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House Republicans Seek to Cut Off Funding for Syrian Resettlement Program
Posted: November 17, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Global, Law & Justice, Terrorism, Think Tank, White House | Tags: Agence France-Presse, AP-1 transcription factor, Barack Obama, Bill Posey, Blake Farenthold, Brian Babin, Congress, Democratic Party, Diane Black, Frank Guinta, GOP, Gregg Harper, Islamism, Jeff Duncan, Jihadism, John Duncan, Lou Barletta, Louie Gohmert, Mark Meadows, Migrants, Mike Pompeo, Mo Brooks, Paris Attacks, Refugees, Steve King, Syria, United States, Walter Jones, White House | 1 Comment
The growing momentum behind new legislation, still being drafted, sets up a future clash between the White House and Congress.
John Hudson reports: Following the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, House Republicans are proposing to block federal funding for resettling Syrian refugees until a series of new conditions are met, Foreign Policy has learned.
“Currently, 60 million people worldwide have been forced from their homes or are otherwise considered refugees — higher than at any other time in recorded history.”
The growing momentum behind new legislation, still being drafted, sets up a future clash between the White House and Congress as the Obama administration seeks to offer residency to 10,000 Syrian refugees who currently live outside the conflict zone. Currently, 60 million people worldwide have been forced from their homes or are otherwise considered refugees — higher than at any other time in recorded history. An estimated six million to eight million displaced people are still in Syria, and more than four million Syrian refugees are in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon.
“The 15 Republican lawmakers pushing the legislation aren’t the only politicians looking to slam the brakes on Obama’s resettlement program. The governors of 15 U.S. states have already said they would not allow Syrian refugees to live in their states.”
The draft legislation, a copy of which was obtained by FP, is backed by Reps. Brian Babin, Lou Barletta, Diane Black, Mo Brooks, Jeff Duncan, John Duncan, Blake Farenthold, Louie Gohmert, Frank Guinta, Gregg Harper, Walter Jones, Steve King, Mike Pompeo, Mark Meadows, and Bill Posey. It would prevent funding for the resettlement of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa until authorities adopt “processes to ensure that refugee and related programs are not able to be co-opted by would-be terrorists.” Once those processes are in place, details of the security checks must be given to Congress in both classified and public forums, and the administration must establish a “longer-term monitoring process” to track refugees in the U.S.
“Additionally, House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul plans to raise the issue of blocking Syrian refugee resettlement at a Tuesday meeting with fellow Republicans, according to two congressional sources.”
The 15 Republican lawmakers pushing the legislation aren’t the only politicians looking to slam the brakes on Obama’s resettlement program. The governors of 15 U.S. states have already said they would not allow Syrian refugees to live in their states. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R) has proposed legislation to restrict U.S. funding for refugee resettlement and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) has said he will introduce legislation to prevent Syrian refugees from obtaining U.S. visas. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC News Reporter Ayman Mohyeldin Wants Islam Protected From Satire
Posted: May 6, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Breaking News, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: André Carson, Charlie Hebdo, Garland, Geert Wilders, Islam, John Kerry, Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Keith Ellison, Louie Gohmert, Muhammad, Muslim, Muslim world, Pamela Geller, Party for Freedom, Stop Islamization of America, Texas | 3 Comments
John Nolte writes: Ayman Mohyeldin is advertised by NBC News as an objective reporter. This objective reporter became infamous earlier this year for lying about and smearing a decorated veteran sniper, the late Chris Kyle, as a “racist” who went on anti-Muslim “killing sprees” in Iraq.
Mohyeldin, who is a Muslim, used his MSNBC perch Tuesday, not to condemn the murderous savages in his faith who attempted to murder Pam Geller and Geert Wilders at a free speech event, but to demand a culture change in America that would not “allow” people to engage in what he calls “hate speech” against Islam.
[The full transcript of his fascist bed-wetting is here]
And as one would expect from NBC News, through omission, Mohyeldin lied through his teeth in order to pretend Islam is the only religion in America openly ridiculed.
As though “The Book of Mormon” wasn’t currently running on Broadway; as though San Francisco doesn’t hold a blasphemous “Hunky Jesus & Foxy Mary“” contest every year; as though “Piss Christ” wasn’t funded by the American government; as though Hollywood didn’t spend billions producing one film after another trashing Christianity — without being challenged by anyone on “Morning Joe,” Mohyeldin crybabied his lie about Muslims being singled out in America. Read the rest of this entry »
Foreign Policy’s David Francis Resurrects Discredited WH Spin: Ambassador Stevens Death ‘Connected to Low-Budget Film’
Posted: May 4, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Religion, War Room | Tags: André Carson, Charlie Hebdo, CNN, Council on American–Islamic Relations, Garland, Geert Wilders, Islam, Keith Ellison, Louie Gohmert, Muhammad, Pamela Geller, Politics of the Netherlands, Southern Poverty Law Center, Stop Islamization of America, SWAT, Texas, United States, United States Capitol | 1 Comment
Americans Have ‘Stirred the Pot’, Says David Francis
David Francis writes: Violence connected to images depicting the Prophet Mohammed has arrived on American shores.
Five months after an attack at the office of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and four months after a shooting at a free speech event in Copenhagen, two gunmen were shot and killed outside of a cartoon exhibit and contest near Dallas late Sunday evening. While the motive for the attack is unclear, one of the event’s keynote speakers, Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders, has been denounced by Islamist groups for his criticisms of the Muslim presence in Europe, and its organizer, Pamela Geller, is a long time critic of Islam.
“In 2012, protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo after Mark Basseley Youssef, a U.S. resident, released the anti-Muslim film ‘Innocence of Muslims’. Violence in Benghazi that left U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens dead was also connected to the low-budget film.”
Two Democratic lawmakers recently asked the White House to ban Wilders from entering the United States.
It remains unclear whether the shooting is connected to broader extremist Islamic movements like the Islamic State or al Qaeda. Some Twitter posts by users associated with the group denounced the event in advance. Citing FBI sources, ABC news reported one of the gunmen is Elton Simpson, a target of previous terrorism related investigations. He had previously
Tweeted using the hashtag #texasattacks.
“Its organizer, Geller, is the president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as a ‘hate group’.”
Note: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s standards are so ludicrous they’d list a box of cereal a “hate group”.
The identity of the second gunman is still unknown. Read the rest of this entry »
Boehner Survives Revolt, GOP Begins 2015 With Anti-Conservative, Weakened Leadership
Posted: January 6, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Jim Bridenstine, John Boehner, Keystone Pipeline, Louie Gohmert, Marlin Stutzman, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Gosar, Raúl Labrador, Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives, Steve King, Ted Yoho, Tim Huelskamp | Leave a comment
WASHINGTON—House Republicans re-elected John Boehner (R., Ohio) for a third term as House speaker on Tuesday over the objections of a band of frustrated conservatives lobbying for a new leader.
Senior Republicans expressed some frustration that internal GOP dissent was grabbing the headlines on the first day of the 114th Congress.
Mr. Boehner, 65 years old, faced more opposition from his party’s right flank than in years past, but not enough to oust him from the House’s top post. After being selected among House Republicans for the post in November, he was officially re-elected in a floor roll-call vote, as the new Congress—now fully controlled by Republicans—convened on Tuesday.
Conservatives defecting from Mr. Boehner said they objected to how he ran the House, faulting him for hashing out too many deals behind closed doors and not giving lawmakers enough time to read legislation before voting.
Even some of the most conservative House Republicans voted for Mr. Boehner, citing the party’s victories in last fall’s midterm election that gave the GOP control of the Senate and expanded the House’s Republican majority.
Members of the House of Representatives at the opening session of the 114th Congress in Washington on Tuesday. Associated Press
“I’ve had my differences with the speaker, but I plan to support him,” Rep. John Fleming (R., La.) said before the vote. “He led us through a period where we’ve increased our majority, substantially.”
In November’s midterm election, House Republicans won 247 seats, their largest majority in decades. After the resignation of Rep. Michael Grimm (R., N.Y.), effective Monday, Republicans control 246 of the chamber’s 435 seats. Read the rest of this entry »
Unprecedented, Unwarranted, Ugly and Divisive Eric Holder Goes Cuckoo Bananas on Congress’ Unprecedented, Unwarranted, Ugly Divisiveness
Posted: April 10, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: ATF gunwalking scandal, Contempt of Congress, Eric Holder, Gohmert, Holder, John Boehner, Louie Gohmert, United States Department of Justice | 1 Comment
From Mike Levin, ABC’s The Note
…with a finger raised, Holder told the crowd in New York that his tenure as attorney general has been “defined by significant strides … even in the face of unprecedented, unwarranted, ugly and divisive adversity.”
The day before, after Gohmert ran out of time to ask questions, Holder leaned into the microphone in front of him and wished Gohmert “good luck with your asparagus.” It was a not-so-subtle dig at Gohmert’s bizarre remark last year when he warned Holder not to “cast aspersions on my asparagus.”
“You don’t want to go there, buddy. You don’t want to go there, OK?”
— Divisive, controversial U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Holder has had a tense relationship with several Republican lawmakers since the Republican-led House held him in contempt of Congress two years ago for failing to turn over certain documents tied to the Fast and Furious scandal involving botched firearms sting operations despite a congressional subpoena seeking those documents.
“I don’t need lectures from you about contempt.”
— Louie Gohmert
In asking Holder on Tuesday about the Justice Department’s refusal to turn over documents in an unrelated terrorism case, Gohmert again raised the issue of contempt, saying, “I realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general, but it is important that we have proper oversight.”
“The American people have not been told the truth about what happened in Fast and Furious. We’ve been going through all of these hearings, having to hold people in contempt because they’ve made it impossible to get to the documents… ”
— House Speaker John Boehner
A visibly upset Holder, leaning back in his chair, shot back, “You don’t want to go there, buddy. You don’t want to go there, OK?”
“You should not assume that that is not a big deal to me,” Holder added, pointing a finger toward the congressman. “I think it was inappropriate. I think it was unjust. But never think that was not a big deal to me. Don’t ever think that.”
Government Long on Hollow Point Bullets, Short on Answers
Posted: November 17, 2013 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Guns and Gadgets, U.S. News | Tags: Ammunition, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Geneva Convention, Hollow-point bullet, Louie Gohmert, Police, Rand Paul, Social Security Administration | 2 Comments
Dan Reihl writes: Government responses to two recent stories involving the purchasing of hollow point bullets by government agencies are raising more questions than they’ve answered.
“NOAA officers and agents enforce the nation’s ocean and fishing laws to ensure a level playing field for fishermen and to protect marine species like whales, dolphins and turtles,” Bales-Sherrod said.
Hollow-point bullets, which are designed to expand when they strike their target, are standard issue for many law enforcement agencies, including the 63 NOAA law enforcement personnel that will use the rounds for their firearms qualifications and training, according to Bales-Sherrod.
How Ted Cruz and Defund Obamacare can win — in just 6 steps
Posted: September 25, 2013 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Health and Social Issues, Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Daily Caller, Joe Biden, Louie Gohmert, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Senate, Ted Cruz, United States | Leave a comment
Many in the media and the Republican establishment continue to defame Ted Cruz and the defund Obamacare movement, saying Cruz is reckless and the movement, however desirable, can’t succeed so long as Democrats control the Senate and Barack Obama controls the presidency.
We have a word for that where I come from: Poppycock! Read the rest of this entry »
OOPS! TWICE as Many Turn Out at DC Tea Party Rally Than Go See Obama in Berlin
Posted: June 20, 2013 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Barack Obama, Dave Camp, Louie Gohmert, Niger Innis, Rand Paul, Tea Party Patriots, Ted Cruz, Tim Huelskamp | Leave a comment
The Gateway Pundit reports:
The Tea Party Patriots held their Audit The IRS Rally Wednesday on the West Lawn of the US Capitol. Speakers included: Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Ted Cruz, Glenn Beck, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Jenny Beth Martin, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Dave Camp, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Dana Loesch, Jim Hoft, Niger Innis, etc. and several Tea Party Leaders.
The Tea Party Patriots estimated bwtween 10,000 and 15,000 supporters turned out for the rally.
Photo by Andrew Marcus director of Hating Breitbart
Meanwhile, in Berlin today, the pool reporter said only 4,500 turned out for Barack Obama’s speech. In 2008 Barack Obama drew 200,000 to his rally there.
Invited guests await the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin June 19, 2013. (Reuters)
Heavens. Even in Europe, Obama’s losing his sheen.
via The Gateway Pundit.
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Home Article At Least She Learned How to Outsource
At Least She Learned How to Outsource
By Pepper of the Daily Pepper
Like a true Walton, Wal-Mart heiress Elizabeth Paige Laurie hired her roommate, Elena Martinez, to do her homework while she was studying at USC. She paid the roomie a cut rate ($20,000 total). It wasn't even enough money for Martinez to stay enrolled in USC, but at least Laurie could argue that she was giving her roomie a USC-level education.
Now that is a classic Wal-Mart move. Hire a person to do the dirty work that no one wants to do, pay the person not quite enough to live on but just enough so they need it, and convince the person that they are benefitting from the exchange.
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Unlike console players, PC players have to buy Hitman 2 again to unlock its levels in Hitman 3 (January 16, 2021 6:50 am)
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Amazon’s Costume Quest cartoon series gets first trailer, release date
Club Master Feb 18, 2019
Amazon’s animated TV adaptation of Double Fine’s much-loved Costume Quest series will premiere on March 8th – and there’s a first proper trailer to celebrate.
Costume Quest’s television adaptation was first announced back in 2017, and is the work of Frederator Studios, the team responsible for the likes of Adventure Time and Netflix’s animated Castlevania series.
Based on the promo material shared so far, Costume Quest’s TV adaptation looks to remain pretty faithful to Double Fine’s duo of Costume Quest games. It follows the adventures of four young friends – Wren, Reynold, Everett, and Lucy – as they attempt to fend off dark forces on Hallowe’en in order to save Auburn Hollow, their sleepy hometown. As you might imagine, costumes imbued with amazing magical powers are very much involved.
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July 26, 2013 by jay.breslin
Polyphony: Hardcore In All the Right Ways
Polyphony is a band from Maplewood, NJ that will blow you away. They recently released a full length album entitled “Truer Words” that will definitely excite fans of such bands as Frameworks, early La Dispute, and The The Number Twelve Looks Like You. These New Jersey natives play some amazing hardcore music. The guitarist, Cameron, plays stellar parts that change swiftly from one to the next, each more interesting than the last. They range from bouncing riffs, to shredding, to some more melodic parts. They are really captivating. Ariel and Gian play the bass, which holds the music together with some great bouncy lines. The drums, played by Justin, are fast paced with some awesome fills and unique beats that complement the other instruments completely. The vocalist, Marshall, has some of the quickest deliveries I’ve heard, and he pours his heart out with an abundance of relatable lyrics in every song. Some of the themes deal with trying to forget loss and regrets in life. The power of the music helps you understand the intensity of the emotions that these artists are portraying. I am sure that with time this band will mature and write even more unique hardcore music. My favorite tracks on this record are “Somewhere Between a Few and a Few Too Many,” “Murder,” and “Call Me Ishmael.” Polyphony are a more progressive, or post hardcore band, but whatever you call it, this album is impressive. You can stream the album “Truer Words” below and download it for free on their bandcamp.
Check them out at the Meatlocker in Montclair, NJ this weekend. They are playing there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (July 26th, 27th, 28th).
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A Call to action on social justice by the Liberal Democratic Party of the United States of America
Written by Liberal Democratic Party of the United States
From: http://www.democratz.org
If the hundreds of thousands of people that signed various petitions for healthcare, minimum wage, the employee free choice act and ending the wars over the last number of years signed these petitions listed at the end, you would devastate the Republican contributors with consumer boycotts and force their CEOs to get us the progressive legislation WE want in less than a month and stop the Republican nonsense.
By the way GOP stands for Grand Old Pococurantes. You can look up the word Pococurantes up in the dictionary. I also call them the GOPranos and also the RepubliKLAN party.
I have developed a way for Busting the power of the corporations and the conservatives in the Republiklan and Democratic Parties and I also included My letter to President Obama. We can decide to stop buying products from companies that give money to conservatives. We will not get arrested nor get ignored. People can adapt this strategy to force conservatives at the state level to enact progressive action and laws and to stop these conservatives from removing rights from citizens as well. Mere anger and asking conservatives to stop their nonsense will not work. You need to boycott the contributors to conservatives en masse by petition and phone calls.
At the end of this message I have a plan to destroy the power of the conservative coalition of Democrats and Republican members in congress. Conservative Democrats and Republicans have thwarted an increase in the minimum wage to $10 an hour, EFCA, Health care and more. I urge people to boycott consumer products from some major companies that contribute money to conservatives in both parties and pressure these CEOs with the potential huge loss of income and force them to go to conservatives in congress and get us progressives the legislation we demand. If you like this then please consider spreading the word. Yes, we need elections and getting progressives elected BUT look what has happened even with Democratic majorities in both house and senate and a Democratic President. We have gotten thwarted and we need a strategy that will get us progressive legislation between elections and this strategy needs to get considered. What has worked to get us needed legislation that hasn't gotten watered down or stopped? Do you have a better way? If not then consider this and mention this on your blog.
I sent this letter to President Obama by fax in late January.
Dear President Obama
I come to you today to praise you and to criticize you and to petition you.
I want to tell you a true story which just happened a few days ago. I came into this world 4 years after World War II. When I grew up partly in New York City and Partly in Nassau Country New York, as a young boy I would watch Meet the Press. I watched this show as a boy of 6 or 7. I watched the people of the era talk about the issues. I also watched Mike Wallace's You are there as well. I recall seeing other programs about famous people. I saw newsreels of a man who wore a white sheet. NO! not that kind of white sheet! Mohandas Gandhi, wore a white sheet of cotton. Why did Gandhi wear white sheets? He wanted to set an example for his people to make their own cloth and not buy goods from his oppressors who occupied his country.
He appeared a modern day Moses, but of another religion. I have a number of heroes like Gandhi. Most of them died, except for Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. Considering myself a Jewish person, I find that good that people from other religions and other people's can serve as examples for heroes as it tends to unite people of different backgrounds. Each of these heroes, Moses, Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, Nelson Mandela, Bishop Tutu eventually brought their oppressors down by not cooperating with their oppressors.
The other day, I spoke to the great grandson of Mohandas Gandhi. I had sought to speak to his father, the grandson of Mohandas Gandhi. I never expected to ever speak to anyone in this family of Gandhi. I told him that I thanked his great grandfather for his work and that he inspired me as I used to see newsreels of his great grandfather during the 1950's and 1960's and especially using boycotts to eventually uniting his people of India to eject their oppressors out of their country. I told Gandhi's great grandson of my electronic PAMPHLET on the web and again thanked him and said good day.
Now, I say to you Mr. President, that I want a real populist President similar to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and I and other people will make you do it, just like FDR told his supporters to make him do what they wanted him to do.
So in the tradition and inspiration of Moses and Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu and their people I say to you again we will make you do it.
How? By boycotting the products of those of your friends in corporations who donated money to you, and donated money to Republicans and to conservatives in the Democratic party who have led this country down a path to the second great depression. The only reason that we have not descended further appears that we had citizens back about 77 years ago who made FDR do it and had good regulations in place today that the conservatives in both parties want to repeal. So from now on I will no longer donate money to the Democratic party although I remain a member. Again I will not buy products from major companies that donate money to conservatives in both parties and I will demand progressive legislation that really helps the poor and middle class people instead of the undeserving wealthy at this point of crisis in our country, of the CEOs that run those companies and until that happens they will lose business from me and many other people such that we will put pressure on those CEOs to help get us the legislation that we want.
I agreed with the bailout of the banks and the partial nationalization of GM and Chrysler but now it appears OUR turn such that we get a $10 an hour minimum wage, a passage of the employee free choice act, a passage of the women's freedom of choice act, a passage of a compromise SINGLE PAYER PUBLIC OPTION paid for by general taxes which will allow private health insurance but in which those who choose this new single payer public option will have no premiums, no copayments, no yearly deductibles, no recisions, no rejection for preexisting conditions and cover everything: doctors visits, surgery, hospital stays, abortion, dentistry, eye care, nursing home and hospice care and home care and it will serve as a health insurance EXODUS so that the private health insurance companies will let our people go. We also need to end the war in Iraq and a way to end the war in Afghanistan but we need to help build Afghanistan up so the Taliban and Al Qaeda will no longer get the favor of some people in Afghanistan. We need other legislation that helps those less fortunate in our country.
Republicans only talk about freedom but they offer us no real solutions. These Republican corporate masters only offer us FIEFDOM and wage slavery and a kind of slavery to insurers where they exploit the economic conditions of those who don't have enough money to pay for their insurance and not freedom. These Republican corporate masters offer their middle class and even poor supporters FREEDUMB organizing them in a rabble of misnamed fake populist Tea partiers for which those Boston patriots of a few centuries ago would probably say, hey these Republican FREEDUMB lovers HAVE REPRESENTATION, so what excuse do they have for disrupting government town halls that we helped to establish?
Really Mr. President, those present day so called tea partiers appear a perversion of those real patriots that helped liberate our country a few centuries ago. Do these false tea partiers stand for a living wage? No. Do these false tea partiers stand for unions? No. Do these false tea partiers stand for helping those less fortunate in our country? No.
These Recruited Republican FREEDUMB lovers claim that they appear PATRIOTs.
I say NAY, those Recruited Republican rabble appear as
stand PAT RIOTers
disrupting government who attempt to help the less fortunate in our country. How many times have I seen or heard this Republican rabble express their contempt for the poor and less fortunate in the middle class? I have seen and heard such contempt by these conservatives for decades blaming most of the poor and less fortunate middle class for their own problems as an excuse to shift blame away from many corporations who disadvantage such people and also as an excuse to have government dissolve in the area of social justice.
These Republican rabble stand PAT RIOTers want us to stand pat for their corporate masters to continue to profit on the suffering of people in many areas and not just health care. They want us to stand pat and yell no more higher taxes deliberately wanting the American people to not see the way corporate governors want to PRIVATELY TAX people with low pay aka Cheap labor aka wage theft not giving workers in many cases the worth of their work that they do and suppressing the organization of people in unions. These corporate governors also tax people privately with high prices in a cartel working with other corporate governors in fixing prices so even though you have a few companies in a sector of products you really have a polyopoly keeping PRIVATE TAXES high in a lot of product sectors. Yes high prices and low wages function as a PRIVATE TAXATION system run by private government which the Republicans support and come from and they have their stooges in the stand PAT RIOT movement to pose as as populists. NAY!
So next time Republicans criticize our party for taxation in their miscommunications at election time we Democrats will remind the people that the Republicans continue to tax us PRIVATELY and raise these PRIVATE TAXES through POLYOPOLY, DUOPOLY, MONOPOLY, cheap labor and high prices and that Republicans need to get relieved of their power in government which they deliberately sabotage social programs through deliberate deficit creation through oil wars, unjust tax breaks for the wealthy and cutting of social programs. This deliberate deficit creation has gone on for 30 years now started by Ronald Reagan the miscommunicator and it has to stop. The Republicans create a huge deficit so when they get relieved of power then the Democrat has to clean up the mess and cannot or will not continue on the path of social justice or water it down such that supporters of Democrats get angry as they did in Bill Clinton's time and now yours!
So Mr. President, we will make you promote real social justice and not catering to corporations in the quest for social justice and eliminate these so called public private partnerships that these corporations take too much money from the poor and less fortunate that the Republicans have done in the past years and until this day and create regular government programs that do not allow these corporations to leech upon the public and profit to the detriment of middle class and poor people.
I have seen this in Medicare Part D and Medicare Disadvantage and now thanks to conservative Democrats we face this in the new health insurance and Pharmaceutical company enrichment act of 2010.
No more Mr. President. No More.
Help the middle class and the poor and until then, the Democratic party gets no money from me and in 2010 and 2012 I will go to the polls and only vote on referenda, meaning I will not vote for anyone for representative, senator and President. I will stay in the Democratic party and do what I can to rid us these conservatives in OUR party from power by peaceful means through boycotts of consumers products of their contributors that give them money and convince other Democrats to also boycott these contributors to conservatives in both parties and force these CEOs to go to congressional leaders and tell the leaders that hundreds of thousands of people will no longer buy from the CEOs companies until congress passes real progressive legislation that citizens want and have petitioned the CEOs for.
In the end, Mr. President we will get this done peacefully and we will do everything peaceful to make you help us.
In the tradition of Moses, Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, we will get this done for social Justice for the less fortunate in our country. I encourage other people reading this open letter to the President to organize and petition the government and the CEOs of corporations that aid meanspirited conservatives in both parties to go to my electric pamphlet at http://www.democratz.org and sign those petitions that you see best to accomplish social justice for the less fortunate in our country. Once you sign them, electronic letters will go out right away to congressional leaders and the Corporations that aid meanspirited conservatives. Do this for the less fortunate! Let our people grow and to meanspirited conservatives, let our people GO from your greed, high prices and wage slavery and private taxes and your religious oppression.
So let it get written so let it get done.
http://www.democratz.org
I created these petitions for social justice. These petitions appear different and STRONGER than regular petitions. These petitions allow people to boycott conservative contributors that give money to conservatives in both parties.
I enthusiastically voted for Barack Obama in 2008. Now I appear disappointed that President Obama made deals with Big Pharma and the health insurance industry. This administration looks like Clinton II.
Please sign these petitions for single payer health care HR676 as primary legislation or for HR676 as the public option.
http://bit.ly/public_option
which will give us a single payer public option.
http://bit.ly/traitorjoe
http://bit.ly/HR676
http://bit.ly/single_payer_snowe
http://bit.ly/single_payer_ross
http://bit.ly/single_payer_exxon
http://bit.ly/single_payer_california
http://bit.ly/drug_benefit
Also sign these petitions.
http://bit.ly/EFCA
http://bit.ly/10_an_hour_min_wage
http://bit.ly/women_freedom_of_choice_act
http://endthewars.democratz.org
We can stop the filibuster done by the Republiklan party and also get a bonus of the employee free choice act too enacted into law. You can help.
It appears very simple. Since Senator Mitch McConnell has nothing much to lose directly by pressuring him, we go after Brown Forman corporation of Kentucky who distributes Jack Daniels Whiskey and Southern Comfort Liquor, who by the way gives money to Mitch McConnell, the senate minority leader for his campaigns.
Go to http://bit.ly/STOPFILIBUSTERS which link will take you to a petition demanding the passage of the Employee Free Choice act and also for Mitch McConnell to halt any filibusters. Oh and when you sign the petition, emails go out right away to Mitch McConnell and Brown Forman Corporation from Kentucky. If you can’t pressure McConnell directly pressure his friends at Brown Forman by telling them you will boycott their products until they get McConnell to comply with our demands.
Also call Brown-Forman at 502-585-1100 and tell the person who answers to get the CEO to GET Mitch McConnell to execute no Republican filibusters for the duration of the Obama Administration and enact the Employee free choice act into law or you don't buy Jack Daniel's whiskey and Southern Comfort anymore!
So if you want to end the filibuster by Republicans, sign the petition now.
YOU HAVE THE POWER !!
Please consider using this in your activism.
If you don't spread the word and get others to sign these petitions, you plan to fail.
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US family discovers Chinese nuns who rescued adopted baby daughter
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Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 392.68 Tons 432.05 Tons
Materials composted 2.70 Tons 0 Tons
Materials donated or re-sold 139.76 Tons 100.79 Tons
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 3,279.10 Tons 1,224.10 Tons
Total waste generated 3,814.24 Tons 1,756.94 Tons
A brief description of the residual conversion facility, including affirmation that materials are sorted prior to conversion to recover recyclables and compostable materials:
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Performance Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2019
Baseline Year July 1, 2013 June 30, 2014
A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Number of students resident on-site 4,106.33 4,356
Number of employees resident on-site 11.33 12
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 10,637 10,220
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) 1,887 1,885
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 556.67 331.05
Weighted campus users 10,004.91 9,922.46
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Total waste generated per weighted campus user 0.38 Tons 0.18 Tons
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers Yes
Food Yes
Cooking oil Yes
Plant materials Yes
Animal bedding No
White goods (i.e. appliances) Yes
Laboratory equipment Yes
Furniture Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste Yes
Scrap metal Yes
Pallets Yes
Tires Yes
Other (please specify below) Yes
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Books have been both recycled and re-sold. Batteries, light bulbs, e-waste, and ink/toner have all been recycled. Each year our university hosts an auction for the State of South Dakota and all state property. These items vary from desks and lab equipment, to furniture and tractors.
Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year (e.g. materials that are actively diverted from the landfill or incinerator and refurbished/repurposed) :
Does the institution use single stream recycling (a single container for commingled recyclables) to collect standard recyclables (i.e. paper, plastic, glass, metals) in common areas?:
Does the institution use dual stream (two separate containers for recyclables, e.g. one for paper and another for plastic, glass, and metals) to collect standard recyclables (i.e. paper, plastic, glass, metals) in common areas?:
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling (multiple containers that further separate different types of materials) to collect standard recyclables (i.e. paper, plastic, glass, metals) in common areas?:
Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program (percentage, 0-100):
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed, e.g. efforts to minimize contamination and/or monitor the discard rates of the materials recovery facilities and mills to which materials are diverted:
The Sustainability Specialist works to inform campus of what can/can't be recycled. When changes are made the Sustainability Specialist contacts each secretary in each department so they can share the change with their departments. If there is an issue and it can be pinpointed to a specific building, the Sustainability Specialist will inform the secretary to share with the building.
During move-in an A-Frame sign was placed by each dumpster with a general move-in recycling guide. Flyers of the campus recycling guide were available at each residence hall.
A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:
The Sustainability Specialist presented to as many of the departments as she could. The presentation included detailed information about the campus recycling process and what can/can't be recycled. It included a sorting game to give attendees first hand experience of knowing what to put in each bin.
There is always the constant social media reminder and an occasional newspaper article on recycling dos and don'ts.
All custodial staff have been trained on what can/can't be recycled and how to determine if a bag is contaminated or not.
If there is an issue and it can be pinpointed to a specific building, the Sustainability Specialist will inform the secretary to share with the building.
The lobbies at each dorm, had a large sign with the recycling guide, recycling bin ID chart, dumpster locations, and extra recycling flyers for students to grab.
Participated in RecycleMania.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
1-2 waste audits are done annually to assess current contamination rates and what items are commonly mis-recycled.
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste (e.g. by minimizing packaging and purchasing in bulk):
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
SDSU has a surplus program, which is open to all South Dakota State University departments as well as other state agencies. These used items, which vary from desks & chairs to lab & farm equipment, are available at a reduced cost or no cost. This program is compliance to South Dakota codified laws for state surplus property and helps reduce not only cost, but also the amount of materials produced for campus. At the end of the year, any items that are not reused by the state are sold at the state auction. Items that are sold at the sale are included in the campus diversion rate.
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse (e.g. of electronics, furnishings, books and other goods):
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption (e.g. restricting free printing and/or mandating doubled-sided printing in libraries and computer labs):
Using the program PaperCut, all publicly accessible printers will not print until the job has been paid for. This program as also been implemented into the Economics Department.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials (e.g. course catalogs, course schedules, and directories) available online by default rather than printing them:
Course catalogs, course schedules, and university directories are by default all on line.
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
Facilities & Services – Sustainability, Residential Life, and the Department of Sociology & Rural Studies annually host Don’t Dump! Donate! This program takes place during finals week and has a goal of keeping reusable material out of the landfill by providing an opportunity for students donate items to local non-profits. The program partners with a variety of local charities, such as Jack’s Cupboard, the Domestic Abuse Shelter, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and more. Throughout the week, we collect quality items that students no longer want and donate them to these charities. Some of these items include unopened non-perishable food, office supplies, hygiene items, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, clothes, futons, shelves, appliances, mirrors, and blankets! In spring 2018, Don’t Dump! Donate! diverted 1,774.25 pounds from the landfill. In spring 2019, Don’t Dump! Donate! diverted 3,458.34 pounds from the landfill.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.sdstate.edu/sustainability/recycling
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Performance year data is a three year average from FY17, FY18, FY19.
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Trusting the Moment: Unlocking Your Creativity and Imagination
Jeannie Lindheim
Boston theater professional, Jeannie Lindheim, presents a treasure trove of insights to help increase cohesiveness and creativity. Trusting the Moment includes fifty unique exercises for those who work creatively: Teachers, Group Facilitators, Helping Professionals, Therapists, Coaches, Directors and Actors, Drama/Art/Music and Creative Writing Professors, Youth Leaders and people who like to have FUN! The exercises in the book are designed to help people foster self-esteem and confidence; get to know themselves in new and exciting ways; build memory, concentration and listening skills; become more flexible, physically and emotionally; and learn how to live in the moment. The section on the Art of Group Leadership is a valuable resource for group leaders in any field. Trusting the Moment also provides an extensive resource section for further exploration.
The purpose of this book is to give the reader a set of tools that will make them a more effective, exciting and excited artist and/or group leader. It includes ideas on the art of group leadership, as well as specific suggestions for group procedures. The heart of the book includes fifty exercises that will:
Break the ice when your group first meets
Free people from the blocks and inhibitions that many people bring to one-on-one and to group situations
Encourage your group members to be open, vulnerable and trusting with each other
Build a warm and supportive environment, where each person will feel free to express his or her own creativity and joy
Develop a bond between group members that will allow each one to be spontaneous and take risks
These exercises have created marvelous transformations in the attitudes and work of thousands of actors and directors, and now Ms. Lindheim is sharing them with everyone.
To learn more, visit trustingthemoment.com
Trusting the Moment: Unlocking Your Creativity and Imagination quantity
Jeannie Lindheim’s carefully structured book represents the clarity and generosity of her teaching and mastery in leadership and transformative education. I read it with curiosity and marked many pages because after 30 years of teaching movement I am still hungry for new forms and exercises. I believe that this book is a gift to anyone who is lucky enough to read it.
— Susan Dibble, Chair, Theater Arts Department, Brandeis University
“Trusting the Moment is a gem. I applaud Jeannie for writing a handbook that captures all the areas that encompass group leadership. Areas that are often not named or can take leaders by surprise when they are first facilitating. This handbook is packed full of ideas but even more it really gives leaders in any field the possible pitfalls and ways to handle the tough situations when leading groups. Jeannie’s passion and love for her work and years of experience give us a book that will be useful for group leaders in most fields. I will recommend this book to my students in teaching and in community leadership as well as to my peers. This book captures the 21st century skills that are greatly needed to sustain us in this very high-tech society.”
— Prilly H. Sanville, PhD, Director of the Arts, Community and Education Masters Program, Lesley University
“I took your book straight out into the field and used it on the spot. I used it as an inspiration. After teaching for so many years (my first class as an acting teacher was in 1980) it was a blast for me to get into this book and be inspired.”
— Per Brahe, Instructor, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
“I have just finished Trusting the Moment and find it as compelling as Jeannie herself. It gives excellent guidance and support to group leaders and I think leaders of many kinds of groups will want to use this book. Her whole section on the Art of Group Leadership is superb. The exercises are exciting and original. As the author of eight books, I was impressed by the clarity and sincerity of the writing in Trusting the Moment. The book flows along well. As a long-term professor, sociologist, group leader and writer, I endorse and applaud Jeannie’s book.”
— Ruth Harriet Jacobs, PhD, author and former Chair of Sociology Department, Clark University
“Fantastic information and exercises. This book is great for coaches because a lot of exercises help us to get other perspectives or in touch with secret/hidden aspects of ourselves. Trusting the Moment is so very full of great ideas and wisdom. I am inspired.”
— Christine Thomas, CPCC, ORSCC, Certified Life and Relationship Coach
“Jeannie has such an impressive wealth of knowledge and ideas! The exercises are a goldmine. Her voice and passion about this work comes through so powerfully! What I found valuable were the suggestions for alternative ways to conduct an exercise, what to expect in some cases and how to handle difficult situations.”
— Ilana Traverse, Instructional Designer and Facilitator, Principal of IMA Associates
Jeannie Lindheim has taught for the past 30 years-acting, movement, improvisation, creativity, auditioning and characterization techniques at a variety of educational institutions. She ran her own theater school for 13 years in Brookline, Massachusetts which offered professional theater training for adults. In 1996, Jeannie went to Russia with the famous Patch Adams and 35 other hospital clowns and started her Hearts and Noses Hospital Clown Troupe, (www.heartsandnoses.org/) in Boston right after she returned. The troupe has entertained over 50,000 children in the last 14 years. Following Hurricane Katrina, Jeannie and a colleague went to Houston where they did 1,100 ‘by the cot’ visits at the George R. Brown Convention Center. They clowned and supported those who had been evacuated from New Orleans.
Jeannie Lindheim has acted professionally and studied at Boston University; the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England; New York’s Herbert Berghoff Studio; and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She holds a Master of Arts from the University of California and a Masters of Fine Arts from Brandeis University.
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Wisconsin farmland and Milwaukee meandering
We decided to take the back roads through Wisconsin farm country to Milwaukee from Madison, taking a detour to Racine, where my dad and uncle grew up. Lush, rolling hills with gold and green corn fields, sprinkled with wild amaryllis and Queen Anne’s lace soothed my sun parched soul. What a relief to luxuriate in the vivid greens of well-watered trees and grasses. The great lakes are battling for survival, like most other waterways under siege from pollution. Still, when we got to Racine it looked like we were at the beach. So too in Milwaukee, which also has a lovely, sandy beach along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Milwaukee is an attractive city, a little smaller than Austin. Gary and Diane Porter, my cousins, were perfect hosts for a trip around scenic downtown Milwaukee and Waukesha, their suburb. Knowing I was interested in local architecture, Gary took us to the University area, both U WI Milwaukee and Marquette, where the St. Joan of Arc Chapel stands and where my grandfather went to school. The 15th Century church was disassembled in France, shipped to New Jersey, reconstructed then disassembled again and brought to Marquette University. I wished I had the time to sit and meditate in the church, it had a very intimate, electric atmosphere. St. Joan is a personal favorite. It’s still interesting to me that she was canonized, although I think it’s safe to say the Catholics make their rules up as they go.
Gary (who put the Pulitzer in Porter) is the lead photographer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel so he really knows his city. While we did make it to the Milwaukee Art Museum, it wasn’t open so I contented myself with shots of the Burke Bris Soleil at the Quadracci Pavillon shown below. Visiting Gary and Diane for the first time was such a pleasure. Enjoying their hospitality and swapping stories made me realize how we, as family members, really mirrored one another, even though we grew up in different parts of the country. These days I feel like a tuning fork much of the time, seeking resonance with others and finding it or not. Returning to the land of my ancestors moved me in ways that continue to unfold, as if I never left the St. Joan Chapel – still meditating just below the surface of my thoughts.
Wisconsin Farmland
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Wisconsin, land of churches and breweries
Tripoli Church
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15th Century St. Joan of Arc Chapel
Roman Urn
Dedication to St. Joan
Mighty oak doors
Landscape on Church wall
Vaulted Arches in sachristy
Nature embracing the divine
Heading downtown
Bridge to pavillon
Deco Roof
Quadracci Pavilon and Art Museum
Diane and Gary Porter
Gary petting his Pulizer
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Changing Face of Indian Insurance Industry
India is the Number one democratic country in the world, having second largest population in the world. Further the majority of them – almost to the tune of 85% do not have any kind of life cover. As such there is scope for life insurance business in India.
In the last decade Indian Government has introduced and implemented various Reforms in the Financial Sector, one of them was the opening of the Insurance to the foreign players in this field. Naturally almost all International Large Life Insurance Companies were waiting for the opportunity to enter into such a wide and developing market.
The opening of Indian Insurance Industry for foreigners along with the collaboration and joint ownership with the big Industrial Houses and Public and Private Sector Banks was highly welcomed and proved quite popular.
Almost all Banks like SBI, Indian Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Big Business Houses like Tata, Birla, and Bajaj etc. entered into this new type of business to provide new service to Indian population.
Keeping in mind the peculiarities of Indian Economy, to give it boost, and also set aside evil effects of foreign capital, the Indian Government allowed limited partnership to foreign players and Indian Banks or Business houses were the main contributors in respect of Capital, Manpower, Distribution, Service etc. What was expected was introduction of new products tested worldwide, using experience and expertise of international insurance companies and providing wider option of alternatives to Indian citizens.
After taking review of the present position and advantages of this reform process, it can be said with certainty that almost all the expectations have proved correct. Indian customers have benefited in numerous ways, keeping aside few instances of non-attending complaints, supplying wrong information and false promises to people by some of the players.
Basically the Monopoly of Government owned life Insurance Company- Life Insurance Corporation of India is broken and challenged in the process. Entry of very experienced, intelligent, customer-caring foreign players in the field compelled LIC to change its stance drastically. Foreseeing the immense competition from the foreign players, it had to amend its ways, concentrate on customer service, and improve upon its way of working and delivery system. That was the great advantage to the Indian population of these changed circumstances.
Indian population has responded well to this change. Initially economically top or higher class accepted or welcomed this change, but now these companies are getting penetrated into middle class and are also trying to reach common man. In the years to come there will be great changes manifested in the Indian insurance industry.
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Why, Rahul Gandhi, The Adivasis’ Soldier Silent?
On August 26, 2010, the Congress leader and self-proclaimed soldier of the Adivasis, Rahul Gandhi visited to Niyamgiri in Orissa just two days after the Indian government denied clearance to the Vedanta Resource's Rs.4500 crore bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills.While addressing to a rally of 3000 colourfully dressed Dongria Kondh and other Adivasis at Jagannathpur village who have been fighting to save their holy mountain he said, "I am your soldier in Delhi.
Caste’ing Live Chitradurga’s Madigas And Nayakas
Caste in India is a terrible thing. It can surface anywhere in a weirdest manner and forms. In the Chitradurga district of Karnataka, famed for the rule of Nayakas, the chieftain whose descendents have strangely found a place in the schedule for Tribes, prepared by the independent India to do them social justice, it still survives in its pristine glory. Nayakas, who in no way reflect their regal connection today however have a complex of being the rulers of the region for over two centuries after the fall of Vijayanagara empire and until Hyder Ali dislodged them in 1779.
Dalit killed for plucking two brinjals in Bihar village
Patna : A Dalit man was beaten to death for plucking two brinjals from a field belonging to a landowner of a higher caste in a village in Bihar, police said Wednesday.To escape the clutches of law, the landowner later offered the grieving Dalit family Rs.75,000 and a piece of land. The family turned down the offer.
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Conference on: February 21-22, 2011, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
The process of identification, classification and grouping of castes and tribes in India has become contentious due to self-perceived incongruity between socio-ritual and politico-economic statuses of various castes and tribes. This is increasingly manifesting in the recent times with some castes and tribes demanding a re-classification into an entirely different group or sub-classification within the group for intra group political equality, socio-economic mobility, as an assertion of identity and also to avail reservation benefits equitably.
Justice at last for Dalits
MYSORE: After a long wait of 17 years, justice was delivered to dalits of Badanawalu village of Nanjangud taluk where three community members were killed by a mob following a row over puja at a village temple. Sixth additional sessions judge L Malvalli convicted Suresh and 19 others. The sentence will be pronounced on October 30 or November 2. Though the chargesheet was filed against 23, three died during the prolonged trial.
Punia to visit UP, ‘Dalit atrocities’ on agenda
Mayawati government's performance in curbing atrocities on Dalits, utilisation of funds meant for SCs from the special component plan and filling of reservation backlog are some of the issues the National Commission for Scheduled Castes will take up when its chairman PL Punia visits UP next week.
Haryana govt sanctions Rs 192 cr for education
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has earmarked a sum of Rs 192.18 crore for various educational schemes—launched for the students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes-A and families living below poverty line—during the current financial year.
'The Khalistan Conspiracy': An Eyewitness Account of Targeting of Sikhs in the 1980s
Jaspal Singh Sidhu Tragic happenings of the 1980s continue to perturb the Sikhs. Most of them want to know what actually took place behind the smokescreen erected by the power of the day. In this... Read More...
Cancel Culture and Saviour Syndrome
Anand Silodia A few days ago, Richa Chadha shared the poster of her new movie, ‘Madam Chief Minister’, and it was immediately criticized for the depiction of the dalit protagonist. The... Read More...
Textures of being - The Mappila verses by Ajmal Khan
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Why did Dr Ambedkar choose Buddhism?
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Luma Digital Labor Product Suite
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Serviceaide Expands Offerings and Global Customer Base with Acquisition of Wendia, a Leader in Enterprise Service Management
Combination Will Enable Customers to Deliver New Levels of Intelligent Service and Support Powered by AI, Knowledge, and Automation
San Jose, Ca. (0)—Serviceaide, Inc., a global provider of intelligent, IT and enterprise service management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Wendia, provider of proven and robust enterprise service management solutions to organizations worldwide. The combination will create powerful new offerings and capabilities for customers seeking to modernize, streamline and automate the way they deliver and manage a range of service and support functions.
A leader and pioneer in AI-powered service management, Serviceaide offers enterprises around the world the Luma Digital Service Management Suite. Luma includes a Virtual Agent, a breakthrough intelligent chatbot and service automation platform that leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing to engage customers and users 24×7. Digital conversations provide a means to resolve many support needs without human intervention, and dramatically accelerate the process of solving service requests and problems through automation and knowledge management. Serviceaide launched the Luma 2.X series in the Spring, a new architecture that sets the stage for the integration of deeper, more powerful automation and knowledge management and dissemination capabilities.
Wendia is the maker of POB (Point of Business), a customer acclaimed enterprise service management solution with both large and medium-scale enterprise customers throughout Europe and North America. POB is a highly customizable Enterprise Service Management platform that helps organizations efficiently manage and automate a wide range of business and service functions, including modules for service desk management, configuration and asset management, purchase and inventory management, and self-service and automation.
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Serviceaide also offers a full-featured IT service management suite, called Intelligent Service Management. ISM is deployed globally, bringing value across large and small companies. It is a low-code implementation product suite, that is delivered as a turnkey SaaS solution. Well-known brands leverage ISM to efficiently manage IT and other enterprise services. Managed service providers use ISM both for their own support, as well as an efficient solution for their customers.
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November 9, 2020 By Chief Deputy
On November 8th, 2020, at 8PM a worker from the Boaz Country store called the Richland County Sheriff’s Department to inform law enforcement that they were robbed at knife point. A description of the suspect along with video of the incident were obtained by law enforcement. At approximately 11:45 PM the Richland Center Police Department observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspects vehicle. A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle. Items consistent with the robbery were located inside the vehicle. The Suspect was arrested and taken to the Richland County Jail.
Who Involved: Mekel J.L. Gordon, 19, of Soldiers Grove, WI
Other Agencies Involved: Richland Center Police Department
Filed Under: News, Press Releases
July 15, 2020 By Chief Deputy
On 07/11/2020 at approximately 10:17pm, Richland County Dispatch was notified of a disturbance at an apartment building located on Hwy 14 just west of State Hwy 58. Thomas Spry reportedly entered his neighbors apartment causing a disturbance and was sprayed by bear mace by the occupant. Spry went back to his apartment and contacted 911 seeking medical attention. When deputies were assisting Spry in his apartment they observed what appeared to be drug paraphernalia. Spry was transported by Richland County EMS to the Richland Hospital due to the exposure of the bear mace. A search warrant was obtained and executed on Spry’s apartment where several items of drug paraphernalia were located along with methamphetamine and marijuana. Spry was arrested and booked into the Richland County Jail.
Who Involved: Thomas Spry, 68 of Richland Center, wI
Agencies Involved: Richland County Ambulance Service, Richland Center Police Department, and Richland County District Attorney’s Office
Arrests or Charges: Disorderly Conduct, Criminal Trespass to a Dwelling, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of THC
On 07/12/2020 at approximately 12:26am Richland County Dispatch was notified of a UTV crash at the intersection of State Hwy 58 and County Hwy N to the east. Upon arrival EMS and officers located a male party laying in the middle of County Hwy N just east at the intersection with State Hwy 58. The UTV was located still running off the south side of County Hwy N east of his location; however there appeared to be no damage to the UTV or evidence of a crash. The male party appeared to have severe head injuries. The male party was transported to the Richland Hospital, then transferred to Madison via UW Med Flight for serious injuries.
Who Involved: Robb Bee, 52 of Richland Center, WI
Other Agencies Involved: Richland County Ambulance Service, Richland Center Fire Department, and Ithaca First Responders
On 07/11/2020 at approximately 5:30pm Richland County Dispatch was notified of a motorcycle crash on County Hwy ZZ just north of Huth School Road. Upon arrival the driver and passenger were located laying in the ditch on the east side of the roadway. The driver stated that a deer had come out into the roadway causing him to lose control and lay the motorcycle down. It appears from marks on the highway the motorcycle and the two occupants traveled approximately 40 to 50 yards before coming to rest off the highway. Both the driver and passenger were transported to the Richland Hospital by EMS for serious injuries.
Who Involved: John Koester, 60 of Green Bay, WI and Terrie Koester, 65 of Green Bay, WI
Other Agencies Involved: Richland County Ambulance Service, Richland Center Fire Department
Sex Offender Information Bulletin / Community Notification
July 1, 2020 By Chief Deputy
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is releasing the following information pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute 301.46(2m) which authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender’s release when, in the discretion of the agency, the release of information will enhance public safety, awareness and protection.
The individual who appears on this notification has been convicted of a sex offense that requires registration with the WI Sex Offender Registration Program (SORP). Further, this individual’s history places him in a classification level that reflects the potential to re-offend. This sex offender has served prison time for charges stemming from sexual assault incidents in 1976 and 1977.
He was released from prison in the spring of 2019 and has lived in northern WI since his release. During that time, he has not re-offended. On July 9th, 2020, he will be transferred to reside in Dayton Township, Richland County, WI.
This person is NOT wanted by Law Enforcement
This community notification bulletin is not intended to increase fear; rather, it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public.
Convicted sex offenders have always lived in our communities, but it was not until the Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law was enacted that law enforcement was able to share this information with the community.
NOTE: Citizen abuse of this information used to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders can be a violation of the law and will not be tolerated.
Supervision Plan: The State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections is in charge of supervision of Richard D. Sugden. Special conditions of supervision include:
House Arrest with GPS bracelet
Comply with sex offender rules
Comply with rules of electronic monitoring & GPS tracking bracelets
Comply with all requirements as lifetime registrant of the WI. Sex Offender Registry
Sex Offender information:
Name: Richard D. Sugden
Age: 64 Male White
Height: 5 ft 10 in Weight: 194 lbs
Eyes: Blue Hair: Bald
Offenses: Rape (1976), First Degree Sexual assault (1977) – Offenses occurred in Richland County, WI
Residence: 24250 Pier Spring Drive, Richland Center, WI
Robert Schneider
WI Department of Corrections
Sex Offender Registry Specialist
26136 Executive Lane Suite D
Robert.Schneider@wisconsin.gov
To learn more about the Sex Offender Registration Program in the State of Wisconsin, or to obtain information on registered sex offenders living in Richland County, please visit the sex offender registration website at https://appsdoc.wi.gov/public
Sheriff James J. Bindl
Filed Under: News, Sex Offender Notification
Vehicle Crashes into Wisconsin River Resulting in Fatality.
June 28, 2020 By Chief Deputy
Richland County dispatch received a 911 call at 5:40am from a male party stating that his car was in the Wisconsin River near Lone Rock. Deputies responded to Hwy 130 south of Lone Rock. Hwy 130 is currently under construction and it appeared that a vehicle had traveled through the barricades. Deputies arrived at the south boat landing near the main channel. There were vehicle tracks traveling through the boat landing, entering the river. Lone Rock Fire Department and a Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputy deployed their boats and began searching for the vehicle. The vehicle was located at approximately 6:00am about 300 yards down river from the Hwy 130 bridge. The vehicle was submerged with approximately 4 inches of water over it. Deputies and Fire personnel removed the sunroof of the vehicle and pulled Kodi Knoble, age 21 of Lone Rock, from the vehicle. Emergency personnel began CPR and traveled back to the boat landing meeting Lone Rock EMS. Lone Rock EMS transported Knoble to Richland Center Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Sauk County Dive Team and Wegners towing assisted in removing the vehicle.
Who Involved: Kodi Knoble, 21 of Lone Rock
Other Agencies Involved: Lone Rock Fire and EMS, Sauk County Sheriff’s Department, Sauk County Dive Team, and Wegner’s Towing
One Vehicle Rollover Bloom Township
At approximately 7:04 pm, June 22, 2020, Richland County Dispatch was notified by Vernon County they received a 911 call regarding a single vehicle crash on county Hwy A near Cherry Valley Road. Upon arrival the vehicle was found off of the west side of County Hwy A and it appeared the vehicle had rolled at least once. The driver, Ann Peters, was the lone occupant of the vehicle and it is believed she was ejected from her vehicle during the crash. La Farge Fire Department and Viola EMS responded to the scene. Ann was transported by Viola EMS to the Richland Hospital for possible injuries. While investigating the crash Ann was found to be under the influence of alcohol and was issued a citation for OWI first offense.
Who Involved: Ann L. Peters, 64 of La Farge, wI
Other Agencies Involved: La Farge Fire Department, and Viola EMS
Arrest or Charges: 346.63(1)(A) OWI First Offense & 346.57(2) Failure to Keep Vehicle Under Control
One Vehicle Crash Results in Serious Injuries
On June 23rd, 2020, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a one vehicle crash on US hwy 14 just east of Bohman Drive. Upon arrival, deputies located two females that had been ejected from the vehicle and a male party who was also involved in the crash nearby. Emergency aid was provided to the injured parties until Richland and Baraboo EMS arrived on scene. During a subsequent investigation of the crash, it was determined that the vehicle was traveling westbound on US Hwy 14 when the vehicle left the roadway, striking a light pole and eventually rolling over. Speed and intoxication are believed to be contributing factors in the cause of the crash. Both females were later transported to UW Hospital in Madison due to injuries sustained in the crash and the male was treated for minor injuries and released from Richland Hospital. Assisting on scene were the Richland Center Police Department, Richland Center Fire Department, Richland EMS, and Baraboo EMS. Charges have been referred to the Richland County District Attorney’s Office.
Who Involved:
Kayla L. Warn, 25 of Janesville, WI
Deanna L. Geddes, 28 of Janesville, WI
Scott A. Chroninger, 29 of Beloit, WI
Arrests or Charges: Kayla L. Warn: 346.63(1)(a) Operating While Intoxicated (2nd Offense), 343.44(1)(b) Knowingly Operate While Revoked Causing Great Bodily Harm
Other Agencies Involved: Richland Center Police Department, Richland Center Fire Department, Richland County EMS, Baraboo EMS
Richland Center Police Department Press Release
June 2, 2020 By Chief Deputy
Richland Center Police Chief Billy Jones reports that a local man has been taken into custody after making a concerning post on social media. Chief Jones explained that law enforcement was recently made aware of a social media post that appeared to be an attempt to organize an unlawful assembly and looting of an area business. Law enforcement responded with an increased presence in the area and the business took special measures to ensure the safety of its employees and the building. No disturbance ended up transpiring, although some parties did show up claiming to be there just to watch what was going to happen. Ultimately those parties left the area without incident. As a result of the subsequent investigation, a 17 year old was taken into custody for Unlawful Use of a Computerized Communication Systems, a class B misdemeanor.
Chief Jones stated that, although the comments made on social media were relatively vague, the Richland Center Police Department takes any such comments as serious potential threats to the public’s safety and property, especially in light of the current heightened tensions across the country. Jones added that this person’s comments not only cost the taxpayers due to the needed increase in police presence, they also cost the business who took measures to further secure their building, and its employees who were sent home for their own safety.
Chief Jones also noted that the Richland Center Police Department was aided greatly in this investigation by several area citizens who called and made the Police Department aware of the situation. Chief Jones stated that the vigilance of these citizens allowed the Police Department to be proactive and prevent a dangerous situation from starting.
Any citizen who has information concerning any illegal activity is encouraged to call the Richland Center Police Department at 608-647-2103 or the Richland County Sheriff’s Department at 608-647-2016. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call Richland Area Crime Stoppers at 647-CLUE (2583) and may be eligible for a cash reward.
Filed Under: News, Press Releases, RCPD
Possible Overdose Death at Local Tavern
May 20, 2020 By Chief Deputy
On 5/19/2020 at 12:10am EMS was requested at Rumors Bar in Cazenovia for a male party that was found unresponsive in the bar. EMS and deputies responded. Once EMS arrived on scene, Kyle Feldman was found in the restroom not breathing. EMS began medical treatment. When deputies arrived they assisted EMS. Inside the bathroom was found drug paraphernalia associated with heroin use. Narcan was administered by EMS with no success. Medical treatment was stopped and Kyle Feldman was pronounced deceased. Further drug items were located. An autopsy is scheduled to find the cause of death. Assisting at the scene was Cazenovia EMS, Reedsburg EMS, and the Richland County Coroner.
WHO INVOLVED: Kyle Feldman, 33 of Madison, WI
OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED: Cazenovia EMS, Reedsburg EMS, Richland County Coroner
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The Sweep! Caps Beat Pens 6-3!
Thanks, Jack Reickel, for the amazing picture!
It seems the Caps of old are back. The last few weeks, really ever since the Olympic break, the team has lacked its luster. But in this fourth and final game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals brought a ton of heart and their signature roll-call scoring with them.
Thanks to goals from Alex Semin, Mike Knuble, Tomas Fleischmann, Matt Bradley, and then two more from some other guy, the Caps emerged victorious. Maybe it’s the Penguins are flagging late in the season, or maybe the Caps really are the better team. Watching the despondent faces of Pens fans trickling out of Mellon Arena, it doesn’t matter much to me; I’m just happy.
By Peter Hassett 11 years ago
Caps vs. Pens: The Fix Is In?
Complaining about officiating is an unmistakable sign of a poor sport. Only a terrible sportsman blames the referees, but let’s get real: the Caps are getting screwed on penalties against the Pittsburgh Penguins. I’m not here to spread conspiracy theories or accuse officials of malpractice; I’ve just got some cold, hard facts that may blow your mind.
Me Laich-y! Caps Beat Bruins 3-2 OT.
Weird bounces, Long goal reviews & Floating Pucks. What a fun night. (Photos by Nick Wass)
Funny isn’t it that the Capitals and Bruins will meet twice in the last week of the regular season before playing one another in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If tonight’s game sets a precedence for next week, we’re due for some entertaining hockey.
Tonight’s victory over Boston saw goals from fan favorites Nicky Backstrom, Mike Knuble and Books Laich, who secured the overtime gamewinner. Despite the everpresent physicality of Zdeno Chara’s bleeding nose and the dynamism of Patrice Bergeron, the Caps emerged victorious. Three games or bust.
BREAKING: The Capitals Will Take the Presidents’ Trophy
For the first time in their franchise history, the Washington Capitals have earned the most points among all NHL teams in the regular season. After their loss to the Colorado Avalanches tonight, the San Jose Sharks cannot catch the Capitals’ 114 (and counting) points. We’ve been all over this one (here and here).
Is the Prez the first of many trophies heading to D.C. this year?
Who’s the best #8 seed for the Caps?
I posted on Twitter (in haste) that I would like to see the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs as the 8th seed, but upon further review, I’m not so sure.
I took a look at the Goals Finished/Goals Allowed for WSH, BOS, NYR and PHI, both on the road and at home, and came up with expected winning percentages for each team. I then used Log5 to predict the Caps chances of winning each game whether it is played at home or on the road.
The expected Win % for the Caps and their possible first round opponents:
WSH, .670 Home, .613 Away
BOS, .490 Home, .521 Away
PHI, .579 Home, .458 Away
NYR, .533 Home, .475 Away
For example, if the Caps meet Boston in the first round, Washington has an expected winning percentage at home of .670 while Boston is expected to have a win % of .521 on the road. Using Log5, we can determine that the Caps have a 65% chance of winning a game against Boston at the Verizon Center.
I then figure out the Caps’ win % based on every possible outcome of a 7 game series – and yes, that includes ALL possible combinations for a 7 game series (WWWW, WWLWW, WWWLLW, etc.).
Intuitively I wanted the Caps to face the Marc Savard-less Bruins in the first round, but based on the chances of the Caps winning against Boston in a 7 game series, I have changed my mind. Here’s why:
The Caps have a 78.1% chance of beating Boston in a 7 game series. Not bad, considering that they have a 77.44% chance of beating Philadelphia. But the best case scenario for the Caps, based on probability of winning, is meeting the New York Rangers in the first round – where the probability of winning a 7 game series is 79.25%.
(ed note: Excel gave me wonky %, which have been updated, however NYR remains the best possible opponent)
By 11 years ago
Will The Caps Draft Another Russian In The First Round?
Since taking Alex Ovechkin with the First Overall Pick in the 2004 Draft, the Washington Capitals have selected 5 Russians in the Draft since. Some of the notables include Dmitri Kugryshev (Be his friend on facebook), goal-sabotager Semyon Varlamov and (The second coming of Bobby Orr) Dmitri Orlov.
Well this year, with the Capitals atop the league standings and readying for a deep run in the playoffs (despite what R.J. Umberger thinks), RMNB is here to profile 3 talented Russian Prospects that could fall to the end of the first round of this year’s entry draft which will be held June 25–26, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Who are they? RMNB Russian Correspondent Fedor Fedin did days worth of research and here’s what he found.
Caps Beat Blue Jackets 3-2. Set Franchise Record for Wins.
We’ve dwindled down to the final five games of the season, but despite the doldrums, the Capitals showed up to play tonight. Even if most of the viewing audience was busied with the NCAA basketball tournament, this rare meeting of the Washington Capitals and the Columbus Blue Jackets was solid hockey. Columbus came out extremely hard, seemingly ignorant of the fact that the team was gutted at the trade deadline, their head coach has been fired, key players are hurt and the team is 12 points out of the 8th and final playoff spot.
The “Blazers” as Joe Beninatii constantly referred to them as, had odd man rushes all night long, but failed to convert almost every time because of solid goaltending from Jose Theodore or generally poor execution. Columbus’ wealth of penalties seemed to doom any chance for them to reach a crucial early lead. And despite the Capitals giving up a third period tally – which forced Bruce Boudreau to call a timeout and have an expletive-filled dress down of the team – the Blue Jackets could not force Overtime. Thus leading to the Capitals making history.
Pretty Much the Best Caps Art Ever
From the artist's private collection
The outpouring of creative energy from Capitals fans continues in a very special way. To brighten up this already-sunny Friday afternoon, RMNB reader Sara Bae contributes these pen and ink illustrations done in the style of Napoleon Dynamite. Sara was kind enough to share these images of the Capitals’ Soviet bloc: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, and Semyon Varlamov.
If you’ll please follow me, we shall begin our guided tour of the Russian Machine Never Breaks Portait Gallery and Nacho Eatery. Please refrain from feeding the bonobos freely wandering the hallways.
Caps Get Elusive Win #50. Beat Thrashers 2-1.
April Fools? Matt Bradley scores the game winning goal. (Photos by Nick Wass)
After spending the last few days discussing if the Capitals are coasting to the playoffs or not, one thing was certain: Washington needed a win in a bad kind of way tonight. With three straight losses under it’s belt and a Capitals Blogosphere filling with doubt for the first time all year, somebody had to step up and yell “Пора взять быка за рога” (It’s time to take the bull by the horns) . And lucky for the Caps, Alex Ovechkin Matt Bradley was equal to the task. Caps THRASH Atlanta 2-1.
Me so punny:
By Ian Oland 11 years ago
Brooks Laich May Be “Pissed Off,” But the Capitals Are Coasting
Brooks Laich is right to be angry. His team has lost four of its last six games when it should be building momentum for the post-season. But I have to respectfully disagree with his argument; the Washington Capitals are indeed coasting.
In the first period of their last two games, the Capitals have mustered only four shots on goal. This statistic is compelling evidence that the team is not focused on the games in front of them. If someone says that the team is “sailing through to the postseason”, that’s what they’re talking about. When the boys start climbing out of the two- or three- goal holes they dig themselves, they play like heroes again. That’s great, but why are they floundering in the first period at all?
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rbcoyp in General April 2, 2019 April 10, 2019 1,101 Words
Milwaukee Preservation Alliance (MPA) is excited to partner with The Rust Belt Coalition of Young Preservationists to host the Rust Belt Takeover of Milwaukee, May 10th-12th. Highlights will include tours of the City Hall bell tower, the Mitchell Park Domes, the Soldiers Home, Frank Lloyd Wright System-Built Homes, and a party at Pabst. Click here to register! Full event descriptions below.
City Hall Source: Peter Zanghi
City Hall Tower (2 tours offered; Tour Group #1 at 4:00pm and Tour Group #2 at 5:00pm)
Climb the Milwaukee City Hall bell tower for fantastic views of the city. See the magnificent 8-story atrium, elaborate common council chambers, and the former bell ringer’s quarters along the way to the top. Waiver required, no high heels, no small children, approximately 200 ft climb. Locals, please do not sign up until the week before the event. Tours for locals can be arranged any time through the office of the Milwaukee City Clerk.
Pabst Brewery Complex Source: Visit Milwaukee
Welcome Party at Pabst! 6:30 pm – ????
Hop around the historic and iconic Pabst complex during the Rust Belt Takeover welcome event! Full hop around schedule to be published prior to event. Drop in as you please and meet your newest and best preservation friends.
Mitchell Park Domes Source: Alexandra Lange
Milwaukee Domes, 9:30am -10:30am
Learn more from the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance.
Beloved icons of the city since they opened in the 1960’s, these midcentury marvels feature three distinct climates and rare plants from all over the world. As the world’s only “conoidal” glass structures, their unique shape allows a better angle for solar heating and more height for tall trees. Currently under threat of demolition due to a significant backlog of deferred maintenance and a temporary closure in 2016, these structures were declared a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2017. The Milwaukee Preservation Alliance and the Trust are actively partnering to ensure that all three Domes are restored.
Soldiers Home, 11:00am- Noon
The tour will run about 45 minutes and will begin promptly at 11:00 in front of the Soldiers Home fountain, which is located across the street from Old Main, the tallest building on the campus.
Established in 1867 as a result of one of the last bills enacted by President Lincoln, the Northwest Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is one of three original Soldiers Homes built to care for returning Civil War veterans and is the most intact. The entire history of the VA can be observed by walking through the grounds and learning how veteran care evolved as times and needs changed. Declared a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2012, the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance has partnered with the Trust ever since to ensure that the vacant buildings on the campus will be restored and put back into service of veterans. This project was recently declared a success as work is beginning soon to restore six of the buildings and turn them into 101 units of housing for veterans and their families who are either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Enjoy an outdoor walking tour of this National Historic Landmark District, a tranquil village-like setting right in the middle of the city.
Learn more at savethesoldiershome.com
Photo Courtesy of Tim Askin
Stroll Mitchell Street, 2-4pm
Guided walking tour of Milwaukee’s Historic Mitchell Street with Mitchell Street Executive Director Nancy Bush. Since its earliest days, Mitchell Street has been the economic heart of an immigrant neighborhood, once known as the “Polish Grand Avenue,” its business community now reflects current immigration patterns. Architecturally the district ranges from a grand Polish cathedral-style church (St. Stanislaus), Prussian commercial, through to the art deco and mid-century modern eras. It is a whirlwind tour of Wisconsin commercial and civic architecture.
Milwaukee Art Museum Source: frenchieyankee (instagram handle)
Downtown Walking Tour, 2-4pm
Walking tour of Juneau town from the river to the Art Museum and Juneau Park. Highlights include City Hall, Mitchell Building, Mackie Building, and County War Memorial (by Saarinen).
Bike Through History, 2-4pm
Follow a local around the Hank Aaron State Trail! You’ll see some history, some art, and a whole lot of Milwaukee
One of the Burnham Block homes.
Burnham Block (2 groups: Group 1 at 2pm and Group 2 at 3pm)
Take a guided tour of and see both a beautifully restored and mid-restoration American System-Built, Home model B-1 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Preservation Party/ 4th Annual Beer Competition, 7:30-10:30pm
Are you ready to compete in the 4th Annual Rust Belt Beer Competition and chat about your Milwaukee adventures at this evening event? We are keeping the location mystery for a reason… sign up for this.. you won’t regret it.
Here is how the competition works:
-The competition begins promptly at 8:00 pm and winners will be announced at 9:00-ish. Get ready to sample the Rust Belt.
All beverages will be available for consumption after competition winners are announced, so get ready for the best BYOB of your life.
Oriental 10am – Noon
Milwaukee’s most elaborate movie palace and the new permanent home of the Milwaukee Film Festival. Architecture is not traditionally “Oriental”, and is an homage to East Indian culture and architecture. Built by local architects Dick and Bauer for the local Saxe Brothers theater chain.
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transcendentalism quotes thoreau
Thoreau’s idea of transcendentalism stressed the importance of nature and being close to nature. Xplore. One of its fundamental concepts was the quest for truth. Learn transcendentalism quotes with free interactive flashcards. It was not a formalized system, as it was based upon ideas from group of writers and thinkers sharing similar interests and outlooks on life. Start studying Transcendentalism Quotes. What is the ideal way to live? “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms...”, “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”, “Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. That government is best which governs least. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. Although the textbook focuses on the label “Transcendentalist,” students will uncover the many voices of Thoreau, from author and surveyor, to scientist and philosopher. He was also big on individualism. emotion, individuality, and nature. Every day we present the best quotes! Learn transcendentalism quotes with free interactive flashcards. Feb 24, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by Misty Gorley. Discover (and save!) Transcendentalism puts the emphasis on spiritual growth and understanding as opposed to worldly pleasures. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. It began in the 1830s in America and was heavily influenced by German philosophers including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Immanuel Kant, along with English writers like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Transcendentalism is a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual over the material. Henry David Thoreau is the fella who brought you civil disobedience and Walden Pond, and he's the other big name associated with Transcendentalism. Enjoy the best Henry David Thoreau Quotes Page 2 at BrainyQuote. He was also big on individualism. Defining Trascendentalism . 21 Inspiring Quotes By Henry David Thoreau. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Enjoy the best Henry David Thoreau Quotes at BrainyQuote. Transcendentalism is a 19th-century school of American theological and philosophical thought that combined respect for nature and self-sufficiency with elements of … I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. Transcendentalism Sayings and Quotes. Choose from 312 different sets of thoreau walden transcendentalism flashcards on Quizlet. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Jul 10, 2019 - Explore Yoshay Lama Lindblom's board "Transcendentalism", followed by 181 people on Pinterest. Welcome back. The brilliant author of my favorite book, Walden, Henry David Thoreau was also a master minimalist, philosopher, poet and transcendentalist. We can never have enough of nature.”, “I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”, “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”, “I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours..”, “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”, “The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”, “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” ― Ralph Waldo … I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. Transcendentalism In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”, he expresses that one should never conform but instead follow one’s own mind. But one of the greatest literary movements the one that will be focused on is transcendentalism. Quotations by Henry David Thoreau, American Author, Born July 12, 1817. "In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and … Much of Henry David Thoreau’s most well-known quotes come from “Walden,” the book he wrote about living in the woods simply and independently. See more ideas about Nature quotes, Thoreau quotes, Words. Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.87, BookBaby 210 Copy quote As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. CliffsNotes on Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism explores the religious, philosophical, and literary movement that captured the minds of New England intellectuals in the first half of the 19th century. Shortly before he left Walden pond in 1846, Thoreau spent two weeks in the woods of Maine, hiking up Mount Katahdin by way of the Penobscot West Branch, with three Bangor businessmen. Choose from 109 different sets of transcendentalism quotes flashcards on Quizlet. Transcendentalism is a way of life. In this website, we selected quotes from these live teachings, including one of Rama’s talks that mirrored Thoreau’s Walden contributions on the topic, as an introduction to the wisdom, beauty, and repose that can be found by observing and practicing transcendentalism in today’s 20th century. Get free homework help on Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism: book summary, chapter summary and analysis, quotes, essays, and character analysis courtesy of CliffsNotes. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his masterworks Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and Civil Disobedience, an argument for disobedience to an […] If it has not become apparent thus far Emerson and Thoreau were close friends and lived with each other on occasion. Learn thoreau walden transcendentalism with free interactive flashcards. They differed in that Thoreau chose to live ... relate transcendentalism to nature, Thoreau chose to use his new ideas to change his own life, while Emerson instead decided to inspire ... and very similar styles of writing. your own Pins on Pinterest ", Civil Disobedience (1849) See Ralph Waldo Emerson 29; O'Sullivan 1; Shipley 1. Transcendentalism Quotes "Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it … The Effect of Transcendentalism: Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalism is the American literary, political, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century that was rooted in the pure Romanticism of the English and the German (Goodman). Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends, This website or its third-party tools use cookies, which are necessary to its functioning and required to achieve the purposes illustrated in the cookie policy. - Henry David Thoreau, 2. When Thoreau was 19 years old, he first read Emerson's famous essay Nature, in which Emerson clearly lays out the fundamental ideas that make up the philosophy of transcendentalism. In fact, he was so individualistic that he decided to go off and live in the woods on his own. Transcendentalism puts the emphasis on spiritual growth and understanding as opposed to worldly pleasures. . Truth. Similarly, McCandless’s actions are like Thoreau’s in ways that transcendentalism may play a role. Where I Lived and What I Lived For, Walden "I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born." Here are some of his inspirational quotes. Share with your friends. Then look no further. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. It began in the 1830s in America and was heavily influenced by German philosophers including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Immanuel Kant, along with English writers like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, … None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. 11 Dec. 2015. Born on July 12, 1817, Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, widely recognized for his masterworks Walden and Civil Disobedience.. Where I Lived and What I Lived For, Walden "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone." “I was not born to be forced. The obedient must be slaves.”, “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.”. These questions fascinated and inspired a unique group of visionary writers and philosophers who came together in and around Concord, Massachusetts in the early 19th century. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Islamic Inspirational Quotes Thoreau Quotes Telugu Inspirational Quotes Daily Inspiration Quotes Life Quotes Transcendentalism Quotes Thoreau Philosophy Quotes Inspirational Quotes. Sep 23, 2014 - Explore Melissa Joseph's board "Transcendentalism Quotes", followed by 188 people on Pinterest. In wildness is the preservation of the world. A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare within or without to shake it, I declined it, preferring to wipe my feet on the sod before my door. “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”, “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”, “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”, “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. He believed that nature was a metaphor for spiritual enlightenment. It was a literary, religious, and philosophical movement. be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. See more ideas about Inspirational quotes, Romanticism, Thoreau quotes. Share with your friends. See more ideas about Words, Words of wisdom, Quotes. "True friendship can afford true knowledge. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Aim above morality. Apr 2, 2014 - Explore Olivia Holt's board "Transcendentalism" on Pinterest. Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Students will explore the quotes of Thoreau, take a local transcendental walk, and then delve deeper into the text behind the quotes. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.109, BookBaby, Henry David Thoreau (2013). See more ideas about quotes, words, words of wisdom. One of the themes that is frequently seen on transcendentalism poems and essays is individuality. Let us now take a look at some of the quotes about nature as well as other important parts of the human life by Thoreau and others. They developed a new way of living and a new type of literature that was uniquely American. Chris McCandless, Transcendentalism, and Henry David Thoreau By Victoria Fredericks Inspiration Transcendentalism McCandless' journey served as a inspiration for others who were curious about his interesting take on life.Throughout his journey, he meets many different people Be not simply good, be good for something.”, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. In Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”, he explains that it is okay to disobey the rule of law if it is unjust. - Henry David Thoreau, 2. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Discover Henry David Thoreau quotes about transcendentalism. Quotations by Henry David Thoreau, American Author, Born July 12, 1817. It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.— Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old transcendentalism quotes, transcendentalism sayings, and transcendentalism proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources. The True Transcendentalist: Thoreau and Emerson 775 Words | 3 Pages. They called their new philosophy transcendentalism. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”, “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Transcendentalism Sayings and Quotes. 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Was Mahmoud Hessaby a student of Albert Einstein?
Various sites claim that Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby, a senator of the previous Iranian regime, was a student of Albert Einstein.
Hessaby was the sole Iranian student of Professor Albert Einstein
However, this has been disputed.
For example, his Wikipedia talk page:
I removed the text that Dr. Hesaby was a student of Albert Einstein. Other than a single picture and lots of hearsay, I haven't been able to find a credible source proving that he was a student of Albert Einstein.
Was Mahmoud Hessaby one of Einstein's students?
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This could be a semantic quibble about the meaning of the word student. In common academic usage, it would mean that Einstein was Hessaby's doctoral advisor. Hessaby's Wikipedia page says he received his PhD from the University of Paris around 1928. I haven't found any evidence that Einstein was ever employed by that university, which would normally (though not invariably) be the case if he were advisor to a student there. – Nate Eldredge Jul 6 '15 at 17:59
@NateEldredge: It is said that Hessaby was a student of Eisntein for (at least) three years and Einstein had quotes about Hessaby and considered him as a prominant student in Princeton university. I don't think that student means a PhD student in this case. Probably it means a student who attended his classes regularly. – Minimus Heximus Jul 6 '15 at 19:02
"It is said" --- by whom, and where? Note that Einstein did not join Princeton until 1933, and it would be very unusual to call Hessaby a "student" when he already had a terminal degree. If they actually worked together, one might call them "colleagues" or "collaborators". – Nate Eldredge Jul 6 '15 at 20:01
@NateEldredge: This is was I have found: "The doctor has been three years with Einstein. A period of one year and a two-year period. Laboratory of the University of Chicago to the doctor really put Einstein recommendations." This is a google translate of part of ... – Minimus Heximus Jul 6 '15 at 20:25
The references I have been able to find indicate that Hessaby was probably an assistant to Einstein, at Princeton or elsewhere, during a sabbatical or similar break. He got his PhD in 1927, in France. The real way to check would be to see his committee members. His thesis is up here, but only available in hard copy. translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://… – John Doucette Jul 11 '15 at 22:04
He wasn't Einstein's student, according to the most reliable reference I found:
Meanwhile, in a trip to Princeton in 1947 he had the opportunity to meet Albert Einstein, discussing his scientific activities with him (Ḥesābi, 2000, pp. 127-33).
This is from an encyclopedia entry: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hesabi-mahmud
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Encyclopedia's are secondary or tertiary sources. Ideally, we should follow it back to the source, which is: Maḥmud Ḥesābi, Rāh-e mā, goftārhāʾi az Sayyed Maḥmud Ḥesābi, Tehran, 2000. Has anyone access to that? The encyclopedia author notes that some of Ḥesābi's claims need to be cross-referenced against independent sources. – Oddthinking♦ Jul 20 '16 at 1:45
@Oddthinking. The plural of encyclopedia is encyclopedias. – fdb Jul 22 '16 at 22:45
@fdb: Yes, I have an errant apostrophe. Sorry. – Oddthinking♦ Jul 24 '16 at 2:17
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This afternoon, in the last 20 minutes of training when I was wringing out the last of my energy on a hanging bag, Sakmongkol’s boss who I met yesterday called me into the ring for some padwork. Sifu McInnes is a calm, confident and quiet man with a larger-than-life reputation as a trainer. The walls of WKO are lined with champions he trained, in WBC belts, K-1 championship posters, Karate championship certificates and awards, etc. I was nervous to step into the ring with him, not because he’s intimidating in his person – he’s very kind – but because he’s the head honcho and a master trainer and “you only get one chance to make a first impression,” as they say.
I climbed into the ring and stood by the ropes, waiting for the round to start. Sakmongkol was doing padwork with this enormous fighter I’d thought initially was Russian but his accent indicates either New Zealand or Australia. He’s got some beautiful techniques and form, though his size makes him quite a spectacle and certainly hard work for trainers. In a good way. I could see that Sakmongkol was watching me, but not to analyze or diagnose – he was just curious to see me hitting pads with the man who he holds in such high respect that he considers him like a father. (In Thailand that’s a really big honor.)
The bell rang and Sifu altered his posture slightly, definitely not in an exaggerated pad-holding pose. He holds everything very close, so every strike feels pretty much like it would if you were hitting a person. Uppercuts are against his chest but at my chin level. He let me throw maybe four jabs before he stopped to tell me I’m telegraphing by popping my elbow up. I nodded and straightened it out; he nodded approval and moved on to the next bit. I needed to stick and move, sit down in my crosses a bit more, he adjusted my uppercut and my left hook, then showed me how to add leg kicks to link everything together. He did all this at a steady pace over about four rounds. The way he explains technique is very clear and he always adds a why that gently persuades you to choose the adjustment over the habit. It’s a brilliant way of teaching really. It builds autonomy and confidence because you know why you’re doing it that way. He showed me how the way I was dipping my shoulder on a hook could be interrupted by a counter and I’d never get the hook off. The way he showed me, you basically uppercut from your regular guard. It’s quick, it’s strong and it’s pretty difficult to see coming. I’ve had difficulty with my left hook for a long time, mostly because it’s inconsistent. I can get good power on it, but I can’t depend on the form enough to know I’ll get that power when I throw it – or that it will land, actually. My range is wonky. He told me to make it longer and pivot my front foot, then let my shoulder do the “hooking” bit. Sure enough within a couple of throws my left hook was ripping loudly on the pad. He complimented the power, then worked it into the padwork with more frequency, asking me to hook off of being hit on the right side, as a counter.
Sifu showed me how to hunch my shoulders on the hook. At first I smiled and told him that my Thai trainers hate how tense I am, so they are always telling me to put my hands and shoulders down (which is true). But he recognized the difference and told me you hunch the shoulder on the strike, to protect your chin, basically. That makes sense. You’re not telegraphing with the hunch, you’re not stalking around the ring with it, you’re lifting it to protect your chin and get a tight rotation. Like how you use your shoulder to protect your chin on a jab or a cross. Why neglect to do so on a hook? With your elbow cocked you’re pretty much open for a counter right to the button, so hunching the shoulder resolves the problem of being open while you’re punching. He also explained how to create a psychological tether (or rather use the preexisting psychological tether) of an opponent’s vision and your front hand. If you keep your glove out, the opponent will adjust her distance to keep the hand in focus, which is about 30 cm. If you pull the hand in closer, the opponent will come closer, so a tight guard means you want to fight close. Shove that glove back out and the opponent will adjust her distance to keep it in focus again. I’ve recently started using the front hand to gauge distance for myself, knowing that opponents generally respond by backing up, but knowing that you can adjust that distance with the front hand without throwing it is really interesting.
I could feel immediately how valuable Sifu is as a trainer. His explanations are clear and he builds steadily, even in a short span of time. I was very happy when he said we could work more, a little bit each day. When I got out of the ring I watched him work with the big guy for a while, listening to the instruction he gave to soak up anything I could. Sifu instructed him on footwork, pointing out that the guy was bouncing straight back rather than stepping efficiently at an angle to cut distance or slip into a blind spot. I unwrapped my hands and walked to the other side of the ring to drop all my equipment by my bag. Sakmongkol was instructing a young Thai guy on kicking the bag, but he came over to me and with wide eyes and a low voice said, “you are very lucky Sifu hold pads for you.” His expression was one of shock, maybe a little awe. He struggled with his words a little bit, but chose what he meant to say carefully, “He not hold for beginner,” he said, pointing to Sifu. “He train many champion,” he continued, then took me over for a tour of the framed photos and magazine covers on the wall, pointing to men in the famous green belt, “champion, champion, champion,” he said as he pointed to each. “Sifu hold pad for all of them.” He looked at me again, very sincerely, “You, very lucky.”
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Damascus edges varsity softball
May 10, 2011, 6:48 p.m. | By Claire Sleigh | 9 years, 8 months ago
Hornets squeeze out 3-1 victory
BLAZER FIELD, May 9—
Blair softball (15-3) played an intense and highly competitive game against the Damascus Hornets (15-1) to close off the regular season. The Blazers stayed even with Damascus for much of the game, but the Hornets eventually pulled ahead to win 3-1.
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Photo: Junior pitcher Samantha Schweickhardt played well in the loss.
Although the Blazers fell short, head coach Louis Hoelman believes that his team played exceptional ball and stressed that the girls gave maximum effort. Despite the loss, Blair retains its number two seed heading into the playoffs. "It was a really good game to get us ready for the playoffs,” Hoelman said. "We went out there and we played relaxed. It was just a really good softball game.”
For the first play of the game, the Blazers appeared tense. An over-thrown ball to second base and poor field positioning allowed a Damascus player to reach second base. However, the Hornets were never able to cash in as a result of this error. Blair's confidence was restored when senior Katlyn Harmison made a tricky catch while running backwards to close out the inning.
Pitcher Samantha Schweickhardt dominated the first two innings by keeping batters out of their comfort zones. "I think I did a good job of keeping them on their toes,” Schweickhardt said. "They just got a lot of bloopers.” Of the hits that the Hornets were able to dig out, few of them got past the Blazers. Harmison believes that all the Blazers contributed defensively by making big plays.
During the third inning, the Hornets pulled ahead by one run after first baseman Annie Pietanza narrowly missed a throw from third base. After allowing the run, the Blazers were quick to catch up in the bottom of the inning. Senior Emily Haislip hit a curving ball over second base that brought senior Blake Morgan-Gamber to home plate.
Photo: Blair fell to Damascus 3-1 on Monday night. The Blazers will play their first playoff game on Monday, May 16.
Over the next four innings, neither team was able to get anything going offensively. Blair struggled to get on base, and Harmison believes that this was one of the things that hurt them overall. "When you're playing a team like Damascus you have to get more than one run,” she said. In the end, the Hornets would hold on to their narrow lead to hand Blair its third loss of the season.
While he doesn't like losing, Hoelman said he relished the challenge. He believes that the team played exceptionally well and that this game forced them to get ready for the post-season. This could hardly be more time appropriate – with the playoffs just a week away, it is crucial that the Blazers be at the top of their game.
Varsity softball plays its first playoff game on Monday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. The location and opponent have not yet been determined.
