCLA Hospital after being placed on a 5150 involuntary hold following a string of erratic behavior, wigs and regrettable Twitter activity.
Here’s hoping the talented performer and former child star is getting the help she needs. Take a look at her transformation before the public eye, below.
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I am the part of the Green Olympics
Ladies and gentlemen:
Today, my speech is "I am the part of the Green Olympics".
"Green Olympics" is one of the Three Themes of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Therefore the Beijing government had made a great effort in order to protect the environment, build more "Green project", keep the ecological balance, push the recycling economy, and protect the water resource. But if only the government take the action to realize the Green Olympics in 2008, its not enough. As a Beijing high school student, we should play an active role in the actions aimed at the realization of Green Olympics. So we should start it from ourselves, our family, our friends and other people around us.
In 2001, in the Moscow world trade center, when the former chairman of the International Olympic Committee, Samaranch had said: "Beijing, China!" As a Beijing citizen, as a Chinese, I had a great joy for my city, for my home country from the bottom of my heart! But after the excitement that Beijing had been succeed in the race to host the Olympic Game in 2008. I started to worry about the dusty air, the sandstorm, the polluted rivers and lakes; the streets without any green and whether we could successfully host the Olympic Games in 2008.
Four years later, today, we can see 229 day blue sky in one year, we can hardly catch a glimpse of the sandstorm, groups of wild duck comes back to Shishahai Lake in the spring, and all the streets are dressed in green. All these make me deeply believe that Beijing will surely succeed in 2008! And all these achievements are not only the result that made by the Beijing government, but also by the 14 millions Beijing citizens. As one of the 14 millions normal citizens, I am also adding my contribution to our Green Olympic!
I used to have a habit, which is to take two longtime showers every day. It was a big waste of water. One day, I saw a piece of news in Beijing Daily that about the lack of the Beijing water resource. Its said every year Beijing use up about 3.7 billions cubic meter of water. But Miyun reservoir only contains 0.77 billions cubic meter of water, and Guanting reservoir only contains 0.19 billion cubic meter of water. This shows we are really short of water now! After reading this news, I start to change my habit, and only take one quick shower each day. I have calculated that if everyone economizes one cubic meter of water during they are taking the shower in a month; the Beijing citizens will economize 14 million cubic meter of water in only one month! In 2004, as the Beijing Irrigation Apartment reported that since 2001 Beijing has succeeded in the application of hosting the Olympic game in 2008. Beijing government had started 26 programs in order to economize the water resource. After 3 years doing this, these programs have saved 0.437 billions cubic meter of water. Its as big as a four-sized Huairou reservoir! And now, in my daily life, in my family, we always think about protecting the environment and saving the resource whenever we doing what. The batteries, the aged newspapers, the empty glass bottles and all the recyclable garbage, we will CLasSify them then put them in different trash cans; we make the most use of the nature light and shut off the electrical light conveniently; and when we shopping, we will bring a nylon bag with us instead of plastic bags; during the feast, I do not send any card in order to protect the forest resource; after washing the clothes, we wont dump the used water but use it to flash the toilet… All in all, we should start from every little thing around us to truly realize the "Green Olympic".
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Sentiment, Contents, and Retweets: A Study of Two Vaccine-Related Twitter Datasets
Elizabeth B Blankenship, MPH; Mary Elizabeth Goff, MPH; Jingjing Yin, PhD;
Zion Tsz Ho Tse, PhD; King-Wa Fu, PhD; Hai Liang, PhD; Nitin Saroha, MS;
Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, PhD
Perm J 2018;22:17-138 [Full Citation]
https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/17-138
Introduction: Social media platforms are important channels through which health education about the utility and safety of vaccination is conducted.
Objective: To investigate if tweets with different sentiments toward vaccination and different contents attract different levels of Twitter users’ engagement (retweets).
Methods: A stratified random sample (N = 1425) of 142,891 #vaccine tweets (February 4, 2010, to November 10, 2016) was manually coded. All 201 tweets with 100 or more retweets from 194,259 #vaccineswork tweets (January 1, 2014, to April 30, 2015) were manually coded. Regression models were applied to identify factors associated with retweet frequency.
Results: Among #vaccine tweets, provaccine tweets (adjusted prevalence ratio = 1.5836, 95% confidence interval = 1.2130-2.0713, p < 0.001) and antivaccine tweets (adjusted prevalence ratio = 4.1280, 95% confidence interval = 3.1183-5.4901, p < 0.001) had more retweets than neutral tweets. No significant differences occurred in retweet frequency for content categories among antivaccine tweets. Among 411 links in provaccine tweets, Twitter (53; 12.9%), content curator Trap.it (14; 3.4%), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (8; 1.9%) ranked as the top 3 domains. Among 325 links in antivaccine tweets, social media links were common: Twitter (44; 14.9%), YouTube (25; 8.4%), and Facebook (10; 3.4%). Among highly retweeted #vaccineswork tweets, the most common theme was childhood vaccinations (40%; 81/201); 21% mentioned global vaccination improvement/efforts (42/201); 29% mentioned vaccines can prevent outbreaks and deaths (58/201).
Conclusion: Engaging social media key opinion leaders to facilitate health education about vaccination in their tweets may allow reaching a wider audience online.
Communicating the benefits of vaccination to the public remains a challenge amid the presence of the antivaccination movement.1 This movement causes hesitance and criticism among parents regarding vaccines for myriad reasons, including lack of trust in government and the pharmaceutical industry, feared acute and long-term side effects, and concern over the chemical makeup of the vaccines themselves.2,3 Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the US occur more often as rates of vaccination decline. For example, measles had been eliminated in the US since 2000 until travel-related imported cases led to outbreaks in recent years, including a large outbreak among unvaccinated Amish individuals in 2014.4
Social media has become a major mode of global communication, through which dissemination of information is easier than ever. Currently, 21% of all US adults use Twitter, with 42% of those users visiting the Twitter platform daily.5 With more than 328 million users,6 Twitter is a convenient tool for discussing public health topics, including vaccination. Both provaccine and antivaccine information is prevalent on Twitter. Understanding how vaccine-related information disseminates on Twitter is vital, especially because a minority of users are openly skeptical about vaccines and advocate against vaccination. Prior research focused on how vaccines were portrayed on social media7,8 and how misinformation or controversial information spread.9-11 Researchers attempted to develop methods to monitor vaccination sentiment in real time by primarily focusing on the incidence of tweets with positive and negative sentiments over time.5,12 Efforts were made to use supervised machine learning methods to predict a tweet’s sentiment toward vaccination, using either contents of manually coded tweets or their users’ connections as classifiers.13,14 Although important progress has been made, questions remain at the microlevel, such as whether tweets containing provaccine or antivaccine sentiment and information attract attention on Twitter.
Here, we provide definitions to a few Twitter-specific terms. Retweets are tweets that users repost after reading them in their timeline.15 A Twitter user’s follower count is the number of Twitter users who follow the account of a user. A Twitter user’s friend count is the number of Twitter users whom the user follows on Twitter. A Twitter user’s status count is the number of status updates (tweets) that the user has posted so far. A Twitter user’s favorite count is the number of likes the user has ever given to other people’s tweets.
In this article, we report analyses of two distinct datasets that, in turn, addressed four interrelated research questions.
Study A: #vaccine Twitter Dataset
In Study A, we analyzed a 1% stratified random sample of a corpus of tweets with the hashtag #vaccine, a hashtag used by both provaccine and antivaccine advocates. We believed that tweets carrying stronger sentiments would attract more attention and retweets from those who wanted to share them. Therefore, we hypothesized as follows:
Hypothesis 1: Antivaccine and provaccine #vaccine tweets differ in their retweet count, compared with tweets of neutral sentiment.
We also postulated that users’ characteristics could be potential confounders in the association between sentiment and retweet frequency, and therefore we included the users’ follower count, friend count, status count, and favorite count in our analysis.
We also speculated whether different categories of antivaccine contents attracted different quantities of retweets.
Hypothesis 2: Different categories of contents among antivaccine #vaccine tweets differ in their retweet count.
We were also interested in the source of information in the provaccine and antivaccine #vaccine tweets.
Research Question 1: What were the embedded Uniform Resource Locator (URL) domains in the provaccine and antivaccine #vaccine tweets?
Study B: #vaccineswork Twitter Dataset
In Study B, we analyzed a corpus of tweets with the hashtag #vaccineswork. This hashtag has been used by public health professionals when they promoted vaccination.16 Because the distribution of retweet count is highly skewed with only very few tweets having high retweet count, it is likely that tweets with high retweet counts are read by many and may have influence over the knowledge, attitudes, or perceptions of many users, whereas tweets with few retweets do not. Given the need to perform manual coding, in Study B, we chose to focus our limited resources on tweets that carry the greatest influence rather than tweets with minimal influence. We manually categorized the contents of tweets containing #vaccineswork that were retweeted 100 or more times. We provided a descriptive analysis of the distribution of topics among this sample of highly retweeted tweets. We also combined several topics into a categorical variable and tested if statistical association existed between retweet frequency and that categorical content variable.
Research Question 2: Would highly retweeted provaccine contents on Twitter (#vaccineswork tweets) differ by content in their retweet frequency?
This research was approved by the institutional review board of Georgia Southern University (H15083) under the B2 exempt category because the social media posts analyzed in this study are considered publicly observable behavior.
The #vaccine dataset was retrieved using Twitter Application Programming Interface (API; Online Supplementary Materialsa). The data contain 142,891 tweets from Twitter with the hashtag #vaccine, from February 4, 2010, to November 10, 2016 (inclusive). Retweet frequency and other meta-data reported in this paper were correct as of the data retrieval date (November 10, 2016). Data were then stratified by month, and a random 1% sample of tweets was collected from each month, resulting in the extraction of 1425 tweets for manual coding.
Manual Coding
Authors MEG and EBB previewed tweets for recurring themes within the content of the tweets and developed a codebook (with example tweets) on the basis of these themes. The codebook is available in the Online Supplementary Materials.a Following the codebook, MEG and EBB independently, manually coded the contents of the tweets. Each content category was manually coded as a binary variable (0 = no, 1 = yes). Tweets were coded into the following sentiment categories: Provaccine sentiment, neutral sentiment, and antivaccine sentiment. Provaccine sentiment refers to tweets that explicitly communicated to readers that a vaccine is a safe and effective way of preventing diseases. Antivaccine sentiment refers to tweets that expressed skepticism or denial of vaccines as a safe and effective way of preventing diseases. Neutral sentiment refers to tweets with plain statements related to vaccine, such as its availability. Sentiment categories were merged into one categorical variable (1 = Neutral, 2 = Positive, 3 = Negative). Tweets that were deemed irrelevant or whose sentiment could not be determined (n = 81) were removed from further analysis. A total of 1344 tweets in English with categorized sentiments were analyzed (1326 were labeled as English in the Twitter metadata; 18 were labeled otherwise but were found to be in English through manual coding). Tweets that were identified as “antivaccine” (n = 325) were further manually coded into 2 themes that are not mutually exclusive (each being a binary variable): 1) perceived harmful risks, alleged side effects and/or deaths caused by vaccines (eg, autism, seizures, fatalities); and 2) distrust of government, pharmaceutical companies, scientists, and organizations that support vaccination efforts (eg, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). Any antivaccine tweets that did not fall into either of the 2 themes were labeled as miscellaneous (tweets that are antivaccine but do not meet any of the content categories). Examples are given in the codebook in the Online Supplementary Materials.a
Statistical Analysis and Resolving URL
All statistical analyses in this experiment were performed in R Version 3.2.2 or 3.3.0 (R Foundation, Vienna, Austria). Negative binomial regression models were used because of overdispersion of the retweet frequency in this dataset. Because we postulated that the users’ characteristics could potentially be confounders to the statistical association between sentiment toward vaccine and retweet frequency, the users’ followers count, friends count, status count, and favorite count were included in our analysis. Given the highly skewed distributions of these variables, we converted these continuous variables into binary variables for better interpretation. The data were dichotomized as either below the geometric mean (labeled as 0) or not (labeled as 1). The cutoff value of a = 0.05 was chosen a priori for statistical significance. The short URLs of provaccine sentiment tweets and antivaccine sentiment tweets were resolved using R to their original URLs, and we extracted their domains. Descriptive statistics for URL domains that appeared 3 times or more are presented in the article.
The data used for this study were purchased through GNIP Inc, which is a subsidiary of Twitter Inc in Boulder, CO. The dataset contained all tweets with the hashtag #vaccineswork from January 1, 2014, to April 30, 2015. The original dataset contained 194,259 tweets. Tweets therein with a threshold of greater than or equal to 100 retweets were grouped by subset from the original dataset for further analysis (N = 201). Retweet frequency and other metadata reported in this article were correct as of the date of data retrieval from GNIP Inc (early May 2015).
Authors EBB and MEG developed a codebook by previewing the data for recurring themes. The codebook contained the following content categories: Mention of deaths and/or outbreaks of diseases that are vaccine-preventable; child vaccinations; mention of professional organizations, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO); mention of vaccine efficacy; mention of global vaccination importance; mention of people lacking access to vaccinations; tweets referring to World Immunization Awareness Week; mention of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases; and provaccine statements directed at antivaccination sentiment. Tweets that did not meet any of these content categories were coded as miscellaneous. Content categories were not mutually exclusive (ie, the content of a tweet can be coded as “yes” in more than 1 category). Each content category was coded as a binary variable (0 = no, 1 = yes). Both EBB and MEG independently, manually coded all 201 tweets. Interrater reliability between the 2 coders was assessed by analyzing Cohen k for each content category. The k values for all content categories were > 0.8, implying a good interrater reliability.
The corresponding author (ICHF) further combined the content categories of “Mentions vaccines preventing deaths and/or outbreaks” and/or “Mentions efficacy of vaccines” into one category (Category 1), and those of “Mentions child vaccination” and/or “Mentions global vaccination improvement/efforts” into a single category (Category 2). Any tweet that was coded “yes” for Categories 1 and 2 was coded as Category 3, and any tweet that did not fall into Category 1 or 2 was coded as Category 0. A new categorical variable of content was thus created (see Online Supplementary Materialsa).
All statistical analysis was performed using R version 3.2.2 or 3.3.0. Retweet frequency in this dataset of 201 manually coded tweets was overdispersed and truncated with a theoretical minimum value of 100. Therefore, a zero-truncated, negative binomial regression model was applied to new outcome variables17: Retweet truncated = Retweet frequency - 99. The regression model was applied after removing 4 apparent outliers from our dataset (bringing the total to 197 tweets). The cutoff value of a = 0.05 was chosen a priori for statistical significance.
Study A: #vaccine
Of the sample of 1344 #vaccine tweets that were coded with vaccine-related sentiments, provaccine tweets accounted for 32.4% (436/1344) of the sample, neutral tweets for 43.4% (583/1344), and antivaccine tweets for 24.2% (325/1344; Table 1). Regarding the proportion of tweets with URL links therein, there was no statistically significant difference (c2 = 4.4297, degrees of freedom = 2, p = 0.1092). In the antivaccine subcorpus of tweets (n = 325), 153 (47.1%) tweets mentioned only perceived risks and/or dangers of vaccines; 85 (26.2%) tweets mentioned only distrust of scientific entities such as the government, pharmaceutical companies, and scientists; 54 (16.6%) tweets mentioned both themes; and 33 (10.2%) tweets did not fit into either of the 2 themes (“miscellaneous”; Table 1). No significant differences in the proportion of tweets with URL links therein were observed among the 4 categories (c2 = 3.0012, degrees of freedom = 3, p = 0.3914).
In Table 2, we present the descriptive statistics of the retweet frequency, and the counts of users’ followers, friends, status updates, and favorites. These data were very skewed. For example, the median for retweet frequency for the sample and those for subsamples for positive, neutral, and negative sentiments were 0. For the users’ characteristics, the means were much larger than the medians. Therefore, for subsequent analysis, we dichotomized the users’ characteristics data as below the geometric mean or not, and thus converted the continuous variables into binary variables.
First, in the univariate analysis, both provaccine and antivaccine tweets had statistically significantly more retweets than neutral tweets; the users’ follower count, friend count, and status count were found to have statistically significant associations with retweet frequency (Table 3). In the multivariable regression analysis, provaccine tweets had 1.58 times as many retweets as neutral tweets (adjusted prevalence ratio = 1.5836, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2130-2.0713, p < 0.001), and antivaccine tweets had 4.13 times as many retweets as neutral tweets (adjusted prevalence ratio = 4.1280, 95% CI = 3.1183-5.4901, p < 0.001) after controlling for users’ follower count, friend count, and status count (Table 3). Thus, antivaccine and provaccine #vaccine tweets differed in their retweet count, compared with tweets of neutral sentiment. Antivaccine tweets received more retweets than did provaccine tweets and neutral tweets. It is important to note that the retweet frequency of tweets posted by users with high follower count was 3.88 times (adjusted prevalence ratio = 3.8771; 95% CI = 2.9977-5.0295; p < 0.001) that of users with low follower count. To the contrary, users with high status count (ie, number of tweets ever tweeted) had 24% fewer retweets (prevalence ratio = 0.7597; 95% CI = 0.5856-0.9824; p = 0.033) than did users with low count of status updates.
Second, among the antivaccine subcorpus of tweets (n = 325), univariate negative binomial regression found that there were no significant differences between tweets that mentioned perceived risks and/or dangers of vaccines and those that did not (prevalence ratio = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.47-1.15, p = 0.20), and between tweets that mentioned distrust of government, pharmaceutical companies, scientists, and so on, and those that did not (prevalence ratio = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.65-1.56, p = 0.99). Thus, our hypothesis that different categories of contents among antivaccine #vaccine tweets differ in their retweet count was rejected.
Third, a total of 411 URL links were identified in 436 provaccine tweets: 36 tweets had 2 URLs, and 339 tweets had 1 URL. Among these links, Twitter (53; 12.9%), content curator Trap.it (14; 3.4%), and the CDC (8; 1.9%) were the top 3 domains. A total of 296 URL links were identified in 325 antivaccine tweets: 24 tweets had 2 URLs, and 248 had 1. Among these links, 26.7% of them were links to other tweets (44; 14.9%), YouTube videos (25; 8.4%), or Facebook (10; 3.4%). There were long tails with low frequency (1 or 2) for the URL domain frequency distributions among both provaccine and antivaccine tweets. Tables S1 and S2 in the Online Supplementary Materialsa detail the URL domains of URL links identified among provaccine and antivaccine #vaccine tweets.
Among our sample of 201 #vaccineswork tweets with 100 retweets or more, the most common theme observed was childhood vaccinations (40%; 81/201; Table 4). One in 5 tweets mentioned the global vaccination improvement/efforts (21%; 42/201). Nearly 3 in 10 tweets mentioned how vaccines can prevent outbreaks and deaths (29%; 58/201), 18% (37/201) mentioned a professional organization (eg, WHO or CDC), and 18% (36/201) discussed the efficacy of vaccines and vaccination of the population. Fifteen percent (31/201) mentioned a certain group of people (ie, a population, race/ethnicity, and/or country) and their lack of access to vaccines and routine vaccination; 12% (24/201) of tweets mentioned outbreaks and/or deaths that were caused by vaccine-preventable diseases; 10% (20/201) of tweets were focused on World Immunization Awareness Week; and 6% (13/201) of tweets were provaccination stances directed toward antivaccination sentiment (Table 4).
As previously described, some categories were dropped and others merged to create a categorical variable of 2 mutually exclusive categories and their combination for further regression analysis. After removing 4 outliers, the univariable zero-truncated negative binomial regression model was applied to the dataset (n = 197). No statistically significant association was observed between the categorical variable of combined categories and retweet frequency (Table S3 in Online Supplementary Materialsa).