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Category: Blues Rock
Dont Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (CD)
Label: The Collection (6) - R0004 • Format: CD Compilation • Country: France • Genre: Jazz, Blues • Style: Swing
Alone (Hip Groove Mix) - Part E Unknown Featuring JC 001 & D-Zire* - Alone (Vinyl), Funky Technician (Jaspa Jones Remix) - Bossi - Funky Technician (Vinyl), Suck In Vain, Push Upstairs (Roger S. Blue Plastic People Mix), Narmed Up (Window Pane Dub), Gangsta Music - DJ Scoob Doo - 50 Cent Mixtape Legend (CDr), Santa Maria, Cant Stop Moving (Elektrons Data Transfer Dub), Ha Kell! - Kárpátia (2) - Piros, Fehér, Zöld (CD, Album), Feel It (Original Mix) - Cornthwaite - Feel It (File, MP3), Sofia Källgren & Uffe Persson - Phantom Of The Opera (Vinyl), This Is Something For The Radio - Biz Markie - Goin Off (Vinyl, LP, Album), Sad Girl - The Stems - At First Sight Violets Are Blue (CD, Album)
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Watch the video for Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree from Glenn Miller's Greatest Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Playing via .
Mazushura 07.10.2019 at 02:27 Reply
May 10, · Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) (Brown-Tobias-Stept) by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, vocal by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires The song spent five weeks at #1.
Araran 30.09.2019 at 16:38 Reply
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" is a popular song that was made famous by Glenn Miller and by the Andrews Sisters during World War II. Its lyrics are the words of two young lovers who pledge their fidelity while one of them is away serving in the war.
Faejinn 30.09.2019 at 23:04 Reply
Video clip and lyrics Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree by Glenn Miller. Don't go walkin' down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, anyone el.
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Song information for Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glenn Miller on AllMusic.
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Glenn Miller - Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree Lyrics. Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, anyone else but me No, no, no! Don't sit under the apple tree .
Kazisho 03.10.2019 at 21:40 Reply
Glenn Miller's reign as the most popular bandleader in the U.S. came relatively late in his career and was relatively brief, lasting only about three and a half years, from the spring of to the fall of But during that period he utterly dominated popular music, and over time he has proven the most enduring figure of the swing era, with reissues of his recordings achieving .
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Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree Composed By – Tobias*, Brown*, Stept* B1: I've Got A Girl In Kalamazoo Composed By – Warren*, Gordon* B2: Stardust Composed By – Carmichael*, Mitchell Parish: B3: My Blue Heaven Composed By – Geo. Whiting*, Walter/Donaldson* B4: Bugle Call Rag Composed By – B. Meyers*, E. Schoebel*, J. Pettis* B5.
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US Companies Sell Arms to Ukraine to Solve Financial Problems – Official
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Adviser to Minister of Information in Syria says that US companies in the arms industry sell weapons to Ukraine and other countries to solve US financial problems amid the global financial crisis.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US companies in the arms industry sell weapons to Ukraine and other countries to solve US financial problems amid the global financial crisis, Adviser to Minister of Information in Syria Dr. Ali Ahmady told Sputnik Arabic Wednesday.
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Sending US Lethal Weapons to Ukraine ‘Throwing Gasoline Onto Fire’-Experts
“American companies from the arms industry and energy companies [gas and oil] are the ones that control America’s decisions. It is certain that the world financial crisis along with its consequences push the companies to resolve the crisis by selling weapons to other countries one of which is Ukraine. These companies seek to solve its [US] problems at the expense of the people of those countries [that buy the weapons],” Ahmady, who is also a member of the Academy for Geopolitical Crisis, said.
In the wake of the Ukrainian conflict, Washington has provided all sorts of assistance to Kiev forces, including military training and financial support. However, US President Barack Obama has not openly admitted supplying arms to Kiev, arguing that US help should be limited to non-lethal items only.
Recently, certain high-ranking officials, including US national security adviser Susan Rice and NATO’s top military commander Gen. Philip Breedlove have insisted on supplying weapons to Ukraine, but the official decision has not been taken yet.
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian intelligence services have found the United States is already supplying weapons to Kiev.
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Tag Archives: Terrace by Mix Mix
Show 374, May 23, 2020: Show Preview with Executive Producer & Co-Host Andy Harris
Posted on May 24, 2020 by abell
Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Let the season of inspired & relaxing grilling happily commence…
Chefs and restaurateurs are honestly the most generous people we know. In times of need they are always the very first in generously giving back and meaningfully supporting their communities. Truly remarkable…Right now restaurants urgently need our support to stay afloat. Kindly keep this in mind and please do what you possibly can (as you can afford) to support a community-focused, local restaurant….
As always, we greatly appreciate you being a part of our loyal listening audience. Truly couldn’t do it without the enthusiastic encouragement of the foodie community.
When accomplished fine dining chef Ross Pangilinan left the Patina Group’s Leatherby’s Café Rouge (Segerstrom Center for the Arts) to venture out on his own he wanted to create a more personal, chef-driven concept. His vision came to be as Mix Mix Kitchen Bar located in a bit of an unlikely location in Santa Ana. In normal times it’s a globally inspired dining concept presenting dishes which see influence from traditional French and Italian to modern Filipino cuisines. During the ban on dine-in Chef Ross has shifted to preparing Tapas Family Kits (for 2 or 4 guests) for curbside pick-up. Also in Chef Ross’ family of restaurants is Terrace by Mix Mix at South Coast Plaza and the newly (soft) opened ReMix Kitchen Bar in the Long Beach Exchange. Chef Ross joins us with the overview.
One of our most reliable sources of significant restaurant news in fabulous Las Vegas is Al Mancini, who is a staff writer for The Las Vegas Review Journal covering food, restaurants and other aspects of entertainment. Al has been working the Vegas food scene for 19 years. He was one of the creators of the popular, and widely referenced, Eating Las Vegas restaurant guidebook series. Al joins us with a report on the return of dining in the restaurants that have been allowed to reopen in Las Vegas.
James Beard Award-winning Chef & Author Suzanne Goin is the Co-Proprietor (with Caroline Styne) of The Lucques Group. a.o.c and Tavern are back on Thursday through Sunday with take-out for pick up or delivery via TOCK. Lucques’ Sunday Suppers are newly available via Lucques Catering with curbside pick up or delivery via TOCK. Chef Suzanne Goin joins us with all the tantalizing specifics.
Previously we’ve met passionate winemaker Clarissa Nagy who has her own boutique label, c nagy, with a rustic tasting room in historic Orcutt. C nagy wines are “A pure expression of grapes from a vineyard celebrating the experience of Santa Barbara County.” Clarissa has a particular affinity for Pinot Noir but other available current releases include Syrah, Grenache, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Blanc. Winemaker Clarissa Nagy is our encore guest.
Sol Agave, the popular elevated regional Mexican restaurant in South County, operates the original location in San Juan Capistrano and the 2-year old branch in Mission Viejo in Kaleidoscope. San Juan Capistrano is open for to-go orders and Mission Viejo will soon reopen for curbside take out on June 1st. Restaurateur Jesse Galvez shares the secrets of Sol Agave’s Famous Carnitas.
Our own Chef Andrew Gruel of the Slapfish Restaurant Group provides another timely and informative “Ask the Chef” segment where Chef Andrew responds to listeners thoughtful inquiries. Chef Andrew is updating us on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis in the hospitality field and what we, as diners, can do to support the very survival of restaurants. Take-out/delivery when you can surely helps…Of course, the safety of restaurant employees and guests comes first. Chef Andrew will conclude his revealing commentary on 3rd Party Delivery Services and explain why he suggests you tip the delivery driver in cash. It’s the start of Summer Grilling Season. Chef Andrew has some meaty tips for the backyard master of the grill.
All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness (with proper Social Distancing) on this week’s not-to-miss show!
Posted in Podcasts, SoCal Restaurant Show | Tagged Al Mancini, Andrew Gruel, AOC, Ask the Chef, c nagy, Clarissa Nagy, Eating las Vegas, Jesse Galvez, Kaleidoscope, Las Vegas Review Journal, Lucques Catering, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, ReMix Kitchen Bar, Ross Pangilinan, Slapfish Restaurant Group, Sol Agave, Suzanne Goin, Tavern, Terrace by Mix Mix, The Lucques Group
Show 374, May 23, 2020: Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, Terrace by Mix Mix & ReMix Kitchen Bar
When accomplished fine dining chef Ross Pangilinan left the Patina Group’s Leatherby’s Café Rouge (Segerstrom Center for the Arts) to venture out on his own he wanted to create a more personal, chef-driven concept. His vision came to be as Mix Mix Kitchen Bar located in a bit of an unlikely location in Santa Ana. In normal times it’s a globally inspired dining concept presenting dishes which see influence from traditional French and Italian to modern Filipino cuisines.
During the ban on dine-in Chef Ross has shifted to preparing Tapas Family Kits (for 2 or 4 guests) for curbside pick-up. Also in Chef Ross’ family of restaurants is Terrace by Mix Mix at South Coast Plaza and the newly opened ReMix Kitchen Bar in the Long Beach Exchange.
For Friday, Saturday and Sunday Terrace by Mix Mix is serving Share Plates (for 1 to 10 guests) for curbside pick-up. For Friday, Saturday and Sunday Remix Kitchen Bar offers a Tasting Menu for 2 or 4 guests for curbside pick-up.
Chef Ross joins us with the enticing cuisine overview.
Posted in Podcasts, SoCal Restaurant Show | Tagged Leatherby’s Café Rouge, Long Beach Exchange, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, Patina Group, podcast, ReMix Kitchen Bar, Ross Pangilinan, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, South Coast Plaza, Take Out, Terrace by Mix Mix
May 23: Ross Pangilinan, Al Mancini, Suzanne Goin, Clarissa Nagy, Sol Agave
Segment One: Show Preview with Executive Producer & Co-Host Andy Harris
Segment Two: Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, Terrace by Mix Mix & ReMix Kitchen Bar
Segment Three: Journalist Al Mancini, Staff Writer, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Segment Four: Chef & Restaurateur Suzanne Goin, The Lucques Group Part One
Segment Five: Chef & Restaurateur Suzanne Goin, The Lucques Group Part Two
Segment Six: Winemaker Clarissa Nagy, c nagy Wines
Segment Seven: Restaurateur Jesse Galvez, Sol Agave, Kaleidoscope Mission Viejo and San Juan Capistrano
Segment Eight: Chef Andrew Gruel of Slapfish with “Ask the Chef”
Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Let the season of inspired & relaxing grilling commence…
When accomplished fine dining chef Ross Pangilinan left the Patina Group’s Leatherby’s Café Rouge (Segerstrom Center for the Arts) to venture out on his own he wanted to create a more personal, chef-driven concept. His vision came to be as Mix Mix Kitchen Bar located in a bit of an unlikely location in Santa Ana. In normal times it’s a globally inspired dining concept presenting dishes which see influence from traditional French and Italian to modern Filipino cuisines. During the ban on dine-in Chef Ross has shifted to preparing Tapas Family Kits (for 2 or 4 guests) for curbside pick-up. Also in Chef Ross’ family of restaurants is Terrace by Mix Mix at South Coast Plaza and the newly opened ReMix Kitchen Bar in the Long Beach Exchange. Chef Ross joins us with the overview.
One of our most reliable sources of restaurant news in fabulous Las Vegas is Al Mancini, who is a staff writer for The Las Vegas Review-Journal covering food, restaurants and other aspects of entertainment. Al has been working the Vegas food scene for 19 years. He was one of the creators of the popular, and widely referenced, Eating Las Vegas restaurant guidebook series. Al joins us with a report on dining in the restaurants that have been allowed to reopen in Las Vegas.
James Beard Award-winning Chef & Author Suzanne Goin is the Co-Proprietor (with Caroline Styne) of The Lucques Group. a.o.c.and Tavern are back on Thursday through Sunday with take-out for pick up or delivery via TOCK. Lucques’ Sunday Suppers are newly available via Lucques Catering with curbside pick up or delivery via TOCK. Chef Suzanne Goin joins us with all the tantalizing specifics.
Chef Ross joins us with the cuisine overview.
One of our most reliable sources of accurate restaurant news in fabulous Las Vegas is Al Mancini, who is a staff writer for The Las Vegas Review Journal covering food, restaurants and other aspects of entertainment. Al has been working the Vegas food scene for 19 years. He was one of the creators of the popular, and widely referenced, Eating Las Vegas restaurant guidebook series.
Al joins us with a report on dining in the restaurants that have been allowed to reopen in Las Vegas. Restaurants located off The Strip have permission to reopen for dine-in with precautions. Establishments located in The Strip hotel casinos (and other hotel casinos) can only reopen if they have outside access to the restaurants that doesn’t necessitate walking through a closed casino floor.
James Beard Award-winning Chef & Author Suzanne Goin is the Co-Proprietor of The Lucques Group. a.o.c. is back on Thursday through Sunday with an all- day menu and classic dinner menu for 4 guests through TOCK. Hours are 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Tavern in Brentwood has returned with an all-day menu offered Thursday through Sunday. Also box assortments of bread and pastries from Larder Baking Co.
With the opening of Lucques, their flagship restaurant, in 1998, James Beard award-winning Che f/ Author Suzanne Goin and award-winning Restaurateur Caroline Styne planted the seeds for The Lucques Group, a Los Angeles hospitality company that comprises two fine dining restaurants – a.o.c. and Tavern. Along with these culinary enterprises, the company also operates Lucques Catering, the Larder Baking Company and comprehensive food services for the Hollywood Bowl. They will operate new restaurants at the highly anticipated Proper Hotel opening in downtown Los Angeles in 2020. The Lucques Group is dedicated to seasonally influenced cooking and focuses on sourcing local, organic produce from which Goin creates soulful dishes that are bold in flavor, vibrant, layered and complex.
LUCQUES CATERING, the full-service catering arm of The Lucques Group, has started take-out and delivery of Suzanne Goin’s signature dishes and menus for enjoying at home. The menus continue with a weekly changing Lucques Supper Series menu created by Suzanne Goin in addition to a complete brunch kit, pantry items and other selections.
An inspired list of sparkling, white, rosé and red wines, and all favorites of Caroline Styne, are available by the bottle or boxed sets. Bar man, Christiaan Röllich, completes the menu with two of his ready-mixed batched cocktails to-go.
Ordering is exclusively through TOCK for safety-compliant curbside pick-up at The Larder Maple Drive from Thursday through Sunday from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Delivery is also available within a five-mile radius for $15.
“My whole team and I have missed the restaurant and cooking for our guests so terribly for these past weeks, states Suzanne Goin. “We are thrilled to be back with our new version of Sunday Suppers for our guests to enjoy at home—and not just on Sundays! In our new Supper Series, our latest weekly seasonal menus from the market will be available Thursday to Sunday each week.”
Chef Suzanne Goin continues the conversation about the return of Lucques.
Previously we’ve met passionate winemaker Clarissa Nagy who has her own boutique label, c nagy, with a rustic tasting room in historic Orcutt. C nagy wines are “A pure expression of grapes from a vineyard celebrating the experience of Santa Barbara County.” Clarissa has a particular affinity for Pinot Noir but other available current releases include Syrah, Grenache, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Blanc.
Curbside pickup of wines by the bottle is available at the Tasting Room while the signature tastings are on hold.
“People often ask how I started in the wine industry. It was never my plan to make wine. Actually, my original intention was to work with food. Thankfully, food and wine are often paired together. Through that means, wine found me.”
“Pinot Noir and Syrah were my main focus for the next 6 years. I made a Viognier in 2010, but frost would prevent me from doing so in 2011. The loss of Viognier opened the door to work with Pinot Blanc as well, and my journey continued to unfold. The newest chapter of my story is the addition of the tasting room.”
“Winemaking has become my passion. Sharing that joy with others is a priority. I’d love to be able to bring everyone into the vineyard and cellar to experience winemaking firsthand. Since that isn’t realistic, I offer you a taste of my labor. Here is that experience captured in bottle. I hope to share this passion with you in person. Until then, enjoy!”
– Owner/Winemaker Clarissa Nagy
Winemaker Clarissa Nagy is our encore guest.
Sol Agave, the popular elevated regional Mexican restaurant in South County, has the original location in San Juan Capistrano and the 2-year old branch in Mission Viejo in Kaleidoscope. San Juan Capistrano is open for to-go orders and Mission Viejo will reopen for curbside take out on June 1st.
Restaurateur Jesse Galvez and his partner Chef Manny Velasco, who was honored as the Golden Foodies 2017 Rising Star Chef of the Year, were at the forefront of the food truck trend when they started Sol Agave as a taco truck in 2015. They attracted such a loyal following for their elevated Mexican cuisine that they decided to open a restaurant in San Juan Capistrano in 2016. The success of that original location lead to moving into a larger space within the same retail center just a year later.
At Sol Agave the focus is on organic ingredients, fresh seafood, USDA Prime steak, and all-natural pork for its carnitas. Signature dishes include Our Famous Carnitas (chef’s famous Mexican braised pork, served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, “trocka” sauce, and hand-made corn tortillas), Tacos de Hongo (skirt steak, portabello mushrooms, grilled onions, and cheese served on a hot skillet with salsa morita, rice, refried beans and hand-made tortillas), and Camarones Vallarta (jumbo breaded Mexican prawns, butterflied and stuffed with Dungeness crab, topped in a Creole tomato spicy sauce, and served with cilantro rice.)
Restaurateur Jesse Galvez shares the secrets of Sol Agave’s Famous Carnitas.
Our own Chef Andrew Gruel of the Slapfish Restaurant Group provides another timely and informative “Ask the Chef” segment where Chef Andrew responds to listeners thoughtful inquiries. Chef Andrew is updating us on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis in the hospitality field and what we, as diners, can do to support the very survival of restaurants. Take-out/delivery when you can surely helps…Of course, the safety of restaurant employees and guests comes first.
Chef Andrew will conclude his revealing commentary on 3rd Party Delivery Services for restaurants and explain why he suggests you tip the delivery driver in cash. It’s the start of Summer Grilling Season. Chef Andrew has some meaty tips for the backyard master of the grill.
Slapfish is hosting Doctors, Nurses, Medical Personnel, Police, Firefighters & EMT’s to a complimentary meal To-Go. Need to be in uniform or have appropriate ID to qualify. The participating Slapfish locations are Huntington Beach, Brea, Irvine and Laguna Beach.
Kids eat free at Slapfish, too, when their parents order Takeout.
Posted in Blog, Show Notes | Tagged Al Mancini, Andrew Gruel, AOC, Ask the Chef, c nagy, Clarissa Nagy, Eating las Vegas, Jesse Galvez, Kaleidoscope, Las Vegas Review Journal, Lucques Catering, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, ReMix Kitchen Bar, Ross Pangilinan, Slapfish Restaurant Group, Sol Agave, Suzanne Goin, Tavern, Terrace by Mix Mix, The Lucques Group
Show 372, May 9, 2020: South Coast Plaza’s Dining Options with Lee Healy
When it comes to fashionable restaurant take-out in Orange County don’t forget the numerous appealing and varied restaurant options available at South Coast Plaza. “During these trying times and shelter-at-home, South Coast Plaza restaurants have adapted to take-out and curbside pick-up with success. Thirteen restaurants offer abbreviated and family-style menus ranging from Japanese cuisine (who isn’t craving sushi), prime steaks, contemporary cuisine and more.”
“Chef Amar Santana‘s take-out at VACA has been lauded by restaurant critics Bill Addison with the Los Angeles Times and Brad Johnson of the Orange County Register. Their recommendations: Paella Valenciana family-menu with Vaca Tonics to go! Water Grill has a dazzling pop-up market three days a week (premium seafood and live lobster to prepare at home). Din Tai Fung has been busy and check out Royal Khyber‘s special three-course curbside menu for two for $30. Award-winning chef Ross Pangilinan has just begun take-out at TERRACE by Mix Mix.”
South Coast Plaza’s long-time restaurant marketing consultant, Lee Healy, joins us with the specifics.
Posted in Podcasts, SoCal Restaurant Show | Tagged Amar Santana, Din Tai Fung, Lee Healy, podcast, Ross Pangilinan, Royal Khyber, South Coast Plaza, Take Out, Terrace by Mix Mix, Vaca, Water Grill
Show 299, November 24, 2018: Show Preview with Co-Host Andy Harris
Posted on November 25, 2018 by abell
Now an enticing and decadent preview of Saturday’s absolutely scrumptious, culinary celebrity-packed show. It’s not, with profuse apologies, for dieters. If we’re successful we will always leave you incredibly hungry and thirsty. In our case, and upon careful reflection, that’s probably a pretty good thing…
The Proprietors of the phenomenally popular Bestia and the newly opened Bavel, Chef Ori Menashe and Pastry Chef Genevieve Gergis, are no strangers to the show. Just in time for the Holidays their debut cookbook, Bestia – Italian Recipes Created in the Heart of L.A., is now available. Ori and Genevieve join us.
“Eat, Drink & Game” at Chef Tim Hollingsworth’s (Otium) new Restaurant, Bar & Arcade, Free Play, located on the 2nd level of The Fields LA Food Hall in Exposition Park adjacent to Banc of California Stadium. (“Come for the Food – Stay for the Game.”) It’s a nostalgic menu representing the different comfort foods of L.A., presented with a touch of whimsey. The buzzy central bar serves craft beer and specialty cocktails.
We’re big fans of beloved TV chef (ABC’s Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravo’s Top Chef,) Carla Hall. In her 3rd cookbook, Carla Hall’s Soul Food – Everyday and Celebration, she takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine. We’re in the Southern kitchen with Carla.
Two-star Michelin Chef and native Angeleno, Josiah Citrin (Melisse), has launched Openaire, a poolside oasis of green at the center of Koreatown in a glass-curtained greenhouse located on the roof of The Line Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. The ambitious menu (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) features the best of California’s ingredients from land and sea, embracing the seasons and presented in a shareable format. Simply, Openaire is a celebration of indoor / outdoor living at the center of the melting-pot that is LA.
Nathan Peitso, a second-generation farmer of Kenter Canyon Farms, is at the helm of FARMHOUSE together with Executive Chef Craig Hopson. Located on the ground floor of the refreshed Beverly Center, FARMHOUSE redefines the traditional restaurant model by placing a farmer at the forefront of the business and thus creating a new culinary movement focused on collaboration with the region’s top farmers to grow and harvest ingredients dictating the dining destination’s dishes.
Chef Bill Bracken and high-profile chef friends (Bracken’s Kitchen, “Driven to combat food insecurity one tasty meal at a time”) – are gathering together for a Holiday Open House benefit on Thursday, Nov. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bracken’s new kitchen in Garden Grove to help raise awareness and funds for Bracken’s Kitchen’s mission to feed those in need. Bill Bracken is grateful to be in a new 9,000 sq. ft. kitchen, yet with the growth comes more need to accomplish more that requires additional resources and funding. Our own Chef Andrew Gruel’s Slapfish, Two Birds and Butterleaf will be part of the festivities. Chef Andrew provides the details of what’s on the Deck The Halls (And The Kitchen!) menu.
When we spoke with celebrated Santa Monica restaurateur & philanthropist Geraldine Gilliland (Lula Cocina Mexicana and Finn McCool’s Irish Pub) last week her respected animal rescue (Chiquita’s Friends) was still displaced from her ranch in Malibu and her new rescue sanctuary, Cornell Sanctuary in Agoura. Gerri was currently encamped with 26 rescue dogs at a generous benefactor’s ranch in Lompoc. We’ll get updated on Gerri’s plight and how you can help.
All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness on this week’s not-to-miss show!
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If you’re looking for perhaps the best in “hassle free” Thanksgiving cooking tips please listen to these informative podcast segments from earlier in the month with practical advice from our own Chef Andrew Gruel and The Meatheads from West Coast Prime Meats, Terry and Jay.
Chef Andrew Gruel’s Chef’s Tips for Stress-Free Holiday Entertaining, Part 1
The Meatheads Thanksgiving Cooking Tips and Recipes
Now a provocative preview of this Saturday’s incredibly appetizing show. It’s not, with profuse apologies, for dieters. If we’re successful we will always leave you incredibly hungry and thirsty. In our case, and upon careful reflection, that’s probably a pretty good thing…
Chef Dean Thomas is the well-traveled and personable Innkeeper (along with his wife, Nicole) of the Inn at Europa Village located on a hill adjacent to Temecula’s Europa Village Winery. The long-in-the-works Groundbreaking for Europa Village’s Spanish winery, restaurant and casitas (Bolero) took place earlier in the month. Chef Dean will provide all the scrumptious details of what the future holds.
The Fields LA, a stylized urban culinary destination featuring award-winning chefs and restaurants, is located adjacent to LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park next to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. A three-floor space, the dining complex houses separate concepts to provide distinct dining experiences. The Fields LA (ground level) consists of nine different food vendors serving a variety of regional American and international cuisines along with an outdoor patio for craft beer and cocktails. The Fields LA’s Executive Chef, Michael Teich, and Connie Cossio of Coni’ Seafood (L.A.’s First Family of Mexican Seafood) are our guests.
Award-winning author Dorie Greenspan is the recipient of five prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards for her writing. Her newest title (her baker’s dozen effort) is Everyday Dorie – The Way I Cook.
It’s her most personal work to date and an incredible friend for the challenged home cook. We’re in the home kitchen with Dorie.
Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan (Mix Mix Kitchen Bar) launched Terrace by Mix Mix in South Coast Plaza in late September. Located on Level 3 of the Crate and Barrel / Macy’s Home Store Wing, TERRACE by Mix Mix concentrates on well-priced, market-driven small plates. The cuisine showcases Pangilinan’s eclectic style, which is influenced by French, Italian, and modern Filipino flavors, as well as his refined technique. Chef Ross pops out of the kitchen for a chat.
It’s the best in premium wines priced at a value for your Holiday Table and gifting with our resident wine authority Kyle Meyer of Santa Ana’s Wine Exchange. This is Part 2 of his special Holiday report. It includes a helpful recap of what wine grape varietals are really suitable for the abundant Thanksgiving Table.
Geraldine Gilliland is a well-known and long-time restaurateur in Santa Monica. Her proprieties on Main Street are Lula Cocina Mexicana and Finn McCool’s Irish Pub. She is also a long-time resident of Malibu and dedicated to animal rescue with Chiquita’s Friends. The tragic Woolsey fire necessitated her hurried evacuation from her new Agoura animal sanctuary with 26 of her rescue dogs. Gerri will bring us up-to-date on a very difficult week and how we can help.
Show 298, November 17, 2018: Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan, TERRACE by Mix Mix (South Coast Plaza) and Mix Mix Kitchen Bar
Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan (Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, Santa Ana) launched Terrace by Mix Mix in South Coast Plaza in late September. Located on level 3 of the Crate and Barrel / Macy’s Home Store Wing, TERRACE by Mix Mix concentrates on well-priced, market-driven small plates.
The cuisine showcases Pangilinan’s eclectic style, which is influenced by French, Italian, and modern Filipino flavors, as well as his refined technique. An approachable wine list offers varietals by the glass and bottle as well as rotating craft beers.
True to its name, the restaurant features full-service evening dining (and Weekend Brunch) in a beautifully designed covered terrace off the west end of Bridge of Gardens. A small wine bar, additional seating, an open kitchen and a counter offering a weekday lunch quick-service menu is inside.
Pangilinan opened his first restaurant, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, in downtown Santa Ana in 2016. The name “Mix Mix” is inspired by the English translation of the Filipino dessert Halo-Halo and is also a play on Pangilinan’s culinary style and Filipino-American identity. The restaurant has been an unqualified success since opening, garnering accolades as best new restaurant from Orange Coast Magazine and earning the chef critical praise. Chef Ross was honored as “Rising Star Chef of The Year” at the 2018 Golden Foodie Awards.
Pangilinan’s culinary journey began upon graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena. He traveled to France to work in the Michelin-starred Les Trois Marches in Versailles. Back in the U.S., he was hired as sous chef to open the critically acclaimed, fine dining Sinatra restaurant at Wynn Las Vegas. Returning to Southern California, Pangilinan worked as sous chef at the Patina flagship and became a protégé of founder chef Joachim Splichal. The Patina Group recognized his talent and named him executive chef at Leatherby’s Cafe Rouge, which is part of South Coast Plaza’s fine dining collection.
Chef Ross pops out of the kitchen for a chat.
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November 17: Europa Village, The Fields LA, Dorie Greenspan, Ross Pangilinan, Wine Exchange, Geraldine Gilliland
Segment One: Show Preview with Co-Host Andy Harris
Segment Two: Chef / Innkeeper Dean Thomas, Inn at Europa Village, Europa Village Winery, Temecula
Segment Three: The Fields LA
Segment Four: Cookbook Author Extraordinaire Dorie Greenspan, Everyday Dorie – The Way I Cook
Segment Five: Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan, TERRACE by Mix Mix (South Coast Plaza) and Mix Mix Kitchen Bar
Segment Six: Kyle Meyer, Proprietor, Wine Exchange, Part 2 – Best Holiday Wine Picks for Value
Segment Seven: Chef & Restaurateur Geraldine Gilliland, Lula Cocina Mexicana, Finn McCool’s Irish Pub, Chiquita’s Friends Animal Rescue
Please don’t miss us at our special time this Saturday of 4 to 6:00 p.m. following Fighting Irish Football. We’re expecting you…
We’re in the home kitchen with Dorie.
Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan (Mix Mix Kitchen Bar) launched Terrace by Mix Mix in South Coast Plaza in late September. Located on Level 3 of the Crate and Barrel/Macy’s Home Store Wing, TERRACE by Mix Mix concentrates on well-priced, market-driven small plates. The cuisine showcases Pangilinan’s eclectic style, which is influenced by French, Italian, and modern Filipino flavors, as well as his refined technique. Chef Ross pops out of the kitchen for a chat.
It’s the best in premium wines priced at a value for your Holiday Table and gifting with our resident wine authority Kyle Meyer of Santa Ana’s Wine Exchange. This is Part 2 of his special Holiday report.
Geraldine Gilliland is a well-known and long-time restaurateur in Santa Monica. Her proprieties on Main Street are Lula Cocina Mexicana and Finn McCool’s Irish Pub. She is also a long-time resident of Malibu and dedicated to animal rescue with Chiquita’s Friends. The tragic Woolsey fire necessitated her hurried evacuation from Malibu with 26 of her rescue dogs. Gerri will bring us up-to-date on a very difficult week and how we can help.
Chef Dean Thomas is the well-traveled and personable Innkeeper (along with his wife, Nicole) of the Inn at Europa Village located on a hill adjacent to Temecula’s Europa Village Winery. He has even cooked Spanish paella with Celebrity Chef Jose Andres at a charity benefit.
The long-in-the-works Groundbreaking for Europa Village’s Spanish winery, restaurant and casitas (Bolero) took place earlier in the month. Chef Dean artfully prepared an abundant table of Spanish cheeses and proper accompaniments as well as two giant pans (from Spain) of paella for the hungry VIPs.
Chef Dean will provide all the scrumptious details of what the future holds.
The Fields LA, a stylized urban culinary destination featuring award-winning chefs and restaurants, is located adjacent to LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park adjacent to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. A three-floor space, the dining complex houses separate concepts to provide distinct dining experiences.
The Fields LA (ground level) consists of nine different food vendors serving a variety of regional American and international cuisines along with an outdoor patio for craft beer and cocktails. On The Fields LA menu are C.J Boyd’s Fried Chicken (Tim Hollingsworth,) Akko Port (Middle Eastern,) Ms. Chi (Chinese from Shirley Chung,) Barbara Jean (Soul Food,) Coni’ Seafood (Nayarit-style), Burritos La Palma, Al Pastor (Street Style Tacos,) Piccolio Antico Pizzeria Focacceria (Chad Colby) and Sweet & Savory.
The Fields LA’s Executive Chef, Michael Teich, and Connie Cossio of Coni’ Seafood (L.A.’s First Family of Mexican Seafood) are our guests.
In her latest cookbook Dorie’s legion of loyal fans can find the irresistible food she turns to for weekday and weekend meals. These are the meals she makes for friends in Paris, where she has lived for part of the year for more than twenty years, and the ones she prepares in her small New York City kitchen and her rural Connecticut home.
“The recipes, most of which are simple, none of which needs skills beyond basic, turn out food that’s comforting, satisfying and inviting,” she says.
“Whenever I’m cooking, I like to sneak in a little surprise. I love it when there’s something unexpected in a dish, especially when it’s in one we know well.”—From the Introduction
“Greenspan prides herself on being a practical cook. She prefers to use common ingredients found in supermarkets, farmers’ markets, and her pantry and fridge. Often her fresh touches come from the way she appropriates what she has on hand to create a new dish, like Pasta with Cabbage, Winter Squash, and Walnuts, which gets a pert burst from dried cranberries and a splash of cider vinegar.”
Chef / Proprietor Ross Pangilinan (Mix Mix Kitchen Bar) launched Terrace by Mix Mix in South Coast Plaza in late September. Located on level 3 of the Crate and Barrel / Macy’s Home Store Wing, TERRACE by Mix Mix concentrates on well-priced, market-driven small plates.
Pangilinan opened his first restaurant, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, in downtown Santa Ana in 2016. The name “Mix Mix” is inspired by the English translation of the Filipino dessert Halo-Halo and is also a play on Pangilinan’s culinary style and Filipino-American identity. The restaurant has been an unqualified success since opening, garnering accolades as best new restaurant from Orange Coast Magazine and earning the chef critical praise.
It’s the best in premium wines priced at a value for your Holiday Table and gifting with our resident wine authority Kyle Meyer of Santa Ana’s Wine Exchange. This is Part 2 of his special Holiday 2018 report.
There is more depth to Italian Lambrusco than you probably are aware of.
Geraldine Gilliland is a well-known and long-time restaurateur and philanthropist in Santa Monica. Her proprieties on Main Street are Lula Cocina Mexicana and Finn McCool’s Irish Pub.
She is also a long-time resident of Malibu and dedicated to animal rescue with Chiquita’s Friends. All of the proceeds from the Lula Cocina Cookbook benefit Chiquita’s Friends. The tragic Woolsey fire necessitated her hurried evacuation from Malibu with 26 of her rescue dogs.
Gerri will bring us up-to-date on a very difficult week and how we can help.
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Featured articles, Wraith
Who are Wraith?
Human/Iratus bug hybrid
Advanced healing abilities
Need for "lifeforce"
Wraith homeworld
28+ sovereign Hive ships
Wraith Domain
Wraith Alliance
Atlantis Expedition (when necessary)
"Rising"
"The Wraith allow our kind to grow in numbers, and when that number reaches a certain point they return to cull their human herd. Sometimes a few hundred years will pass before they awaken again. We've visited many, many worlds — I know of none untouched by the Wraith."
―Teyla Emmagan[src]
The Wraith are a vampiric hive-based species that harvest the 'life-force' of other humanoid beings for nourishment through suckers on their right hand palm. Countless worlds in the Pegasus galaxy live in constant fear of the Wraith, who return periodically to cull their human herds. After taking their fill, the Wraith hibernate for centuries, watched over by Keepers, before they wake and feed again.
1.1 Beginnings
1.2 Lantean-Wraith War
1.3 Arrival of the Tau'ri
1.4 Civil War
1.5 Rise of Queen Death
1.6 Peace with Atlantis expedition
2.1 Feeding
2.2 Telepathy
3.1 Hibernation
3.2 Politics
3.3 Society
3.4 Technology
4 Worlds under Wraith control
6 Alternate realities
Beginnings[edit | edit source]
"In time, a thousand worlds bore the fruit of life in this form. Then one day our people stepped foot upon a dark world where a terrible enemy slept."
―Melia[src]
The Lanteans first encountered the Wraith many thousands of years ago, however, the Wraith race is over 100,000 years old according to Todd. After arriving in the lifeless Pegasus galaxy with Atlantis, the Ancients seeded several planets with humans and Stargates. In regards to the origin of the Wraith, it was theorized that one of these planets held a creature called the Iratus bug, which began feeding on the humans. Eventually, they began to take on advantageous human characteristics, such as larger brain mass, bipedal locomotion, and opposable digits. Once awoken, the Wraith went to war with the Lanteans and fed upon the humans of the Pegasus Galaxy. This was obviously after many thousands of years because the Wraith had to become advanced enough for interstellar travel. (SGA: "Rising", "The Gift")
However, the Wraith were actually created around nine hundred years before Atlantis was abandoned. In an effort to make themselves immortal in case they couldn't Ascend, the Ancients began experimenting on transforming themselves into immortal beings. On a frozen planet, the Ancients built a facility where they experimented on one hundred male and one hundred female test subjects taken from around the galaxy while creating a weapon that would wipe out their test subjects if they ever lost control of them. All but nine of the females died in the experiment while ninety-nine of the males survived. Under the Ancients testing, the Wraith began developing the characteristics and powers they would later have. Eventually, the Wraith learned how to use their telepathic abilities and tricked the guards into releasing them. The Wraith stole the weapon that could kill them and the facility's ZPM and escaped through the Stargate to Athos. The Ancients chased them, but by the time they reached Athos, the Wraith were gone. The Ancients continued to chase the Wraith, setting a trap for them when they briefly attempted to return to Athos. Eventually, the Wraith were able to steal ships and hide the ZPM and weapon. It is suggested that a mollusk creature found on one of their original sanctuaries, Cair Leonid, would become the basis for their hive ships. The Wraith eventually split into various bands and the original nine females became the first Wraith Queens, known as the First Mothers, while the males would become their commanders. (SGA: "Legacy: Secrets")
Lantean-Wraith War[edit | edit source]
"Never before had we encountered beings with powers that rivaled our own. In our overconfidence, we were unprepared and outnumbered."
Main article: Lantean-Wraith war
The dominating (and at the time only) power of the Pegasus galaxy were the peaceful and technologically advanced Lanteans, the group of Ancients that had left the Milky Way millions of years ago to escape the plague destroying their race. The Wraith felt a genetically-inherited hatred for the Lanteans, because the Lantean's experiments had made them the way they were. They could never return to their normal lives, and felt compelled to go to war with the Lanteans for retribution. But the Lanteans were far more advanced than the Wraith, with one Ancient warship being able to inflict massive damage on several Hive ships at once with their devastating Drone weapons, while at the same time suffering little to no damage themselves due to their powerful shield technology.
At first, the Wraith were at a major disadvantage against the advanced warships of the Lanteans who, in their overconfidence, began to send their warships deeper into Wraith territory. The Wraith, after a period of time and with great cost to themselves, managed to capture several of these vessels and obtain the Zero Point Modules powering a number of them. Using these incredible power sources, the Wraith began creating a cloning facility which they used to increase their numbers against the Lanteans, giving them a much needed advantage and allowing them to permanently turn the tide of war in their favor. (SGA: "Spoils of War")
A Hive Queen watching the invasion forces as they move towards Lantea.
The Lanteans began to slowly fall back into their own territory, which the Wraith continued to absorb into their own, facing the powerful weapons platforms and outposts protecting Lantean-controlled territory in their effort to destroy their enemy. This continued for years until Atlantis was all that remained of the Lantean empire. In a final attempt at ending the war, the Lanteans sent a delegation to meet with the Wraith to negotiate a truce. The Lantean delegation was protected by their most powerful warships, but they were ambushed by the Wraith's massive fleet. After that great battle, it was only a matter of time before Atlantis fell. (SGA: "The Defiant One", "Before I Sleep")
All that remained of the Lantean empire by this point was their capital of Atlantis, which the Wraith lay siege to for one hundred years, held off only by the powerful shield protecting Atlantis, the city's drone weapons, and the Lagrangian Point satellites deployed throughout the star system. Eventually however, the satellites were either destroyed or damaged beyond repair, and the city's supply of drone weapons was being diminished far faster than it could be replaced. Finally, the Ancient Council decided to sink the city, abandon the galaxy through the Stargate and return to Earth, leaving the Pegasus galaxy at the mercy of the victorious Wraith, who began to gorge on their human herds. (SGA: "Rising")
Shortly after this period, the Wraith came under assault by a new enemy: the Asurans, who were abandoned experiments of the Lanteans. To combat this foe, the Wraith disabled the directive in the Asurans' base code that forced them to attack the Wraith. The Asurans retreated to Asuras and remained there, leaving the Wraith again in control of the galaxy. (SGA: "Reunion")
Arrival of the Tau'ri[edit | edit source]
"We're not like the Ancients: we're not gonna sit around and wait. If they don't back off, we have the capacity and the will to go kick their asses for a change."
―John Sheppard[src]
Main article: Tau'ri-Wraith war
The Wraith continued their feeding pattern where they would abduct humans and take their life force after which they entered into a hibernative state allowing the human herds to grow while they slumbered. While this happened, they left a few caretakers to watch over them until the time was right to awaken. This cycle continued for 10,000 years until the Atlantis expedition arrived in the Pegasus galaxy and occupied the Ancient city of Atlantis. The Wraith first encountered the humans of Earth on the planet Athos when Wraith Darts were sent to abduct humans to feed on. A team was sent to the Wraith homeworld which was led by Major John Sheppard and Lt. Aiden Ford, on a rescue mission to retrieve their people.
When the team arrived to the planet, via Puddle Jumper, they discovered that their people were taken to a holding cell aboard a Hive ship. Meanwhile, the Keeper interrogated Colonel Marshall Sumner and learned that a plentiful feeding ground—Earth—existed elsewhere in the universe, but she could not find where. Upon her death at the hands of Sheppard, the entire Hive reawakened. Now that the species was moving, feeding on planets throughout the Pegasus Galaxy, no one was safe. However, there were not enough humans to sustain the Wraith for long. (SGA: "Rising", "The Gift")
The Second Siege of Atlantis.
Marshaling their forces, the Wraith sent a fleet to attack the planet Lantea once more, with a force of three Hive ships, along with cruiser escorts. One Hive ship was destroyed by an Ancient Lagrangian Point satellite that was reactivated by Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Peter Grodin, but the Wraith destroyed it after it destroyed one of their Hive ships. Once in orbit, they attacked Atlantis, hoping to learn the location of Earth. The Tau'ri and the Athosians battled to preserve the city with the assistance of reinforcements from Earth, which succeeded in destroying the bulk of the Wraith forces, but this was only the first wave. A secondary attack force consisting of twelve Hive ships and their escorts arrived and, though the Daedalus managed to destroy a few, the Wraith were too many. It was decided by the expedition that trickery would be used to escape the Wraith where they faked a self-destruct of Atlantis by setting off a timed Nuclear warhead and cloaking the city. Dismayed, the Wraith left the world and attempted to sustain themselves with what few humans lived in the galaxy. (SGA: "The Siege, Part 1", "The Siege, Part 2", "The Siege, Part 3")
In time, however, with the lack of food and the natural territorial instincts of the Wraith, they entered into a civil war. Stronger Wraith Hives began to attack weaker ones for control over the feeding grounds of the galaxy. (SGA: "Allies")
"Hives are forming alliances; the strong are attacking the weak."
―Michael Kenmore[src]
Main article: Wraith civil war
During the civil war, the various Wraith factions fed on the worlds in their possession as well as against one another and engaged in skirmishes with the Tau'ri from Earth. While this was happening, an old threat emerged to challenge the Wraith once more. The Asurans, whose attack Wraith command had been reactivated by the Tau'ri, resulting in a surprise attack against them. While caught off guard at first, the Wraith began to form an effective counter assault against this enemy and attempted to reuse their computer virus attack but this failed due to the Asurans being able to manipulate their programming at this point because of the accidental workings of Dr. Rodney McKay. Events became even more desperate when the Asurans decided on a new course of action to destroy the Wraith by targeting their food source: humans. Thus, the Asurans began targeting and destroying human worlds in an effort to starve the Wraith. (SGA: "Lifeline", "Reunion", "The Seer")
Wraith battle the Asurans.
All attempts at reusing the virus failed and forced a level of cooperation between the Wraith and the Atlantis expedition. The Wraith known as Todd worked to assemble a fleet of Hive ships that would accompany the Atlantis expedition and the surprise addition of the Travelers in an assault against Asuras itself. This brought about the Battle of Asuras with the allied fleet emerging victorious over the Asurans which were destroyed by McKay in a complex plan. With the battle over, the temporary unification of the Wraith fractured once more, and the Wraith resumed their old posturing as they once again returned to civil war. (SGA: "Be All My Sins Remember'd")
However, a new threat emerged when the former Wraith known as Michael Kenmore began a subtle first attack against Wraith Hives by poisoning their food supply with a modified Hoffan drug. His plan was foiled when the Atlantis expedition once again cooperated with Todd to fight this threat, and the hives gained a cure for the drug. After this, the collective Wraith Hives became targeted by a reactivated Attero device which threatened to destroy them but this was stopped by the efforts of the Wraith known as Todd. Since then, the Wraith have also continued to eliminate those planets whose Human inhabitants have gained an immunity from feeding through the Hoffan drug. Michael was ultimately defeated in battle by the Daedalus and later killed by Teyla Emmagan when he tried to destroy the Atlantis expedition. (SGA: "The Kindred, Part 1", "The Kindred, Part 2", "Search and Rescue", "First Contact", "The Lost Tribe", "Outsiders", "The Prodigal")
Yet another threat emerged that could have wiped out all of the other factions of the Wraith if not stopped: the Wraith underling's powerful Super-hive. The Hive was initially under Todd's control and part of his faction, but the Wraith underling mutinied and broke away, taking the ship for himself. It gave him a significant advantage over the other Wraith and races in the galaxy and Todd contacted the Atlantis expedition to warn them about the ship coming to Earth, urging them to destroy it. This led to the Battle of the Super-hive where the Tau'ri battled the ship, but were no match for it leading to an attempted culling of Earth. The new Hive ship was so powerful that even Atlantis itself, powered by three Zero Point Modules retrieved from Todd couldn't defeat it. Ultimately, the Super-hive was destroyed over Earth by Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and his team with a nuclear warhead planted inside, eliminating the only technologically enhanced ship that any Wraith possessed and restoring the balance of power. The Wraith underling was also killed during the battle. (SGA: "Enemy at the Gate")
Rise of Queen Death[edit | edit source]
After Atlantis left the Pegasus galaxy, a new Wraith queen arose, Queen Death. Queen Death was a "queen of queens" and began forcibly uniting the hive ships under her control with none able to stand against her. Within six months, even Todd's alliance was down to a single hive ship loyal to him. Death began culling whatever worlds she so chose and destroying anything she didn't take, completely devastating many worlds. Under the command of Queen Death, a powerfully united Wraith alliance was formed as discovered up the return of the Atlantis expedition to Pegasus six months after departing. Queen Death's forces kidnapped Doctor Rodney McKay and turned him into a Wraith, gaining them a ZPM and limited shield technology in the process. Eventually McKay was rescued while Guide formed a new alliance to oppose Queen Death with the aid of Teyla Emmagan in the guise of Guide's queen, Queen Steelflower. Queen Death's alliance was defeated in battle over the planet the Wraith were created on and Queen Death herself was killed by Teyla. During this time, it was discovered that Queen Death was being used as a tool by Ashes, the last surviving original Wraith who still wanted revenge upon the Ancients who were long-gone. Queen Death's alliance was disbanded and Ashes was handed over to Queens Alabaster and Waterlight for punishment for his actions. (SGA: "Legacy")
Peace with Atlantis expedition[edit | edit source]
In the aftermath of Death's defeat and subsequent death, the remaining Wraith forged a peace treaty and as such, half of the Pegasus was relinquished to the Tau'ri. This was facilitated by the creation of a retrovirus that strengthened human physiology while helping the Wraith in turn, with the combined strains meaning that feeding on a human was no longer automatically fatal to the humans while still providing the Wraith with sufficient sustenance.(SGA: "Inheritors")
The Wraith later began hunting a man known only as Wolf who caused many Wraith deaths. Guide eventually tracked him to the Travelers and then to a Traveler supply depot where he demanded to search the Traveler ships for him. John Sheppard was also on the planet and intervened to stop things from escalating. After it was discovered that the Wolf was long-missing Atlantis expedition member Lieutenant Aiden Ford, Doctor Elizabeth Weir was able to negotiate a deal with the Wraith where the Tau'ri "exiled" Ford back to Earth to keep the peace. Ford returned to Earth in a Vanir scout ship while the Wraith took a bearing on the ship's hyperspace vector in hopes of getting a clue as to where Earth is. (SGA: "The Third Path")
Physiology[edit | edit source]
"As long as these cells are properly nourished, I don't see a life form like this ever dying of natural aging the way we do, and they'd be bloody hard to kill."
―Carson Beckett[src]
Their eyes glow in the dark allowing them to see in such conditions.
The Wraith are characterized by a pale blue or light-green epidermis, yellow eyes, and white, black, or red hair. As a species they have a social structure similar to that of ants or other hive/nest-based creatures, with distinct physiological differences between castes of Wraith, tailored to facilitate different functions within the society. They also possess powerful telepathic abilities. They have displayed in several episodes phenomenal physical strength, along with phenomenal physical agility. Their eyes can glow in darkness, giving them night vision and thermal vision abilities. (SGA: "Rising", "Sateda", "Spoils of War")
Perception from the point of view of a Wraith.
The majority of Wraith so far observed are male. Adult female Wraith have been seen to fill the higher echelons of Wraith society as 'Queens'. Beneath the Queens are workers, soldiers and drones. The lowest echelons are distinctly different; they lack intelligence and are larger and much more muscular.
Wraith exhibit bipedal locomotion and have mostly humanoid characteristics. These characteristics include noticeable sexual dimorphism; female Wraith have protruding breasts while male Wraith exhibit noticeable facial hair. While it is unknown how Wraith reproduce, it is likely that they procreate similarly to placental mammals, given their presumed origin and other sexual characteristics similar to those of humans. The "soldier" caste, presumably also male, exhibit noticeable muscular definition as compared to the male Wraith of the "leadership" caste, who are considerably meeker. According to Michael Kenmore, the soldiers are unimaginative, and possess rigid thought patterns. Within the separate castes, however, males differ very little. (SGA: "Misbegotten")
Ellia, a young female Wraith.
The reproductive nature of the Wraith and their life cycle is not entirely understood. There do appear to be young female adolescent members of the race. Based on their appearance, the Wraith appear to maintain a more human appearance until they reach their equivalent of puberty. However, it's not known whether this specimen was a normal member of the species or whether she would have metamorphosed into one of the female hierarchy. Furthermore, it's not known whether all young Wraith start off in this form. The Queens do appear to make use of a method of fertilization similar to insects where they secrete genetic material which results in warrior Wraith being born in pod-like structures. It was believed that this process occurred on their Hive ships. It's unknown how the two reproductive processes relate to one another, but considering that the cloning facility where the second method was carried had long been dormant before it was discovered by the Atlantis expedition, the most likely explanation is that the Wraith are capable of breeding in a similar way to humans and only rely on the pods when the situation requires them to produce a large army in a short amount of time. (SGA: "Instinct", "Spoils of War")
A newborn warrior emerges from his cocoon and has a mask fitted on him after being born from genetic material secreted by the Queen.
The Atlantis expedition knows little of Wraith physiology, but some facts have been learned. Though humanoid in appearance, the Wraith are genetically closer to the Iratus bug than humans. The Wraith possess none of the normal human inhibiting proteins, giving them a frighteningly efficient regenerative mechanism in their genetic makeup, allowing their bodies to heal themselves. Their regenerative abilities are so powerful that, as long as the cells are properly nourished, it is unlikely that the Wraith ever die from natural causes the way that humans do. These abilities are powerful to the point that dismembered body parts have the ability to move on their own. This makes the Wraith incredibly resilient and able to survive weapon fire and the crushing depths of the ocean floor without any form of mechanical assistance. (SGA: "Rising", "The Gift", "The Defiant One", "Submersion")
The back of a Wraith.
While the Wraith share many elements with the Iratus bug, there are aspects of their biology that are similar to humans. They contain all the necessary organs within their body that are required to digest food, even though they receive no nourishment from food as adults. (SGA: "Condemned", "The Queen")
Feeding[edit | edit source]
"Our current feeding process gives us strength, our ability to heal, our longevity."
―Kenny[src]
Wraith feeding on a human
Nourishment for the adult Wraith is the human "life force". Humans or very similar beings (e.g., Ancients or other Wraith) are the only food source that can properly nourish a Wraith, although they are capable of cannibalism. It is also unknown whether or not the Wraith require fluids (e.g., water), to facilitate other bodily functions. The exact science(if there is one) of the life-force drain is not described, although it is portrayed as a materialistic process. This drain is depicted as though it could be likened to the sipping of a drink through a straw. The Wraith can drain their victims slowly in order to torture and obtain information, or just to perform an act of sadism. As the victim is drained of life, the victim experiences pain and appears to age rapidly. This is not actual physical aging, but a by-product of the feeding process.
The effect of feeding on the body.
Although the Wraith possess teeth, they do not use them to puncture the epidermis of a human. Instead, they drain the life force through the use of a specialized organ that resides in the palm of their right hand. This is slammed into the chest of the human typically where the heart resides. The nails puncture the skin and the feeding organ begins to drain the life force. During the feeding process, the victim is injected with a special enzyme. It strengthens the human body temporarily and ensures that the heart continues to beat. This is so the victim does not die immediately. The feeding process is so traumatic and without the special enzyme, the body of the human would shut down far sooner than the Wraith would like. Simply put, they make a victim stronger so they can take more time to kill them. In most cases the enzyme is released slowly into the bloodstream throughout the feeding process. (SGA: "Rising", "The Siege, Part 3")
The end result of Wraith feeding.
Large doses of this enzyme have been known to increase the strength, speed and agility of regular humans. Lt. Aiden Ford became the first of these 'supermen' when he received a large dose of the enzyme after the death of the Wraith feeding on him. The numerous drawbacks of the high dose include altered brain chemistry and addiction to the drug requiring addicts to actively search for and kill Wraith to obtain it. (SGA: "The Siege, Part 3", "The Lost Boys")
The Wraith are known to employ the feeding mechanism and the enzyme as a form of interrogation tool in order to brainwash humans. The process involves constantly taking the life of a person and returning it back to them making the human see how they would look as they age. The return of their life has a euphoric quality on the human. This was one of the methods through which the Wraith gained worshippers. The enzyme is a key component of this process and the worshipper becomes addicted to the feeding. Being deprived of this results in a process similar to Wraith enzyme withdrawal and can be incredibly painful. This ensures that the worshipper remains loyal to the Wraith and are quite willing to betray their ideals or former friends for the gift the Wraith give them. Due to the traumatic nature of the feeding cycle, the stronger the individual the more indoctrinated they become as weak individuals die in the process. (SGA: "Reunion", "Broken Ties")
Despite the use of a special enzyme during the feeding process, the act of draining a life force from a human is extremely painful for the prey. For some, even a partial feeding can cause the person to simply die from the trauma they sustained. It appears that there have been attempts by the Wraith at improving the efficiency of the feeding process. (SGA: "The Defiant One", "The Gift")
The Wraith cocoon their prey for later feeding
The Wraith can consume human food and drinks, but apparently it gives them no nourishment and is strictly done for pleasure. This is apparently considered to be a more sophisticated type of enjoyment, and not all Wraith do this, with most cited examples being those Wraith who for some reason have formed an alliance with humans. When the Wraith are young however, they consume normal human foods (which explains their possession of a fully functional digestive system, as such a function is useless in the adult Wraith due their method of feeding). As the Wraith mature, they begin to crave feeding on the human "life force", regardless of whether or not they have tasted it before. (SGA: "Condemned", "Instinct", "The Queen")
Wraith are also able to give back life. "The Gift of Life", as a Wraith referred to it, is typically reserved for devout worshippers and their "brothers". Lt. Colonel John Sheppard was returned to normal and perhaps even younger than he was previously after being fed upon numerous times by a Wraith, who he escaped with from Kolya's prison. Dr. Rodney McKay commented on how he looked younger than he did before. This appears to be done after the Wraith has fed. This can also apparently revive the dead as the Wraith underling uses it to revive a dead Ronon Dex in order to question him. (SGA: "Common Ground", "Enemy at the Gate")
The ability to heal is apparently connected to how recently they have fed. If one has recently fed, they will heal almost instantly, though one who hasn't fed in some time is much weaker, but still quite strong. Even bullet holes quickly seal themselves like evaporating water. Females have a much stronger immune system than males. The species also has advanced telepathic abilities: they can force their prey to see things that are not there, and can use their mental powers to forcefully interrogate humans, though they are incapable of actually reading a human mind, but rather read their intentions (e.g. if they are bluffing). The Wraith also release a sticky, web-like substance that they use to cocoon victims for future feedings. (SGA: "Rising", "The Defiant One", "The Hive", "No Man's Land", "Submersion")
The one form of defense against feeding was the Hoffan drug, which poisoned the Wraith by causing their internal organs to shut down simultaneously some time after the attempted feeding while also preventing the Wraith from taking any sustenance from the victim (SGA: "Poisoning the Well", "The Kindred, Part 1"), although some cultures such as Halcyon have been shown to have developed armor that makes it difficult for the Wraith to more immediately latch on to them.
In the distant past, a group of human villagers were abducted by a Wraith scientist who added Wraith DNA to their genetic structure in an attempt to make them "tastier" for feeding. These experiments were conducted in secrecy from the rest of the Wraith, who would otherwise disapprove of them. The scientist found that the Wraith genes allowed the humans to access the Wraith telepathic network. He attempted to dilute this capacity by returning them to the village to interbreed, but any amount of the DNA gave them the ability. The scientist gave up his experimentation, and the Wraith later destroyed the village, presumably in an attempt to kill the test subjects. However, the descendants of these modified humans had lived on and are known as Wraithkin. They include Teyla Emmagan and Kanaan. (SGA: "The Gift", "The Kindred, Part 1", "The Kindred, Part 2")
Telepathy[edit | edit source]
"Do not trust your eyes. The Wraith can make you see things that are not there."
Wraith telepathy
While the Wraith have tongues and vocal cords, their primary means of communication is telepathic in nature. In effect, the Wraith have developed a telepathic network, allowing for communication over vast distances. (SGA: "The Gift")
It has been determined that the proper introduction of Wraith DNA into human DNA, likely via gene splicing, permits humans the ability to access the Wraith mental network, although the humans who do connect can be summarily controlled by the Wraith, due to superior psychic abilities. Even a small amount of properly introduced DNA is enough to allow this telepathic ability to occur; it remained even after a number of generations of the genes being "watered down" by breeding with humans without this modification. After the initial 'infiltration' by Teyla Emmagan into the telepathic network, the Wraith began to segregate their communication network to prevent sensitive information from being received by their enemies, although this has been attributed to the Wraith Civil War requiring them to work in private to sustain individual Hives. (SGA: "The Gift", "The Lost Boys")
A shadow projected by Wraith telepathy.
The Wraith are capable of projecting psychic projections making shadowy ghosts appear in a human's field of vision. This tactic is typically employed during cullings and battle in order to confuse the enemy. They use the hallucinations to keep the people in one place so it makes them easier to cull. During this time they use a shadow/ghost to scare the people away from the forest. A trained mind is capable of ignoring this threat and instead focus on the Wraith. The Keeper of a Wraith hive's telepathy is even more enhanced allowing them to cause humans to kneel before them and implant suggestions in their mind. This makes for an excellent interrogation tool and a Keeper is capable of gathering data from a captured human with ease. This trait appears to be consistent among female Wraith as the Hive Queens are also capable of these abilities and are able to incapacitate humans who fall under their telepathic abilities. These telepathic abilities can even get a human to unwillingly work for a Wraith. A Queen was capable of using this ability to determine if there are any impostors within a hive which means only people with Wraith DNA were capable of fooling a hive queen. (SGA: "Rising", "The Hive", "Submersion", "The Queen")
Hive Queen incapacitating a human and forcing them to kneel before her.
The telepathy serves as a potent communication tool with the Wraith being able to interact with one another over great distances. However, individually, they were unable to use this bridge between stars. Furthermore, groups of Wraith or even former Wraith are capable of combining their abilities allowing them to summon their kind to rescue them making them a dangerous threat even when captured. However, this system can be exploited and Wraith are able to keep their thoughts shielded from their own kind, preventing one of them from realizing the intentions of the hive. (SGA: "The Lost Boys", "Allies", "No Man's Land", "Misbegotten")
Hive Queens possess some of the strongest telepathic abilities known, and are quite capable of disarming military personnel by causing them to drop their weapons or incapacitating them. They were able to disarm an opponent in order to feed easier. This telepathy even allowed them to take over the mind of a human with Wraith DNA who are then controlled like a puppet by the Queen. Similarly, two powerful telepaths with Wraith DNA are capable of taking control over a Queen, but this can be a dangerous process as the Hive Queen works to destroy the intruders' mental defenses. In addition, it appears that they are capable of destroying a sentient mind when given the opportunity and seemed capable of killing an unborn child within their mother's womb through telepathy alone. Wraith Queens are capable of killing lesser Wraith and other Queens telepathically by mentally stopping their bodily processes. (SGA: "The Hive", "Submersion", "Spoils of War", "Legacy")
Culture[edit | edit source]
"We are a patient race, Major."
―Steve[src]
Little was known of Wraith culture itself except that it was focused upon culling the human populations of the galaxy for feedings. Concepts such as beauty and comradeship do appear to be prevalent within the vampiric species however. One Wraith that had been captured by the Genii for an unspecified amount of time declared that his escape attempt was worth seeing the stars once again. In addition to this, the same Wraith performed the Gift of Life on a human which they only did so to their most devout of worshippers and their "brothers". Despite being hated by a majority of humans within the Pegasus galaxy, the Wraith were known to be served by Wraith worshippers who would be allowed to live for their obedience. (SGA: "Common Ground")
Hibernation[edit | edit source]
The Wraith Keeper
"They hibernate between cullings aboard their great ships, sometimes for centuries at a time."
―Sora Tyrus[src]
The Wraith as a collective species go through long hibernation cycles, lasting hundreds of years. Their massive Hive ships contain untold numbers of hibernation pods. During this time only a small number of them move about, enough to keep their victim worlds on edge. The sleeping masses are watched over by a small group led by the Keeper, one Wraith designated with their care whose death would signal their premature awakening—as it did when she was killed by Major John Sheppard. (SGA: "Rising", "Underground")
Politics[edit | edit source]
"Well, for one, they seem to be territorial. Very much so, it turns out. They're not a united foe like we once believed."
―Jace[src]
To outsiders, the Wraith may seem like a united race that are determined to cull all humans in their path. However, they are known to possess an extremely strong territorial instinct. This makes inter-Hive cooperation rare and multiple Hives engaged in the culling of a planet can cause tensions to rise. They are extremely fierce in the defense of their own territories and kill any trespassers that enter their feeding grounds. Politically, the Wraith appear to have lacked any form of united government since the end of the war with the Lanteans. (SGA: "Rising", "The Lost Boys")
After being awakened from their slumber by the arrival of the Atlantis expedition, the Wraith attempted to discover the location of Earth, which was a rich feeding ground that contained far more humans than the worlds of the Pegasus galaxy combined. The Wraith had grown increasingly desperate due to the lack of food as they had prematurely woken up from their hibernation. With too few humans to feed the waking Wraith, the species entered into their civil war with the strong attacking the weak. As such, it is uncommon for two Hive Queens to cooperate with one another. However, the rise of threats that might destroy the Wraith has led to rare moments of cooperation. Despite this, treachery is possible among a hive's ranks with some members willing to support a rival hive. (SGA: "Rising", "The Gift", "The Siege, Part 1", "The Siege, Part 2", "The Siege, Part 3", "Allies", "Be All My Sins Remember'd", "Spoils of War")
Society[edit | edit source]
"Most Wraith seek to be ruled. They fear being without a Queen."
―Todd[src]
A Wraith warrior.
The Wraith are focused around a Hive-based society similar to some species of insects, but are not a collective mind despite their telepathy. They are given names originating from the instinctive "feel" of their telepathic presence and their role in society; for example, Todd's name among the Wraith is Guide, as is Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's.[1]
The leaders of a Hive typically consisted of female Hive Queens who are in command of a Hive ship. They are a vital component within their society as without them, new soldiers cannot be bred. While this is the case, there are cases where a male has held the authority of ruler of the hive. Beneath this leadership cast lie the majority of the Wraith which consist of males. The first category consists of intelligent "commanders", who serve as lieutenants and scientists. Beneath them lies the masked warriors who perform most of the general duties such as defending the hive or participating in attacks or cullings. Another caste present within Wraith society of which little is known consists of a group known as Keepers. This caste was tasked with maintaining the organic technology of their race. (SGA: "Rising", "Suspicion", "The Siege, Part 1", "The Siege, Part 2", "The Siege, Part 3", "The Hive", "Allies", "Sateda", "Be All My Sins Remember'd", "Broken Ties")
"No retreat in the face of battle. No sympathy for the fallen. No mercy for our enemies."
―Wraith Commander[src]
Wraith commander
Perhaps as a result of their Hive based society, the Wraith appear to show little regard to their own lives with the male warriors as well as commanders perfectly willing to make use of self-destruct mechanisms to kill themselves if facing capture. Wraith Dart pilots have even demonstrated the willingness to engage in suicide plunges if their carrier vessels have been destroyed. Furthermore, they are quite willing to die as long as their enemies die with them. However, if there is a potential threat or resource of their hive that might be lost in such a maneuver, then the individual Wraith are willing to prevent actions that might destroy it. There are a rare few, however, that seem willing to bargain for their own lives. The Wraith also seem to exhibit a form of racial purity and seem to distance or even be hostile towards those members of their kind that have been turned into humans. They are noted to be capable of sensing the humanity in these Wraith. In addition to these qualities, the Wraith have shown several ruthless traits such as not showing sympathy for the fallen and not giving mercy to their enemies. They also seem to state that there should not be any retreat in a battle. Though there are times when they do seem to retreat when there have been a great deal of loss suffered. (SGA: "Suspicion", "The Siege, Part 1", "The Siege, Part 2", "The Siege, Part 3", "No Man's Land", "Vengeance", "Travelers", "Broken Ties")
The Wraith Leader
One practice that demonstrates that harsh nature of Wraith society is the fact that they are able and willing to engage in cannibalism in times of starvation. Hive Queens have been known to threaten their lieutenants by feeding on them if they did not accomplish the tasks set on them. The Queens have also shown no hesitation on feeding on a member of their kind that was formerly a Wraith and had been turned into a human. In battle, commanders have been documented to feed upon dying or injured Wraith warriors to continue fighting, even for mere seconds. (SGA: "The Defiant One", "Allies", "Spoils of War")
Closely linked to the Wraith and their culture are the Wraith worshippers, who live among their masters serving as their eyes and ears among human cultures. These followers are known to worship the Wraith and are devoted to them. Some of them are actually broken through Wraith interrogation techniques and become addicted to the feeding process. Beyond those followers, there are no other humans that work among the Wraith as they are considered food. There are a rare few humans who are not fed on and instead outfitted with tracking devices thus turning them into "runners", which serve as sport for the Wraith. This meant that they were quite despised by the humans of the Pegasus galaxy. The Wraith themselves have shown disgust towards the Asurans, who they consider abominations for not being alive and thus immune from the Wraith feeding process. (SGA: "Rising", "Suspicion", "Runner", "The Hive", "Reunion", "Broken Ties", "Tracker")
A Hive queen
Unlike humans and other species, the Wraith can be described as an almost nomadic culture which are based on their massive Hive ships and vessels which travel space in order to cull inhabitants for feeding. Typically, the security of these vessels were minimal as the Wraith are unaccustomed for intruders reaching their great ships, being the only major space flight capable race for ten thousand years. While this may be the case, the Wraith are known to make use of planetary based installations for research and to serve as strongholds, although these almost always have Stargates in space preventing access without a ship. (SGA: "Underground", "The Siege, Part 2", "Reunion", "The Kindred, Part 1", "The Kindred, Part 2", "Broken Ties")
Within their culture, showing hesitation or apprehension as well as other such qualities was a weakness in the Wraith's eyes and treated harshly. They worked through instinct, and power struggles were brutal with assassinations of queens by other queens who usurped power to become dominant. This was only present with the queens themselves as a male who accomplished the task was typically killed. This was because the hive who had their queen slain would be terrified of continuing to live without a ruler which meant that they were often quick to accept a hive queen in power. (SGA: "The Queen")
It was noted that Wraith were very good at playing games, and were intelligent enough to overcome the technology barrier and adapt the previously incompatible technology of other races for use with their own systems. (SGA: "Vegas", "Enemy at the Gate")
Despite possessing telepathy, the Wraith do have language which appears to be a derivative of the Ancients. (SGA: "The Gift")
It should be noted that the wraith could have genetic memory considering that an unusual amount of Wraith can recall the war with the Ancients even though the war was over 10,000 years ago, and only three Wraith have been confirmed to have lived that long.
As a result of the Atlantis expedition's presence in the Pegasus Galaxy, both directly and indirectly, a number of variant subspecies of Wraith have developed who are viewed with hostility by the Wraith. These include the Human-form Wraith, the Bug People, Michael's experiments and, most notably, the Hybrids. (SGA: "Vengeance", "The Kindred, Part 2", "Whispers")
The novel race Lilin are also related to the Wraith as are the alternate reality species known as the Eidolon.
Technology[edit | edit source]
Main article: Wraith technology
The technology used by the Wraith, while advanced compared to the majority of civilizations in both the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies, is far inferior to the technologies of the Lanteans, Asurans, Asgard, and Ori.
Wraith technology is unique in that most of it has an organic base to it. The Wraith are one of the few races that lack shield technology. This is possibly because Lantean weapons technology can tear through all but the most advanced shields with minimal effort, and so they would have been a waste of time and energy. Something which has yet to be covered is what, exactly, powers Wraith vessels; moving a Hive ship and powering its massive weapon banks must consume vast amounts of power. However, it is known that whatever powers them is nowhere as efficient as Lantean power sources. Wraith technology is rarely able to reach its full potential due this inefficient power generation, which was demonstrated when a Hive ship was equipped with at least one Lantean Zero Point Module, making it all but invincible, possessing far improved structural integrity, hull density and weapons capabilities. This ship was incredibly powerful, able to best even a fully powered Atlantis in battle, and it took a nuclear weapon being detonated on the inside of the ship to destroy as it was too powerful for weapons fire, even Ancient drones, to take out. (SGA: "Enemy at the Gate")
There is also an unknown weakness in all Wraith technology, possibly the above-mentioned power issue, which the Lanteans believed would allow them to turn the tide of the war to their favor again if exploited correctly. (SGA: "Aurora")
Worlds under Wraith control[edit | edit source]
Wraith cloning facility planet
M3T-842
PX5-442
In an alternate timeline, Atlantis rose to the surface on its own when its power ran down, at which point it was retrieved by the Wraith. Using a worshipper with the Ancient gene to pilot it, the Wraith traveled to the Milky Way galaxy, infusing Atlantis with genetic material from a hive-ship to increase their own ability to control it, but subsequently abandoned it on Earth while they battled the Goa'uld. The naquadah in the blood of current or former Goa'uld hosts proved toxic to Wraith, with attempts to feed on these proving impossible at best or dangerous to the Wraith at worst. The Goa'uld Hecate attempted to create a Wraith/Goa'uld hybrid, but this action created division among the Wraith, with the end result of the Wraith Queen Earthborn allying with SG-1- who had been sent into the future after Hecate diverted an active wormhole around the elliptical edge of a black hole- to reactivate Atlantis and use it to take the Wraith back to Pegasus, after Hecate herself was destroyed in battle with the various competing Wraith factions (Stargate SG-1: Apocalypse).
In another alternate timeline, Atlantis had no failsafe mechanism and all Zero Point Modules ran simultaneously so the city sank when it was flooded. Consequently, almost the entire Atlantis expedition was killed shortly after their arrival in the Pegasus galaxy and the Wraith did not awake from their hibernation in 2004. (SGA: "Before I Sleep")
In another alternate timeline, the former Wraith known as Michael Kenmore created an army of half-Wraith, half-humans known as the Hybrids in an attempt to displace the Wraith as the dominant species of the galaxy. During the Wraith civil war, when they were at their weakest, Michael and his forces attacked the Wraith, succeeding in defeating them completely. Presumably, Michael and his hybrids then took complete control of the galaxy. (SGA: "The Last Man")
Alternate realities[edit | edit source]
In an alternate reality to which Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter was accidentally transported in 2007, Atlantis was never discovered by the Tau'ri. Consequently, the Wraith did not awake from their hibernation in 2004. (SG1: "The Road Not Taken")
In another alternate reality, the Wraith somehow learned the location of Earth and sent a Hive ship there. A battle ensued in which the Hive ship was destroyed by the Ancient Control chair on Earth, but one Wraith survived and crash-landed on Earth. He became a serial killer, feeding off humans in the Las Vegas area while building a transmitter to send a transmission with the location of Earth to the rest of the Wraith in Pegasus. He got money by playing card games (using his telepathy to win) and bought a truck, trailer and guns amongst other things. His actions drew the attention of John Sheppard (a Las Vegas Detective in that reality) who ended up approached by that world's version of Richard Woolsey and Dr. Rodney McKay. There he met Todd, a delusional prisoner at Area 51 and figured out where the Wraith was. Thanks to Sheppard's efforts, the Wraith was stopped and killed, but not before he sent off a transmission detailing the location of Earth and its defenses. It never reached the Pegasus Galaxy, but got sent through to other realities, leading to the Battle of the Super-hive in the main reality. (SGA: "Vegas")
The schematics of a Wraith male.
Wraith enzyme
Wraith fleet
Wraith worshippers
Wraith DNA
↑ http://jo-graham.livejournal.com/68260.html
It is speculated in Stargate Atlantis: Legacy: Secrets that the Wraith were instead of a deliberate genetic mutation by the Ancients in order to help the people in the Pegasus Galaxy gain a type of resistance against the Iratus bug. The clone of Carson Beckett concluded that the Wraith would have needed millions of years in order to gain a human form instead of mere thousands.
Although they were the main antagonist of Stargate: Atlantis for all five seasons, they only made one appearance in Stargate SG-1, specifically in the Season 10 episode "The Pegasus Project".
The Wraith's setting of hive, queen and ability to hear each other thoughts is similar to the setting of the Borg in Star Trek.
GateWorld's article on Wraith in The Stargate Omnipedia
Wraith on Wikipedia
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Plano has won six of its past seven matchups against Plano West.
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Take two: Plano West looks to clinch playoff spot vs. Plano
Matt Welch mwelch@starlocalmedia.com
For the second straight week, the Plano West football team’s playoff hopes rest on a win Friday night.
The Wolves fell short under similar circumstances last week, unable to keep pace with Hebron in a 27-13 loss. The setback slotted West in a logjam for District 6-6A’s last three playoff spots, with five schools in total still alive to join conference champion Marcus in the postseason.
The Wolves are back in win-and-in mode at 7 p.m. Friday at Clark Stadium, needing a victory over rival Plano to secure a playoff spot.
“Anytime you lose there’s obviously a level of disappointment, especially when you know you control your own destiny,” said Tyler Soukup, West head coach. “We were able to move on because we’re still in the same place — if we win, we’re in — and it’s a big rivalry game, so there hasn’t been much motivation to get up for this week.”
As Friday’s game draws near, Soukup is plenty thankful for his program to simply be in position to control its own destiny relative to the postseason — particularly amid a trying year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and given the Wolves’ doldrums when Soukup took over in 2019. The former Hebron offensive coordinator inherited a team coming off consecutive 0-10 seasons and mired in its longest losing streak ever.
In just his second season at the helm, Soukup can lead West to its first postseason berth since 2014.
“There’s a delicate balance of being satisfied if things don’t go our way and being satisfied with where we are,” Soukup said. “We’re in a position to win one game and get into the playoffs and that needs to be the focus. We don’t want to reflect and say it was a mighty fine season when there’s a goal like this right in front of us.
“I don’t want the focus to be on exceeding expectations outside of our own building. I was to be on locking down this playoff spot.”
Getting there will require a steadier showing than the one against Hebron. Senior quarterback Greg Draughn helped West strike early with a 60-yard touchdown run, but the Hawks’ defense clamped down from there — surrendering only a second-quarter 6-yard touchdown run to senior Tabren Yates the rest of the way.
Held off the scoreboard over the final two quarters, Friday’s setback against Hebron was the third time in West’s four losses that the team has been held scoreless in the second half.
“It started with some drops on key downs. You don’t know what happens after that if you pick up the first down … and we were disappointed we weren’t able to finish a few drives out,” Soukup said. “Defensively, we struggled to execute some open-ended run defense and they had some success running in the second half. It was uncharacteristic of us to not clamp down there, but kudos to them for finding something and sticking to it.”
Just as West has plenty riding on the outcome of Friday’s ballgame, Plano is looking to close out the first year of the Todd Ford era on a winning note. The Wildcats struggled in their first game after a three-week hiatus due to COVID-19 circumstances, surrendering a season-high in points allowed in a 63-22 loss to Flower Mound — a setback that eliminated the team from playoff contention.
The Wildcats got three total touchdowns from senior running back Tylan Hines, who accounted for 156 yards in the loss. The Plano passing game totaled 349 yards, including 273 from senior quarterback Oliver Towns, while three receivers logged at least 80 yards.
“Both Towns and Hines are terrific players with a lot of varsity experience. They make it go offensively,” Soukup said. “We’ve got to tackle well. They’re going to throw wide and do a lot of [run-pass options] and quick game. We have to tackle well in space and if we can do that, I think it’ll go well for us.”
The Wolves are among four teams in the district who need a win Friday to clinch a playoff berth. Hebron and Lewisville square off at 7 p.m. from Hawk Stadium with the winner assured a postseason spot, and Coppell can book its return to the playoffs by defeating a resurgent Flower Mound bunch.
Even in defeat, there are pathways to postseason for West. A loss to Plano, coupled with wins by Hebron and Coppell, would send the Wolves to the playoffs by virtue of their head-to-head win over Lewisville.
There’s also a pathway to the postseason with a West loss, plus wins by Lewisville and Flower Mound, which would create a four-way tie for third place between the Wolves, Coppell, Flower Mound and Hebron. That tiebreaker would ultimately require weighing records against common district opponents and point differentials from those games — a plight West hopes to avoid by simply taking care of business on Friday.
“It gets so exhausting. I’ve got a tablet with chicken scratch all over trying to figure some of the tiebreakers out, but it gets so complicated with all the variables,” Soukup said.
For continued news and coverage on the local sports scene, follow Matt Welch on Twitter.
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Recruiting Country: The latest recruiting news surrounding the Maroon & White
2018 TY SIMPSON RECRUITING TAPE
4 days ago by Ryan Brauninger
TexAgs Recruiting analyst Ryan Brauninger joined this morning for another edition of Recruiting Country, highlighting the latest news and notes from the recruiting trail ahead of the 5A & 6A state title games.
17 days ago by Jason Howell
Games of Interest - Jan. 1, 2021
Signees Fri. - Galena Park North Shore (13-0) vs Fort Bend Ridge Point (8-2), 2 p.m. at Galena Park's Galena Park ISD Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Shadrach Banks (Texas A&M), CB Denver Harris (2022), CB Jacoby Davis (2023), QB Dematrius Davis (Auburn), OL Jaeden Roberts (Alabama)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/north-shore-vs-ridge-point-1-1-2021-200pm-football-galena-park-isd-stadium-regional-finals-playoffs/ ($) Sat. - Katy (11-1) vs Clear Falls (8-3), 1 p.m. at Katy's Legacy Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - TE Fernando Garza (Texas A&M - injured), DE Malick Sylla (2022 - injured), DB Bobby Taylor (2022)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/katy-vs-clear-falls-1-2-2021-100pm-football-legacy-stadium-regional-finals-playoffs/ ($) Sat. - Denton Guyer (10-2) vs Prosper (8-3), 1 p.m. at McKinney's McKinney ISD Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - QB Eli Stowers (Texas A&M), CB Deuce Harmon (Texas A&M - injured)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/prosper-high-school-prosper-tx/gamd6fbe0259b ($) Sat. - DeSoto (10-1) vs. Duncanville (9-1), 7:30 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Park - 6A D1 Playoffs - DE Shemar Turner (Texas A&M), WR Johntay Cook (2023), OL Jaylen Early (2022), OL Cameron Williams (2022), DE Omari Abor (2022), OL Savion Byrd (Oklahoma), LB Kendrick Blackshire (Alabama)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/uil/gam46d30d88b3 ($) State ChampionsFri. - Miami (FL) Central (8-1) - RB Amari Daniels (Texas A&M), ATH Yulkeith Brown (Texas A&M), LB Terrence Lewis Season CompleteFort Smith Northside (5-5) - Dreyden Norwood (Texas A&M)Fort Collins (CO) Fossil Ridge (3-3) - OL Trey Zuhn (Texas A&M)Grandview (11-1) - ATH Dametrious Crownover (Texas A&M)Texarkana Pleasant Grove (9-4) - DL Marcus Burris (Texas A&M), DE Landon Jackson (LSU)La Porte (5-4) - DT Albert Regis (Texas A&M)Beggs (9-3) - S Kendal Daniels (Texas A&M) Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian (7-3) - OL Remington Strickland (Texas A&M)Richmond Foster (7-3) - OL Reuben Fatheree (Texas A&M)Magnolia (10-3) - OL Matthew Wykoff (Texas A&M)Katy Taylor (9-3) - OL Bryce Foster (Texas A&M), OL Hayden Conner (Texas) Not playing this fallKaty Tompkins - DE Tunmise Adeleye (Texas A&M)Philadelphia (PA) Northeast - CB Tyreek Chappell (Texas A&M), DE Elijah Jeudy, DE Ken Talley (2022 - Penn State)Brooklyn (NY) Erasmus Hall - DE Jahzion Harris (Texas A&M) Prospects of Interest FridayFort Bend Marshall (12-0) vs Crosby (10-3), 1 p.m. at Humble's Turner Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - WR Chris Marshall (2022)Denton Ryan (12-0) vs Highland Park (11-0), 3:15 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Park - 5A D1 Playoffs - CB Austin Jordan (2022), DT Bear Alexander (2022), LB Anthony Hill (2023), DE Ja'tavion Sanders (Texas) Aledo (10-1) vs. Lovejoy (13-0), 7:30 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Park - 5A D2 Playoffs - WR JoJo Earle (Alabama), S Bryan Allen (2022 - LSU) SaturdayCorpus Christi Flour Bluff (11-1) vs. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial (12-0), 4 p.m. at San Antonio's Alamo Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Johnny Dickson (2022) Season Complete Flower Mound Coram Deo (1-6) - DL Jadon Scarlett (2022)West Orange-Stark (8-1) - OL Demetrius Hunter (2022)El Campo (9-2) - RB Rueben Owens (2023)Spearman (11-2) - ATH Brenen Thompson (2022) Lexington (8-4) - S Jarred Kerr (2022)Fort Worth Nolan Catholic (8-1) - RB Emeka Megwa (2022)Plano John Paul II (3-4) - CB Terrance Brooks (2022)Argyle Liberty Christian (2-7) - ATH Cristian Driver (2022)Garland (5-4) - S Chace Biddle (2022), WR Jordan Hudson (2022 - Oklahoma) Frisco Liberty (6-5) - WR Evan Stewart (2022)The Woodlands (5-4) - LB Martrell Harris (2022)Dickinson (6-3) - OL PJ Williams (2022), TE Donovan Green (2022) Cypress Park (6-5) - LB Harold Perkins (2022)Wylie East (1-7) - DE Anthony James (2023)Humble Summer Creek (3-6) - OL Kelvin Banks (2022)Houston Clear Lake (2-6) - CB Julian Humphrey (2022)Cy-Fair (10-2) - RB LJ Johnson JrEl Paso Burges (3-3) - RB Tavorus Jones (2022) Klein Cain (7-3) - RB Jaydon Blue (2022)Beaumont West Brook (5-6) - S Bryce Anderson (2022 - LSU)Arlington Martin (10-2) - DE Ernest Cooper IV (2022)Frisco (8-2) - OL Cole Hutson (2022)Humble Atascocita (7-3) - OL Kameron Dewberry (2022), TE Landen King (Auburn)Allen (10-1) - OL Neto Umeozulu (2022)Walker (LA) (2-6) - WR Brian Thomas Baton Rouge (LA) University Lab (9-2) - S Jardin Gilbert Tallahassee (FL) St. John Paul II (5-4) - S Terrion Arnold Martin (TN) Westview (7-5) - QB Ty Simpson (2022)Edmond (OK) Deer Creek (4-6) - OL Jacob Sexton (2022)Oradell (NJ) Bergen Catholic (5-1) - DT Tywone Malone
A few Out-of-state prospects to watch in 2022
Since Jimbo Fisher's arrival in Aggieland, Texas A&M has reeled in some big out of state targets, and even with a loaded in-state 2022 class, it is a safe bet the Texas A&M class will include some key out-of-state targets. In fact, just yesterday, Suwanee (GA) Lambert WR Kojo Antwi named the Aggies in his top eight along with USC, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Oregon, so here are a few out-of-state prospects to watch as the focus shifts more towards 2022. QB Ty Simpson, Martin (TN) Westview - QB has been a big question when it comes to Texas A&M's 2022 class and Simpson is a guy who continues to emerge. He camped at Texas A&M in 2019 and coach Fisher's son Trey currently plays for Simpson's dad at Tennessee-Martin. The Aggies made his top 10 but the competition is fierce with Clemson, Ole Miss, and Tennessee also hot on his trail. His top 10 includes Texas A&M, Clemson, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Texas, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Tennessee-Martin. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/11111907/5f9f7069dfd9bf02c0036c17 OL Jacob Sexton, Edmond (OK) Deer Creek - A legit 6-5, 300, Sexton is considered the top OL in the Sooner State so look for Oklahoma to be heavily involved in his process, but I would not count out the Aggies either. One reason, Josh Henson, he has strong ties in Oklahoma has created quite a few waves across the college football landscape and that has not been lost on recruits. In addition to the Aggies, Sexton holds offers from the in-state Sooners and Cowboys as well as the likes of Alabama, Notre Dame, Stanford, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, and Northwestern. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/11432515/5f908859ff0cdd08b8fd99fc DE Shemar Stewart, Opa Locka (FL) Mongsignor Pace - Outside of Texas, Florida has been Texas A&M's most fertile recruiting ground since Jimbo Fisher's arrival. Stewart is a 6-5, 235-pound elite defensive end, one of the top prospects in the country, and he has an interest in the Aggies. Stewart is probably the longest shot on the list but Elijah Robinson and Terry Price have shown they can go head-to-head with anyone in the country for anyone in the country. The Aggies made his top 10 along with Penn State, Miami, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Clemson, Ohio State, Alabama, and Arizona State.https://www.hudl.com/video/3/11522842/5f9da6356898c20a54f1153e LB Stone Blanton, Madison (MS) Madison-Ridgeland Academy - A 6-foot-2, 220-pound, downhill-running, slobber-knocking, sideline-to-sideline linebacker. One of the top prospects in the southeast, and the Aggie's next big target in the state of Mississippi. Coach Santucci has been hot on Blanton's trail since the beginning of the 2022 recruiting cycle and the the two communicate on a regular. Blanton is currently committed to play baseball for Mississippi State, but his football recruiting has taken off since he made that choice. He is openly exploring his football options, and I look for the relationship with Santucci, a stout defense, and the SEC to help Texas A&M's efforts. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7938500/5fad57d104284b0b943f70da
1 mo ago by Billy Liucci
Signing Day Report Card: Evaluating the 2021 Texas A&M recruiting class
With nearly all of the 2021 recruiting class inked, Billy Liucci takes an in-depth look at all the players signed, offers some position grades and looks ahead to what to expect in the 2022 class.