Here, we described the 4 outliers that were most retweeted in our #vaccineswork dataset. The most retweeted tweet in the dataset was tweeted by American politician Hillary Clinton: “The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let’s protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest.” The tweet was retweeted 33,164 times at the time when the dataset was purchased.
The second most retweeted tweet in this dataset was “*drops microphone* #antivax #vaccineswork #VaccinateYourKids http://t.co/1Nysbfkh7N” (retweet frequency = 5032). It was tweeted by @DocBastard, who described himself as a trauma surgeon in his user profile. This tweet ended with a link to an image of another physician’s social media post about how he handled parents who declined to have their children vaccinated on schedule.
The third most retweeted tweet was tweeted by the WHO (@WHO): “World Immunization Week starts today! Close the immunization gap, #VaccinesWork http://t.co/G3CjZKdhyv http://t.co/kZkiYPdEan” (retweet frequency = 1368). The first link in the tweet takes the user to a page on the WHO Web site about World Immunization Week. The second link takes the user to an infographic by the WHO that states, “Today 1 in 5 children worldwide is missing out on vital immunization.”
The fourth most retweeted tweet was tweeted by Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: “It’s impossible to argue with results like this. #vaccineswork http://t.co/yOeDVi2m0s” (User: @Sue Desmond-Hellmann; retweet frequency = 1182). The link therein takes the user to the tweet with an infographic that describes the decrease in percentage of annual morbidity of vaccine-preventable diseases in the US from the prevaccine era to the present.
In this study, we analyzed two datasets of vaccine-related tweets. We investigated the retweet frequency of a random sample of tweets within the #vaccine corpus, as well as the retweet frequency of a sample of highly retweeted tweets in the #vaccineswork corpus.
Among our random sample of #vaccine tweets, antivaccine tweets were retweeted more often, receiving 4.13 times as many retweets as neutral tweets, whereas provaccine tweets received 1.58 times as many retweets as neutral tweets. No differences in retweet frequency were observed for tweets carrying 2 content categories of antivaccine contents and those that did not.
Childhood vaccination appeared to be one of the most frequent topics in the #vaccineswork sample, with approximately 40% of the dataset mentioning childhood vaccination. This could be because of the increased interest in childhood vaccinations (eg, the number of vaccinations necessary, whether they are necessary at all, or their importance) in 2014 to 2015.18 Other top conversations in this corpus discussed the improvement in global vaccination and how vaccines can prevent outbreaks or deaths owing to vaccine-preventable diseases.
One of our key findings is that despite the provaccine health communication efforts made by public health agencies, as far as #vaccine tweets are concerned, on a tweet-by-tweet basis, antivaccine tweets may be receiving more attention (as reflected in the number of retweets) than provaccine tweets or neutral tweets. A potential explanation is that although the supporters of the antivaccine movements are a minority in the population, many of them are very committed to their cause and are active online.1 They retweeted tweets posted by like-minded individuals, forming an echo chamber.11 A study by Bahk et al12 found that antivaccine tweets persisted longer in a Twitter conversation about human papillomavirus than did the provaccine tweets. Our results added more evidence to the growing literature about the characteristics of antivaccine tweets.
The sources of information (URL domains) identified in the sample of #vaccine tweets can not only help public health professionals understand through which platforms people are gathering their information about vaccines but also can provide insight to what platforms or sites professionals should target when disseminating provaccine information. Given the use of Twitter across the opinion spectrum, it is not surprising that the top URL domain for both provaccine and antivaccine tweets was Twitter itself. In fact, it might reflect the growing trends that individuals rely on social media as their main source of news and information, compared with direct visits to Web sites of media or health organizations.19 Regarding URL domains in provaccine tweets in this corpus, many were major news sources (eg, The Washington Post), public health agencies (cdc.gov), and Web sites that communicate science and medicine; some were from social media such as Facebook and Instagram. To the contrary, URL domains in antivaccine tweets included sources from social media sites (eg, Facebook and YouTube) as well as Internet news sources and Web sites that are skeptical of vaccines and the medical establishment, and that advocate individuals’ right to decline vaccines for themselves and their children. Our results are congruent with the observed echo chamber effects on social media networks, in which people with similar ideas communicate with each other but not with people who disagree with them. As Del Vicario et al11 showed with Facebook data, users consuming scientific news and conspiracy theories are usually two distinct polarized communities that are homogeneous among themselves. Bessi and colleagues20 found that the debunking of conspiracy theories on Facebook were primarily read by users who frequently visited Facebook pages that shared scientific views and not by Facebook users who frequently consumed conspiracy theory Facebook posts; such observations cast doubt on the effectiveness of debunking conspiracy theories. A semantic network analysis of Internet articles shared by American Twitters users21 found that Internet contents of antivaccine sentiment put great emphasis on children and institutions, including the CDC, the pharmaceutical industry, the medical profession, the mainstream media, and the state. Distrust of the industry and government agencies that communicate provaccine scientific messages was found to be the key underlying theme of the antivaccine Internet articles. Our results added further evidence to the literature that people with antivaccine sentiment obtain and share information from alternative sources, probably because of their distrust of public health, medical, and pharmaceutical establishments. Therefore, simply releasing more scientific information online through Web sites and social media may not help.11
The outliers of the #vaccineswork dataset suggested that having key opinion leaders who are active on social media to communicate our scientific message that “vaccines work” is important, as it is through them that provaccine messages can reach users who normally would not follow social media accounts of health agencies.
This study has some limitations. First, our samples were small. Given the labor-intensive nature of manual coding, we could not manually code every tweet in our corpora. In Study A, we analyzed a 1% stratified random sample of #vaccine tweets that was representative of the corpus. In Study B, we analyzed a sample of #vaccineswork tweets that were retweeted 100 or more times. Our analysis was meaningful because we covered the most retweeted, and thus the most influential, tweets.
Second, our original coding scheme in Study B provided useful insights, but the nonmutually exclusive categories rendered regression analysis difficult to interpret. Further analysis after dropping outliers from the dataset, and after dropping some themes and merging the others, found no statistical association between retweet frequency and combined themes. This can be potentially explained as a result of the study design, because we decided to focus on the most retweeted tweets and therefore could not identify any differences in retweet frequency between the combined themes. Future research may investigate other factors that might have an influence on retweet frequency of highly retweeted tweets, such as the temporal trends associated with the topic at the time (ie, a topic that is getting increased media coverage), and the topic that led to spikes in social media traffic (as in a case study of spikes of Chinese social media posts about 42 notifiable infectious diseases22).
Third, our analysis of URL links in the #vaccine sample in Study A was limited to their domains. For URL links to social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, we did not analyze the users who posted the original social media posts to which the tweet was linked, or the contents of such posts (which was the focus of recent studies such as in Kang et al21). Fourth, retweet frequency is only one of several metrics used to measure engagement of social media users with the original posts. Some fake accounts or Internet “bots” could artificially boost the retweet frequency of some tweets. We did not have access to information that would allow us to distinguish retweets by “bots” from retweets by genuine users. Fifth, our analyses were confined to two corpora of tweets with hashtags #vaccine and #vaccineswork. Although this might limit the study’s generalizability to other tweets, our analyses were able to focus on tweets that laid emphasis on vaccine (through the use of hashtags). Future research on tweets with and without other hashtags may enlighten us on the generalizability of our findings. Sixth, we retrieved our tweets with two English-language hashtags and, therefore, retrieved tweets that were predominantly in English. Future research can extend to investigate how Twitter users in different linguocultural communities responded to provaccine and antivaccine messages on Twitter. A recent study found that Twitter users who used different languages reacted differently to an outbreak.23
Among #vaccine tweets, antivaccine tweets attracted more engagement than did provaccine tweets. Antivaccine tweets and provaccine tweets were 4.1 and 1.6 times as likely, respectively, to be retweeted as were vaccine-related tweets with neutral sentiments. Among #vaccineswork tweets, we did not find evidence of differences in retweet frequency between themes. Reaching out to key opinion leaders on Twitter to promote provaccine messages may help reach Twitter users who would be otherwise unreached by public health agencies.
a Online Supplementary Materials available at: www.thepermanentejournal.org/files/2018/17-138-Suppl.pdf
Dr Fung received salary support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (16IPA1609578). The data used in Study B were purchased using the start-up funds that Dr Fung received at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, in Statesboro, GA. This article is not related to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded project of Dr Fung. The opinions expressed in this article do not represent the official positions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the US Government.
The author(s) have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Kathleen Louden, ELS, of Louden Health Communications provided editorial assistance.
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21. Kang GJ, Ewing-Nelson SR, Mackey L, et al. Semantic network analysis of vaccine sentiment in online social media. Vaccine 2017 Jun 22;35(29):3621-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.052.
22. Fung IC, Hao Y, Cai J, et al. Chinese social media reaction to information about 42 notifiable infectious diseases. PLoS One 2015 May 6;10(5):e0126092. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126092. Erratum in: PLoS One 2015 May 20;10(5):e0129525. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129525.
23. Fung ICH, Zeng J, Chan CH, et al. Twitter and Middle East respiratory syndrome, South Korea, 2015: A multi-lingual study. Infect Dis Health 2018 Mar;23(1):10-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2017.08.005.
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HOMEAssistant Professor Tomonori Hoshi
Assistant Professor Tomonori Hoshi
Medical entomology (Mosquitoes and Ticks)
PhD (Medicine), MPH (International Public Health), BSc (Agriculture)
Personal/Word Web page addresses
https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=S1eHtSIAAAAJ&hl=ja
https://researchmap.jp/TomonoriHoshi?lang=en
ResearchGate or Linked-in account Link
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomonori_Hoshi2
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomonori-hoshi-6aa103146
Department of Eco-epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
May 2018 – current, Assistant Professor, Department of Eco-epidemiology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Oct 2017 – Apr 2018, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Oct 2016 – Sep 2017, Project Researcher at Nagasaki University, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Eco-epimideology
May 2016 – Sep 2016, Project Researcher at Nagasaki University, Center for International Collaborative Research
Apr 2012 – Mar 2016, PhD, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Apr 2010 – Mar 2012, MPH, School of international health development, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Apr 2004 – Mar 2009, BSc, Subtropical zoology, The University of Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan
Apr 2001 – Mar 2004, Kyoto municipal Horikawa high school, Academic Inquiry on Science program, Kyoto, Japan
Mar 2020 – May 2020, Consultant, WHO COVID-19 emergency response team, WPRO.
June 2018 – Jan 2019, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine funded by Rutherford fellowship
No lecturing for MPH and PhD students. Only in-person tutoring is given to PhD students who work for medical entomology.
Mosquito and tick sampling tool development
Japan (Mt. Konpira, Nagasaki), UK (RSPB Rainham Marshes), Malaysia (Sabah)
Hoshi, T., Brugman, V. A., Sato, S., Ant, T., Tojo, B., Masuda, G., Kaneko, S., Moji, K., Medlock, J.M., & Logan, J. G. (2019). Field testing of a lightweight, inexpensive, and customizable 3D-printed mosquito light trap in the UK. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1–8.
出願人 星 友矩 捕虫器. 特開 2020-48549 2020年 4月 2日付公開
Hoshi, T., Imanishi, N., Higa, Y., & Chaves, L. F. (2014). Mosquito biodiversity patterns around urban environments in south-central Okinawa Island, Japan. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 30(4), 260–267.
Hoshi, T., Martin Banda, P., Foster Pemba, D., Sunahara, T., & Minakawa, N. (2013). Beyond buzzing: Mosquito watching stimulates malaria bednet use – a household-based cluster-randomized controlled assessor blind educational trial. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2, e67.
星 友矩 (2017). はじめてのOpen Data Kitでフィールドワーク -スマホ・タブレットで調査をする人のために- 星出版 ISBN:978-4-9909743-0-5
Nature is my teacher.
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Volleyball Australia delivering development programmes to schools during National Health and Physical Education Day
Up until a few years ago Queensland’s Chris Hodges hadn’t stepped on a volleyball court let alone played the sport.
He was active in many sports up until Year 11 during his school days, but volleyball wasn’t one of one of them. “I had basically competed in every sport on offer,” says Chris, “Then a teacher from my school suggested that because of my height I should try volleyball, and I fell in love with the sport.”
It was fortuitous timing, as Chris had no idea about what he was going to do beyond Year 12; “I had thought about repeating my final year but along came volleyball!”
In 2017 and 2018 he played in the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup before being recruited to the high performance Australian Volleyball Academy in Canberra. “It all happened very quickly, it’s hard to believe. It’s a great opportunity.”
In many respects, 19-year-old Chris was the perfect choice to be involved in Volleyball Australia’s ‘Come and Try’ session at Campbell Primary School in Canberra on National Health and Physical Education Day.
Also involved in delivering the programme was fellow AVA player Tessa Browne.
VA delivered a targeted entry-level Light Volley session for one Grade four class for 40 minutes. After the session freestanding nets and other modified equipment were set up in the courtyard during the lunch break to deliver an all-inclusive volleyball experience for the whole school.
The ‘Come and Try’ activity, which involved over 150 students, demonstrated the vital role health and physical activity play in the school setting.
“I loved doing it,” says Tessa, “For me to show kids how to play volleyball was great and hopefully inspire them.”
VA National Participation Manager, Rebecca Walter said, “We had a fantastic day at Campbell Primary School, highlighting the benefits of health and physical activity utilising our brand new Light Volley equipment. We are so fortunate to have our AVA athletes willing to support and promote volleyball grassroots development. Who better to inspire future volleyball participation than those living it?”
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National Research Council Canada
Canada. National Research Council Canada
Conseil national de recherches Canada
Canada. Conseil national de recherches Canada
CNRC
からも見よ参照形：
National Research Council of Canada <DA01353797>
For 1972+ imprints; old catalog heading: National Research Council of Canada
NLC 4/8/81 (AACR 2: National Research Council Canada; name changed 1972? from National Research Council of Canada; official name: National Research Council of Canada)
Its NRC annual report, 1985/1986: added t.p. (CNRC)
1. Canadian journal of physics
National Research Council of Canada ; National Research Council Canada
出版情報: Ottawa : National Research Council of Canada, 1951-
巻次(年次): Vol. 29, no. 1 (Jan. 1951)-
2. Canadian journal of earth sciences
巻次(年次): Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 1964)-
3. Canadian journal of botany
National Research Council Canada ; National Research Council of Canada
出版情報: Ottawa : National Research Council, 1951-2007
巻次(年次): Vol. 29, no. 1 (Feb. 1951)-v. 85, no. 12 (Dec. 2007)
著者名: National Research Council of Canada
著者名: National Research Council Canada
フォーマット: 雑誌
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El Salvador profile
El Salvador, the most densely-populated state on the mainland of the Americas, is a small and highly-industrialised country.
In the 1980s, El Salvador was ravaged by a bitter civil war stoked by gross inequality between overwhelming majority of the population and a small and wealthy elite that left around 70,000 people dead
A United Nations-brokered peace agreement ended the civil war in 1992, ushering in important political reforms, but the country still suffers from the legacy of a divided society.
Violent "mara" street gangs have left El Salvador with one of the world's highest murder rates.
Read more country profiles - Profiles by BBC Monitoring
President: Salvador Sanchez Ceren
Mr Sanchez says security, employment and education will be priorities for his government
A former rebel leader, Salvador Sanchez Ceren won the presidential run-off of March 2014 by a narrow margin.
As presidential candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN), he beat Norman Quijano of the conservative Arena party by less than a quarter of a percentage point, becoming the first former guerrilla to lead the Central American country.
In his inauguration speech, he promised to fight corruption and violence, and "to serve as president of all Salvadoreans".
Read fuller biography
Press freedom is guaranteed under the constitution, and the media freely and routinely criticise the government and report on opposition activities.
But ownership of broadcasting outlets is concentrated among a small group of private operators, and media owners "often impose controls on journalists to protect their political or economic interests", according to US-based Freedom House.
Read full media profile
Some key dates in the history of El Salvador:
Oscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador who urged soldiers to disobey orders to fire on innocent civilians, was beatified by the Pope. He was assassinated in 1980
1540 - El Salvador becomes a Spanish colony after indigenous resistance is crushed.
1821 - Independence from Spain.
1823 - 1840 - El Salvador forms part of the short-lived United Provinces of Central America, which also includes Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
1859-63 - President Gerardo Barrios introduces coffee growing.
1932 - Some 30,000 people are killed during the suppression of a peasant uprising led by Agustine Farabundo Marti.
1969 - Football War with Honduras; 4,000 die in 100-hour conflict.
1979 - 1992 - Civil war. Between 1979 and 1981 around 30,000 people are killed by army-backed right-wing death squads.
2009 - Former FMLN rebel movement emerges as largest party in parliamentary elections and shortly afterwards former rebel Mauricio Funes wins presidential elections.
2012 - A year-long truce between street gangs. It reputedly saves the lives of thousands but violence rises again in subsequent years.
Read full timeline
Guerrillas surrendered their weapons after a protracted civil war
Country profiles: Latin America
Around the BBC
BBC World Service Central America Legacies of Rebellion
BBC Weather: El Salvador
BBC Mundo - Inicio
More Latin America & Caribbean stories
Flooding hits Chile desert region
Flash floods in one of the driest regions in the world - Chile's Atacama desert - leave two people dead and 24 missing, officials say.
Peruvian mudslide emergency declared
EU and Cuba push for closer ties
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"Fake News Versus No News":
"There is, however, another country that has interfered in U.S. elections, has endangered Americans living or working overseas and has corrupted America’s legislative and executive branches. It has exploited that corruption to initiate legislation favorable to itself, has promoted unnecessary and unwinnable wars and has stolen American technology and military secrets. Its ready access to the mainstream media to spread its own propaganda provides it with cover for its actions and it accomplishes all that and more through the agency of a powerful and well-funded domestic lobby that oddly is not subject to the accountability afforded by the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 even though it manifestly works on behalf of a foreign government. That country is, of course, Israel."
No news for an identical reason: "Account of Syrians civilians who fled East Aleppo".
"Our Syrian Rebels Are Issuing Threats Via Wapo". Has to be read in the context of Yinon.
"Dutch politician Geert Wilders is investigated for being an Israeli stooge".
"Israeli Jew Lawyer Wants to Shut Down the First Amendment". "Proposed 'Anti-Semitism Awareness Act' is an Unconstitutional Mess". American politicians, forced to choose between their Constitution and shekels, choose shekels. We're going to see more and more of this as the consequences of bribes by Jewish supremacists work through the system.
"The emergence of a competent syrian Army".
"Looted Palmyra relics reached Switzerland via Qatar".
"WikiLeaks Documents Reveal Sinister Relations Between Erdogan And ISIS".
"Red-Baiting, Putin-Scaremongering Democrats Are Now Suddenly Worried About Offending China".
"NY TIMES PUBLIC EDITOR: Some tweets from our politics reporters 'outrageous' and there 'ought to be some kind of consequence'". Spontaneous tweets make it difficult to hide the bias.
"Lessig, lawyers to offer support to anti-Trump electors". Lessig just made a bonfire of his reputation for absolutely nothing.
"Foreclosing On A 90-Year-Old Woman Over 27 Cents And Other Heartwarming Tales From Steven Mnuchin’s Days At Onewest".
"The Person Who Deciphered the Order to Shoot at Kent State".
"Social Security Ain’t Broke". Tax cuts for the 1% while fighting innumerable Wars For The Jews.
"Trump's Son-In-Law Financed Israeli Extremists and Settlements". Why is it that every time - every fucking time - you scrape the surface with these guys this is what you find? The Jew-controlled media is portraying him as some kind of political strategic genius, single-handedly winning the Presidency for Trump, but reading between the lines he is really a bit slow: "Exclusive: The Strange, Complex Education Of Jared Kushner". His 'brains' consists entirely of inherited money.
"FBI Policy Of Manufacturing Terrorism Plots Reaffirmed By Appeals Court". The FBI would be out of business if it couldn't manufacture something to do.