1 mo ago by Jason Howell
Games of Interest - Dec. 17-19
Signees Thurs. - Galena Park North Shore (11-0) vs Pearland Dawson (10-0), 7 p.m. at Webster's Challenger-Columbia Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Shadrach Banks (Texas A&M), CB Denver Harris (2022), CB Jacoby Davis (2023), QB Dematrius Davis (Auburn), OL Jaeden Roberts Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/north-shore-vs-dawson-12-17-2020-700pm-football-challenger-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Thurs. - Richmond Foster (7-2) vs. Cedar Park (10-0), 7:30 p.m. at Waller's Waller ISD Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Reuben Fatheree (Texas A&M)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/cedar-park-vs-foster-12-17-2020-730pm-football-waller-isd-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Fri. - Miami (FL) Central (7-1) vs. Lake Minneola (11-1) - 6A Championships - 1 pm ET - RB Amari Daniels (Texas A&M), ATH Yulkeith Brown (Texas A&M), LB Terrence Lewis (Tennessee), QB Braden Davis (2022)Stream - https://fhsaa.boxcast.com/#/broadcasts/q0jvnikfars4quzowfbh?channel_id=vhlhvzxbguryburepez8 Fri. - DeSoto (8-1) vs. Rockwall (10-1), 7 p.m. at Prosper's Children's Health Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - DE Shemar Turner (Texas A&M), WR Johntay Cook (2023)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/uil/gamf84a95794f ($) Fri. - Katy (9-1) vs Houston Lamar (6-2), 7 p.m. at Katy's Rhodes Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - TE Fernando Garza (Texas A&M - injured), DE Malick Sylla (2022), DB Bobby Taylor (2022)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/lamar-vs-katy-12-18-2020-700pm-football-rhodes-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Fri. - Magnolia (10-1) vs. Frisco Lone Star (6-3), 7:30 p.m. at Corsicana's Tiger Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Matthew Wykoff (Texas A&M)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/frisco-lonestar-vs-magnolia-12-18-2020-730pm-football-tiger-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Sat. - Denton Guyer (8-2) vs Arlington (5-5), 3:15 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - QB Eli Stowers (Texas A&M), CB Deuce Harmon (Texas A&M - injured)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/uil/gam069b8c2a16 ($) Season CompleteFort Smith Northside (5-5) - Dreyden Norwood Fort Collins (CO) Fossil Ridge (3-3) - OL Trey Zuhn (Texas A&M - injured)Texarkana Pleasant Grove (9-4) - DL Marcus Burris (Texas A&M - injured), DE Landon Jackson (LSU - injured)La Porte (5-4) - DT Albert Regis (Texas A&M)Beggs (9-3) S Kendal Daniels (Texas A&M) Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian (7-3) - OL Remington Strickland (Texas A&M) Grandview (11-1) - ATH Dametrious Crownover (Texas A&M - unsigned)Not playing this fallKaty Tompkins - DE Tunmise Adeleye (Texas A&M)Philadelphia (PA) Northeast - CB Tyreek Chappell (Texas A&M), DE Elijah Jeudy, DE Ken Talley (2022 - Penn State)Brooklyn (NY) Erasmus Hall - DE Jahzion Harris (Texas A&M) Prospects of Interest ThursdayLewisville (7-3) vs Arlington Martin (9-1), 7 p.m. at North Richland Hills' Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Armani Winfield (2022), DE Ernest Cooper IV (2022)Corpus Christi Flour Bluff (9-1) vs. San Antonio Southside (9-1), 7 p.m. at San Antonio's Alamo Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Johnny Dickson (2022) FridayCy-Fair (10-1) vs Katy Tompkins (9-0), 6 p.m. at Katy's Legacy Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - RB LJ Johnson Jr, QB Jalen Milroe (Alabama)El Paso Burges (3-2) vs Wichita Falls Rider (8-2), 6:30 p.m. at Odessa's Ratliff Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - RB Tavorus Jones (2022) Allen (9-0) vs South Grand Prairie (7-2), 7 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Park - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Neto Umeozulu (2022)Klein Cain (7-2) vs. Spring Westfield (7-1), 7 p.m. at Spring's Planet Ford Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - RB Jaydon Blue (2022)Humble Atascocita (6-2) vs Pearland (8-2), 7 p.m. at Houston's Sheldon ISD Panther Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Kameron Dewberry (2022), TE Landen King (Auburn)Katy Taylor (8-2) vs. Houston Heights (7-1), 7 p.m. at Houston's Delmar Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - OL Bryce Foster, OL Hayden Conner (Texas) Denton Ryan (10-0) vs College Station (10-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Waco's Waco ISD Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - CB Austin Jordan (2022), DT Bear Alexander (2022), LB Anthony Hill (2023), DE Ja'tavion Sanders (Texas) Fort Bend Marshall (10-0) vs Montgomery (8-3), 7 p.m. at Porter's Randall Reed Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - WR Chris Marshall (2022)Beaumont West Brook (5-5) vs Clear Falls (6-3), 7 p.m. at Galena Park's Galena Park ISD Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - S Bryce Anderson (2022 - LSU)Frisco (7-1) vs. South Oak Cliff (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dallas' Kincaide Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - OL Cole Hutson (2022) SaturdayDuncanville (7-1) vs. Dallas Skyline (5-4), 2 p.m. at Dallas' Kincaide Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Jaylen Early (2022), OL Cameron Williams (2022), DE Omari Abor (2022), OL Savion Byrd (Oklahoma), LB Kendrick Blackshire (Alabama) Season Complete Flower Mound Coram Deo (1-6) - DL Jadon Scarlett (2022)West Orange-Stark (8-1) - OL Demetrius Hunter (2022)El Campo (9-2) - RB Rueben Owens (2023)Spearman (11-2) - ATH Brenen Thompson (2022) Lexington (8-4) - S Jarred Kerr (2022)Fort Worth Nolan Catholic (8-1) - RB Emeka Megwa (2022)Plano John Paul II (3-4) - CB Terrance Brooks(2022)Argyle Liberty Christian (2-7) - ATH Cristian Driver (2022)Garland (5-4) - S Chace Biddle (2022), WR Jordan Hudson (2022 - Oklahoma) Frisco Liberty (6-5) - WR Evan Stewart (2022)The Woodlands (5-4) - LB Martrell Harris (2022 - injured)Dickinson (6-3) - OL PJ Williams (2022), TE Donovan Green (2022) Cypress Park (6-5) - LB Harold Perkins (2022)Wylie East (1-7) - DE Anthony James (2023)Humble Summer Creek (3-6) - OL Kelvin Banks (2022)Houston Clear Lake (2-6) - CB Julian Humphrey (2022)Walker (LA) (2-6) - WR Brian Thomas Baton Rouge (LA) University Lab (9-2) - S Jardin Gilbert Tallahassee (FL) St. John Paul II (5-4) - S Terrion Arnold Martin (TN) Westview (7-5) - QB Ty Simpson (2022)Edmond (OK) Deer Creek (4-6) - OL Jacob Sexton (2022)Oradell (NJ) Bergen Catholic (5-1) - DT Tywone Malone
TexAgs National Average Rating
The TexAgs National Average Rating is a proprietary formula that calculates an industry-wide aggregate rating for each recruiting prospect. The formula includes publicly listed grades, scores, ratings and rankings by national recruiting services, along with a TexAgs rating. Combining the data provides a rating for each prospect, which is then normalized to fit the TexAgs Rating 100-point scale.
The intent of this rating is to provide TexAgs readers with a comprehensive snapshot of how individual prospects rank nationally.
TexAgs Rating
The TexAgs Recruiting team of Billy Liucci, David Sandhop, Jason Howell, Ryan Brauninger and a host of recruiting interns attends more than 75 games each fall and observes and evaluates every major Texas A&M target, as well as most of the top 150 prospects in the State of Texas. From this evaluation the team draws a rating for each prospect on a scale between 70 and 100.
99-100: Elite national prospect (Five-star)
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Anthropogenic Global Cooling
Global warming during the 20th century was uneven, to say the least. In fact it occurred in two episodes, a warming from about 1915 to 1940, and another from about 1975 to the present. This is evident from a graph of global temperature anomaly over the last 130 years:
Naturally many wonder, why was warming interrupted from about 1940 to 1975, only to resume with a vengeance about 1975? There are two answers.
First, the causes of warming 1915-1940 and 1975-present are different. The present warming is almost entirely due to increases in man-made greenhouse gases, mainly CO2 but also methane and other trace gases. The 1915-1940 warming was a combination of factors, including a lull in volcanic activity (therefore the absence of its cooling influence), a slight increase in solar output, and yes, an increase in greenhouse gases too (although not nearly so much as during more recent times)
Second: the 1940-1975 time period experienced anthropogenic global cooling. This cooling was from the same root cause as volcanic cooling, namely aerosols (mostly sulfate aerosols) in the atmosphere. Whereas volcanic eruptions are natural, and often inject aerosols into the stratosphere (the upper layer of earth’s atmosphere), aerosols from industrial activity are man-made and almost entirely in the troposphere (the lower layer of earth’s atmosphere, where most of our weather takes place).
Because volcanic aerosols can reach the stratosphere, they hang around much longer than man-made aerosols. It takes a couple of years for most of the aerosols from a large volcanic eruption to settle out of the air, so their cooling effect likewise lasts a couple of years. This has been observed with great precision, especially during the most recent eruption with major climate impact, the explosion of the Mt. Pinatubo volcano in 1992.
Man-made aerosol emissions don’t last nearly so long. Confined to the troposphere, they settle out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks to months, so in order to have a sustained climate impact there must be sustained emissions. But, that’s one of the hallmarks of human industrial activity: sustained emissions. Therefore anthropogenic tropospheric aerosols are a consistent feature of earth’s 20th- and 21st-century atmosphere.
Those who want to deny the reality of global warming will use any excuse to create doubt about our understanding of recent climate change. The mid-20th-century warming pause is one of their favorite excuses, and even when its cause is explained to them they still dispute it. The question is valid: were sulfate aerosols really that much higher during the 20th century than before the industrial revolution? Where’s the data?
There are a number of estimates of sulfate emissions during the industrial era, including this review from Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. They find (as do previous studies) rapid increase in sulfate emissions from mid-century until about 1975-1980, followed by a decline in emissions. A decline of sulfate emissions is soon followed by a decline in atmospheric concentration because they settle out of the air so quickly — unlike carbon dioxide, for which an increase tends to last hundreds of years even after emissions cease.
The cooling effect of man-made sulfates also helps explain the hemispheric asymmetry in temperature history. Most industrial activity is in the northern hemisphere, so most of the anthropogenic sulfate cooling should be there too. The northern hemisphere has warmed faster than the southern because there’s more land in the north than the south, and land has far less thermal inertia than ocean. But if sulfates are mostly in the northern hemisphere, that means that there should have been a stronger mid-century cooling effect in the north than in the south — and that’s exactly what we observe:
Estimates of emissions are fine, but they’re not actual measurements of concentration. There’s not much sulfate concentration data out there, but there is some. In particular, there’s sulfate chemistry data from Greenland ice cores. The GISP2 data can be found here, and here’s the measured sulfate concentration over the last two thousand years:
The many spikes are volcanic sulfate aerosols, markers of past volcanic eruptions. But there’s also a more persistent rise in the last century. We can, to some degree, remove the influence of volcaninc aerosols just by computing 10-point moving averages. Another way is to rely on the fact that volcanic aerosols only persist in the atmosphere for a couple of years, so we can get a good estimate of the non-volcanic background level by computing 10-point moving averages which leave out the two highest values. This method isn’t perfect, but it’s a good way to smooth the data while removing almost all the impact of volcanic eruptions — and that’ll tell us the background sulfate level in the GISP2 ice core. And here it is:
The graph of the atmospheric concentration of sulfates over the last two thousand years resembles — what’s that shape like? — oh yeah! A hockey stick.
We can even compare the sulfate concentration from the GISP2 ice core to the estimates of emissions:
The agreement is pretty good.
To the question: were sulfate aerosols really that much higher during the 20th century than before the industrial revolution? The answer is: definitely yes. To the question: did sulfate emissions really level off, even decline, around 1975? The answer is: definitely yes.
66 responses to “Anthropogenic Global Cooling”
Zach | August 23, 2010 at 4:05 pm |
I follow most of what you’re saying, but does the change in sulfate concentration account for the observed magnitude of mid-century cooling? I assume there’s enough evidence to estimate the influence of sulfate concentrations on heat flux thanks to all of the eruptions on record.
guthrie | August 23, 2010 at 4:50 pm |
Theres a horrendous spelling mistake in yout title.
(I’ll see if I can come up with a better more relevant comment after dinner)
[Response: Oops! Fixed.]
Didactylos | August 23, 2010 at 5:46 pm |
Is there any guidance or best practice available for converting the depths to age, using the supplied chronologies?
And in a completely unrelated question, what is the best smoothing method to use on data that isn’t evenly sampled?
And returning on topic: this post highlighted for me the fact that we really haven’t cleaned up our air much at all. I was under the delusion that aerosols had decreased a lot since the 70s.
Andrew Dodds | August 24, 2010 at 10:58 am |
Yes, it gave me a bit of a shock to see the graph.
An ‘eyeball’ extrapolation of the GISS graph suggests to me that the current sulphate load is suppressing perhaps 0.5K of warming. That is not a particularly happy thought, since the implication is that action to stop emissions (to raise my personal issue, replacing coal power with nuclear) would cause a large and very rapid temperature increase.
Kevin McKinney | August 23, 2010 at 6:25 pm |
A nice account of the “pause.” Thanks, Tamino. It is certainly true that this idea, um, “recurs” a lot among those who think that the mainstream science holds ONLY the forcings due to GHGs to be significant climate drivers.
Since it’s an important point in my article on Guy Callendar–those who’ve previously missed that article can access it here)–I’m particularly interested in this part:
“The 1915-1940 warming was a combination of factors, including a lull in volcanic activity (therefore the absence of its cooling influence), a slight increase in solar output, and yes, an increase in greenhouse gases too (although not nearly so much as during more recent times) [BTW, we’re missing a period here. –K]
“Second: the 1940-1975 time period experienced anthropogenic global cooling. This cooling was from the same root cause as volcanic cooling, namely aerosols (mostly sulfate aerosols) in the atmosphere.”
OK if I add this as a quote or a in the article? Or is there a more primary source that I should refer to instead?
[Response: Fine by me. I’ll bet there’s an even better explanation somewhere on RealClimate, or in Spencer Weart’s Discovery of Global Warming.]
KenM | August 23, 2010 at 6:25 pm |
Tamino, thank you for doing this straight-forward analysis.
It appears to me there’s still some piece missing. Just eyeballing the graphs, it appears present-day sulfate emissions are roughly equivalent to the 1960’s level. If the cooling from 1940 to 1975 was due (mainly) to aerosols, I would expect then that we would still be experiencing cooling, roughly equal to the 1960s, but certainly not warming faster than the pre-1940 era (when there was less volcanic activity, more active sun etc).
Are the aerosols emitted today different in some fundamental way?
[Response: In the 1940-1975 time, the growth of greenhouse-gas forcing was negated by the growth of aerosol cooling — hence temperature was reasonably constant. Since 1975 aerosols and their cooling have declined, but greenhouse-gas forcing has continued to increase, therefore dominating any counterbalance and leading to net (and rapid) warming.]
KenM | August 24, 2010 at 1:29 am |
If I’m reading the chart correctly, aerosol forcing (the non-volcanic kind) did not level off until 1991.
Assuming that radiative forcing due to aerosols did not level off in 1975, then why did temps take off then?
I’m missing something obvious here, but for the life of me I can’t figure out what that is.
Didactylos | August 24, 2010 at 2:53 am |
KenM, the chart needs careful reading. It assumes constant aerosol forcing after 1990. Earlier values are interpolated from model output from a previous study.
However, you do have a point. The earlier study – Tegen et al (2000) does not show the same observed decline that Tamino’s sources do. (Although it is in agreement with one of the lines on the above graph – Lefohn et al (1999). They both reproduce a small dip in the early 80s, then continue to climb.)
I can’t help but observe that the ice core data validates none of the datasets.
Daniel "The Yooper" Bailey | August 24, 2010 at 4:33 am |
Re: KenM | August 24, 2010 at 1:29 am
See Tamino’s 2nd figure Global Anthropogenic Sulfur Emissions; note the leveling off of emissions after 1975.
Then compare to the Atmospheric CO2 measurents from the Mauna Loa Observatory; note no such leveling off of CO2 emissions.
Around 1975, pollution controls removed the sulfate aerosol brake from the CO2 freight train, which is careening out of control at more than 2 PPM increase per year (and the rate of increase is rising).
The Yooper
Missing the point, Daniel. Some sources disagree about the profile of sulphate emissions.
See Tamino’s 2nd figure, and this time look at all the individual lines. Note that the “current work” line is not an average, it is a new study. Observe that three of the studies show no decline at all, and it is questionable whether they are levelling off (they certainly aren’t levelling off in 1975). These three are long term studies, unlike the short term studies used to infer the “decline”.
Tegen et al (2000) is another study that disagrees with the PNNL study.
The paint’s not dry on this one.
Now I look closer, Tamino has made one error. He has treated the “current work” as a review. It is not, it was a new inventory produced by the US DoE during the Bush administration. Which study is most reliable? I have no way of knowing.
jyyh | August 23, 2010 at 6:41 pm |
How about those high atmosphere nuke tests, that ended sometime, did them hav some effect?
caerbannog | August 23, 2010 at 7:54 pm |
It’s my understanding that minimum overnight low temperatures continued to increase right through the 1940-1975 “anthropogenic cooling” period.
This would be consistent with greenhouse gas forcing, even with the aerosol masking.
(I remember seeing a tabulation of minimum overnight lows for the 20th century some time ago, but forgot to bookmark it — don’t have time to fish up that data right now. It would be a nice counter to the denialists, though.)
Scott Mandia | August 23, 2010 at 8:16 pm |
When the citizens of China and India become more Westernized and then begin demanding clean air legislation, global warming will really take off. Ironic that pollution is “helping” us in that respect.
My understanding is that this is underway now, to an extent–Beijing’s air is of course notorious, and there was considerable embarrassment around that during the Olympics as a result. That “showcased” the issue. Also, I think that’s supposed to be one of the factors leading to high growth rates in renewables, in both countries.
JR | August 23, 2010 at 9:17 pm |
The temperature data for Los Angeles looks much more like the Southern Hemisphere data than the Northern. I would think that LA would be a poster child for aerosol cooling but it is not.
TrueSceptic | August 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm |
Why? Because LA was infamous for pollution? In fact its pollution was a particular kind, photochemical smog: it was not the aerosols Tamino is referring to.
You are deluding yourself if you think that none of LA’s pollution is composed of sulfates.
JR,
Perhaps I should have been clearer. What made LA a special case, special enough for you to use it?
LA is not a “special” case. I used it because when I saw the separate Northern and Southern Hemisphere series, it struck me that LA looks more like the SH. So as to not single out LA, Paris also looks more like the SH – no 1940-1975 cooling.
paws4thot | September 7, 2010 at 12:49 pm |
To know for sure either way about whether or not LA’s smog included high levels of suphates, you’d first have to know the typical sulphur levels in Southern Californian octane in the mid-1970s.
I’m not saying either of you is right or wrong about sulphate levels in the smog; just that if LA used low sulphur petrol back then they might be lower than you’d expect.
Sekerob | August 23, 2010 at 9:38 pm |
Hi word out, the Ain’t Truthospheric Inhabitants will of course put it under the label of Intelligent Design… we can mess and BAU all we want they think.
Meantime, per Cryosphere, the Global Sea Ice Area fell by over 1 million km in a matter of about 5 days. JAXA and the detail pic posted at Rabett’s is hinting at the Beaufort out MYI ring that was keeping the extent up is going… betting now on 3rd lowest for sure and 2nd lowest possible… don’t want to think of worse.
Gareth | August 23, 2010 at 10:25 pm |
Yes, but it stays in the URL for all to see… ;-)
Michael Hauber | August 24, 2010 at 12:21 am |
I do sometimes wonder if sulfate emissions have increased again in the last 5 years due to the China boom. Charts on Co2 emissions show China dramatically taking off in the last decade to be the number one emitter in the world. Is current Chinese industry as prodigious a sulfate generator as western industry was in the 50s and 60s?
Much more. By the 50s and 60s, the US was already reducing sulphate emissions. There’s a figure here: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/trop.aer/
However, current Chinese emissions are comparable to peak US/UK emissions.
tho | August 27, 2010 at 5:35 pm |
And I would expect this to rise. China is adding enormous amounts of electrical generation capacity to its grid, and mostly from coal. I’ve seen one of these (smaller) plants and it literally consists of men shoveling coal into an open fire. Clean energy projects (including clean coal) are getting a lot of hype over there, but they’re not even close to compensating for the massive industrialization build out. And this with China’s energy consumption already close to the US.
From the data in this post it seems like uncontrolled fossil fuel burning is actually a net global coolant due to the sulfates, so it seems that this would act as a break on CO2 based warming effects.
Andrew Dodds | September 8, 2010 at 10:20 am |
Regarding China, anyone thinking that any progress is being made on emissions should see this horror story..
Yes, world coal consumption has gone up 30-odd percent since the year 2000. Much of the increase being in new power stations with an expected 50+ year life.
On the plus side, even the most raving die-hard skeptic is going to have all the evidence they need for global warming. On the minus side, even the most raving die-hard skeptic is going to have all the evidence they need for global warming.
PI | August 24, 2010 at 12:30 am |
PNNL has released a sulfate emissions data set updated through 2005. The paper may be found here.
bulbosa | August 24, 2010 at 1:04 am |
Meantime, a cubic 18 km of ice in a big chunk floating and in 6 days 800, ooo square km less of arctic ice und 30 more days to go
Kevin McKinney | August 24, 2010 at 12:12 pm |
“in 6 days 800, ooo square km less of arctic ice. . .”
Huh? I don’t follow this.
The latest IJIS value as I write (ie., the data for 8/23/2010) is 5,598,594 km2; the closest value to the 800,000 plus occurred on 8/8/2010: 6,402,500. That’s 15 days.
Other data source? Other metric? Prophecy? Please expand/explain.
but no significative changes in the global hydrological cycle
only small und big local precipitation’s changes
Bart | August 24, 2010 at 12:48 pm |
Here’s a short and sweet paper outlining the way GHG warming and aerosol cooling have interacted, and how they’re projected to interact in the future.
A bumpy road ahead.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VH3-4WGK6TF-2/2/dd04559ee5281bd4318f2545b37639c6
B Buckner | August 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm |
In a previous post, Ray Ladbury directed me to the following link that shows a fairly constant increase in negative forcing from sulfate aerosols from 1940 through at least the mid-1990s.
Also, the Greenland ice core data do agree pretty good with sulfate emissions estimates, but Greenland is located downwind of the US and Canada and does not represent global trends impacted by developing countries.
The “interruption” has interested me ever since I became aware of climate change (of any kind) but I have a couple of questions. Looking at this, why do you say the earlier warming episode started in 1915? It looks much more like 1910 to me.
But my real question is about the 1940-75 interruption.
This looks to me like a very rapid drop 1942-50 following an equally rapid rise 1935-40. We then had a very slow rise to the mid 70s. What was going on in the late 30s, and why would anthro-aerosols cause such a rapid drop from 1942? Am I just guilty of reading too much into short-term trends?
Timothy Chase | August 25, 2010 at 6:00 am |
I don’t consider myself an expert by any means, but industry was doing quite well during the 1920s — and then of course this was followed by the Great Depression but then by the late 1930s (1937-9) you had the build-up to war that included US aid to Great Britain. So with the 1920s I would expect sulfates and nitrates to counterbalance warming due to greenhouse gases (although methane was the bigger player back then) and there should have been little if any warming.
Then during the 1930s I would expect sulfates to quickly drop out of the atmosphere due to severe economic decline. Greenhouse gases would have remained in the air though with methane having a residence time of about 10 years.
But with the build-up to war economic output reflective aerosols would have been at a higher level — with greenhouse gases having gone stagnant for a good part of the previous decade and with methane having been hit even harder due to its short residence time. So the warming trend should have come to an end — as we saw. The only thing that really surprises me is that we didn’t see a peak cooling rate until the end of World War II.
But basically greenhouse gases give the system a fair amount of inertia and what matters is more or less cumulative output. But with tropospheric aerosols you have a very short residence time — roughly two weeks.
It would seem that before pollution laws really take effect, assuming constant economic growth, both the rate CO2 output and cumulative CO2 grow exponentially — but so do is the rate of reflective tropospheric aerosol emission — and the effects roughly cancel one-another. But during times of recession aerosols fall out, greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere and heat is accumulated due to net positive forcing. However during economic rebounds aerosols dominate leading to net negative forcing.
Michael Hauber | August 25, 2010 at 6:30 am |
Its possible that biases due to measuring temps with Buckets affected temps around 1940.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/06/of-buckets-and-blogs/
That was a fairly big controversy at the time, but now seems to have been mostly forgotten within the climate blogosphere. And I have no idea whether our current temperature data incorporates the suggested adjustment which reduces the bump around that time.
Phil. | August 24, 2010 at 4:17 pm |
What was going on in the late 30s, and why would anthro-aerosols cause such a rapid drop from 1942?
A war!
From the 1940s there were 1000 bomber raids over Germany and the sky filled with vapor trails around the stratosphere. From 1945 onwards there were nuclear explosions in the atmosphere injecting massive quantities of particulates into the stratosphere.
http://contrailscience.com/memphis-belle-wwii-bomber-contrails-1944/
While we’re speculating about climate and history, let’s throw in the Dust Bowl, too. Ten-plus years of drought in territory that was past its carrying capacity led to massive dust storms, which reached the East Coast. Two and a half million people (“Okies”, though many came from other places than Oklahoma) ended up displaced.
So what’s the climatic effect of massive clouds of dark dust filling wide swathes of the troposphere above central North America and coating the ground beneath? Interesting that the worst Dust bowl years were 33-35, and that 1934 was (of course) the warmest year in the record for the contiguous 48 states. Which was cause, which effect–or was there a feedback loop with warm dry conditions causing drought and erosion leading to dust storms, leading to albedo feedback to further add to the warming?
GFW | August 26, 2010 at 5:38 pm |
Yes, I’ve long thought there was a feedback there. The dust bowl was kicked off by a drought and poor farming practices, but the temperature extremes were enhanced by albedo feedback.
BC | August 26, 2010 at 7:56 pm |
Wonder no more!
Click to access 2009a_cook.pdf
Daniel "The Yooper" Bailey | August 26, 2010 at 11:56 pm |
BC’s provided link to that 2009a Cook PDF is having issues at this time. Perhaps the 2009b Cook PDF is an updated version?
Click to access 2009b_cook.pdf
BC | August 27, 2010 at 12:50 pm |
Oops! Here is an alternative link:
Click to access Seager2009Amplification.pdf
“Ask and ye shall receive”–thanks, BC!
(Thanks to Daniel, too, but that link is to a study on monsoon onset in Thailand.)
Cook 2009a is pretty interesting, IMO–basically, the GISS Model E GCM was used to simulate the Dust Bowl, varying vegetation and dust loading. The combination of both factors produced results in good agreement with the historical data (incomplete though the latter is–the temp & rainfall data is OK, but nobody was measuring the dust in a comprehensive way, for instance–I gather that neither total quantities nor shortwave albedo are as well constrained as the researchers would have liked.)
The unexpected part to me was the effect of vegetation loss–as per my comment above, I saw that as significant mainly in leading to the erosion which produced the dust clouds. But the model experiment reveals that the reduction of evapotranspirative water flux to the atmosphere–due to vegetation loss–was perhaps the biggest factor of all contributing to the “Dirty Thirties.”
Slioch | August 24, 2010 at 5:57 pm |
Tamino (previous post garbled by formatting problems)
Might I suggest that one of your earlier articles, namely “Not Computer Models 17/08/2009” would be useful to consult in the context of this article?
It showed, if I remember correctly, how a pretty good correlation between calculated and actual global average temperatures could be obtained for the last century using the NASA graphs of various forcings, here: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/RadF.gif
Unfortunately, like many of your previous pearls, it seems to have sunk to the depths of the internet trough and is no longer available, at least as far as I can find. I hope the piggies haven’t eaten it.
It’s not often I disagree with Tamino. I’m usually quite hesitant to do so, because I’m no statistician. However, this isn’t a statistical mistake.
As I expressed above, not all sulphate studies agree, particularly with respect to recent emissions. Further, GISS Model-E is run with aerosol forcings that do not level off until 1990. Now, Model-E has a little trouble reproducing the exact character of the 1940-1975 period, but some individual runs are uncannily close. This indicates that the temperature is not particularly sensitive to such small features as when sulphates level off.
Therefore, I do not believe the natural variability and chaos in the system, and the accuracy of our observations allow such a strong statement as Tamino’s “definitely yes”.
I think the 1975 change is attributable to two things: 1) Greenhouse gas forcings reached sufficient magnitude that they were clearly more dominant than the variability shown in lesser positive and negative forcings. 2) Greenhouse gas forcings reached maximum growth around the same time.
Timothy Chase | August 25, 2010 at 5:15 pm |
I’m not really disagreeing with either one of you.
However, if we are concerned with the rate of warming we probably shouldn’t be looking at forcing but rate of change in forcing. Furthermore, if we are trying to explain why the rate of warming went up in say 1975 we don’t want to look at just the rate of change in forcing due to well-mixed greenhouse gases and reflective aerosols by the rate of change in net forcing. And I will say this — around 1975 we went from a fairly healthy mix of pluses and minuses in the rate of change in net forcing to nearly all pluses — with a couple of strings minuses: 1981-2 and 1991-2.
Anyway, if anyone wants to dig a little deeper into this…
Forcings in GISS Climate Model
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/
Global Mean Effective Forcing (W/m2) [by year, 1880-2003]
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/RadF.txt
Note: emissions are estimated independently of the model, based on chemical analysis of ice core samples from Greenland, industrial production, etc.. Forcing however is dependent upon the climate model, and in the case of aerosols distribution due to atmospheric circulation is estimated independently of the main model itself.
Oakden Wolf | August 25, 2010 at 5:18 am |
The sulfate plot intrigued me, especially that huge spike roughly around 1300 A.D. I did some seeking and found some references to volcanic eruptions that would have produced such spikes.
Large Holocene Eruptions
Between 1200 and 1300, there were two eruptions of Katla and one of Hekla (the latter actually dated in the above to July 11, 1300). The winds must have been blowing in the right direction for one of those to cause the big spike.
Surprisingly, the double spike just before 1500 is usually attributed to a VEI 6 from the Vanuatu archipelago. But a recent paper indicated that there wasn’t good evidence of a big eruption there at that time.
From Volcano Live
Climate confusion
I also found a paper analyzing sulfate from a different Greenland ice core for volcanic eruption signals: http://epic.awi.de/Publications/Big2001a.pdf
Thanks for the opportunity to post this digression.
sailrick | August 25, 2010 at 6:30 am |
caerbannog
from Skeptical Science
” Furthermore, it is possible to draw similar conclusions by looking at the daily temperature cycle. Because sunlight affects the maximum day-time temperature, aerosols should have a noticeable cooling impact on it. Minimum night-time temperatures, on the other hand, are more affected by greenhouse gases and therefore should not be affected by aerosols. Were these differences observed? The answer is yes: maximum day-time temperatures fell during this period but minimum night-time temperatures carried on rising.”
http://www.skepticalscience.com/The-main-culprit-in-mid-century-cooling.html#22600
Oxford Kevin | August 25, 2010 at 4:53 pm |
Off topic I know but Tamino’s plot of Northern and Southern Hemisphere’s temperature anomaly reminded me of something that I have thought about for a while. The reason the plot was the trigger is that the Southern Hemisphere is dominated by ocean much more than the Northern Hemisphere.
Could the difference between the land temperature anomaly and ocean temperature anomaly be used to calculate how far away from energy equilibrium the planet is?
Hank Roberts | August 25, 2010 at 5:02 pm |
> bucket … I have no idea …
a search, e.g.
http://www.google.com/search?q=bucket+temperature+adjustment+ocean
finds a FAQ
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cmb-faq/temperature-monitoring.html
that describes and points to the method used, among much else.
David B. Benson | August 25, 2010 at 7:01 pm |
I add in the effect of long term natural variability as crudely measured by the AMO. That index has a bump up in the 1940s followed by a decline to its negative pahse and is once again now in its positive phase.
I’m under the impression this gives a rough idea of how quickly heat is removed to the deep ocean.
Cory Merriman | August 26, 2010 at 2:20 pm |
I would be interested to know how widely the sulfate aerosols can disperse. It would seem that as the US emission standards became more stringent and compliance more widespread, countries like China, India, Brazil and others begain to use more coal energy as thier infrastructures expanded. I am assuming that these countries do not have as stringent emission standards or controls. So if even the US decreases our emissions other countries may not. So will these countries sulfate emissions have a local or global affect? This is what frustrates me the US isn’t perfect and we may be the worlds wipping boy at the moment but no other country as gone to the lengths to protect the environment as we have.
MP | August 26, 2010 at 4:33 pm |
You can find some information in the paper linked by PI above :
http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/10/16111/2010/acpd-10-16111-2010.html
Fig. 3 suggests that modern countries in North America, Europe, South East Asia, Australia and New-Zealand greatly reduced their sulfur dioxide emission. In contrast developing countries in South and Central America, the Middle East, Africa and India and China greatly increased their sulfur dioxide emission. So much even that the downward trend from 1975 onward turned into an upward trend from 2000 onward, this trend is comparable to the trend observed before 1975. May be this partly explains the slight slowdown in warming during the last decade, this is however uncertain because the sulfur dioxide emission for the last 5 years are not available.
David B. Benson | August 26, 2010 at 10:17 pm |
Cory Merriman | August 26, 2010 at 2:20 pm — I’m certainly seeing ABC from East Asia here in the inland Pacific Northwest.
Richard C | August 27, 2010 at 6:33 am |
Cory, have you heard of Europe?
“Europe”–aren’t they the folks who signed on to this crazy treaty to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, and (unlike Canada, my “native land”) followed through sufficiently to meet the corporate reductions target?*
*(Though not all the individual national targets.)
PJKar | August 28, 2010 at 1:01 pm |
Cory,
Here is one answer to your question regarding the dispersion of aerosols:
From the NASA EOS page:
PACific Dust EXperiment
“The long range transport of dust and anthropogenic aerosols (e.g, black carbon, organics and sulfates, and air pollution from Eurasia, across the Pacific Ocean, into North America is one of the most wide spread and major pollution events on the planet. This plume passes through the Pacific Ocean extra tropical cloud systems, which are important climate regulators through their large radiative cooling effect. The effect of this mixed dust-pollution plume on the Pacific cloud systems and the associated radiative forcing is an outstanding problem for understanding climate change and has not been explored. The primary reason is the lack of an airborne platform that can sample the evolution of this plume in situ all the way across the Pacific Ocean. “
PJKar | September 8, 2010 at 2:03 pm |
A belated correction to the above post. The page referenced should have been the NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) page not the NASA EOS page.
crazy bill | August 26, 2010 at 11:43 pm |
In your last graph, the sulphate concentration curve stops in about 1980 (I suppose the GISP2 data only goes that far). I was wondering if you could use Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the actual So2 concentrations for the last 3 or 4 decades, so we see what’s happening now.
Richard forgive me, but I have heard of Europe and the European union, though I know little of their environmental policies. I merely spoke of the “lengths” we have gone to to protect the environment. Although the US does not have a perfect record and sometimes sweep things under the rug when its an election year… We have implemented some of the most audacious environmental policies the world has seen and have spent billions of dollars doing so. So the lengths we have gone to is more than just words on paper, but also speaks to the shear size of our country and the miracle that we have ever come to a consensus on such legislation as the Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act and so on. So Richard I was not meaning to give offence to our European brothers I was only speaking to what I know.
onymous | August 27, 2010 at 6:10 pm |
I was told by one semi-expert climate scientist (someone who was in the process of changing fields to climate science from a different numerical modeling field, as so possibly still catching up) that although globally aerosols played the most important role in this period, there was also around the same time period (maybe beginning slightly earlier? I’ve forgotten the details) a weaker cooling signal in the Arctic, where aerosol concentrations were low, which is not well understood. Do you know anything about this?
Behind a paywall, but try here:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.1973/abstract
I don’t have the article handy, but my recollection is that anomalous meridional flow during this time period led to warm air advection into the arctic (and compensatory cold air advection into the mid-latitudes) which would have ameliorated some of the cooling.
Early 20th century Arctic warming in retrospect
The major early 20th century climatic fluctuation (∼1920–1940) has been the subject of scientific enquiry from the time it was detected in the 1920s. The papers of scientists who studied the event first-hand have faded into obscurity but their insights are relevant today. We review this event through a rediscovery of early research and new assessments of the instrumental record. Much of the inter-annual to decadal scale variability in surface air temperature (SAT) anomaly patterns and related ecosystem effects in the Arctic and elsewhere can be attributed to the superposition of leading modes of variability in the atmospheric circulation. Meridional circulation patterns were an important factor in the high latitudes of the North Atlantic during the early climatic fluctuation. Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies that appeared during this period were congruent with low-frequency variability in the climate system but were themselves most likely the result of anomalous forcing by the atmosphere. The high-resolution data necessary to verify this hypothesis are lacking, but the consistency of multiple lines of evidence provides strong support. Our findings indicate that early climatic fluctuation is best interpreted as a large but random climate excursion imposed on top of the steadily rising global mean temperature associated with anthropogenic forcing.
J Bowers | August 29, 2010 at 12:29 pm |
OT, but worth a try at posting: University of Chicago has published videos of its global warming classes on Youtube. Very accessible now.
PHSC 13400: Global Warming
http://www.youtube.com/user/UChicago#g/c/FA75A0DDB89ACCD7
Andy | August 30, 2010 at 10:14 pm |
Tamino, are you familiar with Thompson’s Nature paper from 2008?
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v453/n7195/abs/nature06982.html
John Saint-Smith | September 13, 2010 at 3:25 pm |
I find Tamino’s explanation of the global cooling between 1940 and 1975 just a little bit glib. The aerosol emissions/concentrations graphs provide some support for the process, but there is no way that they account for the massive transition from rapid warming in the period 1910 – 1940 to cooling which occurs abruptly and equally in the northern and southern hemispheres between 1940 and 1947. For this change to have been forced by aerosols alone
[Response: It wasn’t caused by aerosols alone. You’re making a classic mistake.]
would have required an enormous spike in concentrations, not a steady acceleration in the period 1940 – 1975 as indicated. Remember that this period saw CO2 concentrations rise significantly as well,
[Response: The CO2 concentration during that time period shows a leveling off … which you’d know if you studied the data in detail.]
which would have counteracted the aerosol cooling effect. In the opposite transition to rapid warming in 1975, once again I am struck by the fact that while aerosol emissions ceased to rise, they did not disappear entirely from the atmosphere, but began a gradual decline from a high peak.
[Response: You are again making the classic mistake that everything has to be overly simple. If you knew about the dynamics of climate, including the pronounced lag caused by the thermal inertia of the oceans, you wouldn’t be mystified. And you certainly wouldn’t paint the simpleton’s picture that seems to be all you’re capable of seeing.]
In short, aerosols alone cannot explain these distinct phases of cooling or warming.
[Response: Nor do they. Aerosols are one component of the levelling off of global temperature (it’s nowhere near 30 years of global cooling).]
In 1975 Wallace Broeker (the guy who first used the phrase ‘global warming’, predicted a rapid transition to warming in the 1980s, caused by a combination of rapidly rising CO2 emissions and a natural temperature cycle (derived from work on Greenland ice cores at Camp Century) which showed a rapid warming phase up to 1940, followed by the cooling phase which was attenuated by CO2. Broeker’s work has been largely disregarded in recent years, but I believe we have thrown the baby out with the bath water.
If you use HADCRUT temperature record for the Southern Hemisphere from 1850 it is possible to discern a peak in 1880, 60 years before the 1940 peak, and 120 years before 2000 when the infamous ‘global cooling’ period, 2002-08, kicks in.
[Response: The “60-year cycle” isn’t. It’s just one of the simpleton’s excuses for denying global warming due to human activity.]
But the SH curve begins to flatten in the 1990s,
[Response: No. It doesn’t. This is total bullshit.]
suggesting the peak of a third 60 year cycle, much attenuated by the CO2 warming. Warming has already begun to accelerate again since 2009.
The whole picture becomes very clear if you smooth out the short term cycles with a 15 year running mean. That cuts off most of the 21st century, but the first two peaks are clearly visible.
[Response: It will never be clear to you until you first admit to yourself that you are woefully ignorant, then spend at least a year educating yourself so you can stop embarrassing yourself. I suggest you start with Spencer Weart’s “Discover of Global Warming.”]
David B. Benson | September 13, 2010 at 7:04 pm |
John Saint-Smith | September 13, 2010 at 3:25 pm — Tamino offers sound advice. Here is the link:
Howeever, part of the brrief cooling following 1945 or so was do to internal variability as measured by the AMO; it started down from a high around then.
MP | December 22, 2010 at 2:16 pm |
One of the presentations at the 2010 AGU fall meeting by Ellen Mosley-Thompson touched this subject and may be of interest for the readership of this blog:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/lectures/lecture_videos/A42D.shtml
She referred to the following paper by Duan : http://bprc.osu.edu/Icecore/Duan%20et%20al%20GRL%202007.pdf , in this paper sulphate emissions found in multiple ice cores, from different locations was studied.
There is more interesting stuff on glaciers with missing signals that are associated with nuclear testing.
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Classification of goods – No estoppel to raise dispute in subsequent import
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Case Name : General Mills India Ltd. Vs Commissioner (CESTAT Mumbai)
Appeal Number : Customs Appeal No:263of 2011
Date of Judgement/Order : 13/08/2019
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General Mills India Ltd. Vs Commissioner (CESTAT Mumbai)
Mumbai Bench of CESTAT has held that there is no estoppel in raising classification dispute in subsequent import of a product and that in the absence of appropriate classification there was nothing binding to treat previous classification as the sole option. The Tribunal observed that Granola bar comprised of various products including oats and its character is altered post baking and mixing, and therefore it would not be appropriate to fit it in category of cereals or prepared food in the absence of coverage by residuary entry under Heading 1904.
FULL TEXT OF THE CESTAT JUDGEMENT
The issue in this appeal of M/s General Mills India Ltd against order-in-appeal no. 55(GR.I)/2011(JNCH)/IMP-37 dated 8th February 2011 of Commissioner of Customs (Appeals), Mumbai – II, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, pertains to the classification of ‘granola bars’ that had been imported vide bill of entry no. 698285/29.09.2009. Clearance of the taxguru.in imported goods was sought under heading 1905 9090 of the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The assessing authority classified the goods under heading 1904 9000 of the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The difference between the two, in terms of revenue implication, are the additional duties of customs that may be levied. The first appellate authority upheld the classification ordered by the original authority and hence this appeal.
2. The product itself is a mixture of whole grain rolled oats mixed with sugar, canola oil, crisp rice, soya protein, honey, brown sugar syrup and a number of other ingredients that is then baked before being cut into rolls before packing.
3. We have heard Learned Counsel for the appellant and Learned Authorised Representative at length.
4. Learned Counsel places reliance on the decision of the Tribunal in General Mills India Ltd v. Commissioner of Customs (Import), Nhava Sheva [2011 (268) ELT 390 (Tri.-Mumbai)] which has held that an identical product, imported in December 2005, was to be classified under 1905 9090 instead of heading no. 1905 3100 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 adopted by the assessing officer. Further reliance is placed on the decision of the Tribunal in Frito-Lay India v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune [2007 (207) ELT 560 (Tri.-Mumba)] and of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Metroark v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta [2004 (164) ELT 225 (SC)].
5. Learned Authorised Representative contends that the decision, even if in their own case and for an identical product, on a previous occasion is not an estoppel for revising the classification in a subsequent import. According to him, in adjudging the classification to be adopted, the courts concern themselves with the two alternatives before them and rejection of the proposed classification renders approval of the claimed classification only by default despite it not being the most appropriate. He places reliance on the decision of the Tribunal in Fitrite Packers v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-IV [2006 (203) ELT 452 (Tri.Mum)]. Relying on the decision of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, Tiruchirapalli v. Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd [2009 (238) ELT 230 (Mad.)], he argues that the classification can be revisited for a different consignment.
6. We find no reason to disagree with Learned Authorised Representative that there is no estoppel against raising classification disputes in a subsequent import and that, in the absence of clear finding that the approved classification is the sole option, precedent does not, of itself, bind in disposal of a subsequent dispute. We, accordingly, turn to the Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized System of Nomenclature of the World Customs Organisation to ascertain the coverage of the proposed classification. It is seen that heading 1904 is for
‘prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals [(other than maize (corn)] in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included.’
We take note that there are further sub-categories within it corresponding to the four sub-headings and that the proposal of the assessing officer, as upheld by the first appellate authority, was to bring it under the residuary category. On a perusal of the residuary category, we find that, after describing the inclusion thus
‘This group includes pre-cooked or otherwise prepared cereals in grain form (including broken grains).’
It goes on to further clarify, by example, and of which the most significant enunciation is
‘Similarly, the group covers, for example, products consisting of pre-cooked rice to which other ingredients such as vegetables or seasonings have been added, provided that these other ingredients do not alter the character of the products as rice preparations.’
7. In the present case, we find that the composition of the bars comprises various products and that the oats used are subsumed in the final product which are known as ‘granola bars’ representing not the grain that it contains but the composition as a whole. The alteration of character is a consequence of the baking after mixing which is substantively different from adding to pre-cooked or prepared grain. It would, therefore, not be appropriate to fit the imported goods under the category of cereals or prepared food in the absence of coverage by the residuary entry.
8. Furthermore, it is seen that the first appellate authority has, instead of justifying the classification adopted by the assessing authority, canvassed thereon for the rejection of the taxguru.in classification claimed by the importer. This, in our opinion, detracts from being in accord with the mechanism of re-classification. It is essential for the proposed classification to be demonstrated as being more apt than the claimed classification. As the lower authorities have failed to do so, the findings thereon are also not tenable.
9. For the above reasons, we set aside the impugned order and allow the appeal.
(Order pronounced in the open court on 13/08/2019)
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Stranger Things beats The Walking Dead – Nielsen
By Jesse Whittock
3rd November 2017 @ 11:43
The second season launch of Stranger Things brought SVOD service Netflix more viewers than the latest opener of The Walking Dead, according to Nielsen data.
The stats suggest a whopping 15.8 million people watched the premiere of horror drama Stranger Things on TVs in the US in its first three days from launch. Nielsen described the launch as a “significant viewing event”.
In comparison, AMC series The Walking Dead took 11.44 million, consolidated up to 15 million in the US.
The Stranger Things number comprises nearly eleven million TV viewers.
Netflix has previously rubbished Nielsen’s new measurement data analysis, claiming the numbers it is providing are “not accurate, not even close” to the real figures.
The problem for the Los Gatos-based Netflix is it steadfastly refuses to release any viewing data, as it believes this is irrelevant to its ultimate metric, subscriber numbers. The same applies to other SVOD players such as Amazon.
Nielsen suggests an average of four million people watched Stranger Things episodes following the premiere, and that an eye-opening 361,000 watched all nine episodes on launch day.
Nielsen’s SVOD tracking includes data points such as reach and frequency. It will soon expand to include Hulu and Amazon.
TBI has been tracking demand for digital originals for some time through our In-demand charts, which are provided by entertainment data science firm Parrot Analytics.
Our latest charts, from the Netherlands, showed Stranger Things was generating more demand than The Walking Dead last week.
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Islanders Need to Steer Clear of More Parise Trade Talk
By James Nichols September 30th, 2020
At the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline, New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello, was trying to strike a deal with the Minnesota Wild for forward Zach Parise. However, the clock ran out before an agreement could be made, and the Islanders settled for their new acquisitions, J.G. Pageau and Andy Greene. “You always think there’s something that could potentially happen,” Lamoriello said. “Until it materializes it wasn’t close.”
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The details of the trade for Parise are unclear, but one thing is certain, Parise and the Islanders’ Andrew Ladd had both waived their no-trade clause and were prepared to be dealt to a new team.
Hearing same can be said for Ladd, he's also agreed to waive his NTC. https://t.co/cXmvBPJSlm
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) February 24, 2020
Parise is still with the Wild and Ladd is still with the Islanders. However, it’s now officially the offseason, so should Lamoriello revisit the trade?
The Positives
There is a reason why Lamoriello wanted to acquire Parise, as he brings a strong skill set to the table. He has notched six, 30-plus goal seasons, including 45 goals in 2008-09. He has since maintained a steady 25-plus-goal pace and was on the cusp of recording a 30-goal season before the pandemic interrupted the 2019-20 season.
In a rebuilding year for the Wild, Parise’s 0.36 goals-per-game pace would trend upwards as the center core for the Islanders surely outranks the center core in Minnesota. The Islanders needed a boost in scoring to help them get into the playoffs, and Parise could have provided that had a deal come to fruition.
Parise is also a leader. He was the captain of the New Jersey Devils in the 2011-12 season and has served as an alternate captain for the Wild since he signed with the organization ahead of 2013-14. He has also been an alternate captain for Team USA in many international tournaments, including the 2010 Winter Olympics.
“It’s a big reason why he’s such a great leader on this team and has been on every team he’s been on,” Jason Zucker said. “It’s no secret as to why he was a captain for Team USA [in the 2014 Sochi Olympics]. It’s a great thing to watch and really learn from.”
Minnesota Wild left wing Zach Parise battles New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech behind the net as Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss looks on. (AP Photo/Paul Battaglia)
Off the ice, Parise is considered a locker room presence you want to be around.
“When your best players are your hardest workers, what it does say to the rest of the group is, you better keep up,” former Wild coach Mike Yeo said. “That’s the way he plays the game. Every time he steps over the boards, the eyes go to him. Our players are looking at him and that’s what you want from your leaders.”
Lamoriello drafted Parise to the New Jersey Devils in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, at 17th overall, and watched him grow into a captain through the 2011-12 season. He knew who he was trying to acquire at the deadline.
The Negatives
Despite the glowing reviews from coaches and teammates, there are negative implications if Lamoriello chooses to revisit the trade this offseason. Parise has five years left on his contract with a $7.538 million cap hit. That’s more than Ladd’s $5.5 million cap hit pers season, and he will come off the books sooner than Parise.
The Islanders also still need to sign their restricted free agents, Mathew Barzal, Ryan Pulock, and Devon Toews, with just $8,905,833. Parise’s cap hit won’t help that situation. Barzal could sign a bridge deal of three years on his second contract which will see him through his 25th birthday. However, Parise’s deal will have yet to expire when Barzal is up for his big payday.
Sure, Parise is still producing at the NHL level, but is he expected to keep producing at the 25-goal pace at 36 years old? The Minnesota native would be under contract until the 2024-25 season, just before his 41st birthday.
It’s not just the price tag that should scare off Lamoriello from acquiring the veteran winger. His injury history is a major concern, if not more than his cost.
Ice Chips: Zach Parise out with knee injury. MORE: https://t.co/l9UorcFg5u pic.twitter.com/MFWAC23d5K
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) November 7, 2015
Parise has played in the NHL for 15 seasons, since his rookie campaign in 2005-06. In terms of his health, a torn meniscus in 2010-11 changed the course of Parise’s career, and he has struggled to put together complete 82-game seasons since. In six of his last seven seasons, he has been sidelined with injury both short-term and long-term, with one of those injuries being a scary back injury in 2017-18. His last full season was during the shortened 2012-13 NHL lockout year, when he played all 48 games. Since then, it’s been difficult for Parise to maintain his health through 82 games.
‘I’ve had some pretty unfortunate luck,” Parise said. “The back thing really affected me a lot, so I was playing catch-up for a long time. The most important thing was getting my body working again and that was the biggest thing and that was what was frustrating me. Plays and things where I felt like I should have been able to get to the puck, I couldn’t. So it sucked. I started to question myself. ‘Can I still do this and am I ever going to feel normal again?’”
Parise’s cap hit and his injury history are not worth offloading Ladd’s contract (which ends before Parise’s). Lamoriello has better options, even if it means sending Ladd to “Robidas Island,” by placing the winger on long-term injured reserve to free up cap space. Rather than bring on a big name, it’s time for management to trust the kids, like Oliver Wahlstrom or Kieffer Bellows, or make a bigger splash and trade for an impact player who will push the needle.
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Parise has been a phenomenal asset for the Wild, and the Islanders are right to look for a player who will boost scoring and the power play. However, he’s the wrong player, as the Islanders should look to get a little younger this offseason, while also acquiring a little more skill.
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Microelectromechanical neural community utility
Jacklyn J. Dyer December 12, 2020
As synthetic intelligence has to turn out to be increasingly more state-of-the-art, it has inspired renewed efforts to expand computer systems whose physical architecture mimics the human brain. One method, called reservoir computing, permits hardware devices to obtain the better-size calculations required with the aid of rising synthetic intelligence. One new tool highlights the potential of extraordinarily small mechanical systems to gain those calculations.
A group of researchers on the Université de Sherbrooke in Québec, Canada, reports the development of the primary reservoir computing tool built with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). Published in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing, the neural network exploits the nonlinear dynamics of a microscale silicon beam to carry out its calculations. The organization’s paintings seem to create devices that may act concurrently as a sensor and a pc the usage of a fragment of the strength an everyday laptop would use.
The article seems in a special subject matter phase of the journal dedicated to “New Physics and Materials for Neuromorphic Computation,” which highlights new developments in bodily and substances science studies that preserve promise for developing the very huge-scale, incorporated “neuromorphic” systems of the following day a good way to convey computation past the restrictions of contemporary semiconductors these days.
“These forms of calculations are typically only accomplished in the software program, and computers may be inefficient,” said Guillaume Dion, a creator at the paper. “Many of the sensors nowadays are built with MEMS, so devices like ours would be the ideal technology to blur the boundary among sensors and computer systems.”
The device is based on the nonlinear dynamics of ways the silicon beam, at widths 20 instances thinner than a human hair, oscillates in space. The consequences from this oscillation are used to construct a digital neural network that tasks the enter sign into the better dimensional area required for neural network computing.
In demonstrations, the gadget was capable of the switch among extraordinary common benchmark obligations for neural networks with relative ease, Dion said, including classifying spoken sounds and processing binary styles with accuracies of 78.2 percent and ninety-nine .9 percent respectively.
“This tiny beam of silicon can do very distinctive responsibilities,” said Julien Sylvestre, any other writer at the paper. “It’s incredibly easy to alter it to make it perform properly at recognizing phrases.”
Sylvestre stated he and his colleagues are trying to discover increasingly more complicated computations the use of the silicon beam device, with the hopes of developing small and power-green sensors and robotic controllers.
Our clinical expeditions haven’t just taken us to the realm of massive spatial bodies but also to the sector of the minutes. Micro and Nano era, deal with miniaturized products providing compact and pretty green answers. There is currently no extraordinary distinction among those fields as both of them have sort of a comparable aim; to supply technological gadgets of the minutest sizes. The most effective fundamental distinction is inside the scale. Nanoscale is 3 times smaller than the micro-scale. Nanotech normally concerns itself within the atomic or molecular scale whilst Micro-technology deals with electrical and mechanical gadgets that are close to one-millionth of a meter in length. Operations associated with each of them, however, require a comparable setup that is free of dust and dirt. Additional steps, like unique, get dressed codes and so on. Are taken to make certain that no dust particles engage with the minute merchandise. The following section of the object tries to bring out some of the essential variations in those fields that allows you to convey out a clearer picture.
This is one of the clearer distinctions between micro and nano era. A micrometer is 106 m whilst a manometer is 109 m. Scientists have determined that several unique phenomena display up as the size decreases. Hence the relevant theories regarding the two fields also are fairly one-of-a-kind. More of quantum mechanics plays a hand in nanotech. Over a previous couple of years, many products that were under the scope of Micro-generation have in addition scaled down and are being treated as nanotech products.
Differences between micro and nano era can also be visible inside the specific programs of the two fields. Microelectromechanical System or MEMS might be the most famous application of Micro-generation. MEMS gadgets incorporate mechanical components in addition to electronic circuits embedded onto a small chip. Nanotechnology has received more attention in the current years has numerous programs in lots of regions which include healthcare, IT, vehicle-mobile, textile, and biochemical industries.
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Coronavirus hits sport: AFL to push on with opening round of 2020 season
Sport AFL Coronavirus hits sport: AFL to push on with opening round of 2020 season
8:20pm, Mar 18, 2020 Updated: 9:13pm, Mar 18
Barrackers are aching to see the stars of the game take the field once more. Photo: AAP
The New Daily @TheNewDailyAU
While sport around the world is closing down, the AFL has bucked the trend in deciding to push ahead with Round 1.
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said the 17-round season will “become a 153-round journey”, saying the league needed to be “agile and flexible”.
In the wake of the abandonment of Australian Formula One Grand Prix and the one-day international Trans Tasman cricket series, the AFL’s move on Wednesday night prompted surprise and outrage as some fans echoed the “cash is king” criticism levelled by F1 ace Lewis Hamilton last week.
The 2020 AFL competition will begin on schedule, with reigning premiers Richmond to host Carlton at the MCG on Thursday night, although the league is clearly planning for a shutdown sooner rather than later.
Tweet from @stevesmithffx
The decision to push ahead came after a marathon AFL Commission meeting, followed by a teleconference with all 18 club chief executives on Wednesday.
Games will be shortened, with 16-minute quarters plus time on as the AFL looks to compress as many games into the first part of the season in the expectation that games may have to be abandoned.
AAP reported 88 per cent of AFL players voted on Monday night in favour of starting the season this week despite the outbreak of COVID-19, which has prompted sporting leagues around the world to shut down.
Should just one team member test positive for the coronavirus, like formula one, the pressure would go on the AFL to stop its season.
Games will be held behind closed doors, but the decision means the league can attempt to bank some games before an expected shutdown when the pandemic is expected to peak in April or May.
The AFLW will continue this weekend, but the final two weeks of the home-and-away season has been cut and finals will begin immediately.
“We know at any time a player may test positive and halt our journey temporarily,” McLachlan said.
We know we are building resilience measures in our clubs and our squads so that over the next couple of weeks we are better prepared to deal with the positive test of one or multiple players.
“We start tomorrow night, confident after discussions with the chief medical officer that our players are well placed to bear the proportionate risk of playing a contact sport.
“We feel confident in our club and industry protocols, which we continue to refine based on the best advice available.”
Already AFL players have come in for criticism about the move to push ahead, particularly given the AFL Players Association’s push to play a full season with no pay cuts.
Tweet from @NicNat
The league says it will consult at all times with government and medical officials to balance the wellbeing of players with the financial health of the game.
“Our industry is unified in making a decision to start. The reality is this season will not look like any other,” McLachlan said.
-with AAP
AFL delays call on season as players push to play
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Ad-blockers might actually make it easier for advertisers to track you
by Bryan Clark — in Security
Ad-blocker usage is surging. According to a 2016 report from PageFair, over 615 million devices were blocking ads by the end of 2016.
Most simply want to browse the web uninterrupted by intrusive ads. In that case, ad-blockers do the job. Others, however, expect their ad-blocking tool to limit advertisers’ ability to track them online. These users might be surprised to know it has little impact, and might actually make you more visible.
A 2010 report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation made us all painfully aware that web browsers did little to protect identifying information. After updating the details for 2017, a group of French researchers found that even the most advanced ad-blocking tools do little to stop that years later.
To be fair, it’s not just ad-blockers. Any extension — when paired with other identifying information — helps to create a unique fingerprint for web users. But being identified by extensions like Ghostery, a tool that helps prevent websites from tracking you, is a bit of a kick in the pants.
Running the test on my own browser — with an ad-blocker that claims to prevent me from being tracked and hide identifying information from advertisers — showed that my identity had a fingerprint unique to the 4,766 others who had submitted to the experiment.
You can try it here.
Within seconds the test told me which plugins I was using (on Chrome), what social networks I was logged into, and a handful of other identifying traits that could actually make it easier for advertisers to track me. My browser fingerprint, after all, is completely unique — and even at scale there will be few others with my exact screen resolution, time zone, installed plugins, logged-in social networks, etc.
Ethical issues aside, ad-blockers are mostly up to the task at blocking content you don’t want to see. If you’re relying on them for some semblance of privacy from the pyring eyes of advertisers, stop.
There’s no fail-safe solution, but the researchers suggest using Firefox — which isn’t perfect, but leaks fewer identifying details than others. Also, log out of social networks when not in use (or Google), and turn off third-party cookies in your browser preferences. Aside from that, using fewer plugins helps, as does browsing in incognito mode — which limits which extensions are allowed to run.
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BLM protestor charged with possession of child sexual images
A Black Lives Matter protestor in New Hampshire has been arrested and charged with six counts of possessing child sexual abuse images, in addition to drug charges and falsifying evidence.
July 17, 2020 5:45 PM 1 mins reading
A Black Lives Matter protestor in New Hampshire has been arrested and charged with six counts of possessing child sexual abuse images, in addition to drug charges and falsifying evidence, according to the Conway Daily Sun.
Chris DeVries of Jackson, New Hampshire, was an organizer of a protest called "Skate Away the Hate" on June 21. Protestors rode skateboard and bikes along Route 16 to state their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Part of the protestors demands was a call for defunding the police.
"A New Hampshire anti-racist activist who organized a BLM 'defund the police' protest last month has been arrested & charged w/6 counts of possessing child sex abuse images, falsifying evidence & more," wrote Andy Ngo on Twitter. "Chris DeVries, 37, has [two] young children."
A New Hampshire anti-racist activist who organized a BLM "defund the police" protest last month has been arrested & charged w/6 counts of possessing child sex abuse images, falsifying physical evidence & more. Chris DeVries, 37, has 2 young children. https://t.co/5nCMPP4xmK pic.twitter.com/aMCEvdPgDv
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 16, 2020
The images of child abuse recovered from DeVries show "underage girls either in 'lewd exhibition' of private parts or engaging in sexual activity."
The charge against DeVries of falsifying physical evidence was a result of the suspect's chucking his cellphone off his porch upon the arrival of police at his home.
Police Chief Chris Perley, of Jackson, said "I can't comment on this case specifically or Mr. DeVries as he is a charged criminal defendant pending adjudication and presumed innocent until proven guilty. But," he went on to say, "I can say that generally speaking, people should be very cautious about listening to voices suggesting defunding of the police because their motives are not always in the best interest of society."
DeVries has pleaded "not guilty."
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BLM protests Garcetti at his home for fifth straight day for refusing to further defund the LAPD
The previous budget cut forced the LAPD to dissolve its sexual assault unit and animal cruelty task force.
The Post Millennial The Post Millennial
November 29, 2020 2:55 AM 1 mins reading
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists gathered outside Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's home on Saturday for the fifth day straight. This comes following speculation that Garcetti is in consideration for a position in prospective presidential-elect Joe Biden's cabinet.
BLM is protesting Garcetti following his refusal to further defund the LAPD by $1.8 billion, which is about 90% of their budget. The Los Angeles City Council previously voted 12-2 on Garcetti's proposal to slash $150 million from the police department's budget annual.
5th straight day of protests in front of the home of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti by BLM LA #Garcetti pic.twitter.com/LcUQaM1Z7n
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) November 28, 2020
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, tasked with protecting the mayor, can be seen forming a line in front of his home.
LAPD in front of Mayor of LA home Eric Garcetti puts on their helmets as hundreds continue protesting the mayor for the 5th straight day. #Garcettiprotests pic.twitter.com/tIxWrUhgcy
Unhappy with Garcetti's refusal to commit to abolishing the police, the protesters chanted "Garcetti is the worst mayor in the nation don't chose him for transportation!"
"Garcetti is the worst mayor in the nation don't chose him for transportation" chants from hundreds of protesters in front of the home of LA Eric Garcetti #Garcettiprotest pic.twitter.com/mdXI1KKCEu
He reportedly has been under consideration for secretary of Transportation or Housing and Urban Development. Nonetheless, when asked on whether he is interested in a position, Garcetti has stated it "was one of the last things on my mind."
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Ontario reports dip in new COVID-19 case numbers due to technical issue
Miriam Katawazi Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
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Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 10:21AM EST Last Updated Tuesday, November 24, 2020 11:15AM EST
TORONTO -- Ontario is reporting a dip in the number of new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, but government officials say that a technical error resulted in an underestimated count today and an overestimated count yesterday.
The province issued a statement outlining the error, explaining that the record-breaking 1,589 new cases reported on Monday was overestimated and the 1,009 new cases reported today are underestimated.
Due to the technical issue, Monday’s report included cases registered up until 8 p.m. on Nov. 22 instead of up until 12 p.m. as usual, which led to the two-day error, the province said.
Health officials have not confirmed how many cases should not have been included in Monday’s total and added to today’s total instead. When averaging out new infections reported on both days, Ontario saw 1,299 cases.
The province also reported on Tuesday that 14 more people have died due to COVID-19. The day before, the province reported 19 more deaths.
Seniors continue to be the age group hardest hit by the pandemic. According to the province’s epidemiology report, 10 of the 14 deaths recorded on Tuesday were people living in long-term care homes.
Since the pandemic started in January, of the 3,519 people who have died in Ontario due to the disease and 2,441 were over the age of 80.
Provincial health officials deemed 1,082 more cases to be resolved as of Tuesday, bringing the total number of recovered patients in Ontario to 90,074.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario now stands at 106,510, including deaths and recoveries.
There are at least 534 people currently in Ontario hospitals due to COVID-19 and 159 of those patients are in an intensive care unit. Ninety-one of them are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator.
The province previously stated that once the number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU reaches 150, it becomes harder to support medical needs not related to the disease in hospitals. Furthermore, once 350 COVID-19 patients are in the ICU, it becomes “impossible” to handle other medical needs, the province said.
Where are the COVID-19 cases in Ontario?
Of the 1,009 cases reported on Tuesday, health officials say that 497 were in Toronto, 175 were in Peel Region and 118 were in York Region. Officials say these numbers may be underestimated due to the technical error.
Toronto and Peel Region entered the province’s lockdown phase on Monday, which is the final category in the province’s COVID-19 tiered framework that guides restrictions.
Most non-essential businesses, including gyms, malls and personal care services, will have to shutter in the two COVID-19 hot spots for at least 28 days.
Several other regions in Ontario reported COVID-19 cases numbers in the double digits.
Waterloo reported 40 new cases, Windsor-Essex reported 31 new cases, Simcoe-Muskoka reported 25 new cases, Ottawa and Niagara Region reported 19 new cases, Durham Region reported 16 new cases and Hamilton reported 10 new cases.
Most of the new cases of COVID-19 reported on Tuesday involve people under the age of 80.
There were 354 infections in people between the ages of 20 and 39, at least 307 in people between the ages of 40 and 59 and 130 in people between the ages of 60 and 79. There were 163 cases in people under the age of 19.
COVID-19 testing in Ontario
Officials processed 27,053 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours. The ministry of health said the province’s positivity rate now stands at about 5.8 per cent when including duplicate tests and errors.
There are 29,316 COVID-19 tests still under investigation.
In total, Ontario has processed more than 5.9 million tests since the pandemic began in January
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ligustrum hedge florida
Japanese ligustrum is often trained into small multi-stemmed specimen trees by removing the lower limbs and all but 3-7 stems. From northern China, Korea, and Japan, this lush and compact shrub is a good candidate for topiary forms, bringing a formal look to gardens across the Southwest. U.S. Department of Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A & M University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Bright yellow, dense foliage with no flowers to produce pollen. Shrubs are a beautiful part of any garden, and when I first moved to Florida, I had to do a bit of research to find shrubs that will grow in the heat and humidity that you find in Florida. ; California privet (L. ovalifolium) is a 15-foot (4.5 m.) shrub that forms a nice hedge when closely planted.It requires frequent shearing and produces numerous seedlings that must be removed before they become established. Jim Cuda is an assistant professor in the Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, P.O. This is a common disease of Ligustrum species. For borders along walkways or driveways, plant the shrubs within 4 feet of the surface. Nick T. Place, dean for UF/IFAS Extension. Heavy pruning to reduce the size or to tree form your Ligustrum should be performed in late winter, while the plant is dormant. Wax Leaf Privet, botanical name Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum', is an evergreen shrub that adapts well to most landscape styles in the Southwest. Their yellow and green or white and … Ornamental Characteristics: Native Origin: Japan and Korea. Florida Foliage: Florida Foliage: Florida Foliage : Florida Foliage: Compare with similar items. As broadleaf hedge plants, privets use lots of nitrogen, which keeps their leaves dense and green. Box 110620, Gainesville, Florida 32611-0620 Mark Zeller, is a biologist in the Bureau of Invasive Plant Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 3917 Commonwealth Boulevard, M. S. 710, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000. Colorful Screens, Accents and More. Japanese privet (L. japonicum) grows 10 feet tall (3 m.) and 5 or 6 feet (1.5-2 m.) wide.It is commonly used as a hedge or screen plant, and can be shaped into a small tree. All have abundant, showy clusters of very sweet smelling, white flowers in late spring. Ligustrum is a genus that contains approximately forty species of hedge shrubs and trees. No pruning necessary, however can be pruned as a formal hedge or small tree. But bloom time is short and these shrubs have other attributes to make them invaluable landscape plants for South Florida. Looking for shrubs for shade? Ligustrum sinense is the most free-flowering deciduous privet, forming a large, spreading, arching shrub packed with panicles of white flowers in midsummer, followed by small, round, black fruit. There are about 50 species of Ligustrum, all native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia.Ligustrum has been developed into an assortment of ornamental varieties in the U.S. and other parts of the world.In 1852, privet was introduced to the United States for use as an ornamental shrub and is still commonly used as a hedge. There are two Cercospora species which cause this leaf spot disease. This versatile shrub can be used as a solid hedge and for creating tall screens. In addition to that, there are eleven accepted species of Ligustrum. Common or European privet (Ligustrum vulgare) is a wild child, escaping cultivation in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 7 and earning the label "invasive." Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . Ligustrum recurvifolium Shrubs for Sale Online. Privets are most often grown as hedge plants because they are so easy to grow. Plant these shrubs at least 3 to 4 feet apart, center on center. Florida Privet, (Forestiera segregata) makes a dense hedge that is good for screening an unwanted view or providing privacy to a beach-side patio. Although often used as a shrub or hedge, Japanese privet works well when allowed to grow into a small tree, its curved multiple trunks and dark green canopy creating an interesting architectural focus, 8 to 12 feet tall and often considerably wider, for the landscape. long (10 cm), distinctively paler beneath, and upright panicles of small, creamy-white flowers in late spring to early summer. Shearing of Ligustrum can be performed any time of year, however, to avoid damaging new growth that emerges after pruning, I recommend ceasing pruning two months prior to the average first frost date in your area. Need a hedge in a hurry for a sunny area? A related species, Pseudocercospora causes similar spots. Cold hardy to Zone 8B, the Florida privet will provide cover and fruit for a variety of birds. Jun 28, 2015 - Explore Karen Hine's board "Ligustrum", followed by 1240 people on Pinterest. Sunshine Ligustrum Spacing. 1. They make wonderful privacy hedges along the line of a property. The fragrant blossoms are considered by many to have an unpleasant aroma. Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum' NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Depending on the climate, Japanese spindle hedges can be evergreen or deciduous. Grow Ligustrum sinense in moist but well-drained soil in full sun or light shade. For hedge shrubs, space each Ligustrum tree 3 or 4 feet apart and place them at least 3 feet away from any structure. Great news for allergy sufferers. Selective Pruning of Ligustrum. Ligustrum Recurvifolium is a large, fast-growing, upright, evergreen shrub, which is highly adaptable to most soils. Ses feuilles sont de couleur vert moyen largement bordées de jaune vif … Chinese privets produce leaves with cream, yellow and green variegation, … One type of fertilizer best suited to meet their need is a granular, 15-5-10 formula, according to the University of Florida IFAS Extension website. Ligustrums, or privets, provide an easily trained shrub for hedge and accent plantings. Advertisement. Species Overview. Great for a mid-sized foundation hedge or privacy screen. The Wavy Leaf Ligustrum can be used as a single, striking shrub or to create a lovely, living hedge or privacy screen. Also excellent for adding a splash of colors in patio containers. It’s a hassle-free hedge and privacy screen, adaptable to drought, soil type and more: The Variegated Privet is second to none. Recurve Ligustrum, Ligustrum japonicum 'Recurvifolium', is a tough and adaptable fast-growing evergreen flowering shrub which makes an excellent hedge or attractive small tree. Customers who viewed this item also viewed . Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) The dense foliage of Japanese spindle masks it an excellent plant for privacy hedge. According to the Southern Living Plant Collection, which offers this plant for purchase, "Ideal as a hedge in the landscape, Sunshine Ligustrum offers year-round golden foliage that flourishes in full sun.This sterile, non-invasive cultivar will not re-seed into the landscape. Common Names: Japanese Privet, Wax-Leaf Privet, Ligustrum. Tough and indestructible, it makes an effective boundary hedge and can easily be pruned. There are a lot of shrubs that will grow in this area of the country, and in this guide, I will list 35 different options to help you find the perfect shrubs for your garden in Florida. Ligustrum sinense 'Sunshine' is a hardy, evergreen planting with bright yellow foliage. Cooperative Extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Many other Ligustrum species, however, are more well-mannered landscape plants, but still may spread by seed dispersal. The University of Florida (UF), together with Florida A&M University (FAMU), administers the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. The Ligustrum is more commonly known as the Privet; which is used for privacy hedging. Sunshine Ligustrum: Sunshine Ligustrum is a mid-sized, fast-growing, upright, evergreen shrub, which is highly adaptable to most soils. Not only is it an average-to-fast-growing hedge plant that is easy to clip, it boasts attractive foliage that makes a fantastic aesthetic addition to a cottage or informal garden but works just as well when used for a formal display. 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DHL Stormers 2016 season review
The 2016 Vodacom Super Rugby season saw the DHL Stormers take some bold steps into a new era.
With a new format which featured 18 teams, four different conferences and a new management team of Head Coach Robbie Fleck, Forwards Coach Russell Winter and Defence Coach Paul Treu, the DHL Stormers topped Africa Conference One and qualified for the play-offs seeded third.
Fleck and his team pledged to play fearless rugby in a campaign which would see them pitted against teams from South Africa, Japan, Argentina and Australia, and they managed 10 wins from their 16 games with five defeats and a draw.
The season started with convincing victories against conference rivals the Vodacom Bulls and the Toyota Cheetahs, and they would end the regular season nine log points ahead of the team from Pretoria who were their nearest challengers in Africa Conference One as the DHL Stormers collected their fourth conference title in the last six years.
There were many talented young players who were exposed to Vodacom Super Rugby in 2016, with props JC Janse van Rensburg and JP Smith, locks Pieter-Steph du Toit, Chris van Zyl and JD Schickerling, loose forward Kobus van Dyk, scrumhalf Jano Vermaak, flyhalves Jean-Luc du Plessis and Brandon Thomson, centre Daniel du Plessis and outside backs Leolin Zas and Scott van Breda all making their DHL Stormers debut.
There were also some stalwarts who played their last DHL Stormers match in 2016, with veteran loose forward Schalk Burger (Saracens), scrumhalves Nic Groom (Northampton Saints) and Louis Schreuder (Koboto Spears), prop Vincent Koch (Saracens) and lock Jean Kleyn (Munster) all leaving the franchise at the end of the season.
All four games the DHL Stormers lost during the regular season (against Cell C Sharks, Waratahs, Emirates Lions and Vodacom Bulls) saw them claim bonus points for finishing within seven points of their opponents.
The regular season ended with four consecutive victories as they beat the Toyota Cheetahs a second time at DHL Newlands ahead of the June international break, and then claimed bonus-point victories against the Rebels and Force on their tour of Australia before returning to DHL Newlands where they ran in eight tries in a big win against the Kings to secure a home quarterfinal.
In their 15 regular season matches the DHL Stormers conceded just 28 tries, which was the least of any team in the competition, and managed to score 49 tries of their own.
The DHL Stormers had the best defensive line-out in the competition, stealing 24% of opposition ball and winning 86% of their own ball.
Having qualified for the play-offs as third seeds, the DHL Stormers hosted the Chiefs in their quarterfinal at DHL Newlands, but fell short against the two-time champions from Hamilton.
Fleck said that while it was disappointing to lose in the quarterfinal, there were many positives in the 2016 Vodacom Super Rugby campaign which bodes well for the franchise going forward.
“Obviously it is really disappointing and it is going to be a tough one to swallow, but for me as a coach it has been a great experience, I have had good leadership around me and the players have been fantastic in terms of their buy-in.
“I am certainly excited about what we can do as a group going forward.
“We brought through a lot of talented young players this season who now have a taste of what Vodacom Super Rugby is all about.
“We have learned a lot in this campaign as a squad and as management staff and we are very motivated to apply those lessons next year,” he said.
Fleck added that it is vital for the squad and management to build on what they achieved this season going forward.
“It takes time to build a team, a culture and a style of play, but we still managed to achieve the goals that we set ourselves at the start of the season by playing a home play-off match.
“We are determined to build on the base that we have created next year. Even though the quarterfinal against the Chiefs was a disappointment, there was a lot that we took from that game going forward, and we are looking forward to the challenge of playing against New Zealand teams next year,” said Fleck.
DHL Stormers Vodacom Super Rugby 2016 results:
DHL Stormers 33-9 Vodacom Bulls (DHL Newlands)
Toyota Cheetahs 10-20 DHL Stormers (Toyota Stadium)
DHL Stormers 13-18 Cell C Sharks (DHL Newlands)
DHL Stormers 33-9 Brumbies (DHL Newlands)
Jaguares 8-13 DHL Stormers (Estadio Jose Emalfitani)
DHL Stormers 46-19 Sunwolves (DHL Newlands)
Emirates Lions 29-22 DHL Stormers (Emirates Airline Park)
DHL Stormers 40-22 Reds (DHL Newlands)
DHL Stormers 30-32 Waratahs (DHL Newlands)
Sunwolves 17-17 DHL Stormers (Singapore National Stadium)
Vodacom Bulls 17-13 DHL Stormers (Loftus Versfeld)
DHL Stormers 31-24 Toyota Cheetahs (DHL Newlands)
Rebels 31-57 DHL Stormers (AAMI Park)
Force 3-22 DHL Stormers (nib Stadium)
DHL Stormers 52-24 Southern Kings (DHL Newlands)
DHL Stormers 21-60 Chiefs (DHL Newlands)
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Low cocoa prices remain unsolved, a report shows
byStephen Kotochie
Low cocoa prices remain a major challenge to the cocoa sector after several promises to address the situation have not materialized, the 2020 Cocoa Barometer report shows.
The report published on Monday, December 1, 2020 by Solidaridad in West Africa, reveals that whilst bad farming practices in the cocoa sector have been addressed, the underlying problems that exacerbate extreme poverty including low cocoa prices, lack of infrastructure, and no transparency and accountability as you move higher in the supply chain remain unsolved.
As a key requirement, the report recommends the need to make the payment of a living income reference price of at least $3.100 in the cocoa season 2021/2022.
The report says after two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labor, and deforestation.
The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report has, therefore, outlined the necessary steps government and industry should take, together with farmers and civil society organizations, to end deforestation and human rights abuses in cocoa supply chains.
As a biennial review of sustainability in the cocoa sector, the 2020 Cocoa Barometer report provides stark details of how little positive impact current and past interventions are having for the farmers at the beginning of the supply chain.
The report notes that after twenty years, the challenges on the ground remain as large as ever. Poverty is still the daily reality for virtually all West African cocoa farmer families, child labor remains rife and old-growth forests continue to be cleared to make way for cocoa production.
“After two decades of voluntary initiatives that do not tackle the root causes, it is time for systemic change in the sector
“All the ingredients are there to make it work, but it is now time to move forward, and put in place ambitious, holistic and mandatory change so that we can finally tackle the poverty, child labor, and deforestation in cocoa”, says Cocoa Barometer co-author Antonie Fountain of the VOICE Network.
The report finds that the last two decades of interventions have failed for three main reasons.
First, efforts have only been voluntary, not mandatory, meaning that across the sector, actors are failing to do what they need to. Within the multitude of government-driven covenants, national multi-stakeholder platforms, and sector-wide collaborations, there are no penalties for non-compliance from companies or governments, nor enforcement to meet targets.
Second, whilst bad farming practice has been addressed, the underlying problems that exacerbate extreme poverty – including low cocoa prices, lack of infrastructure, and no transparency and accountability as you move higher in the supply chain remain unchallenged and unsolved.
Third, efforts to solve complex issues of injustice and unsustainability in the sector have not been inclusive or holistic enough. Instead of inviting farmers and civic society to take a respected seat at the decision-making table, problems have been assessed using a top-down industry-based approach. This serves the interests of industry and government, rather than the producer farmers and their communities.
“We are at the crossroads. Do we continue skirting around the issue of farmers’ wellbeing, or will all stakeholders together radically redesign value distribution and decision making in the cocoa sector? Let’s make space at the table and assure a living income, for both farmers and workers”, says Isaac Gyamfi, managing director for Solidaridad in West Africa.
Sandra Sarkwah, Coordinator for the Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP), who supports the publication said;
“Efforts of sector players to change the story of farmers keep on beating about the bush when evidence presents to us the plight of farmers, thus, low income from their hard work is a major threat to cocoa sustainability.
“Processors, chocolate manufacturing companies, and retailers who earn a large chunk from the value chain must be fair to farmers by paying a living income and this must reach the farmer.
“This will require the efforts of various actors, including civil society organizations in both producing and consuming countries, as well as strong farmer cooperatives to demand transparency and accountability for effective delivery of pricing policies for better farm gate prices for farmers”.
The report makes three key recommendations: Regulation that changes the system, rather than penalizing the farmers; Effective partnerships between producer and consumer countries; and Deliver on a fair price for farmers.
The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report provides an overview of the current sustainability developments in the cocoa sector and highlights critical issues that are not receiving sufficient attention at present. It is an endeavor to stimulate and enable stakeholders to communicate and discuss these critical issues.
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One of the many abandoned buildings, which remain inaccessible due to the threat of unexploded ordnance and leftover mines.
Kostya Zarubin sits inside his grandparentsâ home, where he grew up - two floors below his best friendâs Edikâs home. The boys were 15 years-old when they climbed a slag heap to âlook at the war,â oblivious to the danger.
Slag heaps - residue of mine shaft excavations, pile high near Lysychansk, Luhansk region. Popular with local kids, these heaps served as observation posts for artillery spotters and military personnel during the war.
Pavel Albulov shows the deep scar in the center of his forehead, left behind after a booby-trap went off after opening the door to a house. He went inside to feed the animals left behind by the fleeing neighbours.
Billboard in Slavyansk, Donetsk Region, warns of dangers posed by mines and unexploded ordnance. Similar posters can be found onboard trains - both of which have only appeared recently.
Children walk from school near the village of Troitske, Luhansk Region. The village has been at the forefront of trenchline fighting for the past year, and have subsequently seen heavy artillery damage and continuing threat of unexploded ordnance, mines and booby-traps.
Pavelâs wife stands defiantly in front of her home. âWe have food, electricity, We donât need anything, I canât even eat properly. We just want peace.
âMinesâ etched into the front gate. The owner was injured when returning home by a booby-trap left behind by the soldiers.
âI pushed my bike first through the gate, thatâs when the booby-trap went off,â he explains. âI walked home one and half kilometer, with blood pouring down. My wife gave a glass of samagon [homemade spirit], and I walked further to get medical help.â
Laos: Mobile Clinic Treats Survivors ...
Xieng Khouang Province
By Alison McCauley
COPE (Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise) is a non-profit organization that supports the Ministry of Health’s Center for Medical Rehabilitation (CMR) in Laos. COPE provides technical training for CMR prosthetists, orthotists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. COPE and CMR work together to ensure comprehensive rehabilitation services for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survivors and other people with disabilities throughout Laos.
Laos is, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world and Xieng Khouang Province is the most heavily bombed province in Laos.
In the wake of the United States’ reaffirmation that it will provide further assistance for UXO clearance in Laos and before President Obama’s scheduled visit to Laos in September this year, I decided to take a closer look at the treatment of those injured by UXOs in Laos. In May and June 2016, I accompanied COPE during a mobile clinic that travelled to remote areas of Xieng Khouang Province, in Lao PDR.
Although COPE covers all the patients’ expenses to access physical rehabilitation services, difficult road conditions, family responsibilities, and fear about traveling far from the familiarity of home prevent many people with physical disabilities in Laos from seeking treatment. Acknowledging the existence of these barriers, COPE and the CMR are piloting mobile clinics. These clinics are sponsored by USAID and also supported by the government of Canada.
Cope’s mobile clinics enable people with disabilities to get the services they need. Lack of access can make a manageable health problem turn into serious disability. Difficulty accessing quality healthcare remains a recurring problem for most Lao people living in rural areas. Frequently, a simple treatment can have a big impact on a patient’s life, especially in underserved rural areas.
In May and June 2016, the mobile clinic treated more than 100 patients.
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A typically busy morning during the Xieng Khouang mobile clinic
The team advises a young couple about treatment for their babyâs scoliosis. They also referred the family to a plastic surgeon so that the babyâs cleft lip and palate can be corrected.
A medical technician takes measurements, so that he can begin making prosthesis for a patient
The doctor fills in a chart for a little boy with clubfeet.
The casts that will be used to make leg braces for a little boy with clubfeet
Wiak, 13, having his bandages changed a few days after suffering terrible injuries to his left hand and losing part of his right index finger and thumb to a UXO explosion on his familyâs farm
Three siblings with fused fingers. They will have surgery to have their fingers separated. The high incidence of congenital anomalies in Laos is probably due to the more than half a million gallons of Agent Orange that were sprayed on Laos during the Vietnam War.
The orthopedic compensation shoes that will help this woman to walk without limping and which will ease her back pain
A mother waits for a lift back to her village after getting support from the clinic for her babyâs hip dysplasia
Physiotherapist, Am Heng, checks a young patient
A physiotherapist and a doctor help a boy with nerve and muscle damage in his arms.
Physiotherapist Am Heng comforts a boy while the doctor prepares a cast for his foot
COPE Rehabilitation Manager, Suresh Selvaraj, helps a patient with cerebral palsy
A young man with a congenital malformation of his hands has a cast made. The cast will be used to make a support that will increase the flexibility of his atrophied muscles.
A prosthesis and crutches put to the side while a patient is measured for his new prosthesis
Wiak, 13, in hospital with his brother four days after suffering terrible injuries to his left hand and losing part of his right index finger and thumb to a UXO explosion
The casts that were made in one day of the mobile clinic
The team advises a man who has severe burn injuries to his hand
A young man, who lost an arm and who was badly burnt in an explosion at work, waits patiently for the doctors to make a cast of his arm.
COPE Rehabilitation Manager, Suresh Selvaraj, helps a patient to exercise his atrophied muscles
A boy, happy that his orthopedic shoes give him more stability
A twenty-year-old woman who canât walk sits proudly in her first ever wheel chair that the mobile clinic team has given her
A young boy, wearing his new orthopedic shoes, catches up with his father after having his legs cast so that he can get braces made to support his legs
30-year-old Hone, who lives in an isolated mountain village, could not reach a hospital because of his heavy disabilities. A truck was sent to Honeâs village with some mobility assistive devices and a physiotherapist.
Before the arrival of the mobile clinic, 30 year old Hone has crawled all his life on his hands and feet
A doctor examines the worn out prosthetic leg of a 14-year old girl
14-year old Ler, who was born without a tibia bone in one leg, has used a lower-leg prosthesis since she was 4. She came to the mobile-clinic to adjust her prosthesis. Children and teenagers need to do have adjustments every 6 months.
COPEâs vehicles make their way through the mountains of Xieng Khouang Province, Laos
Onh, on the left, lost most of his left hand in a fire when he was a baby. Dr Boavanh, one of the few female surgeons in the Lao PDR, explains how he could get back a thumb and have better use of his hand.
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Ryan Companies will ask to continue their hearing at the Plan Commission meeting to be held July 8. The rescheduled hearing will likely be continued to the next scheduled meeting of the Plan Commission, August 12.
Important announcement regarding the July 4th Parade and Festival Read the announcement here
The DuPage River Salt Creek Workshop will be hosting a Virtual Open House to learn about the plan to improve water quality, recreation, and education on Salt Creek at Fullersburg Woods. For more information view the flyer.
Welcome Back! Village Hall will reopen to the public on Friday, June 26th!
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced that recordings of two webinars hosted Thursday to help businesses and lenders with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Applications.
Village Plan Commission Meeting of June 24, 2020 at 7:30 pm: Dial-in Instructions for Public Comment/Participation
The Office of Gov. Pritzker released updates to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan, to tentatively begin June 26. Included are updates regarding bars/restaurants, outdoor activities, health clubs, retail, and personal care services etc. - Read the details here.
The Village has extended the Vehicle Sticker purchasing deadline to June 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vehicle stickers purchased after June 30 will be assessed a $ 25.00 late fee per sticker. For more information on how to purchase or renew your sticker - CLICK HERE
The Hinsdale Fire Department, in conjunction with the Hinsdale Water Department, will be testing fire hydrants throughout the Village during the upcoming weeks. Continue reading to learn what this means for residents. Contact the Fire Department at 630-789-7060 with questions.
Attached is the public hearing notice for the upcoming public hearing before the Village of Hinsdale Plan Commission on June 10, 2020. - Click Here to Read the Notice
The Village's Plan Commission and Board of Trustees seek your input prior to the meeting, continue reading for more information.
The Village has been made aware that Hinsdale Central students have rescheduled a Black Lives Matter rally in Burlington Park Saturday, June 6 at 1 p.m. The Hinsdale Police Department will be present at the event to ensure everyone’s safety.
Hinsdale Protest Postponed. This afternoon, Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King and Deputy Chief Lillie met with protest organizers in an effort to help plan a peaceful and safe protest for the marchers, residents and business community.
The Village has been made aware of a planned peaceful demonstration scheduled for June 3 in Hinsdale. The Police Department is in contact with the group and is doing what they can to ensure the safety of participants and the Village. Click Here for the Full Release from the Police Department
As a result of threats and attacks against businesses around the Chicagoland area that have been widely reported by the media, the Hinsdale Police has added patrol personnel and will continue to closely monitor activities. As always, if you see suspicious activities, please call 9-1-1.
Introducing Hinsdale's Shop Local Campaign! Beginning June 1st, you will start to see the “shop local heart” displayed all over town with various messages of “Shop-, Dine-, Relax-, or Play- Local”; encouraging our community to “put their money where their heart is!” - Read More
Beginning May 29, restaurants may offer outdoor dining in accordance with Phase 3 of the Governor's Restore Illinois Plan. For more information and guidelines click here:
Retailers are encouraged to review the Retail Guidelines from Phase 3 of the State's Restore Illinois Plan - Click Here.
Bridge Closure: IDOT will be closing the Chicago Avenue bridge over Route 83 for a bridge deck repair project. Work on the project started May 21. The detour route will be Ogden Avenue and the detour for thru traffic will be posted for Madison Street and Cass Avenue.
The annual Hinsdale Farmer's Market is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 1st. For more information visit the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce website. - Click Here
A letter to businesses from President Cauley regarding the Village's plan to support all businesses during this time. - Click Here
DuPage County Health Department COVID-19 Dashboard is a valuable resource to learn how the pandemic is specifically effecting the Hinsdale community and the entire county. Distinguish between the number of Hinsdale cases in long term care facilities versus the general public.
DuPage County has announced today that it will launch Reinvest DuPage, a grant relief program developed in partnership with Choose DuPage for small businesses and independent contractors. The online-only application portal is expected to launch at 9 a.m. May 18.
A letter to residents and business owners from President Cauley regarding a proposed plan for closing portions of streets downtown for restaurant seating. - Click Here
Restore Illinois - The Office of Governor Pritzker's comprehensive guide covering the phases and public health approach to reopening our state.
Beginning May 1, the following Hinsdale retailers are offering modified hours and services. Please see the attached document for specifics and contact information for businesses. - Click Here
On April 23, 2020 Governor Pritzker announced the extension of the Stay-at-Home order through May 30th. Continue reading for highlighted changes in the updated order.
Effective May 1, annual building permit fees will see a 2.3% increase. The changes are highlighted in the following memorandum. - Read More
Announcing Hinsdale's first-ever Virtual Restaurant Week! Mark your calendars for May 18-May 24. For more information on participating restaurants and specials click here.
The Governor's most recent Shelter-in-place Executive Order allows for restricted and gradual opening of golf courses and other recreational activities. Continue reading to learn the specific changes The Village of Hinsdale will be instituting starting May 1.
Governor Pritzker's office is collecting and responding to questions regarding the State’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Citizens may email Gov.COVID19stakeholder@illinois.gov, with questions, comments & recommendations.
Rep. Casten voted to pass the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, a $480 billion interim funding bill to support small businesses, hospitals, and nationwide COVID testing. A webinar will be hosted Saturday 4/25 to assist small businesses and nonprofits.
Business Assistance Program Summary
View the attached document for a summary of the available resources and assistance programs for businesses effected by the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Please see the attached notice to all building permit applicants regarding the status of applications during this unprecedented time.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Republic Services has delayed the start of yard waste collection. Yard waste collection typically begins on April 1, but will be postponed until the week starting Monday, April 20. Republic will also resume collecting bulk items on Monday, April 27.
The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association has provided water system flushing guidance for buildings (schools, churches, commercial/industrial buildings, etc.) that have experienced extended periods of low or no water use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more to learn how ComEd is supporting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Village has extended vehicle sticker and animal license renewals through June 15. Click here to learn more about vehicle stickers.
Community Memorial Foundation Response Fund grant availability to eligible organizations. Continue reading for further information and qualifications.
DuPage Business Resources
Choose DuPage is committed to assisting and connecting businesses in DuPage County with the resources they need during this time. Follow the link for a list of business and industry resources related to COVID-19.
Register for their April 7 Webinar here.
Southbound Garfield between First and Third Street will be closed until Wednesday, April 15 due to the construction of a bus lane curb.
Provided is the link to the application for the Payroll Protection Program offering forgivable loans to small businesses and not for profits. Applications may be submitted Friday, April 3 through June 30, 2020.
An update regarding Verizon 5G Wireless Technology installations during COVID-19 crisis. Continue reading for communications between Verizon and the Village.
Please see information regarding the Public Assistance Grant Program which provides funding for local governments and certain private non-profit organizations through the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act).
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Announces Help for Consumers Struggling to Make Payments on their Debts Due to the COVID-19 Crisis and Guidance for its Regulated Financial Sectors.
View the current cases of COVID-19 in DuPage or Cook County by navigating to either of their Health Department web pages.
Under the leadership of Governor Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce is working with partners to launch emergency assistance programs for Illinois small businesses. For more information on these initiatives click here.
Tollway Update on Pile Driving
The Tollway construction of the BNSF Bridge over I-294 in Hinsdale included pile driving in the center median of I-294, producing loud, disruptive noise overnight. The Tollway has since amended its construction plan. Continue reading for more information.
Seniors looking for resources during the COVID-19 pandemic can find beneficial information from local agencies. Continue reading for more information.
While parks remain open for public use, they are not to be used as spaces for community gathering. Please continue reading for the DOs and DON'Ts of visiting parks during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Blood drive at AMITA Health (121 N. Elm) - Wednesday April 1 from 1pm-5pm. Click here to learn more.
Are your business operations deemed essential or non-essential by the Illinois Department of Commerce? Continue reading for assistance with determining the best way to operate your business during this time.
Beginning Monday, March 23, with prior approval qualifying individuals will be able to be tested for COVID-19 with Burr Ridge based Metro Infectious Disease Consultants (MIDC). To find if you approve for testing read on for more information.
Stay at Home Executive Order
Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-10 requiring all Illinoisans to stay in their homes to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. The order will take effect Saturday, March 21st at 5pm CST.
Continue reading for more information on what this means.
Subscribe to the DuPage County Health Department's COVID-19 Weekly Update Newsletter for current information and resources for DuPage County by clicking here.
Please click here for modifications to Hinsdale Retail Store hours during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Governor's Office Daily COVID-19 Q&A
The attached document contains answers to frequently asked questions on unemployment benefits/business relief, school closings, child care, & services for senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Metra Schedule Changing Effective 3/23
Metra will begin operating an alternate weekday schedule on Monday, March 23, to adjust for the reduced number of riders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here more information from Metra.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Information
The Village of Hinsdale and local, state, and federal health partners are closely monitoring the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). As the situation evolves, the Village will continue to post updates and resources in our featured news.
State of Illinois COVID-19 Website
The State of Illinois launched a website specific to providing information, resources, and updates regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). To navigate to this site, click here.
Hinsdale Platform Tennis Association (HPTA) is closing the KLM Platform Hut through April 1st effective immediately due to the cirucmstances surrounding COVID-19. Courts will remain open.
Support Local Businesses during COVID-19
The Village will be adhering to State restrictions prohibiting indoor dining at local restaurants and bars. Continue reading for more information on businesses offering carryout, drive-thru, and drive-up options in the area.
Beginning Monday March 16, Village Hall will be closed to the public. Essential Village services will continue as normal. Continue reading for more information.
How to Access Village Services Electronically
View the attached flyer to find quick links and information on how to access Village Services electronically during the COVID-19 Village Hall closure.
Small businesses affected by COVID-19 are asked to complete the attached questionnaire from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), linked here.
The DuPage Water Commission wants to remind its customers that tap water is safe to use and drink. Please see their press release regarding the COVID-19 outbreak for more information.
Gov. Pritzker Announces Bars and Restaurants Will Close to Public by End of Monday 3/16 to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. For the full news release click here.
DuPage County Resident Tests Positive for Coronavirus Disease
See the attached news release for more information from the DuPage County Health Department.
State of Illinois and City of Chicago Issue New Guidance to Minimize COVID-19 Spread
These new precautionary measures were developed with large events and gatherings in mind, and will promote social distancing practices.
Recreation Programming and COVID-19
View the letter regarding the Recreation Department's plan for recreational programming in response to COVID-19. Click Read More to view a list of program cancellations, updated daily.
DCHD Recommendation for Large Community Events
In light of COVID-19 in the region, the DuPage County Health Department recommends cancellations and other alternatives for large community events (250+ people) in their News Release.
View more COVID-19 info and resources on the Village Website.
Metra Customer Satisfaction Survey
As part of its commitment to providing safe, reliable and efficient train service, Metra is asking its customers to provide feedback via their online customer satisfaction survey. For further information view the attached News Release.
Annual Pest Management Review Meeting
The Board or Trustees of the Village of Hinsdale will meet on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Avenue, Hinsdale to conduct the annual Integrated Pest Management review meeting.
The Village Board will discuss the parking changes in the Central Business District at the second Board Meeting in March. For more information on the proposed parking plan click here.
The Village recognized Jim Piontkowski, Building Maintenance Supervisor for his 40 years of dedicated service to the Village of Hinsdale at the February 4, 2020 Board Meeting.
Hinsdale Restaurant Week March 1-8
Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner specials from the best restaurants in the culinary jewel of the western suburbs. To view the Restaurant Week specials, click here.
The Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce is seeking a part-time Market Manager to manage day to day operations for the Hinsdale Farmers Market and to coordinate vendor relations. The market is held Mondays from 7 am to 1 pm from June through October with approximately 25 vendors.
Click here to view the February 11, 2020 press release regarding 111 N. Grant Street in Hinsdale.
What is the 2020 Census? The Census is a headcount of every person in the United States that happens every 10 years. The Village of Hinsdale asks all residents to participate in the 2020 Census because the results impact representation and funding. For more information, click here.
Hinsdale Restaurant Week, March 1-8
Enjoy dining at the best restaurants in Hinsdale featuring breakfast and lunch specials and 3-4 prix fixe dinner menus from $25-$39 all week. Click here view individual restaurant specials.
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting to fill hundreds of thousands of temporary positions across the country to assist with the 2020 Census count. For more information, click here.
The Village of Hinsdale is pleased to announce that it was selected as a grant recipient for the 2020 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development award program on Jan. 17, 2020. The $400,000 grant is designated for renovation of the Hinsdale Community Pool. View the official press release here.
The DuPage County Stormwater Management Planning Committee will hold a public meeting on February 4 at 7:30 a.m. as part of their regularly scheduled meeting to allow the public to provide input on the DuPage County Water Quality Program. Click here for more details.
The Village's tree pruning program is scheduled to begin in January. The area of the Village that will be pruned this cycle is encompassed by Monroe Street on the west, Garfield Street on the east, Chicago Avenue on the south and Ogden Avenue on the north. Read More.
Click here to watch CBS Chicago talk about 5G cell service with local Hinsdale residents.
Stop 5G Hinsdale is hosting a fundraiser and their 3rd Town Hall Information Session for the Western Suburbs. Click here for more information.
The Village of Hinsdale's Parks and Recreation Department is hiring seasonal positions including Lifeguards, Cashiers, Diving Coach, Water Polo Instructors and a Parks and Recreation Intern.
Metra is launching a survey about new railcars to gain input from its customers via an online survey. Read More
Metra will be adjusting service schedules, offering special holiday passes and free trips for kids during the holiday season. Read More
Click here to view a notice from the Village of Willowbrook regarding the decommissioning of tanks at the Sterigenics property.
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced repairs to the Chicago Avenue bridge over Illinois Route 83 (Kingery Highway). For more information, click here.
Please click here to view the Village's Draft Budget for Calendar Year 2020.
As part of the Central Tri-State Tollway I-294 Project, the existing pedestrian bridge that connects Western Springs and Hinsdale is being replaced. The Village, along with the Village of Western Springs are working together to determine the location of the new bridge. Click here to take the survey.
Free leaf collection will begin the week of October 21 and run through the end of November. Leaves should be placed in kraft paper bags, and no waste sticker is required. Leaves can be left at the curb on your normal refuse pick-up day.
Please click here to view the Village's Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan draft for calendar year 2020 through 2024.
Sterigenics announces plans to exit Willowbrook operations following approval from State and Illinois EPA to implement changes Read More
On Friday, September 13, the Tollway anticipates overnight left lane closures in both directions on I-294 from 55th to Salt Creek for shoulder work from 8pm-6am.
The Illinois Tollway is reconstructing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Bridge, which carries the triple-track railroad over the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) between Hinsdale and Western Springs, to accommodate the widening of the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294).
Please be advised that Metra has announced several minor changes in the BNSF train line starting September 3.
Hinsdale Chamber Annual Merchant's Garage Sale
Saturday, September 14, 9am-4pm at the Hinsdale Public Works Garage located at 225 Symonds Drive.
DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Fullerton issued a favorable ruling for the Village of Hinsdale when he granted the Village of Hinsdale’s Motion to Intervene to become party to the lawsuit the Illinois Attorney General filed against Sterigenics in October 2018.
The Willowbrook area community and politicians are outraged over plans to re-open the Sterigenics plant after testing found it was emitting a cancer-causing chemical in the air in a radius around the plant.
The Illinois EPA has scheduled a formal public meeting to accept oral comments on a draft construction permit to place significant new controls on emissions at the Sterigenics US, LLC facility, located at 7775 Quincy Street in Willowbrook.
With significant road work activity in the vicinity of Hinsdale, the Engineering Department would like to share a few construction projects that may cause delays for Hinsdale residents.
The Desplaines Valley Mosquito Abatement routinely monitors adult mosquito populations in Cook County for the presence of West Nile Virus, with the first positive sample for this season collected from their LaGrange trap this past weekend. Please click here for additional information.
President Cauley’s Statement To Residents Concerning Parking Deck, Which Addresses The School District’s June 19, 2019 Email Blast.
The Village of Hinsdale has been notified by the DuPage County Health Department, that mosquitos collected in one of the DuPage County’s traps have tested positive for the West Nile Virus. The trap is located near the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Elm Street.
Enjoy live music in Burlington Park every Thursday at the Uniquely Thursdays Concert Series. Click here to view the band line up.
On June 11, the Village Board passed a Village ordinance that requires all dogs on the public way shall be restrained at all times by way of a leash.
The 43rd Annual Hinsdale Farmers Market is open every Monday through October 14 in Burlington Park. Stop by between 7:00am-1:00pm to pick up fresh produce, cheese, bread, fish, fresh cut flowers, coffee, juice, oils and more!
The Brook Park pickleball courts, tennis courts and basketball courts are under construction. Please remain off the courts until they are completed.
On May 30, the Chicago Tribune released an article titled, Sterigenics created cancer risk ten times higher than federal EPA standards in Willowbrook.
The Illinois Tollway is reconstructing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Bridge, click here to see the video.
Illinois EPA has established a Sterigenics webpage that contains current information, a Q & A section, contact information, and other relevant documents and links. Read More.
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Flow-cytometric vs. -morphologic assessment of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG)
Sumit Gupta, Meenakshi Devidas, Mignon L. Loh, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Si Chen, Cindy Wang, Patrick Brown, Andrew J. Carroll, Nyla A. Heerema, Julie M. Gastier-Foster, Kimberly P. Dunsmore, Eric C. Larsen, Kelly W. Maloney, Leonard A. Mattano, Stuart S. Winter, Naomi J. Winick, William L. Carroll, Stephen P. Hunger, Michael J. Borowitz, Brent L. Wood
Minimal residual disease (MRD) after initial therapy is integral to risk stratification in B-precursor and T-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL, T-ALL). Although MRD determines depth of remission, remission remains defined by morphology. We determined the outcomes of children with discordant assessments of remission by morphology vs. flow cytometry using patients age 1-30.99 years enrolled on Children's Oncology Group ALL trials who underwent bone marrow assessment at the end of induction (N = 9350). Morphologic response was assessed locally as M1 (<5% lymphoblast; remission), M2 (5-25%), or M3 (>25%). MRD was centrally measured by flow cytometry. Overall, 19.8% of patients with M2/M3 morphology had MRD < 5%. M1 with MRD ≥ 5% was less common in B-ALL (0.9%) than T-ALL (6.9%; p < 0.0001). In B-ALL, M1/MRD ≥ 5% was associated with superior 5-year event-free survival (EFS) than M2/MRD ≥ 5% (59.1% ± 6.5% vs. 39.1% ± 7.9%; p = 0.009), but was inferior to M1/MRD < 5% (87.1% ± 0.4%; p < 0.0001). MRD levels were higher in M2/MRD ≥ 5% than M1/MRD ≥ 5% patients. In T-ALL, EFS was not significantly different between M1/MRD ≥ 5% and M2/MRD ≥ 5%. Patients with morphologic remission but MRD ≥ 5% have outcomes similar to those who fail to achieve morphological remission, and significantly inferior to those with M1 marrows and concordant MRD, suggesting that flow cytometry should augment the definition of remission in ALL.
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Gupta, S., Devidas, M., Loh, M. L., Raetz, E. A., Chen, S., Wang, C., Brown, P., Carroll, A. J., Heerema, N. A., Gastier-Foster, J. M., Dunsmore, K. P., Larsen, E. C., Maloney, K. W., Mattano, L. A., Winter, S. S., Winick, N. J., Carroll, W. L., Hunger, S. P., Borowitz, M. J., & Wood, B. L. (2018). Flow-cytometric vs. -morphologic assessment of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). Leukemia, 32(6), 1370-1379. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0039-7
Flow-cytometric vs. -morphologic assessment of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia : A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). / Gupta, Sumit; Devidas, Meenakshi; Loh, Mignon L.; Raetz, Elizabeth A.; Chen, Si; Wang, Cindy; Brown, Patrick; Carroll, Andrew J.; Heerema, Nyla A.; Gastier-Foster, Julie M.; Dunsmore, Kimberly P.; Larsen, Eric C.; Maloney, Kelly W.; Mattano, Leonard A.; Winter, Stuart S.; Winick, Naomi J.; Carroll, William L.; Hunger, Stephen P.; Borowitz, Michael J.; Wood, Brent L.
In: Leukemia, Vol. 32, No. 6, 01.06.2018, p. 1370-1379.
Gupta, S, Devidas, M, Loh, ML, Raetz, EA, Chen, S, Wang, C, Brown, P, Carroll, AJ, Heerema, NA, Gastier-Foster, JM, Dunsmore, KP, Larsen, EC, Maloney, KW, Mattano, LA, Winter, SS, Winick, NJ, Carroll, WL, Hunger, SP, Borowitz, MJ & Wood, BL 2018, 'Flow-cytometric vs. -morphologic assessment of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG)', Leukemia, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1370-1379. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0039-7
Gupta S, Devidas M, Loh ML, Raetz EA, Chen S, Wang C et al. Flow-cytometric vs. -morphologic assessment of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). Leukemia. 2018 Jun 1;32(6):1370-1379. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0039-7
Gupta, Sumit ; Devidas, Meenakshi ; Loh, Mignon L. ; Raetz, Elizabeth A. ; Chen, Si ; Wang, Cindy ; Brown, Patrick ; Carroll, Andrew J. ; Heerema, Nyla A. ; Gastier-Foster, Julie M. ; Dunsmore, Kimberly P. ; Larsen, Eric C. ; Maloney, Kelly W. ; Mattano, Leonard A. ; Winter, Stuart S. ; Winick, Naomi J. ; Carroll, William L. ; Hunger, Stephen P. ; Borowitz, Michael J. ; Wood, Brent L. / Flow-cytometric vs. -morphologic assessment of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia : A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). In: Leukemia. 2018 ; Vol. 32, No. 6. pp. 1370-1379.
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N1 - Funding Information: Funding This study was supported by National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute grants (U10CA098543, U10CA098413, U10CA180886, and U10CA180899) and by St. Baldrick’s Foundation. In-kind support was also provided by Becton Dickinson Biosciences (San Jose, CA). SG is supported by a young investigator grant from the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. MLL is the Benioff Chair of Childhood Health and the Deborah and Arthur Ablin Chair of Pediatric Molecular Oncology at the Benioff Children’s Hospitals, UCSF SF, CA. SPH is the Jeffrey E. Perelman Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
N2 - Minimal residual disease (MRD) after initial therapy is integral to risk stratification in B-precursor and T-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL, T-ALL). Although MRD determines depth of remission, remission remains defined by morphology. We determined the outcomes of children with discordant assessments of remission by morphology vs. flow cytometry using patients age 1-30.99 years enrolled on Children's Oncology Group ALL trials who underwent bone marrow assessment at the end of induction (N = 9350). Morphologic response was assessed locally as M1 (<5% lymphoblast; remission), M2 (5-25%), or M3 (>25%). MRD was centrally measured by flow cytometry. Overall, 19.8% of patients with M2/M3 morphology had MRD < 5%. M1 with MRD ≥ 5% was less common in B-ALL (0.9%) than T-ALL (6.9%; p < 0.0001). In B-ALL, M1/MRD ≥ 5% was associated with superior 5-year event-free survival (EFS) than M2/MRD ≥ 5% (59.1% ± 6.5% vs. 39.1% ± 7.9%; p = 0.009), but was inferior to M1/MRD < 5% (87.1% ± 0.4%; p < 0.0001). MRD levels were higher in M2/MRD ≥ 5% than M1/MRD ≥ 5% patients. In T-ALL, EFS was not significantly different between M1/MRD ≥ 5% and M2/MRD ≥ 5%. Patients with morphologic remission but MRD ≥ 5% have outcomes similar to those who fail to achieve morphological remission, and significantly inferior to those with M1 marrows and concordant MRD, suggesting that flow cytometry should augment the definition of remission in ALL.
AB - Minimal residual disease (MRD) after initial therapy is integral to risk stratification in B-precursor and T-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL, T-ALL). Although MRD determines depth of remission, remission remains defined by morphology. We determined the outcomes of children with discordant assessments of remission by morphology vs. flow cytometry using patients age 1-30.99 years enrolled on Children's Oncology Group ALL trials who underwent bone marrow assessment at the end of induction (N = 9350). Morphologic response was assessed locally as M1 (<5% lymphoblast; remission), M2 (5-25%), or M3 (>25%). MRD was centrally measured by flow cytometry. Overall, 19.8% of patients with M2/M3 morphology had MRD < 5%. M1 with MRD ≥ 5% was less common in B-ALL (0.9%) than T-ALL (6.9%; p < 0.0001). In B-ALL, M1/MRD ≥ 5% was associated with superior 5-year event-free survival (EFS) than M2/MRD ≥ 5% (59.1% ± 6.5% vs. 39.1% ± 7.9%; p = 0.009), but was inferior to M1/MRD < 5% (87.1% ± 0.4%; p < 0.0001). MRD levels were higher in M2/MRD ≥ 5% than M1/MRD ≥ 5% patients. In T-ALL, EFS was not significantly different between M1/MRD ≥ 5% and M2/MRD ≥ 5%. Patients with morphologic remission but MRD ≥ 5% have outcomes similar to those who fail to achieve morphological remission, and significantly inferior to those with M1 marrows and concordant MRD, suggesting that flow cytometry should augment the definition of remission in ALL.
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Escape Artist Left Suspended on AGT Champions Leaves Judges in Horror
by Michael Burnham 190k Views
When Spencer Horsman reached the semi-finals of the seventh season of America’s Got Talent, he made history as the youngest escape artist ever to feature on the show. Despite a fantastic run, the artist still has more to prove. With a two-staple head injury from his practice run and doctors advisement asking him not to carry through, Spencer is a brave escape artist indeed appearing with a more dangerous act for America’s Got Talent: The Champions.
The danger and fear are very real. The case of water containing Spencer hoists slowly as all can see him picking the locks of his chains in clear view. It took a minute to get the handcuffs off, but what about the rest of the locks? At 40-seconds in, you’ll be holding your breath as he struggles unable to free himself. With ten seconds and no breath left, can he make it?
Even though this is a star who has pulled off death-defying acts before including a performance for Chris Angel, where he blacked out underwater – this is still an act that he believes is the most dangerous ever. Two minutes is all that he has to free himself from a series of restraints using nothing other than bobby pins to pick the locks. Even his assistant has a look of dread on her face.
Remember when Patrick Swayze and his wife danced together and brought millions to tears?
‘Voice’ contestant tunes-in 60’s vibes ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’
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Cramer says buy Amazon’s stock but wait until Friday’s selling is over
October 25, 2019 by Vista
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Friday that Amazon is not in trouble, despite missing on earnings and warning about holiday sales.
“It’s a brilliant company,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “This stock is a buy by next week, mid-week,” advising investors to wait until the selling clears out before getting in.
Shares of Amazon opened down 4.5% on Friday and trimmed some of those losses in early trading on Wall Street, after a much more dismal indication in premarket trading.
“I think that there’s a perception that they were down a beat,” the “Mad Money” host said. “I think that perception is wrong. They are quite confident that they have what people want.”
The e-commerce giant late Thursday reported third-quarter earnings that fell short of analyst expectations. The company also gave disappointing revenue guidance for the holiday shopping season.
However, revenue in the third quarter beat estimates and grew 24% to $70 billion, suggesting a heavy investment in free, one-day shipping was translating into more purchases.
Cramer said it’s clear that customers want one-day delivery — predicting that by the middle of next week investors will realize that Amazon made the right move in heavily financing its new delivery standard, which will make one-day shipping the default for Prime members.
Amazon spent more than $800 million in each of the last two quarters to expand free, one-day delivery to more products and more regions. The company expects to spend another $1.5 billion on the initiative during the fourth quarter to expand its warehouse footprint and product selection.
“The people who are worried about Amazon are the same people who turn on Amazon time and time again,” Cramer added. “Amazon is doing what the customer wants, then it tries to figure out how to do it more cheaply.”
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – TRIVIUM
Posted by UberAdmin | Mar 29, 2020 | Features, Recently Added, Video of the Week | 0
For the second time in a month, one band stood head and shoulders above the rest of the pile of submissions we received for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ – and no amount of bribes of free bog roll and limited-edition branded hand sanitizer were going to stand in the way of the mighty Trivium once again proving that they are very much a band in renaissance.
When previous single, ‘Catastrophist’, was released at the end of February – and featured in this very column – I was prepared for a considerable amount of online abuse when I asserted that, in my humble opinion, the Florida quartet had somewhat lost their way in the last few years, with their last few albums, and especially 2017’s hugely mundane ‘The Sin And The Sentence’, proving to be limp and lifeless in comparison to classics such as ‘The Crusade’ and ‘In Waves’. However, I equally declared that, if said single was anything to go by, Matt Heafy in particular had rediscovered his inner anger and channelled it into a bold statement of intent. Well, now the quartet have only gone and done it again, with the epic title track to their forthcoming new album, ‘What The Dead Men Say’, which is due via Roadrunner Records on 24 April.
The elegant and eloquent video was shot right here in the Über Kingdom by director Ryan Mackfall, right on the cusp of the current shutdown. The band had planned to shoot the clip before the COVID-19 situation advanced, and the finished product came together quickly over the past two weeks, with the full crew working in masks and gloves, and maintaining as much distance as possible.
Speaking about the song itself, Trivium bassist Paulo Gregoletto told ÜRHQ: “We always take seriously which song becomes the title track because it represents the album’s musical themes and ambition. ‘What The Dead Men Say’ started off as two separate demos but emerged from the writing session as one epic tune. This is a riff beast!”
As I said in my earlier piece, if both this and ‘Catastrophist’ are anything to go by then, the current global pan(dem)ic permitting, 2020 is going to be the year that Trivium prove that they still have the balls to stand up and be counted and take on any heavy metal band on the planet…
There was only one other possible contender for Trivium’s crown – or should that be kontender and krown – and that was Teutonic thrash legends Kreator, who came completely out of left field and surprised everyone, even their most diehard fans, this past week with the release of a stand-alone single, in the very aptly titled ‘666 – World Divided’. It is one side of a split 7” with Lamb Of God, and is both Kreator’s first new material since 2017’s stunning ‘Gods Of Violence’ album and the first to feature new bassist Frédéric Leclercq (formerly of power metal cheddar masters DragonForce).
Kreator leader, singer, songwriter and guitarist Mille Petrozza told ÜRHQ: “Now more than ever has the message of this song been so true – we must remain united, in this world divided! Stay safe out there and most importantly, stay metal! We’ll make it through, we are ONE!”
The accompanying, darkly gothic and eerily predictive, video (which contains some flashing images) was directed by Jörn Heitmann, known for his work on the clips for Rammstein’s ‘Radio’ and ‘Auslander’:
So, that’s it. Only two clips for you this week, but we’re sure you’ll agree that they are both highly impressive offerings, epic in scope and effective in their delivery. Until next week, we’ll leave with our usual UR salutation: keep ‘er lit, keep ‘er between the hedges – and #StaySafe.
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Arquivo da tag: Occupy
Manifestações neozapatistas (Fapesp)
03/12/2014 UncategorizedAnarquismo, Celulares, EZLN, Manifestações, Mediação tecnológica, Occupy, Política, Zapatistasrenzotaddei
Para além das reivindicações contra os gastos públicos na organização da Copa do Mundo e por melhorias no transporte, na saúde e educação, as manifestações de junho de 2013 no Brasil ressaltaram uma expressão simbólica das articulações do chamado “net-ativismo”, expressão-chave de um estudo financiado pela FAPESP. No vídeo produzido pela equipe de Pesquisa FAPESP, o sociólogo Massimo Di Felice, do Centro de Pesquisa Atopos da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA-USP) e coordenador do estudo, fala sobre a qualidade e o lugar das ações net-ativistas e como as redes digitais e os novos dispositivos móveis de conectividade estão mudando práticas de participação social no Brasil e no mundo.
Occupy Democracy is not considered newsworthy. It should be (The Guardian)
28/10/2014 UncategorizedAnarquismo, Conservadorismo, Graeber, Londres, Manifestações, Mídia, Occupy, Occupy Democracyrenzotaddei
Sleeping outside for an iPhone is OK, but do it in furtherance of democratic expression and you’re in trouble
theguardian.com, Monday 27 October 2014 15.11 GMT
Officers policing the Occupy Democracy protest in Parliament Square, London. Photograph: Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto/Rex
You can tell a lot about the moral quality of a society by what is, and is not, considered news.
From last Tuesday, Parliament Square was wrapped in wire mesh. In one of the more surreal scenes in recent British political history, officers with trained German shepherds stand sentinel each day, at calculated distances across the lawn, surrounded by a giant box of fences, three metres high – all to ensure that no citizen enters to illegally practice democracy. Yet few major news outlets feel this is much of a story.
Occupy Democracy, a new incarnation of Occupy London, has attempted to use the space for an experiment in democratic organising. The idea was to turn Parliament Square back to the purposes to which it was, by most accounts, originally created: a place for public meetings and discussions, with an eye to bringing all the issues ignored by politicians in Westminster back into public debate. Seminars and assemblies were planned, colourful bamboo towers and sound systems put in place, to be followed by a temporary library, kitchen and toilets.
There was no plan to turn this into a permanent tent city, which are now explicitly illegal. True, this law is very selectively enforced; Metropolitan police regularly react with a wink and a smile if citizens camp on the street while queuing overnight for the latest iPhone. But to do it in furtherance of democratic expression is absolutely forbidden. Try it, and you can expect to immediately see your tent torn down and if you try even the most passive resistance you’re likely to be arrested. So organisers settled on a symbolic 24-hour presence, even if it meant sleeping on the grass under cardboard boxes in the autumn rain.
The police response can only be described as hysterical. Tarpaulins used to sit on the grass were said to be illegal, and when activists tried to sit on them they were attacked by scores of officers. Activists say they had limbs twisted and officers stuck thumbs into nerve endings as “pain compliance”. Pizza boxes were declared illegal structures and confiscated and commanders even sent officers to stand over activists at night telling them it was illegal to close their eyes.
Finally, the fences went up, and the guard dogs appeared – ostensibly, for what officers insisted was scheduled cleaning that happened to continue each day of the occupation. Hundreds of participants were thus pushed into the tiny green strip to the north of the Churchill statue, and even then, it seemed like every time they sat down for a seminar on financial reform or planning a response to the housing crisis, they were interrupted by some new pretext for police intervention – someone had an “illegal” megaphone, there was what looked like camping equipment, some regulation might have been violated – and squads of police once again stormed in.
One could speak of many things here: the obvious embarrassment of the police, compared with the perseverance and cheerful good humour of the occupiers, who continually grew in numbers and spirit as the repression increased. But what I really want to talk about is the reaction of the media.
The reason that park occupations are so important is because everyone knows they are there. Activists constantly hear the same refrain from would-be allies: “I agree that there’s been an erosion of democracy in this country, that the money controls everything, what I don’t know is: what can I do?” Our usual reply is: meet with other like-minded people. When people get together, brilliant ideas invariably emerge. But it’s impossible to bring people together unless there is a location, a place where they can always go, 24/7, to meet people and begin to have conversations and make plans. This is precisely what our political authorities have decided that Londoners must never again be allowed to have.
To achieve this, the police and media must take what are ostensibly completely opposite reactions to any occupation. The police act as if the possibility of non-violent camping is an existential threat to the very idea of civil government; hundreds of police are mobilised in a near-panic reaction; hallowed public spaces are shut off.
Official media, on the other hand – and in this case the BBC and mainstream newspapers are acting as if they were an arm of government – take exactly the opposite approach, insisting that the events in question are so trivial and unimportant that there is no need to cover them at all. The very same press that provides wall-to-wall coverage of pro-democracy occupations and police repression halfway around the world, in Hong Kong, acts as if analogous events at home are of no interest. It’s hard to think of a more dramatic story than battles between police and non-violent protesters, or the erection of giant fences and mobilisation of attack dogs directly beneath the mother of all parliaments. Yet while I was in the square, the only TV cameras I saw were being carried by journalists from Iran, Russia and Qatar.
We need to ask ourselves what it means that police suppression of democratic assemblies is no longer considered news. Is the wall of silence, as most activists suspect, simply a continuation of the actual physical wall surrounding Parliament Square, another piece of the same strategy, or is it a token of ultimate cynicism? Britons no longer have the right to freedom of assembly. Sorry, that’s no longer news.
The Original “Occupy”: Novel Was Written 100 Years Before Zuccotti Park (Truthout)
12/11/2013 UncategorizedLiteratura, Manifestações, Occupyrenzotaddei
Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:00By John de Graaf, Truthout
Zuccotti Park. (Photo: Dan Nguyen / Flickr)
Affluenza author John de Graaf investigates the origins of the slogan “Bread and Roses” and discovers a little-known American classic and a history that should repeat itself.
I still remember how inspired I was when I first took home folksinger Judy Collins’ 1976 album, Bread and Roses, and played the title song. It was a stirring anthem, a triumphal march almost, the words of an old poem set to music by another folksinger, Mimi Farina.
As we go marching, marching
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread and roses, bread and roses
We battle too for men
For they are women’s children
And we mother them again
Our lives shall not be sweated
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses
Unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing
Their ancient call for bread
Small art and love and beauty
Their drudging spirits knew
Yes, it is bread we fight for
But we fight for roses too.
We bring the greater days
The rising of the women
Means the rising of the race
No more the drudge and idler
Ten that toil where one reposes
But a sharing of life’s glories
For me, the message of Bread and Roses was that money is never enough. We need the non-material things of life – the “art and love and beauty,” friends and nature – and the time to appreciate them, smelling the roses, if you will. Hearts starve as well as bodies.
The Lawrence Textile Strike
I loved the traditional story [see, for example, Meredith Tax’s The Rising of the Women] connected with the poem, how it was written to honor the women of Lawrence, Massachusetts, who walked out of their textile mills on a wintry day in 1912, demanding higher pay and shorter hours. Thousands of mill workers, most of them immigrants speaking a babble of more than 20 languages, filled the streets of Lawrence in January and February of that winter, facing bayonet-carrying national guardsmen, trigger-hungry local police and even a contingent of Harvard students, given extra credit to come to Lawrence as strikebreakers.
One of the strikers, a young woman named Annie Lo Pizzo, was killed by a policeman’s bullets. Many were jailed and beaten for protesting. They sent their children away from Lawrence for safety’s sake. The odds against them were overwhelming, but they persisted, aided by labor organizers sent to Lawrence by the Industrial Workers of the World and eventually by an outpouring of national public concern over their treatment and living conditions. In March, the mill owners capitulated, granting the essence of the strikers’ demands.
It was an inspiring story, made even more so by the reports that some of the women carried a banner as they marched, inscribed with the words WE WANT BREAD, AND ROSES, TOO. As poor as they were, they knew that they did not live by bread alone. Hearts starve as well as bodies.
So the poem inspiring Collins’ song, I was told, honored these women and those banners they bore. It sounded so plausible, so natural. Hearing the song, and thinking about the noble women of Lawrence moved me deeply. I believed it, talked about it, wrote about it. It was a great story – art honoring courage and struggle.
There was just one problem. It couldn’t possibly have been true.
The main difficulty with the idea that the poem was written to honor the Lawrence strikers came in the fact that it was published in a New York magazine called The American Monthly in December 1911, a month before the Lawrence strike began. Then too, there was that reference to “a million darkened kitchens.” Lawrence only had about 80,000 residents at the time of the strike.
James Oppenheim’s Novels
Was the poem just a work of imagination, or was it based on a real event? No one seemed to know. I found the question on the Internet; plenty of people had pointed out that the poem was published before the strike. But there was no answer. Cryptically, the poet himself, James Oppenheim, referred to “bread and roses” as “a slogan of the women of the West.”
But which women? And where in the West? A couple of people weighing in on the web thought the reference was to the Women’s Trade Union League, founded in Chicago in 1903. But there seems to be no reference at all anywhere else to the slogan before Oppenheim’s 1911 verse. And there is no reference to it in the annals of the Lawrence strike. Not until about 1915 does the anecdote emerge about the “bread and roses” banner the strikers allegedly carried.
Just what really lay behind this story about phalanxes of marching women? I started by looking into the life of the author. Who was this James Oppenheim, and what had he done? What had he experienced that might have provided the basis for his poem? The surprising answer to my search came in a novel published precisely 100 years before “Occupy” protesters camped out in New York’s Zuccotti Park. And, luckily, since my research skills leave much to be desired, the answer actually came rather easily.
Born in St. Paul in 1882, Oppenheim was the son of the first Jewish member of the Minnesota Legislature. But his family moved to New York City in his childhood. He attended Columbia University at the turn of the century and soon after became a teacher and settlement house worker in Greenwich Village, where he came to sympathize with the plight of poor industrial workers.
Between 1909 and 1911, he wrote three novels whose themes all resonate in the present day. His first, Dr. Rast, is a collection of stories about a Jewish physician with a mission to provide health care for the poor, who often died because they could not pay for treatment. Remarkably, it was written almost exactly 100 before the passage of President Obama’s national health insurance plan. His second, Wild Oats(1910), took on venereal disease and the sexual double-standard for men and women.
But it was the title of the third novel, published in the fall of 1911, that caught my attention. It was called The Nine-Tenths. Hadn’t I been hearing a similar term being used widely since “Occupy” protesters took over Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in September 2011. Did the “Nine-Tenths” refer to roughly the same segment of America’s population that Occupy sought to represent exactly 100 years later?
The novel is readily obtained; free online versions are available, because its copyright ran out long ago. I ordered a print-on-demand copy, which arrived in two days. Unable to put the volume down once I started reading, I nearly inhaled its words.The Nine-Tenths, published by Harper Brothers, is the most compelling of Oppenheim’s novels. The reviews of the day acclaimed the book as a powerful portrait of the lives of the poor, despite some complaints about Oppenheim’s penchant for the sentimental.
Sentimental, yet Powerful
Indeed, Oppenheim writes with great passion, sometimes-overwrought emotion and an idealism that no longer plays well in our detached and cynical times. His characters wear their feelings on their sleeves, as a recent National Public Radio story (“Mining Books to Map Emotions Through a Century”) points out was far more common 100 years ago:
We think of modern culture – and often ourselves – as more emotionally open than people in the past. We live in a world of reality television and blogs and Facebook – it feels like feelings are everywhere, displayed to a degree that they never were before. But according to this research, that’s not so.
Generally speaking, the usage of these commonly known emotion words has been in decline over the 20th century. … We used words that expressed our emotions less in the year 2000 than we did 100 years earlier – words about sadness and joy and anger and disgust and surprise.
Although sentimental, Oppenheim’s novel does not oversimplify its characters and their emotions or the reality they seek to change. The Nine-Tenths is a fictionalization of two actual events, but with their chronological order reversed, an artistic device employed with great skill by Oppenheim. The first of these events was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, a well-known disaster that resulted in the deaths of 146 young women on March 24, 1911.
Oppenheim must have written The Nine-Tenths in great haste, although that is not apparent to the reader. Indeed, the book was published only six months after the Triangle Fire actually occurred, surely unusual even today, and surely more so in an era of hand-set type.
The Transformation of Joe Blaine
In the novel, The Triangle Fire becomes “The East Eighty-First Street Fire.” It starts with a carelessly tossed cigarette in a print shop and results in the death of dozens of very young women, who work making hats one floor higher in the same building. When the fire occurs, the print shop owner (I envision him looking and sounding exactly like Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life), a humble chap named Joe Blaine, is on a tryst with Myra, a teacher he has fallen in love with. In an instant, a moment of joy turns for Joe into one of horror.
Overcome with grief and guilt – because the fire began in his shop – Joe attends a memorial for the dead girls. Here, Oppenheim uses the exact words from a famous speech given by labor organizer Rose Schneiderman at the actual Triangle Fire memorial:
I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship. We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting. … This is not the first time girls have been burned alive in the city. Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers. Every year thousands of us are maimed. The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. …
Oppenheim changes her name to Sally Heffer, but the character, who appears throughout the novel, is clearly Schneiderman. It seems that Oppenheim wants to Americanize the Russian-born Schneiderman, a Jew like himself, to give his novel wider appeal at a time when anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic sentiments were still strong.
Triangle was a life-changing event for many, including Frances Perkins, later FDR’s secretary of labor but then a New York social worker, who was actually having tea across Washington Park Square from the factory when the fire broke out. As Kirstin Downey explains in her powerful biography of Perkins,The Woman Behind the New Deal, she rushed to the site only to watch helplessly as women plunged to their deaths.
In The Nine-Tenths, Heffer’s speech rocks Joe Blaine’s world. He has been tried and found wanting. The souls of the deceased call out for justice and solidarity through action, not charity. Joe knows that the only way to expiate his guilt is to join their fight.
From now on I belong to those dead girls – yes, and to their fellow workers.
A Newspaper in Greenwich Village
He sells his shop, bids adieu to a broken-hearted Myra during a tension-filled winter walk in Central Park, and moves, together with his mother, from his Upper East Side home to a flat in the Village, where he begins to immerse himself in the lives of working-class immigrants. He uses the money he has made from selling the printery, a heady $20,000, big cash in those times, to start a newspaper for the workers – the 90 percent of society slowly being ground up in the wheels of the industrial system.
Blaine calls his paper The Nine-Tenths. He signs up Sally Heffer and other workers to write its content and drum up an audience. While there are men and women on the team, it is the women who lead it; indeed, “the rising of the women,” is Joe’s new dream, as clearly it was for Oppenheim.
Sally was of the new breed; she represented the new emancipation; the exodus of woman from the home to the battle-fields of the world; the willingness to fight in the open, shoulder to shoulder with men; the advance of a sex that now demanded a broader, freer life, a new health, a home built up on comradeship and economic freedom. In all of these things she contrasted sharply with Myra, and Joe always thought of the two together.
The Nine-Tenths seems an honest appraisal of the social strata of those times. Ninety-nine percent is a great exaggeration today, when the upper-middle classes live as royalty did then. The use of the term “99%” seems more strategic than accurate, designed to isolate the biggest winners in new war of all against all, although the gap between rich and poor is even wider now than it was in 1911.
In one of the paper’s first issues, Joe writes a powerful editorial laying out the misery of the poor working women whose cause he has chosen to champion. He describes their sacrifices, the agony of seeing their children grow sick and die, of seeing their husbands show up daily to compete with other men for a bare minimum of jobs and, failing to maintain their incomes and their dignity, turn to the anesthesia of the barroom or domestic violence and crime.
Possibly then the husband will come home and beat his wife, drag her about the floor, blacken her eyes, break a rib. … Very often he ceases to be a wage-earner and loafs about saloons. From then on the woman wrestles with world of trouble – unimaginable difficulties. Truly, running a state may be easier than running a family. And yet the woman toils on. … She keeps her head; she takes charge; she toils late into the night; she goes without food, without sleep. Somehow she manages. …
He tells of how the mothers take in the laundry of the rich to survive, how the poor immigrant girls prematurely lose their beauty and laughter, how they are left only with love and, eventually, nothing at all.
It is a powerful section of the novel; reading the book takes one fully into the homes, factories and streets of industrial New York at the beginning of the last century. There is little black and white here; the laborers, particularly the men, have their own foibles. Some are bought off and turn traitor to their co-workers, while among the comfortable, there are those who come to the workers’ aid. A group of workers, egged on by their boss, turns angry mob, violently attacking Blaine and trashing his home and office.
The Uprising of the Thirty Thousand
The conversations Joe has with Sally and others are much the same as those we still must have: How do you reach people? How do you maintain democratic principles? How do win allies among the businesspeople? How do you avoid violence? What are the repercussions of courage?
In time, Joe’s Nine-Tenths newspaper has thousands of readers. Its stories embolden the women. They begin to walk away from their factories in protest. They rally at Cooper Union and vote for a general strike, raising the roof with their vows of solidarity, shouted in Yiddish. At this point, Oppenheim describes the other historical event on which the novel is based.
In the fall and winter of 1909 and 1910, in what was deemed “The Uprising of the Thirty Thousand,” masses of factory workers shut down their machines and took to the streets, supported by the Women’s Trade Union League. In this, they were joined by prominent women of the upper class, including banking magnate J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne. Their demands center on safe working conditions, shorter hours and an increase in pay. The fictional Nine-Tenths is the organ of solidarity that holds them together and publicizes their cause when the mainstream press will not.
Here, in the Uprising of the Thirty Thousand, we find the real events that inspiredBread and Roses, the women marching, the “million darkened kitchens” that actually existed in New York, then a city of 5 million people. Here in the novel is the meaning of that phrase from the poem, “Our lives shall not be sweated. … ” Sweating (in the “sweat shops”) was a practice of speeding up the line to increase production. Here also are the “ten that toil where one reposes,” the nine-tenths for which Joe Blaine published his paper.
And here, too, is the mass protest of the original Occupy.
In the midst of this, Joe’s girlfriend, Myra, returns home from a retreat in the country and is swept into the maelstrom of the strike. Originally unsympathetic to Joe (reminding him that the Bible says the poor will always be with us), she watches helplessly as Rhona, a teenage picket, is roughed up by police, taken to jail and sent to the “work-house” without reason.
After a few months, in the novel as in reality, the Uprising of the Thirty Thousand peters out, as many employers give in to the women’s key demands and, in places where they do not, the women slowly return to work. The most prominent of the real holdouts was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, which refused to improve safety conditions. A year later, its belligerence produced tragedy.
Joe Blaine’s Vision – Time for Life
After the strike, a reunited Joe and Myra get married and go on a honeymoon. On their return to New York, it is full spring. Oppenheim describes the city reborn, in language reminiscent of Walt Whitman:
Over the city the spring cast its subtle spell. The skies had a more fleeting blue and softer clouds and more golden sun. Here and there on a window-sill a new red geranium plant was set out to touch the stone walls with the green earth’s glory. The salt breath of the sea, wandering up the dusty avenues, called the children of men to new adventures – hinted of far countries across the world, of men going down to the sea in ships, of traffic and merchandise in fairer climes, of dripping forest gloom and glittering peaks, of liquid-lisping brooks and the green scenery of the open earth.
There is a wild magic to Oppenheim’s words that stirs all but the most cynical and hardened of heart.
Restlessness seized the hearts of men and the works of men. From the almshouses and the jails emerged the vagrants, stopped overnight to meet their cronies in dives and saloons, and next day took the freight to the blooming West, or tramped by foot the dust of the roads that leave the city and go ribboning over the shoulder and horizon of the world. Windows were flung open, and the fresh sweet air came in to make the babies laugh and the women wistful and the men lazy. Factories droned with machines that seemed to grate against their iron fate. And of a night, now, the parks, the byways, and the waterside were the haunts of young lovers – stealing out together, arms round each other’s waists – the future of the world in their trembling hands.
From the green leaves, blossoms and buds of the new spring, Oppenheim draws lessons about the resilience of the human spirit.
Anything was possible. Did not earth set an example, showing how out of a hard dead crust and a forlorn and dry breast she could pour her new oceans of million-glorious life? If the dead tree could blossom and put forth green leaves, what dead soul need despair?
There is no mention of “bread and roses” in the novel at all, and no mention in the files of history about any of the women of the uprising using the term. Clearly, the idea that the women were “singing Bread and Roses,” came only from Oppenheim’s imagination; he put the words in their mouths. But while he refrains from using the phrase in his novel, there can be little doubt what he meant by it in the poem.
Bread, here, is a reference to higher pay, to money and the material needs of life. But Oppenheim understood that even as poor as these women were, they did not live on bread alone. They needed the non-material joys of life – art, beauty, nature, play, learning, friendship and love – and for all of these things, they needed time. The needed shorter hours of labor, time to smell the roses.
As they look upon the city from a ship in the East River, Joe tells Myra his vision for the future of New York, “the city of five million comrades.”
“They toil all day with one another; they create all of beauty and use that men may need; they exchange these things with each other; they go home at night to gardens and simple houses, they find happy women there and sunburnt, laughing children. Their evenings are given over to the best play – play with others, play with masses, or play at home. They have time for study, time for art, yet time for one another. Each loosens in himself and gives to the world his sublime possibilities. A city of toiling comrades, of sparkling homes, of wondrous art, and joyous festival. That is the city I see before me!” He paused. “And to the coming of that city I dedicate my life”
Oppenheim’s vision of the good life, while still infused by the gender bias of his day, is an enlightened one of modest homes, modest comfort and, most of all, time to appreciate the things that are not things, but are the best things in life.
A Novel Pregnant With Possibility
As I read The Nine-Tenths, I thought about how a novel like this one could be the basis of an entire semester’s course in a university. It starts with an original source rather than textbook commentary. It raises so many questions about values, takes readers into long-ago lives as nonfiction never can, and stirs heart as well as head.
For today’s students, mostly passive in the face of constantly rising costs, diminishing employment prospects, a society that seems to value only wealth and profit, art and media that wallows in hatred and ever-more-graphic and senseless violence, the story of Joe Blaine and his transformation contains enough subject matter to stir a hundred theses and even a hundred new outbreaks of Occupy.
It wasn’t surprising that the edition of The Nine-Tenths I now possess was the last one, a reissuing of the book in 1968, the high-water mark of student protests in the post-World War II era. That was a time when the idealism of Joe Blaine and the underlying optimism of the novel still held sway, just before the leading activists turned despairingly from the novel’s belief in nonviolent protest to the bombs of the Weather Underground.
The first recorded reference to the use of the phrase “bread and roses” in an actual historical event comes nearly a year after Oppenheim’s poem was published, when Rose Schneiderman used the term in a women’s suffrage rally – “The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too.” On this the Wikipedia entry for Rose Schneiderman, has the events backward, suggesting that her 1912 speech inspired the poem!
But I think it more than likely that the story of the banners in Lawrence is true, despite the lack of documented evidence. The Lawrence strike came in January 1912, barely a month after Oppenheim’s poem was published in a popular magazine. And while it was undoubtedly still fresh in people’s minds. Many of the IWW leaders at Lawrence lived in New York City, including the fabled orator Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. They were active in the broader labor and cultural circles of their day. It seems almost impossible that they were unaware of the poem Bread and Roses and highly unlikely that they wouldn’t have talked about it, at least privately, with the strikers. So I suspect there is truth to the anecdotal reports about the banners that surfaced a few years after the strike. But we will probably never know for sure.
What we do know for sure is that there was a “nine-tenths” 100 years before the 99%, and an original Occupy in lower Manhattan 100 years before Zuccotti Park.
In those turbulent days that began the 20th century, masses of people, led by liberals, socialists, and anarchists and joined even by a contingent of the ten percent, were challenging the privilege, greed and rampant inequality of the Gilded Age. They took to the streets as the Occupy protesters did. But they also took to the ballot box, armed with a political program of concrete demands for radical reform. They were not scornful of leadership as the Occupy protesters were, nor unwilling to draft a blueprint for change. Like the Occupy protesters, they mourned the power of the wealthy and the corporations and the lack of democracy. They had no Citizens United to challenge, but an even greater battle for influence; remember that women could not even vote then.
From the Uprising to Political Action
In August 1912, many of them came together to form the Progressive Party and to present a program they called A Contract with the People, calling for:
A National Health Service.
Social insurance to provide for the elderly, the unemployed and the disabled.
A federalsecurities commission.
Relief for small farmers.
Compensation for workplace injuries.
The vote for women.
Direct election of senators.
Recall, referendum and initiative.
Strict limits on political campaign contributions.
The issues that animated the original occupiers were much the same as those that challenge us today. Almost all of them were won in the quarter century following the founding of the Progressive Party, many in next few years, others in the early days of the New Deal. They reduced the gap between rich and poor, vastly increased the size of the middle class, and offered “bread, and roses, too.”
But in the past three decades many of these important gains that came at the cost of the original occupiers’ blood and tears, have been eroded by the forces of greed that carry out the bidding of the 1%. Occupy has risen up against the new priorities of dog eat dog. But unlike its predecessors of a century ago, today’s Occupy seems to me inchoate and without clear plans or focused vision. In the past three decades, our modern Nine-Tenths have lost both bread and roses. They have been quick to notice the loss of bread, although sadly unable to prevent it. But they seem to have forgotten the roses, whose watering seems most urgent.
The philosopher George Santayana once observed that failing to remember the past dooms us to repeat it. But the reverse is also true; sometimes it’s important to remember history so we can repeat it. This is surely one of those times.
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Occupying Wall Street: Places and Spaces of Political Action (Places)
17/08/2013 UncategorizedAnarquismo, Cidadania, Interatividade, Mediação tecnológica, Occupy, participatividade, Redes sociais, sociedade civil, Território, Visualidaderenzotaddei
PEER REVIEWED: JONATHAN MASSEY & BRETT SNYDER
The Design Observer Group
Occupy Wall Street activity online. Click image to enlarge. [Timeline by the authors]
For nine weeks last fall crowds gathered every evening at the eastern end of Zuccotti Park, where a shallow crescent of stairs creates a modest amphitheater, to form the New York City General Assembly. A facilitator reviewed rules for prioritizing speakers and gestures by which participants could signal agreement or dissent. Over two hours or more, they worked through issues of common concern — every word repeated by the assembly, which formed a human microphone amplifying the speaker’s voice — until they reached consensus.
Such was the daily practice of Occupy Wall Street, paralleled in more than a thousand cities around the world. Participants borrowed tactics from Quaker meetings, Latin American popular assemblies, Spanish acampadas, and other traditions of protest and political organization. They also enacted something foundational to the western democratic tradition: constituting a polity as a group of speaking bodies gathered in a central public place.
At the same time, another crowd assembled in a range of online spaces. Moving between the physical and the virtual, participants navigated a hypercity built of granite and asphalt, algorithms and information, appropriating its platforms and creating new structures within it. As they posted links, updates, photos and videos on social media sites; as they deliberated in chat rooms and collaborated on crowdmaps; as they took to the streets with smartphones, occupiers tested the parameters of this multiply mediated world.
What is the layout of this place? What are its codes and protocols? Who owns it? How does its design condition opportunities for individual and collective action? Looking closely at these questions, we learn something about the possibilities for public life and political action created at the intersection of urban places and online spaces.
Top: Occupiers camp in Liberty Plaza as news vans line up across the street. Middle: Detail of#OccupyMap. Bottom: Occupy coordinators meet in the atrium of 60 Wall Street. [Photos by Jonathan Massey]
Occupying the Public Square
Zuccotti Park — or Liberty Plaza — was the site not only of General Assembly but also of the bustling camp that materialized and sustained the occupation. As architects, we were fascinated by the intensive use of this privately owned public space. As citizens, we were inspired by the movement’s critique of the U.S. political system and its experiment with alternate forms of social organization. After the arrest of 700 protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge, Jonathan began visiting Liberty Plaza and occasionally participating in rallies. Brett tracked the movement’s use of new media to expose inequalities in wealth distribution. Jonathan enlisted friends to survey and document the encampment, while Brett developed an interactive project, Public Space 2.0, that linked Occupy to broader questions about public space. Following the eviction of occupiers in New York and other cities, we decided to collaborate on a project examining the spatial and social organization of Liberty Plaza.
In the tradition of urban demonstrations and sit-ins, the camp claimed a prominent and symbolically charged city space in order to call attention to a political cause. It provided logistical support as the first day of protest extended into a two-month occupation. It gave visitors a point of entry into the movement and its ideas. Moreover, it prefigured in microcosm the alternative polity desired by many participants, modeling and testing modes of self-organization partly autonomous from those provided by the state and the market.
As such, it embodied one of the defining tensions of Occupy Wall Street: between the aims of protest and prefiguration. [1] One reason for claiming Liberty Plaza was to command the attention of the public and the state. Indeed, the blog post that sparked the movement, by the Canadian magazine Adbusters, urged activists to create “a Tahrir moment” by insistently repeating “one simple demand” akin to the call for Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. [2] But some of the New York activists who planned the occupation pursued a vision of autonomous self-organization and self-government informed by anarchist principles. Occupiers refused to formulate their objectives as political demands, even though doing so might have strengthened their grip on the public imagination. Instead of a unified plea to elected representatives, broadcast from a central square, Occupy yielded a polyphony of discussions in the agoras of the hypercity.
Top: Occupiers in mid-October. Bottom: NYPD Skywatch portable surveillance tower. [Photos by Jonathan Massey]
From its founding on September 17, 2011, the occupation traced contours of regulation and control. Its location, design and construction limned the legal, juridical and police affordances of New York’s public realm, revealing the constraints placed on people assembling to form a counterpublic — a public operating according to practices distinct from those of the mainstream. [3] The declared site of the first protest, carnival, and General Assembly was Chase Manhattan Plaza, but occupiers arrived to find the corporate space closed off by barricades and patrolled by police. Prior General Assemblies had been held in New York public parks and squares, but organizers knew the city tightly controlled those spaces by requiring permits, enforcing nighttime closures and barricading areas. The use of city sidewalks was also curtailed. Bloombergville, a sidewalk encampment near City Hall, had survived for three weeks in July, but a test camp-out on Wall Street on September 1 had been broken up by police. [4] When demonstrators found Chase Plaza closed, they moved to the privately-owned Zuccotti Park, three blocks away, claiming the space with signs, megaphones, sleeping bags and blankets.
The following weeks confirmed that the state would use police control to assert its hegemony over the terms of public assembly and discourse. When protesters crossed the border of Liberty Plaza onto city streets or squares, they encountered “order maintenance policing,” a euphemistic directive that empowers New York police to intervene in public events irrespective of criminal action. Over the past 15 years, the NYPD has expanded the practice to assert control over parades, festivals and rallies, often arresting participants for “disorderly conduct” and releasing them without charge. [5] Under this vague authority, NYPD limited the range and duration of Occupy demonstrations and tightly controlled their internal dynamics through barricades, kettling and arrests.
And yet Occupy Wall Street showed that possibilities foreclosed on private and public land could be actualized in the liminal territory of the city’s privately owned public spaces(POPS) — plazas, arcades and other spaces built by real estate developers in return for density bonuses under the terms of the 1961 Zoning Resolution. [6] The occupation of Zuccotti Park was made possible by ambiguities in the POPS system, which has created places where the city government must negotiate authority with corporate owners as well as site occupants. Even so, the city intervened in the camp’s internal organization and operation: fire marshals prohibited tents and other structures in the early weeks; they removed generators as the weather grew cold in late October; and, shortly after midnight on November 15, police forcibly cleared the park.
Top: The planned site of the September 17 protest, Chase Manhattan Plaza, was barricaded at the request of its corporate owners. [Photo by David Shankbone] Bottom: Police patrol Zuccotti Park on November 15 after evicting protesters. [Photo by Jonathan Massey]
During the two-month occupation, protesters rewrote the social and spatial codes that had determined use of the block for decades. Created in the late 1960s as a POPS concession linked to the construction of One Liberty Plaza, the park was rebuilt by new owners Brookfield Properties in 2006 to a design by Cooper Robertson & Partners that serves downtown office workers by encouraging passive recreations like lunch and chess while discouraging active ones like cycling and skateboarding. In a related feature on Places, we look more closely at the Cooper Robertson design and its transformation into the Liberty Plaza encampment.
Stepping partially outside state and market systems, occupiers created their own structures for discussion and governance; for provision of daily services; for medical care and sacred space; for music, dance and art. Some aspects of this counterpublic resembled the exhilarating, liberatory “Temporary Autonomous Zones” described by anarchist writer Hakim Bey. [7] Others were pragmatic, even bureaucratic. Within days, working groups resembling urban agencies — dedicated to issues like Comfort, Medical, Kitchen, Library, Sanitation and Security — created a series of nodes or workstations that cut diagonally across the park. They appropriated design elements such as retaining walls, benches and tables to define functional zones.
In overlaying the permanent landscape of the park with new activities and installations, the occupation created what anthropologist Tim Ingold calls a “taskscape”: a topography of related activities deployed in space and changing over time. [8] Through their patterns of spatial appropriation, occupiers responded to the asymmetries of the park — its slope, the priority of Broadway relative to Trinity Place, and the more favorable sun and wind exposures available in the northeast corner — by programming the plaza along a gradient. Running from north and east to south and west, this gradient shaded from public to private, mind to body, waking to sleeping, and reason to faith. Outreach/Media/Legal claimed the location that afforded the most shelter and the best sun exposure while also being situated far from the noise and dust of the World Trade Center construction site.
Kitchen compost station and The People’s Library. [Photos by Jonathan Massey]
On the austere geometry of a tasteful corporate plaza, just under 33,000 square feet, the occupation created an entire world in which you could meditate, change your wardrobe, update your blog, cook lentils, read a book, sweep up litter, bandage a wound, bang a drum, roll a cigarette, debate how best to challenge corporate hegemony, make art, wash dishes and have sex, usually in the company of others. The square teemed with friends and strangers, allies and antagonists; it was intensely public and interactive. Daily activities were saturated with a talky sociability in which the challenges and opportunities of every action, every decision, were open to reinterpretation and negotiation. At any moment, the call of “Mic check!” could ring out across the camp, obligating participants to drop personal conversations and become part of a communal discourse. The act of chanting in unison, as a human microphone, created a common sense of purpose, established relationships among neighbors and intensified awareness of surrounding bodies.
This new world could feel exhilarating and inspiring but also threatening and claustral. It was crowded. It was charged with strong emotions. Its core members were working hard, and they were often tired. On top of reforming global capitalism, they had to handle fights, thefts, drug use and sexual assaults, while operating under the strain of official hostility, police surveillance, constant interaction with supportive and hostile visitors, and weather. Radical openness and participatory self-government proved taxing. As the occupation stretched from days into weeks and months, participants took shelter from cold, rain and snow in tents and tarps. The plaza became more internalized and lost some of its intense sociability.
The functional zoning also reinforced sociological differences in the camp. Many of the most active members identified themselves as coordinators or occupiers. These groups were not mutually exclusive, but they gravitated toward spaces in separate ends of the park.Coordinators, who facilitated discussions and posted on blogs, often spent nights at home, while occupiers put their bodies on the line by living and sleeping in the park. A spatial gradient emerged, with occupiers’ tents clustered toward the western end. Not surprisingly, these constituencies were marked by differences in class, education level, ethnicity, sexuality and gender. The Daily Show even aired a skit about the differences, using “uptown” and “downtown” to describe the two ends of the park. [9]
Top: Sanitation workstation. [Photo by Jonathan Massey] Bottom: Liberty Plaza Site Map drawn by Occupy participant on October 10. Click image to enlarge. [Map by Jake Deg]
Organizers worked hard to build the institutions needed to sustain the micro-city, but its autonomy was inherently limited; the camp was shaped by its adjacencies to the social, commercial and political networks of Lower Manhattan and the Financial District. Businesses provided restrooms. Sympathetic unions made facilities available. Organizations lent kitchen and office space. Individuals donated money, books, clothing and food. Murray Bergtraum High School opened its auditorium to meetings of the OWS Spokescouncil. A local government authority, Manhattan Community Board 1, mediated among protesters, neighborhood residents, Brookfield Properties and city officials in discussions about drum noise and other issues where order maintenance was enforced through claims about “quality of life.”
These interactions extended the spatial and social gradients of Liberty Plaza across a broader urban geography. Dozens of working groups met in the enclosed atrium at 60 Wall Street, a privately owned public space at the base of an office tower built by J.P. Morgan and currently occupied by Deutsche Bank. In that large room, designed by Roche and Dinkeloo and clad in marble and mirror and decorated with palm trees and postmodern grottoes, they shared space with chess-players and well-heeled denizens of the Financial District. From morning to night they used the tables, benches, chairs and wifi of the climate-controlled space as a purposeful, orderly extension of the eastern end of Liberty Plaza, establishing commuting patterns that figured 60 Wall as the Occupy office.
Occupying the Internet
The Wall Street protests would not have materialized without extensive work by on-the-ground activists in New York. But it was the Adbusters blog post that gave the action a name and date. It also gave them #occupywallstreet, the first of thousands of #Occupy hashtags that enabled the spontaneous assembly of strangers on Twitter and other internet platforms. In the months leading up to the first occupation, and in the year afterward, Occupy established an online presence unmatched in the history of social action, leveraging multiple online spaces to stage protests and to generate a distinctive counter-public and alternative polity.
Top: Occupiers connect via laptops and smartphones from Liberty Plaza. [Photo by David Shankbone] Bottom: Instagram photo sent by Occupy activist: “Riding in a bus with 50 others, in cuffs writing this.” [Photo by pulseprotest]
In the United States, the internet was largely exempt from the state control and censorship that curtailed protest activity on the street, but it was inherently open to surveillance and imposed another set of exclusions based on access to online spaces and protocols. Its various platforms afforded ties that were both broader and weaker than those at Liberty Plaza. Discussions took place in specialized forums and channels quite unlike the multisensory, multiparticipatory assemblies, meetings, marches and rallies of the physical realm. From its inception, Occupy tested the capacities of the internet’s virtual spaces to sustain organizational activity, deliberative discourse and other kinds of public-making. [10]
As with the physical occupation, many online actions had precedent in earlier movements, from the anti-globalization protests of the 1990s to the Arab Spring of 2011. For years U.S. activists have used sites like Indymedia to distribute information and mobilize protest participation. [11] After posting its call to action, Adbusters sent word to its email distribution list and created a Facebook event, mobilizing a pre-existing network of followers. As one of the largest privately owned public spaces online, Facebook became a key platform for the Occupy movement. Facebook profiles such as OccupyWallSt,Gilded.Age and OccupyTogether, created in the weeks leading up to the first protest, provided broadly accessible channels for information. When individuals “liked” or commented on items in these newsfeeds, Occupy ideas propagated through user-generated social networks. Throughout the fall, members used the site’s text, link, note, and photo and video sharing features to endorse events and activities. [12]
During the groundwork phase, organizers also used open-source web-coding tools to create dedicated Occupy websites. The most important were Occupywallst.org, a Github site launched in mid-July as a clearinghouse and contact-point for the movement;NYCGA.net, a WordPress site created a few weeks later to serve the New York City General Assembly and its working groups; and the blog Occupytogether.org. These sites combined newsfeeds and social media links with manifestos, videos, crowdmaps and other resources, and they linked together other sites to create a sprawling landscape of information.
A selection of the more than 1600 posts submitted to the 99 Percent Project in October 2011.
In parallel, organizers tapped the internet’s capacity to build what sociologists Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport call “e-movements”: politically effective campaigns that circulate in the media without necessarily coalescing into mass gatherings. Online tools provide immediate and inexpensive site design and back-end functionality, allowing organizations or individuals to launch awareness campaigns and other political actions that demand little money or time from participants. [13] One such tool for Occupy activists was the image-based microblogging site Tumblr. In late summer, the 99 Percent Project invited people to “get known” as part of a majority disenfranchised by the super-rich. Under the slogan “We Are the 99 Percent,” the image blog featured self-portraits of working- and middle-class Americans holding handwritten signs or letters describing the circumstances of their indebtedness. The project called attention to the rise in income inequality and helpedpopularize the rhetoric of “the 99 percent.” [14] After September 17, it became an online analogue to Liberty Plaza, enabling a geographically dispersed set of participants to join the occupation of Wall Street and forging a common consciousness about debt and disenfranchisement. The self-portraits were often shot at a computer desk with a webcam, and overwhelmingly they were set in domestic interiors like living rooms, dens and bedrooms. But the handwritten signs pointed to a world outside those walls, evoking the signs of the homeless explaining their misfortunes and asking for help, as well as the signs of protesters bearing expressions of solidarity and calls to action. [15]
Global crowdmap on the Ushahidi platform. [Screenshot by the authors]
Contours of the Hypercity
In the summer of 2011, before the first protesters had set foot in Liberty Plaza, the Occupy movement was evolving toward a model of General Assembly that hybridized online and offline discourse. While street activists in New York were practicing consensus decision-making in public parks, online participants were responding to a poll Adbusters created using Facebook’s “question” function: “What is our one demand?” Answers included abolishing capitalism, demilitarizing the police, legalizing marijuana, reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and freeing the unicorns. (The winner was “Revoke Corporate Personhood.”) Through this asynchronous online polling, Facebook supported a weak form of political discussion that prefigured the stronger and more interactive deliberations that filled Liberty Plaza.
By September 10, General Assembly minutes were being posted online at NYCGA. Over time these became more elaborate, and note-takers projected their evolving documents on a screen in Liberty Plaza so that participants could respond to the minutes-in-the-making. Assembly meetings were livestreamed so that participants across the globe could follow in real time, and some were archived online in audio and video formats. Congregants also livetweeted the assemblies under Twitter handles such as @DiceyTroop and @LibertySqGA. These accounts attracted thousands of followers, many of whom responded to live events, adding a layer of online conversation that augmented the face-to-face assemblies.
Hybrid discussions were the norm for the working groups that handled the day-to-day and week-to-week activity of Occupy Wall Street. During and after the occupation, working groups met regularly at Liberty Plaza, the 60 Wall atrium, Union Square and other locations throughout New York. A blackboard at Liberty Plaza listed some of these meetings, but more reliable information was found online at NYCGA, where nearly every working group had a page with a blog, activity wall, shared documents and event calendar, and discussion forum involving members who had never attended the face-to-face meetings. By spring 2012, the site hosted roughly 90 working groups, some with just a handful of registered users and a couple of posts, others with many hundreds of users and more than 2,000 entries.
Top: Blackboard at Liberty Plaza announces working group meetings. [Photo by Jonathan Massey] Bottom left: Livestream at Occupy Detroit. [Photo by Stephen Boyle] Bottom right: “People’s Mic: Please join the Conversation.” 24/7 internet broadcast from Occupy Wall Street. [Photo by Chris Rojas]
As the weather changed in late October, the Town Planning forum hosted extensive discussions on a topic that simultaneously preoccupied the group’s in-person meetings and the General Assembly: how to sustain the camp into the winter. One participant lit up the forum with a long post advocating event tents that would cover large expanses of the park in communal enclosures, as an alternative to individual camping tents. “Safety teams are unfortunately learning … that privacy equals risk,” wrote Sean McKeown, “because privacy allows for unseen violence, unseen sexual menace, and for drugs, alcohol, and weapons to be kept in shockingly large number if we are to guess by the number of needles found around tents lately since they have gone up.” [16] Members suggested building geodesic domes or frame structures with salvaged materials, or claiming regulatory exemption by designating the camp as a Native American sacred site. The reconfiguration of Liberty Plaza at the beginning of November was negotiated simultaneously in the park, in dispersed work-group meetings, and on the internet.
While online forums, as the Latin term implies, evoke the experience of face-to-face discussion, other online technologies create public spaces without analogue in the physical world. The Twitter hashtag, for example, enables radically new modes of creating, discovering and organizing affinity clusters, which proved useful in movements like the January 25 Egyptian Revolution and the Green Revolution in Iran. In self-conscious emulation of those precedents, Adbusters branded September 17 with the hashtag#occupywallstreet, signaling an expectation that participants would use Twitter to communicate with one another and with larger publics.
It took more than a week for the hashtag to catch on, and from July 25 through the end of August, the four hashtags #occupywallstreet, #occupywallst, #occupy and #ows together accounted for an average of only 27 messages per day. Activity increased in September, and by the day of occupation, Twitter volume on this group of hashtags hit 78,351 as the broader public of participants, bystanders and commentators joined organizers in using the platform for realtime micoblogging of information, opinions and photos. Twitter’s instantaneous syndication was a valuable conduit for time-sensitive news, and its 140-character message limit was well suited to the mobile devices that predominated in Liberty Plaza. Some activists used photo, video and geotagging features on their phones to make Twitter a medium for mapping and building the extended Occupy taskscape. Volume on those four hashtags peaked at 411,117 on November 15, the day protesters were evicted from the park. [17]
Visualization of the Occupy movement online, July to December 2011, including activity on Google, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and We Are the 99 Percent. Click image to enlarge. [Timeline by the authors]
Many other online spaces provided venues for discourse and arenas for participation. Internet relay chat channels allowed participants to talk to one another, individually and in groups. Live video streams from Liberty Plaza and other camps opened real-time windows onto parks, squares and streets around the world. Occupystreams.org compiled more than 250 such livestreams, each flanked on screen by a chat feed. Video and photo-sharing sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr and Instagram enabled participants to post, share and discuss images of Occupy protests, police actions, and other content. Much of this activity garnered only limited interest, but some posts went viral, such as the late September videoof a high-ranking NYPD officer pepper-spraying women who had already been corralled on the sidewalk. Edited and annotated with the low-tech tools that support user-generated content, the video broadened awareness of and sympathy for the occupation.
As social media expanded the range of channels for participation in Occupy Wall Street, it also changed the nature of the public that joined. Extrapolating from the work of anthropologist Jeffrey S. Juris, we can contrast the network logics that predominated in summer 2011, when organizations and activists used email lists and websites to mobilize pre-existing networks, with a new set of aggregation logics that developed as the event took off. Social media engaged many thousands of people who had no pre-existing connection to social change organizations and activist networks. These virtual spaces, even more than city parks, became points of encounter where previously unrelated individuals aggregated to form popular assemblies.
Focusing on Occupy Boston, Juris suggests that while the alter-globalization protests of the 1990s created “temporary performative terrains along which networks made themselves and their struggles visible,” the Occupy movement activated a wider public. “Rather than providing spaces for particular networks to coordinate actions and physically represent themselves,” he writes, “the smart mob protests facilitated by social media such as Facebook and Twitter make visible crowds of individuals aggregated within concrete locales.” [18]
Political scientist Stephania Milan has characterized Occupy protests as “cloud protesting,” comparing the movement to “a cloud where a set of ‘soft resources’ coexist: identities, narratives, and know-how, which facilitate mobilization,” much as social media hosted via cloud computing gives individuals the tools for “producing, selecting, punctuating, and diffusing material like tweets, posts and videos.” [19]
Top: Protest sign in Times Square: “Get off the internet. I’ll Meet you in the streets.” [Photo by Geoff Stearns] Bottom: Collaboratively edited User Map at OccupyWallSt.org.
Though Milan and Juris don’t address them, we could add crowdmaps to the list of “cloud tools” that activated aggregation logics in the Occupy movement. Online maps populated by user-generated content were published at Take the Square, US Day of Rage,OccupyWallSt.org, and Occupy.net. Most used Ushahidi, free open-source crowdmapping software developed in 2008 in Kenya to support disaster relief and response efforts. By compiling data into a common geospatial framework, these crowdmaps visualized Occupy participants and camps as discrete elements that aggregated to form a global phenomenon. They associated people, texts, images and videos with particular places, constructing hypergeographies of action and potential. Animated timeline features encouraged users to visualize themselves and local events as part of a process of “#globalchange.”
The most robust crowdmap was the #OccupyMap at Occupy.net, built by the Tech Ops working group of NYCGA. It provided a web interface for reporting events such as marches, rallies and police interventions, with easy media embedding and compatibility with the Ushahidi app on iOS and Android mobile devices. It also populated automatically from Twitter: any tweet from a location-enabled device that included the hashtag #occupymap generated a geotagged report that could incorporate photos and videos via the Twitpic and Twitvid apps. By spring 2012, the map had aggregated some 900 entries from New York City into a database that could be sorted geographically and temporally, by medium and by event type — all viewable via map, timeline and photo interfaces. By pulling together disparate events and data across space and time, the #OccupyMap created a counterpublic integrated through its use of online media to contest state and corporate control of urban places.
The Occupy crowdmaps were most compelling rhetorically at larger scales, where they visualized landscapes fundamentally distinct from those visible in city streets. In counterpoint to the intense attention paid to Liberty Plaza, these virtual geographies redefined the public of Occupy Wall Street as a dispersed set of agents linked more by online communication channels than by proximity. Viewed at national scale, the red placemarker icons on the User Map at OccupyWallSt.org suggested a crowd of hot air balloons that had landed — or were preparing to take off — all across the country. In places they clustered so tightly as to create red contours marking an otherwise invisible topography of radicalism. But at the local scale, what had seemed a continuous landscape of occupiers thinned out; zooming in on Liberty Plaza, you saw only a forlorn green oblong scattered with a few markers.
Open-Source Urbanism
While some online activists relied on corporate media such as Facebook and Twitter to reach a broad public, many made a point of using open-source software, sources and methods such as wikicoding. Occupy websites became spaces for the elaboration of what Christopher Kelty calls a recursive public, “a public that is vitally concerned with the material and practical maintenance and modification of the technical, legal, practical, and conceptual means of its own existence.” [20] In the physical realm, Liberty Plaza and other occupied spaces functioned as offline analogues of a wiki page. Participants without much prior affiliation built new worlds and organized themselves to maintain them while avoiding hierarchy and formalization whenever they could. At these “wikicamps,” open-source urbanism operated at a scale simultaneously local and global. [21] The New York camp was built with knowledge, idea and resources from Spain and Argentina, Chiapas and Cairo, as well as from local coalitions.
Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder map Liberty Plaza’s functional zones and activities. See the sidebar “Mapping Liberty Plaza” for axonometric drawings of the site’s transformation.
Participants have continued to explore the ways that digital media can reshape our public spaces and public spheres. One example is a course project at The New School that emerged from a multi-day, multi-city “hackathon” sponsored by the working group Occupy Research. The Twitter bot @OccupyPOPS is a script that cross-references check-ins on social media sites Foursquare and Twitter with the New York City government database of privately-owned public spaces, then automatically tweets a call to temporarily occupy a particular POPS at a specific date and time. Created by Christo de Klerk, @OccupyPOPS mobilizes virtual spaces, physical places and social networks to reshape urban public space and the regulations that govern it. Other New York-based projects addressing the issues foregrounded by Occupy include #whOWNSpace and The Public School, as well as pre-existing initiatives like Not an Alternative.
Open-source hypercity urbanism becomes increasingly important as governments constrain public assembly in the offline world. On November 15, the state cleared the experimental agora at Liberty Plaza. Police and sanitation workers with bulldozers removed tents and tarps while resisting occupiers fell back to the People’s Kitchen. As NYPD blockaded the surrounding streets and airspace, people and texts and media feeds streamed out from an atmosphere made toxic by chemical and sonic weapons. Coordinated police actions evicted occupiers in Oakland, Portland, Denver and other cities.