The vile trickery of the illegal immigrant continues: "Liberals’ electoral reform survey silent on alternative systems".
"Canada’s Greens stand up to pro-Israel bullies". May was 'broken-hearted' at the loss of her precious shekels.
"Ontario lawmakers vote to smear BDS movement" (my emphasis in red!!!):
"Introducing the measure in Thursday’s debate, Progressive Conservative lawmaker Gila Martow likened Palestinians and their allies struggling against Israel’s military occupation, settler-colonialism and systematic discrimination to white supremacists.
“We would not be here supporting a Ku Klux Klan on our campuses, so why are we allowing BDS movements and other anti-Jewish communities and anti-Israel organizations to have demonstrations and use our campuses, which are taxpayer-funded?” Martow said."
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WCR Video: Interactive: The Karate Crap
Since The Mike Check Show is playing 2007 song "Sweep The Leg" and then a few rarities from the Karate Kid film franchise (as well as songs from the new YouTube red series "Cobra Kai"), here's RD and Blade doing commentary on one of the songs from the first "Karate Kid" film's soundtrack; "The Moment of Truth" from Wrestlecrap Radio episode #158 in 2009:
(Video by FSinWCR)
And be sure to visit here for the WCR Video archives!
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273 Heel-Off: May 13, 2018
The face of a man who thinks Hogan beating
Sting after a year of build-up was a good idea
Kai has also written something about this. Give it a look too won't you?
Blade is outside on a live remote getting heatstroke "like a lobster in a way." RD would eat some lobster if it would improve his spirits, especially if Sting delivered it to him, preferably while attached to a helicopter.
Blade: "I write the itineraries. Sometimes."
The cause of this impromptu recording is THIS MAN: former wrestling bigwig Eric Bischoff (or Bitchoff as the Honky Tonk non-Mail-Man likes to call him). He has own podcast now you see. (:04) All you need to know about it and him is that it's called 83 Weeks, referring to the time period where Nitro beat Raw in the ratings...over 21 years ago. If it were a living person it would be old enough to drink, probably to forget about Thunder.
It's only the second episode (of his show, not WWCR, although it feels like that sometimes) and we learn that Eric has a sudden grudge against RD. An except (:07 - :11) has his co-host Conrad Thompson read to him one (1) passage from The Death Of WCW about how bad the once red-hot WCW ended up becoming under his watch, on its way to losing $15 million in 1999. Speaking in phone-buzzing echoing fidelity Eric rambled against RD and Bryan Alvarez about how the "clowns" didn't interview him for the book (despite my guess of him not responding to their initial queries, being non-Fruitcake clowns and all) and misread his actual financial standing, and that he won't sign "a book he didn't write" ( to quote RD who has his own heel promo against him).
Fig.1: Eric Bischoff's actual financial standing in action
RD thinks Eric has more of an issue of his unflattering image on the original cover as seen at the top of this here post. This is despite other original cover guys Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Vince Russo not minding signings, and two of those three remain happily and healthily active in WWE and elsewhere (unlike Eric). RD also reminds that he also wrote in the book that Eric was a pioneering genius who's early success with Nitro should be studied and emulated, and helped bring professional wrestling into the 21st century (:14). This was kept in the reprint even after he was kicked out of TNA.
In another podcast excerpt (:15 - :17) co-host Conrad manages to persuade Eric to go to Starrcast by All-In in Chicago in September to continue to passionately flail and fail in person about how in fact, WCW's downfall was actually a good thing, or something.
Why is he intently reading
the dust jacket?
RD announces that he too will be there to face him, he will bring Blade as backup, and among other featured guests Kevin Sullivan and JJ Dillon will be there (perhaps as judges). Blade brings back the idea of holding the WWCR Carnival (:21) and perhaps after they are done with that they can join in the Roast of Bruce Prichard as well. (Coincidentally Hall and Nash will also be there as featured guests. Also coincidentally Russo will not.)
Additionally, in regard's to Eric's attempts to continue being a rabble-rousing tough guy heel persona (admittedly still far too widespread and outdated in the profession outside of the ring and active working as a whole) in a bid to remain relevant and not left behind as the industry changes, they just seem somewhat embarrassing, and this is during a time where such bluster is accepted and even sometimes rewarded. His now white hair belies his older years of no longer being a leader on the air as he was before let alone being a persona non grata in WWE, his long time rival even now. Before in the so called "good old days" he could make out with middle-aged housewives just because he could. Now they are the only legible people in his current dating pool (if such a thing is applicable) without paying upfront first.
(Let us hope he uses protection though even now. We don't want another Garrett Bischoff running around now, do we?)
Present Day Eric Bischoff
Seventeen Syllables:
Bischoff hates the Crap.
"I'm tired of hearing a-
bout Eric Bischoff!!!"
$31.00 plus that $19.99 The Price Is Right
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WCR Video: Cartoon: "I'm Tired Of Hearing About Eric Bischoff!"
In the first "Breaking News" edition of Wrestlecrap Radio (#273) in half a decade (discounting that time two years ago when Matt Hardy threw a baby at Brother Nero Jeff), RD Reynolds and Blade Braxton play clips from the 2nd episode of Former WCW President Eric Bischoff's new podcast "83 Weeks" (which dealt with the infamous "Finger Poke of Doom", where on the post Starrcade 1998 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, Kevin Nash laid down for Hulk Hogan after a simple zap from his finger to lose the WCW World Title). The clips involved Eric's co-host Conrad Thompson (also the co-host of the popular podcasts "Something To Wrestle With" with Bruce Prichard and "What Happened When" with Tony Schiavone) using RD and Bryan Alvarez's "The Death Of WCW" book as a reference, and Eric refusing to give the book any credibility and calling the authors, quote: "Clowns", unquote (we actually prefer the term "Fruitcakes", but whatever?).
Oh Wait? The Video? Well, this progrem reminded me of an old cartoon I made using GoAnimate.com featuring "a very loosely based" account of Blade's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend throwing a fit about the very person mentioned in this topic:
(By RVM Kai)
...Fascinating?
And also be sure to visit here for the WCR Video archives, and for more WCR cartoons, click here! And go to "The Mike Check Show" to hear Eric's WCW theme...which is just an instrumental ripped off from the film Desperado, here.
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The Mike Check Show Conquers The Martians: 7 YEARS OF WHACKIN'! (April 2018)
*(NOTE: For more MIKE CHECK SHOW Anniversary specials, click here)
This was "The Mike Check Show's" 7th Anniversary special, in April 2018, where Mike Check celebrated it on Mars....NO...Actually Mike was abducted by Martians and forced to spin the hits exclusively over on the red planet (...although the show was simulcast on Earth anyway, so whatever?).
So why did this happen? Well, in 2016, Mike played the Slim Whitman song from the film "Mars Attacks" in an attempt to kill "Zombie" Nathaniel at the end of that years' "Halloween Hootenanny". One year later, at the conclusion of "Halloween Hootenanny 2017" it was revealed that the song had also coincidentally killed off an evil Race of Martians. So the "good" Martians show their gratitude in Mike Check 'inadvertently' helping them win "The Great Martian War" by saving him and his daughter from STAN: The Evil Troll Lord and his son Damien from wreaking Havoc and imprison them in "The Phantom Zone" (similar to "Superman II"). They and also found Mike's music "fascinating" (as ole Mike would say) as it was a brand new concept for them. The Martians also promise to return in 5 months time but give no reason as to why? Doc Brown (from "Back To The Future") later arrives and warns Mike and his daughter of a future Martian newspaper headline that leads them to believe that The Martians may possibly want to invade or destroy the Earth on their return, for some odd reason?
During February 2018's "Love On The Ropes Month", the Martians make another appearance as they request a week of love songs from Mike, in which they found (again) "fascinating" and make the decision to return to Earth...but every time their "true intentions" for doing so is about to be mentioned, there is a break down in their communication signal. So during March, Mike still thinks that the Martians want to invade and tries to appease them by playing some "Flying Saucer" novelty song records. This eventually leads The leader of Mars, Kimar, to arrive to Earth on the 1st day of Mike's "7 YEARS OF WHACKIN'!". But even though he reveals that he comes "in peace", he also "abducts" Mike and brings him to Mars to be their deejay and to play the hits "that play well in their Market" (similar to the plot of the 1964 film "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians")...not just for Mike's Anniversary, but for the rest of his life!
(*Spoilers*) So during April 2018 (or whatever month/year it is on the planet Mars?) Kimar forces Mike to work "The Mike Check Show" in the Martian market and provides him some co-hosts; Checkdar, Jimdar and Gaiedar (the last two seem awfully similar to a couple of Wrestlecrap Radio Characters) until the show grinds to a halt as Mike has an "encounter" with Jimdar's wife that lands him back in 'The Slammer'. Mike is sentenced for execution but the whole proceedings are interrupted by the return of STAN and Damien when their "Phantom Zone" crash lands and shatters on Mars, thus freeing them. STAN plans to take over Mars, and later the Earth, but will his plans for "Universal Domination" be spoiled by the arrival of Doc Brown and..."The Crapvengers"...you'll have to click on the following links to find out?
Prologue 1: Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft by The Carpenters
Prologue 2: Last Day On Earth by Duran Duran
I Saw The Light by Hank Williams / Martian Theme Song by The Satellite Singers
The Little Martian by Jan Amber
First Man On Mars by Jackie Fautheree
Transmitting Live From Mars by De La Soul / Knocked Out Joint On Mars by Buck Trail
Martian Hop by The Ran-Dells
Satellite of Love by Lou Reed
Rock-It On Mars by Terry Dunavan
The Boppin’ Martian by Dick Robinson
Enigma by Tim Souster
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) by Scatman John
Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65
Supersonic Electronic by Zlad!
Planet Claire by B-52’s
The Little Space Girl by Jesse Lee Turner
Loving The Alien by David Bowie
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green by Kermit T. Frog
Illegal Alien by Genesis
Countdown by Rush
Space Junk by Devo
King of Mars by Monster Magnet
Mean Green Mother From Outer Space by Levi Stubbs
Green Eggs And Ham by Seussical Original Broadway Cast / Space Invaders by Player One
Intergalactic by Beastie Boys
Mars Attacks by Misfits
Rapture by Blondie
Supersonic Rocket Ship by The Kinks
Spaceballs by The Spinners
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree by Jillian Hall / Pump Up The Volume by MARRS
Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band
Antenna Head by ZZ Top / I Got A Rocket In My Pocket by Jimmy Lloyd
Epilogue: Back To Earth by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard / Men In Black by Will Smith
(Note: For all songs that feature Martian related references on The Mike Check Show, click here)
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Fellow's op-ed about Romania's lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on Cultures of History Forum
AIAS Fellow and historian Bogdan C. Iacob has published an op-ed about Romania's lockdown on the website "Cultures of History Forum" created by the institute of advanced study, the Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena.
From AIAS Fellow to full Professor in Genetics
AIAS Fellow Doug Speed has been appointed a full professor at the Centre for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics at Aarhus University, after finalizing his 3-year fellowship at AIAS.
European NetIAS Lecture Series on ‘Borders’
The Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study (NetIAS) initiates new lecture series on the topic of ‘Borders’. As an active member of NetIAS, AIAS contributes to the lecture series.
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Alaska Cruise Association
CLIA Members
Cruising in Alaska
Destination: Alaska
What’s happening worldwide?
Cruise visitor profile
Cruise family of businesses
History of the Alaska cruise industry
Alaska at a glance
Economic impact by region
Tourism & job generation
Economic Q & A
Safety/Environment
Exceeding environmental standards
Wastewater treatment & permits
CLIA Alaska is now on Twitter! You can follow us @CLIA_Alaska.
Leadership, excellence and community support recognized at the annual industry awards
Post-ATIA Edition
Dee Dee O’Brien of Anchorage received a Lifetime Achievement Award from ATIA. Dee Dee is Director of Sales and Marketing at Grande Denali and the former Lodge Sales Manager for Alaska Heritage Tours and Director of Sales and Marketing for Alaska Sealife Center. © 2018 jodyo.photos
Each year, ATIA recognizes individuals and organizations who have gone above and beyond to serve Alaska’s visitors and the tourism industry. Awards are given for outstanding leadership, professional excellence, entrepreneurial creativity and/or exceptional community support. While not given every year, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Stan Stephens Stewardship Award, and Visitor Industry Hall of Fame Award may be awarded based on nominations received.
Alyeska Award – Lazy Otter Charters, Whittier
This award is presented to a business or organization for its outstanding leadership, professional excellence and group contribution to the Alaska travel industry.
Chuck West Award – Alaska Photo Treks, Anchorage
It was Marguerite West’s intention to carry on the tradition and to honor her husband by funding this award, which is given to a new pioneer in the industry who has exhibited entrepreneurial creativity, innovation and courage in the introduction of a successful new product for the benefit and enjoyment of Alaska’s visitors.
Denali Award – Deb Hickok, Fairbanks
This award is presented to a living individual for his or her outstanding leadership, professional excellence and personal contribution to the Alaska travel industry.
Spirit of Alaska Award – Northern Alaska Tour Company, Fairbanks
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5 Colorado Counties Receive Over $550 Million in Federal Aid
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Jefferson, El Paso, Arapahoe, Denver, and Adams counties received over $550 million in federal coronavirus response money last month.
According to The Denver Post, the five counties received the funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which directed aid to counties with 500,000 or more people.
But because the federal government has not been specific on what this money can be used for, a number of these counties are unsure of exactly how to distribute it.
Jefferson County officials are entertaining the idea of using their portion of the money, which amounts to $101.7 million, for a grant program that would help local businesses struggling due to the pandemic.
But some officials, like Jefferson County treasurer Jerry DiTullio, told The Denver Post they are concerned that the regulations surrounding the funds may change in the future.
$125.7 million of the funds went toward El Paso County, which will keep $83 million and distribute the rest to its cities based on per-capita, leaving Colorado Springs with around $38 million in aid.
Arapahoe County, on the other hand, will decide how to divvy up its $114.5 million in funds based on the specific, coronavirus-related requests of its municipalities.
Denver County received $126.8 million, which it will likely allocate towards medical supply expenses, shelter services, and cleaning and sanitation supplies.
The county has also received other federal grant money, and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is requesting more in order to avoid layoffs for police officers, firefighters, teachers, health officials, and more.
Adams County will determine how to utilize its $90 million portion on Tuesday (May 5).
Unfortunately, smaller towns have not received financial aid as of yet, but that may change.
Layfayette Democrat Representative Joe Neguse has proposed a bill that would give $250 billion in federal funds to smaller and medium-sized counties and cities.
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Questions Concerning Ramadhan
by AbdurRahman.org January 29, 2014 May 6, 2018
Al-Istiqaamah Issue No.5 – Ramadân 1417H / January 1997
DETERMINING THE BEGINNING OF RAMADHAN
[Q]: Is it permissible to rely upon astronomical calculations in determining the start of Ramadhan?
[A]: “The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam ordered the Muslims saying: “Do not fast until you see the new moon, and do not stop fasting until you see it, and if it is concealed by clouds then count out (the thirty days of Sha’ban) for it.”1 And he ‘alayhis-salatu was-salam said: “We are an illiterate nation that neither writes nor calculates (i.e. using astronomical calculations). The month is either like this, or this (Meaning: Sometimes it is of twenty-nine days, and sometimes it is of thirty.) “2
And it is established in the Sahih (no.1903) of al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah radiallahu ‘anhu that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: “Fast when it (the moon) is seen, and cease fasting when it is seen, so if it is concealed by clouds then complete thirty days of Sha’ban.” And he sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam also said: “Do not fast until you have seen the moon, and if it is concealed by clouds then complete thirty days.”3 There are plenty of ahadith in this connection, and all of them point towards the obligation of actually sighting the moon, or if unable, then to complete the number of days in the absence of observing it. These narrations also point towards the impermissibility of using astronomical calculations in this regard. And Shaykhul-Islam Ibn TaymiWah has actually stated an ijma’ (consensus) from the People of Knowledge about the impermissibility of relying upon astronomical calculations in this regard – and this is the truth about which there is no doubt.” And with Allah alone is the ability.”5
BRUSHING ONE’S TEETH WHILST FASTING
[Q]: Is it permissible to use a miswak to brush one’s teeth, whilst fasting. And it it permissible to use toothpaste as well? What if some blood appear whilst I brush my teeth, doe this invalidate my fast?
[A]: “There is no problem in cleaning one’s teeth either using water, miswak or toothbrush, whilst fasting. Some have held it to be makruh (detested) to use a miswak whilst fasting, since it changes the smell of a person’s breath. However, what is correct is that it is recommended to use a miswak in the beginning and the end of the day, since doing so does not change the odour, rather it just cleanses the mouth from impurities and small pieces of food that become lodged in one’s teeth. As regards to the use of toothpaste, then it is makruh (detested), since it contains a distinctive taste and flavour which may then get mixed with one’s saliva and then be swallowed. Thus, whosoever needs to use it should do so after suhur (the pre-dawn meal), before the time of Fajr and fasting begins. However, if one can safeguard allowing the toothpaste and salvia to be mixed then swallowed, then there is no harm in using such toothpaste. If – whilst cleaning’s one teeth with water, miswak or a toothbrush – a small amount of blood flows out, then this does not break the fast, and Allah knows best.”6
CONCERNING THE TARAWIH PRAYER
[Q]: Some people insist that there is an ijma’ (consensus) from the four well known Imams – Abu Hanifah, Malik, ash-Shafi’i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal, rahimahumallah – on praying only twenty rak’ahs for tarawih. Is this correct?
[A]: “This is an erroneous claim. This is what has been stated in the Hanafi books of fiqh (jurisprudence), for we do not find any book that can be authentically ascribed to Abu Hanifah (d.150H) rahimahullah. Rather, what is apparent from looking into al-Muwatta of Imam Muhammad (one of the main students of Abu Hanifah) is that Abu Hanifah’s madhhab (school of thought) was to pray eleven rak’ahs.
Imam Muhammad includes a chapter in al-Muwatta (p.110), stating: “Chapter: Establishing the Night Prayer in the month of Ramadhan, and the virtues contained in it.” Under this chapter he relates four ahadith. The first, third and fourth narrations do not make mention of any specified number of rak’ahs for the tarawih prayer, rather they just mention the excellence of establishing Prayer in congregation and the excellence of the night prayer in Ramadhan. However, in the second narration eleven rak’ahs is mentioned. Then Imam Muhammad said (p.111): “And we take all of this.” … Thus, he has shown that his madhhab is eleven rak’ahs, and this can only be the madhhab of Imam Abu Hanifah – rahmatullah ‘alayhi – as well.
Ash-Shafi’i (d.204H) – rahimahullah – said: “There is no limit to its maximum, since it is an optional prayer. Thus, if the standing is lengthened, whilst the number of prostrations is shortened (i.e. the number of rak’ahs is fewer), then that is good and that is what is most beloved to me. However, if the number of prostrations and bowings are increased (i.e. the number of rak’ahs are increased), then this is also good.”7 So it is affirmed that Imam ash-Shafi’i – rahimahullah – does not advocate restricting the number of rak’ahs to twenty. Rather, he gives preference for there to be fewer rak’ahs and an increase in the length of standing.
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d.241H) has approved of eleven rak’ahs as well as twenty – as Shaykhul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah says in al-Ikhtiyaratul-‘Ilmiyyah (p.38) and Shah Waliullah says in al-Misriyyah (1/174) and al-Musaffa (1/177).