Occupy Wall Street working groups and General Assemblies continue to meet in the 60 Wall Street atrium and other public locations, and to stage intermittent marches, rallies and actions. Occupations were sustained in other cities around the world, and activists tried several times to retake Zuccotti Park. Without its base camp, the Occupy movement relied even more extensively on websites and other online media as its primary means of communication and self-representation. This activity expanded into an array of diffuse campaigns: to reduce and renegotiate student debt; to resist foreclosures and reclaim bank-owned houses; and to challenge corporate power on many fronts.
Top: Sign posted at the 60 Wall atrium on November 15: “No excessive use of space.” [Photo byJohanna Clear] Bottom: Protesters remove police barriers and reoccupy Zuccotti Park on November 17. [Photo by Brennan Cavanaugh]
Occupy Wall Street had an immediate impact on U.S. domestic politics. Counteracting anti-deficit rhetoric from the Republican Party and Tea Party activists who sought to cut social services while borrowing heavily to fund wars and regressive income redistributions, the Occupy movement shifted the focus of mainstream political discourse to income inequality and the burdens of consumer debt. For many participants and observers, though, its more compelling achievement was to embody a minimally hierarchical communitarian polity that combined consensual direct democracy with a high degree of individual autonomy, and also a voluntary sharing economy with the market logics and state service provision that dominate everyday urban life. The longer-term impact of #OWS may well stem from the techniques it modeled online and in the streets for building new publics and polities.
What might this history mean for the future of public space and political action? Events are still unfolding, so the question is open-ended. But here are some provisional conclusions:
Online tools are rapidly changing the dynamics of political action. The aggregative, rhizomatic, and exponentially expanding character of the Occupy movement reflects the distinctive capacities of social media.
Media are accelerating the pace of discourse and action. Flash mobs and viral tweets may be excessively hyped, but the compressed temporality of the new media landscape is reflected in the rapid emergence, metastasis, and dormancy of Occupy Wall Street.
Digital communities are good at building systems. Wikicoding and other modes of online collaboration can build online venues fast and well.
These communities may still require face-to-face interaction to achieve substantive change. Digital communication is easy, but for that reason it can feel too light and weightless to mobilize people for the tenacious action it often takes to achieve deep structural changes.
Bodies in the street still matter for commanding attention and galvanizing engagement.
Modern forms of police control violate basic civil liberties. From the constraints placed on all manner of public assembly to the everyday civil rights violations of the stop-and-frisk system, police in New York and some other American cities have passed a dangerous tipping point.
Asserting a broad right to the city means claiming public places, online and offline, for assembly, dialogue and deliberation by multiple publics with varying spatial and temporal requirements.
Privately owned public spaces offer platforms for experimentation. The prevalence of corporate enclaves in our cities and online often homogenizes and constrains public life, but Occupy Wall Street showed that POPS can be sites for public-making and political action.
But users should reclaim some of the value we create in using corporate media. Activists should find ways to gain at least partial control over the valuable and revealing information trails that users generate through activity online and in our cities.
Finally, initiative is shifting to global-local coalitions. While Occupy was often framed in nationalist terms, its more pervasive character was simultaneously transnational and highly local, reflecting the new geographies of capitalism and its media. The intersections between global and local, online and face-to-face, reformist and radical are promising sites for the creation of the new publics and polities that might open up futures beyond the neoliberal state.
See the sidebar “Mapping Liberty Plaza” for axonometric drawings of the site’s transformation, by Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder.For related content on Places, see also “Occupy: What Architecture Can Do” and “Occupy: The Day After,” by Reinhold Martin, and “Housing and the 99 Percent,” by Jonathan Massey.
Andrew Weigand and Grant D. Foster assisted with research and visualization for this project.
We would like to thank many colleagues who contributed research and ideas. Early discussions about Occupy Wall Street included Joy Connolly, Elise Harris, Greg Smithsimon and Jenny Uleman. Matt Boorady, Timothy Gale, Steve Klimek, Gabriella Morrone and Nathaniel Wooten contributed to the mapping and surveying of Liberty Plaza. Jennifer Altman-Lupu, Rob Daurio and Katie Gill shared Occupy Wall Street maps they had made and gathered. The Transdisciplinary Media Studio at Syracuse University supported our research with funding from a Chancellor’s Leadership Initiative.
The project benefited from feedback at two stages. The Aggregate Architectural History Collaborativeworkshopped an early version of the text. Organizers and participants in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute in Digital Humanities, “Digital Cultural Mapping,” held at UCLA in June and July 2012, helped us develop the project both intellectually and representationally. Particular thanks to organizers Todd Presner, Diane Favro and Chris Johanson, and to consultants Zoe Borovsky, Yoh Kawano, David Shepard and Elaine Sullivan, as well as Micha Cárdenas of USC.
1. See Doug Singsen, “Autonomous Zone on Wall Street?,” Socialist Worker, October 11, 2011.
2. “#OCCUPYWALLSTREET,” Adbusters, July 31, 2011.
3. On Occupy Oakland as a counterpublic, see Allison Laubach Wright, “Counterpublic Protest and the Purpose of Occupy: Reframing the Discourse of Occupy Wall Street,” Plaza: Dialogues in Language and Literature 2.2 (Spring 2012): 138-146.
4. “Nine Arrested and Released Without Charge in Occupy Wall Street Test Run,” Occupy Wall Street, September 8, 2011. For early histories of OWS in New York, see Writers for the 99%, Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action that Changed America (New York and London: OR Books, 2011), andOccupy! Scenes from Occupied America, ed. Astra Taylor, Keith Gessen, et al. (London: Verso, 2011).
5. See Alex Vitale, “NYPD and OWS: A Clash of Styles,” in Occupy! Scenes from Occupied America, 74-81; and Vitale, City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics (New York: NYU Press, 2008).
6. On the POPS system, see Jerold S. Kayden et al., Privately Owned Public Spaces: The New York City Experience (John Wiley & Sons, 2000); and Benjamin Shepard and Greg Smithsimon, The Beach Beneath the Streets: Contesting New York City’s Public Spaces (Albany: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, 2011), Chs. 2-3.
7. Hakim Bey, T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism (New York: Autonomedia, 1985). See also Shepard and Smithsimon, The Beach Beneath the Streets, Ch. 1.
8. Tim Ingold, “The Temporality of the Landscape,” World Archaeology, 25:2 (1993): 152-174. Thanks to Jennifer Altman-Lupu for suggesting this way of understanding Liberty Plaza.
9. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, “Occupy Wall Street Divided,” 16 November 2011. For a more serious account, see Writers for the 99%, Occupying Wall Street, 61-67.
10. The Occupy movement online combined two modes that Sándor Végh describes as “internet-enhanced activism” and “internet-enabled activism.” See “Classifying Forms of Online Activism: The Case of Cyberprotests against the World Bank,” in Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice, ed. Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers (Portsmouth, NH: Routledge, 2003), 71-96. These approaches constituted what we might call a digital repertory of contention. See Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006), and Brett Rolfe, “Building an Electronic Repertoire of Contention,” Social Movement Studies 4:1 (May 2005): 65-74.
11. Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport call this “e-mobilization”: using the web to facilitate and coordinate in-person protest. See Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2011).
12. Some commentators even used the site’s “notes” function to publish commentaries on and critiques of the movement for others to discuss and repost. See, for instance, Greg Tate’s note “Top Ten Reasons Why So Few Blackfolk Seem Down to Occupy Wall Street,” 17 October 2011.
13. See Earl and Kimport, Digitally Enabled Social Change, Introduction.
14. See Adam Weinstein, “‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Creators Revealed,” Mother Jones, 7 October 2011, and Rebecca J. Rosen, “The 99 Percent Tumblr and Self-Service History,” The Atlantic, 10 October 2011.
15. After a slow start in August 2011, participation in the 99 Percent Project spiked at the beginning of October 2011, as the Brooklyn Bridge march and arrests spread awareness of Occupy Wall Street. Activity peaked on October 20, when site managers posted 264 photos and site visitors added nearly 6,000 comments. By the end of May 2012, the project encompassed 3255 posts and more than 134,000 comments.
16. Sean McKeown, “Winter Event Tents for Liberty Plaza,” Town Planning forum, New York City General Assembly.
17. Twitter data is drawn from a dataset compiled by social analytics company PeopleBrowsr.
18. Jeffrey S. Juris, “Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation,” American Ethnologist 39:2 (2012): 259-79: 260-61.
19. Stefania Milan, “Cloud Protesting: On Mobilization in Times of Social Media,” lecture, 10 February 2012 (abstract).
20. Christopher Kelty, Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software (Duke University Press, 2008). See also “Recursive Public,” The Foundation for P2P Alternatives.
21. “Wikicamps” adapts the term that sociologist Manuel Castells used to describe the camps that filled Spanish plazas beginning in May 2011. See Castells, “The Disgust Becomes a Network” (translation of “#Wikiacampadas,” La Vanguardia, 28 May 2011), trans. Hugh Green, Adbusters 97 (2 August 2011).
David Graeber’s “The Democracy Project” and the anarchist revival (New Yorker)
07/05/2013 UncategorizedAnarquismo, David Graeber, Occupyrenzotaddei
A CRITIC AT LARGE
PAINT BOMBS
BY KELEFA SANNEH, MAY 13, 2013
Occupy resisted those who wanted to stop it and those who wanted to organize it. Illustration by Shout.
In the summer of 2011, when David Graeber heard rumors of a mobilization against Wall Street, he was hopeful but wary. Graeber is an anthropologist by trade, and a radical by inclination, which means that he spends a lot of time at political demonstrations, scrutinizing other demonstrators. When he wandered down to Bowling Green, in the financial district, on August 2nd, he noticed a few people who appeared to be the leaders, equipped with signs and megaphones. It seemed that they were affiliated with the Workers World Party, a socialist group known for stringent pronouncements that hark back to the Cold War—a recent article in the W.W.P. newspaper hailed the “steadfast determination” of North Korea and its leaders. As far as Graeber was concerned, W.W.P. organizers and others like them could doom the new movement, turning away potential allies with their discredited ideology and their unimaginative tactics. Perhaps they would deliver a handful of speeches and lead a bedraggled march, culminating in the presentation of a list of demands. Names and e-mail addresses would be collected, and then, a few weeks or months later, everyone would regroup and do it again.
Graeber refers to march planners and other organizers as “verticals,” and to him this is an insult: it refers not just to defenders of Kim Jong-un but to anyone who thinks a political uprising needs parties or leaders. He is a “horizontal,” which is to say, an anarchist. He is fifty-two, but he has made common cause with a generation of activists too young to have any interest in the Cold War, or anything associated with it. And, as he listened to speeches in Bowling Green, he realized that many of the people there seemed to be horizontals, too. Working with some like-minded activists, on the opposite side of the park, Graeber helped to convene a general assembly—an open-ended meeting, with no agenda and a commitment to consensus.Adbusters, a Canadian magazine, had called for an occupation of Wall Street on September 17th, which was six weeks away; that afternoon, in Bowling Green, a few dozen horizontals decided to see what they could do to respond.
When the day came, Graeber and his allies had to fend off two different enemies: the people who wanted to stop the occupation and the people who wanted to organize it. Occupy Wall Street succeeded, and survived, in its original location—Zuccotti Park, halfway between Wall Street and the World Trade Center site—for nearly two months, much longer than anyone predicted. It inspired similar occupations around the country, creating a model for radical politics in the Obama era. And it became known, more than anything, for its commitment to horizontalism: no parties, no leaders, no demands.
Inevitably, this triumph of horizontalism increased the prominence of a handful of horizontals, none more than Graeber, who has emerged as perhaps the most influential radical political thinker of the moment. His American academic career has been rocky: he was an associate professor at Yale but was never up for tenure, and in 2005 the university decided not to extend his contract. (He now suggests that he was insufficiently deferential to Yale’s “hierarchical environment.”) By the summer of 2011, he was teaching anthropology at Goldsmiths College, in London, while building a growing reputation in anarchist circles worldwide. His books tend to end up as pirated PDF files, freely available on left-wing Web sites.
A few weeks before the rally in Bowling Green, Graeber published “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” a provocative counter-history of civilization that has become an unlikely best-seller. He argued that the current American anxiety about debt, private and public, is merely the latest manifestation of an ancient obsession. He sought to show that debt preëxisted money: people owed things to each other before they had a way to measure the size of those obligations. In one of his most memorable passages, he considered the differing roles of debt in a market society (where we “don’t owe each other anything,” except what we agree to) and in a nation-state (where we all owe an insurmountable debt to the government, whether we agree or not). He called this dichotomy “a great trap of the twentieth century”—a false choice between the freedom of a consumer and the obligations of a citizen. “States created markets,” he wrote. “Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least in anything like the forms we would recognize today.” This is the essence of Graeber’s ideology, and to a large extent the essence of Occupy: a commitment to fighting the twinned powers of private wealth and public force. He has proposed a grand debt cancellation, to remind the world that a debt is merely a promise—that is, a plan, and one that can be changed.
By the time the New York Police Department reclaimed Zuccotti Park, in November, the evictees were already trying to figure out whether the occupation had been a success, and what “success” might mean. In the past year, this debate has been taken up in a series of essays and books rehearsing the little indignities and big ideas that characterized life in Zuccotti Park and other sites of occupation. Now comes Graeber himself, with “The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement” (Spiegel & Grau). Like all revolutionaries, he is skilled in the art of wild extrapolation, starting from a small band of dissidents and imagining a world transformed. He doesn’t believe that a better future is inevitable. But like lots of people, not all of them radical or even political, he does believe that the current arrangement is unstable, and that we may as well start thinking about what might come next.
“We are the ninety-nine per cent!” That was the rallying cry in Zuccotti Park, and beyond, although there is some debate about exactly which member of the “we” came up with it. In his book, Graeber stakes a partial claim, quoting an e-mail he sent to a group list on August 4, 2011, in which he proposed calling the occupation the Ninety-Nine Per Cent Movement. The figure had been popularized by the economist Joseph Stiglitz, who estimated that the richest one per cent of Americans earn nearly twenty-five per cent of the income and control forty per cent of the wealth. “The ninety-nine per cent,” then, is everybody else. It was a great slogan, because it linked the people in the parks to the people watching at home, suggesting a kind of class struggle that even class-averse Americans could support.
What’s striking about this formulation, though, is what’s missing: any explicit reference to the one per cent. It was a self-reflexive slogan for a self-reflexive movement, one that came to be known more for its internal politics than for its critique of the outside world. Perhaps no one could say exactly what the Zuccotti Park occupation wanted, but lots of people knew how it worked. There was “the people’s mic,” an ingenious system of public address: short speeches were delivered one phrase at a time, with each phrase repeated, in unison, by whoever happened to be standing nearby. And there was a small lexicon of hand signals, which Occupiers could use to respond with approval, or disapproval, or extreme disapproval—the crossed-fists “block,” which could bring any discussion to a halt.
In “We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation” (AK Press), a deftly edited anthology, a wide range of Occupiers and sympathizers look back on those days in 2011. One New York participant recalls the nerve-racking moment when she helped block the adoption of an official declaration, because she felt that the language downplayed the importance of race, gender, and other kinds of identity. Marisa Holmes, a New York activist, describes how the occupation’s horizontal structure—composed of semi-autonomous working groups, free-form discussions, and a spokescouncil—worked, for a time, and then disintegrated. Graeber describes the encampments as “a defiant experiment in libertarian communism,” but the subtext of “We Are Many” is that this experiment was more inspiring as an ideal: the most enthusiastic essays tend to come from people, like Graeber, who spent little or no time actually living in the parks.
Is it fair to describe the Occupy movement as anarchist? In “We Are Many,” Cindy Milstein, a longtime activist, stipulates that radicals in Zuccotti Park were outnumbered by liberals, including those she deprecates as “militant liberals.” But she argues that, even if the Occupiers weren’t all anarchists, they were nevertheless “doing anarchism.” In Zuccotti Park and elsewhere, “doing anarchism” often meant struggling not against bankers, directly, but against local government and local police. (In New York, one galvanizing figure was Anthony Bologna, a senior police officer who was disciplined after video surfaced showing him squirting protesters with pepper spray.) Perhaps this was a smart strategy: instead of arguing about economics and ideology, the Occupiers could affirm, instead, their unanimous commitment to freedom of assembly. Occupy may have begun with a grievance against Wall Street, but the process of occupation transformed the movement into a meta-movement, peopled by activists demanding the right to demand their rights.
Karl Marx agreed with the anarchists of his day that the state should be destroyed. But he disagreed about when. He was convinced that the state would become obsolete only after the working class had taken it over, thereby destroying the class system. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the French philosopher who popularized the term “anarchist,” thought that the idea of a revolutionary government was a contradiction in terms. “Governments are God’s scourge, established todiscipline the world,” he wrote. “Do you really expect them to destroy themselves, to create freedom, to make revolution?” Mikhail Bakunin, the prickly Russian agitator, sneered at Marx’s idea of a workers’ state. “As soon as they become rulers or representatives of the people,” he wrote, they “will cease to be workers and will begin to look upon the whole workers’ world from the heights of the state.” In 1872, at a meeting in The Hague, Marx helped to expel Bakunin from the International Workingmen’s Association, formalizing a division that seemed no less stark, nearly a century and a half later, when the horizontals broke from the verticals on an August afternoon in Bowling Green.
In delivering his brief for anarchism, Graeber asks readers to take into account the movement’s history of good behavior. “For nearly a century now,” he writes, “anarchism has been one of the very few political philosophies whose exponents never blow anyone up.” This is a sly way of acknowledging that, a hundred years ago, anarchists had a rather different reputation. On May 4, 1886, in Haymarket Square, in Chicago, police tried to halt a demonstration by striking workers, and someone in the crowd threw a bomb, which killed at least ten people, including seven police officers. Chicago had become a hub of anarchist politics, and although the bomber was never identified, eight anarchists were convicted of being accessories to murder. In Europe, anarchists carried out a series of spectacular attacks, including the assassinations of one President (French), two kings (Italian and Greek), and three Prime Ministers (Spanish, Russian, and Spanish again). In the U.S., anarchism’s reputation was sealed for a generation by Leon Czolgosz, who killed President William McKinley, in 1901; he had evidently been inspired by Emma Goldman, the prominent anarchist rabble-rouser.
Over the years, though, anarchists’ ferocious reputation has mellowed. The Occupy movement borrowed some of its organizing tactics from the egalitarian groups that formed, in the nineteen-seventies, to try to stop the construction of nuclear power plants. And the rise of punk helped give anarchism a new image: “Anarchy in the U.K.,” by the Sex Pistols, was an ambiguous provocation; other bands, like Crass, used “anarchy” to signal their commitment to a bundle of emancipatory causes, and their independence from the socialist organizations that dominated the British left. The connection to punk lent anarchism a countercultural credibility, and in 1999, when tens of thousands of activists materialized in Seattle, intent on shutting down a World Trade Organization conference, raucous young anarchists were out in front; at one point, they smashed the window of a Starbucks. The smashed window became an icon of resistance, and the chaos in the streets of Seattle galvanized a mobilization, known as the Global Justice movement.
Twelve years later, not all of Occupy’s supporters were happy to see anarchists playing a starring role. In a contentious essay titled, “The Cancer in Occupy,” Chris Hedges called for a clean break. Hedges is a former Times reporter turned socialist author and activist, and he published his essay on the progressive Web site Truthdig, a few months after the Zuccotti eviction. His main target was the “black bloc” phenomenon, in which activists—often anarchists—dress in black clothes, with black handkerchiefs obscuring their faces, the better to cause mischief anonymously. Hedges accused black blocs of a “lust” for destruction, which he described as a sickness. “Once the Occupy movement is painted as a flag-burning, rock-throwing, angry mob we are finished,” he wrote.
In a deeply indignant response to Hedges, Graeber pointed out that black-bloc actions had been rare in the Occupy movement. Much of Hedges’s concern seemed to arise from a single incident in Oakland, when a black bloc smashed bank windows and vandalized a Whole Foods. Like many anarchists, Graeber doesn’t think property damage is violence. And he believes that so-called “mobs” have their uses—in 2001, in Quebec City, he was part of a black bloc that succeeded in toppling a chain-link fence meant to separate activists from the free-trade meeting they wanted to disrupt. He supports “diversity of tactics,” an approach that urges different kinds of activists to stay physically separate (so as not to endanger each other) but politically united. Above all, Graeber rejects what he calls “the peace police”: activists who try to control other activists’ behavior, sometimes in collaboration with the real police. His tolerance for confrontational protest stems in part from his disinclination to empower anyone to stop it.
Graeber is more worried about the charge that modern anarchists are feckless, so he is keen to give anarchists credit for changing the world. He claims that the Global Justice movement weakened the W.T.O. and scuttled the Free Trade Area of the Americas pact, which was the topic of those discussions in Quebec City. And he credits the Occupy movement with preventing Mitt Romney from becoming President. (He underestimates Romney’s own, invaluable contributions to this cause.) Graeber is pleased, too, to underscore the links between Occupy and other popular movements around the world, from the Egyptian uprising to the ongoing demonstrations of the Indignados, in Spain. He sees a global “insurrectionary wave,” united less by a shared ideology than by a shared opposition to an increasingly global social arrangement.
The rehabilitation of anarchism in America has a lot to do with the fall of the Soviet Union, which lives on in popular memory as a quaint and brutal place—an embarrassing precursor that modern, pro-democracy socialists must find ways to disavow. Graeber sees “authoritarian socialists” not as distant relatives but as longtime enemies; channelling Bakunin, he claims that the Marxist intention to smash the state by seizing it first is a “pipe dream.” For anarchists, the major historical precursors are so fleeting as to be nearly nonexistent: the Paris Commune lasted scarcely two months, in 1871; anarchists dominated Catalonia for about a year, after the Spanish revolution in 1936. The appeal of anarchism is largely negative: a promise that a different world needn’t resemble any of the ones that have been tried before.
In a new book, “Two Cheers for Anarchism” (Princeton), James C. Scott, a highly regarded professor of anthropology and political science at Yale (and, Graeber says, “one of the great political thinkers of our time”), commends anarchism precisely for its “tolerance for confusion and improvisation.” Graeber did his anthropological field work in the highlands of Madagascar, and Scott did his in Southeast Asia, but their conclusions were similar. Both of them encountered communities that lived more or less autonomously, finding ways to resist or ignore whatever governments claimed jurisdiction over them. And both are eager to expand the history of lived anarchism beyond Paris and Catalonia; it is, they argue, broader and more common than we’ve been taught.
“Two Cheers for Anarchism” conducts a brief and digressive seminar in political philosophy, starting from the perspective of a disillusioned leftist. “Virtually every major successful revolution ended by creating a state more powerful than the one it overthrew,” Scott writes. Traditionally, this has been an argument against revolutions, but Scott wonders whether it might be an argument against states. He stops short of calling for the abolition of government, which explains the missing cheer. Instead, he highlights everyday acts of petty resistance: “foot-dragging, poaching, pilfering, dissimulation, sabotage, desertion, absenteeism, squatting, and flight.” Most of all, he urges citizens to be wary of their governments, which is good advice, but rather deflating—Scott can make anarchism sound like little more than a colorful word for critical thinking.
Graeber shares Scott’s mistrust of grand prescriptions, but he thinks that he has found an alternative: prefigurative politics, which holds that political movements resemble the worlds they seek to create. Instead of planning a new society, revolutionaries must form a new society, and then grow. A hierarchical vanguard party will never create broad equality, just as, he says, “grim joyless revolutionaries” can’t be trusted to increase human happiness. From this perspective, all those seemingly insular procedural debates in Zuccotti Park weren’t insular at all: how the movement worked would determine what it wanted. What Graeber wants is a kind of decentralized socialism, with decisions made by a patchwork of local assemblies and coöperatives—at one point, he imagines “something vaguely like jury duty, except non-compulsory.” He argues that serious economic inequality wouldn’t endure without a state to enforce it. “We are already anarchists, or at least we act like anarchists, every time we come to understandings with one another that would not require physical threats as a means of enforcement,” he writes. “It’s a question of building on what we are already doing, expanding the zones of freedom, until freedom becomes the ultimate organizing principle.”
Graeber is comfortable—perhaps too comfortable—with uncertainty. “We have little idea what sort of organizations, or for that matter, technologies, would emerge if free people were unfettered to use their imagination to actually solve collective problems rather than to make them worse,” he writes, which seems an odd admission for a deeply committed unfetterer. (If we don’t know much about this “free” world, how do we know it won’t be, in some ways, just as coercive?) Graeber talks about the way a new society would expand people’s options, but he has acknowledged that a truly anarchist revolution would mean less production, and less consumption. Humankind would be rid of “all the useless or destructive occupations like telemarketers, lawyers, prison guards, financial analysts, public relations experts, bureaucrats and politicians.” (Anthropology professors would appear to be safe.) Although Graeber likes to distance himself from his grim and joyless rivals, there is a trace of asceticism in his vision. Part of Graeber’s motivation for wandering down to Bowling Green, back in 2011, was his opposition to what he calls “draconian austerity budgets” proposed by Mayor Bloomberg. Graeber wants to demonize modern debt without demonizing debtors. Yet the language of economic “austerity” finds a striking analogue in his vision of a post-debt society composed of people who have learned, at long last, to live within their means.
Graeber believes that the Occupy movement wouldn’t have attracted as much attention if it hadn’t been for the Tea Party movement, a few years earlier. Reporters sensed a parallel, and they wanted, he says, to make “a minimal gesture in the way of balance.” He notes that the reporters moved on around the time it became clear that the Occupy movement, unlike the Tea Party movement, was not going to become a force in electoral politics. In fact, there is one anarchist who could be considered influential in Washington, but he wasn’t among the activists who participated in the Occupy movement—he died nearly twenty years ago. His name is Murray Rothbard, and, among small-government Republicans, he is something of a cult hero. He was Ron Paul’s intellectual mentor, which makes him the godfather of the godfather of the Tea Party. Justin Amash, a young Republican congressman from Michigan and a rising star in the Party, hangs a framed portrait of him on his office wall.
Rothbard was an anarchist, but also a capitalist. “True anarchism will be capitalism, and true capitalism will be anarchism,” he once said, and he sometimes referred to himself by means of a seven-syllable honorific: “anarcho-capitalist.” Graeber thinks that governments treat their citizens “like children,” and that, when governments disappear, people will behave differently. Anarcho-capitalists, on the contrary, believe that, without government, people will behave more or less the same: we will be just as creative or greedy or competent as we are now, only freer. Instead of imagining a world without drastic inequality, anarcho-capitalists imagine a world where people and their property are secured by private defense agencies, which are paid to keep the peace. Graeber doesn’t consider anarcho-capitalists to be true anarchists; no doubt the feeling is mutual.
The split personality of anarchism demonstrates the slippery nature of anti-government arguments, which can bring together a wide range of people who are deeply dissatisfied with the government we’ve got. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and the government bailouts and loans that followed, capitalists and anticapitalists were often united in their disapproval, and, when Graeber criticizes “collusion between government and financial institutions,” he is speaking the shared language of the Tea Party and the Occupy movements. During those days in 2011, one of the politicians who expressed support for the Occupy movement was Buddy Roemer, a Republican and a former governor of Louisiana, who was waging a long-shot campaign to win his party’s Presidential nomination. “I think the Tea Party is onto something: special favors for special friends,” he said, after visiting the Washington encampment. “Hell, that’s what Occupy Washington, D.C., is saying—they’re saying the same thing.”
Despite a few attempts at outreach, Occupy and the Tea Party never found much common ground. It’s not easy for a protest movement to shrug off the logic of partisanship: the Tea Party was essentially a Republican movement, and, if the Occupiers held low opinions of the Democratic Party, it was always clear that they disdained Republicans much more. Even Graeber, for all his radicalism, still sees himself as an ally, however disaffected, of liberal Democrats in their fight against the conservative agenda. In a recent online exchange, he wrote about his frustration with the political establishment. “What reformers have to understand is that they’re never going to get anywhere without radicals and revolutionaries to betray,” he wrote, and went on:
I’ve never understood why “progressives” don’t understand this. The mainstream right understands it, that’s why they go crazy when it looks like someone might be cracking down on far-right militia groups, and so forth. They know it’s totally to their political advantage to have people even further to the right than they so they can seem moderate. If only the mainstream left acted the same way!
Despite his implacable opposition to state power, Graeber often finds himself defending the sorts of government program that liberals typically support, such as socialized medicine. There is a distinction, he argues, between state institutions based on coercion, like prisons or border control, and those which could (in a post-capitalist future) be run as voluntary collectives, like health care. Still, he is self-aware enough to be amused by all the ways in which anarchists find themselves fighting, in the short term, for causes that would seem to increase the role of government. Early in “The Democracy Project,” he describes being at a demonstration in London that protested government budget cuts and corporate tax breaks. He remembers thinking, “It feels a bit unsettling watching a bunch of anarchists in masks outside Topshop, lobbing paint bombs over a line of riot cops, shouting, ‘Pay your taxes!’ ” Then he admits that he was one of the paint bombers.
At times, Graeber can sound like one of the orthodox Marxists he lampoons, eager to see the state wither away—just not quite yet. It’s a common paradox. For years, American politicians have been promising to bring the country a smaller, more streamlined state; President Obama was obliged to present his health-care reforms as an opportunity to reduce, not increase, the federal budget. As the government expands, the calls to shrink it grow louder; even many radicals, these days, decline to be counted as proponents of big government. In a more fragile state, like Greece or Spain, anarchism often adopts an apocalyptic tone: to be an anarchist is to accept, or even to welcome, the cataclysm that all the politicians fear. But in America anarchism’s appeal surely has something to do with the seeming durability of our current arrangement, and the inexorable growth of the government that maintains it. Such is the power of a sprawling and sophisticated state: the bigger it gets, the easier it becomes for us to imagine that we could live without it. ♦
Lições Espanholas: debate entre o movimento 15M da Espanha e os movimentos de Porto Alegre (MaterialismoS)
05/04/2013 Uncategorized15M, Capitalismo, Cidadania, Occupy, participatividade, Política, Porto Alegre, sociedade civilrenzotaddei
Publicado em abril 4, 2013 por orangoquango
Debate com participante do movimento 15M, da Espanha, este sábado às 17h45 no Quilombo das Artes/Assentamento Urbano Utopia e Luta, escadaria da Borges.
Enquanto Porto Alegre viu, nas últimas semanas, aquilo que pode ser o início de um novo movimento de massa, a Espanha tem vivido desde maio de 2011 um momento riquíssimo de mobilização popular. Mais antigo, mais numeroso e mais duradouro que o movimento Occupy dos Estados Unidos, o 15M foi o primeiro dos movimentos globais a seguir o exemplo da Primavera Árabe e reagir contra as políticas de austeridade, a ditadura do capital financeiro e a erosão da democracia representativa no estado espanhol e na Europa; foi da Espanha que originalmente partiu o chamado para o dia de ação global de 15 de outubro de 2011, que transformou Occupy em um fenômeno global.
Nestes quase dois anos, o 15M se deparou com vários desafios que os movimentos de Porto Alegre terão de enfrentar cada vez mais: a necessidade de ampliar seu alcance para parcelas cada vez maiores da população; as tentativas de criminalização pela polícia e a mídia; a relação com os partidos políticos e a política institucional; o problema de como aumentar a capacidade de agir mantendo a democracia interna; a necessidade de desenvolver diversidade e flexibilidade de táticas de ação e comunicação para atacar as questões sociais de diferentes ângulos.
Este encontro é uma oportunidade para aprender mais sobre esta experiência com alguém que a vive por dentro: Sérgio González, cientista político e ecólogo, membro da rede 15M de Barcelona e do projeto X.net, associação de defesa da cultura livre e da democracia em rede. É também uma ocasião para refletir sobre o que estamos fazendo em Porto Alegre, e pensar, a partir daquilo que tem se construído na Espanha, quais podem ser nossos próximos passos.
O debate é coorganizado pelo grupo de pesquisa MaterialismoS e o Assentamento Urbano Utopia e Luta, e dá continuidade a discussões iniciadas no evento O que significa mudar o mundo hoje? de outubro de 2011.
Para saber mais sobre o 15M:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimiento_15-M
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.net
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Desahucios#Stop_Desahucios
http://15mparato.wordpress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kODIHGNokrI&list=PL92FE5C92CA3F3211
Para saber mais sobre o Assentamento Urbano Utopia e Luta:
http://www.sul21.com.br/jornal/2011/09/assentamento-em-predio-publico-de-porto-alegre-desafia-politica-habitacional/
David Graeber: Some Remarks on Consensus (Occupy Wall Street)
13/03/2013 UncategorizedAnarquismo, Cidadania, Occupy, participatividade, Política, Redes sociais, sociedade civilrenzotaddei
Posted on Feb. 26, 2013, 3:37 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
As part of our recent series on Occupy and consensus, we are posting this timely piece by David Graeber, originally published at OccupyWallStreet.net
There has been a flurry of discussion around process in OWS of late. This can only be a good thing. Atrophy and complacency are the death of movements. Any viable experiment in freedom is pretty much going to have to constantly re-examine itself, see what’s working and what isn’t—partly because situations keep changing, partly because we’re trying to invent a culture of democracy in a society where almost no one really has any experience in democratic decision-making, and most have been told for most of their lives that it would be impossible, and partly just because it’s all an experiment, and it’s in the nature of experiments that sometimes they don’t work.
A lot of this debate has centered around the role of consensus. This is healthy too, because there seem to be a lot of misconceptions floating around about what consensus is and is supposed to be about. Some of these misconceptions are so basic, though, I must admit I find them a bit startling.
Just one telling example. Justine Tunney recently wrote a piece called “Occupiers: Stop Using Consensus!” that begins by describing it as “the idea that a group must strictly adhere to a protocol where all decisions are unanimous”—and then goes on to claim that OWS used such a process, with disastrous results. This is bizarre. OWS never used absolute consensus. On the very first meeting on August 2, 2011 we established we’d use a form of modified consensus with a fallback to a two-thirds vote. Anyway, the description is wrong even if we had been using absolute consensus (an approach nowadays rarely used in groups of over 20 or 30 people), since consensus is not a system of unanimous voting, it’s a system where any participant has the right to veto a proposal which they consider either to violate some fundamental principle, or which they object to so fundamentally that proceeding would cause them to quit the group. If we can have people who have been involved with OWS from the very beginning who still don’t know that much, but think consensus is some kind of “strict” unanimous voting system, we’ve got a major problem. How could anyone have worked with OWS that long and still remained apparently completely unaware of the basic principles under which we were supposed to be operating?
Granted, this seems to be an extreme case. But it reflects a more general confusion. And it exists on both sides of the argument: both some of the consensus’ greatest supporters, and its greatest detractors, seem to think “consensus” is a formal set of rules, analogous to Roberts’ Rules of Order, which must be strictly observed, or thrown away. This certainly was not what people who first developed formal process thought that they were doing! They saw consensus as a set of principles, a commitment to making decisions in a spirit of problem-solving, mutual respect, and above all, a refusal of coercion. It was an attempt to create processes that could work in a truly free society. None of them, even the most legalistic, were so presumptuous to claim those were the only procedures that could ever work in a free society. That would have been ridiculous.
Let me return to this point in a moment. First,
1) CONSENSUS IS “A WHITE THING” (OR A MIDDLE CLASS WHITE THING, OR AN ELITIST FORM OF OPPRESSION, ETC)
The first thing to be said about this statement is that this idea is a very American thing. Anyone I mention it to who is not from the United States tends to react to the statement with complete confusion. Even in the US, it is a relatively recent idea, and the product of a very particular set of historical circumstances.
The confusion overseas is due to the fact that almost everywhere except the US, the exact opposite is true. In the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania, one finds longstanding traditions of making decisions by consensus, and then, histories of white colonialists coming and imposing Roberts Rules of Order, majority voting, elected representatives, and the whole associated package—by force. South Asian panchayat councils did not operate by majority voting and still don’t unless there has been a direct colonial influence, or by political parties that learned their idea of democracy in colonial schools and government bodies the colonialists set up. The same is true of communal assemblies in Africa. (In China, village assemblies also operated by consensus until the ’50s when the Communist Party imposed majority voting, since Mao felt voting was more “Western” and therefore “modern.”) Almost everywhere in the Americas, indigenous communities use consensus and the white or mestizo descendants of colonialists use majority voting (insofar as they made decisions on an equal basis at all, which mostly they didn’t), and when you find an indigenous community using majority voting, it is again under the explicit influence of European ideas—almost always, along with elected officials, and formal rules of procedure obviously learned in colonial schools or borrowed from colonial regimes. Insofar as anyone is teaching anyone else to use consensus, it’s the other way around: as in the case of the Maya-speaking Zapatista communities who insisted the EZLN adopt consensus over the strong initial objections of Spanish-speaking mestizos like Marcos, or for that matter the white Australian activists I know who told me that student groups in the ’80s and ’90s had to turn to veterans of the Maoist New People’s Army to train them in consensus process—not because Maoists were supposed to believe in consensus, since Mao himself didn’t like the idea, but because NPA guerillas were mostly from rural communities in the Philippines that had always used consensus to make decisions and therefore guerilla units had adopted the same techniques spontaneously.
So where does the idea that consensus is a “white thing” actually come from? Indigenous communities in America all used consensus decision-making instead of voting. Africans brought to the Americas had been kidnapped from communities where consensus was the normal mode of making collective decisions, and violently thrust into a society where “democracy” meant voting (even though they themselves were not allowed to vote.) Meanwhile, the only significant group of white settlers who employed consensus were the Quakers—and even they had developed much of their process under the influence of Native Americans like the Haudenosaunee.
As far as I can make out the ideas comes out of political arguments that surrounded the rise of Black Nationalism in the 1960s. The very first mass movement in the United States that operated by consensus was the SNCC, or Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, a primarily African-American group created in 1960 as a horizontal alternative to Martin Luther King’s (very vertical) SCLC. SNCC operated in a decentralized fashion and used consensus decision-making. It was SNCC for instance that organized the famous “freedom rides” and most of the direct action campaigns of the early ’60s. By 1964, an emerging Black Power faction was looking for an issue with which to isolate and ultimately expel the white members of the group. They seized on consensus as a kind of wedge issue—this made sense, politically, because many of those white allies were Quakers, and it was advantageous, at first, to frame the argument as one of efficiency, rather than being about more fundamental moral and political issues like non-violence. It’s important to emphasize though that the objections to consensus as inefficient and culturally alien that were put forward at the time were not put forward in the name of moving to some other form of direct democracy (i.e., majority voting), but ultimately, part of a rejection of the whole package of horizontality, consensus, and non-violence with the ultimate aim of creating top-down organizational structures that could support much greater militancy. It also corresponded to an overt attack on the place of women in the organization—an organization that had in fact been founded by the famous African-American activist Ella Baker on the principle “strong people don’t need strong leaders.” Stokely Carmichael, the most famous early Black Power advocate in SNCC, notoriously responded to a paper circulated by feminists noting that women seemed to be systematically excluded from positions in the emerging leadership structure by saying as far as he was concerned, “the only position for women in SNCC is prone.”
Within a few years SNCC began to splinter; white allies were expelled in 1965; after a brief merger with the Panthers it split again, and dissolved in the ’70s.
These tensions—challenges to horizontalism and consensus, macho leadership styles, the marginalization of women—were by no means peculiar to SNCC. Similar battles were going on in predominantly white groups: notably SDS, which ultimately ditched consensus too, and ended up splitting between Maoists and Weathermen. This is one reason the feminist movement of the early ’70s, which within the New Left began partly as a reaction to just this kind of macho posturing, embraced consensus as an antidote. (Anarchists only later adopted it from them.) But one point bears emphasizing. It’s important. None of those who challenged consensus did so in the name of a different form of direct democracy. In fact, I’m not aware of any example of an activist group that abandoned consensus and then went on to settle on some different, but equally horizontal approach to decision-making. The end result is invariably abandoning direct democracy entirely Sometimes that’s because, as here, that is explicitly what those challenging consensus want. But even when it’s not, the same thing happens, because moving from consensus sets off a dynamic that inevitably leads in a vertical direction. When consensus is abandoned, some are likely to quit in protest. These are likely to be the most dedicated to horizontal principles. Factions form. Minority factions that consistently lose key votes, and don’t have their concerns incorporated in resulting proposals, will often split off. Since they too are likely to consist of more horizontally oriented participants, the group becomes ever more vertical. Before long, those who never liked direct democracy to begin with start saying it’s what’s really to blame for all these problems, it’s inefficient, things would run far more smoothly with clearly defined leadership roles—and it only takes a vote of 51% of the remaining, much more vertical group, to ditch direct democracy entirely.
Obviously, the widespread perception of consensus process as white isn’t just be a hold-over from events that took place forty years ago. A lot of the problem is that, since the ’70s, consensus process has largely been developed among direct-action oriented groups, and, while there are certainly African-American-based groups operating in what might be called the Ella Baker tradition, most of those groups have been largely white. The reasons are pretty obvious. Those lacking white privilege face much higher levels of state repression, and (unlike, in say, Mexico, or India, where those who face the most repression are generally speaking already organized in semi-autonomous communities that operate at least partly by consensus), in the US, this limits the degree to which it’s possible to engage in creating experimental spaces outside the system. Communities face immediate such practical concerns so pressing many feel working outside the system would be irresponsible. Those who don’t often feel they have no choice but to adopt either strict, rigorous, MLK-style non-violence, or adopt revolutionary militarism like the panthers—both of which tend to lead to top down forms of organization. As a result, the culture of consensus, the style in which it’s conducted, the sensibilities surrounding it, inevitably comes to reflect the white middle-class background of so many of those who have created and shaped it, and the result is that those who do not share these sensibilities feel alienated and excluded. Obviously this is something that urgently needs to be addressed. But the problem here is not with the principles underlying consensus (that all voices have equal weight, that no one be compelled to act against their will), but with the way it’s being done—and the fact that the way it’s being done have the effect of undermining those very principles.
2) RULES VERSUS PRINCIPLES
I think the real problem here is a misunderstanding about what we’re basically arguing about. A lot of people on both sides of the debate seem to think “consensus” is a set of rules. If you follow the rules, you’re doing consensus. If you break the rules, or even do them in the wrong order it’s somehow not. I’ve seen people show up to meetings armed with elaborate diagrams or flow-charts for some kind of formal process downloaded from some web page and insist that only this is the really real thing. So it’s hardly surprising that other people put off by all this, or who see that particular form of process hit some kind of loggerhead, say “well consensus doesn’t work. Let’s try something else.”
As far as I’m concerned both sides completely miss the point.
I’ll say it again. Consensus is not a set of rules. It’s a set of principles. Actually I’d even go so far to say that if you really boil it down, it ultimately comes down to just two principles: everyone should have equal say (call this “equality”), and nobody should be compelled to do anything they really don’t want to do (call this, “freedom.”)
Basically, that’s it. The rules are just a way to try to come to decisions in the spirit of those principles. “Formal consensus process,” in is various manifestations, is just one technique people have made up, over the years, to try to come to group decisions that solve practical problems in a way that ensures no one’s perspective is ignored, and no one is forced to do anything or comply with rules they find truly obnoxious. That’s it. It’s a way to find consensus. It’s not itself “consensus.” Formal process as it exists today has been proved to work pretty well for some kinds of people, under some circumstances. It is obviously completely inappropriate in others. To take an obvious example: most small groups of friends don’t need formal process at all. Other groups might, over time, develop a completely different approach that suits their own dynamics, relations, situation, culture, sensibilities. And there’s absolutely no reason any group can’t improvise an entirely new one if that’s what they want to do. As long as they are trying to create a process that embodies those basic principles, one that gives everyone equal say and doesn’t force anyone to go along with a decision they find fundamentally objectionable, then what they come up with is a form of consensus process—no matter how it operates. After all, it a group of people all decide they want to be bound by a majority decision, well, who exactly is going to stop them? But if they all decide to be bound by a majority decision, then they have reached a consensus (in fact, an absolute consensus) that they want to operate that way. The same would be true if they all decided they wanted to be bound by the decisions of a Ouija Board, or appointed one member of the group Il Duce. Who’s going to stop them? However, for the exact same reason, the moment the majority (or Ouija board, or Il Duce) comes up with a decision to do something that some people think is absolutely outrageous and refuse to do, how exactly is anyone going to force them to go along? Threaten to shoot them? Basically, it could only happen if the majority is somehow in control of some key resource—money, space, connections, a name—and others aren’t. That is, if there is some means of coercion, subtle or otherwise. In the absence of a way to compel people to do things they do not wish to do, you’re ultimately stuck with some kind of consensus whether you like it or not.
The question then is what kind of decision making process is most likely to lead to decisions that no one will object to so fundamentally that they will march off in frustration or simply refuse to cooperate? Sometimes that will be some sort of formal consensus process. In other circumstances that’s the last thing one should try. Still, there’s a reason that 51/49% majority voting is so rarely employed in such circumstances: usually, it is the method least likely to come up with such decisions.
Think of it this way.
Imagine the city is about to destroy some cherished landmark and someone puts up posters calling for people to meet in a nearby square to organize against it. Fifty people show up. Someone says, okay, “I propose we all lay down in front of the bulldozers. Let’s hold a vote.” So 30 people raised their hands yes, and 20 people raise their hands no. Well, what possible reason is there that the 20 people who said no would somehow feel obliged to now go and lay in front of the bulldozers? These were just 50 strangers gathered in a square. Why should the opinions of a majority of a group of strangers oblige the minority to do anything—let alone something which will expose them to personal danger?
The example might seem absurd—who would hold such a vote?—but I experienced something almost exactly like it a few years ago, at an “all-anarchist” meeting called in London before a mass mobilization against the G8. About 200 people showed up at the RampArts Social Center. The facilitator, a syndicalist who disliked consensus, explained that another group had proposed a march, followed by some kind of direct action, and immediately proceeded to hold a vote on whether we, as a group, wanted to join as. Oddly, it did not seem to occur to him that, since we were not in fact a group, but just a bunch of people who had showed up at a meeting, there was no reason to think that those who did not want to join such an action would be swayed by the result. In fact he wasn’t taking a vote at all. He was taking a poll: “how many people are thinking of joining the march?” Now, there’s nothing wrong with polls; arguably, the most helpful thing he could have done under the circumstance was to ask for a show of hands so everyone could see what other people were thinking. The results might even have changed some people’s minds—”well, it looks like a lot of people are going to that march, maybe I will too” (though in this case, in fact, it didn’t.) But the facilitator thought he was actually conducting a vote on what to do, as if they were somehow bound by the decision.
How could he have been so oblivious? Well, he was a syndicalist; unions use majority vote; that’s why he preferred it. But of course, unions are membership-based groups. If you join a union, you are, by the very act of doing so, agreeing to abide by its rules, which includes, accepting majority vote decisions. Those who do not follow the group’s rules can be sanctioned, or even expelled. It simply didn’t occur to him that most unions’ voting system depended on the prior existence of membership rolls, dues, charters, and usually, legal standing—which in effect meant that either everyone who had voluntarily joined the unions was in effect consenting to the rules, or else, if membership was obligatory in a certain shop or industry owing to some prior government-enforced agreement, was ultimately enforced by the power of the state. To act the same way when people had not consented to be bound by such a decision, and then expect them to follow the dictates of the majority anyway, is just going to annoy people and make them less, not more, likely to do so.
So let’s go back to Justine’s first example,
the first time I saw a block used at Occupy was at one of the first general assemblies in August 2011. There were about a hundred people that day and in the middle of the meeting a proposal was made to join Verizon workers on the picket line as a gesture of solidarity in the hope that they might also support us in return. People loved the idea and there was quite a bit of positive energy until one woman in the crowd, busy tweeting on her phone, casually raised her hand and said, “I block that”. The moderator, quite flabbergasted asked why she blocked and she explained that showing solidarity with workers would alienate the phantasm of our right-wing supporters. Discussion then abruptly ended and the meeting went on. The truth was irrelevant, popular opinion didn’t matter, and solidarity—the most important of all leftist values—was thrown to the wind based on the whims of just one individual. Occupy had to find a new way to do outreach.
Now, I was at this meeting, and I remember the event quite vividly because at the time I was one of the participants who was more than a little bit annoyed by the block. But I also know that this is simply not what happened.
First of all, as I remarked, OWS from the beginning did not have a system where just one person could block a proposal; in the event of a block, we had the option to fall back on a 2/3 majority vote. So if everyone had really loved the proposal, the block could have been simply brushed aside. While many felt the woman in question was being ridiculous (most of us suspected the “national movement” she claimed to represent didn’t really exist), the facilitator, when she asked if anyone felt the same way, was surprised to discover a significant contingent–some, but not all, insurrectionist anarchists–did in fact object to holding the next meeting at a picket line, since they didn’t want to immediately identify the movement with the institutional left. Once it became clear it was not just one crazy person, but a significant chunk of the meeting—probably not quite a third, but close (there weren’t really a hundred people there, incidentally; more like sixty)—she asked if anyone felt strongly that we should move to a vote, and no one insisted. Was this a terrible failure of process? I must admit at the time I found it exasperating. But in retrospect I realize that had we forced a vote, the results might well have been catastrophic. Because at that point we, too were just a bunch of people who’d all showed up in a park. We weren’t a “group” at all. Nobody had committed to anything; certainly, no one had committed to going along with a majority decision.
A block is not a “no” vote. It’s a veto. Or maybe a better way to put it is that giving everyone the power to block is like giving the power to take on the role of the Supreme Court, and stop a piece of legislation that they feel to be unconstitutional, to anyone who has the courage to stand up in front of the entire group and use it. When you block you are saying a proposal violates one of the group’s agreed-on common principles. Of course, in this case we didn’t have any agreed-on common principles. In cases like that, the usual rule of thumb is that you should only block if you feel so strongly about an issue that you’d actually leave the group. In this sense I suspect the initial blocker was indeed being irresponsible (she wouldn’t have really left; and many wouldn’t have mourned her if she had.) However, others felt strongly. Had we held a vote and decided to hold our next meeting at a picket line over their objections, many of them would likely not have shown up. The anti-authoritarian contingent would have been weakened. Had that happened, there was a real chance later decisions, much more important ones, might have gone the other way. I am thinking here in particular of the crucial decision, made some weeks later, not to appoint official marshals and police liaisons for September 17. Judging by the experience of other camps, had that happened, everything might have gone differently and the entire occupation failed. In retrospect, the loss of one early opportunity to create ties with striking unionists now seems a small price to pay for heading off on a road that might have led to that. Especially since we had no trouble establishing strong ties with unions later—precisely because we had succeeded in creating a real occupation in the park.
There are a lot of other issues that one could discuss. Above all, we desperately need to have a conversation about decentralization. Another point of confusion about consensus is the idea that it’s crucial to get approval from everyone about everything, which is again stifling and absurd. Consensus only works if working groups or collectives don’t feel they need to seek constant approval from the larger group, if initiative arises from below, and people only check upwards if there’s a genuinely compelling reason not to go ahead with some initiative without clearing it with everyone else. In a weird way, the very unwieldiness of consensus meetings is helpful here, since it can discourage people from taking trivial issues to a larger group, and thus potentially waste hours of everyone’s time.
But all this will no doubt will be hashed out in the discussions that are going on (another good rule of thumb for consensus meetings: you don’t need to say everything you can think to say if you’re pretty sure someone else will make a lot of the same points anyway). Mainly what I want to say is this:
Our power is in our principles. The power of Occupy has always been that it is an experiment in human freedom. That’s what inspired so many to join us. That’s what terrified the banks and politicians, who scrambled to do everything in their power—infiltration, disruption, propaganda, terror, violence—to be able to tell the word we’d failed, that they had proved a genuinely free society is impossible, that it would necessarily collapse into chaos, squalor, antagonism, violence, and dysfunction. We cannot allow them such a victory. The only way to fight back is to renew our absolute commitment to those principles. We will never compromise on equality and freedom. We will always base our relations to each other on those principles. We will not fall back on top-down structures and forms of decision making premised on the power of coercion. But as long as we do that, and if we really believe in those principles, that necessarily means being as open and flexible as we can about pretty much everything else.
A tinta vermelha: discurso de Slavoj Žižek aos manifestantes do movimento Occupy Wall Street (Boitempo)
27/02/2013 UncategorizedCapitalismo, Cidadania, Economia, Incerteza, Occupy, participatividade, Política, Redes sociais, sociedade civil, Zizekrenzotaddei
http://www.comunistas.spruz.com/pt/A-tinta-vermelha-discurso-de-Slavoj-Zizek-aos-manifestantes-do-Occupy-Wall-Street/blog.htm
Não se apaixonem por si mesmos, nem pelo momento agradável que estamos tendo aqui. Carnavais custam muito pouco – o verdadeiro teste de seu valor é o que permanece no dia seguinte, ou a maneira como nossa vida normal e cotidiana será modificada. Apaixone-se pelo trabalho duro e paciente – somos o início, não o fim. Nossa mensagem básica é: o tabu já foi rompido, não vivemos no melhor mundo possível, temos a permissão e a obrigação de pensar em alternativas. Há um longo caminho pela frente, e em pouco tempo teremos de enfrentar questões realmente difíceis – questões não sobre aquilo que não queremos, mas sobre aquilo que QUEREMOS. Qual organização social pode substituir o capitalismo vigente? De quais tipos de líderes nós precisamos? As alternativas do século XX obviamente não servem.
Então não culpe o povo e suas atitudes: o problema não é a corrupção ou a ganância, mas o sistema que nos incita a sermos corruptos. A solução não é o lema “Main Street, not Wall Street”, mas sim mudar o sistema em que a Main Street não funciona sem o Wall Street. Tenham cuidado não só com os inimigos, mas também com falsos amigos que fingem nos apoiar e já fazem de tudo para diluir nosso protesto. Da mesma maneira que compramos café sem cafeína, cerveja sem álcool e sorvete sem gordura, eles tentarão transformar isto aqui em um protesto moral inofensivo. Mas a razão de estarmos reunidos é o fato de já termos tido o bastante de um mundo onde reciclar latas de Coca-Cola, dar alguns dólares para a caridade ou comprar um cappuccino da Starbucks que tem 1% da renda revertida para problemas do Terceiro Mundo é o suficiente para nos fazer sentir bem. Depois de terceirizar o trabalho, depois de terceirizar a tortura, depois que as agências matrimoniais começaram a terceirizar até nossos encontros, é que percebemos que, há muito tempo, também permitimos que nossos engajamentos políticos sejam terceirizados – mas agora nós os queremos de volta.
Dirão que somos “não americanos”. Mas quando fundamentalistas conservadores nos disserem que os Estados Unidos são uma nação cristã, lembrem-se do que é o Cristianismo: o Espírito Santo, a comunidade livre e igualitária de fiéis unidos pelo amor. Nós, aqui, somos o Espírito Santo, enquanto em Wall Street eles são pagãos que adoram falsos ídolos.
Dirão que somos violentos, que nossa linguagem é violenta, referindo-se à ocupação e assim por diante. Sim, somos violentos, mas somente no mesmo sentido em que Mahatma Gandhi foi violento. Somos violentos porque queremos dar um basta no modo como as coisas andam – mas o que significa essa violência puramente simbólica quando comparada à violência necessária para sustentar o funcionamento constante do sistema capitalista global?
Seremos chamados de perdedores – mas os verdadeiros perdedores não estariam lá em Wall Street, os que se safaram com a ajuda de centenas de bilhões do nosso dinheiro? Vocês são chamados de socialistas, mas nos Estados Unidos já existe o socialismo para os ricos. Eles dirão que vocês não respeitam a propriedade privada, mas as especulações de Wall Street que levaram à queda de 2008 foram mais responsáveis pela extinção de propriedades privadas obtidas a duras penas do que se estivéssemos destruindo-as agora, dia e noite – pense nas centenas de casas hipotecadas…
Nós não somos comunistas, se o comunismo significa o sistema que merecidamente entrou em colapso em 1990 – e lembrem-se de que os comunistas que ainda detêm o poder atualmente governam o mais implacável dos capitalismos (na China). O sucesso do capitalismo chinês liderado pelo comunismo é um sinal abominável de que o casamento entre o capitalismo e a democracia está próximo do divórcio. Nós somos comunistas em um sentido apenas: nós nos importamos com os bens comuns – os da natureza, do conhecimento – que estão ameaçados pelo sistema.
Eles dirão que vocês estão sonhando, mas os verdadeiros sonhadores são os que pensam que as coisas podem continuar sendo o que são por um tempo indefinido, assim como ocorre com as mudanças cosméticas. Nós não estamos sonhando; nós acordamos de um sonho que está se transformando em pesadelo. Não estamos destruindo nada; somos apenas testemunhas de como o sistema está gradualmente destruindo a si próprio. Todos nós conhecemos a cena clássica dos desenhos animados: o gato chega à beira do precipício e continua caminhando, ignorando o fato de que não há chão sob suas patas; ele só começa a cair quando olha para baixo e vê o abismo. O que estamos fazendo é simplesmente levar os que estão no poder a olhar para baixo…
Então, a mudança é realmente possível? Hoje, o possível e o impossível são dispostos de maneira estranha. Nos domínios da liberdade pessoal e da tecnologia científica, o impossível está se tornando cada vez mais possível (ou pelo menos é o que nos dizem): “nada é impossível”, podemos ter sexo em suas mais perversas variações; arquivos inteiros de músicas, filmes e seriados de TV estão disponíveis para download; a viagem espacial está à venda para quem tiver dinheiro; podemos melhorar nossas habilidades físicas e psíquicas por meio de intervenções no genoma, e até mesmo realizar o sonho tecnognóstico de atingir a imortalidade transformando nossa identidade em um programa de computador. Por outro lado, no domínio das relações econômicas e sociais, somos bombardeados o tempo todo por um discurso do “você não pode” se envolver em atos políticos coletivos (que necessariamente terminam no terror totalitário), ou aderir ao antigo Estado de bem-estar social (ele nos transforma em não competitivos e leva à crise econômica), ou se isolar do mercado global etc. Quando medidas de austeridade são impostas, dizem-nos repetidas vezes que se trata apenas do que tem de ser feito. Quem sabe não chegou a hora de inverter as coordenadas do que é possível e impossível? Quem sabe não podemos ter mais solidariedade e assistência médica, já que não somos imortais?
Em meados de abril de 2011, a mídia revelou que o governo chinês havia proibido a exibição, em cinemas e na TV, de filmes que falassem de viagens no tempo e histórias paralelas, argumentando que elas trazem frivolidade para questões históricas sérias – até mesmo a fuga fictícia para uma realidade alternativa é considerada perigosa demais. Nós, do mundo Ocidental liberal, não precisamos de uma proibição tão explícita: a ideologia exerce poder material suficiente para evitar que narrativas históricas alternativas sejam interpretadas com o mínimo de seriedade. Para nós é fácil imaginar o fim do mundo – vide os inúmeros filmes apocalípticos –, mas não o fim do capitalismo.
Em uma velha piada da antiga República Democrática Alemã, um trabalhador alemão consegue um emprego na Sibéria; sabendo que todas as suas correspondências serão lidas pelos censores, ele diz para os amigos: “Vamos combinar um código: se vocês receberem uma carta minha escrita com tinta azul, ela é verdadeira; se a tinta for vermelha, é falsa”. Depois de um mês, os amigos receberam a primeira carta, escrita em azul: “Tudo é uma maravilha por aqui: os estoques estão cheios, a comida é abundante, os apartamentos são amplos e aquecidos, os cinemas exibem filmes ocidentais, há mulheres lindas prontas para um romance – a única coisa que não temos é tinta vermelha.” E essa situação, não é a mesma que vivemos até hoje? Temos toda a liberdade que desejamos – a única coisa que falta é a “tinta vermelha”: nós nos “sentimos livres” porque somos desprovidos da linguagem para articular nossa falta de liberdade. O que a falta de tinta vermelha significa é que, hoje, todos os principais termos que usamos para designar o conflito atual – “guerra ao terror”, “democracia e liberdade”, “direitos humanos” etc. etc. – são termos FALSOS que mistificam nossa percepção da situação em vez de permitir que pensemos nela. Você, que está aqui presente, está dando a todos nós tinta vermelha.
Slavoj Žižek speaks at Occupy Wall Street: Transcript (Impose)
BY SARAHANA » Don’t fall in love with yourselves
Yesterday at noon, this blog’s trusty mentor, the Slovenian philosopher-scholar Slavoj Žižek, spoke at Zuccotti Park, where Occupy Wall Street protests are being held. Here is a full transcript of his speech. Update: Transcript of the Q&A portion of the talk has been posted as well.
Made some corrections, Oct 25, 6:30PM EST
— TRANSCRIPT —
They are saying we are all losers, but the true losers are down there on Wall Street. They were bailed out by billions of our money. We are called socialists, but here there is always socialism for the rich. They say we don’t respect private property, but in the 2008 financial crash-down more hard-earned private property was destroyed than if all of us here were to be destroying it night and day for weeks. They tell you we are dreamers. The true dreamers are those who think things can go on indefinitely the way they are. We are not dreamers. We are the awakening from a dream that is turning into a nightmare.
We are not destroying anything. We are only witnessing how the system is destroying itself. We all know the classic scene from cartoons. The cat reaches a precipice but it goes on walking, ignoring the fact that there is nothing beneath this ground. Only when it looks down and notices it, it falls down. This is what we are doing here. We are telling the guys there on Wall Street, “Hey, look down!”
In mid-April 2011, the Chinese government prohibited on TV, films, and novels all stories that contain alternate reality or time travel. This is a good sign for China. These people still dream about alternatives, so you have to prohibit this dreaming. Here, we don’t need a prohibition because the ruling system has even oppressed our capacity to dream. Look at the movies that we see all the time. It’s easy to imagine the end of the world. An asteroid destroying all life and so on. But you cannot imagine the end of capitalism.
So what are we doing here? Let me tell you a wonderful, old joke from Communist times. A guy was sent from East Germany to work in Siberia. He knew his mail would be read by censors, so he told his friends: “Let’s establish a code. If a letter you get from me is written in blue ink, it is true what I say. If it is written in red ink, it is false.” After a month, his friends get the first letter. Everything is in blue. It says, this letter: “Everything is wonderful here. Stores are full of good food. Movie theatres show good films from the west. Apartments are large and luxurious. The only thing you cannot buy is red ink.” This is how we live. We have all the freedoms we want. But what we are missing is red ink: the language to articulate our non-freedom. The way we are taught to speak about freedom— war on terror and so on—falsifies freedom. And this is what you are doing here. You are giving all of us red ink.
There is a danger. Don’t fall in love with yourselves. We have a nice time here. But remember, carnivals come cheap. What matters is the day after, when we will have to return to normal lives. Will there be any changes then? I don’t want you to remember these days, you know, like “Oh. we were young and it was beautiful.” Remember that our basic message is “We are allowed to think about alternatives.” If the taboo is broken, we do not live in the best possible world. But there is a long road ahead. There are truly difficult questions that confront us. We know what we do not want. But what do we want? What social organization can replace capitalism? What type of new leaders do we want?
Remember. The problem is not corruption or greed. The problem is the system. It forces you to be corrupt. Beware not only of the enemies, but also of false friends who are already working to dilute this process. In the same way you get coffee without caffeine, beer without alcohol, ice cream without fat, they will try to make this into a harmless, moral protest. A decaffienated protest. But the reason we are here is that we have had enough of a world where, to recycle Coke cans, to give a couple of dollars for charity, or to buy a Starbucks cappuccino where 1% goes to third world starving children is enough to make us feel good. After outsourcing work and torture, after marriage agencies are now outsourcing our love life, we can see that for a long time, we allow our political engagement also to be outsourced. We want it back.
We are not Communists if Communism means a system which collapsed in 1990. Remember that today those Communists are the most efficient, ruthless Capitalists. In China today, we have Capitalism which is even more dynamic than your American Capitalism, but doesn’t need democracy. Which means when you criticize Capitalism, don’t allow yourself to be blackmailed that you are against democracy. The marriage between democracy and Capitalism is over. The change is possible.
What do we perceive today as possible? Just follow the media. On the one hand, in technology and sexuality, everything seems to be possible. You can travel to the moon, you can become immortal by biogenetics, you can have sex with animals or whatever, but look at the field of society and economy. There, almost everything is considered impossible. You want to raise taxes by little bit for the rich. They tell you it’s impossible. We lose competitivity. You want more money for health care, they tell you, “Impossible, this means totalitarian state.” There’s something wrong in the world, where you are promised to be immortal but cannot spend a little bit more for healthcare. Maybe we need to set our priorities straight here. We don’t want higher standard of living. We want a better standard of living. The only sense in which we are Communists is that we care for the commons. The commons of nature. The commons of privatized by intellectual property. The commons of biogenetics. For this, and only for this, we should fight.
Communism failed absolutely, but the problems of the commons are here. They are telling you we are not American here. But the conservatives fundamentalists who claim they really are American have to be reminded of something: What is Christianity? It’s the holy spirit. What is the holy spirit? It’s an egalitarian community of believers who are linked by love for each other, and who only have their own freedom and responsibility to do it. In this sense, the holy spirit is here now. And down there on Wall Street, there are pagans who are worshipping blasphemous idols. So all we need is patience. The only thing I’m afraid of is that we will someday just go home and then we will meet once a year, drinking beer, and nostaligically remembering “What a nice time we had here.” Promise yourselves that this will not be the case. We know that people often desire something but do not really want it. Don’t be afraid to really want what you desire. Thank you very much.
— END OF TRANSCRIPT —
Here’s Astra Taylor, who made the documentaries Zizek! and An Examined Life. (She also happens to be married to Jeff Mangum, who performed earlier in the week for the protestors.)
Free training included how to undo a handcuff:
– See more at: http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/slavoj-zizek-at-occupy-wall-street-transcript#sthash.XOa1Suzj.dpuf
Criminalizing Dissent and Punishing Occupy Protesters: Introduction to Henry Giroux’s “Youth in Revolt” (Truth Out)
01/02/2013 UncategorizedCapitalismo, Cidadania, Enquadramento, Occupy, Opinião pública, participatividade, Política, sociedade civil, Violênciarenzotaddei
Thursday, 31 January 2013 06:22By Henry A Giroux, Truthout | Book Excerpt
Military-style command and control systems are now being established to support “zero tolerance” policing and urban surveillance practices designed to exclude failed consumers or undesirable persons from the new enclaves of urban consumption and leisure.
(Image: Paradigm Publishers)
Young people are demonstrating all over the world against a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services.1 In the fall of 2011, on the tenth anniversary of September 11, as the United States revisited the tragic loss and celebrated the courage displayed on that torturous day, another kind of commemoration took place. The Occupy movement shone out like flame in the darkness—a beacon of the irrepressible spirit of democracy and a humane desire for justice. Unfortunately, the peacefully organized protests across America have often been met with derogatory commentaries in the mainstream media and, increasingly, state-sanctioned violence. The war against society has become a war against youthful protesters and increasingly bears a striking resemblance to the violence waged against Occupy movement protesters and the violence associated with the contemporary war zone.2 Missing from both the dominant media and state and national politics is an attempt to critically engage the issues the protesters are raising, not to mention any attempt to dialogue with them over their strategies, tactics, and political concerns. That many young people have become “a new class of stateless individuals … cast into a threatening and faceless mass whose identities collapse into the language of debt, survival, and disposability” appears to have escaped the attention of the mainstream media.3 Matters of justice, human dignity, and social responsibility have given way to a double gesture that seeks to undercut democratic public spheres through the criminalization of dissent while also resorting to crude and violent forms of punishment as the only mediating tools to use with young people who are attempting to open a new conversation about politics, inequality, and social justice.
In the United States, the state monopoly on the use of violence has intensified since the 1980s and in the process has been directed disproportionately against young people, poor minorities, immigrants, women, and the elderly. Guided by the notion that unregulated, market-driven values and relations should shape every domain of human life, a business model of governance has eviscerated any viable notion of social responsibility and conscience, thereby furthering the dismissal of social problems and expanding cutbacks in basic social services.4 The examples are endless, but one in particular stands out. In March 2012, Texas governor Rick Perry7joined eight other states in passing legislation to ban funding for clinics, including Planned Parenthood facilities, affiliated with abortion services for women.5 As a result, the federal government has stopped funding the Texas Women’s Health Program. Unfortunately, this attempt by Perry to punish all women because of his antiabortion stance means that more than 130,000 women in Texas will not have access to vital services ranging from mammograms to health care for their children. There is more at work here than a resurgent war on women and their children or “an insane bout of mass misogyny.”8 There is also a deep-seated religious and political authoritarianism that has become one of the fundamental pillars of what I call a neoliberal culture of cruelty. As the welfare state is hollowed out. a culture of compassion is replaced by a culture of violence, cruelty, waste, and disposability.7Banks, hedge funds, and finance capital as the contemporary registers of class power have a new visibility, and their spokespersons are unabashedly blunt in supporting a corporate culture in which “ruthlessness is prized and money is the ultimate measure.”8 Collective insurance policies and social protections have given way to the forces of economic deregulation, the transformation of the welfare state into punitive workfare programs, the privatization of public goods, and an appeal to individual culpability as a substitute for civic responsibility. At the same time, violence—or what Anne-Marie Cusac calls “American punishment”—travels from our prisons and schools to various aspects of our daily lives, “becoming omnipresent … [from] the shows we watch on television, [to] the way many of us treat children [to] some influential religious practices.”9
David Harvey has argued that neoliberalism is “a political project to re-establish the conditions for capital accumulation and to restore the power of economic elites” through the implementation of “an institutional framework characterized by strong private property rights, free markets, and free trade.”10 Neoliberalism is also a pedagogical project designed to create particular subjects, desires, and values defined largely by market considerations. National destiny becomes linked to a market-driven logic in which freedom is stripped down to freedom from government regulation, freedom to consume, and freedom to say anything one wants, regardless of how racist or toxic the consequences might be. This neoliberal notion of freedom is abstracted from any sense of civic responsibility or social cost. In fact, “neoliberalism is grounded in the idea of the ‘free, possessive individual,'” with the state cast “as tyrannical and oppressive.”11 The welfare state, in particular, becomes the archenemy of freedom. As Stuart Hall points out, according to apostles of free-market fundamentalism, ‘The state must never govern society, dictate to free individuals how to dispose of their private property, regulate a free-market economy or interfere with the God-given right to make profits and amass personal wealth.”12
Paradoxically, neoliberalism severely proscribes any vestige of social and civic agency through the figure of the isolated automaton for whom choice is reduced to the practice of endless shopping, fleeing from any sense of civic obligation, and safeguarding a radically individualized existence. Neoliberal governance translates into a state that attempts to substitute individual security for social welfare but in doing so offers only the protection of gated communities for the privileged and incarceration for those considered flawed consumers or threats to the mythic ideal of a white Christian nation. Neoliberalism refuses to recognize how private troubles are connected to broader systemic issues, legitimating instead an ode to self-reliance in which the experience of personal misfortune becomes merely the just desserts delivered by the righteous hand of the free market—not a pernicious outcome of the social order being hijacked by an antisocial ruling elite and forced to serve a narrow set of interests. Critical thought and human agency are rendered impotent as neoliberal rationality “substitutes emotional and personal vocabularies for political ones in formulating solutions to political problems.”13 Within such a depoliticized discourse, youths are told that there is no dream of the collective, no viable social bonds, only the actions of autonomous individuals who must rely on their own resources and who bear sole responsibility for the effects of larger systemic political and economic problems.
Under the regime of neoliberalism, no claims are recognized that call for compassion, justice, and social responsibility. No claims are recognized that demand youths have a future better than the present, and no claims are recognized in which young people assert the need to narrate themselves as part of a broader struggle for global justice and radical democracy. Parading as a species of democracy, neoliberal economics and ideology cancel out democracy “as the incommensurable sharing of existence that makes the political possible.”14 Symptoms of ethical, political, and economic impoverishment are all around us. And, as if that were not enough, at the current moment in history we are witnessing the merging of violence and governance along with a systemic disinvestment in and breakdown of institutions and public spheres that have provided the minimal conditions for democracy and the principles of communal responsibility. Young people are particularly vulnerable. As Jean-Marie Durand points out, “Youth is no longer considered the world’s future, but as a threat to its present. [For] youth, there is no longer any political discourse except for a disciplinary one.”13
As young people make diverse claims on the promise of a radical democracy in the streets, on campuses, and at other occupied sites, articulating what a fair and just world might be, they are treated as criminal populations—rogue groups incapable of toeing the line, “prone to irrational, intemperate and unpredictable” behavior.16Moreover, they are increasingly subjected to orchestrated modes of control and containment, if not police violence. Such youths are now viewed as the enemy by the political and corporate establishment because they make visible the repressed images of the common good and the importance of democratic public spheres, public services, the social state, and a society shaped by democratic values rather than market values. Youthful protesters and others are reclaiming the repressed memories of the Good Society and a social state that once, as Zygmunt Bauman has pointed out, “endorsed collective insurance against individual misfortune and its consequences.”17 Bauman explains that such a state “lifts members of society to the status of citizens—that is, makes them stake-holders in addition to being stock-holders, beneficiaries but also actors responsible for the benefits’ creation and availability, individuals with acute interest in the common good understood as the shared institutions that can be trusted to assure solidity and reliability of the state-issued ‘collective insurance policy.'”18 In an attempt to excavate the repressed memories of the welfare state, David Theo Goldberg spells out in detail the specific mechanisms and policies it produced in the name of the general welfare between the 1930s and 1970s in the United States. He writes,
From the 1930s through the 1970s, the liberal democratic state had offered a more or less robust set of institutional apparatuses concerned in principle at least to advance the welfare of its citizens. This was the period of advancing social security, welfare safety nets, various forms of national health system, the expansion of and investment in public education, including higher education, in some states to the exclusion of private and religiously sponsored educational institutions. It saw the emergence of state bureaucracies as major employers especially in later years of historically excluded groups. And all this, in turn, offered optimism among a growing proportion of the populace for access to middle-class amenities, including those previously racially excluded within the state and new immigrants from the global south.19
Young people today are protesting against a strengthening global capitalist project that erases the benefits of the welfare state and the possibility of a radical notion of democracy. They are protesting against a neoliberal project of accumulation, dispossession, deregulation, privatization, and commodification that leaves them out of any viable notion of the future. They are rejecting and resisting a form of casino capitalism that has ushered in a permanent revolution marked by a massive project of depoliticization, on the one hand, and an aggressive, if not savage, practice of distributing upward wealth, income, and opportunity for the 1 percent on the other. Under neoliberalism, every moment, space, practice, and social relation offers the possibility of financial investment, or what Ernst Bloch once called the “swindle of fulfillment.”20 Goods, services, and targeted human beings are ingested into its waste machine and dismissed and disposed of as excess. Flawed consumers are now assigned the status of damaged and defective human beings. Resistance to such oppressive policies and practices does not come easily, and many young people are paying a price for such resistance. According to OccupyArrests.com, “there have been at least 6705 arrests in over 112 different cities as of March 6, 2012.”21
Occupy movement protests and state-sponsored violence “have become a mirror”—and I would add a defining feature—”of the contemporary state.”22 Abandoned by the existing political system, young people in Oakland, California, New York City, and numerous other cities have placed their bodies on the line, protesting peacefully while trying to produce a new language, politics, and “community that manifests the values of equality and mutual respect that they see missing in a world that is structured by neoliberal principles.”23 Well aware that the spaces, sites, and spheres for the representation of their voices, desires, and concerns have collapsed, they have occupied a number of spaces ranging from public parks to college campuses in an effort to create a public forum where they can narrate themselves and their visions of the future while representing the misfortunes, suffering, and hopes of the unemployed, poor, incarcerated, and marginalized. This movement is not simply about reclaiming space but also about producing new ideas, generating a new conversation, and introducing a new political language.
Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for the termination of corporate control over the commanding institutions of politics, culture, and economics, an end to the suppression of dissent, and a shutting down of the permanent warfare state. Richard Lichtman is right to insist that the Occupy movement should be praised for its embrace of communal democracy as well as an emerging set of shared concerns, principles, and values articulated “by a demand for equality, or, at the very least, for a significant lessening of the horrid extent of inequality; for a working democracy; for the elimination of the moneyed foundation of politics; for the abolition of political domination by a dehumanized plutocracy; for the replacement of ubiquitous commodification by the reciprocal recognition of humanity in the actions of its agents.”24 As Arundhati Roy points out, what connects the protests in the United States to resistance movements all over the globe is that young people “know that their being excluded from the obscene amassing of wealth of U.S. corporations is part of the same system of the exclusion and war that is being waged by these corporations in places like India, Africa, and the Middle East.”25 Of course, Lichtman, Roy, and others believe that this is just the beginning of a movement and that much needs to be done, as Staughton Lynd argues, to build new strategies, a vast network of new institutions and public spheres, a community of trust, and political organization that invites poor people into its ranks.26 Stanley Aronowitz goes further and insists that the Occupy movement needs to bring together the fight for economic equality and security with the task of reshaping American institutions along genuinely democratic lines.27
All of these issues are important, but what must be addressed in the most immediate sense is the danger the emerging police state in the United States poses not just to the young protesters occupying a number of American cities but to democracy itself. This threat is particularly evident in the results of a merging of neoliberal modes of discipline and education with a warlike mentality in which it becomes nearly impossible to reclaim the language of obligation, compassion, community, social responsibility, and civic engagement. And unless the actions of young protesters, however diverse they may be, are understood alongside a robust notion of the social, civic courage, communal bonds, and the imperatives of a vital democracy, it will be difficult for the American public to challenge state violence and the framing of protest, dissent, and civic engagement as un-American or, worse, as a species of criminal behavior.
Although considerable coverage has been given in the progressive media to the violence being waged against the Occupy protesters, these analyses rarely go far enough. I want to build on these critiques by arguing that it is important to situate the growing police violence within a broader set of categories that both enables a critical understanding of the underlying social, economic, and political forces at work in such assaults and allows us to reflect critically on the distinctiveness of the current historical period in which they are taking place. For example, it is difficult to address such state-sponsored violence against young people and the Occupy movement without analyzing the devolution of the social state and the corresponding rise of the warfare and punishing state.’2b The notion of historical conjuncture is important here because it both provides an opening into the diverse forces shaping a particular moment and allows for a productive balance of theory and strategy to inform future interventions. That is. it helps us to address theoretically how youth protests are largely related to and might resist a historically specific neoliberal project that promotes vast inequalities in income and wealth, creates the student-loan debt bomb, eliminates much-needed social programs, privileges profits and commodities over people, and eviscerates the social wage.
Within the United States, the often violent response to nonviolent forms of youth protest must also be analyzed within the framework of a mammoth military-industrial state and its commitment to war and the militarization of the entire society. The merging of the military-industrial complex and unchecked finance capital points to the need for strategies that address what is specific about the current warfare state and the neoliberal project that legitimates it. That is, what are the diverse practices, interests, modes of power, social relations, public pedagogies, and economic configurations that shape the politics of the punishing state? Focusing on the specifics of the current historical conjuncture is invaluable politically in that such an approach makes visible the ideologies, policies, and modes of governance produced by the neoliberal warfare state. When neoliberal mechanisms of power and ideology are made visible, it becomes easier for the American public to challenge the common assumptions that legitimate these apparatuses of power. This type of interrogative strategy also reclaims the necessity of critical thought, civic engagement, and democratic politics by invoking the pedagogical imperative that humans not only make history but can alter its course and future direction.
For many young people today, human agency is denned as a mode of self-reflection and critical social engagement rather than a surrender to a paralyzing and unchallengeable fate. Likewise, democratic expression has become fundamental to their existence. Many young people are embracing democracy not merely as a mode of governance, but more importantly, as Bill Moyers points out, as a means of dignifying people “so they become fully free to claim their moral and political agency.”29 Human agency has become a vital force to struggle over as part of an ongoing project in which the future remains an open horizon that cannot be dismissed through appeals to the end of history or end of ideology.30 But to understand how politics refuses any guarantees and resistance becomes possible, we must first understand the present. Following Stuart Hall. I want to argue that the current historical moment, or what he calls the “long march of the Neoliberal Revolution,”31 has to be understood not only through the emergent power of finance capital and its institutions but also in terms of the growing forms of authoritarian violence that it deploys and reinforces. I want to address these antidemocratic pressures and their relationship to the rising protests of young people in the United States and abroad through the lens of two interrelated crises: the crisis of governing through violence and the crisis of what Alex Honneth has called “a failed sociality”32—which currently conjoin as a driving force to dismantle any viable notion of public pedagogy and civic education. If we are not to fall prey to a third crisis—”the crisis of negation”33—then it is imperative that we recognize the hope symbolized and embodied by young people across America and their attempt to remake society in order to ensure a better, more democratic future for us all.
The Crisis of Governing through Violence
The United States is addicted to violence, and this dependency is fueled increasingly by its willingness to wage war at home and abroad.34 As Andrew Bacevich rightly argues, “war has become a normal condition [matched by] Washington’s seemingly irrevocable abandonment of any semblance of self-restraint regarding the use of violence as an instrument of statecraft.”35 But war in this instance is not merely the outgrowth of policies designed ‘to protect the security- and well-being of the United States. It is also, as C. Wright Mills pointed out. part of a “military metaphysics”36—a complex of forces that includes corporations, defense industries, politicians, financial institutions, and universities. The culture of war provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society. War is also one of the nation’s most honored virtues. Its militaristic values now bear down on almost every aspect of American life.37 Similarly, as the governing-through-violence complex becomes normalized in the broader society, it continually works in a variety of ways to erode any distinction between war and peace.
Increasingly stoked by a moral arnd political hysteria, warlike values produce and endorse shared fears and organized violence as the primary registers of social relations. The conceptual merging of war and violence is evident in the ways in which the language of militarization is now used by politicians to address a range of policies as if they are operating on a battlefield or in a war zone. War becomes the adjective of choice as policymakers talk about waging war on drugs, poverty, and the underclass. There is more at work here than the prevalence of armed knowledge and a militarized discourse; there is also the emergence of a militarized society in which “the range of acceptable opinion inevitably shrinks.”38 And this choice of vocabulary and slow narrowing of democratic vision further enable the use of violence as an instrument of domestic policy.
How else to explain that the United States has become the punishing state par excellence, as indicated by the hideous fact that while it contains “5 percent of the Earth’s population, it is home to nearly a quarter of its prisoners”?39 Senator Lindsay Graham made this very clear in his rhetorical justification of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act by stating “that under this Act the U.S. homeland is considered a ‘battlefield.'”40 The ominous implications behind this statement, especially for Occupy movement protesters, became obvious in light of the fact that the act gives the US government the right to detain “U.S. citizens indefinitely without charge or trial if deemed necessary by the president…. Detentions can follow mere membership, past or present, in ‘suspect organizations.'”41
Since 9/11, the war on terror and the campaign for homeland security have increasingly mimicked the tactics of the enemies they sought to crush and as such have become a war on democracy. A new military urbanism has taken root the United States as state surveillance projects proliferate, signaling what Stephen Graham calls “the startling militarization of civil society—the extension of military ideas of tracking, identification, and targeting into the quotidian spaces and circulations of everyday life.”42 This is partly evident in the ongoing militarization of police departments throughout the United States. Baton-wielding cops are now being supplied with the latest military equipment imported straight from the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. Military technologies once used exclusively on the battlefield are now being supplied to police units across the nation: drones, machine-gun-equipped armored trucks, SWAT-type vehicles, “digital communications equipment, and Kevlar helmets, like those used by soldiers used in foreign wars.”43The domestic war against “terrorists” (code for young protesters) provides new opportunities for major defense contractors and corporations to become “more a part of our domestic lives.”44 As Glenn Greenwald points out, the United States since 9/11
has aggressively paramilitarized the nation’s domestic police forces by lavishing them with countless military-style weapons and other war-like technologies, training them in war-zone military tactics, and generally imposing a war mentality on them. Arming domestic police forces with paramilitary weaponry will ensure their systematic use even in the absence of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil; they will simply find other, increasingly permissive uses for those weapons.45
These domestic paramilitary forces also undermine free speech and dissent through the sheer threat of violence while often wielding power that runs roughshod over civil liberties, human rights, and civic responsibilities.46 Given that “by age 23, almost a third of Americans are arrested for a crime,” it is not unreasonable to assume that in the new militarized state the perception of young people as predators, threats to corporate governance, and disposable objects will intensify, as will the growth of a punishing state that acts out against young protesters in increasingly unrestrained and savage ways.47 Young people, particularly poor minorities of color, have already become the targets of what David Theo Goldberg calls “extraordinary power in the name of securitization … [viewed as] unruly populations … [who] are to be subjected to necropolitical discipline through the threat of imprisonment or death, physical or social.”4
Shared fears and the media hysteria that promotes them produce more than a culture of suspects and unbridled intimidation. Fear on a broad public scale serves the interests of policymakers who support a growing militarization of the police along with the corporations that supply high-tech scanners, surveillance cameras, riot extinguishers, and toxic chemicals—all of which are increasingly used with impunity on anyone who engages in peaceful protests against the warfare and corporate state.49 Images abound in the mainstream media of such abuses. There is the now famous image of an eighty-four-year-old woman looking straight into a camera, her face drenched in a liquid spray used by the police after attending a protest rally. There is the image of a woman who is two months pregnant being carried to safety after being pepper-sprayed by the police. By now, the images of young people being dragged by their hair across a street to a waiting police van have become all too familiar.50 Some protesters have been seriously hurt, as in the case of Scott Olsen. an Iraq War veteran who was critically injured in a protest in Oakland in October 2011. Too much of this violence is reminiscent of the violence used against civil rights demonstrators by the enforcers of Jim Crow in the 1950s and 1960s.51
No longer restricted to a particular military ideology, the celebration and permeation of warlike values throughout the culture have hastened the militarization of the entire society. As Michael Geyer points out, militarization can be defined as “the contradictory and tense social process in which civil society organizes itself for the production of violence.”52 As the late Tony Judt put it, “The United States is becoming not just a militarized state but a military society: a country where armed power is the measure of national greatness, and war, or planning for war, is the exemplary (and only) common project.”55 But the prevailing intensification of American society’s permanent war status does more than embrace a set of unifying symbols that promote a survival-of-the-fittest ethic, conformity over dissent, the strong over the weak, and fear over responsibility. Such a move also gives rise to a “failed sociality” in which violence becomes the most important tool of power and the mediating force in shaping social relationships.