Imam Malik (d.179H) – rahimahullah – also supports eleven rak’ahs, as Shaykhul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah mentioned in al-Ikhtiyarat (p.38) and as Jalalud-Din as-Suyuti mentions in al-Hawi lil-Fatawa (p.350), where he said: al-Juri, one of our companions said, from Malik who said: “That which ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab gathered the people upon is more beloved to us. and that was eleven rak’ahs, and that was the prayer of Allah’s Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.” It was said to him: Eleven rak’ahs with the Witr? So he said: Yes, and thirteen is close.” Then he said: “I do not know from where they have introduced these numerous ruku’s (bowings).”8
Praying eleven rak’ahs is based upon a number of authentic narrations, from them:-
[1] What al-Bukhari relates in his Sahih (no.2013) from Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abdur-Rahman who relates that he asked ‘aishah radiallahu ‘anha: How was the Prayer of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam in Ramadhan? So she said: “Allah’s Messenger, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam did not used to pray more than eleven rak’ahs during Ramadhan or in other than Ramadhan. He would pray four rak’ahs, and do not ask about their beauty and length. Then he would pray another four, and do not ask about their beauty and length. Then he would pray three (witr).”
[2] Jabir radiallahu ‘anhu said: ”Allah’s Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam led us in the month of Ramadhan with eight rak’ahs and witr. Then on the following night we gathered in the mosque and hoped that he would come out, and we continued in that state until morning. Then we entered our houses, so we said: O Messenger of Allah we gathered in the mosque last night hoping that you would pray with us. So he said: “I feared that it would become prescribed (i.e. obligatory) for you.”9
[3] Imam Malik relates in his al-Muwatta (no.248): From Muhammad ibn Yusuf, from as-Sa’ib ibn Yazid who said: “‘Umar ibn al-Khattab ordered ‘Ubayy ibn Ka’b and Tamim ud-Dari to lead the people in Prayer with eleven rak’ahs. And the reciter would recite some hundreds of Verses until one of us would lean upon a stick because of the length of standing, and we had not used to finish until the appearance of Fajr.”10
[4] ‘Ubayy ibn Ka’b came to Allah’s Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and said: O Messenger of Allah, something happened with me last night – meaning in Ramadhan. So he said: “And what was that ‘Ubayy?” He said: Some women in my house said, we do not recite the Qur’an, so can you lead us in Prayer? So I lead them in eight rak’ahs and prayed the witr. And this was a Sunnah of his approval, since he remained quiet and he did not say anything.11
So all this goes to show that insisting that there is a consensus on praying only twenty rak’ahs for tarawih – claiming this to be the only view of all the four well-known Imams – is not only incorrect, but is against the established evidence. As regards a detailed discussion regarding the whole issue, then this is not possible here, nor is it the place to discuss the correctness, or merits, of praying twenty rak’ahs over eight, or vice-versa. Rather, one can find such discussions in the relevant chapters in the books of fiqh, whilst remembering that: “Difference in opinion must not be a source of obstinacy nor anger.”12
WHAT SHOULD I DO IN RAMADHAN?
[Q]: What should a fasting person do, and what is obligatory upon him?
[A]: “The fasting person must increase in obedience to Allah and to keep away from all the prohibited meters. It is obligatory upon the fasting person to safeguard the obligatory duties and to distance himself from all the prohibitions. So he should pray the five daily Prayers in their correct times and in congregation, and abandon lying, backbiting, cheating, dealing in usury, and all other prohibited matters. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: “Whosoever does not abandon falsehood in speech and action, then Allah the Mighty and Majestic has no need that he should leave his food and drink.”13″14
EYE DROPS AND VOMITING
[Q] Is it permissible to use eye or ear-drops whilst fasting, or does it invalidate the fast? And does vomiting also break the fast?
[A]: “Whosoever uses eye or ear drops for medicinal purposes, then this does not invalidate their fast, and this is the correct opinion. This is because such drops are not termed as being food or drink – neither are they called so by convention, nor by Islamic terminology – and this is because such drops are administered through those places which food and drink are not administered.
However, if taking such drops could be delayed until the night, then this would avoid entering into any difference of opinion.
Similarly, whosoever vomits whilst fasting, then this does not invalidate their fast. This is because Allah does not burden a soul with more than it can bear, and also that the Shari’ah (Divinely Prescribed Islamic Law) is built upon facilitating ease and removing hardships, as Allah – the Most High – said: “And We have not made for you any hardships in the Religion.” [Surah al-Baqarah 2:222].
Also, the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: “Whosoever has an attack of vomiting, then no atonement is required of him, but whoever intentionally vomits, then let him atone for it.”15″16
1. Related by al-Bukhari (1906) and Muslim (no.1080), from Ibn ‘Umar radiallahu ‘anhu.
2. Related by al-Bukhari (no.1913), from Ibn ‘Umar radiallahu ‘anhu.
3. Related by al-Bukhari (no.19O7), from Ibn ‘Umar.
4. Refer to Fathul-Bari (4/159) of al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr.
5. Answered by Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz bin Baz in Fatawas-Siyam (p.13).
6. Answered by Shaykh Ibn Jibrin in Fatawa-Siyam (p.40).
7. Quoted by Ibn Nasr al-Marwazi in Qiyamul-Layl (p.92).
8. Tanqid Sadid bi Risaliti Ijtihad wa Taqlid (pp.266-268) of Shaykh Badi’ ud-Din as-Sindi.
9· Related by Ibn Nasr (p.90) and others. Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr indicated in Fathul-Bari (3/10) that the narration is strong.
10. Shaykh al-Albani says in Salatut-Tarawih (p.45): “And its chain of narration is Sahih Jiddan (extremely authentic)”
11. Hasan: Related by Ibn Nasr al-Marwazi (p.90). It was authenticated by Shaykh al-Albani in Salatul-Tarawih (p.68).
12. From adabul-Khilaf (p.7) of Shaykh Salih al-Humaid.
13 Related by al-Bukhari (4/99), from Abu Hurayrah radiallahu ‘anhu.
14. Answered by Ibn al-‘Uthaymin in Fatawas-Siyam (pp.24-25).
15. Sahih: Related by Abu Dawud (2/310). It was authenticated by Ibn Taymiyyah in Haqiqatus-Siyam (p.14).
16. Answered by the Committee of Major Scholars in Fatawas-Siyam (p.44).
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The buildings are skinny because they authorities created a tax structure based on the width of the buildings.
The women and children were locked inside the town’s church.
As in many European towns, a church or cathedral provides a convenient orientation point. The spires are often the first thing a traveler sees when approaching the town.
Crowds can be horrible. Here the famous sculpture, the so-called “Winged Victory,” would be lost in the crowd if it were not elevated.
We picked up our first Parisian baguette and settled in for our first night in Paris.
We waited to get into the oldest part of the Cathedral, the crypt beneath it. Visitors are only admitted with a guide. Ours spoke French, so we had to read up on what we were seeing.
I can’t be sure I was seeing what Monet saw, but there was something unique about the pictures I was getting.
Boats of every size and description sit high and dry, stranded until the next tide comes in.
Visitors to Mont St. Michel see it first from miles away as a small mountain looming above some of the flattest terrain is France. This is a telephoto view from the visitors parking lot a mile-and-a-half from the island.
Houseboat with cats real and fabricated
This shot was taken from a high vantage point over the town. The church on the right is Saint Leonards. We were staying in a quaint flat on Rue Saint Leonard., near the church, so Leonard Cohen songs constituted the soundtrack running through my mind.
Charlie performing at an open mic
Sarah wiaits for the #21 bus.
Like all cemeteries, an aura of sadness envelopes it. But this one is special because of the stories it tells, the historical figures who populate it, and the traditions that have developed at their graves. Here are some of them.
Some of the re-creations are remarkable in their accuracy and detail. This man is a life-sized figure in a diorama.
Inside the chapel is another Black Madonna. These are so called because of the natural color of the wood from which they were carved, together with centuries of darkening from being in smoky interiors.
We strolled the Champs-Elysees, and saw the Arc de Triomphe. As fans of the Tour De France bicycle race, this was a special treat. The final stage of Le Tour is held on these cobblestones.
Coffeshop Freedom
Westerpark Canal
Unique architectural details
Houseboat and Car
De Wallen – The Red Light District
The massive and breathtaking Chartres Cathedral dwarfs everything else in the town.
The Orsay lets you view Paris through the face of a giant clock, visible for blocks from the outside.
We visited Point du Hoc on the English Channel in Normandy. On D-Day, Army Rangers had to scale these cliffs under fire. Their mission was to take out a German gun battery.
All over Normandy, memories of the war are kept alive by artifacts that remain to this day, such as this part of the artificial harbor assembled in the days following D-Day.
…but it is a real challenge to portray the exquisite, creamy smoothness of the bodies of Cupid and Psyche, in this work by Antonin Canova.
Each scene tells another story.
Prostitute’s windows in De Wallen
The sign says something about a “bird raft.”
Almost every European town has a weekly Market Day. In Bayeux it is a festive and crowded occasion.
Art is everywhere in Honfleur. This metal sculpture was outside a gallery.
Narrow, winding streets lead to delightful scenes like this.
The town features one quirky sculpture: A fanciful representation of the novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac, donated by the people of Russia. Balzac spent his early childhood in the region.
Charlie and Frans
Portmarnock beach sculpture
This is the harbor where Monet created “Impression: Sunrise,” the painting that rocked the art world and gave the new movement it’s name.
These are the remains of Port Winston, the artificial harbor in the English Channel, assembled immediately after the invasion.
The memorial for Jean Moulin, the most famous hero and martyr of the French Resistance. The sword is held defiantly, but broken. The Resistance did what they could against the Nazis, but every attack or act of sabotage brought on brutal retaliation. The Nazis began killing 10 innocents for every German killed or wounded by Resistance attacks. Later they upped the ante to 100 people, randomly rounded up from the population.
Colors reflected in a boat hull
Max, host of the Amsterdam Songwriters Guild Open Mic
This little chapel is in the hills overlooking the town. Here Sarah is exploring the area.
The Aure has been an integral part of the town’s life for centuries.
Most of the old buildings are each uniquely decorated
Chartres, like virtually every town in France, has created monuments to memorialize those who suffered and sacrificed in both World Wars. This monument honors the hundreds of Chartres civilians who were killed by the Nazis in WW2.
Bayeux’ main “claim to fame” is the Bayeux Tapestry. This remarkably preserved, 230-foot long work of art dates from the 11th or 12th century. It is well worth a visit.
This is the final resting place of the tragic, doomed 11th century lovers, Abelard and Heloise. As the story goes, when Heloise’s uncle found out about their illicit affair, he had Abelard castrated and sent Heloise to a nunnery. Their love letters after this became famous. In 1817 their bones were finally united here. Lovers now leave their own letters at the grave.
After leaving Sarlat, we made a mid-day stop in the lovely town of Albi.
We visited the Place Pigalle neighborhood, home of the famous Moulin Rouge burlesque club, among more seedy sex establishments. We succumed to the temptation of the Starbucks across the street. The Moulin Rouge is in the background of this photo.
This photographer found many photo-ops in Chartres.
This is the beautiful and solemn American Cemetery overlooking the English Channel in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. It is the final resting place for 9,387 Americans who died on D-Day and in the subsequent Battle of Normandy.
I loved seeing their actual signatures close up. The signatures somehow take me to the moment when the artist declared the work finished. It shows their humanity, somehow.
Once on the island, labyrinthine stairs and passages lead through and around the town and the abbey.
The lines and angles of the buildings are not quire square.
Martello Tower, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
This early Christian chapel and pilgrimage sight was built into a vast, steep cliff, for defensive purposes.
Charlie rides
Our Lovely Amsterdam Apartment
I saw the light at different times of day play with the colors and shapes in the harbor, creating something new each time.
A beautiful formal garden is located just outside the museum.
Even worse are the mobs surrounding the Mona Lisa. She hangs forlornly on her own massive wall. It takes patience and fortitude to get close enough to appreciate the masterpiece.
Everywhere I turned, another photo popped into view.
Paris is a feast for the eyes, filled with sculptures, monuments, and fountains.
Dam Square Monument
The Seine, with its grand bridges and surrounding buildings, is one of the great, iconic sights in Paris.
The Orsay, and the Orengerie, are where one finds many of the most iconic Impressionist treasures.
What great sculptors can do with hard, cold marble is miraculous, as shown by the intricate lacework in this piece by Antonio Corradini.
Window shopping at the Condomerie
Every Cross or Star of David marks the grave of an ordinary American who made an extraordinary sacrifice. This is the grave of Broadway Sims, from Tennessee. His name made me want to know his story, and a reader of this blog responded, so CLICK THE PHOTO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BROADWAY SIMS. A website about him will open in a new window.
The little River Aure runs through the middle of Bayeux.
Many of Bayeux’ old Medieval structures remain intact and in use.
Poignant fragments of everyday life are everywhere.
The Netherlands, Italy, and Spain
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Twitter acqui-hires creative agency Ueno to help design new products
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Twitter this morning announced it’s bringing the full-service creative agency Ueno in-house to work alongside Twitter’s own design and research teams. The move, an acqui-hire of sorts, is one where Twitter is essentially buying the agency with which it already had a close working relationship, as Ueno had previously partnered with Twitter on various design and product experiences in the past.
The agency itself was founded by Haraldur Thorleifsson in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2014. Today, it has dozens of employees working in Reykjavik, San Francisco, New York and LA.
Over the years, Ueno has worked on a number of …
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Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces
Twitter has acquired social broadcasting app Breaker, the companies announced today via a combination of blog posts and tweets. The deal will see Breaker’s team joining Twitter to help “improve the health of the public conversation” on the service, as well as work on Twitter’s new audio-based networking project, Twitter Spaces. The Breaker app, however, will shut down on January 15, 2021.
Breaker announced the acquisition on its company blog, explaining why it believes its team will be a good fit at Twitter.
“Here at Breaker, we’re truly passionate about audio communication and we’re inspired by the ways …
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Posted on December 23, 2020 by 1BusinessWorld®
Voyager Space Holdings to acquire majority stake in commercial space leader Nanoracks
Voyager Space Holdings continues to build up its portfolio of strategic space service offerings with the acquisition of a majority stake in X.O. Markets, the parent company of Nanoracks. Nanoracks has provided commercial space services for years now, and most recently provided the Bishop Airlock that was installed on the International Space Station. Bishop is the first dedicated commercial permanent airlock on the ISS, and will provide a major increase in capabilities in terms of providing access to the orbital platform for private small satellites and research.
This is Voyager’s third major acquisition this year, after it picked …
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Looking ahead after 2020’s epic M&A spree
When we examine any year in enterprise M&A, it’s tempting to highlight the biggest, gaudiest deals — and there were plenty of those in 2020. I’ve written about 34 acquisitions so far this year. Of those, 15 were worth $1 billion or more, 12 were small enough to not require that the companies disclose the price and the remainder fell somewhere in between.
Four deals involving chip companies coming together totaled over $100 billion on their own. While nobody does eye-popping M&A quite like the chip industry, other sectors also offered their own eyebrow-raising deals, led by Salesforce buying Slack earlier this month …
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IBM snags Nordcloud to add multi-cloud consulting expertise
IBM has been busy since it announced plans to spin out its legacy infrastructure management business in October, placing an all-in bet on the hybrid cloud. Today, it built on that bet by acquiring Helsinki-based multi-cloud consulting firm Nordcloud. The companies did not share the purchase price.
Nordcloud fits neatly into this strategy with 500 consultants certified in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform; giving the company a trained staff of experts to help as they move away from an IBM -centric solution to choosing to work with the customer however they wish to implement their cloud strategy.
This hybrid approach …
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Europe urged to block Google-Fitbit ahead of major digital policy overhaul
The European Commission must block the Google -Fitbit merger as a matter of democratic imperative, prominent academic and author Shoshana Zuboff has warned.
The Harvard professor who wrote the defining book on surveillance capitalism has become the latest voice raised against the $2.1 billion data+devices deal — that’s now been delayed at the regulatory clearance stage for more than a year.
Others calling for the Google-Fitbit acquisition to be blocked — unless or until robust competition, democratic and human rights safeguards can be baked in — include Amnesty International; scores of consumer, privacy and digital rights groups across civic society; and the …
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Posted on December 9, 2020 by 1BusinessWorld®
MTG acquires mobile racing game studio Hutch Games for up to $375 million
Sweden’s MTG is making a significant acquisition in the mobile gaming industry. The company is acquiring Hutch Games, the London-based game studio behind popular mobile racing games, such as Rebel Racing, F1 Manager and Top Drives.
The acquisition is an important one for MTG as the company is spending $275 million right away and setting aside another $100 million for performance-based payments.
If you’re not familiar with MTG, you probably know its portfolio companies. Over the past few years, MTG has acquired ESL and DreamHack to become an esports leader.
MTG has also acquired InnoGames and Kongregate for their popular …
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FTC sues to block P&G’s acquisition of Billie, a razor startup for women
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Procter & Gamble’s acquisition of Billie, a NY-based startup that sells razors and body wash.
In the notice, the FTC alleged that the merger would “eliminate innovative nascent competitors for wet shave razors” to the loss of consumers.
Billie was founded in 2017 with the goal of fighting the “pink tax” on goods marketed to women, including razors and body wash. It went up against companies like P&G and Edgewell Personal Care by offering high-quality and cheap razors. The company announced its intent to be acquired by P&G after raising just $35 …
Tags: Business News, Business Updates, Exit, FTC, Fundings & Exits, M&A, Mergers and Acquisitions, mybillie, proctor & gamble, startups
Why Slack and Salesforce execs think they’re better together
When Salesforce bought Slack earlier this week for $27.7 billion, it was in some ways the end of a startup fairytale. Slack was the living embodiment of the Silicon Valley startup success fantasy. It started as a pivot from a game company, of all things. It raised $1.4 billion, went from zero to a $7 billion valuation to IPO, checking off every box on the startup founder’s wish list.
Then quite suddenly this week, Slack was part of Salesforce, plucked off the market for an enormous sum of money.
While we might not ever know the back (Slack) room maneuvering that went …
Tags: Bret Taylor, Business News, Business Updates, cloud, Enterprise, M&A, Mergers and Acquisitions, SaaS, Salesforce, Salesforce-Slack deal, slack, stewart butterfield, TC
Posted on November 21, 2020 by 1BusinessWorld®
Walmart is buying JoyRun assets to add ‘peer-to-peer’ product delivery
The last time we wrote about JoyRun, it was raising $10 million. Today, the Bay Area startup has some very different news to share, as it becomes part of Walmart as Walmart has purchased select assets in a bid to enhance its supply chain. The mega-retailer announced today that it has acquired “select assets – including the talent, technology platform and IP” from the company, in a bid to incorporate its peer-to-peer food and drink delivery service into its own last-mile logistics.
Walmart EVP Srini Venkatesan notes that the app has amassed a network of 540 third-party merchant partners and north of 30,000 people who have delivered goods with the service since its launch half-a-decade ago. JoyRun’s service is a bit of twist on more standard delivery apps like Seamless and Uber Eats.
As we described it back in 2017, “The company’s app lets people find out who, nearby, is already heading out to a restaurant that they like, then tack on an order of their own.” It will be interesting to see how Walmart integrates this technology into its existing chain, though from the sound it, Walmart would essentially be relying on non-professionals to delivery goods like groceries.
The system would likely operate in a manner like Amazon Flex — a kind of Uber/Lyft gig economy-style approach to delivery.
“This acquisition allows us to further augment our team and ongoing efforts to explore even more ways to deliver for customers in the future,” Venkatesan adds. “For instance, Runners could complement our SPARK program and 3rd Party delivery providers. Our goal is to deliver as quickly and efficiently as possible.”
Walmart expects the deal to close “in the coming weeks,” which will incorporate JoyRun into its Supply Chain Technology team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Tags: Apps, Business News, Business Updates, delivery, JoyRun, M&A, Walmart
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CARS ADVICE Ford Ranger and Everest recalled for transmission defect, 20,000...
Ford Ranger and Everest recalled for transmission defect, 20,000 cars affected
By 24autoNET
There are known incidents of failure on Australia’s second-best-selling car.