A state that embraces a policy of permanent war needs willing subjects to abide by its values, ideology, and narratives of fear and violence. Such legitimation is largely provided through people’s immersion in a market-driven society that appears increasingly addicted to consumerism, militarism, and the spectacles of violence endlessly circulated through popular culture.54 Examples of the violent fare on offer extend from the realm of high fashion and Hollywood movies to extreme sports, video games, and music concerts sponsored by the Pentagon.55 The market-driven celebration of a militaristic mind-set demands a culture of conformity, quiet intellectuals, and a largely passive republic of consumers. It also needs subjects who find intense pleasure in spectacles of violence.56
In a society saturated with hyperviolence and spectacular representations of cruelty, it becomes more difficult for the American public to respond politically and ethically to the violence as it is actually happening on the ground. In this instance, previously unfamiliar violence such as extreme images of torture and death become banally familiar, while familiar violence that occurs daily is barely recognized, relegated to the realm of the unnoticed and unnoticeable. How else to explain the public indifference to the violence inflicted on nonviolent youth protesters who are raising their voices against a state in which they have been excluded from any claim on hope, prosperity, and democracy? While an increasing volume of brutality is pumped into the culture, yesterday’s spine-chilling and nerve-wrenching displays of violence lose their shock value. As the demand for more intense images of violence accumulates, the moral indifference and desensitization to violence grow, while matters of savage cruelty and suffering are offered up as fodder for sports, entertainment, news media, and other pleasure-seeking outlets.
As American culture is more and more marked by exaggerated aggression and a virulent notion of hard masculinity, state violence—particularly the use of torture, abductions, and targeted assassinations—wins public support and requires little or no justification as US exceptionalism becomes accepted by many Americans as a matter of common sense.57 The social impacts of a “political culture of hyper punitiveness”58 can be seen in how structures of discipline and punishment have infiltrated the social order like a highly charged electric current. For example, the growing taste for violence can be seen in the criminalization of behaviors such as homelessness that once elicited compassion and social protection. We throw the homeless in jail instead of building houses, just as we increasingly send poor, semiliterate students to jail instead of providing them with a decent education. Similarly, instead of creating jobs for the unemployed, we allow banks to foreclose on their mortgages and in some cases put jobless people in debtors’ prisons. The prison in the twenty-first century7 becomes a way of making the effects of ruthless power invisible by making the victims of such power disappear. As Angela Davis points out, “According to this logic the prison becomes a way of disappearing people in the false hope of disappearing the underlying social problems they represent.”39 As the notion of the social is emptied out. criminality is now defined as an essential part of a person’s identity. As a rhetoric of punishment gains ground in American society, social problems are reduced to character flaws, insufficient morality, or a eugenicist notion of being “born evil.”60
Another symptomatic example of the way in which violence has saturated everyday life and produced a “failed sociality” can be seen in the growing acceptance by the American public of modeling public schools after prisons and criminalizing the behavior of young people in public schools. Incidents that were traditionally handled by teachers, guidance counselors, and school administrators are now dealt with by the police and the criminal justice system. The consequences have been disastrous for young people. Not only do schools increasingly resemble the culture of prisons, but young children are being arrested and subjected to court appearances for behaviors that can only be called trivial. How else to explain the case of the five-year-old student in Florida who was put in handcuffs and taken to the local jail because she had a temper tantrum, or the case of Alexa Gonzales in New York, who was arrested for doodling on her desk? Or twelve-year-old Sarah Bustamatenes, who was pulled from a Texas classroom, charged with a criminal misdemeanor, and hauled into court because she sprayed perfume on herself?61 How do we explain the arrest of a thirteen-year-old student in a Maryland school for refusing to say the pledge of allegiance?62 Or the case of a sixteen-year-old student with an IQ below 70 being pepper-sprayed because he did not understand a question asked by the police officer in his school? After being pepper-sprayed, the startled youth started swinging his arms and for that was charged with two counts of assault on a public servant and faces a possible prison sentence .63 In
The most extreme cases, children have been beaten, Tasered, and killed by the police.
These examples may still be unusual enough to shock, though they are becoming more commonplace. What must be recognized is that too many schools have become combat zones in which students are routinely subjected to metal detectors, surveillance cameras, uniformed security guards, weapons searches, and in some cases SWAT raids and police dogs sniffing for drugs.64 Under such circumstances, the purpose of schooling becomes to contain and punish young people, especially those marginalized by race and class, rather than educate them. “Arrests and police interactions … disproportionately affect low-income schools with large African-American and Latino populations.”65 For the many disadvantaged students being funnelled into the “school-to-prison pipeline,” schools ensure that their futures look grim indeed as their educational experiences acclimatize them to forms of carceral treatment.66 There is more at work here than a flight from responsibility on the part of educators, parents, and politicians who support and maintain policies that fuel this expanding edifice of law enforcement against youth. Underlying the repeated decisions to turn away from helping young people is the growing sentiment that youths, particularly minorities of color and class, constitute a threat to adults and the only effective way to deal with them is to subject them to mind-crushing punishment. Students being miseducated, criminalized, and arrested through a form of penal pedagogy in prison-type schools provides a grave reminder of the degree to which the ethos of containment and punishment now creeps into spheres of everyday life that were largely immune in the past to this type of state and institutional violence.
The era of failed sociality that Americans now inhabit reminds us that we live in a time that breaks young people, devalues justice, and saturates the minute details of everyday life with the constant threat, if not reality, of violence. The medieval turn to embracing forms of punishment that inflict pain on the psyches and bodies of young people is part of a larger immersion of society in public spectacles of violence. The control society67 is now the ultimate form of entertainment in America, as the pain of others, especially those considered disposable and powerless, is no longer a subject of compassion but one of ridicule and amusement. High-octane violence and human suffering are now considered consumer entertainment products designed to raise the collective pleasure quotient. Brute force and savage killing replayed over and over in the culture function as part of an anti-immune system that turns the economy of genuine pleasure into a mode of sadism that saps democracy of any political substance and moral vitality, even as the body politic appears engaged in a process of cannibalizing its own young. It is perhaps not far-fetched to imagine a reality TV show in which millions tune in to watch young kids being handcuffed, arrested, tried in the courts, and sent to juvenile detention centers. No society can make a claim to being a democracy as long as it defines itself through shared hatred and fears rather than shared responsibilities.
In the United States, society has been reconfigured to eliminate many young people’s access to the minimal conditions required for living a full, dignified, and productive life as well as the conditions necessary for sustaining and nurturing democratic structures and ideologies. The cruelty and violence infecting the culture are both a symptom and a cause of our collective failure to mobilize large-scale collective resistance against a growing police state and the massive suffering caused by the savagery of neoliberal capitalism. Unfortunately, even as expressions of authentic rage against Wall Street continue in the Occupy movement, the widespread hardship that young people and other marginalized populations face today “has not found resonance in the public space of articulation. “fs With the collapse of a market economy into a market society, democracy no longer makes a claim on the importance of the common good. As a mode of diseased sociality, the current version of market fundamentalism has turned the principle of freedom against itself, deforming a collective vision of democracy and social justice that once made equality a viable economic idea and political goal in the pursuit of one’s own freedom and civil liberties. As Zygmunt Bauman insists, one of the consequences of this market-driven sovereignty is “the progressive decomposition and crumbling of social bonds and communal cohesion.”6
Neoliberalism creates a language of social magic in which the social either vaporizes into thin air or is utterly pathologized. Shared realities and effects of poverty, racism, inequality, and financial corruption disappear, but not the ideological and institutional mechanisms that make such scourges possible.70 And when the social is invoked favorably, the invocation is only ever used to recognize the claims and values of corporations, the ultrarich, banks, hedgefund managers, and other privileged groups comprising the 1 percent. Self-reliance and the image of the self-made man cancel out any viable notion of social relations, the common good, public values, and collective struggle.
The Occupy movements have recognized that what erodes under such conditions is not only an acknowledgment of the historical contexts, social and economic formations, relations of power, and systemic forms of discrimination that have produced massive inequalities in wealth, income, and opportunity but also any claim to the promise of a substantive democracy. Increasingly, as both the public pedagogy and economic dictates of neoliberalism are contested by the Occupiers, the state responds with violence. But the challenges to militarism, inequality, and political corruption with which young people have confronted American society are being met with a violence that encompasses more than isolated incidents of police brutality. It is a violence emanating from an ongoing wholesale transformation of the United States into a warfare state, from a state that once embraced the social contract—at least minimally—to one that no longer has even a language for community, a state in which the bonds of fear and commodification have replaced the bonds of civic responsibility and democratic commitment. As a result, violence on the part of the state and corporations is not aimed just at youthful protesters. Through a range of visible and invisible mechanisms, an ever-expanding multitude of individuals and populations has been caught in a web of cruelty, dispossession, exclusion, and exploitation.
The predominance of violence in all aspects of social life suggests that young people and others marginalized by class, race, and ethnicity have been abandoned as American society’s claim on democracy gives way to the forces of militarism, market fundamentalism, and state terrorism. We must address how a metaphysics of war and violence has taken hold of American society, and the savage social costs it has entailed.
It is these very forms of social, political, and economic violence that young people have recognized and endured against their own minds and bodies, but they are using their indignation to inspire action rather than despair. The spreading imprint of violence throughout society suggests the need for a politics that riot only critiques the established order but imagines a new one—one informed by a radical vision in which the future does not imitate the present. Critique must emerge alongside a sense of realistic hope, and individual struggles must merge into larger social movements.
Occupy Wall Street surfaced in the wake of the 9/11 memorials and global economic devastation rooted in market deregulation and financial corruption. It also developed in response to atrocities committed by the US military in the name of the war on terror, violent and racist extremism spreading through US politics and popular culture, a growing regime of discipline and punishment aimed at marginalized youth, retrograde education policies destructive of knowledge and critical learning, and the enactment of ruthless austerity policies that serve only to increase human suffering. With the democratic horizon in the United States increasingly darkened by the shadows of a looming authoritarianism and unprecedented levels of social and economic inequality, the Occupy movement and other global movements signify hope and renewal. The power of these movements to educate and act for change should not be underestimated, particularly among youths, even as we collectively bear witness to the violent retaliation of official power against democratic protesters and the growing fury of the punishing state. In the book that follows, I present chapters that move from negation to hope, from critique to imagining otherwise in order to act otherwise.
The first chapter provides a retrospective on 9/11 that acknowledges the way in which the tragic events of 2001 were used to unleash brutal violence on a global scale and legitimate the expansion of the warfare state and unthinkable forms of torture against populations increasingly deemed disposable. In particular, the traumatic aftermath of 9/11 in the United States was distorted into a culture of fear: heightened domestic security; and accelerated disciplinary forces that targeted youth, particularly the most vulnerable marginalized by race and class, as potential threats to the social order. This chapter exposes some of the widespread impacts of an unchecked punishing state and its apparatuses—most notably the escalating war on youth, the attack on the social state, and the growth of a “governing through crime” complex—while also paying tribute to the resilience and humanity of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families. It asserts that public recollection in the aftermath of those traumatic events—particularly the sense of common purpose and civic commitment that ensued—should serve as a source of collective hope for a different future than the one we have seen on display since September 2001.71
Chapter 2 discusses in further detail the cultural shift in the United States that has led to the inscription and normalization of cruelty and violence. In spring 2011, the role of the dominant media in sanctioning this culture of cruelty extended to its failure to provide a critical response when the “Kill Team” photographs were released. Even as young people around the world demonstrated against military power and authoritarian regimes, soldiers in the US military fighting in the “war on terror” gleefully participated in horrifying injustices inflicted upon helpless others. The “Kill Team” photos—images of US soldiers smiling and posing with dead Afghan civilians and their desecrated bodies—serve as but one example signaling a broader shift in American culture away from compassion for the suffering of other human beings toward a militarization of the culture and a sadistic pleasure in violent spectacles of pain and torture. Further discussion of American popular culture demonstrates how US society increasingly manifests a “depravity of aesthetics” through eagerly consuming displays of aggression, brutality, and death. Connecting this culture of cruelty to the growing influence of neoliberal policies across all sectors, I suggest that this disturbing new enjoyment of the humiliation of others—far from representing an individualized pathology—now infects US society as a whole in a way that portends the demise of the social state, if not any vestige of a real and substantive democracy. Recognizing the power of dominant culture to shape our thoughts, identities, and desires, we must struggle to uncover “instants of truth” that draw upon our compassion for others and rupture the hardened order of reality constructed by the media and other dominant cultural forces.
The third chapter suggests that even as US popular culture increasingly circulates images of mind-crushing brutality, American political culture in a similar fashion now functions like a theater of cruelty in which spectacles and public policies display gratuitous and unthinking violence toward the most vulnerable groups in the country, especially children. Despite persistent characterizations of terrorists as “other,” the greatest threat to US security lies in homegrown, right-wing extremism of a kind similar to that espoused by Anders Behring Breivik who in July 2011 bombed government buildings in Oslo, killing eight people, and then went on a murderous shooting rampage in Norway, killing sixty-nine youths attending a Labor Party camp. The eruption of violent speech and racist rhetoric within US political discourse indicates a growing tolerance at the highest levels of government of extremist elements and the authoritarian views and racist hatred they deploy to advance their agenda—which includes dismantling the social state, legitimating a governing apparatus based on fear and punishment, undermining critical thought and education through appeals to conformity and authoritarian populism, and disposing of all populations deemed dangerous and threatening to the dominance of a white conservative nationalism. Bespeaking far more than a disturbing turn in US politics and the broader culture, right-wing policymakers abetted by the dominant media are waging a campaign of domestic terrorism against children, the poor, and other vulnerable groups as part of a larger war against democracy and the democratic formative culture on which it depends for survival.
Continuing an exploration of the neoliberal mode of authoritarianism that has infiltrated US politics, Chapter 4 discusses how anti-immigrant and racist political ideology couched in a discourse of patriotism is being translated into regressive educational policies and an attack on critical education. Reminiscent of the book burnings conducted in Nazi Germany, the Arizona state legislature and school board in Tucson have systematically eliminated ethnic studies from elementary schools and banned books that: discuss racism and oppression, including several books by Mexican American authors in a school district where more than 60 percent of the students are from a Mexican American background. Within a neoliberal regime that supports corporate hegemony, social and economic inequality, and antidemocratic forms of governance, racism is either privatized by encouraging individual solutions to socially produced problems or disavowed, appearing instead in the guise of a language of punishment that persecutes anyone who even raises the specter of ongoing racism. The censorship of ethnic studies in Arizona and of forms of pedagogy that give voice to oppression points to how ideas that engage people in a struggle for equality and democracy pose a threat to fundamentalist ideologues and their war against the bodies, histories, and modes of knowledge that could produce the critical consciousness and civic courage necessary for a just society.
Chapter 5 examines the politics of austerity in terms of how it releases corporations and the rich from responsibility for the global economic recession and instead inflicts vast amounts of pain and suffering upon the most vulnerable in society. As an extension of the culture of cruelty, austerity measures encode a fear and contempt for social and economic equality, leading not only to the weakening of social protections and tax breaks for the wealthy but also to the criminalization of social problems. Austerity as a form of “trickle-down cruelty” symbolizes much more than neglect—it suggests a new mode of violence mobilized to address pervasive social ills that will only serve to hasten the emergence of punishing states and networks of global violence. Hope for preventing the escalation of human suffering must be situated in a concerted effort both to raise awareness about the damage wreaked by unchecked casino capitalism and to rethink the very nature of what democracy means and might look like in the United States. A capacity for critical thought, compassion, and informed judgment needs to be nurtured against the forms of bigotry, omission, and social irresponsibility that appear increasingly not only to sanction but also to revel in horror stories of inhumanity and destruction.
Tracing the trajectory of class struggle and inequality in America up to the present day, Chapter 6 argues that a growing concentration of wealth in the hands of the ruling elite means that the political system and mode of governance in the United States are no longer democratic, even as state power is subordinated to the interests of corporate sovereignty. In this chapter, an account of the political, social, and economic injustices confronting the vast majority of Americans—the result of a decades-long unchecked supremacy of corporate power, the reign of corrupt financiers, and a ruthless attack on the social state and social protections—sets the stage for what emerged as the Occupy Wall Street movement in September 2011. While making visible the ongoing significance of class as a political category, the Occupiers did much more than rehash the tired rhetoric of “class warfare” (marshaled by their opponents in an effort to position the ruling elites as victims of class resentment) Quite to the contrary, the Occupiers revealed the potential for a broad collective movement both to expose the material realities of inequality and injustice and to counter prevailing antidemocratic narratives while also fundamentally changing the terms of engagement by producing new images, stories, and memories that challenged the complacency of the public and the impoverished imagination of political and corporate leadership in America.
Chapter 7 concludes the book by reviewing the impact and legacy of the Occupy movement, particularly how it exposed the many ways in which US society has mortgaged the future of youth. The Occupiers have become the new public intellectuals, and they are creating a newpedagogy and politics firmly rooted in democracy, social justice, and human dignity that increasingly occupies the terrain of public discourse and poses a fundamental challenge to the control of the public sphere by corporate elites and their teaching machines. At risk of losing ideological dominance, the authorities retaliated against Occupy protesters by resorting to brutal forms of punishment. This police violence at once made visible the modes of authoritarianism and culture of cruelty that permeate American society—as was seen even at universities and colleges across the United States, institutions charged with contributing to the intellectual, social, and moral growth of society’s youth.
As I complete the writing of this introduction, the Occupy struggle for social and economic justice continues on American university campuses—where the influence of austerity measures is increasingly being felt, although the working conditions for faculty and the quality of education for students began to deteriorate under the neoliberal ascendancy decades ago. The issues impacting higher education are undoubtedly symptomatic of the accelerated pace with which the withering away of the public realm is happening. The book finishes, however, by suggesting that the Occupy movement is far from over— despite the shrinking of physical space in which it can protest. As it expands and spreads across the globe, the movement is producing a new public realm of ideas and making important connections between the deteriorating state of education, antidemocratic forces, and the savage inequalities produced by a market society. The response of young people as the new generation of public intellectuals offers us both critique and hope. It is a call to work collectively to foster new modes of thought and action—one that should be actively supported by higher education and other remaining public spheres in the United States, if American democracy is to have a future at all.
Notes for Introduction
1. Clearly, there are many reasons for the various youthful protests across the globe, ranging from the murder of young people and anger against financial corruption to the riots against cuts to social benefits and the rise of educational costs.
2. Christopher McMichael, ‘The Shock-and-Awe of Mega Sports Events,” OpenDemocracy (January 30, 2012), online at: http://www.opendemocracy.net/christopher-mcmichael/shock-and-awe-of-mega-sports-events.
3. Zygmunt Bauman, Wasted Lives (London: Polity, 2004), p. 76.
4. See Loic Wacquant, Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009).
5. Amanda Peterson Beadle, “Obama Administration Ends Medicaid Funding for Texas Women’s Health Program,” Think-Progress (March 16, 2012), online at:http://thinkprogress.org/ health/2012/03/16/445894/funding-cut-for-texas-womens-health-program.
6. Maureen Dowd, “Don’t Tread on Us,” New York Times (March 14, 2012), p. A25.
7. See, for example, Daisy Grewal, “How Wealth Reduces Compassion: As Riches Grow, Empathy for Others Seems to Decline,” Scientific American (Tuesday, April 10, 2012), online at: http:// http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-wealth-reduces-compassion&print=true.
8. Azam Ahmed, “The Hunch, the Pounce and the Kill: How Boaz Weinstein and Hedge Funds Outsmarted JPMorgan,” New York Times (May 27, 2012), p. BUI.
9. Anne-Marie Cusac, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 3.
10. David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 19.
11. Stuart Hall, “The Neo-Liberal Revolution,” Cultural Studies 25:6 (November 2011): 706.
13. Wendy Brown, Regulating Aversion (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008), p. 16.
14. Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas, “Translators’ Note,” in Jean-Luc Nancy, The Truth of Democracy (New York: Fordham University Press, 2010), p. ix.
15. Jean-Marie Durand, “For Youth: A Disciplinary Discourse Only,” TruthOut (November 15, 2009), trans. Leslie Thatcher, online at: http://www.truthout.0rg/l1190911.
16. David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism (Maiden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), p. 347.
17. Zygmunt Bauman, “Has the Future a Left?” Soundings 35 (Spring 2007): 5-6.
19. Goldberg, The Threat of Race, p. 331.
20. Cited in Anson Rabinach, “Unclaimed Heritage: Ernst Bloch’s Heritage of Our Times and the Theory of Fascism,” New German Critique (Spring 1997): 8.
21. See OccupyArreste.com, http://occupyarrests.moonfruit.com.
22. Durand, “For Youth.”
23. Kyle Bella, “Bodies in Alliance: Gender Theorist Judith Butler on the Occupy and SlutWalk Movements,” TruthOut (December 15, 2011), online at:http://www.truth-out.org/bodies-alliance-gender-theorist-judith-butler-occupy-and-slutwalk-movements/1323880210.
24. Richard Lichtman, “Not a Revolution?” TruthOut (December 14, 2011), online at: http://www.truth-out.org/not-revolu-tion/1323801994.
25. Arun Gupta, “Arundhati Roy: The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come up with a Solution,'” Guardian (November 30, 2011), online at:http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2011 /nov/30/arundhati-roy-interview.
26. Staughton Lynd, “What Is to Be Done Next?” Counter-Punch (February 29, 2012), online at: http://www.counterpunch .org/2012/02/29/what-is-to-be-done-next.
27. Stanley Aronowitz, “Notes on the Occupy Movement,” Logos (Fall 2011), online at: http://logosjournal.com/201 l/fall_aronowitz.
28. On the rise of the punishing state, see Cusac, Cruel and Unusual; Wacquant, Punishing the Poor, Angela Y. Davis, Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005).
29. Bill Moyers, “Discovering What Democracy Means,” Tom-Paine (February 12, 2007), online at: http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/02/12/discovering_what_democracy_means.php.
30. Daniel Bell, The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties (New York: Free Press, 1966); and the more recent Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man (New York: Free Press, 2006).
31. Stuart Hall, “The March of the Neoliberals,” Guardian (September 12, 2011), online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/poli-tics/201 l/sep/12/march-of-the-neoliberals/.
32. Alex Honneth, Pathologies of Reason (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009), p. 188.
33. John Van Houdt, ‘The Crisis of Negation: An Interview with Alain Badiou,” Continent 1:4 (2011): 234-238, online at: http://con-tinentcontinent.cc/index.php/continent/article/viewArticle/65.
34. See for instance, Noam Chomsky, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2007).
35. Andrew Bacevich, “After Iraq, War Is US,” Reader Supported News (December 20, 2011), online at: http://readersupportednews. org/opinion2/424-national-security/9007-after-iraq-war-is-us.
36. C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 222.
37. See Gore Vidal, Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia (New York: Nation Books, 2004); Gore Vidal, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (New York: Nation Books, 2002); Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (New York: Anchor Books, 2003); Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004); Andrew Bacevich, The New American Militarism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005); Chalmers Johnson, Nemesis: The Last Days of the Republic (New York: Metropolitan Books); Andrew J. Bacevich, Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2010); and Nick Turse, The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2008).
38. Tony Judt, “The New World Order,” New York Review of Books 11:2 (July 14, 2005): 17.
39. Cusac, Cruel and Unusual, p. 2.
40. Jim Garrison, “Obama’s Most Fateful Decision,” Huffington Post (December 12, 2011), online at: http://www.hufflngtonpost.com/ jim-garrison/obamas-most-fateful-decis_b_l 143005.html.
42. Stephen Graham, Cities under Siege: The New Military Urban-ism (London: Verso, 2010), p. xi.
43. Andrew Becker and G. W. Schulz, “Cops Ready for War,” Reader Supported News (December 21, 2011), online at: http:// readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/9023-focus-cops-ready-for-war.
45. Glenn Greenwald, “The Roots of the UC-Davis Pepper-Spraying,” Salon (November 20, 2011), online at: http://www.salon .com/2011/11 /20/the_roots_of_the_uc_davis_pepper_spraying.
46. See, for instance, Steven Rosenfeld, “5 Freedom-Killing Tactics Police Will Use to Crack Down on Protests in 2012,” AlterNet (March 16, 2012), online at:http://www.alternet.org/story/154577/5_freedom-killing_tactics_police_will_use_to_crack_down_on_protests_in_2012.
47. Erica Goode, “Many in U.S. Are Arrested by Age 23, Study Finds,” New York Times (December 19, 2011), p. A15.
49. Lauren Kelley, “Occupy Updates: Extreme Police Violence in Berkeley, with Calls for a Strike; Harvard Protesters Shut out of Harvard Yard,” AlterNet (November 14, 2011), online at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/728865/occupy_updates%3A_ex-treme_police_violence_in_berkeley,_with_calls_for_a_strike%3B_har-vard_protesters_shut_out_of_harvard_yard; Conor Friedersdorf, “UC Berkeley Riot Police Use Batons to Clear Students from Sproul Plaza,” Atlantic (November 10, 2011), online at: http://www.theatlantic. com/national/print/2011/11 /uc-berkeley-riot-police-use-batons-to-clear-students-from-sproul-plaza/248228; Al Baker, “When the Police Go Military,” New York Times (December 3, 2011), p. SR6; and Rania Khalek, “Pepper-Spraying Protesters Is Just the Beginning: Here Are More Hypermilitarized Weapons Your Local Police Force Could Employ,” AlterNet (November 22, 2011), online at: http://www .alternet.org/story/153147/pepper-spraying_protesters_is_just_the_ beginning%3A_here_are_more_hypermilitarized_weapons_your_lo-caLpolice_force_could_employ.
50. Philip Govrevitch, “Whose Police?” New Yorker (November 17, 2011), online at:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/com-ment/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-police-bloomberg.html.
51. Phil Rockstroh, “The Police State Makes Its Move: Retaining One’s Humanity in the Face of Tyranny,” CommonDreams (November 15, 2011), online at:http://www.commondreams.org/ view/2011/11/15.
52. Michael Geyer, ‘The Militarization of Europe, 1914-1945,” in John R. Gillis, ed. The Militarization of the Western World (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1989), p. 79.
53. Judt, “The New World Order,” pp. 14-18.
54. Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter, Pop Culture Goes to War: Enlisting and Resisting Militarism in the War on Terror (New York: Lexington Books, 2010).
55. Carl Boggs and Tom Pollard, The Hollywood War Machine: U.S. Militarism and Popular Culture (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2006).
56. Kostas Gouliamos and Christos Kassimeris, eds., The Marketing of War in the Age of Neo-Militarism (New York: Routledge, 2011).
57. David Cole, “An Executive Power to Kill?” New York Review of Books (March 6, 2012), online at: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/ nyrblog/2012/mar/06/targeted-killings-holder-speech.
58. Steve Herbert and Elizabeth Brown, “Conceptions of Space and Crime in the Punitive Neoliberal City,” Antipode (2006): 757.
59. Davis, Abolition Democracy, p. 41.
60. One classic example of this neoliberal screed can be found most recently in an unapologetic defense of social Darwinism by Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (New York: Crown Forum, 2012). For a critique of this position, see David Garland, The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001); Philip Jenkins, Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006); and Jonathan Simon, Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).
61. Chris McGreal, ‘The US Schools with Their Own Police,” Guardian (January 9, 2012), online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools.
62. Daniel Tancer, “Student Punished for Refusing to Cite the Pledge,” Psyche, Science, and Society (February 25, 2010), online at:http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2010/02/25/student-punished-for-refusing-to-recite-the-pledge.
63. McGreal, ‘The US Schools with Their Own Police.”
64. Criminal Injustice Kos, “Criminal Injustice Kos: Interrupting the School to Prison Pipeline,” Daily Kos (March 30, 2011), online at:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/30/960807/-Criminal-InJustice-Kos:-Interruptlng-the-School-to-Prison-Pipeline.
65. “A Failure of Imagination,” Smartypants (March 3, 2010), online at:http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2010/03/failure-of-imagination.html.
66. See Mark P. Fancher, Reclaiming Michigan’s Throwaway Kids: Students Trapped in the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Michigan: ACLU, 2011), online at:http://www.njjn.org/uploads/digitaljibrary/ resource_1287.pdf; and Advancement Project, Test, Punish, and Push Out: How “Zero Tolerance” and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Washington, DC: Advancement Project, March 2010), online at: http://www.advancementproject.org/sites/default/flles/publications/rev_fln.pdf.
67. Gilles Deleuze, “Postscript on the Societies of Control,” October 59 (Winter 1992): 3-7.
69. Bauman, “Has the Future a Left?” p. 2.
70. Barbara Ehrenreich, “How We Cured The Culture of Poverty,’ Not Poverty Itself,” Truthout (March 15, 2012), online at: http:// http://www.truth-out.org/how-we-cured-culture-poverty-not-poverty-itself/1331821823.
71. This theme is taken up in great detail in Jonathan Simon, Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).
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New York Post Helps NYPD Slander Occupy Wall Street (Again) (Village Voice)
07/01/2013 UncategorizedAltermundismo, Cidadania, Enquadramento, Nova York, Occupy, participatividade, Polícia, Repressão, sociedade civil, Violênciarenzotaddei
By Nick Pinto Thu., Jan. 3 2013 at 2:57 PM
Facebook – Morgan Gliedman was arrested with Aaron Greene, who the Post incorrectly linked to Occupy Wall Street.
When police raided the West Village apartment of Morgan Gliedman and Aaron Greene on Saturday, the New York Post was first to the story.
It was the sort of story that was right in the Post‘s wheelhouse. Gliedman, 27, nine months pregnant, the daughter of a prominent doctor and the product of a Park-Avenue-and-Dalton upbringing, and Greene, a Harvard alumnus, caught in a filthy den of drugs, decadence, and bomb-making materials just blocks from the townhouse where Weather Underground bomb-makers accidentally blew themselves up decades before.
The story also had another element that appears to becoming a Post signature: citing anonymous sources, apparently from within the NYPD, Post reporters Jamie Schram, Antonio Antenucci, and Matt McNulty reported that Greene had ties to Occupy Wall Street. The assertion was right up top in the story’s lead sentence:
“The privileged daughter of a prominent city doctor, and her boyfriend — a Harvard grad and Occupy Wall Street activist — have been busted for allegedly having a cache of weapons and a bombmaking explosive in their Greenwich Village apartment.”
The Occupy association was quickly picked up and rebroadcast by both Reuters and the Associated Press.
Needless to say, the Occupy angle was red meat to FBI-informant-turned-right-wing-bloviator Brandon Darby, who used the link to justify the recent revelation (dropped on the deadest Friday afternoon of the year) that the FBI had indeed been centrally involved in nationwide surveillance of the Occupy movement.
The thing is, the story didn’t hold up. People involved in Occupy Wall Street had no memory of ever encountering Greene. And by the first afternoon, the Occupy link was already being stepped back in the media. As the Associated Press reported, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly suggested that the question of radical affiliations was still open:
“No political writings were discovered, and Kelly said the investigation was continuing into whether the couple had any larger plans or ties to any radical groups.”
That evening, the Daily Beast called the whole scenario into question with a post entitled “NY Couple Not Terrorists, Say Cops, Just Rich Kids With Drug Habits”
By the next day, the NYPD was in the Times fully contradicting the Post’s initial Occupy claims:
“But the police said they did not believe that Mr. Greene was active in any political movements.”
Even so, activists, say, the damage had already been done. None of the outlets ran corrections, and most of the initial stories are still online.
It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time that the Post — and more specifically, Schram, one of its top cop reporters — has been a conduit for vaguely sourced and ultimately baseless police claims linking scary high-profile crimes to Occupy Wall Street.
In July, Schram co-authored a cover story for the Post under the screaming front-page headline “OWS Murder Link,” citing the claims of anonymous sources that the cold-case murder of a jogger in Inwood had been linked by DNA to a chain used to hold open subway doors during a fare strike by transit workers and Occupy activists last winter. The local NBC affiliate did the same.
That story too was quickly rolled back, as officials conceded that in fact the match was far more likely to have resulted from sloppy lab work, but not before the fabricated link had been picked up by media outlets far and wide.
Occupy Wall Street is now pushing back. An online petition decrying the Post story is approaching 1,000 signatures.
Some activists see a pattern emerging, in which the NYPD uses it’s cozy relationship with the Post to put out anonymous slanders of a nonviolent social-justice movement without having to get its hands dirty.
Whether or not that’s the case, the fact that his has happened twice now raises real questions about the Post’s policies governing the use of anonymous law-enforcement sources and its commitment to correcting factually inaccurate reporting.
Kelly McBride, the senior ethics faculty at the Poynter Institute, told the Voice the Post is definitely doing this wrong:
“In a case like this, the best practices would suggest that The Post is definitely obligated to correct their mistake, both by updating the online version of the story and noting the error, as well as printing a correction in the paper to inform people who saw the mistake there.”
We emailed both Schram and the Post’s PR office for comment, but haven’t heard back yet. We’ll update the post if we do.
UPDATE: More Misreporting On the West Village Explosives Arrests
Previous Coverage:
Questions Raised About NYPD’s Claims Linking Occupy Wall Street To Murder
Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy (The Guardian)
07/01/2013 UncategorizedAltermundismo, Capitalismo, Cidadania, Inteligência, Occupy, Polícia, Repressão, sociedade civil, Violênciarenzotaddei
New documents prove what was once dismissed as paranoid fantasy: totally integrated corporate-state repression of dissent
Naomi Wolf – guardian.co.uk, Saturday 29 December 2012 14.58 GMT
Police used teargas to drive back protesters following an attempt by the Occupy supporters to shut down the city of Oakland. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
It was more sophisticated than we had imagined: new documents show that the violent crackdown on Occupy last fall – so mystifying at the time – was not just coordinated at the level of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and local police. The crackdown, which involved, as you may recall, violent arrests, group disruption, canister missiles to the skulls of protesters, people held in handcuffs so tight they were injured, people held in bondage till they were forced to wet or soil themselves –was coordinated with the big banks themselves.
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, in a groundbreaking scoop that should once more shame major US media outlets (why are nonprofits now some of the only entities in America left breaking major civil liberties news?), filed this request. The document – reproduced here in an easily searchable format – shows a terrifying network of coordinated DHS, FBI, police, regional fusion center, and private-sector activity so completely merged into one another that the monstrous whole is, in fact, one entity: in some cases, bearing a single name, the Domestic Security Alliance Council. And it reveals this merged entity to have one centrally planned, locally executed mission. The documents, in short, show the cops and DHS working for and with banks to target, arrest, and politically disable peaceful American citizens.
The documents, released after long delay in the week between Christmas and New Year, show a nationwide meta-plot unfolding in city after city in an Orwellian world: six American universities are sites where campus police funneled information about students involved with OWS to the FBI, with the administrations’ knowledge (p51); banks sat down with FBI officials to pool information about OWS protesters harvested by private security; plans to crush Occupy events, planned for a month down the road, were made by the FBI – and offered to the representatives of the same organizations that the protests would target; and even threats of the assassination of OWS leaders by sniper fire – by whom? Where? – now remain redacted and undisclosed to those American citizens in danger, contrary to standard FBI practice to inform the person concerned when there is a threat against a political leader (p61).
As Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the PCJF, put it, the documents show that from the start, the FBI – though it acknowledgesOccupy movement as being, in fact, a peaceful organization – nonetheless designated OWS repeatedly as a “terrorist threat”:
“FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) … reveal that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a potential criminal and terrorist threat … The PCJF has obtained heavily redacted documents showing that FBI offices and agents around the country were in high gear conductingsurveillance against the movement even as early as August 2011, a month prior to the establishment of the OWS encampment in Zuccotti Park and other Occupy actions around the country.”
Verheyden-Hilliard points out the close partnering of banks, the New York Stock Exchange and at least one local Federal Reserve with the FBI and DHS, and calls it “police-statism”:
“This production [of documents], which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a window into the nationwide scope of the FBI’s surveillance, monitoring, and reporting on peaceful protestors organizing with the Occupy movement … These documents also show these federal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall Street and Corporate America.”
The documents show stunning range: in Denver, Colorado, that branch of the FBI and a “Bank Fraud Working Group” met in November 2011 – during the Occupy protests – to surveil the group. The Federal Reserve of Richmond, Virginia had its own private security surveilling Occupy Tampa and Tampa Veterans for Peace and passing privately-collected information on activists back to the Richmond FBI, which, in turn, categorized OWS activities under its “domestic terrorism” unit. The Anchorage, Alaska “terrorism task force” was watching Occupy Anchorage. The Jackson, Mississippi “joint terrorism task force” was issuing a “counterterrorism preparedness alert” about the ill-organized grandmas and college sophomores in Occupy there. Also in Jackson, Mississippi, the FBI and the “Bank Security Group” – multiple private banks – met to discuss the reaction to “National Bad Bank Sit-in Day” (the response was violent, as you may recall). The Virginia FBI sent that state’s Occupy members’ details to the Virginia terrorism fusion center. The Memphis FBI tracked OWS under its “joint terrorism task force” aegis, too. And so on, for over 100 pages.
Jason Leopold, at Truthout.org, who has sought similar documents for more than a year, reported that the FBI falsely asserted in response to his own FOIA requests that no documents related to its infiltration ofOccupy Wall Street existed at all. But the release may be strategic: if you are an Occupy activist and see how your information is being sent to terrorism task forces and fusion centers, not to mention the “longterm plans” of some redacted group to shoot you, this document is quite the deterrent.
There is a new twist: the merger of the private sector, DHS and the FBI means that any of us can become WikiLeaks, a point that Julian Assange was trying to make in explaining the argument behind his recent book. The fusion of the tracking of money and the suppression of dissent means that a huge area of vulnerability in civil society – people’s income streams and financial records – is now firmly in the hands of the banks, which are, in turn, now in the business of tracking your dissent.
Remember that only 10% of the money donated to WikiLeaks can be processed – because of financial sector and DHS-sponsored targeting of PayPal data. With this merger, that crushing of one’s personal or business financial freedom can happen to any of us. How messy, criminalizing and prosecuting dissent. How simple, by contrast, just to label an entity a “terrorist organization” and choke off, disrupt or indict its sources of financing.
Why the huge push for counterterrorism “fusion centers”, the DHS militarizing of police departments, and so on? It was never really about “the terrorists”. It was not even about civil unrest. It was always about this moment, when vast crimes might be uncovered by citizens – it was always, that is to say, meant to be about you.
• This article originally referred to a joint terrorism task force in Jackson, Michigan. This was amended to Jackson, Mississippi at 4pm ET on 2 January 2012
Occupy, Anthropology, and the 2011 Global Uprisings (Cultural Anthropology)
05/08/2012 UncategorizedAnarquismo, Capitalismo, Cidadania, Enquadramento, Globalização, Incerteza, Interatividade, Mediação tecnológica, Occupy, Opinião pública, participatividade, Política, sociedade civil, Violênciarenzotaddei
Hot spot – Occupy, Anthropology, and the 2011 Global Uprisings
Submitted by Cultural Anthropology on Fri, 2012-07-27 10:36
Introduction: Occupy, Anthropology, and the 2011 Global Uprisings
Guest Edited by Jeffrey S. Juris (Northeastern University) and Maple Razsa (Colby College)
Occupy Wall Street burst spectacularly onto the scene last fall with the take-over of New York City’s Zuccotti Park on September 17, 2011, followed by the rapid spread of occupations to cities throughout the US and the world. The movement combined mass occupations of urban public spaces with horizontal forms of organization and large-scale, directly democratic assemblies. Making effective use of the viral flows of images and information generated by the intersections of social and mass media, the occupations mobilized tens of thousands around the globe, including many new activists who had never taken part in a mass movement before, and inspired many more beyond the physical encampments themselves. Before the wave of violent police evictions in November and December of 2011 drove activists into submerged forms of organizing through the winter, the Occupy movements had already captured the public imagination. Bequeathing to us potent new memes such as the 1% (those at the top of the wealth and income scale) and the 99% (the rest of us), Occupy provided a framework for talking about issues that have been long obscured in public life such as class and socio-economic inequality and helped to shift the dominant political-economic discourse from an obsession with budget deficits and austerity to a countervailing concern for jobs, equality, and economic fairness.
In other words, prior to Occupy, much of the populist anger stemming from the 2008 financial crisis in North America and Europe had been effectively channeled by the Right into both an attack on marginalized groups—e.g. immigrants, people of color, Gays and Lesbians—and a particularly pernicious version of the already familiar critique of unbridled spending. This was especially so in the US where the Tea Party tapped into the widespread public ire over the Wall Street bailouts to bolster a far-reaching attack on “big government” through a radical program of fiscal austerity. Of course, the debt problem was a consequence rather than a cause of the crisis, the result of deregulation, predatory lending, and the spread of highly complex financial instruments facilitated by the neoliberal agenda of the very people who were now seeking to impose budgetary discipline (see Financial Crisis Hot Spot).
However, the contributions of Occupy are not exclusively, or even primarily, to be assessed in terms of their intervention in public discourse. The Occupy movements are also a response to a fundamental crisis of representative politics embodied in an embrace of more radical, directly democratic practices and forms. In their commitment to direct democracy and action the politics put into practice in the various encampments are also innovative prefigurative attempts to model alternative forms of political organization, decision making, and sociability. This turn is crucial: while neoliberalism has been endlessly critiqued it seems to live on as the only policy response—in the form of austerity—to the crisis neoliberalism itself has produced. The need for ethnographic accounts of this prefigurative politics, and its attendant challenges and contradictions, is especially urgent given that Occupy has refused official representatives and because occupiers have extended democracy beyond formal institutions into new spheres of life through a range of practices, including the collective seizure of public space, the people’s mic, horizontal organization, hand signals, and general assemblies.
It is also important to remember that Occupy was a relative latecomer—if a symbolically important one—to the social unrest the global crisis and policies of austerity have provoked. Cracks in the veneer of conformity emerged during the 2008 rebellion in Greece, where students, union members, and other social actors, galvanized by the murder of a fifteen year old student, took to the streets to challenge the worsening economic conditions (See Greece Hot Spot). Students were also among the first wave of resistance elsewhere with protests against budget cuts and increased fees in California, Croatia, the UK, and Chile. In the US signs of wider social discontent finally surfaced during the Wisconsin uprising in February 2011, which included the occupation of the Wisconsin State House in opposition to Governor Scott Walker’s attack on collective bargaining for public sector unions under the guise of budgetary discipline (cf. Collins 2012). As in Wisconsin, the widespread circulation of images from the Arab Spring continued to spark the intense feelings of solidarity, political possibility, and agency that ultimately led to the occupation of Wall Street. From the pro-democracy marches in Tunisia in response to the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi to the mass occupations of Cairo’s Tahrir Square in opposition to the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, the Middle East uprisings, imbued protesters with the sense that dramatic political transformation was possible even as subsequent events have indicated that actual political outcomes are always ambivalent and uncertain (see Arab Spring Hot Spot).
Inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt and responding to the working and middle class casualties of Spain and Europe’s debt crisis, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madrid on May 15, 2011 and occupied the Puerta del Sol square, sparking a wave of similar mobilizations and encampments around the Spain that would become known as 15M or the movement of the Indignados. Indeed, the combination of mass public occupations with large-scale participatory assemblies provided a template that would be enacted in Zuccotti Park, in part via the influence of Spanish activists residing in New York. That summer a similar movement of Israeli youths sprang up in Tel Aviv, using tent cities and popular assemblies to shine a light on the rising cost of housing and other living expenses.
Finally, in response to an August 2011 call by the Canadian magazine AdBusters to occupy Wall Street in the spirit of these 2011 Global uprisings, activists occupied Zuccotti Park after being rebuffed by the police in an attempt to take Wall Street itself. The occupation initially garnered little media attention, until its second week when images of police repression started going viral, leading to a surge in public sympathy and support, and ever growing numbers streaming to the encampments themselves each time another protester was maced or a group of seemingly innocent protesters rounded up, beaten, and/or arrested. Occupations quickly spread around the US and other parts of the world, generating, for a moment, a proliferating series of encampments physically rooted in local territories, yet linked up with other occupations through interpersonal and online trans-local networks. Following the evictions in the US last fall, local assemblies and working groups have continued to meet—hosting discussions, planning actions and campaigns, producing media, and building and modifying organizational forms—even as the Occupy movements prepared for their public reemergence in the spring through mobilizations such as the May Day protests and mass direct actions against NATO in Chicago and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.
Additionally, each of these uprisings has diffused through the widespread use of social media, reflecting the mutually constitutive nature of embodied and online protest. The use of social media, in particular, has allowed the Occupy movements, as in other recent mobilizations, to penetrate deeply into the social fabric and mobilize many newcomers who have never been active before in social movements. At the same time, these emerging “logics of aggregation” within the Occupy movements have resulted in a more individualized mode of participation and a form of movement that is more singularizing (e.g. the way the 99% frame can obscure internal differences) and more dependent on the long-term occupation of public space than other recent movements (Juris 2012). A particular set of tensions and strategic dilemmas have thus plagued the Occupy movements, including a divide between newer and more seasoned activists, the difficulty of recognizing and negotiating internal differences, a lack of common political and organizational principles beyond the General Assembly model, and the difficulty of transitioning to new tactics, strategies, visions, and structures in a post-eviction era. In short, activists are now faced with fundamental questions about how to build a movement capable of actually transforming the deep inequalities they have attempted to address.
In assembling this Hot Spot on Occupy we have invited contributions from anthropologists, ethnographers, and activists writing on the above themes: the mass occupation of public spaces, directly democratic practices and forms, the use of social media, the emotions and emerging subjectivities of protest, as well as the underlying political critiques and contradictions that have arisen in the movement. Similarly, in light of the global history we outline above, the range of other social movement responses to the current global economic crisis, as well as the ongoing links between struggles in the US, Europe, Latin America, and North Africa, we have been careful to include contributors conducting research beyond the US in countries such as Greece, Slovenia, Spain, Israel, Argentina, Egypt, and Canada. In so doing, we insist that Occupy must be understood in a global rather than a populist US-centric framework.
Our collaboration on this Hot Spot—which emerged from conversations around our articles on Occupy in the May 2012 edition ofAmerican Ethnologist (Juris 2012; Razsa and Kurnik 2012)—also reflects our scholarly and political commitments, as well as those of our contributors. First, it was our priority to invite scholars and activists who are directly involved with these movements rather than adding to the abundant armchair punditry on Occupy. These contributions also reflect recent trends in anthropology with respect to the growing practice of activist research, militant ethnography, public anthropology, and other forms of politically committed ethnographic research, which are taking increasingly institutionalized forms with Cultural Anthropology “Hot Spots”like this one, “Public Anthropology Reviews” in American Anthropologist, recent interventions in American Ethnologist on Egypt, Wisconsin, and Occupy, as well as Current Anthropology “Current Applications.”
In addition to providing an ethnographically and analytically informed view of and from various occupations and kindred mobilizations, this Hot Spot thus provides another example of how anthropologists are making themselves politically relevant and are engaging issues of broad public concern. Given these shifts, together with the progressive inclinations of many anthropologists and the ubiquity and inherent interest of Occupy, it should come as no surprise that so many anthropologists and ethnographers from related fields, including those within and outside the academy, have played key roles in the Occupy movements and their precursors in countries such as Greece and Spain. Indeed, in their post Carles Feixa and his collaboratorsrefer to anthropologists as the “organic intellectuals” of the 15 M movement. As many of the contributions to this Hot Spot attest, a similar case might be made for the role of activist anthropologists within Occupy more generally.
As the contributions below make clear, our emphasis on participatory and politically committed research does not imply a romanticization of resistance or a refusal to confront the contradictions, limits, and exclusions of social movements, especially along axes of class, race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship. Given the disproportionate, though by no means exclusively White, middle class participation in the US Occupy movements, such critical perspectives are essential. Each of the following entries thus combines thick ethnographic description on the part of anthropologists, ethnographers, and activists who have been directly involved in the Occupy movements or other instances of mobilization during the 2011 global uprisings—either through engagement with one more encampments and/or the themes addressed by Occupy—with critical analysis of one or more of the issues outlined above.
[1] Occupy has thus addressed many of the same themes and drawn on many of the organizational practices associated with the global justice movements of a previous era, even as it has resonated more strongly with domestic national contexts of the Global north.
[2] The people’s mic is a form of voice amplification whereby everyone in listening distance repeats a speaker’s words so that others situated further away can also hear (See Garces, this Hot Spot).
[3] For example, in the U.S. local encampments created “Inter-Occupy” groups maintain ties with other occupations, while twitter feeds, listservs, websites, and other digital tools were used to communicate and coordinate more broadly. See our digital resources page for additional links.
Collins, Jane. 2012. “Theorizing Wisconsin’s 2011 Protests: Community-Based Unionism Confronts Accumulation by Dispossession.” American Ethnologist 39 (1):6–20.
Juris, Jeffrey. 2012. “Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social Media, Public Space, and Emerging Logics of Aggregation.”American Ethnologist 39 (2):259-279.
Razsa, Maple and Andrej Kurnik. 2012. “The Occupy Movement in Žižek’s Hometown: Direct Democracy and a Politics of Becoming.” American Ethnologist 39 (2):238-258.
***ESSAYS***
Prefigurative Politics
Marianne Maeckelbergh, Horizontal Decision-Making across Time and Place
Chris Garces, People’s Mic and ‘Leaderful’ Charisma
Philip Cartelli, Trying to Occupy Harvard
Zoltán Glück, Between Wall Street and Zuccotti: Occupy and the Scale of Politics
Carles Feixa, et al., The #spanishrevolution and Beyond
Dimitris Dalakoglou, The Movement and the “Movement” of Syntagma Square
Experience and Subjectivity
Jeffrey S. Juris, The 99% and the Production of Insurgent Subjectivity
Diane Nelson, et al., Her earliest leaf’s a flower…
Maple Razsa, The Subjective Turn: The Radicalization of Personal Experience within Occupy Slovenia
Marina Sitrin, Occupy Trust: The Role of Emotion in the New Movements
Strategy and Tactics
David Graeber, Occupy Wall Street rediscovers the radical imagination
Kate Griffiths-Dingani, May Day, Precarity, Affective Labor, and the General Strike
Angelique Haugerud, Humor and Occupy Wall Street
Karen Ho, Occupy Finance and the Paradox/Possibilities of Productivity
Alice Mattoni, Beyond Celebration: Toward a More Nuanced Assessment of Facebook’s Role in Occupy Wall Street
John Postill, Participatory Media Research and Spain’s 15M Movement
Yvonne Yen Liu, Decolonizing the Occupy Movement
Manissa McCleave Maharawal, Fieldnotes on Union Square, Anti-Oppression, and Occupy
Uri Gordon, Israel’s “Tent Protests:” A Domesticated Mobilization
Alex Khasnabish, Occupy Nova Scotia: The Symbolism and Politics of Space
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At Studio Theatre, Anchuli Felicia King’s White Pearl Shines
The workplace comedy examines beauty stereotypes and the cosmetics industry.
by Mike Paarlberg November 21st, 2019 August 28th, 2020
Credit: Teresa Wood
Beauty is a big industry in Asia, and the way it is addressed—in commercials, and in conversation—is often blunt. In South Korea, subway stations are adorned with ads for plastic surgeons, with “before” and “after” photos of patients. In some “after” photos, the patient also wears a wedding ring.
Commenting on physical appearances is something akin to a national pastime in Asia. At least in Korea, there is a linguistic explanation for this. In the Korean language, many adjectives are verbs. The word for being fat, for example, is ddoong-ddoong hada, which literally translates to “doing fat.” Being fat isn’t a condition, it’s an activity, something you do. Thus everyone—especially my relatives—feels entitled to constantly comment on my favorite hobby, being fat.
This blunt assessment of beauty infuses White Pearl, a play by Thai-Australian playwright Anchuli Felicia King, to uncomfortable and hilarious effect, depending on your personal experience. The product it examines is skin-lightening cream, a racist anachronism to many Americans, and a very normal product to many Asians. King’s inspiration comes from a notorious Chinese ad, which showed a black man being shoved into a washing machine by a Chinese woman and coming out light skinned and Chinese, to her delight. The ad went viral as “the most racist TV commercial ever made” in the West; in China, of course, it was uncontroversial.
King’s play takes off from that, depicting the undoing of a seemingly progressive woman-run cosmetics startup in Singapore following the release of a similarly problematic, though unseen, ad. The characters make no effort to downplay their work: They’re in the skin-whitening industry, and their ad is objectively racist. There is no moral grappling to do, just calculated decision-making about how to contain the fallout once Buzzfeed gets a hold of the ad, and whether it’s even a problem at all. As Korean chemist Soo-Jin (Narea Kang) points out, if their customer base is mostly in Asia, they likely won’t care.
But things go off the rails quickly, thanks to crazy Frenchman Marcel (Zachary Fall), who attempts to use the ad to blackmail his ex, Built (Diana Huey), into getting back together with him. As online outrage grows (depicted on stage through projections of YouTube pageviews), the once supportive workplace turns on itself, and its executives, Priya (Shanta Parasuraman) and Sunny (Jody Doo) start looking for scapegoats. Candidates include Xiao (Jenna Zhu), who approved the ad, Soo-Jin, who is not above blackmail herself, and Ruki (Resa Mishina), a naive recent hire from Japan.
Refreshingly, White Pearl doesn’t bother to delve into the morality of the product around which it revolves. It takes for granted that women around the world are willing to poison themselves to make themselves look whiter, and that people make a lot of money helping them do so. As Ruki helpfully points out, selling such a product requires playing up women’s insecurities, as well as their shame about having them. After all, we live in a society that demands women spend money and effort to change their looks, then belittles them as frivolous for doing so. You can’t just call it whitening cream, says Ruki: “Call it Clear and Bright,” a reference to the very real (and very profitable) whitening product Fair & Lovely.
White Pearl isn’t a story of race or nationality, despite its multiracial and multinational characters and cast. It’s a story of an office, one in which cultural prejudices float freely, are occasionally weaponized in pointed exchanges, but are, like their product, taken for granted. But as the scandal heats up, solidarity breaks down and the venom comes out. King draws out rich personalities among her characters: from Sunny, who postures with a stilted hip-hop argot despite, as Built points out, having never left Singapore; to Priya, the high strung and verbally abusive boss; to the insouciantly unhinged stalker Marcel, who doesn’t realize how nuts he is.
The acting is strong all around, anchored by Huey as Built, a go-getter who, as the victim of Marcel’s machinations, struggles to hold her life and her job together. The traumas she endures are at once painful and funny, and Huey balances her tragicomic role perfectly. The cast is as diverse as the characters, although some accents are unnecessarily exaggerated, as with Priya and Soo-Jin. But there are no cheap other-ing jokes about foreignness; the play, in fact, climaxes with a multilingual comparison of racist insults for foreigners. (The only one I knew was kojengi, which means big nose and is Korean slang for white people.)
More plays like White Pearl should be written, and theater companies should strive to stage them. Not merely plays by and about (non-white) women, though there are too few of those, but plays that force audiences to consider the subjective nature of things we are used to seeing from one perspective. White Pearl never lectures, and never patronizes, and it never fails to entertain in its depiction of a terrible business you somehow find yourself hoping to succeed, warts and all.
1501 14th St. NW. $60–$90. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
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Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises at Kennedy Center
by Rebecca J. Ritzel May 3rd, 2013 August 29th, 2020
Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises is populated with the writer’s most colorful cast of characters. There’s the grizzled journalist Jake Barnes and all his ex-pat pals, the charismatic matador Pedro Romero, the merrily rotund Count Mippipopolous, and, of course, the glamorous, carefree divorcee Lady Brett Ashley. All will be on their feet when The Washington Ballet premieres Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises. To recreate these characters—using movement, costumes, and music rather than words—choreographer Septime Webre is not only relying on his dancers, but a network of Washington arts professionals. Local playwright Karen Zacarias helped develop the libretto, University of Maryland designer Helen Q. Huang costumed the cast, and local chanteuse E. Faye Butler and NPR White House correspondent Ari Shapiro will both portray Parisian crooners. And this being a Hemingway novel, there will be plenty of drinking, at least of the simulated variety. It’s like the Helen Hayes Awards all over again, with all the booze and fewer speeches.
The ballet runs May 8 to May 12 at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater, 2700 F St. NW. $22–$65. (202) 467-4600. washingtonballet.org.
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The Kingdom II
by Mark Jenkins April 2nd, 2004 August 29th, 2020
and Morten Arnfred
At the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center April 3–7
It’s tempting to see The Kingdom II as yet another of writer-director Lars von Trier’s seemingly unmotivated revenges upon the world. Made for Danish television in 1997 and continuing from 1994’s first installment, the two-part, nearly five-hour provocation scourges everything in its path, notably the two forms it gleefully combines: the hospital soap opera and the horror movie. Never commercially released in the United States but recently cannibalized by Stephen King for American TV, the berserk miniseries imagines a most unusual Copenhagen medical facility. A preposterous doctor’s fraternity meets on the top floor, Satanic masses are conducted in the sub-basement, and bizarrely afflicted patients dwell in between. The building is awash in hostility: Administrators loathe consultants, support workers despise doctors, demons abhor humans, and a Swedish doctor reviles all Danes. (The last gets some amoral support from a Swedish lawyer—a cameo by von Trier regular Stellan Skarsgård—who arrives to denounce Denmark as “an idiotic country.”) Like everything else in the movie, the surfeit of resentment is not to be taken too seriously. At one point, an administrator notes, “A certain measure of class hatred is necessary to keep an enterprise of this size running smoothly.” Although not Dogma-certified—it’s full of special effects, which the ascetic filmmaking code forbids—The Kingdom II does look like a von Trier enterprise. It was shot in harsh light with frantic handheld camera and features a duo of dishwashing commentators who have Down syndrome. Yet the movie is not all von Trier’s: It was co-directed by Morten Arnfred and co-scripted by Niels Vørsel—which may explain why it’s both funnier and, for all its hysteria, a little lighter on its feet than both The Idiots and the upcoming Dogville. Though that also makes this latest Kingdom more scattershot than the first installment, the film does retain much of the original’s wild energy and mood-swinging wit. As for its closing promise of a Kingdom III, only von Trier and Satan—if the two are indeed separate entities—would want that.
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Posted inMusic
by Brent Burton September 22nd, 2000 August 29th, 2020
As if embarrassed by their affinity for avant-garde sounds, Trans Am members Philip Manley (guitar and keyboards), Nathan Means (bass and keyboards), and Sebastian Thomson (drums) contrast their arty electronic jive with good old-fashioned cock rock. In the world of this jocular D.C. trio, nerdy record-collector-ish influences like Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, and Pan Sonic reconcile easily with muscular Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple riffs. Some have termed the band’s sound “post-rock,” but it’s more like pan-rockmusic that recognizes no stylistic boundaries. Red Line, Trans Am’s fifth proper full-lengthand a double album to bootexpands the group’s trademark genre-hopping into new areas with the addition of real singing, acoustic guitar, and sax. Pairing vocoder-driven vocals and sci-fi lyrics with an up-tempo barrage of keyboards and acoustic drums, “I Want It All” and “Polizei (Zu Spät)” kick off Red Line (as in “Red Line to Shady Grove”) with a double dose of bumpin’ electro. It’s a tight and inspired introduction. However, the remaining hour of the LP sprawls out in typical double-album fashion, alternating strong songslike the epic acoustic math-rocker “The Dark Gift”with sketches and experiments that probably wouldn’t make the cut on a more concise release. The distorted krautrock grind of “Play in the Summer” and “Ragged Agenda” (which cribs its lyrics from the Make*Up and its riff from Black Flag’s “Damaged II”) are obvious standouts, but less-assuming tracks like the percussive ethnic forgery “Casual Friday” and the icily techno-minimalist “Talk You All Tight” really show off Trans Am’s protean talent. Although neither as focused nor as straight-up ballsy as last year’s excellent Futureworld, Red Line still feels like a step in the right directions. Brent Burton
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Digital Dada
In the visual jungle of rave culture, Airline Industries' hallucinatory handbills get Alice, the Dancing Bear, and the Cat in the Hat to the ball on time.
by Dan Avery May 1st, 1998 August 29th, 2020
Graphic designers Todd Baldwin and Paul Miller are used to seeing their work trampled underfootstrewn outside the Capitol Ballroom on Saturday mornings, casting about in the wind on the sidewalks of lower Connecticut Avenue on Sundays, covered with the tread marks of so many Diesel shoes. That’s the nature of their medium. “It’s disposable artwork,” Baldwin says.
Baldwin, 27, and Miller, 28, proprietors of the upstart design firm Airline Industries, have made a fast name in D.C. creating handbills for Buzz, the weekly rave at the Ballroom. Most Friday nights, members of the Clearasil set can be found at Buzz, flaunting their various piercings, wearing seriously oversized jeans, and dancing at exactly 180 beats per minute. “Paul and Todd really made Buzz a recognizable name in a relatively short amount of time,” attests DJ and Buzz promoter Scott Henry, shouting over the Ballroom din as a guy wearing a bear suit dispenses lollipops and Pixie Stix to the Lewis Carrollian characters trolling the dance floor. “We couldn’t have done it without them.”
Visually speaking, Airline also has to shout above the madding crowd. It takes a strong design voice to penetrate the visual cacophony of rave culture. Miller and Baldwin’s fliers for Buzz pop with energy, exalting the scene’s sensory overload with sleek, seemingly three-dimensional images drawn from nature and science fiction. On some of these hand-sized posters, hornets with transformers and hot-rod engines for guts (the Buzz mascot) hover in a digital rain forest around a rather threatening android. Others show stark, empty honeycombs glowing in an eerie back light; exploding, kaleidoscopic assemblies of industrial objects with numerous parts that lack any apparent purpose; or undersea depths inhabited by alien, ovoid creatures with tails but no eyes. Their creations are rendered in a computer-generated palette, ranging from glossy, supersaturated bleeds of bright primary colors to sterile, gray grids ornamented with high-tech hardware, all printed on heavy, creamy paper.
Then there’s the typography that ties the designs together. Airline makes some of its riffs in Japanese-style characters or lettering reminiscent of Omni magazine. But for the most part, Baldwin and Miller prefer clean, sans-serif fonts, far afield from the current fashions of shattered, “wired,” or otherwise impoverished type. It’s quite ironic, seeing the praises for “tribal/tech-house warrior” Kier One and “Belgian waffle smuggler” Lieven Degeyndt sung typographically with deadpan Swiss precision.
“We focus on a higher level of design sensitivity than this [rave] audience is used to,” admits Baldwin, swallowing the remains of his foccacia at the trendy coffee bar Xando at Dupont Circle. Most rave fliers, he observes, rely heavily on now-cliché images of orbs and fractals for their intrigue: “Crap, really,” he gibes. He and Miller are one in this opinion: “Artwork for electronic music was not respected before,” Miller laments, “mainly because it was so bad.”
DJ Henry wasn’t sold on the duo’s work at first. He and colleague Degeyndt first started Buzz in 1995, but when they launched Sting, a semiregular Buzz event for which they invite bigger-name DJs, they decided they needed something more exciting for promotional artwork. Miller and Baldwin called on their connections to wrangle a meeting with Henry, who at first dismissed their work as “too dark,” recalls Miller. “We just kept saying, ‘Look, trust us….Look at who your clientele are!” Now Henry is such an ardent supporter that he practically gives the pair carte blanche: “We don’t even see the fliers till they come back from the printer, ready to be distributed,” Henry says.
Distribution is key to Airline’s popularity. Anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 of their Buzz posters and handbills are printed every few weeks, turning up in music stores like 12 Inch Dance Records, trendy clothing boutiques like Bohemia and Urban Outfitters, and concert venues like the 9:30 Club. The mailing list alone has more than 6,000 names, covering both the East and West coasts of the U.S. as well as Canada, and even reaching the U.K.
Miller and Baldwin first met as seniors at Virginia Commonwealth University, where both were pursuing degrees in communication arts and design. The two recognized their common tastes and vibes and decided to form their own graphic design company.
Their work shows unusual refinement at a time when many hip young American designers are intoxicated by the ephemeral styles of Raygun magazinewhich really amount to a self-contrived crisis in typographyand are simply trying to out-shock one another. Airline, to the contrary, looks to the European neo-modern atmosphere for inspiration, including 4AD impresario Vaughn Oliver, Ian Anderson of Designers Republic in Englandand even Russian artist Alexander Rodchenko.
Despite their success with fliers for Buzz, Baldwin and Miller reject the notion that Airline is just another purveyor of the electronica movement. “People see us as ‘techno’ designersbut we’re not,” says Baldwin. “Sci-fi and high-tech elements have infiltrated everything, not just music. Look at what [designers] do in Europedesign is so advanced there. They use icons for everything because they’re dealing with different cultures and languages.” Yet Miller claims never to know what the end result of a design will be when he sets out. “What we end up with is never what we conceived,” he says. “And in the end, it’s up to the viewers to decide what they see.”
While many of their boldest images appear computer-drawn, Baldwin and Miller eschew a purely digital approach to design. Much of their work is executed in Photoshop on a Macintosh, but as part of the last generation of designers trained to draw and design by hand, they see reliance on computers as a double-edged sword. “It’s not out of the question for the average person to get their hands on some digital equipment and do something amazing,” Baldwin remarks. “Even video editing can be done on a Mac. But these kids can’t even pick up a pencil and a piece of paper.”
The designers foresee lifting their work off the printed page and onto video. “I’d like to see AI diversify as much as possible,” Miller says. So far, the two have designed for a wide range of clients, including Baltimore’s Modern Music stores and New York techno outfits Astralwerks and Breakbeat Science; and they completed the marketing materials for the new Star Trek: The Experience museum at the Las Vegas Hilton. Next, they’d like to do some gallery exhibitions or architectural hypergraphics (large-scale signage). “I’d love to do some identity work for NASA,” Miller ventures. “Maybe do a logo design for the Mars space probe. It’s not something that the big [design] firms are thinking about.”CP
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Magically Delicious
by Arion Berger October 3rd, 1997 August 29th, 2020
Janeane Garofalo would really have to flub it big-time to alienate her fans. As a comedian, she’s smart, weird, and wired, and she boasts a patented dark vision that gets called “alternative” by the lazy. And in a business where such darkness uses the too-easy excuse of pain from a lifetime of exclusion, Garofalo’s effortless prettiness makes her almost a curiosity. No matter what she does to shlump and grease up, she’s cute as a buttonif buttons can be hostile, elfin, and full of self-loathing.
Playing the lead in a romantic comedy is not the worst thing she could doalthough fans are already grumbling about her near-glam clean-up joband The Matchmaker isn’t the worst script in the genre. (The Truth About Cats and Dogs was, and she withstood that.) The film doesn’t force a decision about her looks on the audience; she plays a calmer, yuppie version of Janeane Garofalo, so everyone can relax into the spectacle of seeing her bludgeoned by romance.
Marcy Tizard is a political aide to Massachusetts Sen. John McGlory (Jay O. Sanders). McGlory’s re-election campaign is tanking, despite the most cutthroat tactics of chief of staff Nick (Denis Leary), so Nick gets the inspiration that digging up some genuine McGlorys from the old country might help the senator win the Irish-American vote. Marcy is dispatched to the fog-shrouded shores of Ballinagra, where she finds that not only isn’t there a McGlory to be found in the annals of the town, but that she has landed in the midst of a pesky matchmaking festival.
The Matchmaker doesn’t pretend you don’t know what’s coming, but part of enjoying genre films is not minding taking new routes to the same comfortable place. From the moment Marcy stumbles on Sean (David O’Hara) lolling unapologetically in the bathtub of her tiny inn room, it’s clear that no ham-handed matchmaker’s machinations will be able to keep these two apart. Actually, you suspect something’s up even before that: His dog has had the foresight to piss on her luggage.
Ireland itself has become such an object of fetishized romanticism to U.S. audiencesit’s like Russia with prettier girls and less of a sense of doomthat movies about the place tend to either tell the old mist-and-magic tales with plenty of twinkling and capering or maunder on about how the Troubles (these worlds never touch each other) are worthy of more personal than political concern because the principal parties romanticize themselves. (Gillies MacKinnon’s The Playboys was neither of these; predictably, no one saw it.) It’s perhaps not surprising that the matchmaking festival is a real annual eventthat’s how stereotypes get that waybut while The Matchmaker goes the twinkle-and-caper route, it twists, explodes, scorns, and deflates many of the resident clichés. It’s a bit less besotted with the Irish than the Irish appear to be.
Legendary matchmaker Dermot (Milo O’Shea) spots the pretty Yank with the no-nonsense style that gives sudden way to goofiness and the self-protective talk of being tough and busy and missing Boston. He may run a tanning parlor on the side that’s really more of a blister factory, but Dermot has a good heart and a nose for a couple’s rightness. One of the film’s cuter conceits is the parade of unsuitable-looking pairs with glaring differences in age, race, style, and interests. A movie so dedicated to the ineffable science of chemistry had better guarantee that its leads will make a big boom once combined, and Garofalo and O’Hara do have an intangible charm.
In between dodging pasty-faced suitors, Marcy follows dead-end leads from the canny town genealogist to the cranky old man from a neighboring island, purportedly the area’s living historical repository. Sean follows Marcy around, making wisecracks and unwillingly revealing that he’s not just another aimless, tousle-haired, half-young wastrel tending bar among his friendsor, as Marcy puts it during a nicely timed yelling match, “dicking around in Brigadoon.” He used to be a journalist, and he does have soul even if, unlike every other man in Ballinagra, he can’t sing a note.
Things kick into high gear when McGlory and Nick show up demanding that Marcy produce some Irish relatives, and fast. In the film’s funniest scene, the anethical Nick decides that one paddy’s as good as another; he asks her to set up a photo op in which villagers posing as long-lost McGlorys have the senator in for tea. But Marcy’s busy on the Isle of Inishmore being seduced by fog and lager, and the mischievous Dermot introduces the cameras to his McGlorysdrooling, drunken, toothless, and squabbling. The villagers are a little insulted but not entirely surprised that the Americans would unquestioningly accept these people as the inhabitants of a typical household. The scene, like the best parts of this slight-but-enjoyable comedy, succeeds by messing not with the Irish but with our fantasies of them.
Soul Food is the kind of tough/sentimental women’s movie that floats or sinks depending on the strength of the actresses, so it’s a good thing that Vivica A. Fox and Nia Long, neither of whom has ever looked prettier, hold this thing up while it flounders around wondering how to make use of Vanessa Williams, who has never looked worse. The three play sisters: Williams is Teri, the cold, uptight lawyer who calls herself an “attorney” and reflexively reminds everyone of every penny she’s ever spent helping them. Fox plays Max, the angelic housewife who spars heatedly with Teri about anything and everything; their animosity springs from outgoing young Max’s having snatched Teri’s boyfriend from under her nose (and having married him) 10 years earlier. Long is Bird, the youngest, who marries ex-con Lem (Mekhi Phifer) with high hopes for their future. But when the family’s source of strength, Big Mama Joe (Irma P. Hall) falls ill, the family falls apart.
Most of their travails are predictable. The minute bad cousin Faith (Gina Ravera) comes sashaying in, trouble written all over her leopard-skin coat, you know one of the husbands will be vulnerable to this ex-exotic dancer’s loose charms. And if Lem really wants to start over, he shouldn’t keep a gun in his glove compartment. As for the sisters, they need to stop screaming at each other, although those are the only times Williams’ character comes alive.
Writer-director George Tillman Jr. obviously put his heart into this story; the clichés of family drama are invested with more life here than we’re used to seeingthe house that’s almost put up for sale, infidelity and reconciliation, the ritual of Sunday dinners, all that lovingly prepared food. (As if any of these women have downed so much as a mouthful of macaroni and cheese in their lives.) But they’re still clichés, in spite of their sweetness and that of the lovely actresses.
It’s only at the end that Soul Food tries something new. At a big family dinner orchestrated by the perfect little kid, Max’s son Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the whole bitter, infighting clan gathers for what will certainly be a conciliatory meal, bathed in the golden glow afforded by such carefully lit interiors. But everyone just starts screaming at one another againover money, pride, or nothing at alland for a moment, this photogenic, predictable big-screen family starts to look a lot like one’s own. CP
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COURSE DESCRIPTION...PERFORMANCE ART IS LIFE-ART
Resting/ Performing Our Chakras/ Glands – Linda Mary Montano
TEACHING IN BERLIN
The course is a chance to let go and enter into focused experiences and sensations inside our physical and psychological bodies so that past stories, memories, present sensations can be felt and then translated into a performative language that alchemizes and transform memory into seen meaning. Our delete, like and share, control, alt and cap link buttons are on constantly internally and externally or else our text-ed thumbs are anesthetized by use, over-use, mis-use to the extent that we are basically in need of rest. Not only our thumbs but our beautiful CHAKRA/GLAND lights inside need quality attention.
The 7 chakras-7 glands workshop will structure our time together so that day 1 we explore Chakra 1&2, day 2, Chakras 3,4&5, day 3 Chakras 6&7. To allow these seen experiences that we will share feel natural/un-judged, we will perform many warm-up, moving, sounding, sensating actions and visualizations which will lubricate our information and our group process so that sharing found information will be both self-affirming and received with ease in this instant community of “face-time” co-performers. If you WISH, bring clothing/scarf from one of the colors of the rainbow, but definitely a wig or a facsimile of a wig.
Course Goals:
1. See the value of having a template for structured performative actions.
2. Discuss performance and the components of public/private/life-art practices and what the components are for each mode.
3. Learn about the performative aspects of everyday life and the ways inner focuses can be considered valuable ways to be “always creative”.
4. To appreciate the vibratory aspects of group processes that eventuate in changes in consciousness for the better.
5. To evaluate the role of judge/critic/applause meter in not only the arts themselves but in work that is outside the barometer of theoretical discourse.
6. To share what has been internally/externally found in a safe and encouraging environment.
7. To PLAY with the deeply intricate and densely theological Hindu chakra system in respectful and transformative ways.
8. TO PLAY.
SCULPTURE AND VIDEO RETROSPECTIVE
SCULPTURE RETROSPECTIVE/VIDEO RETROSPECTIVE
To show past and present "sculptures" with a corresponding catalogue to articulate Montano's 4-part sculptural evolution:
1. OBJECT MAKING 1965-PRESENT
2. CONCEPTUAL/LIVE OBJECT PRACTICE: CHICKEN SHOW (live or virtual chickens)
3. PERFORMANCE OF SELF AS A "LIVING SCULPTURE": CHICKEN BED, 14 YEARS OF LIVING ART
4. VIRTUAL SELF-SCULPTING VIA VIDEO (45 ENTRIES)
BACKSTORY:
MONTANO studied classical sculpture in Tuscany where she received a sculpture MA and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she received a MFA in sculpture with the presentation of THE CHICKEN SHOW, 9 live chickens in three 20 feet by 10 feet by 10 feet cages.
In the 70's she literally entered her work as a "LIVING SCULPTURE" and became THE CHICKEN WOMAN; lying down, sitting , dancing and singing as that persona.
THE SHOW:
1. 7 EARLY SCULPTURES: WOOD, METAL, STONE: RELIGIOUS ART, TORSO, HEAD, etc.
2. THE CHICKEN BED, THE CHICKEN SHOW etc.
3. NUMEROUS PHOTOS OF SCULPTURES FROM THE ARCHIVE.
4. OBJECTS IN VITRINES FROM EARLY PERFORMANCES.
5. THE ENTIRE 14 YEARS OF LIVING ART SHOW. See You Tube: SHHHHH
6. A WALL OF 45 MONITORS EARPHONED SO THAT A "SCULPTURAL" EFFECT IS CREATED BY REPETITION. EACH WILL HAVE ONE OF MONTANOS VIDEOS FROM 1970'S-NOW.
7. A CATALOGUE/BOOK WITH IMAGES OF EACH ENTRY AND A POSSIBLE DVD OF VIDEOS.
CONNECTION BETWEEN ENDURANCE AND PERFORMANCE
ENDURANCE&PERFORMANCE
In 75 I began morphing into 7 different imaginative people and sat in front of a video camera for a year talking in different accents as these people. see the video: LEARNING TO TALK
I call this work "CREATIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA".
The 7 people were all survivors in their own given professions and fields.
In 1975 I blindfolded myself for 3 days, taking away sight, knowing that this brought me closer to my real self because sight is so judgmental-making. I called this becoming a Guru.
When I moved to NY State and began seeing my birth family again I realized that a few of us look like Bob Dylan, especially my brothers, and so I began performing as Bob so that I could be like my brothers having always wanted to be a man as a child, knowing that they were always getting the better cultural deal.
Theologically I was being introduced to the paradigm of not being identified with body or mind and getting out of my body as a spiritual practice gave me access to this teaching.
After being bent over with a neurological chronic condition called dystonia, I heard an inner voice say, "Linda you look just like Mother Teresa, all wrinkled and bent over." Voila, Mother Teresa was born.
The mechanical lift appeared in my work the day John Lennon was murdered. Endurance appeared in my work in my mother's womb which I distinctly remember.
PADRE PIO AND MY FATHER/ULA COMES AND VISITS 9 JOHN STREET
STORY 1: PADRE PIO AND MY FATHER
As a child, my grandmother who immigrated from the place very near where Padre Pio lived and also close to his church and hospital in the Abbruzzi area of Italy, talked to me about two Catholic saints: St. Maria Groetti, the young woman who chose death over forced sex with her neighbor, and St. Padre Pio, the mystical stigmatist and confessor.
The memory became even more powerful because this was her only message/words I can remember her ever saying to me and I think she power pointed the saint-lesson even more forcefully because she showed me photos of them both, although I'm not certain if it was one photo or two. This is the grandmother who was a selective mute, silent, self-contained, dignified, distant but powerful. This is the grandmother who woke up from the Spanish Flu to be handed a photo of her coffined 3 year old daughter who died of the same disease that ravaged so many in 1918. For the rest of her life, Grandma went into an even deeper silence although she hardly talked at all anyway since she must have felt so isolated since the Montanos were the only Italian speaking family in Saugerties. Her language became silence. Grandma would sit at the front room window in her priest son's room and say litanies of rosaries, hour after hour. Real Silence. Mourning? Healing? Seeing Ula? I remember this .
And her beautiful son, my father, who was the real saint of the family, the real beauty, the one who gave his mother an insulin injection every day; the one who was the brains of the family and brilliantly kept over 25 people afloat and prosperous; the one who had a deep interiority that shone and demanded that you observe his silence and see the light coming from him; the one who kept it all together and used music as medicine; the one we all wanted as friend and advisor; yes, this father was the recipient of slack, dangerous and fatal medical care in PT when he was pushed beyond his 89 year old limits by a faulty and un-professional therapist and had an accident which was not then addressed properly.
This father became the recipient of a miracle as a result? That is such convoluted thinking on my part!!! Was dad physically harmed by inefficiency so that he could have a hemmoragic stroke and be reduced to 24-7 bed care for 3 years and because of this, merit a visit by Padre Pio? Remember that Padre Pio who was known for his bi-locations, had an ability to be in 2 places at once, before and after his death. Was a medical faux pas a trade off because from that tragedy, my dad was visited by Padre Pio on December 27th, 2001 between 1 and 4 pm at 9 John Street, Saugerties NY.
I would not have known about this miracle had I not brought a large Padre Pio poster to the hospital to Dad's bedside on December 30th, 2001, a few days after his stroke. He energetically and happily took it from my hands and said in a voice that was compromised by non-word recognition because of faulty wiring in his medically damaged brain, for example when he called out to my mom, Mildred, he called her Milicent . So it was no surprise that my beauty father began talking even more gravely and Italian-like and said, "Oh that's Joe Pio. He's the one who came to help me."
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"I have made a pact with the Lord: when my soul has been purified in the flames of purgatory and deemed worthy to be admitted to the presence of God, I will take my place at the gate to paradise, but I shall not enter until I have seen the last of my spiritual children enter." PADRE PIO
STORY 2: ULA VISITS 9 JOHN STREET
Dad was home for 3 years. In fact he was buried on December 27th three years to the day he hit his head in PT. We brought a hospital bed into the living room and I was the doctor, nurse, care manager, daughter and detective...watching out for his best interests. 24-7 caregivers.
Twice his sister Ula came to help. She was short, three years old, and just a grey "presence" in form, walking from one side of the dining room to the other. Twice. Dad and I were at the kitchen table so in facing the dining room I was able to see her. By that time nothing was a big deal!!! It was all equalized by the "unreal", Dad's favorite word. I never told Dad that I saw her at 9 John Street.
Dad was six years old when Ula died. ...Ula his sister, his playmate. I have old sepia photos to prove that they loved each other.
And after a relative visited with a baby he thrashed in discomfort and agitation, shouting after they left, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it"!! "Think quick, Linda. We need a miracle of miracles," I said to myself, more courageous now than I had been when we could have discussed Ula and all of this 40 years ago. And intuitively, spontaneously, miraculously, happily I was able to remind Dad that she died of natural causes, the Spanish Flu. "Nothing to do with anything you did Dad. She was sick and you were six years old and nothing you did harmed her." By then the gates were open and I added, "Just like I shouldn't feel guilty that Mitchell was murdered after I left him. Right Dad?" Confessions/absolutions. That day was a two-in-one at his bedside.
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"PRAY, HOPE, DON'T WORRY. " PADRE PIO
WALK IN YOUR CHAKRAS FOR DOMINIQUE REY CLASS
WALK WITH/IN YOUR CHAKRAS
FOR 3 DAYS WEAR ONE COLOR OF THE RAINBOW.
ALL RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN ,BLUE , PURPLE, WHITE
DONT BUY ANYTHING NEW , BORROW CLOTHES.....DONT SPEND $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
AT THE END OF THREE DAYS, GO TO MY WEBSITE WWW.LINDAMONTANO.COM AND READ CHAKRA STORY
ON SKYPE, DISCUSS ONE BY ONE WITH ME , WHAT YOUR COLOR TAUGHT YOU.
PHOTO OF ME AS PAUL MCMAHON BY NAO BUSTAMONTE
LINDA AS BOB DYLAN BY ANNIE SPRINKLE, 1989
LINDA MARY MONTANO ENDURES AS BOB DYLAN MAY 24, KLEINERT WOODSTOCK
Linda Montano endures as Bob Dylan
Where: outside the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498
Time: 12-7pm
Date: Saturday, May 24 (rain date: Monday, May 26, 2014, Memorial Day)
LINDA MONTANO ENDURES AS BOB DYLAN ON HIS 73rd BIRTHDAY
Woodstock, NY: On Saturday May 24, in honor of Bob Dylan's 73rd birthday, the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild will be hosting a performance by artist LINDA MARY MONTANO. Montano will lip-synch to Dylan's songs for 7 hours, positioned on a 14-foot lift stationed outside of the entrance to Byrdcliffe’s Kleinert/James Center for the Arts on Tinker Street.
Since the 1960s, Montano’s career has addressed questions of time, the deeply personal, and the life-affirming, with underlying currents in theology and feminism. She performs rites of emotional passage, mirroring life experiences, and experiments with making the interior exterior, or the private public. Starting her career as a sculptor, Montano’s performance practice began in 1975 with a technique she refers to as “creative schizophrenia.” She “began morphing into 7 different imaginative people,” said Montano in a recent interview with the event’s organizer, long-time Byrdcliffe supporter Alan Baer. “I sat in front of a video camera for a year, talking in different accents as these people. The 7 people were all survivors in their own given professions and fields.”
Montano’s performances, sometimes called “endurances,” can last anywhere from three hours to fourteen years. She is known for her sensory deprivation endurances of the 1970s. From 1983-1998, she wore clothing all of the same color for each individual year, corresponding to the Hindu map of the Chakras. The Dylan endurance outside the Kleinert/James stems from her realization that members of her family bear a striking resemblance to Bob Dylan. She began performing in the persona of Dylan in order to “be like my brothers, having always wanted to be a man as a child—knowing that they were always getting the better cultural deal.” The mechanical lift that will be part of Montano’s performance on May 24 is a tool she began using the day of John Lennon’s death; in 2013 she completed two different 7-hour singing endurances on a lift at SITE Santa Fe. Her interest in and/or performances of Dylan, Woodstock legend Paul McMahon, and other historical figures including Mother Theresa are intricately linked to Montano’s investigations of the blurred boundaries and interconnections between art and life--between being, having been, and wanting to be—or not being anyone at all.
Montano has taught her methods and performance art theories for many years and has written four books about her findings.
Organized by Alan Baer, Linda Montano’s Bob Dylan performance on May 24 will also give visitors the opportunity to see the exhibition of international, contemporary artists, BASH, on its last day in the Kleinert/James. An additional art-related event (details TK) will occur in the gallery on Monday, May 26, when the gallery will remain open to the public. Monday May 26 is also the rain-date for Montano’s performance.
Credit lines:
Left and right: from video LINDA AS BOB DYLAN. Video editor, Tobe Carey; Camera:Diane Teramana
Center: Annie Sprinkle
ARCHIVE INTERVIEW: MONTANO/ESTEVEZ
INTRODUCION: Linda Mary Montano and Nicolás Dumit Estévez use e-mail as the channel through which they engage in a Q and A on Linda’s archive of four decades and the archive's recent journey from the
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INTRODUCION:
Linda Mary Montano and Nicolás Dumit Estévez use e-mail as the channel through which they engage in a Q and A on Linda’s archive of four decades and the archive's recent journey from the Art/Life Institute in Kingston, NY, to the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University. During this discussion Montano, a seminal figure in performance art and the art of everyday life, talks about her art-life in relationship to consumerism, the environment, the spiritual, aging, death and creative renewal.
THE ARCHIVE FLIES THE COOP, says Linda Mary Montano
" More than anything I wish to thank everyone who mentored me, supported the archives over the years, encouraged me, helped me put things in boxes, hugged me and on the last day videotaped and performed to celebrate the archive flying the coop." Montano.
NDE: Linda, I had the opportunity to see the video documenting your recent celebration in Kingston, New York. Was this your official farewell to your archives as they got ready to journey from the Art/Life Institute to the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l3pX77ecTw
Linda Mary Montano: Nicolas, yes, this was a send off of about 100 boxes to Fales, although I've kept back about 20 more boxes which will be sent there in the future and I am absolutely grateful to Marvin Taylor and Lisa Darms for inviting me into their art-safe-place.
Because I've been thinking archive for sometime, I have mused on why archives are so in the zeitgeist right now! Is it because as living baby boomer artists we are facing some inevitabilities as we:
1. Look around and see all of our tons of "stuff" piling up around us.....
2. Realize that paper, like dinosaurs, is "over" and that the future of saving is virtual and internet and invisible....
3. Age and know for sure that our relatives might landfill our art when we die.....
4. Watch too many hoarding reality shows and don't want to be identified as one and really know we are one.....
5. Realize that the next and next and next generation of artists might like to see what we were thinking...
6. Call our art our baby, our only child and insist on finding a final home for her/him/them.....
7. Watch global weather patterns and wonder how much longer our "stuff" can survive undamaged in our studios.....
8. Etc.
Recently Franklin Furnace gave a call out for an archive project which addresses every single question or issue you might have about archives and I include the post now in it's entirety because I liked it so much and it might be of use to someone wanting to become part of this project. The post follows:
RADICAL ARCHIVES CONFERENCE
NYU, Friday, April 11-Saturday, April 12, 2014
Call for proposals for panels, papers, and performances
Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2014
Radical Archives is a two-day conference organized around the notion of archiving as a radical practice. An international contingent of archivists, artists, artist-archivists, activist archivists, theorists and scholars working within a range of archives and archival practices will be invited to present and discuss archives of radical politics and practices; archives that are radical / experimental in form or function; how archiving in itself might be a radical act in certain moments or contexts; and how archives can be active in the present, as well as documents of the past or scripts for the future.
The conference will be organized around four major themes, include a number of presentation formats, and be supplemented by / documented through an online catalogue. We are calling for contributions relevant to these themes. Proposed formats could include panels, roundtables, individual papers or artist talks, performances or performance-lectures, screenings, interactive screen-based projects or live participatory projects.
Archive and Affect
Possible topics could include, but are not limited to: embodied/ performed archives; archive and repertory; buildings as archives; oral and informal histories; private versus public archives, and transitions between those states; warm versus cold data
Archiving Around Absence
Possible topics could include, but are not limited to: disappearing archives; deliberately destroyed archives; inadvertently preserved archives, or unofficial histories within official histories; reading for the shadows; strategies of resistant or counter-archiving
Archives and Ethics
Possible topics could include, but are not limited to: stealing from archives; stealing as the foundation of archives; strategies of refusal or resistance to archiving; ownership of archived testimonies; intellectual property versus intellectual propriety; the afterlives of archives designed for specific purposes, e.g. archives of protests, activist movements, and human rights initiatives; the ethics of open access; FOIA and its discontents
Archive as Constellation
Possible topics could include, but are not limited to: archive as method; the artist's archive; the expanded archival field or notion of the archive; linking of archives across networks; film as archive; subversive or experimental uses of metadata, cataloguing and classification; archive and database, database and interface; how standards and interfaces shape our understanding of collections and the information they contain
To propose a paper or panel, please send an abstract (max 1 paragraph per paper) and brief speaker bios. To propose a contribution in another format, please send a 1-page description of content & form and up to 3 pages of relevant images/links.
Please send your proposal as a text, rich text, or PDF file to archive@kabul-reconstructions.net
Proposals due Friday, January 10, 2014
If you have any questions about proposal/contribution format or topic, send us an email. Index of the Disappeared (Mariam Ghani & Chitra Ganesh) archive@kabul-reconstructions.net
The conference is presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, where Ghani and Ganesh are the 2013- 2014 Artists-in-Residence, and co-sponsored by the NYU Archives & Public History program.
Please contact Amita Manghnani at A/P/A if you are interested in co-sponsoring: amitam@nyu.edu
NDE: I understand that your art practice of more than four decades must have generated a significant amount of materials, including photographs, letters, and props. How do you feel about parting with them and how does this endeavor relate to your concept of “Spring Cleaning” as an art and life pursuit?
LMM: What an art colonic event that was, preparing every single item, paper-by-paper, document by document, letter by letter, because in cleaning out the amassed materials I found, yes, everything:
. galleys of 5 books
. my letters home when I was in a convent which might make an interesting book
. 100 never published interviews with performance artist's from PERFORMANCE ARTISTS TALKING IN THE 80'S
. Chicken Wing drawings from my MFA show
. the VHS of my students' good-bye performance for me at UT Texas
. Mitchell Payne's photos of all of my early performances
. my father's incredible and Zenish paintings after he had a left brain stroke
. then Texas Governor George Bush's letter of support for my performance art job at UT Austin
. letters of apology to my mother when I was 4
. and lots of other things to laugh and cry over.
But honestly, because I never had a child I began feeling very precious about my past art adventures as I aged and developed some health issues.....and I wanted my materials and documents to be safe and happy and secure. The added benefit is that I now have a new openness, an actual and mental space, a feeling of been there done that and a chance to breathe in a new direction. It is a happy retirement feeling. The timing was organic and natural because years ago I would never have been able to part with the surrounding comfort of my creations and when it did happen and they drove off with those boxes, I wondered if this meant that death was right around the corner (which it always is), or if I was getting ready to live LIFE as ART.
NDE: Archives, together with social engagement and pedagogy have become a hot topic within the arts. How does the subject of archives fit into your seminal practice?
LMM: My practice has always been to listen to my voices. Sometimes they are not correct but in general they guide me to do what I need to do. For some 10 years I have been performing/thinking the word "archive" and putting out the desire to have my work saved from the wrecking ball. My video ARCHIVE FOR SALE, was made maybe 5 years ago as a reminder to the air that I was thinking archivally and whenever I put out a request to the "air", then I feel a collaboration with the possibility of things happening. In some circles this is called Prayer....Put the idea out, visualize it as happening, don't doubt.
http://youtu.be/rOmDVKWJEaQ
NDE: Was there a specific item in the banker’s boxes that was difficult to part with? Do you feel comfortable elaborating on this?
LMM: So funny Nicolas, BANKERS BOXES!!! Don't you remember I was once a nun and grew up in war years and the depression mind? Those boxes are the correct way to do it...all lined up equally and strongly and perfectly. Like BANKERS!!! The boxes I used were hippie-looking, arte povera, wine boxes and raggedy packing boxes from grocery stores. And the joy of collecting 100 of these was an action of consequence in itself because every day I would go to the liquor stores on my way to Kingston, get 4 or more, and that became such an important dance step in this process of performing the handing over of my things to NYU.
NDE: I am curious as to the future performative lives your art archives may lead to at the Fales Library and Special Collections. Is the material culture that your art practice has generated open for reinterpretation? These days there is so much buzz about “re-performing.”
LMM: Who knows what will happen. Someone might do things with it. But I have no desires right now for any re-staging or repeating or reseeding of my work. If it happens, fine. Performance is not a hidden Iron Mountain specialization anymore. Everyone performs and Youtubes their life.....If my performance language from 40 years ago would be of value, then I hope it will be used, but what is happening now is just as insightful and inspiring. Basically I like going down in the history as one of the elders and grandmothers of the 70's form. No big deal, just a grandmother talking a strange language.
NDE: Only you, LMM, would think of biblical food in the context of a goodbye archives party. Can you talk about any possible connection between the two? I can’t stop thinking about the biblical manna. After all, this item can be linked to the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt, and it certainly speaks of pilgrimages, and journeys through the wilderness.
LMM: For the archive party, I indicated on the invitation, that there would be "biblical" food, popcorn (manna) and wine (Communion). Also there would be a prize for the best popcorn so that the opening would feel participatory. Women who want to be Catholic WOMENPRIESTS, as I always did, (there are now about 150) will do anything to link their art to the priest-priestess vehicle.
Nicolas, because you went to Union Theological Seminary and studied all of that theology, you are reading even more beauty-theology into my intentions which I totally like. Popcorn had always been a symbolic food that I used in past performances because of its association with my father and his showing love for us by making popcorn. The love is in each kernel, till this day and isn't that what Communion is all about?
NDE: How does it feel to let go? Any advice for those of us artists and art and life practitioners still weighed down by file cabinets of slides, photographs, half-chewed loafs of bread and bits of scabs from past pilgrimages?
LMM: Oh BABY! I wish luck to all archive-wanters. It is such a double-edged sword......making, storing, keeping, recording, saving, sharing, recycling. If only it was as easy as a SHARE BUTTON...........which is actually the next life of all of these papers/documents and things. Yipee, a fast-track to eternal salvation. There eventually will be a robot who can sort it all, archive it all. Wait a few years.
NDE: I visited you once at the Art/Life Institute. Now that your archives are at New York University, how do you see the role of this space in terms of your art practice?
LMM: Selling it, although I totally love this space. Paring down.
NDE: Any tips for archiving art and life and the performative aside from video, film and photography?
LMM: The Web. And pay the fee now, pay $$$$ ahead of time and reserve our website for the next 40 years and then we are guaranteed that it will always be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or is this just a deep, unconscious yearning for posterity and heaven, not hell.
Having an archive is really a way to dislodge a deep and abiding FEAR OF DEATH AND DYING. All this legacy talk about sharing my work with others is total bull. I'm really afraid of being totally nothing.
NDE: You are one of those artists who have the capacity to keep reinventing themselves. What are the implications of this in your existing archives or in an incipient one?
LMM: Now when someone wants to give me a paper or book, I run away screaming.
Linda Mary Montano (born January 18, 1942, Saugerties,NY)
Montano's work investigates spiritual energy states, silence and the cessation of art/life boundaries via intricate, life-altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. She is interested in the way artistic ritual, often staged as individual interactions or collaborative workshops can alter and enhance a person’s life. www.lindamontano.com
Nicolás Dumit Estévez (b. 1967) treads an elusive path that manifests itself through experiences where the quotidian and art often overlap. During the last seven years he and Linda Mary Montano have performed several collaborative endurances. Estévez holds degrees in art and theology. Born in Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros, Dominican Republic, he was recently baptized as a Bronxite; a citizen of the Bronx.
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Prior to Issue 86
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“Places To Lie Down and Signify”: Diana Marie Delgado’s Accumulative Verse
by Katie Berta
Tracing the Horse, by Diana Marie Delgado. BOA Editions 112 pp., $17.00.
“Most nights I’m face to face with the stars. / No one is more afraid of this than me. // So I find places to lie down/and signify,” Diana Delgado begins in “Little Swan,” the first poem of her debut poetry collection Tracing the Horse. “Little Swan” sets the tone for the collection, which has a dreamy, interior quality that is by turns punctured and influenced by the chaotic elements of the speaker’s life, as the next lines are:
I’m practicing a play
where my brother’s doing time in prison
and I’m locked out of the house.
Talking is like falling down or
watching your uncle
pull himself into his wheelchair,
the sun moving over
his arms like a blessing.
The voice of these poems drifts over their images, pivoting between them and positioning the speaker as slightly removed from them, even as she engages in vivid description. The speaker is sometimes nostalgic, sometimes cynical about those images, which follow close on each other, as if disconnected.
At least I had a mother
who could sew her name
into my hair.
I want to lie in her stomach again,
understand the drive
to hurt something young,
wild with sky.
My father and brother enter,
and one of them says,
You should start this story
with the death of a child.
The way Delgado shifts and shifts and shifts between these subjects allows their emotional resonance to arise out of the poem. We discover, slowly, by a process of accrual, their emotional weight. By the end of “Little Swan,” the adult speaker connects her nostalgia for infancy to a wish for death; if only she were an infant, then she could be the child who needs to die in this story. If she can’t return to a state of pre-life, a fetus in her mother’s belly, maybe she can hold herself aloof from the world, as she is held aloof from these poems, by dying. We can’t help but connect this wish for distance, for beforeness or afterness, to the poet’s pose that appears in the beginning of the poem:
Most nights I’m face to face with the stars.
No one is more afraid of this than me.
So I find places to lie down
and signify.
I am separate from the world, or wish to be, the speaker seems to say, but this is what allows me to make meaning—and to be meaningful. The speaker wishes for a selfhood held apart from a world that can seem overwhelmingly large and insignificant or unfair. Her ideal self sees, understands, signifies, but stays separate, on a slightly different plane like a fetus or a corpse must be.
Many of the poems in Tracing the Horse indicate that this wish for separation and a return to the innocence of infancy might be connected to traumas their speaker has suffered, as the next poem in the collection, “They Chopped Down the Tree I Used to Lie Under and Count Stars With,” does. The title of the poem unravels the childlike wonder that propels the first poem in the book. Someone has disrupted the speaker’s ability to “to lie down/and signify” by chopping down the tree she used to come “face to face with the stars” beneath. “I tape a red telephone to its ear so the fetus appears to speak to someone,” the poem begins,
Write about a time when you were forced and didn’t want to.
The man from the dairy, dick in both hands, like it’s champagne.
Wearing paper-blue slippers, I follow a nurse into a room lined with cots.
The doctor: Want to know what it is?
One of the most impressive qualities of this collection is the way Delgado trusts the reader enough to allow her seemingly disconnected images to accrue. The effect is that from line to line—and from poem to poem—our sense of the speaker and her story becomes more and more clear, as it does here, without Delgado having to explicitly direct us. We can understand this as a reflection of how one might process traumatic events—slowly and indirectly, so that they are tolerable. We can’t be sure whether the pregnancy that appears in these lines is the direct result of a sexual assault, but we certainly feel the ways that these traumas are connected in the speaker’s mind and, in the next lines, the ways that they contribute to her wish for a return to an untraumatized state of infancy: “Look into the picture, see yourself before any of this happened./I dream, I tell Marcos, of combat; I reach down and weapons appear.” The contrast between these two lines is stark—we see the speaker as the baby in her own ultrasound—“before any of this happened” she was as innocent and inert as a fetus. Now, she is prepared for battle, even in her sleep. “When you see yourself is there an observer?” she asks later. She observes that old self, the fetus self, from the vantage of someone who has been traumatized. Trauma, having a seepy quality, leaks out into many aspects of the speaker’s life and perspective, including the ways she observes this past self.
A car window rolls down. ¿Hablas español?
One day you’ll think of men—and it will be like looking at a gray wall.
Doesn’t “embarrassed” sound like “embarazada” in Spanish?
The phone rings, it’s the Devil—I forgot to tie up the dog.
Overheard in Mexico: What’s a girl with seven brothers?
On General Hospital, Luke raped Laura, and then they fell in love.
Inside the Impala’s trunk: clubs and maces.
The speaker’s pain, here, leaks into everything: into family culture, into the media, into the intimacy of the home. The death wish returns: “I’m kissing a boy in his car, below a streetlamp vibrating with moths. / I pretend to lie in sand, be part ocean, dust from a candy cigarette … / Grandpa, putting money in my hands: Ride that bike like the wind.” It becomes clear that the painful events and menacing impressions that occur throughout aren’t one-offs. They are a pattern of sometimes gendered or racialized violence, which occurs even in the places the speaker should be able to feel safest. She reports, “A boyfriend: You blacked out. We had sex to calm you down. / Your pussy’s like a clamshell, it closes like a purse.” She too, closes, here, as she indicates she will in the earlier lines, “One day you’ll think of men—and it will be like looking at a gray wall.” The only response the speaker can muster is to ride “through stars, through streets where the wind talked to us,” as her grandfather tells her to, escaping into a kind of childhood. Even then, “savage birds called out; I looked up and listened.”
The wish to escape is the wish to be left alone with the real, secret self, the self of the childhood and, maybe, the self after we’ve died, the self who disappears as we are “face to face with the stars.” The speaker’s feelings about her childhood, though, are ambiguous. The protection of the parent-figures in these poems seems uneven—sometimes good, sometimes inadequate—as if, maybe, there was more they could have done to prevent the trauma the speaker underwent. In “Free Cheese and Butter,” for instance, the mother is “good at waiting. / We can stand for hours,” she says, but the speaker and her brother seem shielded from the discomfort and/or necessity of the wait:
… yanks pigtails and pinches
with monkey hands,
that smell of sweaty nickels.
I practice her signature in the air,
a clump of curlicues,
all the round letters of the alphabet.
However, in the next poem, “Twelve Trees,” parental protection is portrayed as mixed at best. The speaker’s father does yard work:
The plumes of the avocado are sick.
Dad cuts roses with a hatchet.
In hell, there’s nothing but crocodiles
and fathers. In Mexico, the Devil is handsome
and smiles in all his photographs. He has one wife,
two daughters, three sons, but no mother.
He rakes leaves then fixes umbrellas,
occasionally throws back his head and sings.
In a matter of lines, the father and the Devil are conflated—which of them is raking leaves and which fixing umbrellas? Who does “he” refer to? A handsome, charming devil or a sometimes-devilish father? Delgado is able to create a complex portrait of the father figure by leaving it ambiguous. He is simultaneously devilish, handsome, and smiling in all his pictures, and wholesome and spontaneous as he rakes leaves and sings. “Late-Night Talks with Men I Think I Trust” deepens this impression. “He’s made me smaller,” the speaker begins without identifying who the “he” is—but the poem’s images are mostly rooted in family life:
At night, we folded tortillas
into our mouths, pulled splinters
from our palms.
No one spoke above the TV
unless we spilled or wanted more.
We imagine a childhood for the speaker that is, in some ways, repressive, in which she and her siblings were scared to talk over the television. “Through cattails, children led horses. / Dogs gnawed on shards of bone,” the speaker goes on. She’s able simultaneously to develop a sense of a child-world, entirely separate from that perhaps-repressive home-life, and a sense of meagerness, of unsafety. “We belong to these conversations,” the last lines of the poem say. “That’s why it’s taken me this long to write his name. // I did what no one’s ever done: / I met my father.” We can’t be sure, here, whether the name it’s taken so long for the speaker to write is her father’s or the name of some other man who’s “made [her] smaller,” but no matter who it is, the speaker’s father seems complicit in keeping the poem’s speaker from giving voice to her experiences. In these last lines, the father becomes an idea that is inaccessible and imposing, so removed that just meeting him feels impossible: “I did what no one’s ever done …” Again, Delgado’s quick-changes between different subjects and images allow these moments to do double-duty. The father feels both like a real father who was absent and over-hard on the speaker—and like an archetypal patriarch, a stand-in for the type of masculinity that makes her feel small.
These ambiguous feelings toward the speaker’s parents are repeated throughout Tracing the Horse with varying levels of explicitness. In “Vecino Drive,” the speaker presents a succinct excerpt of the abuse that she suffered or witnessed: “Once Mom got the nerve to scream, ‘Stop hitting her’/from the top of the steps, only for Dad to get out of / bed, yank her in: It’s none of your business.” The penultimate poem in the collection, “Nevermind I’m Dead,” calls back to the feeling of collection’s first:
Come back with me
to the ruins.
We will look
through family
photographs;
I can show you
what the wind
and I did.
Who keeps
from falling
out of the sky?
We return to a kind of nostalgia—the flawed, complicated kind that pervades this collection. We can go back in time, the first lines assert, but only to ruins. We can’t quite return to the person who is “face to face with the stars” most nights—here, they’re nearly falling out of the sky. At least, though, there might be a return to a childhood that allows the speaker the sort of imaginative escape (“I find places to lie down / and signify”) she got the first time around, the sort of imaginative escape that this collection embodies at every turn. There might be, even, some of the protection she’s wished for, even if imperfect:
Macho, our dog,
used to curl up
on the patio
and yawn.
playing on the grass
when Mom came to spank me
and he jumped up—
bit her hand.
This isn’t redemption, which is proven by the last poem, “La Puente,” which catalogues experiences in which the speaker’s family rubs up against prison or crime—but there is relief here and in the last lines of this last poem. In the end, that relief is seated in the speaker, in her ability to imagine, to signify: “I lived next to a train crossing on Valley Blvd, the sky above pink-and-gold stars. // Summers were horses traced on denim; my youth unfolding, paper fan.”
Katie Berta lives in Phoenix, Arizona where she works as the Supervising Editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review. You can find her book reviews on the Ploughshares blog and forthcoming in Harvard Review and The Puritan. Her poems appear widely in journals.
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There Will Be No Alcohol Ban on Northern Michigan Rivers This Year
If you're like most of us making it through a Michigan winter, you're already dreaming of summer. In the Mitten state that means northbound fun and time on the water, and this year it looks like you'll be able to have a cold one in hand too.
The Huron-Manistee National Forest officials have now said they won’t do an alcohol ban on several northern Michigan rivers this year. In lieu of the ban they plan to promote river etiquette with a program they implemented last year.
In February of last year, the Forest Service proposed an alcohol ban on the AuSable, Manistee, Pine Wild and Scenic Rivers which are federally protected waters. The ban was to address the ongoing challenges associated with excessive alcohol consumption on those waterways, including visitor safety, illegal trespass, harassment of river users, and littering. Those who enjoy their time paddling and tubing on the waterways were more than unhappy and more than 50,000 people signed a petition opposing the ban.
Caving to complaints and dissatisfaction with the ban, the Forest service has decided to cancel the ban this year. Instead they will extend the education program another year along with the Forest Service organizing a working group to explore community actions to promote safe and responsible recreation on the wild and scenic rivers.
Many feel the program may help with the general care of the waterways in the way of littering and conservation, but feel the rowdiness and excessive drinking will still be a summertime challenge. The Forest Service says they will continue to monitor the education program and may reevaluate after the year is through.
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Why Twitter’s Reach Is Bigger Than You Think
by Judith Aquino // Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 – 12:09 am
A lot has been said lately about Twitter’s reach in terms of its monthly active users, but its ability to collect data through plugins like social sharing buttons has gone widely unmentioned. Many websites today include “buttons” on their pages that allow visitors to share content on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social networks by tweeting, mentioning, liking it and other actions.
In addition to using these buttons to boost engagement rates, there is an “untold story” about the data Twitter and other companies receive, according to Charlie Reverte, VP of engineering at AddThis, a social plug-in and analytics company.
“Everyone knows how many tweets there are and how many active Twitter users there are, but one of their underappreciated assets are the tweet buttons on websites,” Reverte said. “If you’re logged into Twitter.com and visit other websites, they can tell that you’re the same person popping up on all these websites that have the tweet button installed.”
Twitter also knows which websites users visited before going to its site, whether users clicked on multiple pages within a site, the amount of time spent on each site, and occasionally the search term that people used before visiting a website. And, if you’re logged onto Twitter.com on the mobile web, Twitter can also track your activity on mobile sites that use Twitter’s buttons, Reverte added.
There are about 1.5 million websites that have Twitter’s tweet button on its pages, according to BuiltWith.com, a site that tracks the technology websites use. Interestingly, far fewer websites use Twitter’s follow button, which clocked in at 460,667 sites. Approximately 10.9 million websites use Facebook’s like button, in comparison.
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment about its work with social plugins. Given the increasing pressure on Twitter to boost its ad revenue as it tries to woo investors, it would make sense for the company to mine its usage data. Twitter could, for instance, combine the data from plugins with its recently acquired mobile ad exchange, MoPub, to further enrich its ad targeting abilities.
DOJ, FTC Staffers Flock To Big Tech; Defining Hate
Well After Trump Campaign Discouraged Voting In 2016, Facebook Still Struggles To Curb Discriminatory Targeting
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NELSON, DEMARCUS
Unicaja Malaga 20 Guard
Height: 1.93 Born: 2 November, 1985 Nationality: United States of America
Totals 14 9 250:53 86 28/60 8/23 6/11 10 19 29 34 16 20 2 3 27 20 85
Averages 14 9 17:55 6.1 46.7% 34.8% 54.5% 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.2 1.9 1.4 6.1
11 vs Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul 6:51 0/1 3 1 1 2 4
12 * at Panathinaikos Athens 18:06 4 1/4 2/4 1 3 4 3 1 1 4 3 5
13 * vs Cedevita Zagreb 17:51 4 2/5 0/1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 5
14 * at Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 15:26 4 1/4 2/2 2 2 1 1 4 2 2 1
15 * vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul 25:39 11 4/8 1/3 3 1 4 3 1 2 1 2 8
16 * vs Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 7:12 5 1/1 1/1 1 2 1 2 5
17 * at Fenerbahce Istanbul 19:29 11 2/5 2/2 1/2 2 1 3 3 1 2 2 14
18 at Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul 21:31 8 4/8 0/3 0/1 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 7
19 vs Panathinaikos Athens 17:56 7 2/4 1/5 2 2 2 2 1 4
20 * at Cedevita Zagreb 21:52 10 3/7 1/1 1/2 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 9
21 vs Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 20:17 2 1/3 0/2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3
22 at Anadolu Efes Istanbul 25:06 12 3/4 2/2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 16
23 * at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 20:23 4 2/4 0/2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1
24 * vs Fenerbahce Istanbul 13:14 4 2/2 0/1 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 3
14 Totals 250:53 86 28/60 8/23 6/11 10 19 29 34 16 20 2 3 27 20 85
Average 17:55 6.1 46.7% 34.8% 54.5% 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.2 1.9 1.4 6.1
#1 in Games Played (14)
#12 in Steals (16)
Index rating 33 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 11/7/2013
Points 22 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 11/7/2013
Offensive rebounds 4 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 11/7/2013
Defensive rebounds 7 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade vs. Rytas Vilnius 11/15/2013
Total rebounds 9 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade vs. Rytas Vilnius 11/15/2013
Assists 8 Panathinaikos Athens vs. Galatasaray Istanbul 1/30/2015
Steals 3 Darussafaka Istanbul vs. Unicaja Malaga 2/25/2016
Blocks 1 Darussafaka Istanbul vs. Unicaja Malaga 2/25/2016
Minutes 37 Cholet Basket vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 11/17/2010
Played college basketball at Duke (2004-08).
Signed for the 2008-09 season by Golden State Warriors.
During the season played with Bakersfield Jam and Austin Toros, NBDL.
On January'09 moved to Croatia, signed by KK Zagreb.
On April'09 signed by Chicago Bulls.
Moved to Italy for the 2009-10 season, signed by SS Scandone Avellino.
Moved to France for the 2010-11 season, signed by Cholet Basket.
Moved to Ukraine for the 2011-12 season, signed by BC Donetsk.
On November'11 moved to France, signed by Cholet Basket.
Moved to Serbia for the 2012-13 season, signed by Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Moved to Greece for the 2014-15 season, signed by Panathinaikos Athens.
Moved to France for the 2015-16 season, signed by AS Monaco Basket.
In December'15 moved to Spain, signed by Malaga CB.
Moved to France for the 2016-17 season, signed by ASVEL Villeurbanne.
Moved to Germany for the 2019-20 season, signed by FC Bayern Munich.
Named to the 2013-14 All-Eurocup First Team.
Named the 2013-14 Euroleague Round 4 MVP.
Won the 2018-19 French National Championship with ASVEL Villeurbanne.
Won the 2013 and 2014 Serbian National Cup with Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Won the 2015 Greek National Cup with Panathinaikos Athens.
Won the 2010 French Super Cup with Cholet Basket.
Named the 2013 Serbian Cup Final MVP.
Played the 2016 French All Star Game.
Named to the 2007-08 All-ACC 1st Team.
2010-11 Cholet Basket 10 92 9.2 28/62 45.2 5/16 31.3 21/33 63.6 33 5 15 3
2013-14 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 10 112 11.2 37/66 56.1 8/28 28.6 14/19 73.7 40 11 32 2
2014-15 Panathinaikos Athens 18 104 5.8 40/84 47.6 3/23 13 15/24 62.5 44 10 40 3
2015-16 Unicaja Malaga 14 86 6.1 28/60 46.7 8/23 34.8 6/11 54.5 29 16 34 2
2019-20 FC Bayern Munich 17 63 3.7 22/48 45.8 4/17 23.5 7/10 70 22 9 32 0
Totals 69 457 6.6 155/320 48.4 28/107 26.2 63/97 64.9 168 51 153 10
Averages 69 457 6.6 155/320 48.4 28/107 26.2 63/97 64.9 2.4 0.7 2.2 0.1
2012-13 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 11 101 9.2 33/65 50.8 5/15 33.3 20/27 74.1 48 14 45 1
2013-14 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 12 159 13.3 52/98 53.1 11/34 32.4 22/31 71 53 15 55 1
2017-18 ASVEL Villeurbanne 13 73 5.6 24/55 43.6 2/13 15.4 19/25 76 32 10 31 3
2018-19 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 16 120 7.5 40/86 46.5 6/20 30 22/29 75.9 50 24 42 5
Totals 52 453 8.7 149/304 49 24/82 29.3 83/112 74.1 183 63 173 10
Averages 52 453 8.7 149/304 49 24/82 29.3 83/112 74.1 3.5 1.2 3.3 0.2
2004/05 Duke 33 206 6.2 51/118 43.2 15/47 31.9 59/111 53.2 150 28 27 9
2005/06 Duke 24 171 7.1 36/74 48.6 25/61 41 24/37 64.9 82 20 29 3
2006/07 Duke 33 465 14.1 153/243 63 44/121 36.4 73/123 59.3 177 44 66 17
2007/08 Duke 34 494 14.5 132/248 53.2 40/103 38.8 110/183 60.1 197 53 100 11
2008/09 Golden State Warriors 13 53 4.1 24/51 47.1 0/3 0 5/14 35.7 2 9 13 2
Bakersfield Jam 9 144 16 58/102 56.9 3/10 30 19/33 57.6 42 20 36 2
Austin Toros 11 253 23 75/133 56.4 18/40 45 49/61 80.3 65 33 46 7
KK Zagreb 1 2 2 1/3 33.3 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 1
2009/10 Avellino 30 266 8.9 82/156 52.6 15/64 23.4 57/74 77 110 45 37 11
2010/11 Cholet 34 368 10.8 115/226 50.9 16/59 27.1 90/121 74.4 118 32 81 14
2011/12 Donetsk 12 127 10.6 41/77 53.2 2/8 25 39/49 79.6 53 19 30 2
Cholet 30 410 13.7 130/252 51.6 13/49 26.5 111/138 80.4 113 40 108 5
2012/13 Crvena Zvezda-KLS 19 217 11.4 54/103 52.4 16/39 41.0 61/96 63.5 79 35 72 8
Crvena Zveda-ABA 28 240 8.6 73/137 53.3 12/44 27.3 58/91 63.7 106 27 97 9
2013/14 Crvena Zvezda-KLS 18 192 10.7 47/94 50.0 19/51 37.3 41/56 73.2 64 29 72 0
Crvena Zvezda-ABA 27 265 9.8 87/144 60.4 13/55 23.6 52/73 71.2 86 40 90 4
2014/15 Panathinaikos 22 150 6.8 50/98 51.0 7/27 25.9 29/55 52.7 79 17 46 1
2015/16 AS Monaco Basket 13 126 9.7 42/72 58.3 4/14 28.6 30/35 85.7 57 17 56 1
Unicaja Malaga 19 89 4.7 29/69 42.0 2/16 12.5 25/31 80.6 34 15 31 4
2016/17 ASVEL Villeurbanne 37 307 8.3 86/177 48.6 26/60 43.3 57/70 81.4 158 40 141 12
2018/19 ASVEL Villeurbanne 39 269 6.9 72/122 59.0 19/46 41.3 68/84 81.0 102 29 127 7
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49ers Looking to Hire...Condoleeza Rice?
ESPN and the NFL Network are reporting that the 49ers are interested in talking to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice as a potential Team President. They think that she can get help get financing for the stadium.
This is typical York. A Team President that knows nothing about football? Make her head of financing for a stadium. I get that. She knows politics and can navigate the Bay Area political scene. But Team president? Where would she fall on the org chart? Next to McCloughan? Beside McCloughan? Is ESPN reporting that we've fired McCloughan before the 49ers let McCloughan know? Two weeks ago I would have thought that preposterous, but given how they handled the Nolan firing, I wouldn't put it past them.
This just stinks of a desperation move. If the Yorks had all the pieces in place in either Santa Clara or San Francisco they would not need to make this move.
don bincente
you can kiss this ST holder goodbye if this comes true. this women helped in the destruction of 2 countrys(ours included). we NINERFANS need football people, not another political hack pretending to know about sports. more stupid ideas coming out of 49er HQ. sell the team already,count your money & go away. GO NINERS/GO OBAMA !!!
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Response: Unless politics becomes relevant to the 49ers, and you haven't really presented any argument to that point, it really has little place here.
Dbelt
Exactly the kind of comments you would expect from this intolerant God-forsaken political cesspool around here: "war criminal", "bigot", "Haliburton Board of Tax Extortion"; a guy that cannot spell idiot correctly. We don't like "her kind" around here do we, Chuck from Penngrove? Now Chuck, let's compare her accomplishments in life to yours. The woman was Provost at Stanford University, U. S. National Security Advisor, and Secretary of State of the U. S. She is an accomplished piantist and an expert in Russian history with a PhD who speaks the language fluently. What exactly have you accomplished in your life, Chuck? Anything close to that? From where do you draw your brilliance? This woman could do just about anything she wants beginning in January and to have her want to help our beloved 49ers is flattering. Unless, of course, you are a mindless hate monger like so many in the Bay Area. Finally, nothing would be better than to see Chuck and RogerCraig walk away from this team and never look back. We don't need hate filled morons for fans anyway. The Raiders sound more like your style.
Response: Phew! For a sec I thought I thought you were calling me Chuck!
John McCain would be my choice.
john york your the one that leaked the news about firing mike nolon can't fool everyone now you want to hire ms. rice sir you are an ediot shut up and go away
scottinva
Just can't keep your damn politics out of it, can you? What is putrid is this pathetic excuse for a franchise. Today's 49ers are similar in name only to the teams of past years. Condi Rice's management skills just may bring the 49ers to some semblance of respectability; something that is totally absent in the organization right now. How about keeping politics out of sports for once? Obviously, being from Mexifornia, chances are you're going to hate anything Republican; that's a given. Likely you're a democrat kool-aid drinker, so there's no hope for you politically, but this is football. If Rice has ideas that may do something to help this God-awful idea of an NFL team, let it happen.
Response: Really? I not only say that she can help with the stadium deal, but I make no reference to her politics, only her potential FOOTBALL skills. My point of contention is with the current organizational chart and the inability to fit Condoleeza in without firing someone else. It was a criticism of the YORKS' OWNERSHIP and their strategy, not Condoleeza. With terms like "Mexifornia" it's obvious that the person with the bigoted politics is the author of the comment, not the author of the blog.
RogerCraig
Rice on the 49ers Board would spell the end of my support for this team. The woman has no business being on any board except the Haliburton Board of Tax Extortion.
NinerNewbie
From what I remember in past interviews with Rice, she's expressed a great interest in working in a football organization (I believe she said she wanted to be commissioner of the NFL at some point). If she loves it that much, and has a proven record to turn large organizations around financially (see Stanford University) why not give her a shot?
Chuck from Penngrove
Just what this team needs, a war criminal in charge. Just the fact that this woman is under consideration, tells us all we need to know about this ownership and the future of this franchise. That they would put this woman, from this evil, rotten, putrid, corrupt, administration into a executive position IN THE BAY AREA!!, shows once again how inept they really are. They are giving cluelessness a bad name. It's much worse that I ever imagined. If they hire her I will walk away from this team and never look back and curse the decades I've waisted rooting for this team.
49ers will receive two 3rd-round picks after Jets hire Robert Saleh, could earn one more
San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh is headed to the New York Jets. He's taking 49ers assistant coach Mike LaFleur with him to be his offensive coordinator. That's a significant loss for head coach Kyle Shanahan. There are a couple of silver linings for the 49ers. One, Shanahan feels the team has Saleh's replacement in place. Reports state that the team plans to promote linebackers coach DeMeco Ryans to replace Saleh as defensive
Jerry Rice believes the 49ers should look into trading for Deshaun Watson
Count Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice among those San Francisco 49ers fans who believe the team should look into trading for disgruntled Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Rice joined 95.7 The Game on Monday morning and made his case for a deal after being asked if the move is something San Francisco should pursue. "Yeah, I think they should (trade for him)," Rice said on The Morning Roast. "You've got to look at all your options, and you look at Deshaun Watson, and there are rumors that he might go to Miami, he might go to the Patriots, and also the 49ers." Rice noted that he likes current 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo but acknowledges that he
49ers' Recipe for Success in 2021 Includes Taybor Pepper
By Tim Sprinkles
The 2020 season has tormented 49ers fans with an unprecedented and shocking number of roster moves and free-agent signings due to injuries, COVID, and poor performance. When the season began, there were dreams of pursuing a sixth Lombardi Trophy, and now, after a Week 17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks that dropped their record to 6-10, the 49ers and their fanbase have shifted their focus to the offseason and the 2021 NFL Draft. With 38 scheduled free agents on the roster, there is one player who John Lynch shouldn't question re-signing: Taybor Pepper. Early on in the season, the 49ers had a crisis at the long-snapper position. Kyle Nelson, the longest-tenured member on the roster after Joe Staley retired, was having trouble with his snap accuracy, at some points even bouncing
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Increased Security Spending Does Not Always Translate to Reduced Incidents
By: Arieanna Schweber | 10/27/2016
Cybersecurity threats are evolving. Cybersecurity spending is increasing. But are the current investments in prevention actually helping? These are questions that PwC has been asking in some of their latest research.
According to the latest Global State of Information Security Survey, UK companies are spending more on information security, on average £6.2m against £3m last year. Security is being given top priority, with greater investment in technology and training, but Board involvement in security strategy setting remains below the global average. However, despite this increased investment in security, data security incidents have continued to rise, up by 23% in the last year.
"Businesses may invest more (or less) in cybersecurity, and sophisticated technologies certainly can help prevent the spread of attacks or reduce impacts. But threat actors will likely remain ahead of the game by leveraging new tactics and techniques as their motives and technologies evolve."
As PwC addresses in a subsequent article on their findings, UK organizations are not seeing a return for their increased cyber security spending. Although current employees continue to be the top insider risk, business partners (service providers, consultants, contractors) are a growing source of security incidents. Unfortunately, there are still a number of organizations who have little insight on the source of security incidents: 18% report they don’t know how many cyber attacks they suffered in the past year, while 17% report a lack of knowledge on the source of security incidents. The report also indicates that it’s not necessarily advanced threats or new tacts that are effective, with 37% of incidents tied back to basic phishing incidents. It’s clear that more needs to be done to shore up these weaknesses in security.
“Cyber security is far more than just building security controls – it’s about changing your organization to be securable. That requires all aspects of a business to be engaged, to make tough decisions at board level, and embed consideration of cyber security risk in all decision-making processes. It’s not just about having more budget to buy more technology to patch cyber security holes. UK organisations need to take a more strategic approach to how they spend their increased budgets to start to see a real uptick in security posture.”
This report re-iterates that an increased security spend is only effective if coupled with a top-down integration of security into the core culture of the organization, paired with effective layers of technology to prevent, detect and remediate security incidents, with a particular focus on the insider threat. According to our own study, many employees put data at risk in small, but ultimately significant ways, such as modifying default settings on devices, accessing personal email, online banking / shopping, social media, public WiFi, file sharing, etc). Mistakes cannot be predicted, but there are steps you can take to mitigate the insider risk.
With Absolute DDS, you gain visibility into the endpoint and a holistic picture of the health of those devices (through automated alerts on everything from encryption and anti-malware status to geographic fences), allowing IT to remotely safeguard data at all times. With Absolute DDS, you have unprecedented insight into the endpoint and the data it contains, including data stored in the cloud, allowing you to proactively enforce security policies or react to risks by locking down or remotely deleting data. Leveraging our new Application Persistence, you will have unrivalled support for scenarios beyond the reach of existing solutions, including negligent and malicious user activity. Learn more at Absolute.com
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Arieanna Schweber has been a part of the Absolute writing team since 2007. Arieanna was Canada's first female professional blogger and has been professionally blogging since 2006 and has spoken at leading blogging conferences including BlogHer and Northern Voice. Arieanna has a joint degree in Business and Communications from Simon Fraser University and continues to build communities for Vancouver-based clients.
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My games are genuine, install in one step, look, sound and play in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP like they did in the old days, or your money back. This is my unconditional guarantee for three years.
This listing includes the original game CD. An on-screen printable manual is also included. The box is pictured for reference and is not included.
I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under ALL VERSIONS of Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP, both 32 and 64 bit. Note that joysticks are supported but X-Box style controllers are not.
One step: Insert my CD and the game will automatically work on your computer. Done. Yes, it's that simple.
Want to play? Click the icon. Want the game off your computer? Click Uninstall. Zero hassle.
Rapid response technical support for three years is always an e-mail or phone call away.
In the extremely rare event I cannot get this title to work on your system I will take it back for a full refund. All I ask is minimal assistance from you during the troubleshooting process.
From as far back as you can see, you probably can remember the first time you played the original Test Drive racing simulation from Accolade. This time around the corner, Accolade puts you behind the wheel of high performance off-road vehicles, including the Hummer, Land Rover Defender 90, Jeep Wrangler, and the Chevrolet K-1500 Z71 (there are also 6 bonus vehicles: Monster Truck, Dune Buggy, Stock Car, Hot Rod, Mini Cooper, and the Off-road Beetle). What makes Test Drive: Off-Road so different is the ability to drive almost anywhere within each track, essentially giving you the freedom to drive off and explore areas “off-road.”
From the main menu you are given different options. The first option is the Practice Race option. Here you can sharpen your racing skills on one of the four included off-road vehicles. After choosing your vehicle and vehicle color, you can then choose which one of the courses you would like to practice on. The included courses range from snow covered hills to dusty desert like ranges. After you have finished practicing, you then can enter into a mixed or class league to try and use your new found skills at beating other drivers. In Mixed League play you enter a tournament that includes 24 players. There are a series of cups awarded at the end of each race, and to move onto the next race, you need to ascertain one of those cups. With the winning of a cup, you also open a new course to race, in essence unlocking one of the six bonus courses. As you win cups, the difficulty level gets progressively harder. The league is also based on a scoring system, with higher points being awarded for coming in first than second and so on. What these points allow you to do is not win the race, but still progress onto the next one. The Class League works the same way except that, when you enter a class league, you choose a class of vehicle that you want to race, like Hummer for example. By winning class leagues, you can unlock the bonus cars.
The are many features to Test Drive: Off-Road that stand out from other racing simulations of the time. Offroad was one of the few racing simulations that offers split screen action using an off-road environment. The game is also based on a true physics model, allowing for the most realistic off-road driving simulation then on the market. Each one of the vehicles possesses its own unique characteristics that have been modeled off their real life counterparts. There are also a slew of options that help you customize the gameplay. In a race, you can change camera angles on the fly, giving you added ability to see what is going on around you. You can set the graphical detail as well as how much you want shown on the screen at once, such as dust flying up from your tires.
There are enough features and settings in Offroad that allowed this game to stand on its own and give players the opportunity to try something different.
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Was Seth Rich Killed over the Steele Dossier?
By Daniel John Sobieski
If we are to believe the transcript of Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in August, released unexpectedly by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the search for a smoking gun in the dossier scandal may lead us to a dead body, at least according to Simpson's lawyer:
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in August 2017, Glenn Simpson was questioned about whether he tried to "assess the credibility" of sources behind information uncovered by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence agent who compiled the dossier.
"Yes, but I'm not going to get into sourcing information," Simpson said.
Asked again what "steps he took to verify their credibility," Simpson declined to answer.
His lawyer, Joshua Levy, then intervened and said Simpson was just trying to protect his sources.
"Somebody's already been killed as a result of the publication of this dossier and no harm should come to anybody related to this honest work," Levy said.
The interview didn't pursue the line of questioning further.
Well, maybe somebody should pursue this hand grenade tossed in the middle of the room. Whoa! Somebody's already been killed as the result of the dossier put together by former British spy Christopher Steele from questionable Russian sources and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, and possibly used by the FBI to obtain FISA warrants to spy on the campaign of Hillary's opponent, Donald J. Trump?
As shocking as this revelation may be, it dovetails nicely with fear expressed for her safety by former DNC chair Donna Brazile. In a stunning interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos about her new book, Hacks, Brazile made cryptic references to murdered DNC I.T. staffer Seth Rich and revealed that afterward, she took the precautions one takes when one fears for his life.
So far, speculation about the unsolved murder of Seth Rich have been dismissed as right-wing conspiracy theories, but Brazile's references to him in the light of all that has come out about WikiLeaks, the Fusion GPS dossier, and Hillary's purchase of the DNC that rigged the primaries against Bernie Sanders may be a missing piece of this whole puzzle.
We have the unsolved murder of a former DNC staffer, Seth Rich; a former DNC chair who feared for her life; and a statement by the lawyer for the founder of Fusion GPS suggesting that someone has been killed over the dossier. Would it be too much to connect those dots?
Brazile, according to Newsweek, in a piece titled "DNC's Donna Brazile Dedicated Her Book to 'Patriot' Seth Rich, Whose Death Made Her Fear for Own Life," dedicated her book in part to Rich:
A new book by Donna Brazile, the former interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has been making headlines for its controversial claims about the 2016 presidential election and the Hillary Clinton campaign. But the provocative points start even before the first chapter, as Brazile reportedly dedicated the book in part to Seth Rich, the DNC staffer whose murder launched a conspiracy theory.
Axios reported on Sunday that the book's dedication reads, "In loving memory of my father, Lionel Brazile[,] Sr.; my beloved sister, Sheila Brazioutlanle; my fearless uncles Nat, Floyd, and Douglas; Harlem's finest, my aunt Lucille; my friend and mentor, David Kaufmann; my DNC colleague and patriot, Seth Rich; and my beloved Pomeranian, Chip Joshua Marvin Brazile (Booty Wipes). I miss y'all." ... Rich appears elsewhere in Brazile's book, as the Post [italics here and elsewhere removed –ed.] reported earlier in the weekend. She wrote that Rich's murder haunted her and that she'd installed surveillance cameras at her home and would keep the blinds in her office window closed so she could not be seen by snipers, according to the Post. Brazile talked about Rich on ABC News's This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. She told the host about her critics: "They don't know what it was like to be over the DNC during this hacking. They don't know what it's like to bury a child. I did: Seth Rich."
Why did Donna Brazile fear for her life after Seth's Rich unsolved murder? Were these cryptic references a way of warning those who she feared might do her harm that more would be revealed after her possible demise? Only Donna Brazile can elaborate, and it is doubtful she will at this point.
Rich's murder remains a mystery, with no apparent motive – not even a robbery gone wrong. As the Daily Caller Investigative Group observes in a piece titled "Donna Brazile Has a Theory about Who Killed Seth Rich":
From her book []Hacks[] [italics added –ed.]:
I felt some responsibility for Seth Rich's death. I didn't bring him into the DNC, but I helped keep him there working on voting rights. With all I knew now about the Russians' hacking, I could not help but wonder if they had played some part in his unsolved murder. Besides that, racial tensions were high that summer and I worried that he was murdered for being white on the wrong side of town. [My friend] Elaine expressed her doubts about that, and I heard her. The FBI said that they did not see any Russian fingerprints there.
Brazile repeatedly returns to the subject of being haunted by Rich's murder, even though other Democrats have pounced on anyone who suggested that the murder was anything other than a robbery gone wrong. The DNC data staffer was killed days before Wiki[L]eaks began publishing its emails, and his valuables were not taken.
The Russians did not provide WikiLeaks with any purloined emails or other documents, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. As Fox News reported on Assange's interview with Sean Hannity:
Wiki[L]eaks founder Julian Assange denied Thursday that hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta were stolen and passed to his organization by Russian state actors.
"Our source is not the Russian government," Assange told []The Sean Hannity Show [italics added –ed.].[]
"So in other words, let me be clear," Hannity asked, "Russia did not give you the Podesta documents or anything from the DNC?"
"That's correct," Assange responded.
Seth Rich, being a DNC I.T. staffer, if he did not provide the documents and emails to WikiLeaks himself, might have been in a position to know who did and how. We do know that the DNC denied the FBI access to the server that was allegedly hacked by the Russians. Now we have a possible link among Seth Rich, his death, and a dossier paid for in part by the DNC.
The Democratic National Committee "rebuffed" a request from the FBI to examine its computer services after it was allegedly hacked by Russia during the 2016 election, a senior law enforcement official told CNN Thursday.
"The FBI repeatedly stressed to DNC officials the necessity of obtaining direct access to servers and data, only to be rebuffed until well after the initial compromise had been mitigated," a senior law enforcement official told CNN.
Perhaps Donna Brazile and Glenn Simpson know more about what the DNC was trying to hide from the FBI. Her shocking revelations in her book and the statement by Simpson's lawyer may be the tip of a rather large and unnerving iceberg.
Daniel John Sobieski is a freelance writer whose pieces have appeared in Investor's Business Daily, Human Events, Reason Magazine, and the Chicago Sun-Times among other publications.
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LIRR Tackles Substations as Part of Modernization Program
By MTA Construction & DevelopmentMarch 15, 2019Bellmore Substation, Carle Place Substation, Floral Park Substation, Hicksville Substation, Meadowbrook Substation, Merillon Avenue Substation, Mineola Substation, Murray Hill Substation, New Cassel Substation, New Hyde Park Substation, Ocean Avenue Substation, Port Washington Substation, Project Update, Rosedale Substation, Sandy Substation Restoration, Westbury Substation
What does a substation do, and how does it work? There are 104 substations on the LIRR across all areas of the Rail Road’s electrified territory. At each of these substations, AC voltage is converted to DC voltage and safely fed to the third rail out on the tracks. This electrical power then energizes each train’s traction motor, the electric motor which propels the train.
On the LIRR, substations are strategically replaced as part of every capital program, typically based on age and/or state of good repair – substations may also be upgraded or replaced as part of a larger MTA or LIRR Project initiative. The substations which have been replaced or are being replaced or modified can be grouped in three categories:
LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville:
Floral Park (modifications)
Merillon Avenue
New Cassel
Seven of these substations are being replaced – except for Floral Park, which was commissioned in 2010 and is being modified – as part of the LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville. These substations are all almost 50-years-old and have exceeded their design and/or useful life. While they are still functional, their reliability has diminished and the potential for failures has increased due to their age. Securing replacement components and repair parts is also a significant challenge, as most original equipment at these substations is now obsolete.
Some of these substations also lack the required equipment and additional capacity to support the improved service the new Main Line Third Track will deliver to LIRR customers.
Substations to Be Replaced:
Bellmore Substation
Meadowbrook Substation
Murray Hill Substation
Ocean Avenue Substation
Rosedale Substation
Replaced:
Oceanside Substation
Oil City Substation
Long Beach Substation
The Bellmore, Meadowbrook and Ocean Avenue substations are being replaced – the LIRR announced the replacement of the Port Washington Substation on January 3, 2019 – under the 2015-19 Capital Program for the same reasons as the LIRR Expansion Project substations; the Murray Hill (built in 1967) and Rosedale substations will be replaced under a future Capital Program. Replacing these Substations will continue to improve reliability, with increased equipment capacities and up-to-date, safe and code-compliant pre-fabricated buildings and equipment. This is a photo of the new Port Washington Substation:
The new Long Beach Substation was commissioned in early 2018 under the Sandy Rehabilitation Project Initiative, which also replaced Substations at Oil City and Oceanside damaged during Super Storm Sandy in 2012. More substations will be replaced in the future, with some of these projects currently in the planning stage.
The LIRR Modernization Program is a multibillion dollar investment in the regional transportation infrastructure that will foster Long Island’s economic growth for generations to come. This comprehensive program to reconstruct and improve the LIRR system is moving forward with planning, design and construction, with projects ranging from large system expansion efforts, such as the LIRR Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville, East Side Access and the Double Track Project from Farmingdale to Ronkonkoma, to improvements to existing infrastructure, such as station enhancements and substation replacements.
The Long Island Rail Road’s 104 substations help get trains where they need to be, safely and on time. Residing quietly, and safely, behind fences, these engineering marvels are making a powerful contribution to a modern Long Island.
For more information, please visit AModernLI.com – http://www.amodernli.com/projects/.
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Our mission is to mentor girls by providing musical training in communities with limited artistic opportunities. AngelStreet provides an outlet for young women to grow as leaders in our community through the framework and strong bonds that exist within a choir. Furthermore, our diverse and talented staff mentor participants no matter the level of the girls’ musical ability; strong mentoring relationships can continue once girls leave the program after high school. To ensure we are providing meaningful content to our participants, we thoughtfully align program activities to our organizational values. Programming at our North Memphis and Graham Heights communities is mission-critical work considering these communities have youth populations who are chronically underserved. AngelStreet is honored to provide resources and ultimately a platform for all our participants to understand their value, discover their purpose, and become creatively equipped to serve the Memphis community as leaders.
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1993 PRS Dragon II
Serial #: 3-16479. Limited edition, #22 of 100
Body size at lower bout: 13". Scale length: 25 " Nut Width: 1 11/16" Neck depth: .86/.96, 1st/10th frets
Materials: Solid carved tiger flamed maple top; solid South American mahogany back and neck; solid Brazilian rosewood fingerboard; abalone/gemstone/precious metal fingerboard inlay; graphite nut.
Hardware: 100% original gold hardware includes PRS Dragon humbucking pickups; master volume and tone controls, 5 way pickup selector switch, gold speed knobs; PRS locking tuners; PRS compensated stoptail bridge; PRS Schaller tuners.
Notes: As a teenager, Paul Reed Smith had a dream where he envisioned a guitar with a fingerboard vividly inlaid with the image of a dragon. It took him until 1979 until he finally built his first one, with inlay laboriously inset piece by piece, entirely by hand. Finally in 1992, Larry Siffel of Pearl Works approached PRS with the concept of creating inlay with the emerging technology of computer assisted CNC machining, which could enable a level of detail, precision and complexity orders of magnitude greater than anything the human hand could possibly perform.
In a matter of months, the two created the Dragon, the young firm's first guitar with a 22 fret neck, stoptail bridge, and specially designed Dragon humbucking pickups. But most distinctively, the guitar had an unprecedented fingerboard inlay: an exquisitely ornate dragon, in side view, comprised of over 200 pieces of precious metals, gemstones, and exotic shell materials.
Released in a series limited to just 50 examples, the Dragon I created a sensation, and even at the then unheard-of price of $8000, sold out almost immediately. The following year, PRS debuted the Dragon II, with an even more complex design, featuring both wings of the fabled creature, executed in some 218 pieces of gold, coral, abalone, malachite, onyx, and mother of pearl. In addition, the signature headstock logo was inlaid in solid gold.
With just 100 instruments in its production run, the Dragon II again became a coveted collector's treasure. After the release of the final model of the original series in 1994, the world would have to wait over half a decade to see another PRS Dragon, further increasing demand for these hitherto unimaginable works of ultra-precision art and luthiery. Since that time, they have been featured in the Smithsonian Museum and New York's Museum of Modern Art, as well as the subject of a special exhibition in the Musem of Musical Instruments in Phoenix.
This magnificent guitar is a rare example in the natural amber finish, which highlights the intensely tiger flamed Bigleaf maple top to optimum advantage. The 'wide-fat' set neck echoes the coveted profile of the late 50's Les Pauls, and at 7lb 14oz, the instrument is nimbly balanced on the lap or the strap. The 10" radius Brazilian rosewood fingerboard offers smooth low action over a fresh high-precision setup, and the specially wound Dragon humbuckers are a marvel of versatility, with the neck smooth and rich at 7.9K, and the bridge pickup bold and crunchy at 17.1K. The five way pickup selector affords tremendous versatility in tone as well, with full humbucking or single coil options available at the twist of the switch.
The instrument appears virtually unplayed, and has been lovingly maintained in 100% original condition, along with its original deluxe hardshell case, Certificate of Auhenticity and accessories. The pinnacle of PRS Private Stock releases, this incomparable Dragon will bring fire to the most incendiary collection. One only: call now.
Setup: Trussrod tension and neck relief adjusted; bridge height adjusted; bridge compensation set; string slots at nut and bridge inspected; bridge wheels lubricated; fingerboard; body and neck cleaned and hand polished. This instrument is strung with .010 gauge nickel roundwound strings, and will accommodate lighter or heavier strings, according to preference. String action is set at 4/64" to 5/64" at the 12th fret, with light relief. The action may be lowered or raised to your requirements with the adjustable bridge.
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The Major's Welcome Home
By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
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Boss in the Bedsheets
By: Kate Canterbary
Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Emma Wilder
Mr. Santillian, Despite the fact I'm currently living out of your guest room and sleeping with you most nights, I am writing to announce my resignation, effective two weeks from today. In other words, I'll locate someone who is both obscenely overqualified and willing to devote their days to the handful of tasks you are able to wrench from your perfectionist, micromanaging grip.
Funny, sweet and sexy
By Kelly on 11-10-2020
Chase Me
Broke and Beautiful Series, Book 1
Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
College drop-out Roxy Cumberland moved to New York with dreams of becoming an actress, but her dwindling bank account is quickly putting the kibosh on that fantasy. To make some quick cash, she signs up to perform singing telegrams. Her first customer is a gorgeous, cocky Manhattan trust-funder if she ever laid eyes on one. And what could be more humiliating than singing an ode to his junk, courtesy of his last one-night stand? Maybe the fact that she's dressed in a giant pink bunny costume....
Just lost interest
By Kathryn on 10-06-2020
Boss of Me
An Enemies-to-Lovers, Stand-Alone Romance
By: Tia Louise
Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Teddy Hamilton
Boss of Me is a stand-alone workplace, enemies to lovers, military romance with a badass alpha boss and the feisty woman who steals his heart. No cheating. No cliffhangers.
By: Lili Valente, Pippa Grant
Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Virginia Rose
The world’s sexiest firefighter is about to get a second chance with the virgin next door.... He’s bossy, arrogant, and so ridiculously hot that he should come with a warning label and a pair of flame-retardant coveralls. He’s also the boy who broke my heart when we were in high school. I want to move in next door to Ryan O’Dell the way I want to be the virgin gamer geek suddenly in charge of running my sister’s sex-toy factory. Too bad both are written in my stars.
couldn't put it down
By Candace on 25-03-2019
Pucked
By: Helena Hunting
Narrated by: John Mclaren, Muffy Newtown
With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn't interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. But when Alex inadvertently obliterates Violet's misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match.
By Brittany Pearce on 15-06-2020
Park Avenue Player
By: Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland
Narrated by: Sebastian York, Andi Arndt
It started out like any normal day. Then the fender bender happened. The guy I collided with drove an expensive car and was drop-dead gorgeous. Too bad he was also a total jerk. We argued over whose fault it was and any other thing that came out of his condescending mouth. Eventually, the police came and we went our separate ways. The insurance companies would have to figure things out. I had a job interview to get to anyway - one I was excited about. Though that excitement changed to disappointment the moment the person interviewing me walked in. The guy from the accident.
By RomanticFool on 22-09-2020
By: Jana Aston
Narrated by: Erin Mallon
My childhood was perfect. I've led a charmed life, and I'm not going to blow it now by picking the wrong guy. I've got my sights set on my brother's best friend. He's known my family for years. He's reliable and kind and handsome. Sure, he's been avoiding me since I was six. I'm a bit aggressive for him, maybe. But he's the one...right?
Book one was better
Narrated by: Lance Greenfield, Erin Mallon
Hi, I'm Chloe Scott. The most awkward single girl in the city. But I'm going to get it together. I am. I'm going to learn how to date like a grown up. I'm going to have an orgasm not given to myself. I'm going to fall in love and live happily ever after. Right after I get out of this interrogation room.
By K on 05-06-2017
I have a history of picking the wrong guy. Gay? Player? Momma's boy? Check, check and check. Now I can't stop fantasizing about one of the customers at the coffee shop I work at between classes. It's just a harmless crush, right? It's not like I ever see this guy outside of the coffee shop. It's not like I'm going to see him while attempting to get birth control at the student clinic. While wearing a paper gown. While sitting on an exam table. Because he's the doctor. Shoot. Me.
There is nothing wrong here!
By Codie Riddell on 14-01-2018
Getaway Girl
Narrated by: Joe Hempel, Lori Prince
Addison Potts is back in Charleston to stir things up at her estranged cousin’s wedding. Only, the nuptials hit a snag when the bride doesn’t show, leaving Addison to play getaway driver for the jilted groom, whose heartbreaking smile and deep, Southern drawl she should not be noticing.... Elijah Montgomery DuPont's only respite from life’s sudden upheaval is Addison. Public disapproval be damned, he’s not willing to give her up. But with an election on the line and public pressure rising, Addison - and the cruel hand of fate - might not give him a choice.
By Danika Deacon on 11-11-2019
Thrown Down
Made in Jersey, Book 2
Narrated by: Emma Wilder
Overachiever River Purcell was never supposed to be a struggling single mom, working double shifts just to make ends meet. Nor was she supposed to be abandoned by her high-school sweetheart, breaking her heart into a thousand jagged pieces. Now Vaughn De Matteo is back in town, his sights set on her...and River is in danger of drowning a second time.
Unfixable
Narrated by: Carly Robins
Willa Peet isn't interested in love. She's been there, done that, and has the shattered heart to prove it. Ready to shake the breakup, she heads to Dublin, Ireland. But there's a problem. A dark-haired, blue-eyed problem with a bad attitude that rivals her own. And he's not doling out friendly Irish welcomes.
Worked Up
Factory mechanic Duke Crawford just wants to watch SportsCenter in peace. Unfortunately, living with four divorcee sisters doesn't provide much silence, nor does it change his stance on relationships. But when a fellow commitment-phobe stumbles into his life, getting him good and worked up, he can't deny his protective instincts.
Narrated by: Hayden Bishop, Tyler Donne
It's Naomi Clemons's big day. Her dream wedding. And she's outta here. One moment. A chance meeting of gazes through the church window pane with someone familiar who radiates intrigue. Independence. It's the final push Naomi needs to realize...she's boring. A blonde, cookie cutter, well mannered trophy wife-to-be. How can she expect to lead a fulfilling married life when she's never lived? Special Forces diver Jason Bristow needs a beauty pageant coach. Not for himself - although the tattooed bruiser could definitely use some charm.
Not the best narration.
Raw Redemption
Crossing the Line, Book 4
Narrated by: Jill Redfield
Disgraced cop Henrik Vance is having a shit year. Banished to a derelict undercover squad, he's been tasked with hunting down the daughter of Chicago's most dangerous criminal. His obsession with saving the beautiful girl destroyed his career. And this time, it might cost his life.
Narrated by: James Larceny, Mackenzie Cartwright
Family is everything to gambling den darling, Teresa Valentini. Blood comes first, especially before men. So when her brother lands himself in hot water, she's willing to do whatever it takes to save him. And showing up topless in her unwitting savior's motel room is turning out to be the furthest thing from a hardship.... Will Caruso is the bad boy of New York's financial scene...and he just found out the very thing that drives his success is a damn lie.
By Vanessa Leighton on 30-11-2019
Jasmine Taveras is the reason Sarge Purcell grabbed his six-string and bailed the hell out of New Jersey four years ago. She's the fuel for every song he's ever written - each one laced with bitter, hard-edged, hungry lust. Now, with his hugely successful band on temporary hiatus, Sarge is determined to prove to Jasmine that he's turned into every inch the man she's always needed....
By Kibbit on 30-10-2019
Disturbing His Peace
Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Lola Canela
Danika Silva can’t stand Lt. Greer Burns. Her roommate’s older brother may be sexy as hell, but he’s also a cold, unfeeling robot. She just wants to graduate and forget about her scowling superior. But when a dangerous mistake lands Danika on probation - under Greer’s watch - she’s forced to interact with the big, hulking jerk. Call him daily to check in? Done. Ride shotgun in his cruiser every night? Done. Try not to climb into his giant, muscular lap and kiss him? Umm....
Great chemistry
When Kenna Sutton is tasked with driving home newly returned Beck “True Blue” Collier, she expects the strategic army mastermind to be a pasty number cruncher. Never at a loss for words, Kenna is, nonetheless, rendered speechless by the gorgeous, hard-bodied, and utterly inexperienced army major who lands in her passenger seat.
Outraged by Beck’s lack of a welcome home after seven long years overseas, Kenna takes matters into her own hands, giving Beck something he’s only ever fantasized about in his bunk.
Beck has never shied away from a test of will, and Kenna gives new meaning to the word challenge. One problem? Kenna’s father is the lieutenant general presenting Beck with a Silver Star, and Beck is determined to treat Kenna with the respect she deserves. Kenna has other ideas, however, tempting Beck’s resolve at every turn.
But how long can one lonely, starving man hope to resist the woman he craves?
©2018 Tessa Bailey (P)2019 Tessa Bailey
Protecting What's His
Asking for Trouble
Anyone But Cade
Anyone But Rich
What listeners say about The Major's Welcome Home
A sweet story.
This is a sweet story about a women who welcomes home a returned serviceman in a very personal way. The story was short, even though there was room for more plot and character development. The narration was good.
Monique Ngobeh-Velasquez
Great Book but I wish it was longer with their story! I would love to hear about his sister story if she have one.
Vanessa Leighton
I love this insta love book it’s one of my favourite Tessa bailey books but in audio it is 100% better than it was before. I love Beck and his alpha maleness and Kenna who is strong and independent but also vulnerable with Beck it’s beautiful to watch
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Daleks Destroy: The Secret Invasion and Other Stories
From the Worlds of Doctor Who
By: Terry Nation
Narrated by: Nicholas Briggs
Doctor Who: The Minds of Magnox
By: Darren Jones
Narrated by: Jacob Dudman
A brand new stand-alone adventure for the 10th Doctor, which also forms part of the Time Lord Victorious story arc, read by Jacob Dudman. The Doctor travels with Brian, the Ood assassin, to the planet Magnox, one of the greatest receptacles of knowledge the universe will ever know. The Doctor needs to ask a vital question, but the answer is grade-one classified! In order to gain an audience with the Minds of Magnox themselves he must take a dangerous test. Is he smart enough to get through?
Timelord Victorious , the journey home
By Blue Phynx on 12-26-20
The Wintertime Paradox
Festive Stories from the World of Doctor Who
By: Dave Rudden
Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
Christmas can mean anything.... For Missy, it's solving Murders in 1909. For a little girl in Dublin, it's Plasmavores knocking at the door. For Davros, it's a summons from the Doctor, who needs the mad inventor's help.
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four
Second Doctor TV Soundtracks
By: Ian Stuart Black, David Ellis, Malcolm Hulke, and others
Narrated by: Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Patrick Troughton, and others
Absent from the TV archives, these stories survive in their entirety only as soundtrack recordings. Now remastered, with additional linking narration, you can enjoy them again: plus bonus interviews with Anneke Wills and Frazer Hines.
By: Ian Stuart Black, and others
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
1st Doctor TV Soundtrack
By: Bill Strutton
Narrated by: William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell, and others
A full-cast narrated soundtrack of this eerie classic TV adventure starring William Hartnell as the Doctor.
Doctor Who: The Kairos Ring
Beyond the Doctor
By: Stephen Gallagher
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Residing on the threshold of E-Space with the Tharil Laszlo, Romana is on the trail of a terrible enemy. Allies of the enslaved, the duo ride the Time Winds in search of the desperate Sluagh. Meanwhile, on a bloody American Civil War battlefield, young soldier Joshua is haunted by spectres: pale, vicious-looking aliens who prey upon the dead to raise an army of living corpses. With the fabled Kairos Ring they can carve portals into other dimensions - and, by accident, Joshua is blown through one of them.
Doctor Who: The Second Monsters Collection
3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th Doctor Novelisations
By: Robert Holmes, Dave Martin, Andrew Smith, and others
Narrated by: Katy Manning, Jon Culshaw, Matthew Waterhouse, and others
Five exciting novelisations of classic TV stories in which the Doctor and his companions encounter a colourful assortment of aliens.
By: Robert Holmes, and others
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
5th Doctor Novelisation
By: Barbara Clegg
In response to the White Guardian's warning of great danger, the TARDIS materialises on the heaving deck of an Edwardian racing yacht. But the Doctor soon discovers that this is no ordinary yacht - and no ordinary race. Captain Striker is competing for an unusual prize: 'Enlightenment'. The crew will be lucky to reach port safely. But with such a prize, would they be lucky to win? Steven Pacey reads Barbara Clegg's complete and unabridged novelisation of her own TV adventure, first published by Target Books in 1984.
Whovians should listen to this book.
By Jennifer Baratta on 10-14-20
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1st Doctor Novelisation
By: Terrance Dicks
Narrated by: Anneke Wills
On the 17th Century Cornish coast, villainous pirates roam the seas searching for treasure, while the townspeople have turned to smuggling, wheeling and dealing in contraband. The TARDIS materialises in this wild and remote place and the Doctor and his new companions, Ben and Polly, find themselves caught up in the dubious activities of the locals. When the Doctor is unwittingly given a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure, the pirates are determined to extract the information - whatever the cost.
For fellow Whovians
Doctor Aphra (Star Wars)
By: Sarah Kuhn
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jonathan Davis, Sean Patrick Hopkins, and others
Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra, rogue archaeologist, is in trouble again. A pioneer in the field of criminal xenoarchaeology, Aphra recognizes no law, has no fear, and possesses no impulse control. To her, the true worth of the galactic relics she discovers isn’t found in a museum, but in an arsenal. This viewpoint has led to a lot of misunderstandings. After her latest plan goes horribly wrong, her roguish ways are on the verge of catching up to her, when suddenly Darth Vader, terror of the galaxy, swoops in with his lightsaber ignited and...saves her life?
This is absolutely brilliant
By Matthew Lambertson on 07-25-20
Dalek Attack: Blockade & Other Stories from the Doctor Who Universe
Dalek Audio Annual
Narrated by: Nicholas Briggs, Matthew Waterhouse, Louise Jameson, and others
The Daleks are back! The ruthless creatures of hate return to menace the galaxy in a further collection of vintage stories from Terry Nation’s Dalek Annuals. Urgent message to all Anti-Dalek Force agents: the battle continues! Vital examples of the continued defence effort are included in this new volume of stories featuring Daleks and the brave humans who fight against them.
Daleks Conquer and Destroy!
By S. Nelson on 03-02-20
Doctor Who: The Second History Collection
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Doctor Novelisations
By: Donald Cotton, Gerry Davis, Malcolm Hulke, and others
Narrated by: Shane Rimmer, Anneke Wills, David Troughton, and others
Five exciting novelisations set in Earth's past history, featuring the Doctor and his companions. The stories are Doctor Who - The Gunfighters, Doctor Who - The Highlanders, Doctor Who and the War Games, Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang and Doctor Who - Black Orchid.
By: Donald Cotton, and others
Star Trek: Picard: The Dark Veil
By: James Swallow
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
The Alpha Quadrant is mired in crisis. Within the United Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike on the shipyards of Mars has led to the shutdown of all relief efforts for millions of Romulans facing certain doom from an impending supernova. But when the USS Titan is drawn into a catastrophic incident on the Romulan-Federation border, Captain William Riker, his family, and his crew find themselves caught between the shocking secrets of an enigmatic alien species and the deadly agenda of a ruthless Tal Shiar operative.
Great continuation of the new time-line
By Mat Shafer on 01-07-21
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers
An exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor, as played on TV by Tom Baker, featuring the Master.
Doctor Who: The Dalek Collection
1st, 3rd, 4th Doctor Novelisations
Narrated by: William Russell, Peter Purves, Jean Marsh, and others
In 'Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth' the TARDIS lands in the 21st century to find a ravaged London at the mercy of familiar foes. In 'Doctor Who: Daleks - Mission to the Unknown' and 'Doctor Who: Daleks - The Mutation of Time' conquest of the universe seems assured for Mavic Chen and his allies, the Daleks. In 'Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks' the Doctor and Sarah are drawn to the planet Exillon, shortly before the Daleks arrive.
good and solid audio BBC novel of doctor who class
By Harold on 07-23-20
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear
Fourth Doctor Novelisation
Narrated by: Pamela Salem
The TARDIS lands in England and Sarah, the Doctor's companion, looks forward to going home. A freak accident in a quarry leaves the unconscious Sarah clutching an enormous stone hand. The only surviving remnant of Eldrad - an alien super-being expelled from his planet, Kastria - it has the power to control the human mind.
Doctor Who: The Savages
By: Ian Stuart Black
Narrated by: William Hartnell, full cast
When the TARDIS materialises on an alien planet, the Doctor insists that he and his companions have arrived in the far future. Steven and Dodo think otherwise, however, after they encounter a band of cave-dwelling primitives who are terrified of strangers.
Another lost classic
By Lowell on 11-03-17
Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End
Thirteenth Doctor Novel
By: Sophie Aldred
Once, a girl called Ace travelled the universe with the Doctor - until, in the wake of a terrible tragedy they parted company. Now, decades on, she is known as Dorothy McShane, the reclusive millionaire philanthropist who heads the global organisation A Charitable Earth. But Dorothy is being haunted by terrible nightmares in which she’s abducted to an alien world. Nightmares that begin just as scores of young runaways are vanishing from the dark alleyways of London.
Ace!
By Mark Martinico on 02-26-20
Doctor Who: The Flight of the Sun God
6th Doctor Audio Original
By: Nev Fountain
Narrated by: Nicola Bryant
Nicola Bryant reads a brand new story featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri, set in the far future. The TARDIS lands aboard the Sun God, a vast spaceship carrying executives from a powerful 35th century energy company. Peri is menaced by deadly cat-like robots, whilst the Doctor discovers that Spalding Revere, the company's founder, has set the ship on course for the heart of a sun. Spalding's last wish is to take his acolytes with him to the afterlife, and unless the Doctor can intervene, he and Peri will be going with them.
Dalek invasion is imminent!
Attention: the war against the Daleks continues apace in this new collection of vintage stories from the pen of their creator, Terry Nation.
Our successful defence of the galaxy depends on all Anti-Dalek Force agents staying informed of the latest events, in outer space and on a variety of alien planets. That information can be found here!
Intrepid ADF agents Nicholas Briggs, Terry Molloy, Steven Pacey and Jon Culshaw relate a series of terrifying adventures - The Castaway, The Solution, The Secret Invasion and The Seeds of Destruction - and issue special briefings including Dalek Terminology, Dalography of Skaro, Recent Findings on the Moon and The Dalek War Machines. All material is authenticated from Terry Nation's Dalek Annuals and other books.
Whether in present day London or on further-flung shores, the battle with the Daleks is all around us. Listen now or be exterminated!
Text © Terry Nation 1965, 1978, 1979
Cover images © BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 2020
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks & Exploration Earth
Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor Novels
Frankenstein (Dramatized)
What listeners say about Daleks Destroy: The Secret Invasion and Other Stories
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By: Judith Tarr
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Series: The Four Queens, Book 2
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
The life and times of Melisende, the crusader queen of Jerusalem, regent to her young son, the king, during the 12th century, come to life through the eyes of Lady Richildis, a young Frankish woman on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, who becomes one of Melisende's confidantes.
©1997 Judith Tarr (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
The Hall of the Mountain King
The Eagle's Daughter
Rite of Conquest
If I Have to Tell You One More Time
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
What listeners say about Queen of Swords
S. Williams
Amazing story . Pronunciation counts.
What did you love best about Queen of Swords?
The story. The characters.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Queen of Swords?
Bertrand's realization. (No spoiler)
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
Quay is pronounced "key". Plait is prounounced "plat". Richildis is pronounced "rich SHIL dis".Bertrand is pronounced..... sigh, it's rather painful to listen to.
If you could take any character from Queen of Swords out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Michael _ a true gentleman.
New narrator? This one is good but not for this book.
Carol Cockburn
A Pleasant Book
Well developed plot and characters. She could have used a little more research on her real people though, she tried to make Eleanor of Aquitaine into an older character when in fact she was a teenager during the second crusade. Other than that it was a truly an enjoyable read, er, listen.
S.Attenborough
A Good Story Let Down By the Narrator
This is the second book in the series. The first was dismal mostly because of the poor narration. This book has unfortunately the same problem with the same narrator. For reasons that seem bizarre the narrator cannot seem to pronounce simple words. For example: ‘Petitioner’ she pronounces as ‘Partitioner’ ‘Moon-Calf eyes’ is pronounced as ‘Moon Cave Eyes’ ‘Quay’ which should be pronounced like ‘key’ she pronounces it ‘Karwaii’!!!! and the list goes on and on.... It is also one of those annoying storyline’s where there is a complete over use of the words ‘insouciance’ and ‘ennui’ which by a miracle the narrator can pronounce!!! Some female narrators are good at doing male voices. Unfortunately this narrators male voices all sound like Popeye! I will be asking for a refund for this book.
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Global pioneer James Thrall reflects on 30 years in radiology
By Dr. James Thrall, AuntMinnieEurope.com contributing writer
February 28, 2013 -- On 1 February, Dr. James Thrall stepped down as chairman of the department of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), ending a 30-year career as one of the leading figures in radiology. In this exclusive article, Dr. Thrall reflects on the changes he's seen over the past 30 years in medical imaging.
Dealing with relentless change stands out to me as the greatest challenge in leading two large radiology departments over the past 30 years. From my first day at Henry Ford Hospital (HFH) until my last day at Massachusetts General Hospital, every circumstance of practice was in almost constant flux -- new imaging and information technologies, new laws and regulations, changing economics, and far higher practice expectations from all stakeholders.
Dr. James Thrall of MGH reflects on 30 years in radiology.
The easiest of these challenges turned out to be new imaging technologies -- MRI, MDCT, and PET, among many others. Most radiologists welcome advances in imaging methods, and members of the faculties at both HFH and MGH were leaders in technical innovation. Happily, the respective hospital administrations recognized the value and the need for new technology and were quite supportive.
The net result of the explosion in new imaging methods over the past 30 years was a transformation in both clinical practice and research. Clinically, radiology went from being considered "ancillary" to increasingly being the arbiters of diagnosis astride the critical pathway of care for many, many diseases and conditions: Who needs an operation? How is the patient responding to therapy?
Unfortunately, our success enticed too many underqualified people to embrace imaging, leading to a disastrous combination of poor quality and overuse.
In research, radiology flourished equally with the introduction of functional and molecular imaging. We are no longer the weak sister at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and our methods have been broadly adopted at both the research bench and for translational and clinical investigations. I am proud to be able to share that among departments at MGH, radiology now receives the second highest amount of NIH funding next to the department of medicine.
The switch to digital imaging
Managing the introduction of new information systems -- RIS, PACS, and voice recognition (VR) -- was far more problematic than introducing new imaging methods. Each of these initially took radiologists away from historic work paradigms.
For example, when we turned on a new RIS at MGH in 1988, we discovered that 10% of our cases were never being interpreted by a radiologist -- embarrassing. To address this, we needed to completely re-engineer our film-handling procedures, placing far more pressure on the radiology support staff and radiologists for timely reporting.
PACS and voice recognition probably would not have been implemented at MGH when they were if we had taken a vote. Early PACS software was clunky, and a number of our colleagues could not imagine how one could look at a CT scan without having eight sheets of film at a time on an alternator with 20 images per sheet. Some senior radiologists predicted dire results. What a leap of faith it took to make the change.
Interestingly, several weeks after we went live with PACS, the system crashed. Radiologists were given the choice of going back temporarily to film or waiting several hours for the PACS to be rebooted. Even with the prospect of having to stay late, not a single person wanted to go back to film. Once people experienced PACS, the deal was done. Today, no one can even imagine life without PACS.
When I look back, I realize we never mastered the management of hard-copy film -- no institutional discipline, too many lost or sequestered folders, too many unread cases. Moreover, the advent of MDCT and multisequence MRI would have completely overwhelmed us, had we not had PACS available. Last year, we put 165 million images into our PACS -- enough to bring out a cold sweat in thinking about printing film.
Voice recognition was the most challenging technology. I'm not sure that even today VR would win in a vote. Early VR systems were very cumbersome and often inaccurate, sometimes embarrassingly so when errors were not caught by the radiologist. Radiologists perceived themselves as doing the work of transcriptionists.
Thankfully, current VR systems are vastly improved, and it is clear that perceived service to referring physicians and patients improves dramatically as report turnaround times shorten.
The compliance tsunami
With respect to laws and regulations, the hallmark issue to me in the past 30 years has been the staggering increase in compliance requirements that affect all of medical practice, including radiology. Of course, we have always had to deal with licensure, credentialing and privileging, hospital accreditation, and state and federal laws addressing radiation, but today it almost seems as though physicians could spend half of their time meeting various new compliance requirements.
This was highlighted to me in a recent audit of one of our interventional areas at MGH, where 28 separate line items of compliance requirements were identified. Many of the issues could not logically be said to apply to most of our patients, while others were more suited to patients' interactions with other kinds of physicians. Overwhelming caregivers can lead to cynicism and "compliance fatigue."
By and large, new compliance issues typically appear well-intended and have merit. However, taken together, compliance requirements have become incredibly burdensome, difficult to manage, and sometimes duplicative -- for example, the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative versus Physician Quality Indicators. This can undermine physician morale and career satisfaction -- not so much for the requirements per se, but through a feeling of being constantly under the microscope and through a fear of inadvertently overlooking something like a HIPAA provision and running into draconian sanctions.
As I have watched the compliance tsunami engulf medical practice, I worry that we are overshooting the beneficial equilibrium between achieving higher quality and safety goals and what physicians can realistically bear, since the costs associated with new mandates are mostly unfunded.
The radiology bubble
Economically, radiology experienced a classic bubble in my 30 years as a department chairman. Tailwinds from new technology increased both the demand for imaging services and reimbursement per average case. These were coupled with increased efficiency from PACS, and led to remarkable increases in departmental income and compensation for individual radiologists.
While the economic vectors were all pointing up, we were lulled into thinking this was the way things were always going to be -- and should be. Wrong. As soon as imaging became the fastest-growing cost segment in healthcare, the knives came out and reimbursement cuts began, however flawed their logic. The bubble burst.
As a department chairman, it has been a special challenge to work through the implications of the bursting bubble and work on resetting expectations. Going forward, radiologists' incomes should still be comparatively favorable, but increases in compensation will likely be muted, and more risk will be involved in departmental and group income as private and government payors look for cost savings.
So, what is the bottom line? It's been great to have had the honor and privilege to serve as a department chairman. I have enjoyed working with some of the most outstanding people on the planet, and I feel we moved the needle at both HFH and MGH in many good directions for our specialty over 30 years.
Radiology has the opportunity to build on progress to date and to continue to invent transformational new methods. I hope that progress over the next 30 years will dwarf the past 30. The challenge to keep the needle moving is for others now. I wish you well. Good luck.
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AIS Director Matt Favier moves to head Hockey Australia
Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Director Matt Favier is to leave the high performance sport agency to become the new Chief Executive at Hockey Australia.
Commenting on hi smove, Favier, who took the reins at the AIS five years ago and was the architect of the Australian Sports Commission’s contentious Winning Edge strategy, commented that it was time he returned to the “coalface’’ of Australian sport.
Favier explained “I have been in a system role for eight or nine years (including a role with UK Sport) so there was a question of how much longer it would be appropriate for me to be in this role.
“In this type of leadership role you need to stay relevant. You can lose touch with the coalface of sport and I don’t want to do that.’’
Favier said he had been considering his position since the Rio Olympics and his decision was unrelated to the highly-publicised falling out between the ASC and the Australian Olympic Committee.
Returned AOC President John Coates has been particularly hostile to Favier, partly because Coates disagrees with the targeted funding approach of Winning Edge, but also because he is convinced Favier played a part in the move to unseat him as AOC President this year.
Coates announced in February, just after a public argument with ASC Chairman John Wylie in Melbourne, that Favier, a deputy chef de mission of the Rio Olympic team, would not be part of the process for the Tokyo Games.
But Favier said the AOC-ASC tensions “were not a factor at all’’ in his resignation.
ASC Chief Executive Kate Palmer commended the strong leadership at the AIS, advising “Matt has been instrumental during a pivotal transition period for the ASC, the AIS and the Australian high performance sport system. His leadership over the past five years has shaped Australia’s high performance strategy, laying a strong foundation for future international improvement and success.
“Matt has led the AIS forward in its continual pursuit of excellence, and has played a far broader role in helping to better align the Australian high performance sport system.
“Matt leaves the ASC and the AIS with our thanks, congratulations and best wishes, and we are delighted he will continue to be a key influencer in Australian sport with his new role at Hockey Australia.”
Favier commenced as AIS Director in March 2012 after previous roles with Athletics Australia, the Australian Paralympic Committee, Queensland Academy of Sport, UK Athletics and UK Sport.
Favier went on to say “as a former AIS athlete, I have always had a special affinity with the AIS and it has been a tremendous privilege to serve as Director for the past five years.”
“I am very proud of the work the AIS has done during that time, it has made a genuine difference to the sector. The AIS may look different than when I began in 2012, but the Institute’s goal always remains the same - to help Australian athletes and sports achieve long-term, sustainable success.
“This decision is not one I have taken lightly, but the time is right as the AIS and sports commence the next four-year Olympic cycle towards Tokyo 2020.