Ford Australia has issued a recall of 15,924 examples of its 2017-2019 Ranger ute (shown above), and 5044 examples of its 2018-2019 Everest SUV due to a fault with the 10-speed automatic transmission.
Included Ranger models were sold between 19 December 2017 and 15 October 2019, while included Everest models were sold between 30 May 2018 and 16 October 2019.
The defect includes 2.0-litre twin-turbocharged diesel four-cylinder engines fitted with the 10-speed automatic transmission.
Above: Ford Everest
The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says the gears inside the transmission fluid pump could fail while driving.
Ford Australia says if the fluid pump does fail, it will lead to a loss of hydraulic pressure in the transmission and may lead to a loss of drive, increasing the risk of accident and injury to occupants and other road users.
CarAdvice has been told there are “a few” known failures in Australian cars, however Ford Australia says it has already rectified “more than 60 per cent” of cars affected.
Ford is contacting owners to organise inspection and repair of the defect.
A full list of the vehicle identification numbers of affected Ranger models can be found here. A list of affected Everest models can be found here .
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Match 3D 4+
Match similar 3D objects
Loop Games Oyun Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi
#1 in Board
4.8 • 568.8K Ratings
Get ready for a new, challenging and original matching pairs game.
You need to match 3D objects on the ground and pop them all! When you clear a level, you will find new objects to pair.
Match 3D is easy to play for everyone!
Polished pairs of animals, foods, school objects, house properties, emoji's and much more to satisfying levels to pass with just onet the cards!
Offering tons of cute combinations, this free game will power up your brain and increase your memory speed.
All you need to do is play this connection-based game with various 3D levels that set it apart from all other games. This matching pairs game is so easy that anyone can play it.
Features;
Shiny 3D visual effects and objects.
Well-designed brain trainer levels.
Pause it whenever you want.
Auto-save game to continue from where you left off.
Cute animals, sweet yummy food, cool toys, exciting emojis and much more stuff to puzzle out.
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568.8K Ratings
Fopfan2007 , 06/28/2020
Relaxing and annoying
I really like this game. Sorting things is really relaxing and the visuals are great. The timer helps make the game more challenging, although it would be nice if there was an option to play without a timer. As others have pointed out, there are too many ads. I don’t mind there being ads between levels but it’s really annoying when you are playing a level and an ad pops up out of nowhere; and this happens several times each level! And these aren’t short ads either; they tend to be about a minute long. The biggest problem I have with this game is that the timer doesn’t pause for ads and that’s a problem when you only get a few minutes to complete each level. So for example, if you get 4 minutes to complete a level and an ad pops up that’s 1 minute long, then you’ve just lost a quarter of your time and you’ll likely get more ads that will steal even more of your time. I could tolerate pop up ads if the timer paused for them. There are also frequent glitches in which the game abruptly pauses for a few seconds. A lot of other people have voiced the same complaints as me so I hope these problems will be fixed soon.
Silirap Nad , 10/30/2020
Good game, too limited options, constant “up-selling”
***If I’d known the game was this limited, and would be constantly trying to up up-sell me, I wouldn’t have bought the paid version. I’m sorry I did.***
UPDATE: I’ve decided to stop playing this game. I liked using it to relax and de-stress, but playing against the clock creates stress rather than relieves it, and there’s no other option to play it.
I like this game, think it’s a creative idea. I like interface overall. I’d easily give it 4 stars, probably even 5 stars — but there are no “practice modes”, or any way whatsoever to the play without a timer constantly running. I had been using the game in the mornings to help wake up my brain, but am constantly irritated that I have to rush against the clock instead of having the option to let my mind relax and find the matches in varying levels without a stress-inducing clock running. ***The only way to change that is to spend money on boosters that add to the clock, which is manipulative.*** I purchased the paid version of the app, yet I’m still having purchases pushed at me, which cheapens the game for me and makes me want to not play it, and even worse, not recommend it to others. If a “play without the clock” option was available, and there weren’t “Buy boosters, give us more more money” things in my face all the time, I’d love it.
Me karen , 01/14/2021
Love but hate at the same time
I have a hard time finding a game that can challenge me. Most games I try I get bored of quickly and delete. This game has actually kept me coming back until recently. The ads keep freezing up. They play and then I am unable to go back to the game. Then I lose whatever boosts I used and I have to start all over. This has been happening for over a week. I have been patient waiting for the bug to be fixed but nothing. I am really enjoying the challenge of this game but I hate being cheated by it constantly freezing up after the ads are done. It’s not even like it’s a glitch that pops you back to the game after a minute. It just sits there at the end of the ads, no X pops up, or if it does you can’t click it successfully, or the screen turns black and I wait but nothing else happens and I lose my boosts and have to start the level over. I’ve uninstalled it and reinstalled didn’t help. I’ve made sure my iPhone is up to date no changes. I’ve turned my phone off and restart it but that doesn’t help either. Nothing helps. Hopefully support can because I would really like to continue playing. Thanks for your time.
The developer, Loop Games Oyun Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
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Food Network Seminar March 1, 2005
Museum of Television and Radio
25 West 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue
The Edible Airwaves: How to Cook for Television
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Since launching in 1993, the Food Network has enlightened and engaged viewers with its how-to approach to the culinary arts?be it corn bread and barbecue or a delectable lobster thermidor?and its innovative home and lifestyle programming. Its sizzling lineup of on-air personalities have helped to usher in the era of the celebrity chef. Join a panel of Food Network all-stars as they give the dish on what makes their network one of cable's most popular destinations.
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Book MSS: "I Wanted to Write" to Book MSS: "Lydia Bailey", 1935 - 1953
"I Wanted to Write": Article: "Kenneth Roberts, Who Wanted To Write", by Ridgely Cummings; typescript, 1953
From the Box: Book MSS: "I Wanted to Write" to Book MSS: "Lydia Bailey"
Title & Date(s): "I Wanted to Write": Article: "Kenneth Roberts, Who Wanted To Write", by Ridgely Cummings; typescript, 1953
ML-25, Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
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Jane Urquhart fonds., 39 results 39
Urquhart, Jane, 2 results 2
Van Houts, Chris, 1 results 1
Wellesley Township, 1 results 1
Netherlands, 1 results 1
Amsterdam, 1 results 1
Little Long Lac, 1 results 1
Geraldton, 1 results 1
Jane Urquhart fonds.
Top-level description Jane Urquhart fonds.
SCA133
Urquhart, Jane
Part of Jane Urquhart fonds.
The fonds consists of a single diary kept by Jane Urquhart from 1974 to 1981, before she began her writing career, and documents primarily several trips to Europe taken with Tony Urquhart. This diary served as a sketchbook, journal and trip diary, and contains drawings and sketches, photographs, ephemera, plant material, etc. Its 258 pages contain 71 sketches, drawings and watercolours including 27 by Tony Urquhart, 32 by Jane Urquhart, 2 by Michael Ondaatje and 10 by other artists.
Jane Urquhart fonds : 2015 accrual.
[189-?]-2010
Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart relating to her personal and professional life. Includes mss. and tss. of Urquhart's works, research materials, correspondence, biographical materials, and materials relating to other professional commitments.
SCA133-GA278-1
Series consists of materials relating to the personal life of Jane Urquhart. Includes correspondence, clippings, calling cards, CVs, a diary, etc.
Calling cards.
SCA133-GA278-1-1
File consists of five calling cards for Jane Urquhart.
Clippings.
[19--]-2000
File consists of two clippings relating to the life of Jane Urquhart. One is a book review for "Some Other Garden" and the other is a photocopy of an article relating to the dredging of a pond in Wellesley township near the former Urquhart home.
File consists of 91 items of correspondence between Jane Urquhart and others, primarily for the year 2000. Correspondents include: Albright, Mary Atwood, Margaret Basset, Ralph Batty, Christina Burnett, Virgil Burton, Nik Busch, Fred [C.], Joan Canadian House and Home Canadian Irish Studies Foundation CBC Clarkson, Adrienne Coffey, Anne Conradi, Arnulf Council of Independent Teachers of English Dickson, Jennifer Farrell, Peter M. Findley, Timothy Fitzgerland, Kathleen Goisbault, Hugues Griffin, Margot Griffin Trust Huggan, Isabel Hughes, Glyn International Festival of Authors Lakehead University Levine, Ellen Mamta, Griffin and Akash Massiah, Diana McAleese, Mary McClelland and Stewart Memorial University Moore, Jessica National Arts Centre National Capital Commission OsKarima Pratt, Mary Pen Canada Public Works and Government Services Canada Quirt, [Brian] Radhf, Berthold Read, Janet Richler, Mordecai Rogers Television Rosemary Royal Ontario Museum Shields, Carol Stratford Festival of Canada University of Ottawa University of Toronto Vernadet, Carole Winterset Award
*Writers' Trust of Canada.
Also includes two items of correspondence, one between Emily and Tony Urquhart and one between Emily Urquhart and her grandmother Marian Carter.
Correspondence : Christmas cards.
File consists of 41 Christmas cards from friends and family.
Curriculum vitae.
File consists of two copies of Jane Urquhart's curriculum vitae.
Day planner.
File consists of one pocket size day planner for the year 1993. Day planner is housed in a plastic box.
File consists of one diary kept by Jane Urquhart between 1993 and 2010. Includes handwritten diary entries as well as pasted in and loose photographs, ephemera, clippings, correspondence, etc.
University of Toronto fall convocation.
File consists of one videocassette of the University of Toronto 1999 fall convocation during which Jane Urquhart spoke.
Professional Life and Writing
Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart relating to her professional commitments and writing. Includes handwritten and typed drafts of many of Urquhart's works, research for her works, as well as material relating to other professional commitments including prize judging, readings, etc.
SCA133-GA278-2-10
File consists of of handwritten and typed notes and drafts, as well as photocopies of research materials and handwritten research notes for Uruqhart's novel "Away."
Elsewhere.
SCA133-GA278-2-10a
File consists of one typed (computer printout, 1 leaf) poem with handwritten corrections titled "Elsewhere."
Fabric of a middle Ordovician limestone at Colborne, Ontario.
File consists of one offprint of "Fabric of a Middle Ordovician limestone at Colborne, Ontario" by P.J. Lee and C.G. Winder published in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 4 (1967).
The Giller Prize.
File consists of materials accumulated by Jane Urquhart related to her time as a member of the jury panel for the 2000 Giller Prize. Includes correspondence, lists of nominees, ephemera, photographs, etc.
The little flowers of Madame de Montespan.
File consists of three photocopies of Urquhart's poetry collection "The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan."
Lucy Maud Montgomery.
File consists of one typed (computer printout, 111 pp.) draft of "Lucy Maud Montgomery" written by Urquhart for the Penguin "Extraordinary Canadians" series.
Minute book of school section no. 23, Township of Cramahe.
File consists of one minute book for school section no. 23, Township of Cramahe. Includes minutes of the school board as well as balance sheets.The notebook was used as inspiration by Urquhart for her novel "Sanctuary Line."
The Night Stages.
File consists of one typed draft (computer printout, 335 pp.) of Urquhart's novel "The Night Stages." handwritten note on front cover reads "Clean draft of The Night Stages."
Notebook.
[19--?]
File consists of one notebook with handwritten notes of personal thoughts, as well as prose and poetry writing.
File consists of 28 poems (27 typed and one handwritten) written by Urquhart. Some are collected under the title "Twenty One Tales I'm not Likely to Tell You."
Reappraisals call for papers.
File consists of a call for papers for the Reappraisals: Canadian Writers symposium on the Arctic narrative.
Record book of SS No. 23 Cramahe Township.
File consists of one record book for SS No. 23 in Cramahe Township for the years 1918-1932. The book records student grades in five forms at Easter and Christmas as well as the accounting for the fall fair. The notebook was used as inspiration by Urquhart for her novel "Sanctuary Line."
Sanctuary Line.
File consists of one typed (computer printout, 272 pp.) draft with handwritten corrections of Urquhart's novel "Sanctuary Line."
Sanctuary Line 1.
File consists of one notebook with handwritten notes and drafts of Urquhart's novel "Sanctuary Line."
Sir Isaac Brock letters.
File consists of photocopies of two Sir Isaac Brock letters. Letters may have been used to inform part of Urquhart's novel "The Whirlpool."
The Underpainter.
File consists of a photocopy of a notebook with handwritten notes and a draft of Urquhart's novel "The Underpainter."
File consists of one typed (computer printout, 64 pp.) of Urquhart's novel "The Underpainter."
The Way There.
File consists of one typed (computer printout, 1 leaf) poem with handwritten corrections.
The Whirlpool : programme.
File consists of one programme for the Tarragon Theatre production of "The Whirlpool" based on Urquhart's novel of the same name.
Writers and friends fundraiser.
File consists of two programmes from the "Writers & Friends" fundraiser for Horizons of Friendship help November 12, 2000 in Port Hope. Urquhart was one of the contributing authors.
Agriculture school notebook.
File consists of one school notebook kept by Edward Andrus (great uncle of Jane Urquhart) with notes on agriculture. The notebook was used as inspiration by Urquhart for her novel "Sanctuary Line."
Series consists of photographs created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart. Includes photographs of Urquhart's hometown of Little Long Lac, Tilman's bridge and of Urquhart.
Little Long Lac.
File consists of thirty nine photographs, primarily postcards, and one Christmas card, showing views of Little Long Lac, Geraldton, and surrounding areas. Shots include the gold mine, downtown Geraldton, school in Little Long Lac, Baxton's Point, the hospital, Little Long Lac bridge, Nipigon, a dog sled, the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, a bush fire, and more. Jane Urquhart was born in Little Long Lac where her parents moved in the early 1930's.
Tilman's bridge.
File consists of fifteen photographs with accompanying negatives of Tilman's bridge over the Nith River in Wellesley Township. The bridge and surrounding area are a location in Urquhart's novel "The Stone Carvers."
Urquhart, Jane.
File consists of two photographs of Jane Urquhart speaking at the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam.
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Awareness Creation and Advocacy
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It’s always exciting to have our children make significant steps in their developmental process. Today, six of the children started their Technical College education!!
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I DON’T NEED MONEY: the story of Godswill
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These were the words of Godswill
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We have saved innocent children accused of witchcraft, from exclusion, torture and death. With care, protection and education for the children, and by educating their surrounding communities, we lay the foundation for a future, where children grow up to be independent, active and social individuals who contribute to the development of their communities.
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This aspect of our programmes is aimed at solving the problem (Child witch branding and stigmatization) from the root (ignorance and lack of proper education) which is more prevalent in the rural communities. To carry out these campaigns, we map out and visit rural communities with high prevalent rates of child witch branding and stigmatization, to interact with the locals on the issue.
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Business law in the news
Conduct research and find an organization that is currently facing a legal challenge.
Step 1: Research an organization that faced a legal challenge within the past two years. This company can be a local business, national brand, or global enterprise.
Step 2: Review the findings of the court and research the information presented by both parties (plaintiff and defendant).
Step 3: Present a detailed, cohesive review of the case from both perspectives.
Step 4: Offer a final argument of your own opinion of the case. Do you agree with the court’s findings? Do you disagree? Why?
The manager and the leader in Vodafone perform important activity in controlling and handling the situations with their knowledge and experience. The manager has to make proper decisions for the company to attain the business objective. The leader has to guide his subordinates to make the decisions into reality achieve the organization success. The manager has the power to control the employees to implement any decisions of the higher officials of Vodafone Groups plc. The leader has the power to use the manpower for implementing those decisions of higher officials of Vodafone. The leader focuses on the employees and influences them to achieve the goals. The manager focuses on the system to attain the desired outcomes of the Vodafone. Both the manger and the leader main goal are to work for the growth and development of the organization and success in the business year. Followings are the various theories and models which are applied by the managers and leaders of Vodafone Groups plc. Behavioral leadership theory Behavioral leadership theory focuses on the leader ability and mental qualities on the work. Behavioral theories emphasize what the leader of Vodafone do on the job and the leader relationship between the employees. Behavioral theory states that a leader should have people-oriented and task-oriented behavior. The leader should have democratic approach with the employees to increase the performance of the organization. The behavior of a leader is systematic and observable manner. The leaders have two behaviors in the Vodafone the concern for the people and concern for the production. They research early on every decision to concern for both the people and production. Behavioral theories differentiate effective an>
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CMO Strategy
Arby's Channels 'Fresh Prince' to Sell Philly-Style Sandwich
By Jessica Wohl. Published on November 28, 2016.
Black consumers are group most swayed by brand values and diversity practices, study finds
Arby's is banking on 90's nostalgia to sell its newest item, the Fire-Roasted Philly Sandwich.
Any fan of the "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" is likely able to immediately belt out the lyrics to the sitcom's theme song, rapped by star Will Smith. For those who didn't watch the long-running NBC show or have yet to catch it in syndication, as the song explains at the beginning of each episode, Mr. Smith's character moves west from West Philadelphia to live with his "auntie and uncle in Bel-Air."
Now, the song is featured in a 30-second spot from Fallon to tell a Philly tale for Atlanta-based Arby's.
Arby's Fire-Roasted Philly Sandwich Commercial
As in other Arby's spots, the voice work is by actor Ving Rhames, not Mr. Smith. Mr. Rhames is heard but not seen during the commercial, as the viewer gets a very close look at the steak sandwich.
The song lyrics are the same, up to a point. After "I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said" the words switch to the chain's tagline, "Arby's, we have the meats."
Arby's plans to begin airing the spot today.
The national launch of the Philly sandwich comes after Arby's in June began testing a trio of city-themed sandwiches -- a New York pastrami, Philly cheesesteak and Chicago Italian beef -- in a couple of different markets.
Here's the show's theme song, for those who need a refresher or just want to sing along:
Jessica Wohl
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Protein Instability and Lou Gehrig’s Disease
A new study uses small-angle x-ray scattering as well as several advanced biophysical techniques to link protein instability to the progression of a lethal degenerative disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Read more…
Contact: Elizabeth Getzoff and John Tainer
Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes
ALS researchers have now made a first-ever observation of the molecular structure of liquid water at a gold surface under different charging conditions. This marks the first time that the scientific community has been able to achieve such high sensitivity in an in-situ environment under working electrode conditions. Read more…
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Terra Sigillata: Evolution of Roman Ceramics Reflects Changes in Technology, Life
Decoding Ancient Ocean Acidification Signals from Plankton Shells
2015 General User Proposals: Timeline for March 4 Submissions
The User Office received 279 new General User Proposals (GUPs) and 421 Beam Time Requests (BTRs) for the 2015-2 running cycle. The User Office has processed all the proposals. Users submitting new proposals should have received an email inviting them to log in to ALSHub to review the proposal PDF that will be sent to reviewers. Read more…
Contact: Susan Bailey
Operations Update
For the user runs from February 19 to March 15, 2015, the beam reliability [(time scheduled – time lost)/time scheduled)] was 98.5%. For this period, the mean time between failures (MTBF) was 53.3 hours, and the mean time to recovery (MTTR) was 58 minutes. There were no significant interruptions.
Detailed information on reliability is available on the ALS reliability bulletin board, which is located in the hallway between the ALS and the control room in Building 80. Questions about beam reliability should be directed to Dave Richardson ([email protected], x4376).
Long-term and weekly operations schedules are available online. Requests for special operations use of the “scrubbing” shift should be sent to ([email protected]) by 1:00 p.m. Friday. The ring status can be seen in real time at http://als.lbl.gov/beam-status/.
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Birds of Northern South America Set
Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner & Miguel Lentino
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The two companion volumes of this extensive and detailed guide make a groundbreaking contribution to bird guide literature: they not only provide detailed accounts of every known bird species in the vast region from Ecuador to French Guiana but also, for the first time, illustrate virtually every plumage variation in full color. The illustrations include adult males and females where different as well as intermediate plumages, juveniles, subspecies, morphs and other variants, and several hypothetical and unconfirmed species. In all, nearly 6,400 birds are depicted. Black-and-white drawings of significant aspects of plumage or behavior are also provided, as are color maps showing river systems, political boundaries and the confirmed distribution of all the species.
Volume 1 presents extensive species accounts, including information on habitat, vocalization, nomenclature, and the very latest taxonomy to subspecies level. An up-to-date discography lists all published CDs that contain recordings of birds of northern South America.
Volume 2, designed for use in the field, contains complete range maps, Robin Restall’s immaculate and jewel-like paintings, and information about specific marks, habitat, and behavior to aid in identification.
Robin Restall is executive director, Clemencia Rodner is research associate, and Miguel Lentino is scientific director at the Phelps Institute for Ornithological Studies, Caracas, Venezuela.
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Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense
Jeremy Gruber
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Can genes determine which fifty - year-old will succumb to Alzheimer's, which citizen will turn out on voting day, and which child will be marked for a life of crime? Yes, according to the Internet, a few scientific studies, and some in the biotechnology industry who should know better. Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber gather a team of genetic experts to argue that treating genes as the holy grail of our physical being is a patently unscientific endeavor. Genetic Explanations urges us to replace our faith in genetic determinism with scientific knowledge about how DNA actually contributes to human development.
The concept of the gene has been steadily revised since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. No longer viewed by scientists as the cell's fixed set of master molecules, genes and DNA are seen as a dynamic script that is ad-libbed at each stage of development. Rather than an autonomous predictor of disease, the DNA we inherit interacts continuously with the environment and functions differently as we age. What our parents hand down to us is just the beginning. Emphasizing relatively new understandings of genetic plasticity and epigenetic inheritance, the authors put into a broad developmental context the role genes are known to play in disease, behavior, evolution, and cognition.
Rather than dismissing genetic reductionism out of hand, Krimsky and Gruber ask why it persists despite opposing scientific evidence, how it influences attitudes about human behavior, and how it figures in the politics of research funding.
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Psychopath vs. Sociopath: What’s the Difference?
Sociopaths are often called psychopaths and vice versa but there are differences between a psychopath and a sociopath. Psychopaths, for example, are far more likely to get in trouble with the law while sociopaths are much more likely to blend in with society. And while sociopaths and psychopaths do share some traits, sociopathy (antisocial personality disorder) is generally considered less severe than psychopathy.
What is a Sociopath?
A sociopath is actually a person with antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the book which contains the diagnostic criteria for mental illnesses) as a cluster B personality disorder (those that are dramatic or emotional).
While sociopathy can only be diagnosed at the age of 18 or above, the following must be present before the age of 15 for the diagnosis:
Repeated violations of the law
Pervasive lying and deception
Physical aggressiveness
Reckless disregard for the safety of self or others
Consistent irresponsibility in work and family environments
Lack of remorse
Psychopathy can be thought of as a more severe form of sociopathy with more symptoms. Therefore, all psychopaths are sociopaths but sociopaths are not necessarily psychopaths.
According to the Society for the Study of Psychopathy, psychopath traits include:
Lack of guilt/remorse
Lack of empathy
Lack of deep emotional attachments
Superficial charm
Manipulativeness
Reckless risk-taking
Moreover, approximately 93% of psychopaths are in the criminal justice system.
Additional psychopath traits have been identified and more on these can be found in the article, Does a Psychopath Test Exist? Diagnosing the Psychopath.
The Difference Between a Psychopath and Sociopath
While the traits of each may seem similar, it is thought that sociopaths have a less severe form of lack of empathy and lack of guilt. It is thought that sociopaths may be able to form some deep bonds (such as, possibly, with family) while a psychopath cannot (Can Psychopaths Love, Cry and Experience Joy?). Moreover, while a sociopath would feel no guilt about hurting a stranger, they may feel guilt and remorse over hurting someone with which they share a bond. Additionally, it appears that some of the very antisocial behavior in sociopaths lessens over time while this cannot be said of psychopaths (How To Recognize and Identify Psychopathic Behavior). Psychopaths appear to have no concern whatsoever of the consequences, while a sociopath may learn to avoid consequences over time by reducing antisocial behavior.
Finally, the presentation of one with psychopathy or sociopathy differs. According to Kelly McAleer, Psy.D,
"The psychopath is callous, yet charming. He or she will con and manipulate others with charisma and intimidation and can effectively mimic feelings to present as "normal" to society. The psychopath is organized in their criminal thinking and behavior, and can maintain good emotional and physical control, displaying little to no emotional or autonomic arousal, even under situations that most would find threatening or horrifying. The psychopath is keenly aware that what he or she is doing is wrong, but does not care.
"Conversely, the sociopath is less organized in his or her demeanor; he or she might be nervous, easily agitated, and quick to display anger. A sociopath is more likely to spontaneously act out in inappropriate ways without thinking through the consequences. Compared to the psychopath, the sociopath will not be able to move through society committing callous crimes as easily, as they can form attachments and often have 'normal temperaments.' . . ."
Both psychopaths and sociopaths are capable of committing horrific crimes, but a sociopath is less likely to commit them against those with whom there is a bond.
Tracy, N. (2015, August 5). Psychopath vs. Sociopath: What’s the Difference? , HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2021, January 18 from https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/psychopath/psychopath-vs-sociopath-what-s-the-difference
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How Email Drove 50% of New Sales for this Entrepreneur’s New Virtual Product
EastVille Comedy Club is the only bonafide comedy club in Brooklyn, New York. They had their most profitable month to date until COVID-19 closed all non-essential businesses.
Standup comedy is unlike other entertainment. Comedians need to interact with their audience for standup to work. It can’t be a one-way conversation or presented without audience participation. So simply moving to online comedy shows wasn’t an option.
Despite this, owner Marko Elgart found a way to pivot his business to create a new entertainment format with Comics Quarantined.
Learn the 6 ways he pivoted his business to give his customers an entirely new and unique experience while providing a revenue stream that saved his business.
6 ways to pivot your business to create a new revenue stream using email
You don’t need to dramatically change your products and services to pivot your strategy during COVID-19. Instead, when you pivot, re-imagine your existing assets and talents to discover additional opportunities to grow your business. A pivot can be one main shift in your business or a few different changes that reframe the product you offer and how you market it to your customers.
Below are the 6 ways EastVille Comedy Club pivoted their business to create an additional revenue stream.
1. Consider how else your business can solve your customers problems.
After New York state closed all of the comedy clubs, Elgart saw a video of a comedian performing standup in an empty comedy club. The performance lacked one of the most important elements of standup — audience interaction. But it did give Elgart and an idea on how he could pivot his business.
Elgart created Comics Quarantined — a daily, live, interactive event. Two or three comics virtually interact with each other through Zoom. Comedians can see each other and the audience if they choose to turn their camera on on their computer or phone. The audience can interact with the comedians through chat. Comics Quarantined is always live and never pre-recorded to keep the experience authentic.
“It’s a very personal kind of connection that you normally wouldn’t ever be able to get. So it’s pretty cool. It’s a behind the scenes look into the comedy business. Giving people the socialization that social distancing has taken away,” says Elgart.
Question to ask yourself: Can you deliver your product or service electronically through an app, virtual tool, or streaming service?
2. Explore how you can expand using email to communicate with your customers.
Elgart’s email list became even more valuable now that his customer’s physical location is no longer an obstacle for connecting with his audience. Standup Comedy shows performed at his physical club in Brooklyn were primarily only of interest for his audience that was planning on visiting or living in Brooklyn. He can now utilize his entire list for the first time since he launched his business. The audience’s geographic location is no longer an issue.
Elgart uses email at every customer touchpoint and business interaction. Email marketing is the way EastVille Comedy Club built its business. “50% of my business comes from email marketing, so it is very big for me, and it is very important. There is so much content readily available, NetFlix, YouTube, and movies. It’s essential to have a way to remind people that there is something different that they may want to check out,” said owner Marko Elgart.
Pitching talent
Elgart even uses email to pitch his idea to the talent that he books on his daily live show.
Daily customer emails
Elgart sends emails to his customer’s daily to let them know about who will be on that show that evening. Elgart has tested different times and has found that the email he sends at 6 PM gets a higher response.
Question to ask yourself: Are you using email at every customer touchpoint?
3. Communicate openly with your customers and discuss how to support each other.
During a crisis, it is essential to be real, authentic, and transparent about your efforts to serve your customers. It also allows you to let them know how they can support you as well.
Comics Quarantined helps to fund donations for local Brooklyn, NY COVID-19 charities and EastVille Survival Fund. Elgart set up the Eastville Survival Fund to help employees pay their bills until the EastVille Comedy Club can reopen. There is a donation form on the website ticket purchase page for Comics Quarantined where visitors can donate even just a dollar.
“I wanted to make it very affordable for people who are not working. Most people are donating more than a dollar, which is very nice,” says Elgart.
Now is the time to maintain a strong relationship with your customers. Show them you care in your newsletters, broadcast emails, and social media. Your loyal customers are champions for your company and essential brand ambassadors that can help grow your business with word of mouth.
“We’re fortunate that we can present Comics Quarantined. Most businesses are just closed. It’s definitely providing way more revenue than we thought it would. We’re very happy with it,” says Elgart.
Question to ask yourself: How can I best engage and communicate with my customers now?
4. Stay true to your brand personality in all communication.
It’s essential that any message that you send is authentic and visually expresses your brand’s personality. A big part of what sets Eastville Comedy Club apart is their brand identity. They achieve brand consistency across all their marketing assets with AWeber’s Smart Designer.
AWeber’s Smart Designer was able to analyze and capture all of Eastville Comedy Club’s core brand components (logo, images, and color palette) to create a branded email template that matched the look and feel of their website.
“I wanted something different. I was trying to create a theme consistent across my website, logo, and email template. I was able to keep everything branded,” said Elgart.
AWeber’s Smart Designer is a free, intelligent design assistant that lets you automatically create an amazing-looking, branded email template in seconds by entering either the URL of your website or social media account.
Question to ask yourself: Is my brand personality being expressed consistently when I communicate with my audience?
5. Explore partnerships to expand your reach.
To promote their online comedy shows, Eastville Comedy Club utilizes a winning combination of email, social media, word of mouth, and a strategic partnership with TicketWeb, a division of Ticketmaster.
Partnerships can help give you access to new customers and new markets. By selling tickets through TicketWeb, new audiences can discover Eastville Comedy Club’s event when visiting TicketWeb.
The talent on Comics Quarantined also promote their appearance to their audiences, which helps to drive new customers.
Question to ask yourself: Who could I collaborate with to create co-marketing opportunities to grow my audience?
6. Test out a new idea.
When Elgart decided to test the idea of Comics Quarantined, he posted it on his website and social media to see if anyone might purchase tickets.
What is stopping you from testing out a new idea or concept? Don’t let perfection limit you from testing out your new ideas. Now is the time to experiment. Quickly launch new ideas with minimal investment.
If you don’t have a website like EastVille Comedy Club, why not use a landing page to test a new idea. The AWeber Landing Page Builder allows you to create an unlimited number of landing pages and even host them for free. The AWeber Landing Page Builder is a free feature in your AWeber account.
Did you know that some of the most successful businesses were famous pivots? Play-doh was originally a wall cleaner that pivoted to a popular children’s toy. YouTube started out as a video dating site. Twitter was formerly a podcasting network named Odeo.
Eastville Comedy Club’s next pivot when the country re-opens is offering live streams of New York City standup to different areas of the country, like Philadephia, Tampa or Houston. Elgart has not figured out yet the logistics but you know when he does will it will have a different comedic twist.
Question to ask yourself: What could I learn about my customers by testing out a new idea?
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Eric Church Pays Emotional Tribute to John Prine With ‘Long Monday’ [Watch]
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Eric Church is among the many fans and friends who turned to social media to honor John Prine after his death on Tuesday evening (April 7). The country superstar shared a video to Instagram on Wednesday (April 8), singing "Long Monday" in remembrance of the man he says "taught me how to write a song."
Church is wearing a ball cap and a T-shirt in the black-and-white video, in which he accompanies himself on acoustic guitar as he sings the Prine classic. Prine co-wrote "Long Monday" with Keith Sykes, and it appeared on his Fair & Square album in 2005.
Church strips the already sparse arrangement down to just his voice, the guitar and lyrics as he delivers the contemplative song.
"Gonna be a long Monday / Sittin' all alone on a mountain / By a river that has no end / Gonna be a long Monday / Stuck like the tick of a clock / That's come unwound again," he sings in the chorus.
Prine died at the age of 73 after battling complications from the coronavirus (COVID-19). Tributes from his peers and fans have come pouring in, and Church's is one of the most powerful of the bunch, not only musically, but as he talks of the music icon.
"We lost one of my all-time favorites yesterday," Church says to begin the clip, and after the song concludes, he looks soberly into the camera and says simply, "We love you, John Prine."
Prine's wife of 24 years, Fiona, released a statement on Wednesday, writing, "We have no words to describe the grief our family is experiencing at this time."
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In its circular dated June 2, 2016 titled ‘Cyber Security Framework in Banks’ Indian banking regulator RBI acknowledges that In- formation Technology is now an integral part of the operational strategies of banks. And in an earlier circular it indicated that the measures suggested for security implementation cannot be static — and that banks need to pro-actively create/fine-tune/modify their policies, procedures and technologies based on new developments and emerging concerns. Since then, the number, frequency and impact of cyber incidents or attacks has increased manifold, underlining the urgent need to put in place a robust cyber-security/ resilience framework at banks and to ensure adequate cyber-security preparedness among banks on a continuous basis.
While Banks have made significant investments in firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-malware, anti-phishing solutions, they have overlooked a very crucial aspect of security – the threat to Privileged Accounts.
Privileged Accounts represent the largest security vulnerability an organization faces today. In the hands of an external attacker or malicious insider, Privileged Accounts allow attackers to take full control of an organization’s IT infrastructure, disable security controls, steal confidential information, commit financial fraud and disrupt operations. Stolen, abused or misused privileged cre- dentials are used in nearly all breaches. With this growing threat, organizations need controls put in place to proactively protect against, detect and respond to in-progress cyber-attacks before they strike vital systems and compromise sensitive data.
The new battleground for cyber-attacks has gone beyond the perimeter, and it’s taking place inside your network. According to recent research, 53% of the data breaches in the first 6 months of 2015 occurred using Identity Theft, and in 62% of the cases, the malicious outsider managed to break through the security system. The latest reports state that most organizations in the world have been breached, and we’ve gone from a “I can’t stop everything at the perimeter” scenario, to “I can’t stop anything at the perimeter.”
The key for any attacker is to become an insider. Whether that means starting as an insider or for the external attacker to become an insider. Either way, most breaches take place because the attacker utilized compromised company credentials which allowed them to look and act as an insider. That is why Privileged Accounts are the most powerful accounts in any organization. Privileged Accounts, or administrator accounts, are often referred to as the “keys to the IT kingdom” because of the powerful access they provide users to servers, databases and applications, and the sensitive data housed within.
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Alginin Essay
Flowers for Algernon is the diary of a retarded boy called Charlie Gordon.
Charlie wants to read and write like all the other people he knows, so he agrees to
participate in an experiment. Charlie has to take creative tests to determine if he is
intelligent or really retarded. Charlie does not do well on the tests, so he is chosen as
their first human subject for the experiment. The doctors have already done experiments
on a mouse called Algernon. He is much smarter than other mice because he has had an
operation. Charlie agrees to have the operation and his intelligence almost triples.
Charlie and Algernon develop a special friendship because they spend a lot of time doing
tests together.
Problems start because although Charlie’s intelligence has increased, his
emotional level has not. He has a hard time socializing with girls, and knowing what to
do in gatherings of people, because of this Charlie tends to make a fool of himself at a
party when he drinks. Over a period of time he starts to remember things about his
childhood. He visits his parents but his father does not know him, although his mother
and sister do and are happy to see him. He loses his job because the other works feel
threatened by Charlie’s new powers. He realizes the friend he thought he had just used
him and made fun of him.
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Towards the end of the books, Charlie is angry and tired of being put on display
by the doctors. He is tired of being treated as an experiment instead of a person with
feelings. At one of the conventions where Charlie and Algernon are on display, Charlie
takes Algernon and runs away. Charlie knows that the consequence of his actions will
mean that over a period of time he will lose his intelligence and would go back to being
retarded. Algernon lose the effects of the operation and dies. Charlie realizes that what
has happened to Algernon will happen to him, and he considers suicide while he is still in
control of his emotions. Day by day Charlie began to regress, he became angry at people
very quickly. His new personality was a symptom of his regression, and people stayed
away from him. Charlie became lonely in the last few weeks before he regressed fully, he
starts to lose his memory, and reading and spelling become difficult again.
Charlie had always been alone, no one had ever really understood him, or taken
the time to try, except of course his night school teacher Miss Kinnian. He was never
accepted, as either a stupid or smart person. He never seemed to fit in to society. The
doctors that conducted the experiments never really cared for Charlie, they used him for
their own glory. His friends used him as a scapegoat, and as entertainment. The only two
people in the story that cared for Charlie were Miss Kinnian and Algernon. The book
leaves one wondering who were the stupid people. Charlie in his retarded state, warm
and caring, or the people around him, that used him, made fun of him, and were afraid of
him. The last sentence in the book where he asks someone to put flowers on Algernon’s
grave, shows that even in his present state, Charlie cared about Algernon. One has to
think whether Charlie would have been better off without the experiment. He would have
had his job, his friends, but most important of all a life. Who were the real losers in the
book, Charlie who knew a normal life and lost it, or the people who never took the time
to get to know Charlie?
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BAYAN USA 01 November 2019, 03:04 UTC
BAYAN USA Condemns Duterte’s Counterinsurgency Raids & Attacks in Negros, Samar, and Metro Manila
Contact: Rhonda Ramiro, Chairperson, chair@bayanusa.org
Nikole Cababa, Secretary General, secgen@bayanusa.org
BAYAN-USA condemns the recent spate of raids of regional offices of Gabriela, BAYAN MUNA and the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) and the mass arrest of at least 60 people in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Combined state forces involved in the raids include elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), who implemented this coordinated attack on progressive organizations, dubiously accused of being communist fronts.
The increased crackdown on activists and critics of the Duterte regime is part of the ongoing counterinsurgency program, Oplan Kapanatagan and Memorandum Order 32 (MO 32). Oplan Kapanatagan, roughly translated as “Operation Plan Stability,” is the consolidated effort of the regime to use a “whole of nation” approach in implementing the program, by directing all government agencies to carry out counter-insurgency tactics that result in trampling on the civil liberties of civilians, including activists.
“Duterte is desperately resorting to mass raids and arbitrary arrests to silence dissent. These gestapo-style tactics are terrorizing communities and will only result in more global condemnation of his fascist regime,” said BAYAN-USA Chairperson Rhonda Ramiro.
Among those arrested in the raids included 40 members of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)/May First Movement, Nilo Rosales of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, and Aldrin de Cerna of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, John Milton Lozande and Danny Tabura of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), Proceso Quiatchon of the human rights group Karapatan, Anne Krueger of Paghimutad (alternative media outlet) and six minors. In Metro Manila, as early as 5:00AM in the morning, the home of GABRIELA Metro Manila spokesperson Cora Agovida and her husband, KADAMAY (urban poor association) Metro Manila leader Michael Tan Bartolome was raided while state forces took their two children (age 2, age 10) into the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
“It is no surprise that this raid took place in Negros, also known as the ‘Sugar Bowl’ of the nation. Negros is home to the largest and some of the most lucrative sugarcane plantations in the Philippines, yet farmers and workers in Negros face deep poverty, hunger, and extreme exploitation. Clearly, Duterte and his supporters oppose any threats to their profits, and they are cracking down on workers and progressive organizations that have formed to address these issues and fight for long-term change,” stated Ramiro.