“I remain very passionate about Commonwealth Games and Olympic sports, so I’m excited by the opportunity to be CEO of an iconic Australian sport like hockey.”
The ASC will soon commence recruitment for an AIS Director.
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14th February 2017 - AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE BLOCKS AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT FROM TOKYO 2020 PLANNING
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23rd August 2016 - RIO DISAPPOINTMENTS IGNITES BATTLE OVER OLYMPIC SPORTS GOVERNANCE
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17th June 2016 - SPORTS COMMISSION ADVANCES GOVERNANCE REFORM TO UNIFY SPORTS AND BUILD TRUST
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Hacking Industry 4.0
The danger in Industrial Internet of Things technology is that data so conveniently shared can also be stolen or corrupted.
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Verizon 2018 Data Breach Industry Report: Cybercriminals can compromise a system in minutes—or even seconds, while the breach typically goes undiscovered for weeks or months.
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Cyberattacks lie in a dark shadow behind the shiny promise of Industry 4.0: The same technology that allows data to be shared and studied inside an enterprise may be accessed from outside to steal or corrupt that data.
“The interconnectedness of Industry 4.0-driven operations, along with the escalating deployment of industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) devices, has created a massive attack surface for cybercriminals to exploit,” says Chris Morales, head of security analytics at cyber security company Vectra (vectra.ai). “Many factories connect IIoT devices to flat, unpartitioned networks that rely on communication with general computing devices and enterprise applications.”
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Manufacturers used to rely on customized, proprietary protocols, which made mounting a cyberattack difficult, Morales notes. The conversion from proprietary protocols to standard protocols makes it easier to infiltrate networks. IIoT devices can then be used as a beachhead to launch an attack: “Once an attacker establishes a foothold in IIoT devices, it is difficult for network security systems to identify the backdoor compromise.”
The IBM Institute for Business Value (ibm.com) surveyed manufacturers and found that a worrisome percentage (87 percent) of automotive companies are implementing IIoT technologies in plants and assembly lines without fully evaluating risk or preparing effective responses. However, the same survey revealed the best practices of the “top performing” companies in the other 13 percent. Those include:
Applying user privacy controls to IIoT devices.
Using authentication to verify users on IIoT devices.
Defining clear service-level agreements SLAs for security and privacy.
Inventorying all authorized and unauthorized software.
Using devices with built-in diagnostics.
Automating the scanning of connected devices.
Securing device hardware and firmware.
Using advanced behavioral analytics for breach detection and response.
Using AI technology to enable real-time monitoring and response.
Automated Field Agents
As mentioned in the final two bullet points above, effective cyber defense technology now uses artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioral analytics to automate a sophisticated and, more importantly, active defense posture.
One can imagine a traditional cyber defense system as being the equivalent of a sentry at the gate: When a stranger approaches, the sentry asks “who goes there?” If the right response is given, the stranger can pass. If not, it’s rejected. The sentry knows how to identify “good-guy” responses, and that’s all he needs to know to keep danger at bay.
That’s no longer enough, given the speed and sophistication with which cyberattackers now can assail those guard posts. Now, attackers can try thousands of different approaches at a multitude of entry points in a short time—and if one does get past a sentry, it can hide within the system, disguised, while performing its nefarious mission.
So, instead of passively waiting for and hoping to detect a cyberattack, modern systems now actively look for them and study what they find. They’re less like sentries and more like counterintelligence field agents.
Vectra’s Cognito platform, for example, uses AI with continuous-learning behavioral models to seek and find hidden attackers before they can do damage. The system learns and exposes the cyberattacker’s behaviors, whether the attack comes from cloud and data center workloads, communication equipment such as computers, phones and tablets, or IoT-enabled devices such as CNC equipment—leaving attackers with nowhere to hide.
To better protect themselves, it behooves companies to get beyond an “every-enterprise-for-itself” mindset and work with each other to develop solutions for their mutual cyber defense, particularly against foreign bad actors. So says Sridhar Kota, a director at The Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight (MForesight; mforesight.org). He suggests ways government, industry, and academia should work together, including:
Building partnerships: “There’s a need for new third-party partners to coordinate better sector-wide strategic planning and training programs, including new ‘boot camps’ for preventative action and crisis management.”
Investing in R&D: “There’s a need for research around near-term needs—like automated risk assessment tools, tools to audit the extent of attacks, and effective validation programs for parts and data—as well as long-term needs like defining IT and OT [operational technology] functions and consistent standards and integration requirements for diverse players in a supply chain.”
Sharing information: “Manufacturers need an Information Security Advisory Council or similar mechanism to facilitate fault-free, anonymous sharing on incidents, threats, vulnerabilities, best practices, and solutions. Existing ISACs can provide useful models.”
“Business and government need to get together and think strategically about cyber defense,” says Kota.
Five Functions of Cyber Defense
How does a manufacturer begin to protect itself from cyberattacks? The Cybersecurity Framework created by The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST; nist.gov/cyberframework) offers a roadmap for cyber protection that spells out five functions or activities that organizations should continuously implement:
Identify just what is at risk in the organization: what systems, people, assets, data, and capabilities are most vulnerable and most valuable. Understanding the business context, the resources that support critical functions, and the related cybersecurity risks enables an organization to focus and prioritize its efforts.
Detect cyberattacks and
Protect your assets. To do both requires weighing the costs of various levels of detection and protection, both in money and inconvenience. A comprehensive strategy will include data backup, network access controls and firewalls, updated anti-virus software, email filtering and the training of employees to identify and avoid risks.
Respond effectively to a breach. No matter how good your protection and detection systems are, some cyberattacks may succeed, so a plan of response should already be in place. This would include reporting guidelines for employees, a communication plan with internal and external stakeholders and law enforcement, a strategy to analyze how the event happened and how to minimize its impact.
Recover. A recovery plan needs to be ready. It should outline how to quickly and efficiently restore normal operations and reduce the impact of any cybersecurity incident.
The overarching point is, don’t wait. To effectively prevent or recover from a cyber threat, an organization needs to prepare.
Why Cyberattackers Stalk Manufacturers
According to the U.S. National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (ncms.org), in 2016—the latest year for which it has data—39 percent of all cyberattacks were against manufacturing companies. That was up 6 percent from the previous year, and those breaches cost the companies anywhere from $1 million to $10 million each. That study also reports that 21 percent of manufacturers suffered a loss of intellectual property, with more than 90 percent of what was stolen classified as “secret” or “proprietary.”
More bad news: While cyberattacks are a concern for any industry, manufacturers face attackers with more worrisome motivations. That’s according to the 2018 Data Breach Industry Report from Verizon (verizonenterprise.com), which looks at intent and motives behind cyberattacks across nine industries, including manufacturing.
According to the Verizon report, the combined data for all industries shows most cyberattacks to be opportunistic: They’re the equivalent of a burglar randomly checking the street for houses with open windows at 3 AM.
In the subset of data from the manufacturing sector, however, 86 percent of the cyberattacks are shown to be specifically targeted: The attacker has stalked and is going after a specific company, and often with a specific prize in mind, often the planning, research and development data for the company’s latest product or solution.
According to the 2018 Marsh & McLennan Agency (marshmma.com) Cyber Survey Report, manufacturers are considered to be easier targets than banks, tech companies and others that have already beefed up their security in response to cyberattacks in their industries. Many manufacturers are still at the beginning of the learning curve.
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Ron Dahlquist, 75, passed away October 30 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was a gifted photographer who had a passion for photographing sports, people and beautiful landscapes around the world. He was born in Los Angeles and grew u... Read More
Ron Dahlquist, 75, passed away October 30 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was a gifted photographer who had a passion for photographing sports, people and beautiful landscapes around the world. He was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Southern California. He began surfing as a teenager and he wanted to be able to share with his parents, the sport that he loved. His father bought him his first camera and he started taking pictures of his friends surfing. He sold two pictures to a local surf magazine, “Surf Guide”, and he thought that perhaps he could make money as a photographer. That first photo sale ignited a career in photography that spanned over 50 years.
For many years, Ron followed the seasons with his photography. He began traveling to Hawaii in the late 60’s to shoot surfing on the north shore of Oahu, skiing in Colorado in the winter, kayaking in the rivers of Colorado in the spring and windsurfing in the summer.
In the early 70’s, he moved from California to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where he became the corporate photographer at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He spent the winters, photographing professional athletes and friends, skiing and snowboarding through endless powder.
In the summer of 1987, Ron met his future wife and business partner while windsurfing on Maui. Shortly after meeting Sharon, he sold his home in Colorado and moved to Maui. For many years, Ron continued to photograph action photos but he also began branching out into beautiful landscape pictures and travel photography. He loved to travel and captured so many exquisite moments with his camera. Ron appreciated the beauty in nature with every part of his soul. For Ron, photography wasn’t a job, it was his passion.
Ron is survived by his wife, Sharon and son, Scott. He also has two children from a previous marriage, Toby (Aida) Dahlquist and Erica Dahlquist. Brother, Ken Dahlquist (Kagey) and Luann Yourkwitz.
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What to Expect When China Liberalizes Its Capital Account
Staff Discussion Paper 2016-10 Mark Kruger, Gurnain Pasricha
When China joined the World Trade Organization in December 2001, it marked a watershed for the world economy. Ten years from now, the opening of China’s capital account and the financial integration that will unfold will be viewed as a milestone of similar importance.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rate regimes, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F31, F32, G, G1, G18
Policy Rules for Capital Controls
Staff Working Paper 2017-42 Gurnain Pasricha
This paper attempts to borrow the tradition of estimating policy reaction functions in monetary policy literature and apply it to capital controls policy literature. Using a novel weekly dataset on capital controls policy actions in 21 emerging economies over the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2015, I examine the mercantilist and macroprudential motivations for capital control policies.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F4, F5, G, G0, G1
The Global Financial Cycle, Monetary Policies and Macroprudential Regulations in Small, Open Economies
Staff Working Paper 2016-38 Gregory Bauer, Gurnain Pasricha, Rodrigo Sekkel, Yaz Terajima
This paper analyzes the implications of the global financial cycle for conventional and unconventional monetary policies and macroprudential policy in small, open economies such as Canada. The paper starts by summarizing recent work on financial cycles and their growing correlation across borders.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability, Housing, International financial markets, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, E43, E44, E5, E52, F, F4, F41
Domestic and Multilateral Effects of Capital Controls in Emerging Markets
Staff Working Paper 2015-37 Gurnain Pasricha, Matteo Falagiarda, Martin Bijsterbosch, Joshua Aizenman
Using a novel data set on capital control actions in 17 emerging-market economies (EMEs) over the period 2001–11, we provide new evidence on domestic and multilateral (or spillover) effects of capital controls.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial system regulation and policies, International financial markets, International topics, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, F4, F41, F42, G, G1, G15
Motivations for Capital Controls and Their Effectiveness
Staff Working Paper 2015-5 Radhika Pandey, Gurnain Pasricha, Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah
We assess the motivations for changing capital controls and their effectiveness in India, a country with extensive and long-standing controls. We focus on the controls on foreign borrowing that can, in principle, be motivated by macroprudential concerns.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, G, G1, G15, G18
Why Do Emerging Markets Liberalize Capital Outflow Controls? Fiscal versus Net Capital Flow Concerns
Staff Working Paper 2013-21 Joshua Aizenman, Gurnain Pasricha
In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on the factors that motivated emerging economies to change their capital outflow controls in recent decades. Liberalization of capital outflow controls can allow emerging-market economies (EMEs) to reduce net capital inflow (NKI) pressures, but may cost their governments the fiscal revenues that external financial repression generates.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Debt management, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, G, G1, G15
Effectiveness of Capital Controls in India: Evidence from the Offshore NDF Market
Staff Working Paper 2011-29 Michael Hutchison, Gurnain Pasricha, Nirvikar Singh
This paper examines the effectiveness of international capital controls in India over time by analyzing daily return differentials in the non-deliverable forward (NDF) markets using the self-exciting threshold autoregressive (SETAR) methodology.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, International financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F31, F32, G, G1, G15
Determinants of Financial Stress and Recovery during the Great Recession
In this paper, we explore the link between stress in the domestic financial sector and the capital flight faced by countries in the 2008-9 global crisis. Both the timing of emergence of internal financial stress in developing economies, and the size of the peak-trough declines in the stock price indices was comparable to that in high income countries, indicating that there was no decoupling, even before Lehman Brothers’ demise.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, G, G1, G15
Bank Competition and International Financial Integration: Evidence Using a New Index
This paper finds a strong empirical link between domestic banking sector competitiveness and de facto international integration. De-facto international integration is measured through a new index of financial integration, which measures, for deviations from covered interest parity, the size of no-arbitrage bands and the speed of arbitrage outside the no-arbitrage band.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, G, G1, G15, G2, G21
Bank publications
Bank of Canada Review articles
Assessing Financial System Vulnerabilities: An Early Warning Approach
Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2013 Gurnain Pasricha, Tom Roberts, Ian Christensen, Brad Howell
This article focuses on a quantitative method to identify financial system vulnerabilities, specifically, an imbalance indicator model (IIM) and its application to Canada. An IIM identifies potential vulnerabilities in a financial system by comparing current economic and financial data with data from periods leading up to past episodes of financial stress. It complements other sources of information - including market intelligence and regular monitoring of the economy - that policy-makers use to assess vulnerabilities.
Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial stability, Monetary and financial indicators JEL Code(s): E, E6, E66, G, G0, G01
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Bankstone > Industry > Sounds like A Plan
Speaking to well-respected insurance trade weekly Insurance Ties, Kula Shaker, charismatic boss of brokers A Plan, this week revealed his secret plans for global domination. The company, he revealed, is ‘measuring up’ between three and four brokers for “potential acquisition”.
Having recently hired former Swindon man Jonathan “J. R.” Hartley in the role of acquisitions manager, Shaker told Ties, A Plan is “close to hiring another member of its acquisitions team.” If hiring a member of your own team smacks of overkill, it clearly shows the firm has acquisition on its mind.
“It is early days,” Shaker revealed, adding that “we will look at all things.” He confided that the firm would be happy to measure up both local brokers and “specialists” in areas such as marine caravan, H’n’W, non-standard motorhome, and Esme Commercial. He stipulated, however, that A Plan would be targeting firms that are “nicely run.”
In an attempt to reassure Insurance Ties journalists that he was not trying to offer them some kind of “news story” or anything, Shaker insisted that “embarking on the acquisitions trail was not a departure” for A Plan. “Acquisitions isn’t a change of strategy for us” he insisted, but a “pillar to our growth plans”.
Tantalisingly, however, Shaker did reveal that A Plan knows some people whose trousers have “pretty deep pockets”. What they’re keeping in there, must remain a matter of conjecture. But could it, Bankstone News can’t help wondering, have something to do with the aforementioned pillar?
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Police: Woman fatally shot self while adjusting bra holster
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Police say a 55-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who died after accidentally shooting herself in the head in January was adjusting a handgun in her bra holster at the time.
The St. Joseph Public Safety Department is awaiting a full autopsy report in the death of Christina Bond, but Director Mark Clapp on Wednesday released details about the circumstances surrounding the Jan. 1 shooting to the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Clapp says Bond was "having trouble adjusting her bra holster, couldn't get it to fit the way she wanted it to. She was looking down at it and accidentally discharged the weapon."
Bond was taken to a hospital, where she died.
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Serbian officials react as court in Bosnia frees Naser Oric
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the acquittal on Monday of Naser Oric by saying that Serbia will have to fight for justice by itself.
Source: B92, Tanjug Monday, October 9, 2017 | 11:44
Oris is seen in Sarajevo on Monday (Tanjug/Fena)
"The lives of Serbs are not obviously not worth as much as the lives of others. Serbian tears have no parents. For justice, we will have to fight by ourselves and we will have to be ready to be the only ones getting accused," he said, adding:
"Neither (Ramush) Haradinaj nor Oric will ever be guilty, according to their courts. No one will ever be guilty, while most of those who died in the territory of the former Yugoslavia are Serbs. Serbs and Bosniaks."
"We must not whine, cry, but also not curse. I urge all Serbs not to show and say any harsh words against our Bosniak neighbors, but to build friendship and the future. No court can hide the truth," he added.
Vucic also said that Serbia will fight with "a strong economy, greater unity and work."
The decision of a Bosnia-Herzegovina court to free Oric is yet another confirmation that there is no punishment for murderers and criminals like Oric, Serbia's justice minister, Nela Kuburovic, said earlier in the day.
She was reacting to the news came that Oric, a former wartime commander of Muslim formations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, was acquitted of charges of war crimes committed against Serbs in the first instance ruling.
The decision also proves that there no justice for Serb victims, Kuburovic said.
"Does the one who has killed civilians in the most brutal ways, who gouged out the eyes and cut throats of Serbs in the village of Zalazje, remain innocent of the crimes he has committed? Are the dozens of eyewitnesses and witnesses of these sad and dark memories not sufficient evidence to make sure killers and torturers are served justice and punishment?," she asked.
Mentioning some of the Serb victims by name, she said that with such rulings, "the dead eyes of Slobodan Ilic, Milutin Milosevic, Mitar Savic and many others remain deeply buried in the black memories of their families, friends, and all of us."
"The dark truth has opened its eyes today - that only the names of executioners of Serb victims are unknown - the names of those who took their lives in the most brutal way. Does justice and law not know murder, rape, gouging of eyes, torture of old people and children, only because they are Serbs? Is this the reconciliation that the countries in the region strive toward?," Kuburovic asked.
"We in Serbia see the victim, the pain, the murder, the crime committed... not whether somebody's a Serb, a Croat or a Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim)" she added.
The minister emphasized that "everyone must be held responsible for what they have done - and we will not give up on that."
"I believe that the Belgrade Higher Court, which is still prosecuting Naser Oric for war crimes - the murder of nine civilians - will continue with this case because the least we owe to the Serb victims and their families is the truth about who took their lives," said Kuburovic.
"Serbia will not give up the policy of reconciliation and good neighborly relations in the region, but all countries must equally want it and be committed to it," she concluded, according to a statement from the Ministry of Justice, cited by Tanjug.
Oric was arrested in 2015 Switzerland on a Serbian arrest warrant, and then extradited to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he was put on trial on charges of war crimes committed against Serb prisoners in the Srebrenica area of eastern Bosnia in 1992.
In 2006, Oric was put on trial by the Hague Tribunal, found guilty on one count of the indictment, and sentenced to two years in prison for his "indirect responsibility" for the murder of seven and torture of 11 Serb prisoners in 1992 and 1993.
But two years later, Oric declared innocent by the Hague's Appeals Chamber, which found that there was "no doubt that grave crimes had been committed against Serbs in Srebrenica from September 1992 until March 1993" - but that "evidence of crimes being committed in insufficient to sentence an individual."
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SDWIS Prime Community User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Round 1
April 3, 2017 Outreach Workgroup
by Kristen Gastner
The SDWIS Prime web application will be opened up for the first round of community user acceptance testing (UAT) later this month, April 24-May 5. The focus of this first round of testing will be on inventory and legal entity management. This means that between April 24 and May 5, EPA is asking the whole SDWIS community to go into the system, look around, and tell us what you think about how the system handles inventory and legal entity data.
After this first round of community testing, the development team is planning for two more rounds to occur before the end of September:
July 10-21, during which the focus will be on monitoring schedules and violations
Aug 21-Sept 1, where sanitary surveys will be looked at along with everything else you’ve previously tested
The development team had very much hoped to get the community involved in testing earlier this year in order to spread things out better, however, we just weren’t ready. We wanted to make sure that the application was ready to test before asking for your time to look things over.
We are still formulating the process through which you will obtain user credentials to access SDWIS Prime. Look for a message early next week (around April 10) with instructions on how to obtain user credentials (we will be posting all communications as well on the SDWIS Prime blog). EPA will also be announcing this first round of community testing on the April 13 SDWIS Update call.
ASDWA setup a pre-DMUC webinar on April 19 to walk the community through how/what to test, and how to provide feedback.
2017 DMUC Pre-Con Webinar: SDWIS Prime Community Testing Round 1
Join us for a webinar on Apr 19, 2017 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM EDT.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/12804194749929729
This webinar will provide the SDWIS community with information about how to do SDWIS Prime application testing during this first round of user acceptance testing (UAT), occurring April 24–May 5. Testers will be testing the inventory and legal entity areas of SDWIS Prime, so during the webinar, EPA and the development team will orient the community to what to look for while testing, and how to make the most of interacting with the system. Testers will use the SDWIS Prime Zendesk website to provide feedback, so a demo and instructions will be provided about how to use Zendesk. Finally, there will be open Q and A during the webinar.
We look forward to the valuable input the community will provide. Please direct any questions to SDWISPrime@epa.gov.
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The Player Piano Man: Karl Theil, MD
Karl Theil, MD
Hematopathologist and director of the Pathology Residency Program at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio
Karl Theil, MD, at a 1929 Knabe Ampico B player grand piano.
When did you start collecting pianos? What drew you to it?
Collecting player pianos dates back to my high school years, when my family inherited my grandmother’s player piano and had it professionally restored. My dad started looking for more piano rolls (the music storage medium used to operate player pianos, which are continuous rolls of paper with holes punched into them), and ended up buying a broken-down player piano for $25 just to get the rolls that came with it. Together, we restored the piano and player mechanism. One thing led to another, and, before long we had filled the basement with player pianos.
Although I’d taken piano lessons since 4th grade, it became clear that the piano rolls were capable of much more musicality than I was! I really enjoyed figuring out how the player mechanism worked, taking it apart, and putting it back together to hear it play again for the first time. I love collecting and the thrill of the chase, too. Every Thursday, I look forward to checking out the musical instrument ads in the newspaper to find more pianos and rolls.
Are they difficult to find?
Back in the 1970s when I was in high school, player pianos and rolls were pretty easy to locate – almost none of them worked and people were glad to get rid of them. Nowadays they are harder to find locally and the best source is probably eBay. Collectors have a national organization (Automated Musical Instrument Collector’s Association, or AMICA) with regional chapters around the country, which is a good resource. I’m always on the lookout for rolls at auctions and antique malls, and word-of-mouth works, too!
For the layperson, how does a player piano “play?”
The heyday for player pianos lasted from about 1915 to the early 1930s – the days when families gathered around a phonograph (which doesn’t sound as “real” as a player piano), before there were radios, let alone TVs.
The player mechanism is based on air flow: Negative pressure is generated by operating a foot-pumped bellows below the keyboard. Each punched hole in a piano roll corresponds to one note on the keyboard. When a hole in the roll passes over a detector (called the tracker bar – a linear array of single holes that aligns with the roll), a valve is opened that directs negative pressure into one of 88 small bellows. These bellows activate the appropriate key on the piano. Because the negative pressure in the system is uniform, each key is struck with the same force, lending a more “mechanical” (and uniformly loud) sound to these pianos.
The most sophisticated player mechanisms operated using electric motors instead of the foot-pumps and had elaborate ways of quickly varying the level of negative pressure in the system, which allowed notes to be played with different degrees of loudness or softness, accents and crescendos. These were known as “reproducing pianos” because they could reproduce the expression in a real piano performance, and these mechanisms were only available in the most expensive, highest-quality pianos.
Many of the famous pianists of the time (including Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, and Grainger) recorded rolls for these pianos. Unfortunately, the market for reproducing player pianos crashed with the Great Depression and the increasing popularity of radios.
Although I prefer the old mechanisms and rolls, it is surprising how the technology has evolved. The modern player pianos use solenoids instead of bellows to activate each note, and CDs or MIDI interfaces instead of rolls. You can even connect your piano to the Internet to enjoy a remote live performance played in real-time on the piano in your living room.
Which pieces are you most proud of having in your collection?
We have eight player pianos (5 baby grands and 3 uprights) and one player reed organ. All of the main mechanisms that were manufactured are represented, and each plays with a different kind of roll. My favorite is a 1924 Knabe 5’8” baby grand reproducer with an Ampico mechanism.
Are there any parallels between your hobby and your career in hematology?
The experience of collecting player pianos can be a lot like the practice of hematopathology in an academic center: We get excited when we see the next-best example of a classic diagnosis to add to our teaching collections. I am just as impressed looking at the realistic camera lucida drawings in pathology textbooks from the early 1900s (Were they really that good then?) as I am with what could be achieved using air, cloth, leather, and felt in a reproducing piano.
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Hakone: A Japanese Weekend Getaway
Lisa Cheung
Hakone, Japan - September 21, 2013: The red torii gate which stands on the shore of Lake Ashi near Hakone Shrine. The shrine is a popular Shinto temple near Mount Fuji.
Tokyo is unmistakably iconic with its hyper-eccentric, electric Akihabara district; or the quirky artisan boutiques and streets of high-fashion Harajuku; or even the upmarket posh and glam of Ginza. Wherever you go, it’s easy to get lost among the avenues of towering department stores and office complexes, often heavily clad in flashing neon and airbrushed beauty adverts. Sometimes it feels magical and otherworldly, like walking into a movie set or video game. Other times it feels like a sensory overload, with everything seeming to move at double speed.
For those who seek a blissful escape from the hustle and bustle of the big city, look no further than Hakone! It’s the perfect weekend getaway destination.
View of Haya River from Hakone Yumoto Station. Photo: Lisa Cheung
Less than two hours away from central Tokyo, the town of Hakone has made a name for itself for its exceptional natural beauty, soothing hot springs, and exquisite art museums that are sure to impress visitors of all ages. Travellers coming from Tokyo can take the rail and arrive at Odawara, where the beautifully preserved Odawara Castle is definitely worth your while. From Odawara Station, it’s best to pick up a Hakone Pass from Odakyu Railway, which will save you precious time and yen for the duration of your getaway. There are one- and two-day passes available and they grant you unlimited use of selected trains, cable cars, ropeways, ferries and buses in the Hakone area.
Most of the accommodation in Hakone are ryokan (Japanese inn) style, with traditional furnishings and tatami flooring. Many have incredible views of the mountainsides, and occasionally you may even get a glimpse of the holy Mount Fuji. There are some ryokans that have private indoor or outdoor onsen (hot springs) for you to soak in after a day of vigorous sightseeing.
One of the best places to kick off your adventure is Hakone Shrine, which stands at the foot of Mount Hakone and Lake Ashi. Accessible by bus, the site entrance is marked by a series of torii gates and lanterns that lead to a generous stair climb through the forest. When you reach the Shrine be sure to take a moment to appreciate the simple symmetry, the vivid red, and the ornate nine-headed dragon fountain that is said to represent the beast that once lived at the bottom of Lake Ashi.
Gora Hanaougi Madoka No Mori, a ryokan in Hakone
Upon descending, you will find the most famous torii gate in Hakone facing the lake. Notice how it perfectly frames the Onshi-Hakone Park, your next destination.
If by this point you’re itching for a drink and a bite, Bakery and Table offers a delectable selection of sweet and savoury pastries and cafe beverages to fill your heart’s desire. Located right at the edge of the lake, this is the perfect spot to relax and enjoy the scenery before you. Upstairs they have seating that faces Lake Ashi, but on a day with good weather it’s worthwhile to set up a little picnic by the pier and take in that mountain view.
Lake Ashi offers some incredible views of Mount Fuji, but nothing quite compares to the viewing spots from Onshi-Hakone Park. This place used to be the Emperor’s summer retreat, where he would invite and entertain his guests. The former imperial villa is occasionally open to visitors and serves as a historical reminder for the park. Take your time navigating through the garden landscape, which is beautiful curated, with gentle hills and vibrant colours that are enjoyable in every season.
Onshi-Hakone Park (photo: courtesy of Odakyu Electric Railway)
The Hakone ferry will take you to the other side of the lake to Togendai where the ropeway begins. Bound for Owakudani Valley, the cable car climbs more than a thousand meters to the top of the crater that formed over 3000 years ago, during the last eruption of Mount Hakone. A short walk from the station will take you to the volcanic zone where you can experience bubbling hot springs, hot rivers, and sulphurous fumes. You can learn all about the geological history of the place at the interactive Hakone Geomuseum nearby. Be warned that the volcanic valley can get quite smelly, and on some days the volcanic gas levels may reach levels that require you to exercise necessary caution.
Be sure to try kuro-tamago (black eggs), a famous delicacy from hot and steamy Mount Hakone. These eggs promise good health and longevity when eaten.
There’s an abundance of high quality art museums in Hakone, which include the Hakone Museum of Art, Okada Museum of Art, Pola Art Museum, Narukawa Art Museum, Hakone Venetian Glass Museum, and even the Hakone Little Prince Museum. Perhaps the most outstanding is the Hakone Open Air Museum. It presents itself as an intersection of nature and art, with an impressive collection of permanent outdoor sculptures that sit gracefully amongst backdrops of valleys and mountains.
Woods of Net Playground Hakone Open Air Museum (photo: courtesy of Tokyo Weekender)
Don’t miss the Picasso Exhibition Hall, which holds an impressive collection of the Spanish artist’s paintings, sculptures and ceramics. There are also large scale installations that are specifically designed for children to wonder at and play in. Be sure to explore every garden to find all the sculptures scattered across the site. There is also a foot bath area in case you feel the need to slow down and relax, Hakone style.
Your day isn’t complete without a full onsen experience, and Tenzan Onsen is the chillest place to unwind. These hot springs are in the traditional style, but foreigner friendly, equipped with everything you would possibly need to enjoy the classic onsen. There’s even a relaxation area to take a nap after bathing, so if you need some down time this is definitely the place to sit around and do nothing but laze.
So why not take a ride next time you’ve got a spare day in Tokyo? Whether you are in need of some art, nature, or a nice hot bath, there is something for everyone in Hakone.
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Lisa Cheung is an Architectural Design graduate from Melbourne, Australia. Currently living in Japan, she is a freelance writer who is often found chasing art exhibitions, surreal landscapes, and innovative design.
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5SOS'S CALM DELIVERS A MIX OF NEW SOUNDS, INSIGHTFUL LYRICS, AND SONGS THAT WILL PULL YOU IN
BY Katie Vicary
Among the chaos of today, CALM delivers a beautiful mix of new sounds, insightful lyrics and songs that won’t fail to pull you in.
After the success of third album, Youngblood, 5 Seconds of Summer or 5SOS are back with a brand-new album, CALM. As Youngblood officially led them away from their pop-punk roots and into a more experimental, genre blended sound, they are now able to take that one step further with their new album. With each release, 5SOS are constantly improving and honing their sound as they grow alongside their music. This is evident if you listen to the difference in sound, lyrics and overall quality of their earlier songs compared to recent releases.
The album opens with upbeat and explosive songs, starting with ‘Red Desert’. The song pulls us in with a semi-acapella introduction creating an arena show atmosphere. The vocals are soon accompanied by the rhythm section, which picks up the pace and prepares us for an explosive chorus. ‘Red Desert’ is a perfect opener, it prepares us for what’s to come as this album presents new sounds and tricks never used before. The energy is kept up with ‘No Shame’. Immediately you can hear the difference in sounds as we are presented with a more 80’s pop style of song. The boys discuss society’s infatuation with attention, fame and social media – not pointing at any one person but everyone, themselves included.
‘Old Me’ has us looking back to the boys' past mistakes, laid out over a minimal instrumental track. We are then hit with two familiar singles released back in 2019, ‘Easier’ and ‘Teeth’. Both songs gave fans an idea of what they should expect from this new album without giving it all away. ‘Easier’ spotlights lead singer, Luke Hemming’s powerful falsettos over a minimal synth track. In contrast, 'Teeth' is gritty, bass heavy and pulls you in.
Separating itself from the first five songs on the album, ‘Wildflower’ shows us the lighter side of 5SOS, full of bright synth sounds and starring Calum Hood as lead vocal. ‘Wildflower’ is one track you definitely won’t be able to sit still for.
‘Best Years’ marks the second half of the album, a sad but heart-warming ballad whose perfect blend of lyrics and sonic quality causes you to feel the same emotions they do. Two songs which also discuss love, one unrequited and one past, are ‘Not in the Same Way’ and ‘Lover of Mine’. ‘Lover of Mine’ starts simple with a piano but soon builds with a strong rhythm section to create a thick texture and beautifully reminiscent song.
The last three songs on the album finish the musical journey perfectly, a mix of darker themes, minimal verses and explosive chorus. The line ‘I don’t think I like me anymore’ taken from ‘Thin White Lies’ perfectly captures the song’s essence through its honesty, when you have gotten to a point where you feel like a stranger even to yourself. ‘Lonely Heart’ starts with a mysterious, minimal atmosphere which then builds to an explosive vocal layered chorus which you can’t help but sing along to. The song really showcases their ability to experiment and try new things. The album ends with quirky ‘High’, a self-indulgent song which uses clever and pointed lyrics to create a picture of someone who is being self-centred without releasing. This is all laid on a sparse, almost childish instrumentation – only heightening the lyrics.
CALM is a perfect representation of how far these four boys from Sydney have come, both sonically, lyrically and personally. The album is a great mixture of new sounds, experimentation and old themes fans have grown to love. We can only guess what 5 Seconds of Summer will hit us with next.
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2018 Gevrey-Chambertin, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Sérafin Père & Fils
Prices start from £80.00 per bottle (75cl). Buying options
The vines for this cuvée are 70 years old on average, with some nudging 100 years. The parcels are neighbours to the Grands and Premiers Crus of Griottes, Petite Chapelle, Crais and Champeaux. There is a step up in concentration versus the regular bottling, with greater detail and complexity, and a lovely salivating freshness to finish. Drink 2024-2030.
Domaine Christian Serafin
France, Burgundy, Cote de Nuits, Gevrey Chambertin
Bottle (75cl)
£480.00 (£80 p/b)
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This domaine was originally put on the map by Christian Sérafin’s father, Stanislaus Sérafin, a Polish émigré, who settled in Burgundy before the war. He initially worked as a mason, before purchasing some land in 1947 and establishing himself as a vigneron. His son Christian inherited the domaine in 1988, though he had been making the wine for the previous 20 years. Christian Sérafin is now past retirement age, but with his niece Frédérique in the vineyards and cuverie, and daughter Karine in the office, continuity is in place.
Frédérique and Karine may be expanding the cellar, and while they offer a youthful energy, the winemaking here remains reassuringly familiar and loyal to the house style. The emphasis here is on old vines and low yields, with strict pruning and de-budding, followed by a green harvest and deleafing on both sides.
From the Gevrey Vieilles Vignes upwards, everything sees 100% new oak, all the fruit is de-stemmed, fermented at a highish temperature to ensure good depth of colour and fruit, and bottled unfiltered. The wines are built to last, eschewing the modern trend for light, pretty wines which can be drunk practically from the barrel. These powerful wines age exceptionally well.
Gevrey-Chambertin is the largest wine-producing village in Burgundy’s Côte d'Or, with its vineyards spilling over into the next door commune of Brochon.
Located in the far north of the Côtes de Nuits above Morey-St Denis, classic Gevrey-Chambertin is typically deeper in colour, firmer in body and more tannic in structure than most red Burgundy. The best can develop into the richest, most complete and long-lived Pinot Noir in the world. This is largely thanks to the iron-rich clay soils, though much depends on whether the vineyard is located on either the steeper slopes (Evocelles, Clos St Jacques) or the flatter, richer soils (Clos Prieur, Combottes).
Whereas in the past there have been numerous underperformers in Gevrey-Chambertin exploiting the reputation of this famous village and its iconic Grands Crus, today there are many fine sources to choose from, and overall quality is higher than ever.
Gevrey-Chambertin’s greatest Grand Cru is named after the field of the monk Bertin (Champ de Bertin). In 1847, Gevrey appended the name of this illustrious vineyard, Chambertin, setting a trend for the other principle villages to follow. Le Chambertin may not be quite as sumptuous as Musigny or Richebourg, or as divinely elegant as La Tâche or Romanée-St Vivant, but it is matched only by the legendary Romanée-Conti for completeness and luscious intensity.
In all, Gevrey boasts an impressive nine Grands Crus, with the name of Chambertin retaining a regal omnipresence throughout its finest vineyard names. The other truly great Grand Cru is Chambertin-Clos de Bèze which has the right to sell its wines simply as ‘Chambertin’, and is the only wine allowed to put the Chambertin name before, rather than after, its own. Situated slightly further up the hill, the wines are fractionally less powerful yet full of sensual charm and finesse.
Quality-wise the next best are generally acknowledged to be Mazis-Chambertin and Latricières-Chambertin. The former is incredibly concentrated and very fine, but its structure is a little less firm than Le Chambertin. Latricières is less about power (although it can be explosively fruity) and more about an entrancing silkiness.
Situated slightly higher up the slope, Ruchottes-Chambertin is impressively rich, stylish and slightly angular. The tiny Griottes-Chambertin, which owes its name to the grill-pan shape of the vineyard rather than the wine’s griotte cherry aroma, is lower down the slope and boasts a velvety texture and rich fruit reminiscent of Chambertin itself. It is generally better than the lighter, although wonderfully fragrant Chapelle-Chambertin and Gevrey’s largest Grand Cru, the pure and seductive (if variable) Charmes-Chambertin.
Gevrey also has some outstanding Premier Crus on the south-east-facing slopes above the town. Les Cazetiers and especially Clos St Jacques produce some exceptional wines. Indeed Armand Rousseau, who pioneered domaine bottling here in the 1930s and is still one of the region’s very best producers, often sells his Clos St Jacques for more than several of his Grand Crus.
Drinking dates for these wines vary, but Grand Crus are generally best from at least 10 to 25 years, Premier Crus from eight to 20 years, and village wines from five to 12 years.
315 hectares of village Gevrey Chambertin
84 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (20 in all). The foremost vineyards include Clos St Jacques, Lavaux St Jacques, Combottes, Corbeaux, Cherbaudes, Cazetiers.
55 hectares of Grand Cru vineyards: Chambertin, Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Latricières-Chambertin, Ruchottes-Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Chapelle-Chambertin, Griottes-Chambertin..
Recommended producers: Bachelet, Dugat, Esmonin, Mortet, Rossignol Trapet, Rousseau, Serafin, Bernstein
Recommended restaurants : Chez Guy (good wine list), Rôtisserie du Chambertin (and Bistro)
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<p>108</p><p>Fragmentation reactions of singly and doubly protonated thiourea- and sugar-substituted cyclams and their transition-metal complexes</p>
Fragmentation reactions of singly and doubly protonated thiourea- and sugar-substituted cyclams and their transition-metal complexes
T. Felder, A. Röhrich, H. Stephan, C. A. Schalley – 2008
Cyclam macrocycles tetrasubstituted with amino-, thiourea-, and sugar-terminated side chains are ionized by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) as singly or doubly protonated species or as transition-metal complexes. Their fragmentation behavior is examined in a Fourier-transform ion-cyclotron-resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer by collision-induced dissociation (CID) experiments. Typically, fragmentation occurs within the side chains through a number of different 1,2-elimination reactions irrespective of the absence or presence of a transition metal ion such as Co2+, Ni2+, or Zn2+. A remarkable exception is Cu2+, which induces ring cleavage reactions. This is traced back to an electron transfer from the cyclam nitrogen atoms to the Cu2+ ion. The electron transfer creates a cation-radical within the macrocycle, which induces typical fragmentation reactions such as α-cleavages that lead to fragmentation within the macrocycle. This interpretation is in line with fragmentation experiments on unsubstituted cyclam and its complexes.
T. Felder, A. Röhrich, H. Stephan, C. A. Schalley
DOI 10.1002/jms.1365
J. Mass Spectrom. 2008, 43, 651-663
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After-School Special
Paula found her walk home darker than she remembered, until the brightness of a stranger came along.
Paula Steinke was enjoying Prospect High School immensely. But although she was now a sophomore, her parents were still hesitant about giving her more freedom. "I especially worry when you stay late after school, and walk home alone," her dad pointed out. "Promise you'll phone me to come and get you."
Paula promised. But she felt a little guilty. The Steinkes had six children, and her father was busy enough without running a personal taxi service just for her. But she obeyed. One afternoon, Paula stayed after school to attend a sports match. The game went overtime, and the sun had long set by the time she left the gym. She should phone her dad to come and pick her up, she knew, but instead she decided to walk home alone. It wasn't that far and she'd save him an extra errand. However, Paula hadn't realized how absolutely dark her route was. The streetlights threw little brightness on the sidewalks, enclosed as they were by bushes and overhanging trees-which rustled ominously as she passed. No one was outside, and few cars passed her. Paula became increasingly nervous. Oh, why hadn't she called her dad as she assured him she would do? Suddenly Paula heard a sound behind her. She half-turned, preparing to scream and run--and saw a boy about her own age, riding a bike slowly behind her. "Hi, Paula!" he said and smiled.
Paula stared at him: skinny, with short blond hair and a casual air. His long legs were touching the ground, rolling the beat-up bike from side to side. She must know him, she thought. Only he didn't seem at all familiar. "Hi. Have we met?" she asked.
"I've seen you at Prospect High," he answered. Oh. Paula still couldn't remember ever meeting him. But the boy began to ask her about the game she'd just attended, and the two fell into easy conversation. As the blocks passed, Paula relaxed. Her escort had come along at the perfect moment. Just two houses before Paula's, as if he had known her destination, the boy abruptly pushed down on the pedals. "See ya!" he called over his shoulder and rode away, shirt flapping as he disappeared into the dark. Paula went into the house, feeling oddly contented. She waved to her mother in the kitchen, then went upstairs, still bemused. Her father was right, she knew. She shouldn't be out in the dark alone, and she wouldn't do it again. But how lucky she had been, to run into that boy. She realized now that he had known her name, but she didn't know his. She reached for her school yearbook, to look him up. But there was no photograph of the blond boy, not in homeroom or activity photos. And although Paula attended high school for two more years, she never saw him again. "But he said he saw me at Prospect High," she says today, "and I have no doubt that he did. Guardian angels don't always have wings."
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Thief Review
Written by Rick Lane
Tags: #thief
Companies: #square-enix
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The main story takes place across nine missions, which are all fairly large and increase with size as the game goes on. Unfortunately, the majority are set out in a broadly linear fashion, with objectives set out sequentially, rather than giving you a sandbox with objectives dotted around the place. This is disappointing, but unlike Hitman: Absolution, it doesn't compromise your ability to play stealthily.
Indeed, stealth is as vital as it ever was. While most levels are progressive rather than little sandboxes, they usually have multiple paths through them, and require sneaking past patrols, sticking to the shadows, and thwacking guards across the bonce with your blackjack if you're that way inclined (although, just to make this clear, ghosting every mission is a possibility. In fact, there's a challenge to complete for each mission for doing so).
There are also a couple of bizarre missions in which there's little requirement to sneak because there's hardly anyone around. One involves exploring a classic Thief location, and the other is a tribute to what is arguably the series' greatest single level. The latter is particularly bizarre. It's nice that Square Enix pay homage like this, yet although it's a strong mission in and of itself, it's never going to live up to the original and best, so why not offer something new?
Ok, that's 800 words spent dealing with Thief's problems, so let's talk about the good stuff, because there is a lot of that too. Perhaps the most important point is that stealing stuff in Thief feels fantastic. It's an exceptionally tactile game. The way Garrett's hands grip a wall when peering around a corner, the way they nimbly pick a lock, rummage through drawers and cupboard, or feel around the frame of a painting for hidden switches that might conceal a door or a safe (the last of these is a beautiful new mechanic) they almost feel like characters of their own. Lefty and Righty, partners in crime.
When you do steal something, be it a golden cup, a gilded hairbrush or a sparkling bracelet, Garrett swipes it greedily off the surface. If it's a collectible or unique item, he will hold it up to the light, taking a moment to examine his beautiful new trinket. Garrett's gestures express more about his character than every word of the plot. This is a man fascinated by all that glitters, and the coin in his pocket those items represent.
Thieving isn't limited to the main missions either, there's a whole open city to pillage, whether you're prowling the rooftops of your own accord, or taking on the various side-missions on offer. Of these there are two types. "Basso" missions are taken from your eponymous contact, and are brief distractions that utilise the tight, twisting medieval cityscape Square Enix has built. Painted in a million shades of black, the gloominess of Thief's open world is somewhat overdone, and it lacks the character of Dishonored's Dunwall, from which Thief clearly takes a lot of inspiration in a weirdly cyclical fashion.
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Shadwen Review
Frozenbyte's first stab at a stealth game is brimming with ideas but lacking in polish.
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One of the best things about playing games on your phone is the fact that most of these titles are completely free. Sure, most of them offer tons of in-app services you can purchase that, depending on the game, may or may not give you an advantage over other players. For the most part, however, most of the player base will download and play these games without spending a single cent, obtaining months of entertainment for free.
However, in late 2019, Google announced they would be implementing a new reward-based system for players who made purchases on the Play Store, called Google Play Points. The idea of this new feature is so that players who regularly invested money in their favorite games would receive a series of points as additional rewards, which could then be used for purchasing more services in applicable games, completely free of charge.
In this article, we’re going to explain how to access and use the Google Play Points system.
Accessing The Google Play Points System
As we just mentioned, Google Play Points were implemented not too long ago. However, it’s only currently available in very few countries, including USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, among others. If you’re in any of these regions, you can sign up for free and start earning points for every purchase you make in the Play Store.
In order to sign up, follow these simple steps.
Go to the Play Store using the phone app on your mobile or on your PC with BlueStacks.
Click on the hamburger menu on the top left, and then on “Play Points”.
On this new screen, you can sign up to the system for free, by simply adding a payment method to your Google Account, if you haven’t already.
Once signed up, you’ll start earning points for every purchase you make. The number of points you receive is directly related to your ranking, which increases as you pay for services in your favorite games.
Google Play Point Levels
In the beginning, you’ll start in the Bronze level of the Play Points system. However, as you continue purchasing services throughout the year, you’ll ascend to Silver, Gold, and eventually Platinum level. Your level here determines how many points you get per dollar spent on the Play Store, as well as other awesome benefits.
The benefits of each level are as follows:
Bronze (Base)
Point Acquisition: 1 points for every dollar spent.
Multipliers: 4x point multiplier when purchasing in-app services during monthly events, and a 2x multiplier when renting movies during monthly events.
Weekly Prizes: N/A.
Silver (Acquired at 150 points in the current year)
Point Acquisition: 1.1 points for every dollar spent.
Multipliers:: 4x point multiplier when purchasing in-app services during monthly events, and a 3x multiplier when renting movies during monthly events.
Weekly Prizes: Up to 50 free points.
Gold (Acquired at 600 points in the current year)
Weekly Prizes: Up to 200 free points.
Platinum (Acquired at 3,000 points in the current year)
It goes without saying that, with this ranking system, the more money you spend, the more points you’ll earn. Moreover, Platinum-rank users will have the added benefit of getting faster customer service and a team of dedicated agents at their disposal for any inquiry or requests.
Using Play Points
Once you’ve saved up enough points, you can head over to the Play Points menu using the same method detailed above, and spend them in the “Use” tab. In this tab, you’ll find a list of your installed applicable games and exchange your points for coupons or other in-app rewards. You can even spend your points as cash to support charity or other similar causes.
Play Points and BlueStacks
While the Play Points system is in no way related to BlueStacks, that fact that it’s exclusive to the Play Store and granted to users based on the purchases they make here makes BlueStacks a perfect platform for earning points and climbing in the ranks.
Simply put, BlueStacks is the best Android emulator out there, recreating the authentic mobile gaming experience, but on your PC with the best graphics and performance, on your large monitor, and using your mouse and keyboard instead of relying on clunky touchscreen controls. In other words, playing your favorite Android games on PC is the best way to get the optimal experience with them. The Play Points are just the cherry on top as they allow you not only to have loads of fun gaming, but also earn additional prizes every time you make an in-app purchase.
In this sense, even if you own an iPhone and have gamed exclusively on iOS until now, you might want to consider downloading BlueStacks and playing on our Android emulator in order to enjoy the free goodies that come from the Google Play Points system. After all, if you’re going to be spending money on stuff such as recharging diamonds in Free Fire or purchasing rubies in Rise of Kingdoms, you might as well get extra free stuff on top of every purchase!
The Google Play Points system is an excellent addition to the popular mobile app distribution platform, and playing on PC with BlueStacks makes it even better as you’ll be able to score points from the comfort of your computer, even if you play exclusively on Mac.
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BioWare VGA Teaser
By botchweed
BioWare are unveiling a mysterious new game at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10th.
The below video shows a teaser for the announcement and features a shocking 3 seconds of footage of the new game. Those blessed with the eyes of a Ninja will see that if features tanks and APC vehicles. Looks like it’ll be action-focused, then.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Full Details Leaked
UPDATE: Watch the GTA 5 Trailer World Premiere to work out if you think this rumor is true.
Thanks to an anonymous tipster we’ve got our hands on what could prove to be detailed information on Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5, GTA V). Whether it is true or not we’ll have to wait and see, so take this as a rumor, but so far the information provided doesn’t seem to be all that far out there.
According to the person behind this information they have an NDA with Rockstar which they have obviously decided to violate. Again this is rumor although could prove to be true in the future. Some of these bullet points might be considered to be spoilers. The quote below is SIC.
The protagonist is Hispanic and his name is Adrian
It takes place in San Andreas in the year 2012. The Mayan end of the world thing is parodied a lot because of this.
You start out in Los Santos and are in your rivals turf. Varrios Los Aztecas after getting beat up and robbed
The game revolves around money in a big deal. I’d reveal the big idea but I don’t want to ruin it.
Multiplayer is in again. There are a couple of new game modes, co-op story and 32 player game modes for consoles and 64 player for PC, PC also includes dedicated servers
Pc comes out on launch and is being ported by Leeds. From what they’ve shown us it is optimized much better than GTA 4
San Andreas includes all the same cities from GTA SA and this time they have all become a bit bigger as well as much more detailed.
Gang turk wars are back. This time not only the general gang are in charge but different sets such as 57th Ballas or the Eastside Azteca. The have their own graffiti. You can tag up stuff with custom sprays too.
In the end your protag dies once again just like in RDR. Afterwards you play as his brother who inherits the money.
“The Money” I refer to comes from a massive drug trade that shits to San Andreas. It is fought over a lot throughout the story and it comes with lots of money. It has ties to your family so it becomes a bigger deal.
The timeline continues off of GTA 4. It is reference a lot. I’m not really sure whether Niko dies but he’s mentioned at least twice.
Car modding is back so is lowriding of course.
There are 9 radio stations. It features a range of music. Some of the rap is new, some is old. There’s a better selection than GTA4 though IMO.
Military has returned in the 5 star wanted level except they are referred to as the National Guard.
Cover system is upgraded and players more smoothly
The moral decisions you saw in GTA 4 have more effect on the story now. There are a total of 4 unique endings 2 bad, 2 good. Whether protag dies in all of them you’ll just have to figure out since the endings are actually pretty cool.
More girlfriends
Fun cheats are back!
Here is the full image where these details come from so that you can decide for yourself if these GTA V facts are true or not.
My Top 5 Free Online Casino Games
Poker, Blackjack and Roulette: Casino games have their own charm. I have put together the best representatives of games of chance for you. The free online casino virtual games available also have the advantage over real casino games that you don’t put real money at risk.
Hollywood Dreams
Hollywood Dreams is a classic slot machine, also called “one-armed bandits”. The principle of the game is simple: You activate the slot machine and then the five reels are set in motion with the coloured symbols. Depending on which combination of Hollywood motifs is displayed at the end, the amount of your virtual prize will also be lost. So let yourself be infected by Hollywood fever and try your luck with virtual bets.
A game for ice-cold gamblers: Black Jack is all about getting the magical 21 points. The dealer gives you cards that have certain card values. However, if the value of the added cards exceeds 21, you have lost the game. Therefore, you should pay close attention to how many cards you are dealt. Before the game round starts, all you have to do is decide how many virtual chips you want to bet. But if you lose all chips, don’t worry: You will automatically receive new chips for the next round. A luxury you won’t be offered in real casinos.
One of the most exciting games in the casino is roulette: The game is about guessing the number of the wheel where the silver ball will go and then bet money on that number. If you bet the right number, you win – if not, your bet is lost. In the virtual roulette game you are spoilt for choice, just like in the real game: bet on a certain number, a color or alternatively on a row of numbers. Depending on how high the probability of the chosen result is, the profit will also be lost. For example, if you bet on black, your winnings will be lower than if you bet on the black 22 and this happens. If you also want to try your luck: With BILDspielt you can start right at the roulette table.
At Governor of Poker 2, it’s your job to work your way up in a Western setting from beginner to poker superstar. There are five different card game formats: Cash games, Sit/Go poker in tournaments, Sliding or Folding, Big Wins or Royal Poker. The goal is, of course, to always have the best hand – or alternatively to be able to bluff well. In addition to pure virtual money, you can also win numerous badges and trophies to perpetuate your success. You can try out the game as an app for iOS or Android, download it from Steam or directly in your browser – here you can register for free and start your career as a poker star.
Ramses Book is a slot machine with a flair reminiscent of Ancient Egypt. The symbols are also based on it and represent symbols that you would otherwise only know from the pyramids in the Valley of the Kings. You can gamble on the game without guilty conscience, because it’s all about pure virtual winnings. If activating the rollers becomes too strenuous for you in the long run, you can also simply click on “Auto”: Then the reels will rotate until you turn it off again – or, in the worst case, you will no longer have virtual credit.
Batman: Arkham City PC Release Date
Console gamers everywhere are looking forward to Batman: Arkham City’s imminent release this week, but it looks like PC gamers will have a little bit longer to wait.
Warner Bros. announced in a press release today that the PC version of the game will be launching in exactly a month’s time on November 18th. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it as the game will have significantly improved visuals, with crisper textures and higher resolutions and whatnot.
So it looks like you’ll be able to brag about the PCs superiority over consoles once again. You just have to wait one long, agonising month to play one of the best games of the year on your totally awesome rig!
1.5 Billion Kills Were Registered in the BF3 Beta
Do you think DICE’s Battlefield 3 beta was a success? If their recently revealed numbers are to be believed, then why yes it was!
In a post in the Official Battlefield Blog, a handy-dandy graph shows off some of the beta’s most impressive stats – chief among them is the fact that over eight million players filled the Battlefield 3 beta servers in its ten day span.
Enough of that, we know you want to know more stats and here are a few:
19 million dog tags were collected and as the graph says, “That’s just more than enough for every single person in Shanghai, the world’s most populated city.”
47 BILLION shots were fired
1.5 Billion kills were registered – equal to 1/2 the liters of beer consumed across the world in 2011.
8,125,310 – the exact number of people who played in the beta.
To read more stats, go to the Battlefield Blog.
Were you one of the millions who participated? Not a bad showing, no? Add in the fact that a lot of people had trouble accessing the beta client and that it only ran for ten days should further bolster EA and DICE’s confidence in the game.
Win a Copy of Battlefield 3!
So you want to win a copy of Battlefield 3? Well then, you’ve definitely come to the right place!
What do I have to do to win?
Simply sign up to our forums and make a minimum of 10 non-spam posts to help contribute to our growing community. Once you have made your 10 posts, head on over to this thread and let us know that you want to be considered for the draw! We will be giving away 1 copy per 500 entries. If you want even more reasons to get involved; we’ll be giving away more games and accessories in the near future, and you’ll become part of an awesome community.
Entrants must be 13+.
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All eligible users must be signed up to and have a minimum of 10 posts on our forums and have posted in the entry thread.
Competition closes 22nd October at 00:00 (GMT), a winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
All countries can enter.
Prizes will be given on winners preferred platform.
Winners will be selected at random from users who meet the entry requirements as of the closing date of the competition. Battlefield 3 is scheduled for release on October 25, 2011. Details will be taken from the winners as soon as possible, and we will endeavour to get the game to arrive on the date of release, however, in some cases this may not be possible due to local postal services as opposed to our efforts. This is obviously providing the title is not delayed by EA in which case we will provide the title when it becomes available.
So there you have it. Everything you need to do to win a free copy of Battlefield 3.
Full List of MW3 Achievements Revealed
For those of you who are eagerly awaiting Activision‘s latest “step forward” in the Call of Duty franchise. Here’s a little more to wet your appetite.
Check out the full list of all the achievements you can earn in Modern Warfare 3 listed below:
Back in the Fight (5) – Start the Single Player Campaign on any difficulty.
Too Big to Fail (10) – Destroy the Jamming Tower. Complete “Black Tuesday” on any difficulty.
Wet Work (10) – Take back New York Harbor. Complete “Hunter Killer” on any difficulty.
Carpe Diem (10) – Escape the mountain safe house. Complete “Persona Non Grata” on any difficulty.
Frequent Flyer (10) – Defend the Russian President. Complete “Turbulence” on any difficulty.
Up to No Good (10) – Infiltrate the village. Complete “Back on the Grid” on any difficulty.
One Way Ticket (10) – Make it to Westminster. Complete “Mind the Gap” on any difficulty.
Welcome to WW3 (10) – Save the US Vice President. Complete “Goalpost” on any difficulty.
Sandstorm! (10) – Assault the shipping company. Complete “Return to Sender” on any difficulty.
Back Seat Driver (10) – Track down Volk. Complete “Bag and Drag” on any difficulty.
We’ll Always Have Paris (10) – Escape Paris with Volk. Complete “Iron Lady” on any difficulty.
Vive la Révolution! (10) – Reach the church. Complete “Eye of the Storm” on any difficulty.
Requiem (10) – Escape the city. Complete “Blood Brothers” on any difficulty.
Storm the Castle (10) – Discover Makarov’s next move. Complete “Stronghold” on any difficulty.
Bad First Date (10) – Find the girl. Complete “Scorched Earth” on any difficulty.
Diamond in the Rough (10) – Rescue the Russian President. Complete “Down the Rabbit Hole” on any difficulty.
The Big Apple (25) – Complete “Black Tuesday” and “Hunter Killer” on Veteran difficulty.
Out of the Frying Pan… (25) – Complete “Persona Non Grata”, “Turbulence”, and “Back on the Grid” on Veteran difficulty.
Payback (25) – Complete “Mind the Gap”, “Goalpost”, and “Return to Sender” on Veteran difficulty.
City of Lights (25) – Complete “Bag and Drag” and “Iron Lady” on Veteran difficulty.
The Darkest Hour (25) – Complete “Eye of the Storm”, “Blood Brothers”, and “Stronghold” on Veteran difficulty.
This is the End (25) – Complete “Scorched Earth”, “Down the Rabbit Hole”, and “Dust to Dust” on Veteran difficulty.
Who Dares Wins (40) – Complete the campaign on any difficulty.
The Best of the Best (100) – Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty.
Strike! (20) – Kill 5 enemies with a single grenade in Single Player or Special Ops.
Jack the Ripper (20) – Melee 5 enemies in a row in Single Player or Special Ops.
Informant (20) – Collect 22 Intel Items.
Scout Leader (35) – Collect 46 Intel Items.
This Is My Boomstick (20) – Kill 30 enemies with the XM25 in “Black Tuesday.”
What Goes Up… (20) – Destroy all the choppers with only the UGV’s grenade launcher in “Persona Non Grata.”
For Whom the Shell Tolls (20) – Destroy all targets during the mortar sequence with only 4 shells in “Back on the Grid.”
Kill Box (20) – Kill 20 enemies with the Chopper Gunner in a single run in “Return to Sender.”
Danger Close (20) – Take down a chopper with an AC-130 smoke grenade in “Bag and Drag.”
Ménage à Trois (20) – Destroy 3 tanks with a single 105mm shot in “Iron Lady.”
Nein (20) – Kill 9 enemies with A-10 strafing runs in “Scorched Earth.”
50/50 (20) – Complete a Special Ops Mission Mode game with the same number of kills as your partner.
Birdie (20) – Kill 2 enemy helicopters without getting hit in a Special Ops Survival game.
Serrated Edge (15) – Finish a Juggernaut with a knife in Special Ops.
Arms Dealer (20) – Buy all items from the Survival Weapon Armory.
Danger Zone (20) – Buy all items from the Survival Air Support Armory.
Defense Spending (20) – Buy all items from the Survival Equipment Armory.
Get Rich or Die Trying (25) – Have $50,000 current balance in a Special Ops Survival game.
I Live (10) – Survive 1 wave in a Special Ops Survival game.
Survivor (20) – Reach Wave 10 in each mission of Special Ops Survival mode.
Unstoppable (40) – Reach Wave 15 in each mission of Special Ops Survival mode.
No Assistance Required (20) – Complete a Special Ops Mission Mode game on Hardened or Veteran with no player getting downed.
Brag Rags (10) – Earn 1 star in Special Ops Mission Mode.
Tactician (20) – Earn 1 star in each mission of Special Ops Mission Mode.
Overachiever (40) – Earn 48 stars in Special Ops Mission Mode.
Secret Achievement (20) – Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement.
User-Made Team Fortress 2 Plugin Blocks Free Players
Yesterday, Valve began offering their class-based multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 for free after four years of offering it as a paid product. At the time, Valve promised that free players would receive exactly the same gaming experience, with the exception of a few technical limitations on free accounts related to the games item system.
However, in less than a day, a user-made server plugin has been created to restrict free players from joining servers altogether. The mod, when installed by a server owner, automatically kicks anyone playing the free version of Team Fortress 2. The only way to play on servers with this plugin installed is to own a premium copy of Team Fortress 2.
Players who paid for the full version of the game have premium access, as well as those who have spent money on items at the in-game store.
While it is a bit disappointing that Valve wont be able to deliver on their promise that free players will have the same access that paid players do, it is in some ways a relief to server owners and community managers that this server plugin is available. After all, permanently banning cheaters or griefers doesnt do much good when they can come back right away with a free account, and limiting the playing field to those players who have paid money into the system makes it harder for banned users to return with alt accounts.
It is of course important to note that this is a user-made plugin and entirely optional for server owners. Although some operators are bound to install and run this plugin to keep away free players, it is likely that the vast majority of servers will run without it, meaning that even if they are barred from a few servers, free players will still have no shortage of free servers to turn to. And even if server owners do overwhelmingly choose to bar free players from joining, free players will still be able to play on Valves official Team Fortress 2 servers.
The creator of the plugin also says that he had considered adding an option to only allow players who had bought the full version of Team Fortress 2 to play, meaning that rather than simply purchasing a 50 cent item from the in-game store, players would actually have to pay $10 for a full copy of Team Fortress 2 in order to access servers with the plugin, at the discretion of the server owner. He decided against implementing this feature, as this would prevent new players from joining due to the fact that paid copies of Team Fortress 2 are no longer available through Steam, but the fact remains that it would be technically possible for someone to create a plugin with this feature.
Minecraft Creations: Hogwarts Castle
Time for another installment of Minecraft Creations, where we show off the latest and greatest from the Minecraft community, and make ourselves feel inferior and inadequate as Minecraft players in the process. Today we have this awe inspiring recreation of Hogwarts Castle brought to us by user yhnu5967 on the Minecraft forums (the original thread is here). I’m not a massive fan of Harry Potter; I’ve read the books and seen most of the films but I’m hardly a fan boy. That said this recreation of Hogwarts Castle is simply amazing due to its size and its attention to detail, with both the interior and exterior looking top notch (see what I did there?). Check out the video tour here:
BF3 Beta Announcement Denounced by DICE
You may have read on a few sites that the Support EA twitter (who are they?) “announced” that the Battlefield 3 beta should be coming in October. While we are all excited to hear about the game in any way, many seem to have lost sight of some inconsistencies in the arrival of this news.
As he has rightly pointed out and in our excitement we all forgot, if there was going to be an announcement about a beta they wouldn’t release it through a twitter account that isn’t even the first result in a search for an EA support twitter on Google!
Other than that, it is also very rare that official news like this that would no doubt be accompanied by some form of press release, is release over the weekend. Outside of office hours. To little fanfare.
I am really interested in this game and really excited to play it. Odds are I will be in some form or other around October time if the release schedule, conflict with the yearly Call of Duty release and general Christmas games flood are adhered to. But this is not the announcement we are looking for…
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Post-Conflict Rebuilding
2007-02-22T09:04:11-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d8a/196422-04-m.jpgMr. Dobbins talked about his book The Beginner’s Guide to Nation Building which details how countries like the United States can bring stability to post-conflict areas of the world. He also spoke about improving security and the rule of law, economic assistance, and helping newly emerging democracies. Mr. Dobbins responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
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Expert care for advanced lung transplant
The Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease and lung transplant program at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, offers sophisticated diagnostic testing, innovative therapies and skilled lung transplant experts for patients with advanced chronic lung disease.
Since performing the first lung transplant in Texas in 1990, our team continues to be a leading force in lung disease treatment and outcomes. Baylor Dallas is not only home to one of the busiest adult extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) programs in North Texas, but also home to the region's only ECMO deployment program. Also, Baylor Dallas is ranked as one of America's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
We are actively involved in research to improve outcomes after lung transplantation. To learn more about our lung transplant outcomes, visit SRTR.org.
Watch the video of David P. Mason, MD, chief of thoracic surgery and lung transplantation at Baylor Scott & White Health, as he discusses surgical options for lung transplantation and the best candidates for lung transplantation.
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Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Disease
The Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Disease provides diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of individuals with chronic lung disease, connective tissue disease, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis. We perform advanced diagnostic procedures and highly specialized evaluations for the proper identification and treatment of complex lung disorders. The treatment team including physicians who specialize in advanced lung disease consults together with other medical, surgical and pulmonary rehabilitation specialists to devise a treatment plan that gives hope for our patients to receive the best possible outcome and improved quality of life.
Among the advanced treatments and clinical research provided are:
Clinical trials in the treatment of usual interstitial pneumonia (pulmonary fibrosis)
Minimally invasive lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for emphysema
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe respiratory failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Learn more about the center
Several factors determine candidacy for lung transplant
Our transplant team evaluates patients on a case-by-case basis
The patient's physiologic, or functional, age and overall health determine candidacy. Advanced age (over 65 years old) is a risk for shorter survival after lung transplantation—primarily due to other illnesses. Ordinarily, patients older than 65 are considered for lung transplantation if they are otherwise healthy, except for lung disease.
Single or double lung transplant may be the best course of treatment for a number of serious lung conditions:
Pulmonary fibrosis/Interstitial Lung Disease
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Occupational lung disease
Our lung transplant specialists
We performed our first lung transplant in Texas in 1990 and have continued to grow our lung disease treatment expertise and experience.
Our experienced lung transplant team includes:
Transplant pulmonologist
Thoracic surgeons
Cardiac anesthesiologists on the medical staff
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Chief of Transplant Pulmonology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
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Frequently asked questions about lung transplant
What are the lung transplant requirements and criteria?
Our transplant team evaluates patients on a case-by-case basis and focuses on a patient's physiologic age (functional age) and overall health for determination of candidacy. Advanced age (over 65 years old) is a risk for shorter survival after lung transplantation—primarily as a consequence of other illnesses. Ordinarily, patients older than 65 are considered for lung transplantation if, with the exception of lung disease, they are otherwise healthy.
Is a lung transplant a possible treatment for cystic fibrosis?
Yes. A single or double lung transplant may be the best course for cystic fibrosis treatment.
Is a lung transplant the right treatment for COPD?
Yes. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be treated with lung transplantation.
Is a single or double lung transplant covered by insurance?
We have a financial coordinator who will help you and your family with financial related questions or concerns regarding your transplant coverage.
What determines if I get a single lung or double lung transplant?
The use of a single versus double lung transplant involves several factors. Recipient age, type of lung disease, presence of pulmonary hypertension and severity of a patient's illness are the main factors. Donor availability also influences the decision to perform a single lung transplant—as many circumstances of organ donors make only one lung acceptable for transplantation.
In general, older patients do equally well with single lung transplantation as compared to double lung transplantation. In most circumstances for patients younger than 55 years old, a double lung transplant is preferred.
How long is the lung transplantation waiting list?
The duration a patient may wait for a lung transplant is primarily determined by illness severity—which is calculated as the Lung Allocation Score (LAS). Sicker patients with higher LAS scores are ranked higher on the wait list. Other factors that influence donor compatibility include rare blood types, preformed antibodies and lung size, and may also affect wait times.
Once listed for lung transplantation, you will be followed closely in the transplant clinic and your score will be updated routinely to determine your sequence on the wait list.
What is the lung transplant process?
After your doctor refers you to Baylor Dallas for lung disease treatment, you'll undergo a series of tests and counseling to determine if you are a candidate for a lung transplant. The Lung Transplant Selection Committee will review the results to evaluate if you meet the lung transplant requirements. If so, you will be approved and placed on the list for transplant. Once on the waiting list, you'll be assigned a standard Lung Allocation Score (LAS). Lungs are allocated to recipients according to the lung allocation score, blood type and geographic matching between donor and recipient.
What is the pre-transplant evaluation?
Once referred by your doctor to Baylor, a carefully coordinated set of tests will be scheduled to determine your candidacy. You will undergo extensive medical testing of your heart, lungs and gastrointestinal system. The tests are performed at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health. You will be counseled extensively about the process of transplantation and what to expect from lung function and quality of life after transplant. The Baylor team members with whom you will meet include transplant pulmonologists, surgeons and cardiologists on the medical staff, along with nutritionists, social workers, financial counselors and physical therapists, among others.
What is the lung transplant preparation and transplant?
Once listed, you must be in contact and available within a three-hour radius of Baylor Dallas for a donor offer. Our transplant coordinator will contact you and provide all instructions. If you live at a farther distance, our transplant coordinator may arrange private air transportation. During your pre-transplant clinic visits, your transplant coordinator will make sure that you and your family know what to expect immediately before and after surgery. During transplantation, your coordinator will deliver regular updates to your family. For more detailed information, please consult the patient handbook.
What is the cost for a transplant?
The cost of lung transplantation is ultimately a life-long expense, in a large part due to the daily cost of anti-rejection medications and routine surveillance of the organ's function and well-being. It is essential for patients with chronic lung disease to maintain health insurance.
What is life like after lung transplant surgery?
Patients who have undergone lung transplantation report a dramatic improvement in their quality of life. Following recovery from lung surgery, patients no longer require supplemental oxygen and are able to return to an active lifestyle with considerably more independence with their daily lives. On average, full recovery and physical rehabilitation following lung transplantation surgery takes 2-3 months.
Immediately after transplant, you will be brought to the intensive care unit where you typically stay for a few days. You will have many tubes and drains after surgery that will be removed over the first few days after transplant. Your pain will be controlled with intravenous and oral pain medications. Physical therapy will begin immediately after surgery in the intensive care unit. Prior to discharge, you will be given a list of your medications and their importance and instructed how to appropriately take them. On average, you will be in the hospital for two weeks after transplant.
Once leaving the hospital, your lung transplant team will manage all aspects of your medical care for at least the first year after surgery. At these visits, blood tests, radiologic imaging and bronchoscopy (telescope into the windpipe) biopsies are performed routinely. These biopsies are performed on an outpatient basis to evaluate for rejection, a potential response of your body against the transplanted lung. Blood tests are performed to monitor the levels of your anti-rejection medications. After one year, we coordinate your medical care with your primary care physician or pulmonologist. Routine visits to Baylor Dallas will continue to be necessary throughout the remainder of your life. Visits become more spread out as time from transplant progresses.
Lung transplant news
72-year-old lung transplant recipient honors organ donor by competing in Transplant Games
Five years ago, I received a double lung transplant. Competing in the Transplant Games seemed like the perfect way to honor my donor’s gift and celebrate my second chance at life.Read more
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Michael Young of Grand Prairie never set out to make medical history. The 59-year-old simply made it a point to take care of himself, follow his doctors’ orders and diligently adhere to his medication. Read more
About Gene Gaillard and the first lung transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center
In 1990, Dr. Peter Alivizatos performed the first lung transplant at BUMC. Dr. Michael A. E. Ramsay administered anesthesia. The patient was Mr. Gene Gaillard Read more
There are a variety of support and educational resources offered through Baylor and outside organizations, which can help patients and their families better understand and cope with lung disease and the transplantation process.
Lung Transplant Patient Education Handbook
Lung Transplant Support Facebook page
Donate Life Texas
Southwest Transplant Alliance
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Pulmonary Hypertension Foundation
PF Warrior – Patients and caregivers helping each other
COPD Foundation
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A Burnham-On-Sea teenager needs your help to represent England in the European majorette championships this autumn.
Abi Cooper, 17, is excited to have been selected for the national team to represent England in the European championships in Italy.
“She has competed every month and then also at the national majorette championships in July where she was selected, along with others in her team, to represent England in Italy in the European championships in October,” says mum Laura.
“This will be her 4th time representing England and she is very excited.”
“She said she feels very privileged to be given this opportunity, and is very excited and continuing to train hard.”
Laura adds: “The trip to Italy costs £550 and is completely self-funded. We have set up a go fund me site to help get her there.”
“If anyone would like to donate and help get her there it would be massively appreciated.”
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معامل تعليب الأطعمة الأطعمة والمشروبات
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الحرمان من حرية التعبير الترهيب والتهديد القتل العمال المهاجرون العمل: عامة الدعاوى القضائية والإجراءات التنظيمية: عامة
...Hall’s case brings into focus larger issues for human rights defenders in Thailand and south-east Asia. He believes it is a way to silence him and incite fear in other activists. “It makes people, especially Thai people, fear speaking out,” Hall says. “I’ve got white skin, I’ve got embassies, I’ve got media support, but they’re still doing it to me. How would your average activist ever dare to speak up?”
This sentiment has been echoed by global human rights organisations. Bobbie Sta. Maria, the south-east Asia researcher and representative at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, says it could lead to “self-censorship to avoid unnecessary prosecution like this, which is a valid reaction”.
Phil Robertson, Asia deputy director of Human Rights Watch, agrees: “There is certainly a chilling effect on people doing research in the supply chains in Thailand, and I think that affects not only foreigners, but Thai NGOs as well.”…
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by admin0 | Mar 30, 2020 | latest business news
Sick crooks are using the Coronavirus crisis to target people online, playing on their health fears, a leading cyber-security company has warned.
C3IA Solutions said emails purporting to offer COVID-19 test results and cures and selling protective equipment have been circulating.
Many domain names featuring ‘Coronavirus’ and ‘COVID-19’ have recently been registered and some are likely to be fraudulent – set up to take advantage of the situation.
Working from home can increase the risk of a cyber-attack because the security is not always as tight as it is in an office.
Matt Horan, security director of C3IA Solutions, which is based in Poole, Dorset, said: “Make no mistake, there are people out there seeking to take advantage of the situation.
“Phishing emails are landing in people’s inboxes and it can be very tempting to click on them if you think it contains important information about the Coronavirus.
“They can be cleverly worded and can look official. But clicking on one of these emails can infect a computer, leading to the loss of important and sensitive data.
“Some emails are designed to take money by offering products that don’t exist.
“With everyone more dependent on the internet for purchasing goods and services, the risk has grown.
“We urge employers to communicate the risks to their workers and for everyone working at home to exercise extra caution.
“While those who were already set up to work from home will be as secure as they are in the office, many now working from home will not be.
“If you receive an email that claims to have sensitive health-related information, don’t open the attachments.
“Instead, visit your medical provider’s patient portal directly, call your doctor, or make an appointment to directly confirm any medical diagnosis or test results.
“You can make yourself more resistant to phishing scams at home by implementing some of the best practice configurations such as the Government’s Cyber Essentials schemes.
“These will protect you from the vast majority of common cyber-attacks, including phishing attacks, malware, ransomware, password guessing and network attacks.
“Cyber Essentials is also recommended by the Financial Conduct Authority and it can be accessed remotely.”
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Mayor, Bill de Blasio, has today confirmed that he will be cutting a number of business contracts between the Trump Organisation and New York City, citing criminal activity.
Speaking on MSNBC, Mr. de Blasio said; "If a company and the leadership of that company is engaged in criminal activity, we have the right to sever the contract.
"Inciting an insurrection against the United States government clearly constitutes criminal activity.
"So, the city of New York will no longer have anything to do with the Trump Organization."
The commotion ensued in Washington after thousands had turned out at the Ellipse park area near the White House to hear the 74-year-old say he would never concede the 2020 presidential election to Biden.
Trump said; "We will never give up, we will never concede," and that he and his team will continue to work to "stop the steal.
Following his speech, rioting crowds breached barricades at the U.S. Capitol and gained access to the building where Congress was in the middle of debating Biden's win over President Donald Trump.
Trump has since been accused of inciting violence in his actions ahead of the storming of the US Capitol.
"Donald John Trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the United States," the article of impeachment states.
It also says that the president "wilfully made statements that, in context, encouraged – and foreseeably resulted in – lawless action at the Capitol".
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Romain Grosjean shows off horrific injuries after fireball crash in Bahrain
BY David Kent
Romain Grosjean has showed his hands finally free of bandages, six weeks after he climbed from the wreckage of his car in an horrific fireball accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The 34-year-old, who has now left Formula One, suffered burns to both hands when his Haas car split in two and erupted in flames after piercing a metal crash barrier.
The Frenchman has been recovering at home in Switzerland since leaving hospital three days after the accident.
"Dressing fully off and Petrus happy," he said on Twitter above a picture of him cradling the family pet cat and another close up of his hands.
Grosjean's Haas vehicle erupted into flames when he penetrated a steel barrier at 140mph on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix on November 29.
The French driver, 34, scrambled to escape his burning cockpit for almost half-a-minute before he was airlifted to hospital.
Marshals put out the fire of after Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas F1 Team VF-20 crashed at the start of the race and exploded into flames.
Bahrain Grand Prix, Sunday 29th November 2020. Sakhir, Bahrain.
Grosjean was forced to miss the final two races of his career following the injuries he sustained in the accident.
Formula One's governing body, the FIA, expect to complete its investigation into Grosjean's crash by the end of this month.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Grosjean said:
"I looked to my right, looked to my left, and it was all orange. That's strange, I thought. A few things [came into my head]. Is it sunset? No. Is it the light from the circuit? No. Then I realised it was fire. So I knew I didn't have time until they come.
"This time I tried to go up, a bit more to the right. Doesn't work. A bit more to the left, doesn't work. So I sit back down. Then there's a bit of swearing going on. And I said, no, I can't finish like this.
"I thought about Niki Lauda - the driver I love the most in the history of Formula 1. I said, I can't finish like Niki, I can't finish like this. It cannot be my last race.
"So I tried again, I'm stuck. And then comes the part which is the most scary one. I sit back down, all my muscle relaxes, and I was almost at peace with myself, thinking, I'm dead. I will die."
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Boeing's CEO was paid $23 million — the company has no way to get it back
By Stephen Gandel
November 1, 2019 / 5:02 PM / MoneyWatch
Boeing CEO admits mistakes in 737 Max hearing
Boeing CEO admits mistakes in 737 Max hearing... 03:05
On Wednesday, in front of a Congressional committee investigating the 737 Max crashes, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was hit with a question he said he couldn't answer.
"Are you giving up any money?" asked Representative Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee.
Muilenburg made $23 million in 2018, according to Boeing's proxy statement — the year the first 737 Max jetliner crashed — on top of the $49 million he earned during the previous two years. Cohen wanted to know whether the executive planned to return any of those millions.
The CEO's answer: It wasn't up to him. That was for Boeing's board to decide.
Actually, according to a Boeing document on its corporate governance principles from this past June, not even the company's board has the ability to take back the CEO's $23 million payout. Boeing's executive compensation policies limit how much pay it can recover later if, as Muilenburg stated in his testimony, "We know we made mistakes and got some things wrong."
The same is true for Kevin McAllister, the recently departed head of Boeing's commercial division that produced the troubled jet. McAllister, who was described in numerous media accounts as having been fired last month, was paid more than $57 million during his nearly three years at the company, or roughly $1.6 million a month.
And yet Boeing can't force McAllister to pay back any of the millions he received from the company. Boeing's pay policies don't permit it.
Clawing it back
Boeing declined to answer questions about its pay practices or about Muilenburg's or McAllister's compensation packages. Shortly after reporting its earnings last week, Boeing told employees in an internal message that the company would not pay any bonuses for 2019.
The longer term issue is called a clawback policy, which can allow a company to recover cash, as well as stock compensation, from employees who it later turns out did not deserve what they were paid.
Clawbacks — or the lack of them at the country's biggest banks — became a hot-button issue in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The Dodd-Frank financial reform law that was passed in 2010 instructed the Securities and Exchange Commission to write rules requiring companies to enact more aggressive clawback provisions that reached beyond instances of accounting fraud by a limited number of top executives. Those rules were never implemented.
Boeing does have a clawback policy. But its language doesn't cover a disaster like the two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 passengers, grounded the jetliners worldwide, damaged Boeing's reputation and earnings, and erased $57 billion in stock market value since the first crash in October 2018.
Boeing's policy says the company will claw back "incentive pay" when the company has to restate financial results that were used to evaluate executive pay, when an executive leaves for a competitor, or when an executive has committed fraud. Two years ago, Boeing added disparaging comments by former employees to its list of clawback-able offenses. But that's it. Safety lapses aren't part of the policy.
Executive comp off the table
Boeing's board conducted a five-month review of the company's safety policies following the second 737 Max crash in March, and made suggestions for how Boeing could improve its safety efforts. The report was never publicly released. Executive pay policies, a Boeing spokesman told CBS MoneyWatch, weren't part of the safety review.
"It's the Wells Fargo problem," observed executive compensation expert Brian Foley, referring to that bank's phony account scandal, which didn't have a big impact on the bottom line but inflicted enormous damage on the bank's reputation and brand.
Wells Fargo is one of the rare examples where a board did eventually claw back a combined $136 million in pay from former CEO John Stumpf and former head of consumer banking Carrie Tolstedt. Wells Fargo's clawback provision allowed the company to recoup pay from an executive whose conduct resulted in reputational damage to the bank, something that Boeing's does not do.
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More companies, particularly ones hit by corporate scandals, have been adding reputational damage clauses to their clawback policies. Equifax, for instance, amended its clawback last year, following its massive consumer data hack, to include "misconduct or failure of oversight that results in significant financial or reputational harm" to the company, according to its most recent proxy statement.
Corporate governance expert Nell Minow told CBS MoneyWatch it would be a good move both for Boeing's stock price and its tarnished reputation with airline customers and their passengers if Boeing were to update its clawback policy to include safety issues.
Boeing draws its clawback policy "as narrowly as possible, given the legal requirements, which don't mention safety," Minow said. "Certainly adding that would provide some reassurance for investors. And passengers."
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Hepatitis A vaccine can prevent hepatitis A.
Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease. It is usually spread through close personal contact with an infected person or when a person unknowingly ingests the virus from objects, food, or drinks that are contaminated by small amounts of stool (poop) from an infected person.
Most adults with hepatitis A have symptoms, including fatigue, low appetite, stomach pain, nausea, and jaundice (yellow skin or eyes, dark urine, light colored bowel movements). Most children less than 6 years of age do not have symptoms.
A person infected with hepatitis A can transmit the disease to other people even if he or she does not have any symptoms of the disease.
Most people who get hepatitis A feel sick for several weeks, but they usually recover completely and do not have lasting liver damage. In rare cases, hepatitis A can cause liver failure and death; this is more common in people older than 50 and in people with other liver diseases.
Hepatitis A vaccine has made this disease much less common in the United States. However, outbreaks of hepatitis A among unvaccinated people still happen.
Children need 2 doses of hepatitis A vaccine:
First dose: 12 through 23 months of age
Second dose: at least 6 months after the first dose
Older children and adolescents 2 through 18 years of age who were not vaccinated previously should be vaccinated.
Adults who were not vaccinated previously and want to be protected against hepatitis A can also get the vaccine.
Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for the following people:
All children aged 12–23 months
Unvaccinated children and adolescents aged 2–18 years
People who use injection or non-injection drugs
People who have occupational risk for infection
People who anticipate close contact with an international adoptee
People with HIV
People with chronic liver disease
Any person wishing to obtain immunity (protection)
In addition, a person who has not previously received hepatitis A vaccine and who has direct contact with someone with hepatitis A should get hepatitis A vaccine within 2 weeks after exposure.
Hepatitis A vaccine may be given at the same time as other vaccines.
Tell your vaccine provider if the person getting the vaccine:
Has had an allergic reaction after a previous dose of hepatitis A vaccine, or has any severe, life-threatening allergies.
In some cases, your health care provider may decide to postpone hepatitis A vaccination to a future visit.
People with minor illnesses, such as a cold, may be vaccinated. People who are moderately or severely ill should usually wait until they recover before getting hepatitis A vaccine.
Your health care provider can give you more information.
Soreness or redness where the shot is given, fever, headache, tiredness, or loss of appetite can happen after hepatitis A vaccine.
People sometimes faint after medical procedures, including vaccination. Tell your provider if you feel dizzy or have vision changes or ringing in the ears.
As with any medicine, there is a very remote chance of a vaccine causing a severe allergic reaction, other serious injury, or death.
An allergic reaction could occur after the vaccinated person leaves the clinic. If you see signs of a severe allergic reaction (hives, swelling of the face and throat, difficulty breathing, a fast heartbeat, dizziness, or weakness), call 9-1-1 and get the person to the nearest hospital.
For other signs that concern you, call your health care provider.
Adverse reactions should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Your health care provider will usually file this report, or you can do it yourself. Visit the VAERS websiteexternal icon or call 1-800-822-7967. VAERS is only for reporting reactions, and VAERS staff do not give medical advice.
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) is a federal program that was created to compensate people who may have been injured by certain vaccines. Visit the VICP websiteexternal icon or call 1-800-338-2382 to learn about the program and about filing a claim. There is a time limit to file a claim for compensation.
Ask your health care provider.
Call your local or state health department.
Contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Call 1-800-232-4636 (1-800-CDC-INFO) or
Visit CDC’s vaccines website
Many Vaccine Information Statements are available in español and other languages. See http://www.immunize.org/visexternal icon.
Hojas de información sobre vacunas están disponibles en español y en muchos otros idiomas. Visite http://www.immunize.org/vis/vis_spanish.aspexternal icon
Vaccine Information Statement (Interim)
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-26
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