The raids in Bacolod City are just the latest in a long string of military counterinsurgency operations, which are becoming more frequent. Last November, Memorandum Order 32 (MO 32) was issued by Duterte to deploy more AFP and PNP troops to Negros, Bicol, and Samar to fully implement its state terror program to “suppress lawless violence and acts of terror. ” On October 26, the AFP Central Command and 8th Infintry Division conducted “surgical air strikes” dropping 500 pounds worth of bombs on Northern Samar communities in an attempt to wipe out the New People’s Army (NPA) in the region. In reality, the result has been de-facto martial law conditions throughout the country, with farmers and families afraid to leave their homes in fear of being tagged as NPA, separated from their land and livelihood, and vulnerable to harassment, surveillance, illegal arrests, and extrajudicial killings at the hands of state forces. Under the Duterte regime, there have been at least 87 politically-motivated killings of unarmed civilians
“Duterte’s dirty tricks will never silence the growing movement for change in the Philippines. His fascist tactics will simply fuel the fire of the movement building for his ouster,” said Ramiro. “At the same time, we also hold the U.S. government accountable for Duterte’s raids, illegal arrests and extrajudicial killings, because the U.S. continues to fund, equip and collaborate with Duterte’s death squads. We condemn and demand an end to all support for the Duterte regime.”
BAYAN-USA calls on all of our member organizations and allies to stand with Negros and Samar, and launch mass protests to condemn the state terror committed by the Duterte regime. We demand an end to Duterte’s war economy and counterinsurgency tactics funded and guided by U.S. aid to crackdown on activists in the Philippines to the tune of $193.5 million last year alone. We stand united as part of the national democratic movement fighting for national independence, true democracy, genuine agrarian land reform, and national industries that would provide living wage jobs, a sustainable economy, and improve the lives of majority of the population composed of landless peasants and workers. We will continue to struggle alongside our kababayan in the Philippines to expose and oppose state fascism and dictatorship, and fight for our motherland to be free!
#DefendNegros #ActivismIsNotACrime #EndStateFascism
BAYAN-USA is an alliance of 29 progressive Filipino organizations in the U.S. representing students, scholars, women, workers, artists, and youth. As the first and largest international chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-Philippines), BAYAN-USA serves as an information bureau for the national democratic movement of the Philippines and as a center for educating, organizing, and mobilizing anti-imperialist and progressive Filipinos in the U.S. For more information, visit www.bayanusa.org
https://www.bulatlat.com/2019/10/31/62-nabbed-as-army-police-raid-offices-of-activist-groups-in-bacolod/?fbclid=IwAR1hlHqLCSRrUtIs7B84CdBSZXZplO3WUY5shyqNIn2fEbxcKu82qB_mqIg
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/238672-map-negros-killings-since-july-2016
Source: Defend Negros
Among arrested are:
John Milton “Ka Butch” Lozande, former fourth nominee of Anakpawis Party-list and Secretary-General of National Federation of Sugaw Workers (NFSW);
Danny Tabura, leader of NFSW;
Aldrin Dela Cerna, organizer of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas – Negros (KMP Negros);
Noli Rosales, labor leader of Kilusang Mayo Uno;
Romulo Bito-on, Jr, leader of Bayan Muna Party-list;
and his wife Mermalyn;
May-anne Krueg of Paghimutad Media group in Negros
Proceso Quiatchon, human rights defender of Karapatan-Negros; and
Members of Teatro Obrero and Teatro Bungkal cultural group.
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Journey to the Magical Land- Spiti, HP Day 10 : Nako
By sumitshinde22yahoocoin May 7, 2018
We got up late, I guess it was the sun’s bright light which forced us to get out of the bed. Couldn’t record the time but the sun was well above the mountains. I went onto the terrace and saw that everything was at peace. It looked as though nothing had happened. Few old men were busy sipping tea sitting on chair outside our hotel. There was another room in the hotel just in front of us but no one was staying there. We thought that since many people got stuck, the room would eventually fill up.
First in line, yesterday to check out the room with us were Capt. Amit Sharma who were joined by his family. But, after hearing that water was an issue he ditched the plan and went further into the city in search of one good room. While coming up yesterday he had taken the phone numbers of the GREFF people working on the slide so that he could be regularly updated and he had shared the number to us as well. 2 Punjab riders also came to checkout the room but don’t know what happened to them, instead they sat whole day near a dhaba which was just mtrs away from our hotel cum stay. I guess, they slept the night in the dhaba itself. Their faces looked like as it nothing had happened and it was like general pit stop for a break. They were lazily basking in the sun. We too were avoiding the shadowy areas and required the help of sun rays to protect us from the cold.
We brushed our teeth. I guess that was the easiest part even though the water was freezing cold. I don’t know how did my tooth tolerated that. Toilet was closed and this was the hardest part. We planned yesterday to wake up early and finish off our chores before the light and traffic poured in. But, nothing of this had happened. Time gone was gone. This was going to be challenge for us now. Gladly, the big rocks behind our hotel came to our rescue and provided us the perfect cover to accomplish our task. We had water and just needed to find a privy place and enjoy amidst the mountains. We went in turns so as to avoid bumping into each other and as well as someone was needed near the room to watch the things. The paper towels which we carried for the trip really came to our help today.
The stomach started to growl some time later after our bowels got cleared. All we had to do was climb down 15 steps and we were inside the hotel overlooking the food menu. We decided to have breakfast outside along with sun. We ordered omelette along with Parantha and curd. Almost the same menu which we ordered yesterday when we came from Tabo side. This was followed by special lemon grass tea which we enjoyed to the core standing near to our bikes. We had parked our bikes right next to the main entrance of the hotel.
Like a jobless person we were loathing around. We went upstairs, pulled out chairs and were happily basking in the sun on the terrace. This was done after we had applied ourselves generous amount of sunscreen SPF 50+. We knew, even with such protection, it was impossible to defeat the sun. The skin had already started showing signs of tanning in this trip. We were joined by 5 other students who took the room in front of us later in the evening yesterday. They too were roaming here and there citing nothing to do. We had only mountains to look to and almost all the people except the students had went to the Nako village for accommodation. The hotel in which we were staying were located just outside the city roads where there was a sharp circular turn before the road started to descend.
Vlogging from the terrace of the hotel.. That’s the Helipad behind and the 5 students, our neighbors..
After quite some time sitting in the sunshine, we started to feel hungry again. Don’t know how it happened as we hadn’t even spent an ounce of energy from our bodies. We ordered coke and some namkeen for us. We were sipping coke and getting dissolved into the scenery. There was no any news update on the landslide. There was no one to call since the only BSNL network which was working there, too went off. Everyone were getting desperate as to what was the scene up ahead. The boys next door too were asking us about the matter. Just then, we decided to put our gears on and head up to the location and get a first hand review of the situation.
We pulled our jackets and pants and cranked our bikes. We three, took 2 bikes and went down. It was close to 20 mins ride one way. Everyone were praying for it to get clear and eagerly waiting for our return. We reached the spot, but it looked like the situation was only 20% tackled. Still, much work was left to do. The big boulder hadn’t even moved an inch. Instead, while clearing what was fallen, more stone which were earlier resting on them came off and the pile increased. It didn’t look like it was going to get cleared today by any means. We were very disheartened and with that mood returned back to tell stories of ill luck. Everyone were just waiting for us to come and just pounced on us for the news only to get jolted back. There was nowhere to go today. By this time more number of people has joined us from Kaza side.
Everyone retired to their rooms while I took the opportunity to tight my drive chain. It had kinda become loose and with all that dirt getting stuck onto it was making hitting noise at regular interval. This problem, I had been facing since couple of days and right now I decided it was high time to fix it. I brought all my necessary toolkit from the room and did what was necessary.
In the meanwhile, all the people had come to our hotel and were resting in front of the hotel space available. Some were playing cards on the hotel dining table while some were relaxing on the open ground. Word was that, the BRO/ GREFF people were resorting to a more powerful blast to clear off the boulders and there was a possibility that by late evening the slide may get cleared. With this intention everyone had packed all their luggage in the car and came to our place. They were just passing the time and waiting for the good news.
In the mean while we had our evening tea and watched people playing cards and other games. There were these local people playing a certain kind of dice game which was accompanied by steel nails and match stick like small twigs. I watched desperately trying to figure it out the objective behind the game but failed eventually. Asking them was out of question since I didn’t knew their language. Time passed quickly and evening fell.
The Game which I wasn’t able to figure it our till the end…
Everyone were up on their toes as it started to get dark. We too offloaded everything from our rooms and loaded the luggage onto the bikes. We were ready to roll. We all were ready to roll. After 2 days of halt, everyone were desperate to hit the roads again. Ready to go home. Just then, we received a tip off from GREFF people who told that the slide had still not cleared even after the strong explosion and they were really sorry to dampen our high hopes going ahead. It was shocker for all of us. They then promised us that the slide would get cleared by tomorrow noon and the workforce people were giving their 200%.
Our Hotel which shot to fame overnight…Almost generated a month’s revenue in a matter of 2 days!!
Our new friends who had till now stayed in the Nako village advised us to join them in the village hotel for tonight. And so, we ditched the hotel where we stayed almost one and a half day to join the rest of our team. Before leaving our earlier place, we took a group-fie and then moved ahead. The team was bigger in strength and the photo had to be clicked really from a distance.
The Landsliders…that’s what we called ourselves…
We checked into the hotel in which almost all of us were staying. There was a problem of running water here too. But, the good thing was that they had an attached toilet to the room which saved us from going outside during mornings. We arranged all our luggage in the darkness. There was frequent fluctuation of the lights going On and Off and the LED torch which I had brought for this trip came handy here. Afterwards, we all got freshened up, it was time for a party.
While we all three were coming back after the afternoon surveillance of the slide, Bimal ji and Karan had gone off route, the road which led to a certain village down the valley. They had specifically gone there to make the arrangements for the evening. And it was this Vodka that we were drinking right now. Our last drink of the trip. Our joy knew no bounds. We all were happy in the mood. There was no shortage of namkeen as before checking into the hotel we had bought it from the shop below. The brand of the vodka was some ‘Class 21’ and it tasted really good and gave us the much-needed heat. The rooms were quite big with wooden flooring and a wide attached balcony. There was a double bed as well as a single bed and hence there was no need to ask for an extra bedding.
Our Room balcony…
Since the network has resumed, I dialed in the Go-Air customer care and postponed my flight to 5th May. I was just playing it safe as I was still doubtful on the clearance of the slide. After some good old discussion over the drink, it was time for dinner and we had it in home-stay type hotel which was opposite to our stay. Food was being served here too but it was damn pricey. Bimal ji and along with my other club members had stayed at this same hotel last year during their SPITI trip. We had dal, rice and roti for the dinner and that was pretty much the only thing they were serving. After the dinner we retired to our rooms but something was letting us to go out and enjoy the Full Moon. We were also little high on the vodka and were totally confused. There was this planned pic which I had to take on a Full Moon light with my bike with a beautiful backdrop of moon lit mountains. There was no better place than the Helipad located right behind our old hotel. The location was perfect with an open space for the shoot. It was going to be risky having being drunk ourselves and that too without wearing helmet.
We took a leap of faith and since all of them wanted to click a pic, we took all the three bikes to the helipad area. Other people had finished their dinner and were merrily enjoying themselves in front of the bonfire which the hotel people had arranged for us. We told them that we had some unfinished business with the mountains and the moon and off we went. The helipad was just a km away from our new place.
We setup the tripod and did a long exposure shots for all the three bikes. The pics were indeed coming beautiful, perfect as we desired. This was all taking place around 10 pm in the night. We had barely enough on our bodies to cover us. The cold was overpowering us and wouldn’t let us stand there for much time. We started again back for the hotel, parked our bikes in hurry, but in a proper manner and again retracted to our rooms. The bedding was good and in decent condition. It was going to provide us a comfortable sleep.
We were tired today for god knows what reason, drunk to the core, had a heavy dinner and this all helped us in getting a sound sleep. Not to mention the smooth mobile music playing at the background in almost muted condition.
It was probably going to be our last night in Nako. The trip had been modified according to the external conditions and so we slept without any tension in our minds.
From now on, we had stopped taking tension and let the nature decide the course for us….
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Lisa Wu Returning To Reality TV And Working With Todd Tucker Productions
By Nancy Zhāng
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Nancy Zhāng is an Entertainment Blogger for All About The Tea. Nancy covers hot topics, recaps and celeb news. She loves to multi-task as a writer and a private chef. She received a B.S. in Mass Communications from LSU. Nancy's married and the proud mom of 2 German Shepherds.
Since leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2009, Lisa Wu has not missed a beat. The divorced, mother of three has managed to stay busy making appearances in scripted flicks. But now she’s returning to her reality roots on a new reality show debuting on TV One.
Lisa Wu has signed on to a new reality show called “Hollywood Divas,” which chronicles the lives of a group of actresses trying to remain active in the ever-challenging entertainment industry. The one-hour reality show, currently in production in LA, features Elise Neal (The Hughleys), Golden Brooks (Girlfriends), Paula Jai Parker (Hustle and Flow), and Countess Vaughn (The Parkers).
A lot has changed for Lisa since leaving the RHOA franchise, but there’s still a lot of love from the Atlanta. Not only has she maintained relationships with current cast members NeNe Leakes and Porsha Williams, but now she’s getting support from one of the hubbies as well!
Todd Tucker, Kandi Burruss’ husband, is a co-executive producer of the series, “We are excited to be a part of the TV One family on this groundbreaking series about the lives of actresses in Hollywood. Our goal is to continue the success of capturing compelling stories about women from all walks of life.”
Welcome to Todd Tucker Productions, LA Office Headquarters
Todd Tucker filming on location
The former housewife clearly shares in the excitement. Shortly after the news broke about the show, she posted the following promo on her Instagram featuring herself and some of her fellow cast members and producers.
Do you miss Lisa Wu and will you be watching Hollywood Divas?
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Mark Kingwell
Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine. He is the author of eleven books of political and cultural theory, including most recently, Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City (2008) and Opening Gambits: Essays on Art and Philosophy (2008). He is the recipient of the Spitz Prize in political theory, National Magazine Awards for both essays and columns, and in 2000 was awarded an honorary DFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design for contributions to theory and criticism.
Patrick Turmel is an assistant professor of philosophy at Université Laval. His main research interests are in moral and political philosophy. He has published articles in ethics and on issues pertaining to cities and justice. He is also co-editor of Penser les institutions (Presses de l’Université Laval).
Better Living In The Pursuit Of Happiness From Plato To Prozac
by Mark Kingwell
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A Modern Shake
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The Theory and Practice of Drink, in Five Parts
“My dear, this is a fashionable London parish, so called,” said Randolph. He carved the saddle of mutton savagely, as if he were rending his parishioners. “What hope is there for them this Lent? I suppose they can give up drinking cocktails.”
— Barbara Pym, An Unsuitable Attachment (1982)
A few years ago Conan O’Brien, the former television host and comedy producer, was asked to give a Class Day speech at Harvard University, his alma mater. He was a hit. Among other things, he described the lifelong burden of having attended the famous Ivy League finishing school in Cambridge, Mass. “You see,” O’Brien told the long rows of smiling grads, “you’re in for a lifetime of ‘and you went to Harvard?’ Accidentally give the wrong amount of change in a transaction and it’s, ‘and you went to Harvard?’ Ask the guy at the hardware store how these jumper cables work and hear, ‘and you went to Harvard?’ Forget just once that your underwear goes inside your pants and it’s ‘and you went to Harvard?’ Get your head stuck in your niece’s dollhouse because you wanted to see what it was like to be a giant and it’s ‘Uncle Conan, and you went to Harvard!?’”
Now, I didn’t go to Harvard myself. I went to Yale, where nobody expects anything of you except the occasional presidency. Still, I think I understand what O’Brien was telling the happy one-percenters as they got set to venture out into the world beyond the high-percentile security fence. I may not have gone to Harvard, but I am a philosopher.
For reasons that remain unclear, people outside the academic walls balk at the label “philosopher” in a manner not applied to “historian,” “political scientist,” or “physicist.” At the same time, curiously, everyone from defensive coordinators and garage mechanics to graphic designers and cooks speaks regularly about their “philosophy” of this or that: the nickel defence, fuel injection systems, white space, fusion spicing. As a result of this curious combination of normative escalation and commonplace lowering, mere philosophers — by which I just mean those of us whose lucky profession it is to teach the great traditions of human inquiry — are caught in a weird judgmental vertigo. We are not supposed to admit interests that fail some notional standard of intellectual seriousness; instead we are supposed to behave as if (in the great Vulcan inversion) we were dead from the neck down. Nobody knows who commands this standard, or why, but its dicta are clear.
Admit you watch kung fu movies or The Simpsons and it’s, “and you’re a philosopher?” Let slip your interest in college football or nascar and it’s, “and you’re a philosopher?” Confess a casual liking for suede sneakers or Cary Grant’s suits and it’s, “and you’re a philosopher?” Cocktails? A fatal lack of seriousness. This sort of judgment is distinct from those standard expressions of wonderment that a philosopher cannot change a tire, put up drywall, or find coordinates on a map. Whereas unworldliness confirms philosophical status, but only negatively, as a joke, worldliness disconfirms it as “serious.” Gotcha, and double gotcha!
Some people, obviously, have an interest in the subject of cocktails. For most of us, it is hardly an overpowering or obsessional calling. This interest is not merely theoretical, in that we like drinking drinks as well as writing about them. It is likewise not theoretical in another sense, because, despite the title of this introduction, we do not have, nor do we believe there to be, some Big Theory of cocktails. There is no philosophy of mixology.
One could of course subject cocktails to moral or sociological analysis, or both. One could, for example, place them in the same frame of “taste” and “production of consumption” as analyzed by Thorstein Veblen in his classic study The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899). The gentleman of leisure, Veblen says, “becomes a connoisseur in creditable viands of various degrees of merit, in manly beverages and trinkets, in seemly apparel and architecture, in weapons, games, dances, and narcotics. This cultivation of the aesthetic faculty requires time and application, and the demands made upon the gentleman in this direction therefore tend to change his life of leisure into a more or less arduous application to the business of learning how to live a life of ostensible leisure in a becoming way.”
This book does not take “manly beverages” seriously in that sense, and does not have much time for people who do. Such seriousness is, among other things, boring. The relevant other things include self-defeating, and tautological: first leisure becomes work, and then all judgments are reduced to claims of status. Note also the meta-irony first remarked by the late John Kenneth Galbraith, that only the scholarly, which is to say those who enjoy either private or state-sponsored leisure, have time to read Veblen! We will not bother to argue here the obvious truth that all scales of value have their own fatal self-contradictory blind spots, usually just about exactly where their holder is standing. Baseball games, no; art openings, yes. A cufflink collection, bad; a power tool collection, good. Video games, nasty; foreign films, uplifting. Every puritan is a dandy of his own convictions — and, of course, vice versa.
For what it’s worth, philosophers have long had an abiding interest in drink, if not always as served shaken and strained into a chilled glass. For anthropological and historical reasons, they tend to prefer wine. Everyone knows that Plato’s most appealing dialogue, Symposium, is a record of a drinking party where the vinous talk turned to love. Alcibiades, who comes late and drunk to the party, notes that one of Socrates’ many virtues is that he can drink anybody under the table. This famous capacity is just one reason Socrates has got under the Athenian golden boy’s skin.
Drink and other mood-altering substances have figured in many other corners of the tradition. Thomas Aquinas enjoyed his wine and his food with such unbridled gusto that a special table had to be fashioned for him, with an arc carved out to accommodate his ample paunch. Immanuel Kant, despite his reputation for deadly seriousness and strict insistence on moral duty, was a dedicated dandy and dinner-party bon vivant for most of his life. David Hume, who warned against the dangers of self-medication when in the throes of skeptical vertigo, nevertheless enjoyed a healthy and bibulous social life. His broad red Scottish face got redder still, we are told, when he was deep in his cups.
Concrete Reveries
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Dreams Of The Millennium
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Extraordinary Canadians Glenn Gould
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Opening Gambits
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Alphabet City Magazine 10
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contributions by Cheryl Sourkes; Mark Kingwell; Rita Leistner; Stephen Andrews; Kent U. Enns; Timothy Stock; Camilla Gibb; Jeanne Randolph; Diana Fitzgerald Bryden; Alia Toor; Michael Walling; Ariel Dorfman; S.D. Chrostowska; George Z. Gasyna; Joey Dubuc; Jaspreet Singh; Heather Cameron; Simon A. Cole; Naomi Klein; George Bragues; Slavoj Žižek; Patricia Rozema & Warren Heise
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Excerpt from Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space edited by Mark Kingwell and Patrick Turmel
From Masters of Chancery: The Gift of Public Space by Mark Kingwell
Public space is the age's master signifier. A loose and elastic notion is variously deployed to defend (or attack) architecture, to decry (or celebrate) civic squares, to promote (or denounce) graffiti artists, skateboarders, jay-walkers, parkour aficionados, pie-in-the-face guerrillas, underground capture-the flag enthusiasts, flash-mob surveillance-busters, and other grid-resistant everyday anarchists. It is the unit of choice when it comes to understanding pollution, predicting political futures, thinking about citizenship, lauding creativity, and worrying about food, water, or the environment. It is either rife with corporate creep and visual pollution, or made bleak by intrusive surveillance technology, or both. It is a site of suspicion, stimulation, and transaction all at once. For some, it is the basis of public discourse itself, the hardware on which we run reason's software. Simultaneously everywhere and nowhere, it is political air.
Given the seeming inexhaustibility of the political demand to reclaim public space, what is stranger is that nobody admits they have no idea what it is. Most of us assume we know, but more often the assumption is a matter of piety rather than argument–and confused piety at that. 1 . ..
As with the court, so with a just society. There can be no useful recourse to public space unless and until we reverse the polarity of our conception of publicness itself. It is sometimes said that the threshold between public and private must be a public decision. True, but go farther: the public is not a summing of private preferences or interests, nor even a wide non-rival availability of resources to those preferences or interests. It is, instead, their precondition: for meaning, for work, for identity itself. We imagine that we enter public space with our identities intact, jealous of interest and suspicious of challenge, looking for stimulus and response. But in fact the reverse is true. We cannot enter the public because we have never left the public; it pervades everything, and our identities are never fixed or prefigured because they are themselves achievements of the public dimension in human life.
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The search for truth and the dissemination of knowledge are the central missions of a university. Benedictine University pursues these missions in an environment guided by our Roman Catholic tradition and our Benedictine heritage. Integrity and honesty are therefore expected of all University students. Actions such as cheating, plagiarism, collusion, fabrication, forgery, falsification, destruction, multiple submission, solicitation, and misrepresentation are violations of these expectations and constitute unacceptable behavior in the University community.
Student's Responsibility
Though there is no formal honor code at Benedictine University, students are expected to exhibit academic honesty at all times. Violations against academic honesty are always serious and may result in sanctions that could have profound long-term effects. The final responsibility for understanding the Academic Honesty Policy of the institution, as well as the specific policies for individual courses normally found in syllabi, rests with students. If any doubt exists about what constitutes academic dishonesty, students have the responsibility to talk to the faculty member. Students should expect the members of their class to be academically honest. If students believe one or more members of the class have been deceitful to gain academic advantage in the class, students should feel comfortable to approach the faculty member of the course without prejudice. A student has the right to appeal a sanction. In all instances, the appeal process begins with the faculty member of the course. Details concerning the appeals process are given below. Written documentation must accompany an appeal explaining why the student finds the decisions made by the faculty member unsatisfactory.
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In the classroom, faculty members are responsible for establishing an environment that promotes honest and ethical behavior. Faculty members will utilize the course syllabus as a vehicle for informing students about the Academic Honesty Policy. Faculty members should also explain course-specific rules and consequences, which will be included in the syllabus. Emphasis should be placed on educating students on proper academic techniques for work, study, authorship, and test taking.
The following actions are viewed as violations of the Academic Honesty Policy. Beyond these specific violations, any action expressly forbidden in a course syllabus will be treated as a violation of this policy. The syllabus for a course will detail specific actions encouraged, permitted, and forbidden in that course. Discussions between faculty members and students on this topic are healthy and encouraged.
Cheating - using or providing unauthorized materials, information, study aids in an academic exercise, or copying from other students
Plagiarism - in an academic exercise, adopting, reproducing, or representing the ideas or statements of another as one's own, without proper acknowledgment
Collusion - working together with another on an academic exercise when that is not permitted
Fabrication - using made-up information or sources in an academic exercise
Forgery - knowingly using another person's signature in an academic exercise, or on any academic document
Falsification - altering or misrepresenting information related to academic research or assignments, internships, clinical experiences, portfolios and other academic records
Destruction - knowingly removing, destroying, or concealing academic materials belonging to the University, faculty, staff or student
Multiple submission - using previously completed work to meet a requirement of a course, or using the same paper or project in more than one course, without permission from the faculty member(s) teaching the course(s)
Solicitation - asking another to assist in an act of cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, forgery or destruction related to an academic exercise, document or record, or offering to do so for another
Misrepresentation - knowingly altering or misstating facts for the purpose of gaining an extension of time or deadline related to an academic assignment or to influence an appeal related to a grade, course withdrawal, waiver or academic standing
Reporting and Communicating
If a faculty member believes that academic dishonesty has occurred, he/she will first document the actions or behaviors constituting the violation (see item 3 of Reporting and Communicating). The faculty member will discuss the incident with the student as soon as possible after the incident has been discovered. The faculty member will inform the student of any penalty (see item 2 of Reporting and Communicating) (Initial Notice of AHP Violation) that will be assessed at this time. In the absence of an appeal by the student, the faculty member will report the incident to the Provost.
If a student wishes to appeal (see First Appeal below), the student will have seven business days after being informed of a sanction to provide a written explanation to the faculty member supporting the student's case as to why a penalty should not be assessed. In addition, the student will contact the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* and request that he/she mediate the conflict. If the sanction is not removed, the incident will be reported (along with any comments of the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean*) by the faculty member to the Provost's office. The student can appeal (see Final Appeal below). The student may request guidance in the appeals process from the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean*.
The faculty member will assign one or more of the following sanctions:
A private verbal and/or written warning may be given to the student, with no other penalty imposed. These actions need not be reported to the Provost.
The student may be asked to complete a new assignment or test, and the incident will be reported in writing to the Provost as indicated in item 1 of Reporting and Communicating.
A reduction in the grade or score (partial or complete) will be given for the assignment or test that the faculty member deemed to be indicative of a violation and the incident will be reported in writing to the Provost as indicated in item 1 of Reporting and Communicating.
A grade of "F" may be assigned for the course. Such an action will be reported in writing to the Provost as indicated in item 1 of Reporting and Communicating.
Beyond the course sanctions listed above, a recommendation may be made to the Provost requesting further action (see items 2 and 6 of Responsibilities of the Provost).
The faculty member will record, in writing, the following:
The violation, including time, date, place and circumstances,
Why the faculty member believes the action was dishonest,
The names and statements of any supporting witnesses,
All original documents (course syllabus, tests, reports, diskettes, etc.), and
Any other notes, supporting documentation, and other relevant materials.
This record, signed and dated by the faculty member, will be prepared within three business days of the faculty member's final discussion with the student. (Academic Honesty Violation Form) The record of the incident will be forwarded to the Provost. The faculty member should not keep copies of any forwarded records for his/her own files.
Other Benedictine University students, who are not part of the faculty member's particular class, but who are detected helping someone commit academic dishonesty in that class will be subject to the same standards and, to the extent possible, the same sanctions, and the incident will also be reported to the Provost.
Responsibilities of the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean*
The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* may be informed of academic honesty violations by department faculty though the identities of the students involved shall not be revealed. Of course, a student may voluntarily reveal him or herself to the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* as part of the appeals process (See item 1 of Reporting and Communicating).
The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* may act as a mediator when a student disagrees with a sanction imposed by a faculty member for an academic honesty violation:
The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* will advise faculty regarding the fair treatment of students who are accused of an academic honesty violation. The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* can agree with a faculty member's sanction or he/she can recommend that a faculty alter a sanction given to a student. Though a Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* cannot overrule or otherwise change a faculty sanction, he/she may add his/her comments to any report sent to the Provost.
The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* will work with the accused student to ensure that he/she understands the Academic Honesty Policy of the University and the appeals process contained therein.
At all times the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* should ensure that both the student and the faculty member are treated respectfully and fairly.
Responsibilities of the Provost
The Provost is responsible for maintaining confidential records concerning academic dishonesty of students enrolled in the University. All letters reporting faculty-imposed academic penalties for academic misconduct will be included in these files (see Records).
The Provost will be responsible for identifying all incidents which represent repeated offenses by a student and may impose a University sanction because of repeat offenses.
Upon the creation of a student record, the Provost will inform, in writing, the student, his/her academic advisor(s), and the faculty member who reported the incident, of the existence of the record established pursuant to the terms of this Policy. It is expected the advisor will counsel the student as to the seriousness of this matter and potential consequences.
The Provost may impose University sanctions. Sanctions imposed by the Provost are final unless the student requests a hearing within seven business days of notification.
The Provost is required to notify the student of the appeal process and to provide the student a copy of this policy or explicitly refer the student to it.
The Provost may also assign further University sanctions as follows:
The student may be denied honorary recognitions granted by the University.
The student may be denied institutional financial aid and/or scholarships from Benedictine University.
The student may be ruled immediately ineligible for NCAA athletic competition or other extra curricular activities.
The student may be suspended from the University.
The student may be expelled from the University.
In those situations where a University sanction is imposed and the student requests a hearing in writing, the Provost will arrange a meeting of the Academic Appeals Board.
If a student requests a hearing in writing, the Provost will convene the Academic Appeals Board and notify the student by certified mail of the Board’s final decision.
First Appeal: When a student accused of academic dishonesty wishes to contest an action by a faculty member, the student, within a seven business day period after learning the faculty member sanctions, may send a written explanation to the faculty member describing why sanctions should not be imposed. (Timeline for Appeal Process) In addition, the student may contact the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* who oversees the program in which the academic dishonesty has been reported. The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* may work with both the faculty member and the student to attempt to facilitate a resolution. The mediation process will be carried out in a timely manner, normally seven business days. If a sanction remains in place at the end of the mediation process, the faculty member will formally inform the student by e-mail (or registered mail). A report of the incident will be sent to the Provost. The Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* may add his/her comments to the report. In addition, the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean* will notify the student of the appeal process and provide the student a copy of this Policy or explicitly refer the student to it. (* If the accusing faculty member is the Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Dean, then the Dean of the College will act as mediator.)
Final Appeal: Upon receipt of a report of an academic honesty violation, the Provost will review the case and decide whether or not to impose University sanctions (see items 2, 4, and 6 of Responsibilities of the Provost). The Provost will contact the student as described in item 3 of Responsibilities of the Provost. If a student wishes to appeal the decision of a faculty member or appeal a University sanction imposed by the Provost, the student will have seven business days (after receiving notice from the Provost by certified mail) to write a letter to the Provost requesting a hearing before the Academic Appeals Board. In addition, the Provost will notify the student of the appeal process (see item 5, Responsibilities of the Provost). Within seven business days of the receipt of the request for appeal, the Provost will convene the Academic Appeals Board to hear from all concerned parties in an appropriate setting.
Expedited Appeals: In cases of condensed 5 week course delivery in the summer sessions only, the student may request an expedited appeal process. In expedited cases, the faculty member communicates the violation of the AHP to the student. The student has 48 hours to appeal the sanction in writing to the faculty member. If the student appeal is denied at this level, the student may request an expedited hearing through the Provost’s office.
Composition of the Academic Appeals Board
The Academic Appeals Board will consist of three regular, elected faculty (with one alternate) and two student representatives appointed by the Provost (with one alternate). The five members will have the right to vote, with the Provost in the role as a non-voting convener. If the student requesting the appeal is in an adult program, at least one member of the faculty will be affiliated with an adult program and at least one student representative will be enrolled in an adult program. If the student requesting the appeal is in a graduate program, at least one member of the faculty will be affiliated with a graduate program and one student will be enrolled in a graduate program.
Procedures of the Academic Appeals Board
The chairperson will be elected by the membership of the board. The chairperson will gather all of the relevant material available pertaining to the case at hand and distribute it to the members. In addition, the chair will contact all of the parties involved in the case and arrange for a date and time for them to meet (in person or by teleconference) with the Academic Appeals Board. All voting members of the Academic Appeals Board will ordinarily attend the hearing(s). Participants called before the committee will testify one at a time and alone. No one outside of the members of the Appeals Board shall view the proceedings. The student requesting the appeal shall testify first followed by the instructor involved. Finally, any witnesses to the incident shall testify. Once testimony is taken from the involved parties, the Appeals Board may recall any or all of the participants in order to clarify or resolve conflicting testimony. The committee may also call new witnesses after considering the accumulated testimony. Every effort will be made by all parties to keep the proceedings confidential. The Academic Appeals Board has the authority to confirm the original sanction, reduce the sanction, or increase the sanction. Within seven business days of the decision by the Academic Appeals Board, the student who requested the appeal will be notified in writing by certified mail of the decision of the Board by the Provost. In addition, the faculty member who imposed the original sanction will be notified. The decision of the Academic Appeals Board is final. See Appendix 1 for a summary of the timeline of the appeals process.
Any violation of the Academic Honesty Policy that is reported to the Provost initiates the creation of a student record related to the violation. This record is considered a confidential educational record subject to provisions of applicable state and federal laws, and is available only to authorized personnel.
The student record comprises the following: the initial reporting document (see Reporting and Communicating), any correspondence with the student initiated either by the student accused of a violation or by the Provost related to the incident, and any decisions by the Academic Appeals Board. If the student is involved in multiple instances of academic dishonesty, the record shall contain all relevant information pertaining to each violation as stated above.
Procedures Pertaining to Access and Use of Student Records
All requests to view a student record will be channeled directly to the Provost. The following are considered the only valid requests to view a student record:
Student: A student has the right to view his/her own documentation related to a violation of the Academic Honesty Policy under reasonable conditions identified by the Provost. The student may not remove the record from the Provost's office.
Institutional boards: A Benedictine University body vested with the duty of generating student recommendations for professional or graduate education on behalf of the University as a whole, for academic honors, scholarships, or for a department thereof, may ask the student to complete the Academic Honesty File Access form (appendix 4) to allow full access to the student's records.
Academic Appeals Board: The Academic Appeals Board may view a student's record as a part of its role in the appellate process as defined in this policy.
Faculty/Academic Staff: Benedictine University faculty and academic staff may view a student record in the Provost's Office if the student provides written consent. Under these circumstances, the student will be given the opportunity to complete the Academic Honesty File Access form (appendix 4).
The student record will be handled in a confidential manner and kept in a secure place in the Provost's Office for a period of six years from the student's last term of enrollment, after which time it will be destroyed pursuant to the University's procedure related to students' permanent files.
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Home > International > Europe > Brexit Fool’s Day
Brexit Fool’s Day
The Prime Minister just pranked the entire UK with a letter published in several newspapers claiming to “represent “every person” in the U.K”. In a hilarious spoof thought to be the best since Spaghetti Trees, Theresa May wrote:
“When I sit around the negotiating table in the months ahead, I will represent every person in the United Kingdom—young and old, rich and poor, city, town, country, and all the villages and hamlets in between, It is my fierce determination to get the right deal for every single person in this country. For, as we face the opportunities ahead of us on this momentous journey, our shared values, interests, and ambitions can—and must—bring us together.”
That ‘shared values and interests bit’, brilliant. Leading newspapers were caught out, as well as 51.9% of the population.
Spain responded with a one-liner, the simple but hugely effective rib-tickler: “Gibraltar”.
But the entire continent should have seen the British joke coming when, earlier this week when she told the House of Commons that what we needed in this hour of need was the ‘liberal, democratic values of Europe’:
The House of Commons erupts in laughter as the PM calls for ‘liberal, democratic values of Europe’ #BrexitDay pic.twitter.com/zkgtlcFDDX
— Joe Pickover (@JPickover) March 29, 2017
Responding to the giant prank, Wolfgang Schäuble, the German Finance Minister, said:
“We have no interest in punishing the U.K, but we also have no interest in putting European integration in danger over the U.K. That is why our priority must be, with a heavy heart, to keep the rest of Europe—without the U.K.—as close together as possible.”
British diplomats responded saying ‘typical Germans, no sense of humour’.
Some critics have suggested that caution should be observed and that sometimes these giant jokes can go disastrously wrong:
I endorse this message from @ComedyCentralUKpic.twitter.com/9oqPxlQZyl
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) March 31, 2017
But others point that Theresa May’s prank isn’t original and is part of a global joke that goes back decades:
Facts don’t matter…we’re seeing the rise of the postmodern politician, argues journalist and writer @peterpomeranzev pic.twitter.com/b57R1W3YM1
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 17, 2017
Commenting on the classic that’s’ fooled everyone, Dennis MacShane, the Uk’s former Europe Minsiter said:
“British anti-Europeans wanted to destroy what Europe’s nation states have painstakingly created over decades. It is not going to happen, and if Britain wants any access to Europe, it will be on the EU’s terms, not those of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.”
Published on 1st April 2017
Harry molloy says:
1st April 2017 at 11:15 am
Amazing but worrying titanic video.
1st April 2017 at 4:32 pm
There are losses from which mankind can be replenished, less than freedom and linguistics, that is why Scotland Independence matter. To have freedom, and have a Scottish independent radio,TV and media.
There were just over 700 survivors from the luxury cruise liner who lived to tell the tale, most of whom were traumatized by what they went through, and understandably so.
The result of the crash was an alteration in the way passenger trade was conducted from that day forward, as well as a a change in regulations for the number of life boats required to be aboard similar ships.
Captain Edward John Smith, the captain of the ship,was pictured before he set sail in 1912. He was not blamed directly for the sinking of the ship.
Then nobody knows to whom British will blame on Br exit.
James Mills says:
April Fool ? Unfortunately , the jokes on us !
2nd April 2017 at 1:26 am
To understand why Scotland must be right now be Independent and Sovereign, to be safe of what to comes to Britain you have to read:
The third attempt to show that even free and open societies are not immune to the authoritarian and legalist ideologies of history, by history professor Ron Jones in the case of the German-Romanian secondary school students in convincing their students that the movement would eliminate the democracy. The democracy that emphasized individualism was considered a Democracy, and Jones emphasized this by developing “Strengthening discipline, strength through community, strength through action, strength through pride.”
Listen the tone Britain Great Again and Brexit mean Brexit
Willie says:
Yes, but it’s maybe not just on the 1st April that we’ll be played for fools. Just think what we have to look forward to. Things such as the Great Repeal Bill where Team Theresa will remove a huge swathe of European legislation such as employment protection, working hours restriction, maternity rights at work, EHCR and other such namby pamby provision will be removed to make Britain the great off shore colossus that it plans to be. In fact we need to bring back lums so that our children can have worthwhile jobs as chimney sweeps. Victoriana working conditions will make Britain Great again and to coin a phrase …your country needs you.
6th April 2017 at 3:08 pm
Perhaps She also remove this one.
European Parliament finalizes end of EU roaming surcharges
A vote by the European Parliament has removed the last hurdle to abolishing roaming surcharges in the EU. As of mid-June, mobile phones will be able to be used at home and abroad for the same cost.
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